It’s a Blog ! Not a Log !

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Kenny reached the grand old age of 50 last week along with Andy reaching the 40 mark, so they had a joint party to celebrate and used the oppurtunity to get everyone back togeather again.

It was good to see all the faces from the partys togeather again having a laugh and just generally getting on, party kicked off at of all places Stretford Cricket Club, then moved onto Lisa’s flat, where drinks flowed and people talked bollox (mainly due to what they’d had).

We left fairly early on in the morning 5:00am so maybe not so early, but the party carried on after we left, ending only when John, Ben and a few others decided to place most of Lisa food stuffs in the freezer . . . oh and after Ben had emptied a full bag of flour over the sleeping Lisa’s head (not nice Ben).

Gotta say Kenny was looking good for an old man and no doubt has many years left in him, all the best Kenny and Andy

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and what has it left us with . . . about 8″ of snow and an almighty hangover that’s what !

I can honestly say in the 12 years I’ve been living in Manchester I’ve never seen snow like it, this is what I’d call Yorkshire snow, the sort of snow that used to cut Market Weighton off from the outside world for days at a time.

So how did Manchester cope with the snow ?, not very well to be honest, in the 3 days since it fell I’ve not see one road gritter out and about, seen plenty of people struggling to get into work, myself included, but no gritters to help us on our way.

Where are all the gritters ? if you spot a gritter please let me know as I’m beginning to think there imaginary creatures.

Apart from the snow then, what else has been happening in and about Manchester, well there was Electrik Bars NYE party

Which I must say was a resounding night and only £5 to get into, cheap at 1/2 the price, I arrived there around 10:30pm and immediately got into the spirit of things or at least the spirit got into me, about 1/2 bottle of vodka and redbull to be trueful, along with a couple of Sambucas and some Vedett, which all went along to making me dance like a mad fucker.

Mel was going to join me after she’d had a meal with her sister and dad at Chez Nou in Sale, but sadly never made it due to her own spirits inbided NYE, but luckily I had managed to sort myself out some good company for the remainder of the evening in the shape of Sean and Lauren, 2 twitters I know and follow.

Electriks eventually kicked everyone out around 3-4:00am and I decided I’d best venture home and see where Mel had got to, though on the way stopped off at Bernies annual NYE Party which was in the middle of winding down by the look of it when I got there, did the usual hello’s and caught up with a few people while I was there, but to be honest I was starting to lag by this point and decided I’d best get home to my 2 favourite ladies Mel & Blue.

After flagging down a black cab and persuading him I was’nt going to be sick all over his cab or mug him I eventually got home to find both ladies snuggled up on the bed with the quilt, Blue woke up as I walked up the stairs which in turn woke Mel up, then spent about 1hr discussing our nights adventures and wishing ourselves a happy anniversary (10 years ago on NYE me and Mel started going seeing each other) and then just both sort of drifted off to sleep.

So that was my NYE 2010, hope yours was a good one

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Did’nt really post to much over the weekend as I spent quite alot of it in bed, due to being called out to an alarm call at my workplace, was there from midnight Friday till 5:30am Saturday morning, so spent quite a while in bed recovering.

So seeing as most of Saturday was spent in bed thought we#d better do something on Sunday, was’nt sure what to do or where to go, but in the end we decided on Chelford Car boot.

Got there for about 12:30 and spent a good hour or so just wondering round looking for bargain’s but think we missed most of them, so just ended up buying lots of quaility cheeses instead, more about those in another post.

After leaving we thought we’d best take Blue for a walk and on the way back we chanced upon Styal Estate a rather good dog walking place, we’d heard about it before but never actually bothered to go look for it, really wish we had cause its definatly a dog friendly walk, lost of paths and fields for Blue to galavant in, I’ll stick some photo & videos up this weekend so you can see for yourselfs.

Anyway its close to 8:00am and I’d better start making my way to work, cyas laters
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Gotta say our day out dog-walking at Delemere Forest was really good, got there about 11:00am and spent well over 3hrs just walking and walking and walking, all of us including Blue was thoroughly knackered afterwards, definitely intending visiting again, the place is a dog-walkers paradise.

Met lots of nice people while we were walking around who all took a keen interest in Blue, wanting to know what breed she was, did all Cane Corso’s look as adorable and where they all as chilled out as she was, best part of the day was when Blue got set upon by a pack of dogs, well I say set upon, more like slightly irritated by a pack of the dogs, the dogs in question were about 7 miniature poodle’s, they just sort skipped around Blue barking alot and letting her know they were in charge, all Blue did was sort of look at them in a bemused manner and just walk through them, dead funny to watch, as we walked away one the more determined ones chased after Blue for one final bark, where upon Blue just turned round and still looked bemused, only wish I’d caught it all on camera.

We finished off the day at a very nice pub in Little Leigh, called of all things the Leigh Arms, cant recommend this place enough, really good service, absolutely gorgeous food, the Lamb Henry was to die for and best of all its dog friendly, will definitely be popping in there again on our next visit to Delemere

When we all get pulled outside for a little chat with our Dept Heads to discuss this year’s pay review . .

So how much are we all worth this year you wonder . . . well wonder no more for our company has valued us all at 3%, yes so for every pound I get paid this year another 3p will be added to it, just enough to cover 1 months mortgage payment (well it would be if I wasn’t taxed on it that is), while being given the “Good News” I was also informed that I might hear that some people got bonus’s this year ( I wasn’t one of the lucky ones), but not to worry because it wasn’t a lot, well excuse me but it may not have been a lot, but its more then what I actually got . . so of course I’m worried, who was it that got the bonus? What did they do that I didn’t ? What can I do next year to ensure that I get one at the next pay review ? Please someone tell me. .

Nothing like a Pay review to get you down is there . . .

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Well this is all that remains of Bernie’s caravan and her daughters boyfriend Johnny’s car after somebody decided to torch it in the early hours of Sunday morning.

No idea who’s done it and the Police don’t appear to be all that interested in the situation, they’ve just told her that it’s her responsibility to have the remains removed as there a health hazard due to all the toxin’s that were released when the caravan was alight, so as well as losing the caravan, Bernie’s then got to find £150 to get the thing removed, don’t know what Johnny’s going to do with his car as yet, guessing his insurrance company will come and take that away at some point, the only good thing to come out of the whole incident is that thankfully no one was hurt.

I actually feel a bit more alive now after that, plus the ibuprofen are starting to kick in a bit now.

Anyway last nights visit to the Windmill was definately worth it, got to see 2 of the bands that were on last night, these being Kovak a five piece band comprising of Abby Harmony: Vocals, Karl: Vocals, Guitar, Dazza: Drums, Toby: Bass  and Martin: Synth, there musics a sort of mix of electro, indie dance(reminds me a bit of Blondie in some ways), Abby thelead vocals definitely has a voice that you enjoy hearing, has a sort of hypnotic sound to it, just makes you want to swing,bop,dance and just generally gyrate, filmed some of their set last night and will be sticking it on YouTube shortly for your enjoyment, had a bit of a chat with them after the gig and they seem like decent types (even if they are southerners lol), the band come from Brighton and seem to have quite a big following down there, they also have a a club night called  ? yep you’ve guessed it Club Kovak down there where I’m guessing they’ve been cultivating there sound and their fanbase, next time I’m in Brighton I might have to check it out as from the sounds of the music they play live I’m guessing the Club Night will be just as good.

Now why don’t you do the decent thing and instead of reading my quick and rather rubbish review (not the best reviewer in the world am I) go and download there latest single, you can find it here I Love the Dancefloor and tell me what you think.

Anyway its time I took Blue for her walk, shes sat here whining at her dad, so I’ll be back later with a review of the 2nd Band “OneandaZero”

been in contact again, this time he’s calling himself John Moore and believe it or not he’s asking for the same product as his mate Lucas Scott, yep its the Dewalt 9″ D28411 Grinder with Anti Vibration Side Handle (230 Volt
again.

Must be a hell of a market for Dewalt products in Nigeria, anyway I’m now in the process of replying to his email and seeing how much information this gentleman is willing to give me in order to fulfil his desire to be the owner of 20 x Dewalt 9″ D28411 Grinder with Anti Vibration Side Handle (230 Volt .

Apparently this time there going to an address in Manchester instead of London, I’m guessing it will be another courier service like the last one, either way I will of course be passing this information to the local constabulary in the hope that they actually do something about it

Here’s his original email including his mobile number, though until I’ve wound him up a bit I think I’ll leave a few numbers missing, wouldn’t want any of you lot spoiling it for me

Good Day,

I will like to place an order with your store for the product below. Dewalt 9″ D28411 Grinder with Anti Vibration Side Handle (230 Volt)…….20 qty Payment Method: Visa/ Master Credit Card. Get back with unit prices of each to enable me determine the quantity needed. The shipping will be in Manchester. Hoping to Read from you soon.

Regards John Moore

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It’s becoming quite a past time this Scam baiting, I’m starting to enjoy this and getting rather good at worming information out of them, which I like to share with you lot, so you wont be taken in by them.

I’ve uploaded near enough all the good videos (well there ok, maybe not good just ok) from Amanda’s birthday in Blackpool onto my YoutTube page and a few more of Blue.

Heres a few samples of what to expect . . . .

Blue Enjoys a Bone

Kev gets a nice Nail Job

The Dick Hunter Dances her Dance

Anyway hopefully everyone will stop pestering me about putting the videos up now, so peace at last