Thunder

Now it's about time I continued my one man crusade to bring the music of Thunder to all mankind.....

They are by far, the best live band I have seen (and I have seen a few), and their studio albums are superb (except one slightly ropey one called "Thrill Of It All").

I have seen them over 20 times now, and have the next gig lined up in November at the Carling Academy Bristol, followed hopefully by the Christmas show at Rock City, Nottingham.

Check out their website, and listen to some samples on iTunes

http://www.thunderonline.com

Errmmmm

Another weekend is here, and I have managed to do so little as usual in terms of DIY and decorating, there's so much more interesting stuff to do.

I noticed my mate is ahead on the Xbox 360 in a game we both bought, can't have that, but nor can I be bothered to do anything about it.

Catherine made me laugh tonight, she said she liked Wiltshire because it was like the countryside, to which I replied "That's because it IS the countryside". Had to try and explain the poor use of English, in the end she got it when I said "I like this Ford Mondeo, because it is a bit like a Ford Mondeo...", because it bloody is !! :-)

I watched Wild Hogs tonight, it was really good, great laugh! As for Die Hard 4.0, what the hell was anyone thinking with that jet fighter at the end, how unbelievable, they have taken away the naffest bit or airplane stunt's away from True Lies (Arnie)! Well done!!

Tried to convince a really cool friend in the office to get a DVD player with XVID/DiVX capabilities, so I can lend her and her hubby some movies... go on you know it makes sense! If you don't like it I'll buy it off you :-)

Anyone been watching Fonejacker? Cracks me up the Nigerian bank worker, no indian helpdesk this week, which is a shame (and a pet hate!).

Oh well into the last day of the weekend, let's hope next weeks work is altogether more exciting than the 5 days of last week.

Oh and Shelley buy that DVD player !!

Office Lookalikes...

On the subject of the office we do have some rather uncanny lookalikes, me and my manager had a list at one time, but it's better off not being found to be honest.... some of the nicknames on it I remember are.... and no real names given

• Freakshow Charlie
• Nadia (Big Brother tranny)
• Pinochios Dad
• Lurkio
• Mr.Trebus / Neil Tennant
• Jack Straw
• Herr Flick
• Hornblower
• Hill's Have Eyes
• Hill's Have Eyes 2
• MeatLoaf
• Richard Bryer
• Worzel Gummidge
• Devil's Disciple
• Ming The Merciless
• Pc Know How
• Nick The Greek
• Mr.Gumby
• Rigsby
• Mr.Bean
• Man of Mystery
• B.O Barracus
• Nobby / Escariot F
• The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
• The Chief Inspector
• Grant Mitchell / Anthony Worrall Thompson
• Macho Man / Tom Jones
• Bananaman
• Mr.Upsy-Downsy
• Jethro
• Wayne Hemingway
• The Invisible Man
• and by no means last... Lara Croft

If I remember anymore I will put 'em up here

Another Leaves

Yet another good egg leaves the office today... far too many recently, good luck to Barbara in her new job as a Surveyor's PA. You'll be missed by all the good ones in the office.

Who is next I ask.... let's hope it aint anyone I like this time!

Car Order Update #1

Hmmmm not too impressed today, I telephoned to see if there was a rough idea when it would be delivered only to find out LeasePlan had cocked up and not even sent the order through, 3 weeks wasted there!

It was a good job I called, otherwise I would have been getting it in '08 !!

Still can't complain, it is after all a company car.

Emma's Room

A few pictures of "work in progress" on Emma's room. Still sanding the floor before the dye and varnish.

Here are some of the room...

Car Order

I forgot to say, I ordered the Vauxhall Zafira SRi Diesel in Moonland with all the options under the sun.

I'm getting the piss taken out of me at work for ordering a Vauxhall, but it was all I was looking for and fast to boot.

The Stairs

After what seems an eternity, we no have normal stairs in our house! Yes I know they still need painting and new carpet etc, but it's a whole lot better than the previous arrangement!
Here is a couple of pictures of our wonderful stairs, and well done to Paul for doing such a good job!

Sorry for no updates....

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, it's been a bit hectic in our house with some work being done.

Also good old VirginMedia have given such a crap service in the last couple of months, regularly losing the broaband connection for days at a time!! Oh and I pay £37 a month for their top package, but get bandwidth of less than 400KB !!

Did you know you get to call an Indian helpdesk now, oh and even better they charge you 25p per minute for it!! I ask you what is this great country coming to, offshoring everything to a country where it may be cheap, but you cant understand a bloody word!

End of rant ... for the moment, cable modem has been replaced... lets see what happens!