Monday 6 December 2010
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Tuesday 23 November 2010
Countdown
Ok, so it's not been quite the same since Richard left us (RIP), and Carol left us, but for the first time in many years I happened to switch on the tv as Countdown was on and I didn't change the channel!
Why?
Look for yourself...
...and here's a sensible one of her...
Search her on Google images - there's plenty more!
Why?
Look for yourself...
Her name is Rachel Riley and she's my new favourite girl on television (and she has the finest backside I've seen for a while too), so I thought you may enjoy a few pictures. The next two made me laugh (people are obviously having the same thoughts as I am)...
Search her on Google images - there's plenty more!
Friday 22 October 2010
Some people really have no life and have to hide behind their "Anonymous" mask...
I follow a really good blog from a friend of mine, The Deena Colada Recipe and on occasion leave her a friendly comment to let her know her blog is being both read and enjoyed. Anyway, the girl posted a really funky photo of herself and knowing just how good she is musically, and thinking it was about time a demo was recorded, I left my usual comment saying I thought she should use the photo as a demo cover or something. This was my reply...
You see that? Anonymous said "why do you think people care richard?" - I had to laugh, I mean this person is obviously very lonely, very sad, totally jealous (possibly in love with Deena, afterall, she is a pretty girl), or a combination of all three. What a freak hiding behind his (or her) "Anonymous" mask. Show yourself if you have any balls... sorry, forgot, you don't! I got another message a few days later, but that only backs up how lifeless this person is and I really can't be bothered with it any more, but who ever you may be, keep it coming, you're a free laugh, and that's a rare commodity these days.
You see that? Anonymous said "why do you think people care richard?" - I had to laugh, I mean this person is obviously very lonely, very sad, totally jealous (possibly in love with Deena, afterall, she is a pretty girl), or a combination of all three. What a freak hiding behind his (or her) "Anonymous" mask. Show yourself if you have any balls... sorry, forgot, you don't! I got another message a few days later, but that only backs up how lifeless this person is and I really can't be bothered with it any more, but who ever you may be, keep it coming, you're a free laugh, and that's a rare commodity these days.
Monday 18 October 2010
Meringue Opinion - Everything But Gone
Greetings once again from Meringue Opinion, gone but not forgotten. This little number if ever there was going to be an official single was going to be it, unfortunately, like so many of the latest songs (even though this in now over 10 years old!), the band split before it was finished and along with help from Paul at Foundry Studios, Chesterfield, we salvaged what we could and mocked up this little beauty. Enjoy, Everything But Gone!..
Meringue Opinion - Fat Lady Sings (& drummer wanted for new cover band project)...
Enjoy the vid - it's a general mash up of photos from my old band Meringue Opinion. Rob (guitarist) and myself have been talking and are interested in getting a cover band together to gig around and maybe do a few working mans clubs etc. We neeeeeed a drummer!!! Can you help?
Saturday 16 October 2010
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Don't Call Me A Pervert!
You may have noticed I've been adding some pictures of scantily dressed women to my blog recently?
Yes?
I knew you had, but don't call me a pervert! It's only natural that a single 36 year old man would find Rachel Bilson in beachwear a sight for sore eyes, which man wouldn't? Shut it Winder! (only joking).
Then there's the series of photos I've been running of girls with nipples showing. Let me explain. I subscribe to the online magazine Monkey Mag, which appears in my inbox every Wednesday and is full of funny videos, game and music reviews, gadgets, cars, and you guessed it, pictures of pretty girls. They had the Beyonce picture with the heading, "Beyonce - Do my nipples look visible in this? Yes indeedy" and I just found it funny and thought I'd run my own little series of photos of pretty women with nipples showing in order to make you laugh.
So there we have it. I'm not a pervert - I just love women and comedy...
Some of you don't feel fulfilled do you? I know, you want one more photo of a scantily dressed women to leave you on a high for the rest of the day? How about two?
Here we go...
The two most gorgeous women in the entire existence of the Universe. Enjoy Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Alba...
Yes?
I knew you had, but don't call me a pervert! It's only natural that a single 36 year old man would find Rachel Bilson in beachwear a sight for sore eyes, which man wouldn't? Shut it Winder! (only joking).
Then there's the series of photos I've been running of girls with nipples showing. Let me explain. I subscribe to the online magazine Monkey Mag, which appears in my inbox every Wednesday and is full of funny videos, game and music reviews, gadgets, cars, and you guessed it, pictures of pretty girls. They had the Beyonce picture with the heading, "Beyonce - Do my nipples look visible in this? Yes indeedy" and I just found it funny and thought I'd run my own little series of photos of pretty women with nipples showing in order to make you laugh.
So there we have it. I'm not a pervert - I just love women and comedy...
Some of you don't feel fulfilled do you? I know, you want one more photo of a scantily dressed women to leave you on a high for the rest of the day? How about two?
Here we go...
The two most gorgeous women in the entire existence of the Universe. Enjoy Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Alba...
Saturday 9 October 2010
Friday 8 October 2010
Thursday 7 October 2010
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Monday 6 September 2010
Radio 1 Sucks Eggs!
I was driving back up the M1 last night from a lovely weekend with friends and thought the time may pass quicker if I listened to the radio instead of the Dub FX cd I had in my player having listened to it already hundreds of times. Big mistake!
Radio 1 sucks eggs / Radio 1 is poor / Radio 1 is shite... Why?
Ok, so there are other radio stations I could have listened to but I hadn't used the radio on my player before so finding how to switch from cd to radio was hard enough when I was tired, driving in the dark, and on the motorway, so I managed to turn the radio on and it was already tuned in to Radio 1 which I thought couldn't be bad, but it was bad, very bad...
Don't know which show it was I was listening to, and don't think I ever want to know to be honest but first off the DJ said he had a "wicked" phone in vote where we could vote for the song we wanted to hear later on in his show. Then he gave the choice of either the young gayboy (no offence - gay rights rule etc etc) from the Disney Channel (I think! This is probably the only tv station that would have him anyway) Justin Bieber (had to Google that for the spelling), and N-Dubz... WTF!?! Where was the choice for "None of the above, thank you very much"?
Then I heard a shitty cover of Tik Tok that sounded like a lame attempt to sound like the Beastie boys of old, and failing miserably, but they bigged it up like "this is right good, and they're on the show tonight and in the studio for an interview" etc etc (another WTF!?!) this was so bad, I could have done better on my recorder at infant school trying out for the Christmas play and only getting the part of a tree :( ...can't even remember the name of the band it was so bad.
Then (yes there's more!) someone was on and was being interviewed about their latest song or something and they referred to the So Solid Crew as being a band that only "older" listeners would be familier with, trying to make them out to be some classic old-skool band like Run DMC or something. Older than what? Toddlers?
All-in-all a bad selection of songs with non-witty jokes and poor guest list with DJ's that may as well of being Play School presenters or something. I certainly won't be listening to Radio 1 again, unless of course I find the Fountain of Youth and become 10 again!
Radio 1 sucks eggs / Radio 1 is poor / Radio 1 is shite... Why?
Ok, so there are other radio stations I could have listened to but I hadn't used the radio on my player before so finding how to switch from cd to radio was hard enough when I was tired, driving in the dark, and on the motorway, so I managed to turn the radio on and it was already tuned in to Radio 1 which I thought couldn't be bad, but it was bad, very bad...
Don't know which show it was I was listening to, and don't think I ever want to know to be honest but first off the DJ said he had a "wicked" phone in vote where we could vote for the song we wanted to hear later on in his show. Then he gave the choice of either the young gayboy (no offence - gay rights rule etc etc) from the Disney Channel (I think! This is probably the only tv station that would have him anyway) Justin Bieber (had to Google that for the spelling), and N-Dubz... WTF!?! Where was the choice for "None of the above, thank you very much"?
Then I heard a shitty cover of Tik Tok that sounded like a lame attempt to sound like the Beastie boys of old, and failing miserably, but they bigged it up like "this is right good, and they're on the show tonight and in the studio for an interview" etc etc (another WTF!?!) this was so bad, I could have done better on my recorder at infant school trying out for the Christmas play and only getting the part of a tree :( ...can't even remember the name of the band it was so bad.
Then (yes there's more!) someone was on and was being interviewed about their latest song or something and they referred to the So Solid Crew as being a band that only "older" listeners would be familier with, trying to make them out to be some classic old-skool band like Run DMC or something. Older than what? Toddlers?
All-in-all a bad selection of songs with non-witty jokes and poor guest list with DJ's that may as well of being Play School presenters or something. I certainly won't be listening to Radio 1 again, unless of course I find the Fountain of Youth and become 10 again!
Monday 23 August 2010
Gregory and the Hawk
Meredith Godreau is an American singer-songwriter performing under the pseudonym Gregory and the Hawk. Active since 2003, Godreau initially enjoyed independent success with 2 EPs and a full length album selling a total of 15,000 copies.
Originally from Medfield, Massachusetts, Godreau moved to upstate New York when she was twelve. This was where she learned a number of instruments, including piano, clarinet, oboe, violin and viola before settling on her '$70 Christmas gift': the guitar.
Godreau then took on the pseudonym Gregory and the Hawk to avoid being pigeonholed as a singer-songwriter, despite citing her influences as Nick Drake, Liz Phair and PJ Harvey. The name was derived from her brother, Gregory, and his imaginary childhood hawk. This was when she released her demo EP, including early versions of the popular "Boats and Birds" and "Isabelle".
Ok, so I can't take credit for this little Biography as I kind of copied it from Wikipedia but I don't think I'll get in trouble for it now I've given them a cool link back! ...but I was kindly introduced to Gregory and the Hawk when I saw a talented girl (Deena - see earlier posts) covering Boats and Birds on YouTube (view here), and I immediately fell in love with the music, and so here's a few samples for you. Hope you like them?
Originally from Medfield, Massachusetts, Godreau moved to upstate New York when she was twelve. This was where she learned a number of instruments, including piano, clarinet, oboe, violin and viola before settling on her '$70 Christmas gift': the guitar.
Godreau then took on the pseudonym Gregory and the Hawk to avoid being pigeonholed as a singer-songwriter, despite citing her influences as Nick Drake, Liz Phair and PJ Harvey. The name was derived from her brother, Gregory, and his imaginary childhood hawk. This was when she released her demo EP, including early versions of the popular "Boats and Birds" and "Isabelle".
Ok, so I can't take credit for this little Biography as I kind of copied it from Wikipedia but I don't think I'll get in trouble for it now I've given them a cool link back! ...but I was kindly introduced to Gregory and the Hawk when I saw a talented girl (Deena - see earlier posts) covering Boats and Birds on YouTube (view here), and I immediately fell in love with the music, and so here's a few samples for you. Hope you like them?
Sunday 15 August 2010
New Guitar and the Talent of Deena
I've recently started teaching music several days a week on top of working my web design business (50 Quid Website), and writing my own music with and for some very talented people. New tunes and projects are on their way! You can find videos (or at least songs companied by slide shows of old photos) of my old band (that split up over 10 years ago!) Meringue Opinion on my YouTube Channel where I'll also be showcasing the new projects.
Anyway,
I bought a new guitar...
and a Boss RC-50 Loop Station (these are the most wicked of musical kit) because I thought (and I know it will) be great for teaching, but mainly because I've started to listen a lot to Dub FX. I can't beat box yet, but I'm working on it :)
Now I have to let you know about the most gorgeous, talented, and natural person I've met online recently. This guitar/ukalele singer/songwriter doesn't realise just how good she really is, but she really is talented, has the most amazing voice and personality, and lives by the name of Deena. This girl needs to know how talented she is so show her some love by visiting her YouTube Channel and leaving her some nice comments when you like her as much as I do. You can also follow Deena on Twitter by clicking here.
By the way, you can also follow me on Twitter by clicking here too!
Anyway,
I bought a new guitar...
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and a Boss RC-50 Loop Station (these are the most wicked of musical kit) because I thought (and I know it will) be great for teaching, but mainly because I've started to listen a lot to Dub FX. I can't beat box yet, but I'm working on it :)
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Now I have to let you know about the most gorgeous, talented, and natural person I've met online recently. This guitar/ukalele singer/songwriter doesn't realise just how good she really is, but she really is talented, has the most amazing voice and personality, and lives by the name of Deena. This girl needs to know how talented she is so show her some love by visiting her YouTube Channel and leaving her some nice comments when you like her as much as I do. You can also follow Deena on Twitter by clicking here.
By the way, you can also follow me on Twitter by clicking here too!
Chilli Plant R.I.P.
I've been growing a chilli plant in the window of my living room but as the nights get shorter and the weather slightly colder, my plant looked like it was about to pass away :( so I did the honourable thing and put a knife to it, and it thanked me by leaving me (in it's last will and testament) a bunch of gorgeous looking green chilli's. I think I'll put them in a chilli sometime soon, or at least some of them. Yummy!
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Wednesday 4 August 2010
This is my biggest Fantasy Football league yet!
This year in connection with my gaming blog, BOB, The Best of Betting and Metro Fantasy Football I'm offering up the biggest Fantasy Football league I've ever managed, and this year the winner of our very own league wins cash too! Why? Because this year is "pay-to-play" and costs £2.00 per team entered, and the total prize fund is then automatically paid, by Metro, to the winner (and runners up, depending on how many teams enter) of our very own, League BOB! It's really easy to enter (information follows), and should be a good laugh with lots of banter too...
Players we really need to see in the league (and anyone else who thinks they're up for the challenge, and think they can beat the regulars) are Stuart Winder (don't be tight lad, it's only 2 quid, and it's safe to use your debit card online!), Tony Wood (a regular in League BOB), Bob Browes (no relation to Blog Bob), Laura Richardson (so unlucky in the World Cup sweep), Stewart Gordon (where have you been lad?), Tracey Redinator Nichol (Spurs should do quite well this year), Dave Uttley (if you can go and watch horse racing you can manage a fantasy football team), Dave Yates (regular participator), Iain Ford (king of poker, but how good at football management?), James Neighbour (congratulations on new born, now you need some fantasy football to get away from it all), Steve Ward (get yer money out lad), and Tim Smithies (he's magic)...
How do I play?
Once you've signed up, just use the League Name and PIN below to join in.
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Scoring starts at noon on Saturday, August 14, 2010 so make sure you pick your own team before then.
The game is bigger and better than ever before, offering you more fantasy footy action and best of all it's still completely FREE (free to enter a team in the main league, £2.00 to enter our mini-league)...
Metro Fantasy Football 2010/11 offers:
- Prize fund of £30,000 to be won
- £15,000 cash prize for the overall winner
- Scores updated daily
- More chances to win prizes than ever before
If you think you can win our league and walk away with our cash SIGN UP HERE.
Because I normally win (lol), here's my starting team to help you out a little...
Monday 2 August 2010
Sunday 25 July 2010
More About Me. Interested?
These are my test results based on a series of questions I filled in on a free online dating site (plentyoffish.com). The answers are pretty general and not everything will apply to me, but the results are quite interesting so I thought I would share them with you...
Chemistry Test Results
Self-Confidence
As someone with high self-confidence, you feel quite comfortable interacting with other people. Indeed, you find the company of others very stimulating and enjoy meeting new people. Your relaxed demeanor in groups makes people around you comfortable too. Perhaps because you feel comfortable talking about yourself, others tend to enjoy being around you and perceive you as socially competent.
The confidence that helps you feel comfortable talking to people also spills into your own personal beliefs about yourself. Although you have several strengths, it’s likely that you also acknowledge and accept your weaknesses. But unlike some people, you take full responsibility for your actions—you rarely regret things you’ve done in the past and are not embarrassed easily.
Perhaps the defining feature that sets you apart from most people is the exceptionally high standards that you set for yourself. Your competence in social gatherings as well as at work should provide ample evidence for this. With these characteristics, it’s very likely that people come to you for advice and generally think of you as someone with leader-like qualities.
Family Orientation
As someone who is oriented to familial matters, you value the company of family-members and domestic life. If you have children already, you enjoy spending time with them very much and work hard to be a good parent. If you don’t have children, you very much desire having children in the future. And your preference for cooking and entertaining guests at home will likely ease the transition into parenthood.
You take pride in maintaining and cultivating a healthy family and work hard to achieve this. This natural tendency is easily illustrated by your preference for doing things around the house as opposed to going out to clubs and restaurants.
What really sets you apart from people that are low in family orientation is that you know how to manage your frustrations and work well on your own. This means that you are well-equipped to manage a family without letting all the work that is involved wear you down. However, as someone with strong family values, all the work that is involved in maintaining a tidy home and well-stocked kitchen might occasionally make it difficult for you to finish everything that you need to do.
Self-Control
The self-control personality dimension captures the way in which a person regulates and directs him or herself. Being low in self-control can be both good and bad. Occasionally people may be compelled to follow their intuitions and give in to their temptations, and your degree of self-control makes this likely to happen more often than not. This can be good in circumstances where being relaxed and open are important. However, in situations where it is necessary to be focused and careful, you might find that you do or say things that may be inappropriate.
As someone who exerts little control over your actions, you may find that you commit social blunders that might offend other people and get yourself in trouble. For example, if you’re given responsibility to work on a project that requires close attention to detail, you may be likely to overlook important details because you have difficulty staying focused. Consequently, you might feel more comfortable delegating such tasks to other people who are more detail oriented. Being able to recognize such characteristics in yourself and having more detail-oriented people do such tasks could be an effective way to manage your own stress level.
Low self-control may diminish your effectiveness at work. Acting too relaxed can make it difficult for you to focus on projects that require organized sequences of steps or stages. Thus, your ability to accomplish may be inconsistent. Indeed, it’s possible that you might be criticized periodically for being unreliable or unable to “stay within the lines.” Nonetheless, you may still experience many short-lived pleasures and never be thought of as boring.
Openness
As someone high in openness, you have a strong appreciation for beauty, both in art and nature. Indeed, it’s likely that you are easily absorbed in music and art, as well as natural phenomena. Another aspect of your openness is your emotional insight; that is, you probably have good access to and awareness of your own emotions.
Another aspect of the openness dimension is the tendency to think about abstract concepts and ideas. This thinking style may take the form of artistic and metaphorical use of language, and/or music composition or performance. Thus, it is likely that, either in your work or spare time, you enjoy activities that get your “creative juices” flowing.
Your tendency to be open-minded can have advantages and disadvantages. For instance, when there are no clear rules about how to approach a particular problem, your openness makes it easier for you to identify new ways to solve problems that might not be very obvious to people that are not as open as you are. In contrast, you may be bored easily in situations that lack high amounts of intellectual stimulation. In such cases, you might have difficulty excelling on projects that do not provide much stimulation or require much creative thinking.
Easygoingness
Easygoingness refers to one's ability to relax. Based on your score, you appear to “take things as they come” and enjoy having a good time. However, being high in easygoingness also has the potential to produce stress in a number of ways. For example, you may find it difficult to complete tasks thoroughly and efficiently. In this way, being high in easygoingness cannot only make your life difficult, but also the lives of the people around you. Another potential problem with being too high in easygoingness is that it can provide you with gratification in the short-term, but in the long-term provide undesirable consequences.
High easygoingness, even when not seriously destructive, may also diminish your effectiveness at work, for example. You may find it aversive and difficult to put in all the effort that may sometimes be needed to effectively accomplish certain tasks. For this reason, your colleagues might view you as forgetful and unfocused.
Chemistry Test Results
Self-Confidence
As someone with high self-confidence, you feel quite comfortable interacting with other people. Indeed, you find the company of others very stimulating and enjoy meeting new people. Your relaxed demeanor in groups makes people around you comfortable too. Perhaps because you feel comfortable talking about yourself, others tend to enjoy being around you and perceive you as socially competent.
The confidence that helps you feel comfortable talking to people also spills into your own personal beliefs about yourself. Although you have several strengths, it’s likely that you also acknowledge and accept your weaknesses. But unlike some people, you take full responsibility for your actions—you rarely regret things you’ve done in the past and are not embarrassed easily.
Perhaps the defining feature that sets you apart from most people is the exceptionally high standards that you set for yourself. Your competence in social gatherings as well as at work should provide ample evidence for this. With these characteristics, it’s very likely that people come to you for advice and generally think of you as someone with leader-like qualities.
Family Orientation
As someone who is oriented to familial matters, you value the company of family-members and domestic life. If you have children already, you enjoy spending time with them very much and work hard to be a good parent. If you don’t have children, you very much desire having children in the future. And your preference for cooking and entertaining guests at home will likely ease the transition into parenthood.
You take pride in maintaining and cultivating a healthy family and work hard to achieve this. This natural tendency is easily illustrated by your preference for doing things around the house as opposed to going out to clubs and restaurants.
What really sets you apart from people that are low in family orientation is that you know how to manage your frustrations and work well on your own. This means that you are well-equipped to manage a family without letting all the work that is involved wear you down. However, as someone with strong family values, all the work that is involved in maintaining a tidy home and well-stocked kitchen might occasionally make it difficult for you to finish everything that you need to do.
Self-Control
The self-control personality dimension captures the way in which a person regulates and directs him or herself. Being low in self-control can be both good and bad. Occasionally people may be compelled to follow their intuitions and give in to their temptations, and your degree of self-control makes this likely to happen more often than not. This can be good in circumstances where being relaxed and open are important. However, in situations where it is necessary to be focused and careful, you might find that you do or say things that may be inappropriate.
As someone who exerts little control over your actions, you may find that you commit social blunders that might offend other people and get yourself in trouble. For example, if you’re given responsibility to work on a project that requires close attention to detail, you may be likely to overlook important details because you have difficulty staying focused. Consequently, you might feel more comfortable delegating such tasks to other people who are more detail oriented. Being able to recognize such characteristics in yourself and having more detail-oriented people do such tasks could be an effective way to manage your own stress level.
Low self-control may diminish your effectiveness at work. Acting too relaxed can make it difficult for you to focus on projects that require organized sequences of steps or stages. Thus, your ability to accomplish may be inconsistent. Indeed, it’s possible that you might be criticized periodically for being unreliable or unable to “stay within the lines.” Nonetheless, you may still experience many short-lived pleasures and never be thought of as boring.
Openness
As someone high in openness, you have a strong appreciation for beauty, both in art and nature. Indeed, it’s likely that you are easily absorbed in music and art, as well as natural phenomena. Another aspect of your openness is your emotional insight; that is, you probably have good access to and awareness of your own emotions.
Another aspect of the openness dimension is the tendency to think about abstract concepts and ideas. This thinking style may take the form of artistic and metaphorical use of language, and/or music composition or performance. Thus, it is likely that, either in your work or spare time, you enjoy activities that get your “creative juices” flowing.
Your tendency to be open-minded can have advantages and disadvantages. For instance, when there are no clear rules about how to approach a particular problem, your openness makes it easier for you to identify new ways to solve problems that might not be very obvious to people that are not as open as you are. In contrast, you may be bored easily in situations that lack high amounts of intellectual stimulation. In such cases, you might have difficulty excelling on projects that do not provide much stimulation or require much creative thinking.
Easygoingness
Easygoingness refers to one's ability to relax. Based on your score, you appear to “take things as they come” and enjoy having a good time. However, being high in easygoingness also has the potential to produce stress in a number of ways. For example, you may find it difficult to complete tasks thoroughly and efficiently. In this way, being high in easygoingness cannot only make your life difficult, but also the lives of the people around you. Another potential problem with being too high in easygoingness is that it can provide you with gratification in the short-term, but in the long-term provide undesirable consequences.
High easygoingness, even when not seriously destructive, may also diminish your effectiveness at work, for example. You may find it aversive and difficult to put in all the effort that may sometimes be needed to effectively accomplish certain tasks. For this reason, your colleagues might view you as forgetful and unfocused.
Friday 23 July 2010
...another little rant...
Ok, so I had a rant about some crappy television adverts and the state of some of Britains drivers yesterday and thought I'd follow it up with other stuff that's been going through my head since I hit the post now button.
The Natwest advert came on television again. What bullshit! You go to a bank to either put money in, or ask for money out in some form, be it a loan, a mortgage, or cash from your account (which you might use a machine for anyway) NOT talk about your baby, or if you should choose between a holiday or a car, or talk about getting engaged or married. We're more than just a bank, we're nosey bastards too! I once asked for a business account with Natwest, and it wasn't until I went to the branch to pay some cash in that they told me they had declined my application for an account. No letter. No phonecall. Nothing. My advise, stay well clear.
Gok Wan(ker) - what a nob head!
My phone just rang, and it was one of those automated sales calls. What a joke. If I'm going to speak to them (and I probably won't anyway) I'd like them to take the time to dial my number, and be the first to say hello. Why the (swear word) would they think I'm going to sign up to some service or buy some product when they can't even be bothered to put someone human on the phone instead of some computer?
I keep getting letters addressed to a girl called Mrs Angela Adams at my address, and because the letters are addressed to this person I am, apparently, not meant to open them, but I'm fed up of returning them not at this address, return to sender, so I've started to open them, and it's a good job I did. They are all from debt collection agents etc, who (apparently) have the right to come to my house when I'm not in and take goods to the value of the many thousands this girl owes, if there is no response to these letters. Answer me this. If I'm not allowed to open these letters legally, and they are legally allowed to come and remove goods from my house, what am I, by law, meant to do about it? WTF!!! I have since spoken to some of these debt collection agents who say they have been told by Equifax that my address is a possible place of contact for Mrs Angela Adams, even though I'm the only person living at this address, and I'm the only person who has lived at this address for the last five years!!! Guess what Equifax said? They won't remove her name from my address unless she asks them to do so! What a joke. She owes thousands of pounds. Do you really think she's going to phone Equifax and say she doesn't live at my address and give them her new address? Simple answer! NO!!!! ...and to make matters worse, Equifax have said they are allowed to give collection agents my address as a contact for her, and will continue to do so. Why? This is all very confusing, and very wrong. If anyone knows Mrs Angela Adams (formally of Brimington, Chesterfield, UK), can you please either post her current location, or inform Equifax of said location, or ask for her to get in touch with me. Thanks in advance.
Arrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhh.....
The Natwest advert came on television again. What bullshit! You go to a bank to either put money in, or ask for money out in some form, be it a loan, a mortgage, or cash from your account (which you might use a machine for anyway) NOT talk about your baby, or if you should choose between a holiday or a car, or talk about getting engaged or married. We're more than just a bank, we're nosey bastards too! I once asked for a business account with Natwest, and it wasn't until I went to the branch to pay some cash in that they told me they had declined my application for an account. No letter. No phonecall. Nothing. My advise, stay well clear.
Gok Wan(ker) - what a nob head!
My phone just rang, and it was one of those automated sales calls. What a joke. If I'm going to speak to them (and I probably won't anyway) I'd like them to take the time to dial my number, and be the first to say hello. Why the (swear word) would they think I'm going to sign up to some service or buy some product when they can't even be bothered to put someone human on the phone instead of some computer?
I keep getting letters addressed to a girl called Mrs Angela Adams at my address, and because the letters are addressed to this person I am, apparently, not meant to open them, but I'm fed up of returning them not at this address, return to sender, so I've started to open them, and it's a good job I did. They are all from debt collection agents etc, who (apparently) have the right to come to my house when I'm not in and take goods to the value of the many thousands this girl owes, if there is no response to these letters. Answer me this. If I'm not allowed to open these letters legally, and they are legally allowed to come and remove goods from my house, what am I, by law, meant to do about it? WTF!!! I have since spoken to some of these debt collection agents who say they have been told by Equifax that my address is a possible place of contact for Mrs Angela Adams, even though I'm the only person living at this address, and I'm the only person who has lived at this address for the last five years!!! Guess what Equifax said? They won't remove her name from my address unless she asks them to do so! What a joke. She owes thousands of pounds. Do you really think she's going to phone Equifax and say she doesn't live at my address and give them her new address? Simple answer! NO!!!! ...and to make matters worse, Equifax have said they are allowed to give collection agents my address as a contact for her, and will continue to do so. Why? This is all very confusing, and very wrong. If anyone knows Mrs Angela Adams (formally of Brimington, Chesterfield, UK), can you please either post her current location, or inform Equifax of said location, or ask for her to get in touch with me. Thanks in advance.
Arrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhh.....
Thursday 22 July 2010
...a little rant...
So it's been a while since I've actually written a "real" post for my blog so I thought I'd have a little rant about things that have been getting on my nerves recently.
Lets start with a subject I've written about before. Crap adverts! There are so many around at the moment and they just appear to be getting worse. McDonalds have tried to be clever and go all Byron on us with cringe poetry, whilst Confused.com are still making the worse adverts my television has ever had the displeasure to host. There always used to be one or two adverts that you didn't mind watching because they might be cool, reference the old Guiness adverts, or funny, reference the original Meerkat advert, but even Orlov has started to get a little boring. Sort it out, you are only damaging your sales. It's not the state of the economy, it's your crap adverts!
Slow and ignorant drivers come next. First off, the dick heads that don't indicate off roundabouts do my head right in. I can be waiting what seems like ages to pull out on to a roundabout and if they had only indicated I would have had time to pull out, but nooooo, they only care about their own destination. May you all get lots of parking tickets rain down on your cars and unwanted flat tires at times that I'm on the road. Slow drivers come next (they actually come last because they're so funking slow). Why drive 30 in a 40 zone when there's nothing on the road in front of you? What really does my head in is the car that flies out of a junction to get out in front of you and then insists on driving like a learner with a lead weight up their arse. Please.
That's it for now, it was only meant to be a little rant, and even I've done my head in now. Laters.
Lets start with a subject I've written about before. Crap adverts! There are so many around at the moment and they just appear to be getting worse. McDonalds have tried to be clever and go all Byron on us with cringe poetry, whilst Confused.com are still making the worse adverts my television has ever had the displeasure to host. There always used to be one or two adverts that you didn't mind watching because they might be cool, reference the old Guiness adverts, or funny, reference the original Meerkat advert, but even Orlov has started to get a little boring. Sort it out, you are only damaging your sales. It's not the state of the economy, it's your crap adverts!
Slow and ignorant drivers come next. First off, the dick heads that don't indicate off roundabouts do my head right in. I can be waiting what seems like ages to pull out on to a roundabout and if they had only indicated I would have had time to pull out, but nooooo, they only care about their own destination. May you all get lots of parking tickets rain down on your cars and unwanted flat tires at times that I'm on the road. Slow drivers come next (they actually come last because they're so funking slow). Why drive 30 in a 40 zone when there's nothing on the road in front of you? What really does my head in is the car that flies out of a junction to get out in front of you and then insists on driving like a learner with a lead weight up their arse. Please.
That's it for now, it was only meant to be a little rant, and even I've done my head in now. Laters.
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Monday 21 June 2010
Shakira, England, and James Corden...
On Wednesday (23rd June, 3pm) England play Slovenia in a must win game after which Shakira appears on James Corden's World Cup Live. If England win we're in for a real good night!
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Choose a team and get a free bet for every goal that team scores!
At Centrebet in the run up to the World Cup you'll find what I think to be the best promotion around. Not only do you get a free match on your first deposit, but choose a team for the World Cup (I chose England), then make a small bet of just £12 or more on any event, and for every goal your team scores you'll get a free bet! You really can't say fairer than that...
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