Still here

Very frustrated as my walking is also going to suffer... so much for finishing by 3pm.

I had

forgotten how scathing this article was.... "one contributor offered the view that Gillingham 'is the place that makes Middlesbrough look like Monte Carlo'"

YesI am still here. Print servers. Don't trust them. At least the publications are now fixed... I want to go home NOW!!!!

Still here

Grr. Grr. Grr.

However it has meant on my interweb meander I have found the Gills FC Wikipedia entry - which is really rather good!! And the article on the Gills on Wikipedia has today been upgraded to "featured article" status, meaning that the administrators have decided that it meets every criterion of what constitutes an excellent article. Only 0.8% of articles have reached this level, and it's only the 8th English football club article....

Also the chairman has revealed the season ticket prices won't be out until JUNE!?!??!

Have also consumed a pack on display until 29th April sushi from tesco - so I maybe out of sorts by tomorrow....

501

The number of this post.
My 501st.
Levi 501's.
Our techie meeting room is 501.

At the current rate of testing I will be here until 5.01pm. Grr. Got here at 9.30am. Was hoping to leave around 3ish so I could do 2 hour walk home - clear my head and wear myself out so I'd sleep soundly in readiness for tomorrow. Not sure if people texting me is helping especially when they are out and about having fun! Shouldn't be so ungrateful I know. At least I can listen to the radio without issue - bit like being at home really. The Archers were fairly amusing - Jennifer really hasn't understood the Ruairi (that's Rory, for those of you not familiar with Archers Irish spelling!) issue has she... Am now onto Radio 5 for the footie commentaries of the day...

Bournemouth 1 - Gillingham 1

and by all web accounts the fans had a great last away day for the season. Well done lads - I was there in spirit. Shame the game sounds like a repeat of our Chesterfield experience. But without the win. Obviously!

Wish I had gone now... but tomorrow I have to work so with the week I had, I decided a lie in and some 'me' time was perhaps more beneficial for my well being.

Pity I had to spend most of it fixing my PC - but I think a re-install of my drivers has cracked it - watch this space!!

Furry on tour

My friend/colleague/boss is on leave on a canal boat and has been posting to his blog... I cannot work out if these postings are amusing or not!? They are though quite long - but at least the pictures are quite good! I can be quite smug though cos the weather was much nicer for my week off!! :-)

It's a mate thing!

Hi there still alive ! Hurrah. No major aches or pains just bad feet ! Put shoes on for the first time today for work - ouch ! Give me back my flipflops.

just wanted to say a absolutely massive THANK YOU for
a) sponsoring me (nearly up to £750)
b) coming to watch

but mainly for
c) for keeping me going when all I wanted to do was sit down and cry ! The water was a life saver and just seeing your friendly and familiar face was magic.

As I crossed the finish line I vowed never, ever again but hey, now all I want to do is beat my time !

Cheers, you're the best.
:-)

xx

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This made me beam! A magic face!!

Rant 2

Supermarkets.

• Plastic bags - which in the case of Sainso's are now bright orange so really brighten up the British hedge rows...
• the laugh I had when realising that the supermarket were selling re-usable bags as a fashion item which they then put in a one of their own plastic bags.
• Whilst shopping on Wednesday I had taken my bright Green 'go green' and Cole's shopping bags (all the way from Oz - which, I know ,the flight alone questions my green ideals) to put my shopping in. I always take them - you can more in them and for carrying them home shanks pony they are by better/easier to carry than a palm ripping plastic one. The girl on the till though had other ideas and kept pulling off the plastic ones and expanding them so by the time she finished I had to fight my way through these things to find my shopping. Grr.
• Packaging. Calls to reduce it - I agree. Why do I need to put my British grown veg/fruit (don't get me started on foreign grown items) in a plastic bag - I can put them in my shopping bag loose and they are fine - means a bit of thought when putting items on the checkout so that packing is easier - but it becomes a habit.
• As I stand and watch around me people are just putting a couple of items into their 'free' plastic bag and then walking to their cars to travel ooh no doubt less than 3 miles back to their home. I despair. Where do they put them all when they have unpacked the other end? Why don't they bring them out with them next time they shop? Am I the only one who cares?
• There used to be a plastic bag recycling bin in the store. With the revamp it disappeared. You now have to be pro-active and ask the customer service desk to take your plastic bags - how many do that I wonder?

So I have come to the conclusion - ALL plastic bags should be banned. Thus enforcing people to think before they shop. Its wanton advertising - stop being a hoarding!!

STOP being so lazy!! Where do you think these bags end up?! In a land fill site along the Thames coast at Mucking. What a charming legacy to leave the next generations...

Rant 1

Chelsea.
Manchester United.

Or more pointedly Chelsea vs.Manchester United.

So looks the Premiership is a contest between them.
The FA Cup is a contest between them.
The Champions League looking very likely to be a contest between them.

Frankly - what's the point?
Why not just give them their own mini league so they can thrash each other to bits on a fortnightly basis.
Let's call it a North vs South football league and be done with it. Then the rest of the league(s) can get up and have something to aspire too again.

Witching Hour

Or more correctly week. I think I have worked out spot explosion and indeed connected it to the rather embarrassing hot cheek flushes I have been having this week. In the middle of meetings when the room has been cool. And for reference, if I haven't noted it before - be wary of typing 'hot cheeks' into a google search to work out what ills are associated with these symptoms. That's how people get sacked.

All I can say - hormones and who would be a woman.

I still have yet to fix PC so photos etc are on hold - plus my ever growing list of rants are also awaiting publishing - I guess this list too can be attributed to witching time of month.

In an update on neighbours. I hate them. It has got no better. I am now sleeping with ear plugs - which annoys me as it means I have to turn radio up a bit louder so I can still hear that but not thumping elephantines above. Then again no it doesn't annoy me - just hope it annoys them.

Face

Mask! Blitz those zits!

PC Update

Well Norton 2007 is finally installed without error and now all I need to do is get through a full system scan without it crashing! Oh joy - that's 16 hours of my life I'll never get back... and with another attempted scan I can't see me using my home PC until Thursday pm.

Stateside

One of the guys at work is planning a holiday to California, which took me back to my 3 month stay out there in 2000. Then whilst browsing for test images for an extranet I found this... a memory of my road trip with Scott from Sacramento - up via Lake Tahoe to Reno then back through the Golden State to Death Valley and onward to Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon... we returned via the Mojave in triple digit heat... aah what a great experience!

Spots

Eek. I appear to have erupted. My face has a total of FIVE rather big white heads/pimples. Do you think this is the stress of returning to work?? Or a sudden dip in dietary inputs? I just don't understand... I wouldn't mind but they are on the sides of my forehead so I am beginning to look like an alien in Doctor Who. Perhaps a sonic screw driver can blitz them...

Happy Birthday!

A known admirer celebrates the big 4-0 today! So best wishes and hope you have a great day and year!

Have you tried rebooting?

Well chaps our team came second out 20 teams in the firm's quiz with 225 points! 5 rounds of 20 questions plus a marathon name the album cover round! Split into questions on the 60's, 70's, 80's (our joker round), 90's and 2000's we did pretty well considering our team dwindled from 6 to 4!! Just goes to show general knowledge is a useful thing to know!!

Congratulations!

Lisa completed the marathon in 5 hours 30 minutes - which considering the humidity yesterday was a bl00dy marvellous achievement. Pictures of the intrepid runner will appear here shortly (once I have fixed my blessed home PC!)

Well done Lisa!

St George's Day

today - did you know that? What does it mean to you? According to the Metro he never even came to England!!

I meanwhile am back at work, in charge too as boss in on hols, - and boy did I resent the packed tube journey in this morning...

Just returned from weekly weigh in - now down to 10stone 8.5lbs - which proves that good food and walking is the answer!! oh and a proper pair of size 12 jeans - at last no saggy bum!

Just noted also that Matt Jarvis is in the League One PFA Team of the Year - well done Matt! Please stay!

And tonight I am off to the firm quiz - representing popular music - which is a laugh as I don't listen to music radio anymore! Oh well!

Gillingham 3 - Port Vale 2

With only 3 games of our season remaining and League One safety already secured today's game was all about ending the season on a positive note. And the side did not disappoint! Hoorah! armed with our 6th goalkeeper of the season (we REALLY must sort that out over the summer) we kicked off in the sunshine with just under 6,000 fans watching. (I reckon Vale bought about 75!)

Our stalwart defender Cox breaking the deadlock just before half time, and the captain Flynn perhaps somewhat belated proving his worth as owner of the armband with a double on the 49th min and 53rd. However in true Gills spirit we allowed Vale to score two and as the game drew to a close it was a relief not to succumb to a 3 all draw!

Goods news really - puts us 13th

10 Doncaster 44 6 62
11 Millwall 44 -4 62
12 Crewe 44 -6 58
13 Gillingham 44 -19 58
14 Port Vale 44 -1 57
15 Northampton 44 -3 57
16 Huddersfield 44 -11 55
17 Brighton 44 -8 52

the aim surely now is to finish above Millwall!! And my aim now is to enjoy falafals and roasted veggie! Yum!

Pictures

Of Wednesday over at Kazza's Walks - words to follow!

Debating the Capital Ring walk from Wimbledon Park to Richmond....

Needless to say I did not get a text on Wednesday so will not be going to 7/7/07 - oh well. And now time for a wander... ttfn.