Klacteal or should that maybe Kraznox...

Can ya tell I've been watching "The Ant Bully", well maybe just a little...
Okay my applogies to Sharon and Melonie for no recent comments on their respective blogs, I didn't realise there was new post I just got the "old" page as for some reason my freaking nice browser FORGET rule number #1 - Check for new material and fetch it for me!
I'll let it slide this time.
Thankfully some good news - I'm finally getting more than 2 days off in a row :D "praise the mother" - my 2 weeks holiday begins 4pm on Friday :D so from then until 10am on the monday 2 weeks after that I'll be selectivly ignoring my mobile (cell) phone - gotta love being able to set a specific ring tone to a entries in the phone.

It is possible to smile and cry at the same time.

I was reading the daily humor letter I get and this was in a section entitled "Daily Kudos" which IM gonna directly Quote

Have a tissue ready both guys and gals! This is love at
it's purest! Take a break and watch both of the video links.
The inspiration you'll receive is the reward.

This love story began in Winchester, Mass., 43 years ago,
when Rick was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth,
leaving him brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.

"He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life," Dick says doctors
told him and his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old,
"Put him in an institution." But the Hoyts weren't buying it.

In 2005, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their
24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than
20,000 starters. Their best time? Two hours, 40 minutes in
1992 -- only 35 minutes off the world record which happens
to be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a
wheelchair. "No question about it," Rick types.
"My dad is the Father of the Century."

1st: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D52rJd9GX10&mode=related&search=
2nd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjPrL3n63yg

Re: Happy Friendship Day

Thank you to all those who sent me e-cards or left comments on the post :)
I would have thanked you sooner but to be honest I've been too tired to post.
Okay hold it right there, I have a good reason for it, called working 12hrs and having to get up at 5:30am and not getting home till around 8pm and having to filter and report all the spam I've been getting (see previous rantpost about that).
I mean I've even neglected my FAVOURITE online game - World of Warcraft...
So I am here honest, I've been leaving comment here and there.
Now it's just me and something nice and Ice cold from the mini-fridge...
I got the weekend to recover before I do it all again next week, the joys of having a covering a colleague.

<< New Message board - the old one is in the process of being made Vapourware.

G Dawg

Warning! Warning! Warning!

This is a general announcement, in case I haven't made this before..
Some Stupid Mother FUCKING ASSHOLE SCRIPT PRICK is SPAMMING e-mail using random names but MY EXACT E-mail address, not my Hotmail / yahoo / AIM one but private (well ISP based) e-mail address, also notice a small variation same name but with a "d" on the end, if you follow.
So if you recieve an e-mail proclaiming to be from me that doesn't use my actual full name in it then Trash it, do not click on any links just trash - don't report it as spam other wise ligit e-mail from me won't get through :( I may try and see if I can use a similar but alternate name before the @ in the address line will still have my full name in it.
The only reason I say this is well lets just say i've bounce a few in the over the last couple of weeks but today I come home for work (after 12hrs of being there) and mailwasher states 64 email - 54 were trash... about half were from my exact email address or the varient mentioned above..
To the MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE SPAM SCRIPT PRICK - I hope your balls drop soon or better yet drop off..

Happy Friendship Day

Happy Friendship day to all my dear readers.
** Hugs to all of you **
Sorry Melonie, but Im pro "hug friendly" :D
Just think the kids will soon be back at school soon :)..
I can't think of much more to say than that..
Another typical post by me then where not very much is said.
If you could click the banner at the top it would help kids in far off places, and well i click it everyday + a few of the other tabs..

** Hugs ya some more **
G Dawg..

Friendship Day is August 6

Well the title says it all doesn't it...
Why not send your friends who you've not seen in a while a card, okay maybe a bit close to be sending a card but it's the thought.
Another possibility is using an e-card site such as www.angeleyes2.com which is 1 of many.
Now if your feeling generous and wanna say something a bit more special there are websites out there like www.ftd.com and many local florist have websites you can order through, okay so you need some form of bank card that's the only down point.
Okay enough about that from me.

Phew What a week...

Well it's been a "lovely" week at work, I was able to get out the sweatbox office a few times to help with stuff so that was good, tbh it was just too hot..
One of my computers at home almost went into melt down, I mean I don't think the processor is meant to be running at 64C(147F) do you mind you it was like 25C(77F) felt more like 27C(81F) outside though. Even when I was out it was plesant while driving to and from the places but very little breeze on a hot day and humdity about 60% not nice now is it..
I've drank countless litres of coke, irn bru and water this past week or so...
They say it's gonna cool down a little over the weekend I hope it does.
I have the delightful task of looking after nephew this weekend ;) should be fun, I need my car washed and he's just volenteered :P, well I think a the prosept of some football down the glen will persude him ;)
Right Im off to grab some ICE and pour myself a cold one...
Enjoy.

It's still pretty warm...

Okay so it's not as warm as it has been it's only like 21C (70F) right now and with a few clouds which probably will mean a little much need cooling rain later, it's fairly humid although not as bad as before thank god.
Long may this continue like this, I could actually get used to it IF i didn't have to sit in my stuffy Air Conless office with all the kit in it. That said I don't actually have the inclination to go out and "catch some rays" maybe I should lose my "milk bottle" look, what says you?

Phew! It's a scorcher.

Okay practically all of my limited readership will not think this is very warm but trust me when your more expecting 17-18C (62-64F) and your getting around 23C (73F) it's warm - minimal breeze, humidity 70%, falling to aroun 16-17C (60-62F) with high humidity :-S you can see why, that and having to work inside with NO A/C, well the UK doesn't really warrent A/C now does it, well when i say no A/C I have a 3-speed fan to try and cool the place down, windows open, ignore the 22 14" monitors, 22 recievers, PSU for those recievers etc. Well today was meant to be really hot, it's relativly cool here but futher south you can add a few more Deg C to those figures. I was kinda lucky I wasn't in the office today, was yesterday :-S, today I got let loose so to speak but well I had to go into an attic space which has 0 air flow, cue wilt... I don't sweat that much, Im not the type to have water drip off me but I was close...
I just need a storm to break this oppressive humidity & heat, would do wonders!
Okay that's me done now, I await the critic of temperate little me...

Have you ever...

Have you ever just wanted to very, very politly smack the snot out of someone else kid?
Well all I can say is Im amazed this hasn't been done yet by my wonderous sister, who has the patience of a saint, mind you my sister taught me how to be devious so you can imagine that killing them would be kind!
Now it's not often I mention my nephew now is it..
Let's just say where they stay there are a few families with kids, now most are fine, some a little young to be playing with Connor but that's going off point.
There are 2 - one lives next door and well let's just say "BRAT!!!!" is too good a word for this boy! He acts like an idiot sometimes I mean acts like he's 4 or something you know the way kids act all stupid like someone's just clunked them upside the head, that's who he acts.. Now he's fine in SMALL doses BUT when he's "partner in crime" the little madam from the across the way is around it's 2 v 1 and you can guess who the one is, this PISSES connor off no end but he's learning to deal but he won't go out the front door even if they aren't there to play by himself which he used to do no problem.
This stresses him no end and in turn stresses my dear sister...
Now this is the fun part, even although his "mother n step dad" and her "mother and 'partner'" (more of that in a mo) know this may be going on they wanted my sister to chip in for a "trampoline" for them all to use, now she didn't go for it so they had to pay for it between the 2 of them ha ha ha £100 for an 8' x 8' with side netting etc, which connor has never went near (even although he could as it's outside).
Now on to the "mother n 'partner'" well all i have to say is I don't know which one of them is the more "butch" if you know what Im getting at.
Now all this anger connor has bottled up (I wish he wouldn't he's so like me and my sister is dangerous!) has to come out somewhere and it normally does his football teammates get it, in fact he had to appologise to his coaches for letting rip so to speak as well as one of the parents of the kids who he said something too, appologied twice - once there and once on the phone (his mother wasn't feeling great at the time)..
Uncle G to the rescue here...
Well yesterday was spent at my sisters fixing her broadband - darn freaking stupid USB DSL drivers and Windows 98se. My nephew kept asking me to go outside to play football which I wasn't going to do as I was busy but "We",my dear sister and I had a plan, I went how about you let me finish this and then we could erm "Go to McDonalds" then go to "the Glen", that's Pittencrief Park aka Dunfermline Glen, so we could play football there we'll imporvise goals as well ;) that worked gave sister some breathing space to do stuff and actually tired nephew out :D Kudos to Uncle G.
Ah that's it Rant over...
I'll post more when I feel like it :P

I am alive...

I am alive, just not posting.
I don't really have anything to post about or rather I can't be arsed posting about..

How Many Can You Name?

Okay I don't know how many there are but there are like at least 5 pages and each page has 10 "clips" on it..
Name That Kid's Tune
The Answers are provided so no need to post them just an honest answer as to how many you could name...
There are 2 other sections "Oldies" and "Patriotic" see how well you do in them..

So Long Great Aunt...

Well here's a post I had hoped not to have to write for a few more years but everything must come to an end at some point..
I only ever actually met her once, when her and her husband came over from the US for a visit, I'd be about 12, so just a few years ago now. My parents did go over to see them about 9 yrs ago, I didn't go as well stuff needed to be done around and well just wasn't fesable for me to go too.
I can remember when ever she phoned, it was like she'd never left scotland even although she'd been in the US for more years than I've been here. Never once did she lose that unique accent, the broad scots tounge.. She did keep going the longest though I mean 97 ain't no mean feat is it now..
Mind you I wouldn't have tangled with her as she spoke her mind, makes me laugh at some of the things she said towards the end in the nursing home she had to go into since she couldn't look after herself, went a bit blind, so the put a TV in her room,
"Wit dae I need a TV fur, I cannae see it!", roughly her exact words. Thankfully she died peacefully in her sleep, got the call yesterday morning at about 7:45 our time, so you can imagine what time it was in MA. I got to know when I got home from work. I was going to publish something last night but I couldn't think of what to write I still can't.
At least her and Great Uncle Don are together again..
Only one thing to do know bring her home :), her daughter is going to fly over with the urn at some point..
So long Auntie Eff, sorry Uncle Don, your peace is shattered again, I can just hear them laugh now, just thinking about that..

Have I bored y'all?

Im just wondering I put an honest post out and a small survey and well blog death or is it just y'all ain't got a round to reading / commenting - mind you my blog is in the "back of beyond" so what can I expect...
Im thinking of a new title not sure what yet but well we'll see
I may just leave the blog alone for a while as well I don't know - it's the darn well fact im a Librian for sure, can't decide on nothing...

The Results are in...

I've had it up long enough for anyone that's gonna vote to vote.
The Results are as Follows:

Answers   Votes  Percent
1.Daily    3 33%
2.Every other day.  1 11%
3.Once or twice a week   2 22%
4.Once a fortnight   1 11%
5.Once a month    0 0%
6.Less than once a month 1 11%
7.First visit    1  11%

I'll leave the poll up a few more days just incase someone hasnt' voted yet..

A Little Survey Folks

Please vote, you'll see it on the right sidebar. I put it there as I can't seem to find a way to get it in to here :(

** Edit **
Okay to clarify something:
A Fortnight is like two weeks, just a word we use here in the good old britain.
I've also moved it so it will be first post for a good while

An Interesting Factoid About Me....

This nugget of wisdom brought to you by my Mother (I love her I really do, sometimes it's OTT - that will teach me for not moving out - it's due to lack of FUNDS :-S) and a little touch of the old alcohol.. The stuff mother comes out with when tipsy ain't stuff she'd say normally..

I shouldn't be here!
Why I hear you say, well if my mother had followed the advice of the doctor (who if still alive I'd love to meet just to tell them off) and gotten rid of me I wouldn't be here. I'd have "Problems" apprently but hmm mother didn't and here I am so to speak.
I wouldn't say I was a small baby but you could put me in a pram with my head on one side and my feet could touch the other i.e sideways!
I did almost die along with mother when i came into this world.. (I was meant to be a big kid - well did they EVER get that one wrong! - mother had gotten stuff to fit me but it looked like a tent on me :P)
Well I am here, albeit with a "minor" problem I don't know if it's genetic or just cos I slouched but well you know all about that already - posted about it a while back... go find it yourself - never know what else i might have told you about me (that's of course unless your a loyal reader and you don't need to :P)
Well from then till now I've fought many a battle, often with people who just don't understand that people who look different shouldn't be insulted / bullied..
I was the "Small kid" that accelled at maths but my written english was never exactly spot on.. I was always one of the last to be picked for the team in Gym class.
I was the one that kept my head down and got on with the work as much as possible, just to try and escape, i pushed too hard I think or maybe overestimated myself or both..
I did go to "University" but well less said about those 2 years and the 6-7 that followed the better..

"Darkness all around, he searched for something to light the way, to help him find the path, alone and lost not realising that he just needed to reach out and say 'help me!' and he'd find the way again. Self-reliant that's what he was or so he thought anyway, the truth was some people he cared for he shouldn't have, but then again he didn't know the whole truth at that point for if he had it would have been a whole new set of rules. So lost he kept searching, in the end it was a journey to find himself in a world he didn't understand, as he didn't understand himself but he would given time."
Even now there are things I don't understand, I'm missing "components", for want of a better word, that would help me interact better, know stuff that at my age I should know etc.. nothing I can put my finger on but I don't know things do I.

God walk by your side and in your hearts..

ah the joys of summer

Well what can I say, been absolutly glorious weather in my part of the world, actually sun for like of the day temprtures in the high 50's / low 60F at least.
Only down point, I've been inside working, well that's not strictly true, i wasn't at the weekend.
Saturday Morning: Up nice and early, because it's that monthly ritual that is taking my nephew to football, the team has vastly improved since last time. I say that because last time, they didn't move about they just like stood there, now they are moving around a lot more making the passes etc, now if they'd only listen and PASS the ball to ma nephew when he's in clear space and ASKING for the ball they might score more than 1 goal in a game. Oh for those interested it was 4-1 to the other team in the end. 2 each half, nephew was in goals first half and save a good number, one was a really good save the sort of save you'll have seen at the world cup (he just got his fingers to it to tip it over the bar :) ). Second half he got let lose up front. I got to my sisters about 8:30 am and I left at like 7pm was a fun day, i did get some sun and yeah i did watch some football.
I have a puzzle for you to see if you can work it out because I'm having trouble with it.
Sunday : Lazy day since well i'm on the early shift this week so 5:30am starts, played world of warcraft a lot finally got an item i'd been after, a new staff that has way better stats on it that the one I had, had to do a few runs of the same place to get it as it only "drops" from the boss at the end of one particular dungeon and i had to do it again as some stupid priest rolled need on it with me even although they KNEW (or should have done) that, that was the whole reason i was there...
Second time I went it was just me and a paladin from the guild - we erm died a few times and everytime we died the whole dungeon reset :( kept having to kill the same one's over and over again, got a priest - same thing happens they rolled need on it, but this time I got it :D
Monday - Today: Work, attempted to get a wireless network to connect from one house to a flat which is like 40-50 feet away - no problem eh - wrong! didn't wanna know even with the latest and greatest tech the "Netgear Range Max (WPN824) Wireless Router" and appropriate wireless interface card, it reached to a point but that point wasn't good enough spent yesterday trying get the thing to connect to a Linksys Repeater which we'd been told would work a treat.. did it heck!
Today - got the thing reconfigured to work with something it states it should work with since it support "Wireless Distribution System" whatever that is, fancy name for something rather annoying :P
Now it's still not working but got a lead so hopefully it will be resolved tomorrow if not I'll erm "swear"..
I think that's everything...
See I do remember to post now and then :P
Now as to the puzzle:
Pick up phone - no dial tone / not anything at all or noise.
Use PC to go online via a ADSL modem - connects and works fine, Explain cos Im puzzled!

confucius say... (Additional)

Okay, Im still a lil confused a lot less than I was, what a week.
Monday: get to work, say morning to everyone and get started never really had a chance to talk to her, got a goodnight for her
Tuesday: Went a fixing things so nothing then either. As above.
Wednesday: Actually I don't know.
Thursday: I left the office just after 2 and well I went home from where I was (someone not happy at this - it was Bingo Night :( ). All I will say is wireless networks are a PAIN!.
Today: Left at lunchtime and was back for 5, wireless working better after getting a new bit of kit.. The bit of kit we had would probably have worked but maybe not.
Anyone recommend a wireless access point that actually doesn't need to have a network cable connected to it i.e one that actually acts as a repeater / WAP and don't say the Netgear 602 cos it don't it needs addition "satilite" 302's to work and that stays connected to the network..
Argh! that and It's been warm all week, stroll on, too warm in the office though :-S
Oh and Im gonna have fun tomorrow gonna be looking after nephew and taking him to football :P

confucius say...

Hmm okay poor me now, confused.
Mind you that's nothing new, I'll explain.
Went to see X-men 3 with my colleague from work Susan, had a chinese before it as well.
Good film and a nice relaxing evening, or so I thought...
Now here is what confuses me..
Nothing said at the time when we got back to my car, switch on phone this morning,
get a message to the effect "hope you enjoyed the film, that will be the last time we go to the cinema"
I have an idea why and it's all to do with "work". I mean she gets a hard time about when we go out, I get it as well but not as bad. Another reason is maybe our "accounts person" who is also MD's wife, gotta love family run companies...
She seems to like to pick fault with ANYTHING and it's never her fault it's susans or mine since I do check in stuff as it's delivered - check that the what's on the note is what's in the box (I can do no more than that since I don't got the order notes as someone else does them).
I'm doing my best, doing what I think is wanted of me as fast as is possible, multitasking, attempting to make good time management etc..
I'll stop there *massages temples to calm self*
Anyone help me out here? Im confused....
Additional for Junebugg / Heather:
No I didn't pinch her hinnie, what you take me for...
I don't talk over a movie, i consider it rude.
She only ever wanted me as a friend, I have told her how i felt before, we both agreed to be friends (see a Feburary post i know i did one - i think)
She doesn't have much self confidence and well all the put downs are finally getting to her I think.
It as if im at the gates of an ancient city, asking to be allowed in, and being denied access.
I hope this clarifies if not re-comment..