Post Valentines Day Post

Well it was last Saturday but I kind of forgot to post then, lets see how exciting the past few weeks have been...
Well we have the new car, nice isn't it.

Mother fell again, all I heard was the thud and she was at the bottom of the stairs having had her sleeping pill and had a few drinks :| she has been told that if she wants anything from downstairs to ask me and I'll get it, she also decided to empty the dishwasher first..
Well she was all bruised but nothing major apart from what she had on her plate being all the way down the stairs it's a light brown carpet and she had black cherry or raspberry yogurt, it's been cleaned Today. So I spent the next day looking after her as she was all sore, this was after mother was told off by my lovely sister.
Ah Valentines day, well lets see I did lunch and shopping with mother and went bowling with the nephew that's how exciting it got for me although I did cheer someone up by giving them a quick call - Hey Laura :)..
This week has been well crap as I've not been feeling brilliant actually make that the past fortnight it's going..
There was a meeting hastily called on Wednesday that well didn't go according to anyone else but MY plan, needless to say my sisters are trying to pin it on mother, saying she wanted the meeting, I don't know who to believe anymore again. I don't think that will surprise anyone, oh wait I know why I am so much like my father...
OH yeah baby you better believe that one, not a day goes by I don't think about him in some way, well I look at myself and well I am my father's double...
I'm slowly sorting stuff out in a way that helps me, just not fast enough for anyone else, but HEY TOUGH...

That is all..
I'm off to do "Lunch" and then shopping..

Happy Dance....

*Does the Happy Dance*
Literally just picked my new Ford Ka, hmm let see
Air Con - Check
Central Locking - Check,
CD Player - Check
Smart assed look - Check :)
Quiet Engine - Check - no noisy exhaust :P

May post picture later it's a bit dark to post one now..
Looks like I'll be poor for a while...
Heck it's worth every penny...
Now just to find the owners manual.....

Got a brand new motor....

Well nearly new it's an upgrade of the one I have at the moment. I don't have it just now but come Wednesday evening I will be the owner of a nice 07 plate Ford Ka with well about 7,000 miles on the clock which is nothing, given the Ka I'll be leaving behind has about 66,500 miles on it and it could easily do another 12,000 if the bodywork could have held up..
I looked on a few websites, had a look at prices, was going to phone around a few places but the 1st place I phoned won me over right away saying there was an 07 plate Ford Ka that had just come in. It's a nice metallic red color absolutely beauty and since I already know how it drives it will be a real sweet drive. The only thing stopping me was the price nearly £ 5000.00 but I looked at it and well kinda no way back once I'd seen it.. So I've got the cash together and will pay it in full when I go to pick it up. They are being generous and giving me £100.00 for my old car which isn't bad given the age and the fact it's gotten a bit of rust.

Does the happy dance, I got a loan from the bank of mom, hey her idea not mind I didn't go asking for it she offered and I well I don't normally do this but well she knew I needed a car and that the "cash" would be the issue, so I'll pay her back but minus the lovely interest I'd normally have to pay, I just hope the transfer goes through without a hitch else I'm screwed!

I know I've been kinda busy

Well dear reader today is a monumental day, the day the most powerful man on the planet isn't a white Texan, some guy called Barack Obama, Mr President good luck, your gonna need it.

In other news, more important to me at least it was decided to roll out what I'd been working on, tweaking and screaming at over the past few months. Decided to put it live and see what breaks since a bit of it is "Hacks" to get around stupid IE 5/6 issues I know who uses IE 6 - I did ask and someone does still use it, it works they say so why change so I coded for it that was the freaking challange since IE 6 doesn't understand "transparent" images of anything more complex than a gif - animated or otherwise - 1 color is transparent and that's it loads of fixes put in place..
It went live a few bugs found, fixing them major one I've just fixed it didn't resize the page if you resized the browser it does now to a point there is a minimum to which it will go, i'm going to be decreasing that minimum so it fits in a 1024 x 768 screen (with a graphs resized) - standards is going to be 1280x 1024 although I'm going to sneak it to be my screen res which is in between them both.

http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=index - the index for my team stats pages..
It's been voted the as one of the best stats sites...

Happy New Year 2009

Well folks it's now 2009, not the 13th month of 2008 just so you know...
Hmm I got a few things for Christmas, not much but then again I wasn't expecting much.

Christmas was interesting, I got to set up my nephew's new TV so he could play his new PS 3.
It has plugged into it a PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii, a PC and a Personal Video Recorder - Digital recorder with inbuilt tuner for Digital TV..
I said later on after I'd set it up as a "joke", that the only reason I was here was to set it up, to which I was "TOLD", "I could have set it up", let's just say that's the last time I set anything up, I just "LOOKED" and went "Fine!" only to be told off once again for being "Moody!".. Well fuck me... Whatever!.. That particular sister is starting to piss me off, well she did try and sell me her car, didn't want it, did think about it more I thought the less I liked the car, she now has a newer one, So What.
I was working boxing day, off the weekend and working last week apart from New Years Day itself, that in itself was a first never had both off at work before.
Oh I've hit level 80 in World of Warcraft with my Mage, now due to other things I really won't be playing him much, just to piss people off, well if other people in my guild will talk about me behind my back and have me demoted from officer the screw them. They gotta problem with me they should say to me direct, Never mind my loss in the end but well so what I just don't care anymore may go find something else to do.

I know like reading the latest Kinsey Milhone book I got myself looks a corker with a really good twist, I mean she's good but the other one is better and playing her at her own game!

Anyway dear reader,

Have a great 2009. I do hope you've not to much of a hangover :-P. I have a bottle of Bailey's to open yet.

I have code to write and I think I'll just go find some music to listen to while I do all that..


May peace be with you in you heart.


Gordon

Merry Christmas to one and all (Part 2)

Now after I finished that post I realised I had probably left people out. Now I have not deliberately though..
Now here I do hope to change that, I missed out many of my CL:1 friends and real life friends.....

To Rusty & Rose better know to me as Rusty and his boss :P, well she does wield a heavy bottomed skillet rather well I here and can load a rifle pretty quick too, well they is from Texas after all. I hope the new job works out better than the last one, and that next year I hope me n rose can actually figure out what the heck each other is talking about.
To Ronnie, dude you've been through so much crap this year I hope next year is a whole lot better, or at least the nurses stay "cute" ;).

To Sheen, may you continue to confuse the newcomers in the lobby into thinking your something your not.. I still remember when I first heard you on voice that was interesting.

To Mr & Mrs Spingles, I hope you 2 have a wonderful 2009, oh that and that Calvin the cutie that he is behaves himself, although I doubt it very much but you'll love him anyway. Oh that and you find out the "vegans" sneak bacon rolls now and then..

To Scores, Girl may you never change, keep that "cheeky grin" on your face even if it's only "PC" that gets to see it...

To Savoy, Chin up, things will work out in the end, have a great 2009.

To Louie, May you and Sibby have a great 2009 in Fl, and may those with homework learn to use Google rather than CL:1...

To Mark & Emma, I hope 2009 is as much fun as 2008, I'm sorry I've not been in touch very often but well I've had other things on my mind.

To Richard & Philippa, may 2009 bring you closer together even if you are miles apart.

To Barry, mate keep up the good work, have a wonderful 2009.

To Andy & Karen, you 2 keep loving each other and that sweet child of yours in 2009.

To Jenny & Gregor, may 2009 bring nothing but joy to you and "Gregor" Jnr, even although he do look a lot like his mama, all I can say is when he grows up, he'll break a few hearts just a few..

And Finally this post wouldn't be complete without a mention of my Best mate in the whole world, and I got a few of them and his lovely wife, and their beautiful new ba boy. So To Stu & Annelise may 2009 bring new wonders into your lives, new discoveries, wondrous 1sts and so forth..

Hugs To one and all

And to all a Good night.

Merry Christmas..

Gordon

Merry Christmas to one and all

Well it's almost that most wondrous time of the year again.
Now I did have a great post to put here but well if hasn't gone and left the building just now, I guess I should really write them down when I think of them and post THAT day!

To all my friends far and wide, blogger and non-blogger alike Merry Christmas. The following are in no particular order.

To Moogie smile, keep the chin up, it will get better, those angelic children will become angelic once more it will just take a little while, have a great christmas and may you be always able to find the exact thing you need at the moment you need it.

To Barb, dear barb I think your finally there where you've always wanted to be, may birddog continue to serve you well and may midnight and nino finally realize that you love them both in equal measure but in different ways. May you never stop writing on your blog as it's always a pleasure to read even when you ranting about something I can normally see why. May the bean always be perfect

To Melonie may the work you do have continue to have an impact on the lives it crosses and may it reward you in a way you didn't think possible. I hope that all the kids continue to know that you love them all dearly even when they've done something really bad / stupid and they are banish to their room.

To Shy, may things all work out and may your son continue to surprise you in a nice way of course. Keep the faith it's hard going but just keep the faith and know that no matter how many miles away you are, I'm always thinking about you at some point in the day.

To Katt, hmm what can I say other than this dear friend smile, even in the face of adversity smile and keep on smiling, never give up on your ideas people will come round to them it just may take some time.

To Marie, we touched base but once this year and that was enough to keep me smiling fo r the rest of the day, thank you for being a friend and introducing me to erm some "band" called "Snow Patrol" I never can thank you enough for that.

To Jean-Luc, may 2009 be as exciting as 2008 on you blog with all its twists and turns. Oh and try and keep my away from the Klingon Bloodwine and Romulan Ale and keep me away from all Ferengi, lest I remind them of a few of the nastier "Rules of Acquisition".. Live long and prosper.

To my Free-DC team mates, you guys Rock each and everyone of you. Just a few special mentions to Bok - thanks man for letting me loose on the stats and giving me something else to do for the team. I'll keep polishing 'em up I promise. IB, ye old Target Butt you may not understand all this new fangled DB stuff but you still manage to get there in the end. AMDave, those charts of yours get any more shiny and well erm we'll have the #1 slot of DC project stats on the planet, oh wait we already DO :D.. HelixVonSmelix, dude to you major kudos to you and that machine will rock when I get another PSU, the one in my main machine went funny. Also to Team Seti-USA I take my hat of to you guys, I know I don't visit the forum much but I've been busy making the shiny, shinier :)...

To Junebugg, You keep me smiling with your jokes and funny e-mails don't stop sending them, just know that most of them make me crack a smile. Let's hope 2009 is a little less windy in 'bama.

To Hannah, It is amazing how people meet up in blogspace, how close they can end up no matter how far away they are. I do hope everything works out for you next year since we both know this year wasn't very good one for both of us.

To Laura, dear sweet Laura, bet ya though I had forgotten you there didn't ya, not a chance. I know we've both been busy this year and keeping in touch has been some what fragmented I'll try my best to sort that. Smile and give that dear sweet mum of yours a hug from me for simply bringing the world a wonderful, beautiful young lady.

And Finally this list wouldn't be complete without my mentioning my adopted lil sis.
To Jen, I know it hurts, it hurts a lot, I'm now writing this though misty eyes as I remember things. Just know this even although I am not exactly nearby just know I do think about you and your mum, I'm glad I know you, you and Laura are some of a select few who can manage to cheer me up no matter what and I can only try and do the same for you.

So to one and all have a Merry Christmas and remember a smile costs nothing and hugs are on the house.

Hugs to you all.

G

It's a wrap...

Yes it's that time again, all the presents are bought and now all I have to do is wrap them up which is always fun since well I rarely buy things that are regularly shaped it's quite funny. This year however I've don't think I've gotten anything odd to wrap up, no wait I have those chocolates from Thornton's to wrap up. What is it about that place and Christmas that means I can't go past the shop without going in and buying stuff for people.

Christmas Cards

Well To anyone in the UK wanting to send cards out to your friends / relations in oz, well it might not get there for Christmas "par avion" as you've missed the last date for sending 'em, those for the US / Canada well you got until the 10th and Europe is pretty much the 12th.
Just a little reminder to my readers from overseas that you cards have indeed been posted and you should get them before Christmas and yes before you wonder the individual cards are there too, I started it so I will continue it that way at least until they've moved out :P

To those who's address I don't have, I am thinking about you no matter how far away you are even if you don't blog...

Holding it together even if a bit shaky

Well it's getting towards that time of year again, Christmas :)....
Well I thought today I'll go and get all the Christmas cards and start and get them ready to post out to my far away friends and their families. Yes I mean You dear reader, well many of you, some of you may read this and be disappointed that no card appears, I can hardly send a proper card to an e-mail address so some of you may end up with e-cards.
I was in my usual card shop getting cards, the boxes of card for friends, and the special ones for family. Well there I got smacked with it right in the kisser, "To Mum and Dad at Christmas" or similar and well it got me for a moment, I had a little cry to myself which thankfully no-one saw and composed myself once again when Slade - Christmas Time came on, that helped :) a lot.

So dear friends, when your sending out your cards this year, remember those who've lost someone this year.

So across the miles, virtual or otherwise here a great big hug from me to you guys out there, keep on smiling.

G

Update: One Brave Teenager

Well someone has stepped forward and come up with the required money for the health insurance so Hannah can visit Disneyland and not have to worry about any medical bills
If I read the article correctly it up to 3 million pounds of insurance cover or maybe it was higher still..

In other news -
Apparently someone leaked the BNP members list - Ophs, I mean I can't see why no-one would want people to know they are "members" of a party that well is Neo-Nazi in nature, hates non-whites, but is unfortunately a "legal" political party here but well shall we say certain professions ban you from being a member of it as it could possibly "color" your judgment, get it...

The Scandal of "Baby P" who was basically tortured to death by his evil twisted stepfather, his mother and a lodger they had staying with them it was "missed" by the local Social Services and it had been noted that social services did have chances to save the baby but no they sent it back for more torture as well "that's the right thing to do" - Political correctness / EU Human right bollox are to blame and they are wondering why the "Public at large" are baying for their blood in this, even if they didn't actually kill the baby, they should still hang their collective heads in SHAME, I mean a doctor examined him 2 days before he died and missed a broken spine..
The 4 or 5 involved in this are basically being very kindly asked to Resign..
There have been a few cases like this over the years so it proves that lessons learned from previous cases haven't been learned at all..

Another "Scandal" is the government allowing the merger of HBOS with Lloyds TSB I mean with a little more cash injection from the government HBOS could have been kept independent but NO screw over the customers... If this all goes up "shit creek without the proverbial paddle" Mr Brown - my vote will go else where...
A little note here - I do have the power to vote him out of his parliamentary seat..

Whatever next...

One Brave Teenager

I normally don't write 2 posts in a day but this story touched me..
A 13 year old girl who had a rare form of leukemia diagnose when she was 5 and the resulting treatment left her with heart problems has won the right to die even although she could get a donor heart which would prolong her life.
She did so because she'd be on drugs the rest of her life to keep the immune system from rejecting the new heart and since she's had to stop taking the other medication the leukemia could return, she stopped it as it would interfere with the pacemaker she has fitted.
The High Court ruled she was old enough to make her own mind up as she didn't want have to beware the rest of her life that the leukemia could return and she's sick of being in and out of hospital as well and has already defied the doctor's by living longer than they said she would. She wants to stay at home and die quietly not tubed up in some hospital far away from home.
She has been offered a trip to Disneyland Florida IF she can find someone willing to cover the special travel insurance she'd need to fly with.
Hannah Jones your are brave beyond measure.
BBC News Link to the story.

Remberance Day / Veteran's Day

90 Years seems a long time yet it's 90 years to the day that World War I - The War to end all wars ended..
All the dead and those who fought in that war and the wars since ask for is once a year to fall silent for 2 minutes..
I again link in this beautiful and powerful song by Terry Kelly who actually saw someone totally ignore the kind call for 2 minutes to remember the dead..


2 minutes of silence is all they request,
2 minutes from your day once a year,
It's a simple request, not a big ask is it?
For those who have fought and died,
For those who have fought and survived.
So that you and I can have the freedoms we have,
So that we have the rights to do what we wish.
They've fought and they've died so that we might be free,
They've fought and they've died so others might taste freedom.
2 minutes of time, is all that they ask.
2 minute is nothing, it's a pittance of time.

To all the brave men and woman who've fought and died in all the wars and who are out fighting right now for other peoples freedom I salute you.
I was reading a story today about a solider who was hit by a rocket and as he was being treated ripped off the mask and demanded to go back out even although he was gravely injured, he didn't make it and was posthumously awarded a medal for his selfless actions.
That's just one of many stories I've read of bravery, often carried out without even thinking just done, they can say at least I tried to save the lads around me.

Lest we forget, some never stop fighting the war just remember that next time you see and old guy he might have fought in the war somewhere.
Just thank them for doing the job they signed up for, protecting the country they live in.

Film Review : James Bond - Quantum of Solace

Hmmm what can I say about this film, opening titles so typical Bond, let's just say I wouldn't like to see the repair bill on the car, IF it was actually repairable - bullet holes, cracked windscreen, missing door, scraped paintwork oh but don't worry Bond got the guys chasing him by shooting them and taking them out in style..
Now I had heard the title track music on the Radio many times and well it sounded okay if not a little quirky, Most if not all of the Bond Title music can be played and it sounds normal this just didn't however it fits in perfectly with the titles.
Now on to the movie which basically follows right on from where Casino Royale left us.. With a dead MI6 agent, a "shadowy" organization who we know little about and have no idea how wide spread they are..
Bond gets to the bottom of it by pretty much kicking the info out of them, which of course doesn't impress "M" very much although at times everyone is looking over their shoulder as it seems even MI6 isn't immune to have this shadowy group in it's midst - I mean they all come up clean on the security reports and yearly tests, so who's not to trust them.
Of course it all unravels once Bond gets on the Inside track and well has a word with them that maybe just maybe they should pick some place a little less public - and well gets a few nice snaps as people leave.
High speed car chases, guns, girls it's all in there, he calls in a few favours, goes semi-rogue although "M" always trusts him to know what he's doing, even after having her collar felt by the Foreign Office...
All in All a good film - go see it, can't wait to see what they have Bond doing next.

Networking....

I got my network fixed eventually, it's been a busy week so forgot to post it was fixed..
Stranded Cat5 cable has a slight advantage over the solid core stuff in that it can still work (even if only just) with a few strands broken where as solid core either works or doesn't and is much less fun to work with...
I also went to see the new James Bond yesterday and will post later about that..

I got a networking issue..

Hmm my normal connection to the net is being temperamental, no not the actually connection from my modem to the net but the connection from this computer to said modem / router as it's well dropping data packets which is normally not noticed but it does tend to slow things down a little or a lot depending on what I'm doing, most times i don't notice it but been getting "this path is too deep" errors when transferring files across between pc's or really slow transfers if using other tools. The one major thing where it's extremely noticeable is when I go to talk to my guild mates on "ventrilo" as well my "ping" time goes from a nice 31ms, to well 15-16s i.e 15-16,000 ms and keeps going till all it says is "ping:" nothing else..
I've tried new network card - still the same.
I've tried different operating system to make sure it's not the driver / OS that's the issue - still the same..
I've tried another PC and put ventrilo on that - worked fine, proved connection was okay..
So I'm thinking it's either the 10-15m cable I have installed or one or other of the ends which are machined on and I don't got no ends so can't easily replace them, also replacing them is a freaking royal pain in the ass.

So at some point soon I'm going to either have to replace the cable - easy enough just about as it runs the full width of the house, i.e full length of my room, into the cupboard up the wall into the attic and then along to the other end of the house to my modem/router, or do I get a wireless card and swap routers to a wireless one which I have got!

can we say ouch! update

Okay I tried the dentures in for 4-5 days but nope they ain't working to smart, taking them out causes great pain as the right hand one of the 2 metal clips that are on it, that clip over existing teeth, digs into my gum pretty much right about where the tooth they put on that side is so thus chewing on that side isn't much fun as the tooth jabs right into the jaw and well it's freaking painful. I can't really chew on the left either or rather I can it's just a bind and well after a few moments of chewing using my tounge to move the food around as well It don't wanna move too much it gets sore too..
Well soup, noodles, bananas and the occasional bites of actual real food meant it was a real bind...
So I've taken them out let them know it hurts like hell and I'll try them again in a day or so i.e the weekend when i'm not eating so much got an adjustment appointment next week so we'll see what that brings. Oh and the clip in the gum I think it's scratched the gum..

can we all say ouch!

I was at the dentist today, to get 1 tooth out and my lovely new denture fitted.
Hmm right now the meds have worn off and i can feel the tooth that was yanked out if ya know what I mean.. The denture fits well enough I suppose, I had better as it darn well felt like it was cutting into one side before the final adjustments were made.
I've to keep it in place for 12hrs and i've got the numbers to phone if I have any problems which I truly hope I don't. I thought about it and I've got some ice cold cider which I may/ may not drink. I'm currently eating chicken soup as it's about all I think I can handle right now..
Oh and wait for it this my 3rd post in as many days, whatever next.

Happy birthday Jen

Happy Birthday to my unoffically adopted lil sis Jen.
I know this year hasn't been a good one for either of us but you can make it.
Sure there will be a fair share of crap days, just hope today isn't one of them..
You know i'm just a call away..

Hugs to you and your mum.

With just a little bit of love, no a whole heap of it..

G

Happy Birthday Chickie

I hope I've gotten the right day else Moogie will tell me off, or worse chickie will tell me off..

Happy Birthday young lady, a pretty young lady at that.


Hugs from Uncle G...
There I think that should do it...