http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/If you don't believe in dragons. It is curiously true. That the dragons you disparage. Choose to not believe in you.en-EUhttp://backend.userland.com/rss092http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/5f/2443295c2eb2d894f3731c1f0180bc_160x200.jpg <p>You know I am really bad at blogging, her across the the room is always nagging at me to write a blog, but to be honest half the time I haven't really got a lot too write about, or its a case of got so much but unsure how to write it down, I call it blogger block.....lol</p> <p>So her you go I have blogged, something lol..........</p> <p>I can't think where to start its been way to long.... So I'll start again....... after the days gone, I think tonight we are planning on watching The Dambusters, with the twin on our Saturday movie night. I actually thought we were going to a barbecue... But that looks like its been cancelled.</p> <p>I know my Mum and Dad were supposed to be coming down the last weekend in the month but unsure if that going on, as no ones rung me,</p> <p>The past few days I have been really snappy, I think its a case of overworked, stress, and worry.</p> <p>I have had Kelly with her her gallbladder operation, which has been stressful for Kel Kel's and a worry for me, in the same week Kim my Ex (Tanis's Mum) had a Heart Attack, so I have had the stress of that on top, Kellys op was about three weeks ago now, and shes still feeling yucky as she calls it, Kim on the mend she's a lot better.</p> <p>Kelly and I, are planing on moving, we are on the homemove scheme, and waiting to here about the bid we put in for a 2 bed house. hopefully hear something by Tuesday next week.</p> <p>Its been interesting at work, I actually passed my Chainsaw licence, and I got to fell some trees two weeks ago that was in a void garden, unfortunately a wasp nest put a sudden stop to me progress, got stung three time, my manager who is allergic to wasp stings got stung once. luckily it had no ill effects on him........ Got the wasp killers in to remove the nest a week later. and finished off the job. I did have a picture taken but my fellow work mate has been off all week so i haven't been able to get it off his phone. once that happens I'll update this blog with it........</p> <p>Well I think today we have got to sort out this front room so I best go....</p> <p>Hey what do you know I wrote a blog lol...... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/07/25/bloggers-block-6584758/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/07/25/bloggers-block-6584758/Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:02:33 +0200 <p>Last week was a great week, I was on my CS30/31 Chainsaw course again, And all week I was in the forest of Herstmonceux Castle, It was great so stress free, and relaxing, even though I had to learn how to cut trees down and remember the information given to me by the instructor I still found time to take in the surroundings. </p> <p>The course went really well, compared to the last time I did it. Last time I passed the CS30 but failed the CS31. Oh best explain them CS30 is the City and Guilds NPTC level 2 Certificate Maintain and Operate the Chainsaw, The CS31 is the Fell and Process Small Trees part of it. A small tree isn't Small as in garden terms its small iv forestry terms, up to 25ins in Diameter and anything from 40ft to 60ft+. The biggest tree I took down last week was a 100ft Scots pine. at about 24ins Diameter. </p> <p>Everyone here was worried that I would chop of body parts, I think Kelly was worried about one part in particular....<img src="/img/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Well apart from that Kelly and I went to our friends on Thursday and started up our old Gaming group again, it was like old times with the only person that has really changed is me, well I am a bit rounder now.... <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Saturday evening Kelly, the twins and I sat and watched some films Hellboy II and The Ironman, Kelly cooked up some pop corn, I say cooked but the first lot she did was flame grilled as it caught fire in the microwave lol. Kelly's Belly played up big time last night, she had a very bad time of it, she was in a lot of pain, and it scared her a lot. Apart from that it was a good evening and hopefully we will be doing that every Saturday......</p> <p>Well today its an unsure day I got painting to do but Kelly is contemplating going out, for the afternoon as its a nice day, so we shall see.</p> <p>Well GTG I'll catch up with you laters </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/06/14/a-week-in-the-forest-6300465/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/06/14/a-week-in-the-forest-6300465/Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:49:14 +0200 <p>Not quite sure what happened really I suppose life got in the way of me blogging, I have been quite busy of late and things have been going so fast this month it has been unreal, the problem I got now is where to start, as I have the memory span of a goldfish. So forgive me if this blog is fragmented but it can't be help.</p> <p>Ok then where shall I start, Oh yeah Tanis to begin with, My Son is the most luckiest boy I know he has gone to Australia for 4 weeks, Brisbane to be precise. He's been there for a week already, and I had a few picture sent to be, I been Tanis has never been on a plane before, so what a baptism it was not only did he fly to the other side of the planet but he did it in style on the World Largest Commercial passenger plane the Airbus A380. He flew from Heathrow too Dubai for a couple of days then on to Brisbane. Where he is have a great time as I said I have had a couple of pictures and here they are.</p> <p><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="Tanis"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/699/3571699_36ce9bbdd4_m.jpeg" alt="Tanis" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="Tanis"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/700/3571700_f0bc1d8fb1_m.jpeg" alt="Tanis" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="Tanis"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/701/3571701_2207c0ca11_m.jpeg" alt="Tanis" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>Once I get some more I will post them.....</p> <p>Ok so what else has happened, Oh yeah First thing that happens is my exhaust fell off my Car and cost me £134 to get it fix I mean it just happened to be the most expensive part on the system. Then my CV gator boot slips off the and sprays grease all over the wheels, that has now been repaired by Citroen after 3 unsuccessful attempts by A.T.S, they ended up paying for it, well they tried to fix it with a plastic Cable tie when really it should be done up with a steel clip, which is put on with a lot pressure. Ok so that the car.</p> <p>What's next oh yeah the cooker, our 5 month old Beko Electric cooker went wrong about two weeks ago, and Kelly rung them up first and they turned around and said that the wiring is wrong, and if they sent the engineer out for that it would cost us over £50. So Ivan and I tried to fix it by replacing the mains cable, this was to no avail. Anyway after making sure that we have done everything we could possible do, I rung up Beko customer services, and I got an engineer to come out Last Friday after twelve. Ok great yeah right Kelly was meant to go to her Fat club on Friday but as she has been very active this week she's was a bit achy plus with all the stress of everything going on its taken a toll on her, I gets a phone call at work on Friday, from Kelly, I say Hello Babes as normal and I got I am fuming, instant reaction in brain ok what have I done now lol, Kelly added ' the engineer left a message on the answer phone said that he had called at 9:30 and no one was in, and that he had left a card. Now as you know we have dogs, and if anyone knocks that door Lindita opens up with a torrent of barking. and that did not happen. </p> <p>Kelly had rung the customer service line again and they said that I never arranged a PM call, technically calling me a liar, now Kelly was in the room when I made that call and heard me state I want an afternoon call. So they had to check the recording of my conversation, which they discovered I was right I had, and the got the engineer to call ASAP. </p> <p>Well he came in asked what was wrong Kelly said one hob isn't working nor is the oven he said that hob I presume and pointed at the one that wasn't working. He opened it up bypassed the thermal fuse and put in a new one, afterwards stating that it was a design floor with our model of cooker, he also said that the people on the phone have got no right to say what they said about the wiring. So now we have a working cooker.</p> <p>Don't think for a minute I am finished yet, Our Kodak printer stopped printing properly and I had to in the end admit defeat and get it sorted, I rung up Kodak and they said it sounds like the printer head and that they would send out a new one, and do you know within 48 hours it was delivered. Absolutely fabulous service from them.</p> <p>Ok what else, as Kelly stated in her blog and you may have read it thing normally happen in threes well try they don't who ever said that wants their brains testing. Cause after all this well I say after all this this was going on during all of the above our BT phone packed up so we ended up buying a new one. </p> <p>Now I swear if anything else goes wrong I am going to just lock myself away and hibernate for a lifetime.</p> <p>Ok so that's all the crap that has happened lets end this blog with some other news, Kelly and I are moving home, and have put ourselves on the transfer list, and are now waiting too hear for the survey guys to come around and inspected the property, before letting us on the list. So that something we both have too look forward too.</p> <p>OH yeah Kelly and I bumped into some old friends the other day and went around their house, and have now arrange that we are going to start our role-playing hobby up again, no not that role-play the Dungeons and Dragons, type of role-play, we used to do that years ago. So that's good. what else......... Oh yes I restart my Chainsaw course on Monday, and I passed my level 3 land based Engineering course that I have been on day release too from work. I think that's it ......... </p> <p>Yep I think so if I think of anymore things I blog it at a later date........</p> <p>Well BFN gtg dinner time</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/06/06/it-has-been-a-while-6250876/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/06/06/it-has-been-a-while-6250876/Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:33:59 +0200 <p>I was Rak'ed<br> I case you're unfamiliar with this term RAK (Random Act of Kindness), its something that happens on Kelly <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/i-love-cross-stitch/">I-Love-Cross-Stitch-Group</a> on Yahoo, which I am a silent member to help out if theres problems. Well Rene La Frog a member of the group sent me... A Dragon Sun Catcher and a Las Vagas Thimble......</p> <p><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="Scan_2"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/886/3563886_a8cd52b5aa_m.jpeg" alt="Scan_2" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>So I would like to say thnk you to Rene for these</p> <p>THANK YOU RENE!!!!!! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/06/03/i-was-rak-ed-6232752/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/06/03/i-was-rak-ed-6232752/Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:44:04 +0200 <p>Satellite navigation systems have revolutionised driving over the past decade or so, saving us time and fuel - and a whole lot of arguments with backseat drivers and map-readers too! But sometimes things can go wrong. Very wrong. Here are some of the worst sat-nav mishaps from around the globe - and some advice on how you can avoid them.</p> <p> * Cars and water don't mix, as a driver in Glubczyce, Poland, found out. He doggedly followed the instructions of his sat-nav - ignoring the road signs telling him that the road ahead was closed - and drove straight into the middle of a reservoir. Fortunately the man and his passengers clambered onto the roof of the car and were rescued by the emergency services.</p> <p> * In 2008, Syrian lorry driver Necdet Bakimci found himself stranded on a nature reserve in Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire. He was 1,600 miles from his intended destination: Gibraltar, on the southern tip of Spain. Confusingly, his sat-nav system listed Gibraltar as being in the UK (because it's a colonial outpost). Confronted with a choice of two Gibraltars, both seemingly in the British Isles, Bakimci and his cargo of luxury cars took a 3,200 mile detour.</p> <p> * Want to move up in the world? Then buy a car at auction. When police sold the Duchess of York's Jaguar, the lucky buyer got more than he bargained for. The car's in-built sat-nav system was programmed with the address shared by the Duchess and her daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, along with locations of some of the favourite haunts of Britain's aristocracy.</p> <p> * Villagers in Exton, in southern England, were so used to trucks getting stuck down a two-metre wide country lane that the council put up signs telling drivers to ignore their sat-navs and take a different route. Dozy HGV drivers who relied on their GPS devices had to reverse half a mile, causing damage to hedges and fences, in order to turn around.</p> <p> * Police in Victoria, Australia have urged drivers not to discard their old-fashioned maps. An increasing number of motorists have been stranded after relying on their GPS systems, getting taken on routes that are only accessible to four-wheel drive vehicles. Many parts of Australia do not have up-to-date digital mapping and sat-nav companies have been relying on data that can be up to ten years out of date.</p> <p> * Zhou Xia and Zhao Na Na's crime spree came to an abrupt end when they were stopped by police in Doncaster, Yorkshire. They were found carrying thousands of Euros and a number of stolen credit cards. But the most damning evidence was the sat-nav device, programmed with the addresses of all the Post Offices that they had defrauded.</p> <p> * State troopers in Vermont, USA have called for GPS users to exercise common sense after a series of inattentive drivers found themselves following snowmobile trails. One soldier from Fort Drum, NY, drove so deeply onto a trail that police had to use a snow tractor to drag him to safety.</p> <p> * A hospital patient on a ward transfer got taken on an eight-hour magical mystery tour, thanks to bungling London ambulance drivers. Blindly trusting their sat-nav device, the ambulance crew took the patient to a hospital on the outskirts of Manchester, 200 miles away, when they were supposed to travel a mere 12 miles to Brentwood, Essex.</p> <p> * Doncaster man Robert Jones had the shock of his life when he found his BMW 5-series teetering on the edge of a steep drop. Following instructions from his sat-nav, the professional driver found himself on a narrow pedestrian lane in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. The 43-year old is due to appear in court on a charge of driving without due care and attention.</p> <p> * Redditch woman Paula Ceely cheated death en route to her boyfriend's house in Wales. Her sat-nav system took her to a large metal gate. Certain that this was the correct route, she opened the gate and, moments later, found herself in the path of a railway train. She jumped out of the way as the train smashed into her Renault Clio and carried it down the track. 'I'll never use a sat-nav again,' she told the Daily Telegraph.</p> <p>On seeing this I am considering never using mine again....... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/05/19/10-sat-nav-horrors-6143366/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/05/19/10-sat-nav-horrors-6143366/Tue, 19 May 2009 19:42:34 +0200 <p>Well has it really been that long, since I last wrote tut tut naughty me, slap my wrist's. Well I'll try and catch every up with you but I'll properly skip a few things. As I can't really remember the whole detail.</p> <p>Ok here goes, two weeks ago I was driving to college when I started to here a rumbling sound coming from my engine, now either someone had increase my engine size overnight and changed the bore on my exhaust. Or my exhaust was about to blow out. Well gets home early and I check out the exhaust pipe yep a small hole had appeared by the joint to the middle from the front pipe, ok I thought that will last till I get paid.</p> <p>Next day gets up as normal to go to work, gets in the car pulls off not less than 50yds later cluck the exhaust drops off...... grrrrr. But wow the car sounded like a monster truck...... So I quickly got out my pushbike and cycled into work. In fact that what I did until last Thursday. Now Pay day for me is the 20th of every month and I couldn't afford the £134 pounds for the part until then, It was that much as the section that had gone had the Catalytic converter on it, the most expensive part on the exhaust and it goes. </p> <p>Well anyway Kim my Ex wife (Tanis Mum) offered me the money to get it fixed, as this Sunday Today is the last time I will get to take Tanis special as next Sunday he leaves for Brisbane Australia, luckily toad. Tanis is going to have a baptism into flying in big style I mean the other side of the world, You can't beat that unless you want to holiday on the International Space Station,lol. So thanks to Kim I got that fixed and the car now sounds so quite I have to rev it every now and then to check the engine is still running lol.</p> <p>Friday evening just gone Kelly, Ben and myself went to the Windmill for something to eat, which was nice. Yesterday Kelly and I went shopping at Tesco's and spent most of the day chilling out.</p> <p>Today it was my time with Tanis, and when I got there I was informed that Tanis had been given the money to buy a hamster and cage and Tanis wanted Daddy to help him choose one so after an afternoon spent along the seafront I took Tanis to the Pets at home store in Bexhill, where he chose a cute white and tan hamster, I picked out the home and the other bits and paid for them. Ok easy huh oh yeah right. I gets all this stuff to Kims house get ready to build this cage up which is one of those that we have got for our hamster (A habitrail ovo suite), lines up the pieces and suddenly notice the roof was missing now this was at 3:4pm Pets at home shut at 4pm. I was straight onto the phone after ringing Keel's to tell her I'd be late home. The appolgised and said if I head up there they would open the shop up and let me swap it. When I got there they had built it up for me and they gave me £10 pounds in gift vouchers.</p> <p>Well I got it back and set it up and Tanis put the hamster in, not sure what he's called her at the mo as I had to get back quick as by this time is nigh on 5:30pm.</p> <p>Well that's about it I think.... I'll try and keep up with this in future </p> <p>So BFN<br> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/05/17/oops-its-been-two-weeks-dosen-t-time-go-fast-6130959/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/05/17/oops-its-been-two-weeks-dosen-t-time-go-fast-6130959/Sun, 17 May 2009 19:19:46 +0200 <p>Well Today was Sunday and that means contact with Tanis yet again..... I was all set to take Tanis, to Hastings Seafront, however Tanis had other ideas. When I got to his Mums Tanis handed me this leaflet and ask if we could go see the cars, the leaflet was about the Eastbourne Motor Show. So I took him there the traffic was an nightmare on the way, not surprising really considering its Bank Holiday Weekend. When we got there, Tanis soon found is ideal car.</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="Tanis"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/115/3472115_b69ec84c0e_m.jpeg" alt="Tanis" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>Well he likes sports cars and the colour green.</p> <p>We walked around looking at the other cars, It made me feel quite old cause every model car I have had was there, except my Citroen Saxo, but I'm sure one day it will be come a classic....lol After walking around the car we found a funfair and Tanis went on the Dodgems. And a couple of side stalls. Before we headed home. The drive home was just as bad as getting there.</p> <p>Well that's my day well afternoon anyway.</p> <p>BFN</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/05/03/sunday-with-tanis-6053099/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/05/03/sunday-with-tanis-6053099/Sun, 03 May 2009 23:10:40 +0200 <p>Well today was gardening day and thanks to work allowing me to borrow the tools I was able to transform this......</p> <p><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0010"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/743/3468743_c1ede73ec8_m.jpeg" alt="PICT0010" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0011"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/745/3468745_1235116955_m.jpeg" alt="PICT0011" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0009"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/746/3468746_2bbcc1f242_m.jpeg" alt="PICT0009" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>to this</p> <p><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0016"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/748/3468748_1dbb176bbe_m.jpeg" alt="PICT0016" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0017"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/749/3468749_fdc4381441_m.jpeg" alt="PICT0017" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0018"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/750/3468750_0531663a62_m.jpeg" alt="PICT0018" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>Not a bad days work in the garden..... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/05/02/hollington-jungle-tamed-6048072/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/05/02/hollington-jungle-tamed-6048072/Sat, 02 May 2009 23:24:57 +0200 <p>Well today was college day and All was going well until, I just pulled up at a seet of traffic lights, went to put my handbrake on and BANG! Some idiot, decided to not concentrate and use my car to stop with......</p> <p>I got out, as did the other gentlemen, to inspect the damage luckily there was none that I could see, he wasn't going very fast and the fact I had not put my handbrake on at that point may have helped soften the blow. Anyway we exchange details as I wanted to get the chassis looked at just incase.</p> <p>Apart from that the day went well, got home early to find Kelly had gone out with the dogs which was nice, for her I think its great that Kelly is getting out more now, really happy that she is, and proud of her...</p> <p>Anyway got to go MAY be walking the dogs again pends on Lupi, Kelly and their legs lol..</p> <p>BFN </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/30/the-day-started-with-a-bang-6036693/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/30/the-day-started-with-a-bang-6036693/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:06:16 +0200 <p>Well as I have already said in my last blog entry today it was my contact day with Tanis..... I decided to take him to Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway. Its not a bad place rather cheap, It was £4.25 for me and £3.25 for Tanis. that gave you one ride on the train, the nature walk, and access to the model railway sets, which cost 20p to power them up. and play on the adventure playground, (Although I didn't see the small print saying recommended age 12 under, oops Tanis is 13). Members of staff were walking around and didn't comment</p> <p>We had a drink, and went on the train for the second time and then headed for the gift shop, before which I manged to ask one of the staff to take this picture.</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0005"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/497/3448497_55e247fba0_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0005" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>From the gift shop I brought Tanis a Green cap with the Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway's logo on it, and I brought a leather key ring and a thimble for Kelly.</p> <p>All in all Tanis seamed to enjoy himself, and after dropping him off i headed home to have my dinner, Roast chicken with the trimmings yum. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/26/a-visit-to-a-very-small-railway-6011957/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/26/a-visit-to-a-very-small-railway-6011957/Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:17:17 +0200 <p>Well yesterday Kelly and I went on the Trip to the Royal Observatory of Greenwich (ROG), This is home to the Prime Meridian of the World, its basically the line where you all align your clocks too...... Its why you are +8(GMT) or -8(GMT), GMT = Greenwich Mean Time..</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0054"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/452/3448452_5af9ffec68_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0054" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>We have been before but we thought well its a day out, so lets do this again. At the ROG, they had a new Planetarium. So We thought we would give that ago. I have been to a Planetarium before, and it was that I believe that triggered my fascination for Astronomy....</p> <p>The Peter Harrison Planetarium at Greenwich, has a cone which is one of the single largest uses of bronze in the world, It is made of nearly 250 individual plates welded together and made to look like on piece, the shape of the cone is related to the stars and unique to its location in Greenwich.</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0056"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/453/3448453_23ced3a952_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0056" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>The whole Planetarium is aligned with the prime meridian line, the sloping side of the cone points towards the north celestrial pole.</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0057"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/454/3448454_5bf9b6a472_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0057" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>The north side of the cone is aligned with the point in the sky perpendicular to the Greenwich local Horizon (zenith). The cone is sliced at the angle parallel to the celestial equator....</p> <p>I hope I didn't bore you with those facts, but I found them interesting and its what I am into, so there I shared it <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Kelly and I also went to the National Maritime Museum, the last time we went we didn't cover the whole museum so this time we just looked around some of the bits we liked before and the ones we missed, which included Lord Nelson uniform, that he wore when he got shot by a french sniper in the battle of Trafalgar, you could see the bullet hole in the Left shoulder, I always thought he tripped over the plague on the HMS victory saying Lord Nelson Fell here lol.</p> <p>Anyway the day came to a close, and we headed home, I think Kelly had done a lot judging by the fact she feel asleep on the way home....</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0059"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/455/3448455_03bbe22ef0_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0059" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>When we got back we went to the Rainbow for dinner and then went home. All in all I enjoyed the day the weather was nice, the company was nice. Anyway I got to go now it Sunday so its time to go and see Tanis.</p> <p>BFN </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/26/esas-royal-observertory-of-greenwich-trip-6011938/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/26/esas-royal-observertory-of-greenwich-trip-6011938/Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:14:05 +0200 <p>Today I had the day off work, as Kelly had to attend a pre surgical medical check ant the conquest hospital, I got up at normal time 6am as I didn't want to get out of my routine for getting up for work. It all went well at the hospital for Kelly they checked her for MRSA. Whilst I was at the hospital I read this poster and the things on it described me to a tea...</p> <p class="center">Overweight<br> 17" Collar<br> Extremely loud heavy snoring, often interrupted by pauses and gasps<br> Excessive daytime sleepiness, e.g., falling asleep at work, whilst driving, during conversation or when watching TV. (This should not be confused with excessive tiredness with which we all suffer from time to time)<br> Irritability, short temper<br> Morning headaches<br> Forgetfulness<br> Changes in mood or behavior<br> Stop breathing for short periods from 10 to 90 secs, ending with a gasp</p> <p>Now most of that describes me very well particularly the; Extremely loud heavy snoring, often interrupted by pauses and gasps, Excessive daytime sleepiness, and more so stopping breathing for short periods from 10 to 90 secs, ending with a gasp. Which is worrying........ If it continues I think a visit to the doctor is in order.</p> <p>After the hospital Kelly and I went to Tesco's for a little shopping, I also went to order my spec's, that I discovered I now need after an opticians appointment on Thursday. </p> <p>After dropping Kelly and the shopping off I headed off to see Tanis. I watched him on his bike today which he is getting really good at and now he wants Daddy to take his bike up there so that he can race me lol....... After that I came home and had dinner (Jacket Potatoes with Cheese and coleslaw).</p> <p>So this evening Kelly and I are going to wind down and watch CSI: Vegas... and properly go on WoW for a bit then off to bed.. then tomorrow I have promised to take Kelly out for Dinner, I was going to on Friday but with the fact Kelly and I are now going to Greenwich on Saturday, its going to be so tight doing every thing we have got to do. Anyway its bfn I'll catch you laters.</p> <p>BFN<br> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/21/tuesday-yeah-day-off-work-5983946/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/21/tuesday-yeah-day-off-work-5983946/Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:35:16 +0200 <p>Well where shall I start.... I know...</p> <p>Monday (Easter Bank Holiday).</p> <p>Well quite a good day, spend most of it in bed oh yeah, a bit naughty really considering I have to be up for work at 6am, on Tuesday and really it is that what put the downer on the day the fact that I had to go to work on Tuesday....... Didn't really do much to speak of except play Wow for most of the evening.</p> <p>Tuesday</p> <p>6am got up, 7:15 woke up on the sofa, as I had fallen of to sleep again, too many late nights over the long weekend, well work was really exiting stuff spent the day in a flat, clearing it out.... </p> <p>The flat was on the fifth floor of the same high rise flats that Kelly and I lived in. And I tell ya the place stunk of <del>shit, puke, and piss, stale poo,</del> old vomit and dried in urine with a mixture of cat poo an wee, lovely. I'm used too it really as that is my job. Its just not nice to go home stinking of this. Anyway whilst at work Kelly had rung me to inform me that she would be going to the pub with Tony's Family after the memorial service for Tony, which was held today. So I arranged to meet her there. </p> <p>Well after work I had Tanis, so it was going to late by the time I got there. Anyway after work I went to see Tanis , which was great I sat and played Mario carts with him. Which he won AGAIN!....... </p> <p>I then went home to get changed, so that I can meet Kelly at this pub, so I got home done the three S's (Shit, Shave and Shampoo), got changed and headed up to this pub. When I got there, and met Kelly. who brought me a beer, a Green King IPA. However by this point Kelly was hammered already and she is insisting that Her, Ivan and myself head for the rainbow for something to eat. OK fine, thats what we did, however 5 min's later whilst heading down Old London Road, Kelly informed me that she was going to be sick, so I quickly stopped the car Kelly opened the door and was sick on the kerbside.......... </p> <p>After about an hour of Kelly hanging out of the car throwing up I manged to get her to lie down with a Tesco's bag, whilst I drove her home. Before we got there Kelly had passed out, so Ivan and myself had to manhandle her out of the car and indoors. I manged to get her to the loo so that she could be sick AGAIN!..... And then to the sofa, where she crashed out again..... I put a bowl on the floor got her a quilt and covered her and sat at the computer and played WoW. Kelly then about 11:30pm woke up and decided she wanted a Prawn Kebab...... Which we ordered. We then went to bed about hmmm 3am..... The morale of the story to Kelly is DON'T DRINK WHEN ALL YOU HAVE HAD TO EAT AL DAY IS TWO WEETABIX (silly girl) but I love her.</p> <p>Wednesday</p> <p>Well up at 6am yes that right 6am three hours later. and got ready for work needless to say I wasn't in the mood for a lot of hard work, so Martin and myself decided not to rush the litter run.. Really Wednesday was uneventful compared with Tuesday. Just got to work as normal and home again... We were supposed to be going shopping but someone didn't feel like it I wonder why... <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Thursday</p> <p>Hmmm Thursday, well again not a lot really got up for work as normal, went to work did my job came home and then went shopping with Kelly, for a few bits.</p> <p>Friday</p> <p>Well hip hip its a Friday, Uneventful at work really, not a lot to report, Went to see Tanis after work We had a party to go to that I was only informed of today, so I had to let Kelly know as I would be late home for dinner. We went to the birthday party fully armed with a present and card,Tanis had a goof time, and I took him home. Came home to Jacket potatoes, cheese and beans, lovely. Spent the evening on the sofa I didn't touch my PC until about 12am when I quickly checked my E-mailbefore going to bed...</p> <p>And Today well today isn't over with yet so that's another blog</p> <p>BFN </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/18/what-a-week-5965735/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/18/what-a-week-5965735/Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:30:01 +0200 <p>Well, Happy Easter everyone, I hope you got all the chocolate you wanted.......</p> <p>Well this weekend end has been quiet, yesterday I spent most of the day in my dressing gown, until a mate from work showed up as his exhaust pipe had broken on his car, and made his Renault Meagan sound like a tank. He hasn't had much luck with his motor, he's already spend more than the car is worth on repairs to it.</p> <p>After he went I sat and watch the Easter Special of Doctor Who, which was Fantastic as always.</p> <p>Well today, I had my contact with Tanis, and Today I decided to taken him down to the Seafront and Crazy Golf which he rather convincingly beat me at...... After that I had a tour around Kim's new flat (Kim being Tanis's Mum). I came home too a nice dinner, which I cooked as Kelly wasn't felling too well. I think they enjoyed it no one said <img src="/img/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" class="middle" border="0"> .</p> <p>After Dinner we watch Primeval, and Red Dwarf Back to Earth, which left us thinking was it really the last one.... I am now about to play WoW.</p> <p>For Easter I got two chocolate eggs one fro Kelly, and one from Ivan. I got one for Kelly which she didn't know about I got Ivan to get it for me in the week.....</p> <p>Well I'm off now I'll catch up with you later.</p> <p>BFN<br> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/12/ea-5933669/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/12/ea-5933669/Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:46:30 +0200 <p>That Makes a change..... </p> <p>Well Work finished for me on Thursday thanks to this lovley thing called Bank holidays. So Yesterday Kelly, Ash, Josh, Rylee and I went down the town. We went down to give Michael thats Kellys daughters Beckys, Boyfriend his birthday cards and easter eggs. And yes we also had dinner there too......</p> <p>We brought Rylee a 'In the Night Garden' Book its a childerns program over here it has a train called Ninky Nonk, and the main character is called Igglepiggle. It has others but I don't watch the program so I don't know.... Anyway after that we all came home we dropped Rylee back off at his mums. And headed home, which really isn't that far is just around the corner....lol</p> <p>Well its Saturday Morning and i'm not sure whats in store for me today so i best get dressed I suppose... So BFN<br> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/09/ohhh-the-weekend-got-here-quicker-5918702/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/09/ohhh-the-weekend-got-here-quicker-5918702/Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:13:16 +0200 <p>.....damm where did it go.</p> <p>Its always the same you work all week, bored shitless cause all i'm doing is pick other peoples rubbish that they can not be bothered to put into a bin, and thats made worse when you clear an area, move on to the next area, drive through the area you have already done, and find its a shithole again. And then the weekend arrives which is a time to relax shoots past so fast you miss it...</p> <p>Apart from that the weeks been ok, I had Tanis on Tuesday he is doing well, he's getting some good reports from his school, had him on Friday as well which again went well. I got him again today actually, which is were I shall be heading later. I got up a bit early today, I didn't really want to get up but along with my back killing and my head pounding I couldn't get comfortable again. </p> <p>Not to sure what I am going to to do with Tanis today yet, it looks like its going to be a really nice day. Pehaps a trip to Eastbourne Sea front is in order..... Mind you I keep going there so prehaps Hastings Seafront, lets go local for a change......</p> <p>Well at the moment Kelly is still in Bed, and the Dogs are snoozing too the only one other than me awake is Ying, whose chewing a carboard tube. </p> <p>So not sure what I am going too do with myself for the rest of the morning....hmmmmmmm perhaps a bit of WoW.</p> <p>Well with what ever you guys decide to do today have fun doing it...</p> <p>BFN<br> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/05/zzzzzz-what-the-its-sunday-already-5892708/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/04/05/zzzzzz-what-the-its-sunday-already-5892708/Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:03:43 +0200 <p>Today I went from using all of thease....</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="brushcutkawakbl23al"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/190/3367190_8403e03679_s.jpeg" alt="brushcutkawakbl23al" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><br> <a href="javascript:window.open(" title="BBT1"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/191/3367191_213a780ad8_s.jpeg" alt="BBT1" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><br> <a href="javascript:window.open(" title="hrx476hx_250"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/192/3367192_df93c4c83a_s.jpeg" alt="hrx476hx_250" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>To using this high tech piece of equipment...</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="Litterpicker"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/194/3367194_462d524481_s.jpeg" alt="Litterpicker" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>hmmmm....... Not saying anymore....lol</p> <p>BFN<br> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/30/work-today-5861279/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/30/work-today-5861279/Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:19:59 +0200 <p>Found this interesting (Thanks Darling) Thought i'd share..</p> <p><strong>Pathological' Black Hole Sheds Light on Dynamics</strong></p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="black-hole-540x540"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/095/3367095_4378a75bc7_s.jpeg" alt="black-hole-540x540" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>Just about every time astronomers looked at GRS 1915, something different was happening. Sometimes it launched powerful jets of gas. Sometimes there were winds blasting off the disk-shaped plate of matter swirling around the black hole's edge. The material, known as an accretion disk, was stolen from the neighbor star.</p> <p>Intrigued, Neilsen took on the job of combing through 10 years of observations of GRS 1915 made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and discovered a previously unknown symmetry between its jet and its winds. Chandra has made 11 observations of GRS 1915 since its launch in 1999.</p> <p>The measurements were made with Chandra's high-resolution, light-splitting spectrograph which detects X-ray emissions by how they have impacted intervening molecules, such as iron.</p> <p>"We found that sometimes the wind is very strong and sometimes the jet is very strong and when they are both there, they are both weak. They are competing for mass," Neilsen told Discovery News.</p> <p>"For something that's so complicated in its behavior that you can see this balance going on is really interesting," he added.</p> <p>Similar phenomenon have been observed in supermassive black holes. Neilsen's research, which appeared Thursday in Nature, provides the first evidence that smaller black holes exhibit similar physical processes, providing an important link in understanding black holes on an evolutionary scale -- akin to recognizing continuity between a child, an adult and an elderly person.</p> <p>"It's very interesting research," said astronomer Daniel Proga with the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. "Theorists are not going to have to come up with a good model that would explain why sometimes matter is able to reach a black hole as a jet and why sometimes it's blown away as wind."</p> <p>Source : <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/30/black-hole-chandra-02.html">Discovery News</a></p> <p>The picture is the <strong>Ornery Black Hole</strong> its an optical and infrared image that shows the crowded field around the micro-quasar GRS 1915, located near the plane of our Galaxy. The inset shows a close-up of the Chandra image of GRS 1915, one of the brightest X-ray sources in the Milky Way galaxy. This micro-quasar contains a wildly behaving black hole, named GRS 1915. The black hole is about 14 times the mass of the sun and is feeding off material from a nearby companion star. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/30/pathological-black-hole-sheds-light-on-dynamics-5861159/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/30/pathological-black-hole-sheds-light-on-dynamics-5861159/Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:00:15 +0200 <p>Well Yin and Yang my two gerbils hardly ever get a mention on my blog so, here they are.....</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="Ying And Yang"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/469/3364469_e84bc25aae_s.jpeg" alt="Yin & Yang" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a> </p> <p>Yin is the black one and Yang The white one, not completly opposite as they are both girls...lol They spend a lot of there time recycling our cardboard, they are very partial to the toilet roll inserts.....</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="Yang"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/492/3364492_4df58fde56_s.jpeg" alt="Yang" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>And I kid you not this is the same insert 1 minute later....</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0041"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/498/3364498_88e89b32a7_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0041" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>Meanwhile Yin is normally perched up on the food...</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0045"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/504/3364504_e4a5cc5b2b_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0045" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>So as you can see the gerbils are doing well, I am thinking of live stream webcaming them or is that sad....lol</p> <p>BFN<br> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/29/yin-and-yang-5855699/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/29/yin-and-yang-5855699/Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:45:27 +0200 <p>Opps its gone again, the weekend damm what I miss.........</p> <p>Well on Friday after work Kelly and decided that we were going to go out for the evening, well we havn't done that for a long time so we thought it was about time. So we went to Intimo's for a lovly meal and a bottle of wine. After that we went fo a drink at the old Havlock Pub. Down there we met Ben, and had a few drinks. But Kelly and I have decide that we are both getting to that stage in life where a quite meal and a bottle of wine is enougth. So we have decided to go out once a month for a meal..... Just so we can break the routine up.</p> <p>Saturday we got up late, well the night out paid its toll my head was killing me as was Kelly's I think, so I went to Tesco's quickly to grab a few bits for todays dinner, we then spent the rest of the day chilling out (Playing WoW).</p> <p>Today I was my afternoon with Tanis, as it was a lovly day I took Tanis to Beachy Head Country Park to fly his kite, mind you the old kite is showing signs of wear and tear now I think a new one is in order. The view from beachy head is fantastic I took this picture, from the top...</p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0034"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/496/3363496_3ceb62b7b7_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0034" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>In the far distance is Hastings Town, which is about 15 miles away from there. On the way back I stop off for some petrol, and saw this old time Bugatti, I asked the gentleman driving if it was ok if I took a picture of it......</p> <p>The gentleman driving asked me to remove his face a reg of the car...... So I have done </p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="PICT0009a"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/530/3363530_a985faa061_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0009a" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>After that I took Tanis Home and headed home, were I am about to eat my Sunday Roast Dinner. </p> <p>So BFN</p> <p><img src="/img/smilies/icon_wave.gif" alt=":wave:" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/29/its-the-weekend-again-nope-wait-a-sec-its-gone-5854069/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/29/its-the-weekend-again-nope-wait-a-sec-its-gone-5854069/Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:14:39 +0200 <p>And I mean a bright Dragon....</p> <p class="center"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/378/3350378_a2af9d6478_s.jpeg" alt="A Bright Dragon" vspace="5" hspace="5"></p> <p class="center"><a href="javascript:window.open(" title="Grumpy and the Dragon"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/393/3350393_f392729e79_s.jpeg" alt="Grumpy and the Dragon" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>The picture doesn't do the brightness justice but when I got it outside from Tanis foster parents, it was bright, I mean I could proberly use the colour for my high visabilty jackets I wear at work.</p> <p>Anyway Tanis issisted on having a Party for him and me, and I had a chocolate birthday cake again...lol</p> <p>Well the dragon is going to take up residence in the bedroom.....</p> <p>Anyway thought i'd share what Tanis got me...</p> <p>BFN </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/24/tanis-got-a-bright-dragon-5823358/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/24/tanis-got-a-bright-dragon-5823358/Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:17:54 +0100 <p>Well I was 39 today, and today went really well apart from having to work on my birthday, but it got better when I got home, firstly Kelly cooked me my favorite dinner Pork Chops, chips and mushy peas. I then got showered in presents....</p> <p><a title="All my Presents" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/936/3346936_d8a3dbaf19_s.jpeg" alt="All my Presents" hspace="5" vspace="5"></a></p> <p>Well to Start with I got this Watch from Kelly it has a real diamond in the 12 position</p> <p class="center"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/938/3346938_8e2c891635_s.jpeg" alt="Kelly (1)" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p class="center">I also got this</p> <p>Dunhill Aftershave and Shower Gel</p> <p class="center"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/939/3346939_f5162900c9_s.jpeg" alt="Kelly (2)" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p class="center">And</p> <p>A Concise Guide to the Stars & Planets</p> <p class="center"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/940/3346940_2e3c2c012f_s.jpeg" alt="Kelly (3)" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p>Kelly also had spent the time and made me this.....<br>March Gemstone Dragon <br>(Dragon Dreams)</p> <p class="center"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/943/3346943_8630b0868d_s.jpeg" alt="Kelly (4)" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p class="center">On top of this I got from Becky this</p> <p>A Jasper Conrad Wallet</p> <p class="center"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/944/3346944_176e67186c_s.jpeg" alt="Becky" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p class="center">Ok it does not end there</p> <p class="center">The Twins brought me <br>these two Books Complete the Trilogy I started to read<br>Can't Wait to get reading those</p> <p class="center"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/945/3346945_449b9b7fdf_s.jpeg" alt="Ashy And Josh" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p>Ok from my friends Rene and Tracy I got a big Bag of M&Ms unfortunalty no Photo as the M&M monster ate them...:(</p> <p class="center">But they also sent me a CSI: Las Vagas T shirt</p> <p class="center"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/942/3346942_0ad89f5807_s.jpeg" alt="Rene (2)" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p> </p> <p class="center">And this lovely wizard</p> <p><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/941/3346941_178f58d4f9_s.jpeg" alt="Rene (1)" hspace="5" vspace="5"><br>I had a good evening which iam going to finish off with a nice bath and a couple of cans of Beer... I do have a present from Tanis but I can't get that till tommorow when I see him.... Anyway BFN...</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/23/its-my-birthday-5816319/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/23/its-my-birthday-5816319/Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:42:15 +0100 <p>There it goes again the weekend, I blinked and missed it, mind you had a lovely time in town on Saturday with Kelly and the boys, as you have properly already read in "The lady of house's" blog already as per normal (Mind you she does get blogging a hell of a lot more than me lol), we met Carrie King a Children's author, in Waterstones where she signing her book "The Life in the Wood with Joni-Pip" We also had a walk into through the old town and popped into the rainbow for a cuppa.</p> <p>On Sunday I went to Eastbourne with Tanis and played Crazy Golf, mind you I wish i'd stayed in Hastings now, as the one is Eastbourne is crap, for the price you paid £8.50 in total. Got home to a really nice Sunday Roast, as always.</p> <p>Today it was back to the grind stone, and today I was stuck in the yard servicing the machinery, its amazing how long it take to clean a carburettor...lol. Came home to Kelly and I have just cooked dinner no where to the same scale as yesterdays, me a pizza and Kelly a Weight Watcher Meal.</p> <p>Well Bfn </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/16/what-the-who-said-the-weekends-over-5769127/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/16/what-the-who-said-the-weekends-over-5769127/Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:20:11 +0100 <p>Well, where has it gone the weekends seam to fly past right before my eyes, one moment I'm home from work on a Friday, I then blink, and fart and its Sunday evening, and I'm getting myself ready to get back too work.</p> <p>At work I have been Jet Washing for the majority of the week. And they except three browser of water used in 1 day. Now that's all very well it can be done, when you consider that the bowser contains 250 Gallons of Water, that's a lot of water to use in one day. But that's what they want. (Glad I don't pay the water bill) I'm washing down pathed areas that are covered in a green algae, that can get very slippery, so its more of a best get this washed off before 1066 get sued by someone slipping. Friday Drew and I were hedge cutting, which was ok, it made a change from Jet washing.</p> <p>On Thursday I had college, which was interesting I learned how to use the cylinder grinder to sharpen the blades of Cylinder mowers, Its interesting to a point but its watching a grinding wheel move from Left to Right over and over again with a few minor adjustments made very so often. The most exciting thing that happened was I got to drive a Massey Ferguson Tractor around the test course as they needed it back quickly, its the one The tutor of that course said that was the quickest he has seen that course done. lol</p> <p>I should have gone to my Astronomical Society meeting Thursday night but I was just too tired really. They want me to do a talk on the different constellations from A-Z, one talk a week, I did suggest it to them sometime ago kinda wished I hadn't now, its a big undertaken.....</p> <p>Friday I had Tanis and I took him to his Mums to see Kira, Tanis is doing really well after his eye operation, his vision is returning slowly and the eye is less puffy and red looking. I had Tanis again today I took him to the play park in Bexhill which he enjoys although he did inform me that next week he want to go to play crazy golf so that he can beat me...again....lol It started raining so we went for a drive around, for the rest of the afternoon, before taken him home.</p> <p>Yesterday Kelly and I spent the afternoon relaxing at home, apart from going to Salisbury's to pick up today's veg. At the moment Kelly is playing WoW hes nearly got her Warrior Purplelady to Level 75. I'll properly go on later after dinner now as its nearly ready. Well that's it really I'm off now too drink my coffee and wait for me Dinner that Kelly has spent the afternoon cooking.... It smells lovely....</p> <p>BFN </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/08/another-weekend-goneby-so-fast-5717544/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/08/another-weekend-goneby-so-fast-5717544/Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:58:58 +0100 <p>Well as you know Kelly and I went to my mums over the weekend, we got there in the evening and had dinner, and vegged out untill bed time with a few drinkies..... Well its a way to relax.</p> <p>On Saturday Mum, Dad, Kelly and Myself headed for London, we caught the train in, and then rode the tube, and Bus to the London eye, which we had booked tickets for the previous night. The trip on the Eye was fantastic, not for those that are scared of heights, its 450ft high and takes half and hour to traverse its full circumferance of 1391 feet (cor ain't I clever). The view from the top is outstanding....</p> <p>I took this with my mobile.....</p> <p><a title="Top of the london eye" href="javascript:window.open("></a></p> <p><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/960/3281960_538e310601_s.jpeg" alt="Top of the london eye" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p>Here's one looking down.... (not for those with vertigo)</p> <p><a title="PICT0626" href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/pict0626/3281961"></a></p> <p><a title="PICT0626" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/961/3281961_4bcbfe49f3_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0626" hspace="5" vspace="5"></a></p> <p>It is well worth the money it cost just for the views, I mean where else could you get a photo of Kelly and me with the Houses of Parliment, and Buckingham Palace in the background.....</p> <p><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/972/3281972_0475a959c6_s.jpeg" alt="P2280015" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p>After the eye we had a cup of coffee, in the cafe near too the eye, we then had a walk along the embankment and saw some living statues..</p> <p><a title="PICT0629" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/003/3282003_2d71bd0160_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0629" hspace="5" vspace="5"></a><a title="PICT0630" href="javascript:window.open("><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/004/3282004_2bf63c6cb8_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0630" hspace="5" vspace="5"></a></p> <p>We then went and brought lunch, which we ate in Victoria Embankment Gardens. In front of this guy...</p> <p><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/996/3281996_fe87d4b4c6_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0632" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p>After that we headed for the Museams, He walked around the V&A (Victoria and Albert Museam) which I have to say I found boring, we then went to the Science Museam which was more like it..... I have been there before when I was a child, (not so long ago), but being a little older I think I apppreciated it more....</p> <p>After that we traveled back home, for dinner. All in all a nice day out. On Sunday we chilled out at my Parents as we were worn out from Saturday. I mainly helped Carl my 17 year old out with his PC whilst whipping Christopher's (my 18 year old Son'S) World Of Warcraft Character's butt of WoW...lol</p> <p>I went to see my Nan in the afternoon whose birthday was on Sunday, well saying that her proper birthday is on 29th Feb. so its quite confusion on which day you choose for her birthday in the mean time.... Shes had 21 birthdays in total, so that makes he a grand age of 85 this year.</p> <p>We headed home after dinner from me Mums and a really good drive home, no hold ups, no roadworks...yah and thats saying somthing for the the M25.....</p> <p>Well thats it my weekend which Kelly and I enjoyed thought I'd share it with you.........</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/02/weekend-went-well-and-then-back-to-work-5680559/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/03/02/weekend-went-well-and-then-back-to-work-5680559/Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:35:59 +0100 <p>Well what a great week i have had, I finally got revenge on a certain doggy namely one Lindita, I took her too the groomers on Tuesday and she game back looking like a well judge for yourself......</p> <p>Before I took her....</p> <p><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/277/3271277_6c952fe681_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0612" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p>And now after I think its a vast improvement.....</p> <p><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/279/3271279_878107ccab_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0613" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p>Althougth reading <a href="http://amethystlady.blog.co.uk/2009/02/25/him-indoors-needs-shooting-5649432/">Kelly's blog</a> I don't think she is very impressed...lol</p> <p>And then she goes and make threat against my dog... I mean how could you do anything to this adorable dog.</p> <p><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/281/3271281_78ea41d555_s.jpeg" alt="PICT0164" hspace="5" vspace="5"></p> <p>Lupi will be going to the groomers but I shall be taking him myself.....</p> <p>What else has happened this week, well Tanis was a brave lad on Thursday as he had an eye operation, to adjust a squint in his left eye. He was in and out the same day and everything went ok. The one thing I wasn't very impressed in however was apparently he went into the Operating Theatre with his trainers on.... And they operated with the trainers on. I mean how unsterile is that.</p> <p>And Today Kelly and i are making last minutes preparations to go to My mums this weekend, Got the dog sitter coming a bit later. And then we will be off I think we are going via Maidstone so that Kelly can get something from Hobbycraft...</p> <p>Well I best be off, I'll see you all laters .... BFN</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/02/27/lindita-bald-but-hay-she-looks-better-lol-5659333/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/02/27/lindita-bald-but-hay-she-looks-better-lol-5659333/Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:12:39 +0100 <p>Well the white stuff has certainly caused problem's today, from train cancelations, Bus in london not running, accidents, traffic choas flight delays you name it. And of all thigs my works closed for the afternoon, what a shame! It may also be the same tommorow, but I still got to go to work at the same time, doubt i'll get luckly to have two snowed off days........</p> <p>Ah well i'm at home now and wondering shall I attempt to continue to try and level up my mage, or my death knight......... not sure choices, choices....... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/02/02/work-snowed-under-5492962/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/02/02/work-snowed-under-5492962/Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:23:25 +0100 <p>The week gone by like a rocket, not sure when my feet are going to stop. Well this week has gone really well, Monday till Wednesday afternoon I was servicing all the mowers.... Couldn't finish them as I need a torque wrench and the crap you have too go through to get the company to buy something is just stupid. We used to be able to go to a shop that we had a account with give them the account number and get the goods. Now it find out what you want, raise a purchase order, wait from two hours too two weeks for it to be approved, then go get it. Well I was still waiting for the approval on Friday going to be interesting cause I am going too put DO NOT USE labels on every mower, as all the blades need torquing up and its going to be unsafe too use them, unless I get the torque wrench.</p> <p>Well Thursday I had my college course and that was fun, a police officer came in and asked for Volunteers for a police exercise in crowd control. So as it was by lunch break I thought hay what the heck. There was about 50 of us in total and we had banners, Mine said "Jeremy Clarkson For PM" and we had to heckle the police, we were allowed to call them whatever we wanted, So we did , I got arrested for breech of the peace, obstruction, resisting arrest. Funny thing was after being placed in the van the other in they all said god I hope they are practicing...lol. We got let out and thanked. and I carried on with my day.</p> <p>On Tuesday and Friday evening I saw Tanis, Tuesday we played for a couple of hours on the Wii, and on Friday, Tanis showed me his skills on his Bike, hes got the hang of it sort of he still relies heavily on the stabilisers. But I suppose in time it will come..... Not sure about tomorrow, Last Sunday I took him Bowling... hmmm Tanis did mention swimming..... Unsure about that one.....</p> <p>Well Today I have put up a shelf in the front room, started to tidy up the spare room in preparation for Kelly's craft room, the clearing out is going too take a while.... I didn't realise the amount of rubbish that was in there.</p> <p>We had an escaped Hamster this evening sat down to have dinner to discover that i forgot to close a part of the cage properly so she was able to get out, I found her after a gentle search of room. She was scared but Ok......</p> <p>Well I'm going now I best make a drink otherwise Kelly will melt away...lol</p> <p>BFN </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/01/31/mowers-police-and-hamsters-what-a-week-5482692/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/01/31/mowers-police-and-hamsters-what-a-week-5482692/Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:26:10 +0100 <p><strong>Atom Bomb:</strong> An invention to end all inventions.</p> <p><strong>Boss:</strong> Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early. </p> <p><strong>Cigarette:</strong> A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other. </p> <p><strong>Love affairs:</strong> Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five day test. </p> <p><strong>Classic:</strong> A book which people praise, but do not read.</p> <p><strong>Committee:</strong> Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together. </p> <p><strong>Compromise:</strong> The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece. </p> <p><strong>Computer Engineer:</strong> One who gets paid for reading such mails......</p> <p><strong>Conference Room:</strong> A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on. </p> <p><strong>Conference:</strong> The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present. </p> <p><strong>Criminal:</strong> A guy no different from the rest... except that he got caught. </p> <p><strong>Dictionary:</strong> The only place where divorce comes before marriage.</p> <p><strong>Diplomat:</strong> A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way thatyou actually look forward to the trip. </p> <p><strong>Divorce:</strong> Future tense of marriage </p> <p><strong>Doctor:</strong> A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills.</p> <p><strong>Ecstasy:</strong> A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before. </p> <p><strong>Etc.:</strong> A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do. </p> <p><strong>Experience:</strong> The name men give to their mistakes. </p> <p><strong>Father:</strong> A banker provided by nature. </p> <p><strong>Father:</strong> An Automatic Teller Machine provided by nature.</p> <p><strong>Lecture:</strong> An art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either". </p> <p><strong>Marriage:</strong> It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and woman gains her master.</p> <p><strong>Miser:</strong> A person who lives poor so that he can die rich. </p> <p><strong>Office:</strong> A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.</p> <p><strong>Opportunist:</strong> A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river. </p> <p><strong>Optimist:</strong> A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says in midway "See I am not injured yet." </p> <p><strong>Pessimist:</strong> A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO,Instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY. </p> <p><strong>Philosopher:</strong> A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead. </p> <p><strong>Politician:</strong> One who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.</p> <p><strong>Rumor:</strong> News that travels at the speed of sound.</p> <p><strong>Smile:</strong> A curve that can set a lot of things straight. </p> <p><strong>Tears:</strong> The hydraulic force by which masculine power is defeated by feminine power.</p> <p><strong>Yawn:</strong> The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/01/28/the-definition-of-5464590/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/01/28/the-definition-of-5464590/Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:12:48 +0100 <p>A mystery-lover takes his place in the theater for opening night, but his seat is way back in the theater, far from the stage. The man calls an usher over and whispers, ''I just love a good mystery, and I have been anxiously anticipating the opening of this play. However, in order to carefully follow the clues and fully enjoy the play, I have to watch a mystery close up. Look how far away I am! If you can get me a better seat, I'll give you a handsome tip.''</p> <p>The usher nods and says he will be back shortly. Looking forward to a large tip, the usher speaks with his co-workers in the box office, hoping to find some closer tickets. With just three minutes left until curtain, he finds an unused ticket at the Will Call window and snatches it up. Returning to the man in the back of the theater, he whispers, ''Follow me.'' The usher leads the man down to the second row, and proudly points out the empty seat right in the middle.</p> <p>''Thanks so much,'' says the theatergoer, ''This seat is perfect.'' He then hands the usher a quarter.</p> <p>The usher looks down at the quarter, leans over and whispers, ''The butler did it in the parlor with the candlestick.'' </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/01/24/a-good-mystery-5440612/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://Grumpydragon.blog.co.uk/2009/01/24/a-good-mystery-5440612/Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:50:03 +0100