tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56757232011-11-30T00:38:57.505ZLoopydoopA collection of whinges and demented rants of an Ex Corporate wage slave.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comBlogger2391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-84990560562712673512011-11-30T00:27:00.001Z2011-11-30T00:38:57.515ZSad dayCalled in at my dad's empty house to tidy up and collect some things for him.
It's surprising how odd things can bring back memories. I was OK until I picked up the breadboard in the kitchen. That brought back memories from over forty years ago and made me realise the huge change and upheaval this was for my dad and how he hides his feelings to spare the feelings of others.
As I held that Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-43768219359025082202011-11-29T11:31:00.001Z2011-11-29T11:46:45.177ZYesterday was a milestone for my father. He moved out of his house into a nursing home. He has accepted this up to now pretty well. For him this is a massive life change, I suppose he feels as though he is giving up his freedom. Or maybe not, as he has been dependent on family support for most things for tbe last few years.
Its difficult to imagine how life is for him, seeing ones confidence Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-86431571566638856312011-09-11T22:39:00.000Z2011-09-11T22:39:12.066Ztoday is my 9/11, my 94 year old dad had a fall this morning and I spent most of today in A&E. They do not rush.
He has been admitted for further evaluation until they can decide what to do with him.
Wonderful.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-85882924346525141122011-01-01T01:40:00.000Z2011-01-01T01:40:43.582ZUnfortunately,due to excessive consumption of alcohol I am having difficulty in typing this message.
I would just like to say 'A happy new year to all my readers' (all 2 of you)!
May the new year bring you much joy in all your endeavors.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-52833999849457780802010-12-26T00:12:00.000Z2010-12-26T00:12:32.480ZAs I look at the history of my postings, I can see they are pretty boring and don't really reflect the true me. I am just too aware of people and cannot relax enough to express myself properly.
The result is a really boring person.
For example, I look at my life, I reflect on my past and I suppose (like every one else) that I could have made better choices, better life changing decisions. I Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-52946493459722971392010-12-14T12:27:00.000Z2010-12-14T12:27:07.837ZFinally had my broadband fixed!
After wrangling with sky for a while I eventually had a visit from a BT engineer. He changed the NTE and hey presto from 490 Kb to 2.5 Mb. magic.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-70036415173341574752010-10-01T11:36:00.001Z2010-10-01T11:38:28.906ZJust come back from sunny Spain. Back to wet and miserable weather.
A good Spanish word comes to mind, estafar, when on Costa Del Sol, or indeed any holiday resort be very aware of 'holiday club' scams. These are a modern version of timeshare scams but with the name changed to get around the law. They are VERY VERY good at bamboozling people into signing thousands of pounds away. When they Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-71993446110102641112010-08-14T22:25:00.000Z2010-08-14T22:25:30.687ZOn Friday (the 13th) my broadband was running exceptionally slow. About 5 minutes to load one page. After pinging my local network, and sites on the web it took me about five minutes to work out the problem was with the ADSL hub at my serving exchange. I was getting load of errors and packet retransmits.
I have a laptop, a desktop and a Wi-Fi phone that cannot access the internet. Is it the PC Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-73203713249474312112010-01-10T15:21:00.000Z2010-01-10T15:21:43.343ZIs this why my Combi boiler stopped working?
The pipe on the right is the boiler condensate drain. Well frozen. Took a while, and the plumber to sus out the problem. It now drains into a bucket indoors untill we get a thaw.
Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-37399250123704891482010-01-07T18:29:00.002Z2010-01-07T18:29:37.865ZThis morning I was woken up by the dog scratching to go out. The weather station was showing -15.2 ºC. He had a quick piss and then rushed back in.
Birds fed and watered (birds need water, especially when everything is frozen).
Dog taken for a walk and his feet de-iced. Car de-iced (after I managed to get the door open, as it was frozen shut), and off to feed my dad and then take V. (the Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-80467260194612690012009-12-30T00:00:00.001Z2009-12-30T00:00:44.519ZWell my old dad is still as cantankerous as ever.I suppose at 92 he is a little entitled to be a pain and wind people up, but why is he so well behaved with strangers and rarely seen family members?The people he spends the most time with are the ones he winds up the most. Is it just familiarity breeding contempt? Or is it because we see him the most we get all of the stick. (Probably not Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-8904836563930548512009-12-27T00:18:00.000Z2009-12-27T00:20:02.193ZI now realise that up to the time I retired from work I have always worked. Apart from the time I had 6 months off work when I had a wobble (but even then I was in full time employment) one way or another I have been working. To suddenly stop working was very alien to me and it has taken me a long time to come to grips with this.Now I am finding it rather pleasant being a not worker. Money is Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-25926935707664767292009-12-26T00:04:00.002Z2009-12-27T00:21:12.188ZGosh! Has it really been august since my last post? Well Christmas is here and I have come alive.It has been a busy day with my daughter and her boyfriend, my sister and brother in law and my wife bossing me around.Tried to chip the ice off the back patio, but it is about an inch thick and like concrete. I have used up all the salt in the house and it is still like a skating rink!Mind you it didnLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-11994014356145560182009-08-27T23:08:00.001Z2009-08-27T23:10:09.180ZAfter I have been to my father’s house I become stressed out over money. He is obsessed with money. When I was a child he would never buy anything unless it was absolutely essential. I was the only kid in school with a black blazer, because it was a few pence cheaper than a navy blue one. When most kids had 2/6d s a week spending money I got 9d, and I was not allowed to spend it on sweets.We onlyLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-55301481029450897112009-08-08T23:34:00.001Z2009-08-08T23:37:04.013ZWouldn’t it be nice if I could sit down and write a best seller?Wouldn’t it be nice if I won the lottery?Wouldn’t it be nice if I could get a job?Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-27498410447471279302009-08-06T23:29:00.003Z2009-08-06T23:44:19.380ZBeen feeling really depressed and down today. I was telling the wife of my plans to buy a holiday caravan in Spain. She seems intent on blowing money as fast as possible. So far she has spent over 3k on a new suite (G Plan), which is pretty useless as the leather is so highly polished that as soon as you relax you just slide out of the chair like on a cartoon! I spent over £200 on her for a spa Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-60715427213224739432009-07-10T09:32:00.000Z2009-07-10T09:44:25.119ZJust back from 2 weeks on the Costa Dorada, Spain. The weather in the UK is the usual grey dull cold shit..Since retiring I am surprised at how little free time I have. Before retiring I thought it would be long boring days, but instead I seem to be constantly giver a stream of tasks to complete by my better half. She seems to think that it is her job to keep me constantly occupied. If she thinksLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-4761390221204229182008-08-30T23:02:00.003Z2008-08-30T23:07:13.763ZIn 1969 when I joined the GPO telephones it was part of the civil service and a government department. The GPO was then nationalised and became Post Office Telephones. It was then privatised to become British Telecom and then finally BT.As an BT employee with 39 years service I would have soon been eligible to ask to retire when I had 40 years service and draw my pension without penalty. Except Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1436188610484410472008-08-22T22:28:00.002Z2008-08-22T22:38:19.986ZThings are slowly slipping into place. But I will not be happy until I have thing sorted to my satisfaction. I never realised leaving work and (semi) retiring could be such hard work.Being retired and doing nothing is such hard graft.At first I was in a mad panic wondering if I had done the right thing, but now I beginning to calm down and see things more rationally. I just need to re-prioritise Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-58990943314999105452008-07-29T11:08:00.002Z2008-07-29T11:32:40.343ZHi everyone..... I am back!I am now semi retired. It was all rather sudden and I am still reeling with the shock.About a month ago there was a rumour at work that the option of early voluntary redundancy was on the cards, so I made some enquires, weighed up all the financial aspects and I came to the conclusion that if no more deals were on offer and I worked until I was 60 and then retired I Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-43551725655591134242008-05-20T23:15:00.000Z2008-05-20T23:21:01.316ZI am writing this post on my pocket PC. On Saturday I am off to Italy for a week on a coach to Lake Gaurda. Something I haue never done before.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-9891001094846779732007-09-23T15:41:00.000Z2007-09-23T15:47:20.362ZI don't know why I was so tense and nervous. The holiday in Turkey was wonderful.The flights were on time, the transfer to the hotel at Icmeler was a bit of a pain as we were in a small 22 seat bus and the roads in Turkey leave a lot to be desired, when we arrived we were knackered.Really enjoyed the wall to wall sunshine - it made a wonderful change from depressing grey skies and rain. People Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-11553868539910831852007-09-10T22:19:00.000Z2007-09-10T22:24:19.177ZOff to Turkey on Friday for a weeks holiday. When I think about it I get very nervous, but I don't know why. It is a holiday - something to look forward to, not to make me shit myself ! Just a fear of the unknown, me and V. in a strange country almost outside Europe. Maybe I am not as adventurous as I would like to think.Rather like my mum, I over cook these things.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-18613242658173384472007-09-10T17:43:00.000Z2007-09-10T18:24:15.717ZWent to Manchester airport for a reccy. I felt happy and comfortable in that enviroment. Nice to watch the planes landing and taking off and seeing all the differnent races of people. Seeing the way they behave, the men ad children on one table and the women on another. Some women in fill burkah's and some in western or part western clothes.We were stood at the top of an escalator and in front Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-81415454984461847212007-03-12T23:06:00.000Z2007-03-12T23:21:51.565ZToday I was assaulted by one of my company managers.During my unpaid lunch break I was dosing on the easy chairs in the disused canteen that we use as a rest room. I had my feet up (shoes off) and was quietly dozing.This guy (built like a retired rugby player) comes up and demands I remove my feet. This is the third time he has tried to bully me in as many weeks. But this time the man has come Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1167007470229580842006-12-25T00:41:00.000Z2006-12-25T00:44:30.240ZI am still alive, life is just great.Nothing much to write about, nothing to whinge about.Since I have not been able to blog from work my blogging has gone down the pan.As usual, BW's posts make me look at my life, and see things I was not aware of. She is a real eye opener....a real witch! I maybe feel as though I have people woven into my life who I didn’t really intend to be there quite so Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1145128796513995402006-04-15T19:17:00.000Z2006-04-15T19:19:56.523ZI have just been reading one of BW’s old posts. It was very deep and I found it very moving. It was a brief account of her breakdown in 1997. It was all very familiar to me. Obviously my circumstances were different but the result was almost the same.However I don’t wish to write about this subject again as it has been covered in previous blogs, but I was really impressed with the style and Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1142117481191417082006-03-11T22:44:00.000Z2006-03-11T22:51:21.200ZToday is a bad day. We had to have Fuji, our loveley little Yorkshire terrier put to sleep. She was seventeen years old, but she had cancer, she was going senile, she was almost blind and deaf, so it was the kindest thing for her. But not for us. ...! We had only had her for eight years, but in that time we grew to love her dearly and found it very painful to let her go - but it had to be Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1139957945121688882006-02-14T22:57:00.000Z2006-02-14T22:59:05.136ZEver since my breakdown about three years ago, I seem to get stressed out very easily. I wind myself up over the most trivial things. I blow things out of proportion and then brood and worry over them until I am so stressed that I make myself ill. The trouble is it affects all my life in different ways. Some more subtle than others. I keep saying to myself I must worry less and try to enjoy Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1139614164583556022006-02-10T23:28:00.000Z2006-02-10T23:29:24.593ZWe had a drama over Christmas. My niece Faye, arrived on Christmas day after her parents had a massive row. She had left home and had come to live with us.Previous to this she has been having problem with her parents for a long time. Her father is a drug addict and has massive mood swings. Unfortunately Faye was the object of his wrath when he was in a bad mood when he could not get a fix. She Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1139503887146777322006-02-09T16:51:00.000Z2006-02-09T16:58:28.896ZLast night, my better half V. told me she was feeling depressed. As she lay in bed she was telling me how she is feeling down. About four months ago she finished work to look after my father who is eighty seven. He has been in hospital a couple of times this year and is not managing on his own. Before V agreed to this she knew that where she was working was going to close due to a takeover and Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1139270286283983542006-02-06T23:51:00.000Z2006-02-06T23:58:06.343ZYes I am still alive......I wish I was a teenager....so many things on the internet, so many computer games, (quake4, half life2,Doom, etc) gaming on line competitions etc and I am too commited to other things. When I finally will have to the time to play around a bit more then I will be too old - too slow. Especially for FPS games !!Sometimes lifes a bitch.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1135469846658428242005-12-25T00:16:00.000Z2005-12-25T00:17:26.660ZMerry Christmas everyoneLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1129847384087891032005-10-20T22:13:00.000Z2005-12-25T00:15:31.346ZI am settling into the new job. It is very different to my previous job. The required skills and knowledge are diffferent. The way things are done are different.Although I have moved within the company it is almost like starting a new job.As you understand, I cannot go into detail on a public web site about my job. Suffice to say I have moved from small CPE, dealing with the public, into PDH Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1128527970300856252005-10-05T16:55:00.000Z2005-10-05T15:59:30.313ZWell I am now working at Warrington.I still have'nt settled in. I am totally amazed at the difference between the way this department works compared to the one I worked at before.The travelling is much better, but it does vary a great deal from day to day.Once I get my hours sorted, get myself a desk, a PC and little things like that then I will begin to feel a little more settled.Must go, lawns Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1125506774731513702005-08-31T16:43:00.000Z2005-08-31T16:46:14.736Z****************************************YIPEE !!!!****************************************I have escaped from working in Manchester. From the arduous slog of driving into a major city. I have been offered a new job (within the same company). The new job is located at Warrington. This means I will be travelling 20 miles a day instead of 50 miles a day.I suppose another big plus is that I am not Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1123800242145827502005-08-11T22:30:00.000Z2005-08-11T22:44:02.170ZBeen to Sarah's funeral today. It was painful in many ways.I am still suffering with my back pain.I met people at the funeral they I have not seen for over ten years, some that were old friends and some that I would rather not remember.It acts as a reminder as to just how fragile we are. Sarah messed up her medication. She had an epileptic seizure in the bathroom and her neck became wedged on theLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1123281526014260992005-08-05T22:23:00.000Z2005-08-05T22:38:46.023ZAt the moment I am off work due to bad health.Today I have done as little as possible. It felt wonderful to just have no 'targets' and to just please myself. It felt really indulgent.Normally every minute of every day is planned out for me. I am owned by other people.I am a very nice person.Perhaps A little too nice.I should really let my true self come out in my blog. Anyone who reads this does Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1123066007744418972005-08-03T10:44:00.000Z2005-08-03T10:46:47.750ZThanks to BW for this :-Your Blogging Type Is Thoughtful and ConsiderateYou're a well liked, though underrated, blogger.You have a heart of gold, and are likely to blog for a cause.You're a peaceful blogger - no drama for you!A good listener and friend, you tend to leave thoughtful comments for others.What's Your Blogging Personality?Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1123003193563747622005-08-02T17:05:00.000Z2005-08-02T17:19:53.570ZThings seem to be settling down with my dad at last. He seems to be more self sufficient, and we are just feeding him in the evenings. (Sounds like a dog!!!)He is feeling better except he is still not sleping well and this is getting hem down. He is now paying for counselling...It must be serious for him to part with his money.I had some shock news today. I friend of ours rang to tell us that herLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1121705067940166002005-07-18T16:37:00.000Z2005-07-18T16:44:27.963ZWell its another week and my brother is now on a renewed mission to enuse that the workload is evenly distibuted, despite the fact he is trying to be a 'nice' dictator, he is older then me and retired with plenty of spare time (ha ha.)We are to have another family meeting on Thursday to have a good thrash out of who does what and when. It's a good job the wife will be there to stop me from being Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1121465515316955752005-07-15T22:09:00.000Z2005-07-15T22:11:55.323ZWell it all kicked off the day before we were due to go on holiday and take the caravan up to Scotland for two weeks. I received and urgent email from my niece to ring my brother.My father had just started a Mediterranean cruise with two of his daughter in law’s, a few days before.The message was that father had been taken ill and had been taken of the ship and transferred to a hospital in Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1118855775714295392005-06-15T18:16:00.000Z2005-06-15T17:16:15.723ZYesterday was a particularly satisfactory day. At the beginning of the day things looked bleak. We had appointments with the solicitor, and my wife had an appointment with a consultant at the local hospital. Worst of all our little dog was ill, considering her age and quality of life it was looking as though it may be a one way trip to the vets.Come the end of the day things were not too bad. TheLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1117643975789127942005-06-01T16:39:00.000Z2005-06-01T16:39:35.796ZMaybe I was just a little tired, but the ‘missing’ MOT certificate turned up. It was simply me reading the expiry date wrong. It expired 31 Dec 2005 and I was reading it as 2004….total dipstick.Panic over...As I sat in the queue on my way to work this morning I was wondering when people of the future look back at the history of human development, would think our behaviour damaging and wasteful. Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1117579356712469982005-05-31T22:33:00.000Z2005-05-31T22:42:36.720ZJust digging out the insurance and MOT so I can renew the tax on the old jalopy tomorrow. Wheres the current MOT certificate???? Bugger me !!!!It looks as though I forgot to MOT the car last December. Shit ! Have I been riding around for 6 months with no MOT.Fucking Bollocks...these pathetic stupid bits of paper get right on my tits...Shit bugger bollocks.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1116436670158927402005-05-18T17:07:00.000Z2005-05-18T17:17:50.166ZI fixed the sky box ( I think)...The co-ax connection from the dish was a bit iffy. So after a bit of re-termination it seems happy.Isnt it nice to get that warm smug feeling when you have achived something positive.I wonder how many people are aware of the technology involved when they use things. Or do they just take things for granted.When you access a web page do you know (or care) what a Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1116349624775451212005-05-17T17:04:00.000Z2005-05-17T17:07:04.776ZI am doing a computer based training on TCP/IT. I am now at the so called 'advanced' stage....Its getting a little involved. Every single process and protocol has a set of initials. Remembering then is worse that remembering what they actually do.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1116349462636571112005-05-17T17:00:00.000Z2005-05-17T17:04:22.643ZI took the keyboard back and after a great deal of argument I got my money back from Dixons.What use is it saying you can fetch something back and we will refund you if it is still wrapped in the original cellophane !!!Do they think you are just going to look at the outside of the box ??Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1114036958039724902005-04-20T22:33:00.000Z2005-04-20T22:42:38.040ZEnough time at home....back to work tomorrow.Last week I bought a Belkin cordless keyboard and mouse frim Dixons. I find that the keys on the keyboard have a kind of collapse type of action - as you press a key the resistance collapses and the key makes a noise, also it seems to have a very long travel....in fact I am not happy with it. It is slow and noisy.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1113902956372008292005-04-19T09:09:00.000Z2005-04-19T09:29:16.373ZI only appear to write my blogs when I am ill.I woke up this morning at 06.15 with the shits....It was like crapping hot water !! I took a couple of Immodium and thing settled down, but I was feeling rough, and did not fancy driving 25 miles to work in heavy traffic. Its lucky I did'nt go to work as I has to 'go' again and it would have been a bit tricky as at that time I would have been on the Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1110390523565516232005-03-09T17:34:00.000Z2005-03-09T17:48:43.566ZI have been back at work for a week and a half and now I have another virus.This time it is attacking my knackers !!! ooh not nice.I feel as if I have been kicked in the nuts all the time..Last October I started playing Quake 3 Arena - mainly on line. Most of the time I was getting thrashed but it was/is good fun. A couple of months ago I started playing Unreal tournament 2003, mainly off line asLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1109290189521421212005-02-24T23:56:00.000Z2005-02-25T00:09:49.523ZSince last Friday I have been off work ill.I was feeling a bit rough all last week. Last Friday I felt really rough, as if I had a virus and also my nose swelled up across the bridge and was very sore.I just couldn't face driving to work, so I took a days holiday - hoping I would be ok by Monday.Come Monday morning I was still feeling rough. I went to the doctors.It was diagnosed as cellulitus inLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1109115898296637112005-02-22T23:40:00.000Z2005-02-22T23:45:58.503ZI am failure.Today I got the dreaded email.Thanks for showing interest in the job as team coach but you have not been successful this time.What do they mean - this time. This is the one and only time they have actually offered me a chance at promotion in the last twenty years !Bastards.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1108855767221104532005-02-19T23:22:00.000Z2005-02-19T23:29:27.223ZToday was a really wank day. It started well, it moved along nicely, but before the end of the day it was a fucking disaster.unfortunately the reason why the day turned so sour is very personal and cannot be revealed, except to say I am a let down to myself and my partner at the same time.Why do I take life too seriously, and manage to make a cock up of things that should be a pleasure. I think Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1108654823608822882005-02-17T15:40:00.000Z2005-02-17T15:40:23.606ZPhew !!!Well that's the interview over with.I now feel like I have a head cold.my face is aching my nose is sore and I feel totally drained as if all the energy has been sucked out of me.I feel like I could just sleep for a week.................................................................Since Christmas I have been getting into FPS games in a big way. I started off with Quake 3 and I have now moved Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1108578504442983182005-02-16T18:26:00.000Z2005-02-16T18:28:24.443ZTomorrow is the big day. Interview tomorrow.In the words of Douglas Adams.Don't panicDon't panicDon't panicDon't panicDon't panicDon't panicLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1107944093738554032005-02-09T10:14:00.000Z2005-02-09T10:14:53.736ZInterview approachingI have received the date and time for my interview. Thursday 17 Feb at 10.45. One of the managers on another team is helping me prepare. He will be checking my examples of competences and we are planning to run through a mock interview on Monday.I emailed the manager who is to be conducting the interview and asked him what will be expected of me. I received a nice email back with a guide as to Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1107177378529154932005-01-31T13:16:00.000Z2005-01-31T13:16:18.530ZJob applicationRumour has it that the interviews for the job I have applied for will take place on 14,17 and 18 Feb.As yet I have had no reply to my application with a positive or a negative from the paper sift.As the promotion is 'in house' I am only aware of three people in the office who have applied for the job. Of course they are not very forthcoming.My manager thinks it may be his boss doing the Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1106126185149799712005-01-19T09:16:00.000Z2005-01-19T09:16:25.150ZTime to get the old blog out of hibernation.My life is so boring, I have just had nothing to say over the past few weeks.Christmas came and went, my daughter came and went. She has generated a little excitement by getting herself into loads of debt.(It's no good me bailing her out as she would just tale that as a sign to start again - anyway I don't have enough money to pay off her debts)I am currently applying for a new job in the Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1105721210924791902005-01-14T16:46:00.000Z2005-01-14T16:46:50.923Zout of hibernationTime to get the old blog out of hibernation.My life is so boring, I have just had nothing to say over the past few weeks.Christmas came and went, my daughter came and went. She has generated a little excitement by getting herself into loads of debt.(It's no good me bailing her out as she would just tale that as a sign to start again - anyway I don't have enough money to pay off her debts)I am Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1103573153452534072004-12-20T20:05:00.000Z2004-12-20T20:05:53.453ZChristmas PoemHe laid her on the tableSo white, clean and bare.His forehead wet with beads of sweatHe rubbed her here and there.He touched her neck and then her breastAnd then drooling, felt her thigh.The slit was wet and all was set,He gave a joyous cry.The hole was wide...he looked insideAll was dark and murky.He rubbed his hands and stretched his arms..........And then he stuffed the turkey.Merry Christmas.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1102810679295887852004-12-12T01:15:00.000Z2004-12-12T00:17:59.296ZI am currently refurbishing one of the bedrooms.
It is all rush to get finished before Christmas.
Because I am in a rush everything that can go wrong does so.
The majority of the work has now been completed. The fitted wardrobes, cupboards, drawers’ etc. are now all fixed in position. The plumbing and electrical work is all done. The new skirting boards are all fitted and painted.
The new Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1102010670027115892004-12-02T17:53:00.000Z2004-12-02T18:04:30.026ZWell, I have just got in after another long slog home. In the run up to Christmas the traffic is now getting from bad to worse. All down the M56 it was a stop start crawl. Then we would get going at about 15 to 20 mph and suddenly all the cars in from brake, we stop and them move off again. This start - stop business really pisses me off. Especially after 45 minutes if it !!
I was typing this Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1101303886551788382004-11-24T13:44:00.000Z2004-11-24T13:44:46.550ZSTRESSED OUTIn the last few days I have been feeling really stressed. Things are getting on top of me and I am getting small issues out of proportion.My stomach is knotted and I am wound up and wobbly inside, I feel incapable of making a rational decision. I feel I am stretched very thin in mutitudinous directions.Everyone wants piece of me and there is nothing left for myself.I must get myself to calm downLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1100542369579522482004-11-15T18:06:00.000Z2004-11-15T18:12:49.580ZOn Sunday night we had a good chat with my dad. He was quite surprised at what had been happening.
I am now happy with the situation because I know that my dad is happy with the way things are.
I think my brother is try to do his 'big brother I am a manager, and I am taking charge' routine. Frankly if he gets too pushy then I will have to tell him to bog off.
Just because he is my elder brother Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1100390712330756672004-11-14T01:04:00.000Z2004-11-14T00:05:12.330ZNow on broadband..................wheeeeeeeeeeeee
Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1100303078055075132004-11-12T23:36:00.000Z2004-11-14T00:03:08.630ZA long time ago, at the beginning of September, when I was away for holiday for a week, and my two brothers were away for two weeks at the same time my 87 year old dad, who is on his own, had to go to hospital for a rather intrusive test.
Previously I had asked him to change the appointment as it was a private hospital and it would not be a great hassle to change the date. But he was keen to get Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1098775995589250232004-10-26T07:33:00.000Z2004-10-26T07:33:15.590ZSad daysI am feeling a bit low today because my little old doggy has been ill and I think it time to consider the options.The vet seems to think that she may have pancreatus or colitis. She is a sixteen year old Yorkie and at the moment has more bad days than good ones.The question is should I have her put to sleep or should we persevere? Is it just putting off the inevitable ?Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1096541060289922892004-09-30T10:44:00.000Z2004-09-30T10:44:20.290ZShopping or Chopping ??On Friday evening we had been shopping and we called at the supermarket petrol station to fill up.There was a large puddle of petrol in front of the pump, but I thought I would be able to avoid it. I shoved my card in the pump, but it would not start. As I was faffing around with my card an attendant appeared and tried to put some sand on the spill. At the same time a police car with blues and Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1096538402170544022004-09-30T10:00:00.000Z2004-09-30T10:00:02.170ZSUBJECT - ME ME MEI am very much a creature of habit. I love my regular routines. It gives me a feeling of security. Travelling well known routes and doing familiar tasks makes me feel comfortable.If things are beyond my control then I start to feel stressed and uncomfortable. To a degree I am resistant to change.I can cope with structured change. I hate being in the dark. I hate the unknown.I am good natured and Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1095979780094836592004-09-23T22:30:00.000Z2004-09-23T22:49:40.093ZLast Thursday I followed the 'sit in the right lane' person on the dual carrigeway.
As we approached my exit roundabout he decided to move over to the left as he was not turning right, as everyone has thought for the last two miles, but he was going straight on.
Oh goody I thought, now I can give him a piece of my mind. As I moved into the turn left lane I wound down my window and as I passed I Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1095166274561718362004-09-14T12:51:00.000Z2004-09-14T12:51:14.560ZEven worseThis morning getting to work was even worse.I arrived twenty minutes later than normal (as previously qualified). I didn't even bother looking for a space in the car park.When I got to work I was advised the car park was full at eight am.Went to see my dad last night. He has been feeling a bit rough for the last few days. Last Tuesday he went into hospital for a camera up his back passage, and heLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1095081335579608912004-09-13T13:15:00.000Z2004-09-13T13:15:35.580ZBack to realityBack to work.After a week off work staying in the caravan at Matlock, and I must says having a perfectly marvellous week, it is now back to reality with a bump.This morning the queues were there complete with all the usual number of prats and idiots on the roads.I arrived at work about ten minutes later than normal. (when I say normal I mean during the school holidays) to find the office car parkLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1094250960787536072004-09-03T22:27:00.000Z2004-09-03T22:36:00.786ZWell bless my soul.......Today is the first day that schools open up in our neck of the woods. Don't I know it.. Where do all the extra cars come from ? Do all these parents stay at home for six or seven weeks with the kids and then suddenly emerge like a family of bears from hibernation ?
All the worst drivers in the world suddenly converge like lemmings !!
I shout at them.....Bugger off !!! I Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1093559707368497782004-08-26T22:27:00.000Z2004-08-26T22:35:07.370ZMrs Loopydoop, is now facing another crisis. She is trying to get off the HRT and on a reduced dose she is not really coping. Her hormones are getting the better of her and she is very down and depressed. This stresses me out as I feel so useless to help. Half the time I am not even there for her as I have to be at work.
I wonder if there are any viable alternatives to HRT ?
Any Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1092933484990744562004-08-19T16:32:00.000Z2004-08-19T16:38:04.990ZWell it’s been a long time since I have posted anything !!
It’s been nice to have a brake from blogging, but it has been a little enforced due to pressure from other areas. Lack of time.
I can’t refer to my previous post as I am typing this at work, in my own time because if I want a place on the car park I have to arrive at least 30 minutes early. As I was saying I can’t refer to my previous Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1092259268610827272004-08-11T21:19:00.000Z2004-08-11T21:21:08.610ZHello
Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1090968194282327532004-07-27T22:34:00.000Z2004-07-27T22:43:14.283ZToday we had a plague of flies. Baby bluebottles. Where they are coming from I do not know.
They fly around all slow dozy and land in the most ridiculous places!
We have virtually taken the kitchen to bits, as that's where they seem to be appearing the most.
We must have killed about 40 or 50 and maybe another 20 have been chucked out of the house.
We can't find the source, but now they are Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1090516333511063572004-07-22T17:00:00.000Z2004-07-22T17:12:13.513ZXP insists on downloading updated whilst I am on the internet - real pain in the arse as it seems to slow down the whole thing.
Well that last caravan site we were on 'Bo Peep' would really have appealed to BW It had a lovely dovecote with about 6 or 7 snow white doves.
Also it was really 'dog friendly' with lots of dog walks etc.
Yesterday Mrs LD backed the Omega into a tree......oops.
Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1090256079481072572004-07-19T16:52:00.000Z2004-07-19T16:54:39.480ZSun Jul 4, 2004
Travel down to Oxford to stay overnight at the 'wise alderman' a CL behind a pub. The was a railway, road, airport and canal nearby. Had a walk along the canal. The pub food was not up to much.
Mon Jul 5, 2004
Move on to catch the ferry to The Isle Of Wight. We arrived early and caught the ferry before ours. They were laid back about it all.
There are car parks nearby if you Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1088720336918213712004-07-01T21:58:00.000Z2004-07-02T22:18:44.623ZThe account below was written at the time in 2002.
Over the past few years I have been interested in piercing in general but it was something I never really considered for myself. One day I was surfing the web and out of curiosity I decided to search for nipples and piercing and the results aroused a new interest.
It come up several times in conversation and my wife suggested that I may be Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1088700026184086492004-07-01T16:39:00.000Z2004-07-01T16:40:26.186ZComing soon .............Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1088633879694341282004-06-30T22:17:00.000Z2004-06-30T22:17:59.696ZI am thinking of, in the near Future, writing a post that reveals something very intimate about myself.
Something that I did in 2002 when I was in the middle of my 'Wobble' my self confidence and identity crisis.
It's something that I did that I still live with and encounter every day as a result of my actions on that fateful day.
The only problem is - on Sunday morning we are away in the Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1087981865512115022004-06-23T09:05:00.000Z2004-06-23T09:11:05.513ZI am taking a couple of days off work. Not because I particularly want to but because of the Cheshire show.
I have to drive through the show traffic to get to and return from work. Its bad enough on a normal day but these two days are the worst of the year.
The police close roads and the locals can't get where they want to go. We have to take a five mile detour just to get where where we want to Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1087855240303363652004-06-21T22:00:00.000Z2004-06-21T22:00:40.303ZMonday morning bluesWell its Monday morning and I have a touch of the Monday morning blues.The roads were busier than normal, and when I arrived at work I found the car park already full although I has arrived twenty minutes early.Maybe its something to do with the trains from Stockport have been stopped for the next few weeks.Of course an event like this has a long term knock on.I remember a couple of years ago Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1087404378628473512004-06-16T16:40:00.000Z2004-06-16T16:46:18.630ZLovely weather
After sitting at a PC all day, working my fingers to the bone. It seem a little chirlish and certainly a waste to be sat here composing posts. Albeit I am sat next to the air conditioner in my bedroom and getting a lovely refreshing cool breeze.
So off we go into the garden
Isn't sunny weather wonderful !!!!Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1087284473071126972004-06-15T07:27:00.000Z2004-06-15T07:27:53.070ZThought for the dayThe government say speed cameras save 100 lives a year.That is a load of rubbish.Congestion saves 1000 lives a year as no-one can go over 20 mphLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1087230666466425112004-06-14T16:30:00.000Z2004-06-14T16:33:01.780ZBack on track
We were away in the caravan last weekend for the second time in a row.
Why? You may ask. Isn’t that a little strange.
Well its just the way things worked out.
We were away this weekend because it was the annual village carnival. It is now held on the football field adjacent to the cricket field that out garden backs onto.
It used to be a village Rose Fete and was a nice gentle Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1087230604617102082004-06-14T16:29:00.000Z2004-06-14T16:30:04.616ZThe general consensus in the press as to why the UKIP had such a high number of votes appears to be that it is a protest vote about the Iraq war.
I think not.
Me, and I suspect a lot of other people, are just fed up the nanny state and the interference from Brussels in our day to day lives.
Some of the stupid laws and regulations just drive people mad.
Have you ever come across a road works whereLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1086789685895841072004-06-09T14:01:00.000Z2004-06-09T14:01:25.896ZNot SulkingI am not sulking...Just having a little blog holidayLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1086194577898119502004-06-02T16:34:00.000Z2004-06-02T16:42:57.896ZWell it's been a funny old last few days.
The next door neighbor was playing up. She is definitely mental. She was objecting to one of our trees hanging over her land. The problem is she always complains about something. Nothing is right for her. She can see our caravan, so we put a fence up and she complains about that. Etc. Etc.
She is just a troublemaker with nothing better to do.
We had a Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1085676366691608282004-05-27T16:45:00.000Z2004-05-27T16:47:37.693ZRoll on Big Brother.
1984 is upon us.
BB IS watching…. Very carefully
There has been an e-mail to the department where I work, from our manager, saying that the internal servers are being monitored and the individual PC’s files/folders and bookmarks of users can be inspected. In fact they are checked on a regular basis. Anyone suspected of accessing the internet will be further investigated Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1085437498274844192004-05-24T16:44:00.000Z2004-05-24T22:24:58.276ZEarlier on I put up a post about the company I work for and their attitude to the workforce.
Then I read it and bottled. Then I took it down. I decided it was too specific. The problem is I cannot say what I want to say without saying too much, so the best thing is to say nothing at all.
I think there will have to be a major re-write.Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1085416888470854702004-05-24T16:31:00.000Z2004-05-24T16:46:26.856ZIn general today I am feeling pissed off.
In particular I am pissed off with Friends, employers, councils, governments and every other Tom Dick and Harry telling me what I should do, should not do, think, eat, drink etc etc.
I don't mind a bit of friendly advice or even a bit of constructive criticism but BEING DICTATED TO, BY EVERY FUCKER UNDER THE SUN JUST GETS RIGHT UP MY FUCKING NOSE......Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1085136922733058722004-05-21T10:55:00.000Z2004-05-21T10:55:22.733ZghostiesLast night as I was in bed, just dropping off, in that intermediate stage between sleep and wakefulness when I heard a loud crack from the ceiling and then a noise as though someone was wandering about in the loft. I saw a figure walk past my bed. I sat up and looked around but of course the room was empty. Maybe just the house cooling down at the night moved in.I settled down to go back to sleepLoopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1085093465300872622004-05-20T22:50:00.000Z2004-05-22T23:33:11.016ZCan you decode the post below.
It is not a blind typist or an alien language, but one of the simplest codes going.
Ancaa ouyab rackcac hetad odecaf ??
Fiaa Ouyab rackcac hetad odecaf ouyag aymaf ebag issapointeddah.
Implysai ecausebaj histak ostpal oesdam otnan ontaincao nythingaap ensibleaq otas aysat.
Hanktaa ouyab orfac ouryad fforteae !!
Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1084919906581063862004-05-18T22:20:00.000Z2004-05-18T22:38:26.580ZI managed to complete the wiring of the summerhouse...Now the only thing left is to finish putting up the Venetian blinds. The wooden sort....From Ikea. I little over the top maybe, but they look good.
My sister-in-law and her husband are here for tea Wed. As he hates Coronation St. We will probably be fixing the blinds after tea. Might be a bit tricky after a few glasses of the red stuff !!Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1084874842017216432004-05-18T10:07:00.000Z2004-05-18T10:07:22.016ZSelf improvement....Bah!!I think I write better when I am writing for myself. When I am writing for an audience I tend to be very brittle and not flowing. Inhibited.Why should we be committed to doing anything? My life is for me and not impressing others. I am not a great man and will never achieve great things. Most people, after death, are only remembered by one generation at the most, so why bother.Some may say we Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1084575627945320182004-05-14T22:49:00.000Z2004-05-14T23:00:27.946ZBefore I go to bed I would just like to get something off My chest.
I am really pissed off with my employer. I feel like having a really good rant. In fact I have written what I think but I don't have the bottle to post it. Bit of a block like e in fact.
I suppose I am a little paranoid and feel that someone in the company may read my little tirade and decide that it was time that little Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675723.post-1084523263083530672004-05-14T08:27:00.000Z2004-05-14T08:27:43.083ZThank goodness for e-mailThanks to Blue Witch for mentioning blogging via e-mail.I think its very convenient and much easier than the web site. The only thing I am not sure about is adding hyperlinks.Well today is Friday and the weekend will soon be upon us. The round patio in front of the summerhouse is nearly finished. It looks like a wedding cake because there is a fountain on a pedestal in the middle.Then I can move Loopydoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01629137701930479311noreply@blogger.com