Watch ya mouth man !

I am a man cursed ! I'm having real problems with my mouth . My gums are sore , my dentist says its caused by a build up of tarter ?  What causes it ? He says no one knows . The only thing I know is that this keeps returning each week even after using proper mouth wash ( not the type thats supposed to make you more attractive to the opposite sex ) thats anti-bacterial . The relief is fast on using this , but so is the return . The soreness even enters my nasal passages its that bad .
  Eating meat aggrivates it the most as the texture rubs on my gums . So thats being cut down to a minimum and I dont care as im at the stage I just want to feel my mouth is at ease . There is nothing worse than having trouble eating at Christmas !

Europe - The Final Countdown / 2014

   

O.K  , I admit its a little cheesy but it does remind me of my school days , hence the passing of time . Also these past few weeks have been fundamental in bringing about my new out look . I have shed a skin as they say . My whole year has led up to the closing weeks of 2013 .  I shall not be making the over investments in the wrong people again .

Apologies for the wobble !

A short while ago a particular part of my life that had ruled me for years came to an end , abruptly . This led me to examine my blogs and whether I could still justify them both as this situation had fuelled the Golden Blog in particular . I decided to shut  down Golden and tried to merge its subjects into my Drifting Sideways blog . I had mixed feelings about doing this as I found myself compromising what I wrote to make these posts look less " weird " on Drifting . This was fuelled by a sudden anxiety about how people viewed me . It was a vain and silly phase I was going through then . I was basically selling myself out . Not good . I may also add I was doing some very serious soul searching in a manner Ive never done so before regarding exactly what is worth investing time and energy in !
     It wasn't long before I then started to think that the readers of Drifting Sideways may not like this new" weird " flavour ! I quickly decided that I may ruin the whole show , and that the two blogs each done uncorrupted were far stronger . Compromise is never really satisfactory . Esoteric things can not be compromised as they are subjective to begin with which means that if I see saw events that way then they are that way . How would it even be possible to change this ? So back to the old formula I went .... Each to its own .  Phew !
     I still find plenty to write about on Golden as my views broaden and I seem to be looking at things in a more existential way as I move on from the old times that inspired me . I still fear writing freely on there though , and I may generalise a little to let " myself off the hook " occasionally   Its a tricky blog , its a brave blog , its a a blog I cant re-wind . Is it a blog I would want my daughter to find one day ? Well yes , as I see nothing corrupting on there , only an awareness of whats out there , or maybe even just what I perceive to be out there . Is that so dangerous ? The truly worrying subjects are usually very worldly and human . We all have our secrets and im no different . Time to stop digging my hole now ! My chips have burnt while ive been too busy writing again . How many times has that happened ? And yes as I fill the kettle the water pipes have let out a " moaning grind " the likes of which ive never yet heard .  Nothing changes eh ?

RRP - 600 pounds !!!

Would you want to come home from a days work to sit on this chair knowing you would be paying for this monstrosity on monthly payments ? No me neither . Financial suicide . But it is designer , apparently ( probably made in China )  Yes, its a seat /chair ? that the buyer will casually boast the price of just as a friend sits down on in it . He will revel in the look of shock on peoples faces . His friends will feel insecure and confused as surely they are are missing something here ? Their intelligence and judgement is called into question , and who can ignore that ? Yes this chair is trouble . It should carry a health / wealth warning .

The Almighty - Ongoing And Total

   

Its strange how the things you once broke yourself to achieve , suddenly become worthless . In fact you find yourself not being able to get far away enough from them . How times change !

My music taste is very 90's . I shall not repent !

Tonight im in an interesting mood . Basically having a clear out of books I will never read and crap that's building up , and its not even new year ! I have also being sorting out the contents of my car cd holder . Some cd's are knackered , so in the bin they've gone and brand new versions have been ordered on e-bay . Its funny how very slowly the cd's you have get lost or damaged . Its time to make a stand and renew . Also as your mood changes so does your music choice !    


IN :      White Zombie
            Faith No More
            So Solid Crew
            The Scorpions
            Sash
            
           

OUT :  Fun Lovin Criminals
           Guns n Roses
         

I dont drink , but.....

Way too much time.....but i'm right !!!

 Maybe my memory is to blame or maybe ive too much too much time on my hands but ive noticed this afternoon that Maltesers are looking very shabby and mis-shapen .Im sure they were once perfectly round , today they look like rejects , all mis-shaped and badly coated in thin chocolate . What a mess . The truth is they may even  be counterfeit .... That's getting more common apparently in all areas as people become more skint ...

Brave New World

Hearing a BBC news presenter uttering the phrase " Pussy Riot " gave me a jolt tonight . Im sorry but this very act is symbolic of this brave new era we live in . It truly is a new age . I know that however silly this sounds its a profound moment . The world has changed . This country is no longer what I perceived it to be . THINK ABOUT IT !

Christmas's past

Last night I was thinking about how much of what used to make my Christmas has faded away . Sorry if that sounds depressing , but I realise  its a natural process . My Gran used to go carol singing with her life long friend who played an orchordian . Every year they would turn up at the farm on a wet windy December night and the loud orchordian would fill the whole house with Christmas cheer . It was always an event . People dont go round the village carol singing anymore  . People are insular , and at the end of a day they just want to keep their front door closed and keep the heat in their houses at night . As a friend said last night , and I also thought earlier that day " the sense of community is no longer there" .
   Another thing thats gone out of fashion is visiting other families at night for a meal .That was an event too . A special effort was made to have a impressive spread on the table . Much effort went into making the meal ( usually all day ! ) Nowadays people just go out for a meal  to a restaurant or pub , and even then rarely do they go with another family . Again people just want to be left alone I think . I guess ive been lucky looking back , but times do change , as do fashions I guess... 

Update: It seems I have been far too cynical as I can tonight hear a group of very professional carol singers in the darkness , somewhere.....

Inner worlds

Its the calm before Christmas . Its so quite on Facebook . Its so quite as everyone is looking inward . Someone buck the trend and supply some inspiration.... Ive a feeling the new year will be fizzing with attitude . Ive changed these last few weeks as im sure you can tell ..... A songs lyrics once   went " One nail drives another deep inside of me "  Affects can be accumulative that's for sure pushing you on to " the next level "

What lies beneath ?

Have you ever accidentally touched the " next blog " tab  ?   I shall make a prediction . You will get a nerdy blog about space / aliens or a puke inducing " my wonderful family / life blog ! I have just got the former accidentally . I have never read such a self congratulating family blog . Vanity , vanity all is vanity . Life has a funny way of taking these people out in the worst possible way for them . Nothing stops that perfect long . Perfection is not a natural state . Those with wisdom will see the rot of lies that undermines such a blog , and will see desperation in writing such things  . Who knows what torment lies behind that perfect façade ???

Aroma tyres ?!

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/17/kumho-obviates-scented-tree-air-fresheners-with-new-tires/   


O.K   I will admit I may have bought a candle or two in the past which turned out to be scented . I may even be more in touch with my feminine side than is normal , but this is where I draw the line !!!

Classic Fords

Its always baffeled me how people run a " classic " car on the road . Even some Fords are now over 30 years old that I see at car shows during the summer  . How do they keep them from rusting , how do they undo all the rusted bolts when repairing them ?  I have enough problems with my Focus that's only ten years old ( water leak in boot , driveshaft worn ect ) Just fixing these two small things will take a great deal of time and effort . As the years go by it takes a lot MORE effort than it once did working on a car . How is that ? Or more worrying why ?
                                                                                                                  MK 1 RS Turbo

Drip , drip , drip

Every time I do anything on this blog an error tab pops up . Ive had nothing but stuff like that for weeks . Constant .

Frack Off !

It appears Cumbria is to be another area of the U.K to be subject to " fracking " for gas . The Westmorland Gazette quotes  " But within hours of its publication , fierce local opposition began to mount against the prospect of fracking across a swathe of South Lake land from Levens ( Holy Grail ) to Kirkby Lonsdale        ( retirement Valhalla )
    People in Cumbria ( the nice part ) oppose absolutely anything and everything that benefits the ordinary working person , be it roads , housing or parking or leisure sites or food takeaways or pubs or ... yes ,  you get the idea . Welcome to heaven , welcome to hell . I live in a stunning area thats full of the most anal , retired , middle class tossers you are likely to meet . Sometimes I can even see their point , but this is a protest too far . Get a life....

Getting screwed by the boom ?

Tonight we are once again in Britain being told our economy is growing . Apparently 250,000 more people have gained employment . Unfortunately these are part time , low payed jobs . No body is winning here . Oh hold on , yes someone is winning ! Big business must be laughing . They have everything they ever wanted . Wages not keeping place with inflation , and a steady supply of money from the banks who have borrowed from bonds created by the government at a interest rate of half a %  . That's artificially created money too ! The final winners however are the banks again as now employment has grown interest rates may be raised safely . Raised for who ? Oh , yes us !  That will be mortgages and credit cards then . We loose again while all this new money comes nowhere near us unless its to screw us . Not good and no hope for the future..
   The older I get the more I dislike capitalism . A business , a small business struggles to make a profit . After generations of government they have made sure of this . If it wasn't for accountants moving figure around to various benefits in yearly accounts few business's would survive . Unless you run a small business you will not know this , Its a taboo ive not yet heard broken . Not good . Capitalism does encourage competition in the small , but fixes profit for the large company's . Its loaded and it stinks . It props up the status quo .

Emma Crosby

Emma Crosby . Where do I begin ? She is , and always has been my favourite news reader around , but why ? Firstly I never tire of her classic good looks , her relaxed unhurried reading style or her creamy English rose of an accent . The fact also that she has never as ive seen made a mistake on air adds to my admiration of her ! When she interviews guests she appears genuinely interested in their views , though I guess this could be faked , but Im not sure it is at all . All in all my daily dose of Channel 5 news is made all the sweeter for her presence . How many news programs can you say that about ?  

P.S    Maybe its that cheeky wink she finishes each program with !     http://youtu.be/5CRSEOkZZ5c 


                                                                                  

What doesn't kill you , simply makes you stranger apparently . Yes , I can go with that statement.....

The Almighty - Do Anything You Wanna Do

    

I was once lucky enough to bump into someone like this as they say.....

2013

Words that sum up 2013 -  Loss
                                           Theft 
                                           Phone fraudster
                                           False hope
                                           Road accident
                                           Abandonment 
                                           Missed opportunities

Searching for concrete thing ( for want of a more sophisticated title lol )

Everything ive done in life reverts to nought eventually .  " Everything breaks , everything passes , everything ends . "  Becoming a Father bucks the trend , its the only thing that's really going to stand the test of TIME . Whatever life brings or doesn't , whoever lets me down or ruins things my daughter will always be my daughter even if she isn't always living the way I would like her to in the future that's ahead .
   Of course religion CANNOT let you down either so that's another bedrock for some but the catch is you need to believe whole heartedly , but that's not the point , the point is its viewed as guaranteed salvation so I guess that's a certain winner for some . So to recap children and religion are winners . Didn't think id be posting that this time last month !
   After being annihilated this year im really considering in life what is worth a damn . Ive had my ideas tested . Ive wasted a lot of time putting too much energy into the wrong if very intoxicating people , but time always tells as they say and I cant tell you how much ive learnt this year . Of course some watchers through their wisdom and experience have probably seen this day coming as im sure they too have trod the same path . No I haven't found religion , but I am considering what is as it seems in life , and what and more importantly WHO is worth investing in . Yes its more about people than spiritual musing here , only the spiritual does fit into my list of favourable subjects that stand the test of a worthy investment ....

Really ? Well ... yes !

There is nothing worse than RETIRED couples living in clean , perfect barn conversions who speak so quietly and have suddenly acquired a middle class out look that revolves around " property. " Life  will not spare you and probably hasn't already despite your best intentions to obliterate all awareness of this from your ordered lives....

Im sure it must be so....

 " Go on take a look , take a peek !  You'll smile in your sleep... "   So Solid Crew

Sorry but....

Not blogging daily is for wimps !!!! lol

Good luck out there

I like spotting trends in life , I like spotting lifes moods or what likes to occur with what as Jung said and again I can see something quite worrying . Many people are going down dubious roads at the moment that are reaching their climax . Some are going to be broken by whats ahead in various guises , its un avoidable . Maybe ive just being ahead of the curve this year ? Cautiousness has been thrown to the wind and this has become normal for most people . Now they are to reap what they've sown . I wish them all the best on each of their strange , dangerous paths that lie ahead . May God be with you all .

Evie rides into town....

Asda / Satan / Christmas

Its happened again . Ive been once again seduced by the great Satan that is Asda . I bought what I thought was a bargain Christmas tree for £20 , but on undoing the tightly wound net packaging I have a tree that's badly shaped and has been chopped at some time to reshape it . Now a week later its drooping and its true essence is showing ; its crap ! Several visiting toddlers pulling at it has not helped either so Im going to buy a second one this weekend . Ive never needed to do this before . For some reason this year it seems worthwhile ?

Here goes nothing....

Its very strange . Ive had much trouble recently on blogger . Ive had problems getting to several bloggers posts . Some I can reach through certain links , but not through others . Ive said before that some thing seems wrong .
    I lost a watcher under very strange circumstances recently which made me think maybe a third party was to blame . Paranoid ? Well someone I know was telling me today about his new job application to a computer e-mail firm that checks the source of e-mails and whether they are genuine ( someone could apparently impersonate you using a copy of your e-mail address ) so he tells me . Further examples were quoted as to what deviance's were possible . Then a casual remark about discovering my blog address after several years . Should I be worried ? I say this as the person volunteering this info has a reputation for online hacking and snooping . Bare this in mind if anything odd has happened to you through my blog . Like I said I have a feeling some things not right , maybe they are toying  with me as that's another favourite pastime of this individual . Anyway I find myself posting this , for what reason we shall see....

Havent heard this phrase on the BBC news for a while....

  "  WHITE WORKING CLASS BACKGROUNDS  "  .,...  WAAAAAHOOOOOOO !!!!

Truth or lie ?

Its a lie they continue to sell ; You can avoid illness and disease by living " a healthy lifestyle "   Wrong , false hope ; its the only hope...

I am in a void .

"££$%$%%^ December !

The problem with December is its cold , dark , muddy and wet . Its starting to get dark now about 3.30 pm . By the time youve sorted yourself out for the days tasks its not far off dark . This means starting any grand scheme is pointless , forget it . The mind is focused and eager , full of enthusiasm . The body is exhausted and cant be arsed . They are in conflict from the start . Add the mud , rain and darkness for a total mood of  apathy... Oh then add forced Christmas cheer that also swallows up any personal ideas or flights of fancy . Dont despair as January will soon be here with its bright stormy winds and new year gales . Now thats my favourite time of year...I shall then come alive !

Paul Walker

This week has seen the death of another favoured actor Paul Walker of the infamous Fast and Furious film series . The original film was often slated for being incredibly cheesy and stereo typed , but it has something which makes or allows it to be viewed many times at little effort . It never really gets boring . Ok the acting isn't the best , but the pace of the film is good . Films with a slow uneven pace are impossible to re-watch more than once . The fact we all watch it multiple times tells me that its a success despite what high brow critics say . Again its a classic controversially , and it will stop that way . Its all Paul Walker will be remembered for even though ive seen him crop up in a few other films I cant recall the names of . That's type casting for you !

No im not joking....

We are in love with the Nazi's . Sorry ! but its true . This country is obsessed . They are mentioned daily as references to discredit  political opponents in Parliament . They are the subject of daily documentaries and drama's . This has been accelerating for several months now ( except during Remembrance Week ) . Its getting beyond a joke really , but why ?
  My theory is infatuation basically . Our economy and political democracy have failed us miserably , so miserably that they are on borrowed time . Subconsciously we hark back to certainty's , all powerful foreign  archetypes such as the glamorous Third Reich , to conquer  , to control others and to put our country's native people first ( a very common view now becoming openly acceptable ) . Of course no one is wanting genocide , but I believe the " positive " parts are subconsciously pulling on our TV producers . Sounds a bit far fetched but I somehow feel its happening .....

The Sleep of Reason ?

O.K this is gonna be a weird post !  Last summer I started following a very adept blogger . She was a fantastic writer and very unusual , educated , different , articulate and occasionally humorous person . Yes I really bonded with her I thought . We covered a lot of topics , commenting daily on each others posts . It was good fun . It was different . I enjoyed communicating with someone who obviously new how I ticked , and I could relate to how she saw the world too . Yeah all was rosey in the garden as they say ! Then ....
   Yeah , god knows what happened . I logged on one morning to find a normal light hearted comment and I was down a watcher . For some reason she had gone . Gutted ? Er yeah ! You don't find many people like that in life . I know that at my age . All her blogs are now blocked ( well to me anyway , apparently , maybe everyone who knows ? ) but when I googled her blog address I see a recent post ( well only the first few very angry lines )  so she still writes . She is very angry at the world recently and people in general  !!!
   Maybe this is a BlogSpot error as Ive lost a link to another blog in America too . I suspect she still looks in on this blog ( I hope ) and I would just like to say I would like to know exactly what I did wrong ( if anything ) to loose her as a watcher . She is far from a shrinking violet ,  so if you read this just tell me eh ? Like I said this maybe a technical error , possibly . Maybe you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick with some of my more unusual posts . That happens on line unfortunately . I bear her no grudges and have never made a dig at her . I have no axe to grind at all . I miss your blog !!! lol     Yes there is something a miss here . But what ?
  Of course I can here the voices of those who have told horror stories of blogging type wierdo people and they are no doubt shaking their heads at my predicament . Of course we can never tell what people are like in real life , but judging by this persons blog I can only say I find it worth while taking this long shot at sorting this out .

The choice they give.....

Tonight's TV viewing ;   " JEWS ON BIKES "    or " NAZI DEATH CAMP " ?

Over educated ?

There is a big hoo-haaah on the news tonight as our children seem to have fallen " behind " in the education statistics compared to Asia . All this after our national obsession for education . Are we wasting our time getting so aerated about educating our children to the highest degree humanly possible ? 

   A higher level of education is presented as a sure fire way to boost our country's economy . After all brighter people will boost our economy . Right ? WRONG !  When our economy and country have been driven so far into a deficit we shall NEVER get out of , you can educate our children until they are blue in the face , but our short sighted , spend anything to get re-elected politicians are pissing it all financially  away and this is the REAL problem here . Education for educations sake or ego or fashion is a pointless jerk off exercise .

  Most highly educated people work for the Government . They consume money or dispense funding . They don't "make " any new money . The same can be said for banks . People who make things are what we need in this country . Reducing imports will help our economy . We don't need more people doing sod all in ivory towers , we need people who will work , turn up for work and graft . Ask a company and they will tell you they are short of " ordinary " workers so they employ immigrants . They are NOT short of graduates ! I have yet to hear anyone on the news say ; " We are short of people with  a University education ! "

This country is short of ordinary workers , run of the mill , left school at 16 type people to whom work is natural !!!  In my day they were two a penny , today they are wasting away at sixth form for sixth forms sake . In a fucked economy I guess that's the only way now for them , but it wasn't always this way however....

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty - Official Trailer

Get zoned !

It seems the only way to control life is to divide it up into different zones with different levels of manipulation . To run all your life to a particular standard is impossible . A good parallel is how an invading country such as America divided Iraq into coloured zones . A green zone must be kept totally safe and ordered . It is assumed and aimed to be safe there . A red zone is at the other end of the spectrum so little  long term effort is invested and any losses here are deemed acceptable as priority's lie elsewhere .
  Ive noticed this zoning down in large areas of park or public gardens . Once all the land was tended , now only small areas are cut and kept pristine . Now a days people sacrifice areas they can no longer keep ordered as demands rise on them or they get older . I guess we will all soon need to prioritise eventually...
  Spotting the zones of others gets more complicated and miss judging which zone youve wondered into can get messy . Hostile actions baffle you , negative actions puzzle you ? Well then it sounds like youve entered some ones green zone . Be on your guard as anything may happen.....