A Safe Prediction For 2015

That which is now will fade away, and that which is not now, will start.

Whoops, Apocalypse !

It seems I have started a storm ( well by my standards ) on a local fb site that is dedicated to moans about a local town. This town is classed as the 7th most desirable place in Britain to live, but it is now in decline. I posted a list of 10 reasons why another nearby town ( ranked the 4th worst place to live in Britain ) had in my view better facilities and services for the visitor or shopper. This town has a history of decay, BUT is on the UP. The nice town is on its way DOWN.
  People just cannot see past the stereotypes of the past. The changing of the guard as they say is happening, but they are entrenched in the past. I have received a lot of stick on line and I think it will get worse. Some however do see just a glimpse of where Im coming from. One of my strong points is seeing things before they happen, and my views are often ahead of their time. Sometimes too far ahead for some people.

I Need More Vegetables In My Life

No, this is not an attempt to pander to my audience. Its actually official advice as given by my Doctor, after a blood test revealed I apparentlty have a Folic Acid deficiency. I guess that's what all my recent muscle pain has been caused by. I eat plenty of vegetables already, as my brussel sprout antics have revealed in the past on this blog. I guess therefore I am going to have to resort to the pills Ive been prescribed. My digestive tract obviously has problems absorbing this essential acid for some unknown reason. Its all quite a surprise to me.

The Stripper (from The Monster Club)

 



X-Factor generation please take note ; This woman can sing !!

So why have I never heard of her until now ?!

Monster Club (1980) - trailer

 


I like this quirky Hammer film for reasons I dont fully understand. The costumes are truly awful, the lines cheesy, but the actually horror tales are surprisingly good ! O.K its all tongue in cheek and not meant to be taken seriously. Somehow it all adds up to good fun. Again on paper its sounds truly dire!

Cross Dressers, Football and the B.B C Mafia.

Is a drama about a cross dressing teenage boy really a suitable T.V program for 8pm on Boxing Day  ?!  Well it seems the B.B.C thinks so. Well we are in " modern times ". Truth be told it was not too lurid, but it was not something I think many parents would like to be explaining to their children at any time. Oh, and we licence payers help funded it !
   Personally Im not prejudiced about any sexuality or deviation. Today nobody gives a damn. People have bigger concerns today. But I do think the timing of this dramas airing was affected by that all too apparent left wing bias mafia that lives somewhere in the B.B.C. No doubt these leftys are also responsible for the portrayal of disabled and minority's as the majority norm on the children's C.B.B.C channel. I must say that recently they have redressed this silly situation of positive discrimination some what. I mean it was just becoming a joke.
   So what riled me so much then ? Well for a drama about such a politically correct theme there was every stereotype possible portrayed, and often with a straight face, here goes...


The " butch " wagon driving Father who at first disowns his Son (he's ignorant you see )

The overly and suspiciously caring Asian woman next door  ( she just wants to help )

The straight laced uptight white middle age, middle class Headmaster ( made to look pompous )

The overly nice and caring black girl who lends him a dress ( she has such style )

There were probably other stereotypes too, but I only caught short snatches of this drivel. Hey, guess what ? Sport saved the day ! Turns out the boy is rather good at football, even when in a dress, so that's O.K, he must be accepted. Actually I can see some bigoted people actually being swayed by this, and that is even more worrying than their discrimination ! lol 
   If an adult was cross dressing I would say live and let live. If a boy was cross dressing Id suggest he see a doctor (unless he is good at football )  Don't worry I speak in jest...

Unbelievable ?

If you think you had a less than ideal Christmas Day, then spare a thought for the employee's of the parcel courier company CITY LINK, or should that be SH1TTY LINK ?

At 4pm Christmas afternoon, their employee's received the news that the company had gone bust. Who was responsible for the timing of this announcement ? Was it automated ? Was someone trying to " bury " the news and avoid having to face reporters questions ?  ( the average person wont care less by boxing day ) Who knows, there cannot be a good explanation either way.

Warning ;  Blogging can lead to cold cups of tea, and burnt dinners.

Merry Christmas, if thats your thing...

Clarkson on Ford Cars

"  Decent, well made cars that do everything you want for a reasonable price. A bit like Marks& Spencer.. "      

DODGE RAM CUMMINS VS LANDROVER DEFFENDER 90

  



Many Farmers are now using Pick-Up trucks, but when it comes to shear grunt and the necessary grip for towing heavy loads they are simply weak and not up to the job, in fact they make great cars, but that's about it. A Landrover will never be beat by any job, ever, even if they are not up to modern refinement standards.

In My World

I have put on half a stone from eating Galaxy chocolate

My goal is an afternoon sleep this week

The wind sounds like its going to blow my house roof off

Ive had too hot a bath

My next book to read is by my bed ; Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

( I made a New Years resolution to read the " Classics " a couple of years ago, but it turned into the occult classics somehow... maybe its time to get back on course ? )

And here we go...

Tonight I'm ringing our water supply company to ask why they are demanding £250 three days before Christmas. I shall pay in Jan when I get paid again. Also I have an Electric bill of the same amount that is expected to be paid now. Bloody morons ! Rant no doubt to post later .

Happens to the best of 'em...

http://diply.com/menshumor/20-moments-accidental-racism/70853  

Its really quite simple

Why are our hospital accident and emergency sections overwhelmed ? 

Because our local Doctors and hospital Consultants don't work weekends. Surely some cover could be arranged with alternation  ? Only when you need a surgeon at a weekend do you really see the insanity of this situation !

Excellent Products With Faces - PART 1

 

 

 

In my extensive experience of household products ( sarcasm ) anything that has had a face incorporated into its design is surely a sign of its excellence. Strange but true...

Today energy experts announced that electric consumption has fallen for the first time in the U.K for years. Apparently they say this is down to Government efficiency regulations and the ever increasing efficiency of modern household appliances ? ! 

So its nothing to do with the average annual family electric bill reaching £ 1400 then ?  Or the fact this Government has thousands of generators on paid stand by in case Christmas energy consumption can not be met due to our ageing and failing nuclear power stations ?   ( Europe told us to close our coal powered ones. Damned environmentalists ) Of course not...

Only at this late hour

Today Ive been cleaning out my shed.  WAKE UP !!!   And I happened to come across an old Building Society savings book that I used to have. In this book was a record of my savings and withdrawls from the time when I left school at 16 ,until about 10 years ago. Mmmm I had money when I lived at home, real money ! My biggest regret is that I DIDNT discover credit or loans sooner. If you take out a loan then your savings remain intact. Replacing them after buying an item such as a car never happens. If I had used credit I would still be well off today. Yes, credit is GOOD !!!  Anyway, no use crying over spilt milk as they say... Oh, and savings interest was 7 % back then from what I remember. Of course this was from a time when was money worth saving !!

Bruce Dickinson - All The Young Dudes

   


Every generation thinks they are the first ones to be ever young. This song is a great cover version by Bruce Dickinson. He released a solo album after leaving the metal band Iron Maiden. It was surprisingly good as far as solo albums go. I like the video too. It brilliantly captures a feeling of time and generations passing. Nothing changes does it ?

The Great Satan

If I told you I never created my own fb page, and that it was in fact set up for me complete with friends ect as a joke after I sarcastically told a relation who offered to set me up one to " just get on with it " Would you actually believe me ? Probably not, but that's the way my page came to be.

    Immediately I got into trouble. An obsession occurred as In I felt I was trapped in a new 24hour reality. I had 24hour access to my " friends " and their social activitys and posts. I quickly became stressed, logging on every morning. Some people don't take it too seriously, some people like my self see it as a constant measuring tool of the viability of friendships. A non returned message or unread one quickly had me thinking I was being ignored.... and should I really have written that last post?! Yes, Im neurotic at the best of times. Of course when a reply came I was so relieved, but I was becoming more and more paranoid and actually deeply unhappy. The more unhappy I became, the more I logged on and the harder I tried to prove all was not as I feared. A quagmire approached.

   I remember how life was before this site and I cursed the day I laughed and said " just do it then " I am my own worst enemy. So why am I still on there ? Because I am weak that's why. We are all weak ! We crave the constant conformation that we are liked and that people value what we say. A few do read our views, but most just skip over our posts. Some have even admitted this to my face, so I guess its the general way. Once we didn't need fb. Today we cant live without it.

   Positives ? Well for having a joke around with family its a blast because they know us inside out. For anything else its a mine field.. Oh, and I nearly forgot; Classic Fords For Sale is a blast too !!

   Old friendships are a particularly nasty mental man trap. I mean people you were once close to but you no longer see, are they really still friends ? How can you tell how they view you today ? Once you just wouldn't have seen them any more. Simple. The End. Today they live on like ghosts, and thats not to strong a description I think. This limbo can last for years. Ive seen the long drawn out drift to entropy. Its a modern macabre situation. The slow death. I think this is my biggest regret, having wasted so much energy chasing these ghosts.

   Of course that's all my own fault, it really is. And if I don't return or take up your friends request on there its actually a god send as this post confirms !! I have a gift for destruction online, and  forever over stepping the mark, or am I just being paranoid ? WTF, I guess you,ve caught my drift by now...lol
  

I Guess we Call This Winter

How Old Is The Average Bond Fan ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2868294/Monica-Bellucci-reveals-teenage-pictures-lips-big.html?ito=social-facebook       


I guess the average Bond fan wont complain. Very interesting that a break from the obsession with youth has actually been followed through in a franchise as iconic as James Bond, after all the stakes are high. Having said that the Bond women have been a little unconventional in the past. Obviously the films Director wishes to connect with his key audience so I guess the average fan must be middle aged ? The trouble is the new Bond style is attracting new younger fans and Im not sure how they will take this, but you cant please everyone. Its an eternal problem retaining an established fan base while renewing a new one...And just for the record I aint complaing !

The Fun Loving Criminals - The View Belongs to Everyone

"  If its deemed to easy, or deemed to cheap, then we talk a lot of shit from the back f******g seat...  Yep, sounds like my family ! lol

A Very Blunt Weapon Indeed ?

Its actually quite a serious situation as oil this month has fallen in value by now up to 40% . Countries such as Saudi Arabia are even claiming to be dipping into their country's reserves ( temporally they hope ) to keep their country running.
   Normally during a price drop oil production is slowed down, then up the world price jumps, but today that doesn't seem possible ? Nobody is quite sure why, but I heard an expert say on the radio that big oil producing nations are trying to drive smaller producers like the U.K out of the market place, and then they plan to reduce production again to raise the world price back to the old high levels .Also Iran is included in the country's Saudi Arabia would like to see cease production too. Maybe its a blunt economic weapon, but they also must realise its hurting them too
 . And then there is Americas Shale Gas production spike. That I feel maybe the most likely reason for the free fall in prices. It amazes me how America just gets on with an idea such as Fracking, while here in the U.K we debate and debate, and Oh,Yes we debate again....Yes, its a very murky picture...

Not as bad as I thought !!

50% of U.K population on prescription medicine ( me included )

11% of women on anti-depressants / slightly less for men apparently
( me not included )

Merry Christmas !