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30 July 2007
"What's on your ipod?"
"Well. To be pedantic I don't have an ipod. I do have a Creative mp3 player though."
"Get on with it!"
"There's a couple or three Gary Moore blues albums, Take That, Michael Buble, some Creedence Clearwater, and yes, two Amsterdam tourism podcasts, and yes, a rather interesting album from Electric Six..."
"I thought you were an old rocker?"
"Ah you mean Hendrix, Led Zep and Pink Floyd? Got them too."
"Yep"
"And Metallica and Megadeth..."
"Never heard of them."
And they say the youth of today are musically challenged! TRUE!
"Dave Mustaine and Megadeth were at the forefront of music with a conscience whilst knobs like Bono were still looking for sunglasses that look like he was delving through Yoko Ono's rubbish bin."
29 July 2007
Emirates Cup Winners
27 July 2007
Premier League Fantasy Football 2007/08
We've chosen the http://www.premierleague.com/splash/fantasy/fantasy.html version as it is the official Premier League version and free!
My starting team:
Mica Richards
Anton Ferdinand
Gabriel Heinze
Gael ClichyRobin van Persie
26 July 2007
UK Driving Licence
Defeats the object innit?
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23 July 2007
Possible trip to 25th Anniversary Czech Invader Rally in 2009
Although it is a long time away, I did broach the subject on the Kent Centre list a few weeks ago. I’ll not seriously start to look at it as a viable event until Autumn 2008! If you fancy it, then of course that would be fine! Let me know.
The SOC’s “usual suspects” will be going again in 2008, and the plan is on here - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/speedup/Speedup/Czech_Trip_2008.html.
I’d look to go a different route to them in any case, maybe via Germany and possibly Poland. To make the journey less of a race, I’d be looking at two nights on the way there, two nights at the rally and two or three on the way back. The idea is to enjoy shorter days on the road and then have a chance to look about (be a tourist!) on the way.
Accommodation en-route would be in budget hotels and youth hostels. Ideally looking at YH’s with private rooms and en-suites. Any single blokes can use the dorms if they want, as these are usually cheaper.
Buffalo Soldier or Martyr?
I suppose I'll wait and see. The jacket itself is a good design. For £99.99 the quality of the material is pretty good. I seemed 100% waterproof in the torrential rain I endured on the ride up to Keele in June. It's just the press stud on the storm flap is not very well secured.
I changed the jacket the weekend before we went to the Isle of Man and it had failed within a few days on the way up the motorway to get the ferry! In fact, it had lasted less than 190 miles and perhaps two or three openings and closings! Not as long as the first one.
We'll see what happens on Thursday.
19 July 2007
Ride to work day
12 July 2007
Virtualtourist again
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A common bug bear, with me at any rate, is when someone goes somewhere and then adds a new entry for all aspects of the place - "Here is the front door of the cathedral", then another complete entry "Here is the back door of the cathedral", ad infinitum until they have ten tips covering one place. They could easily have got it all in one and used a travelogue.
Perhaps worse.... is when someone comes along and rates each tip, when they contain the same info or none at all, just a damned photo. All these do is make the tips section more tedious to go through to find the real gold nuggets of info you want!
5 July 2007
Ride to Work Day
I have always considered myself a "real biker" as I have experienced the depths of cold usually associated with Scott's fateful assault on the South Pole in 1912. Unlike Scott and his team I survived, but it was only a run the Ostend for the St Nicks Rally. I have a picture somewhere of frozen visor, spectacles and eyebrows.
But latterly, as previously reported, I have become something of a fair weather biker. "Why does that stop you riding to work in July?" Have you seen the chuffing weather?
We had a great April and I rode in everyday. Apart from the TT trip, I rode in most of early June, fortuitously opting for the train after I got back from the SIMS Conference on the 20th. Since then it has hissed down almost every day with floods on the North of England!
July 18th is SIMS again in Bedford! Fingers crossed for dry weather!!!!!!
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2 July 2007
Amsterdam Hilton Weekend!
We both thought we'd like to go to Holland again. On the Gouda trip our chosen day out was to have been Amsterdam, so we decided to make this new trip to Amsterdam.
It so happens that Arsenal are involved in the Amsterdam ArenA Tournament over the week of 2nd and 4th August, which fits in nicely when we want to get away. Although getting one of the 1800 (!) tickets allocated to Arsenal supporters may prove a problem as it is so close and the away ticket people get first bite at the cherry over us mere Gold members. Okay we have paid at least £885 for a season ticket this year.
I've re-booked the Shuttle for 3rd August earlier than we were going with the Kent Centre to Gouda. This is purely so we can plough up the motorways to get to the hotel ASAP and then do some sightseeing.
<--- I even bought a Rough Guide to Amsterdam on Saturday!
As for hotels, I checked on the Net for loads that are mentioned in the Rough Guide. Even those considered "budget" are not what I call budget priced!
Amsterdam Hilton Weekend - 2nd to 4th August 2007
1 July 2007
Tesco Clubcard!
There are those that get the Clubcard vouchers every month and they use them in the shop to subsidise their shopping.
There are those that see the potential of using them to buy "deal tokens" for a variety of things, days out, holidays, buying air miles or what we do, use them to buy hotel rooms across the UK.
S far we have stayed twice in London at the West India Dock Marriott and once in Ipswich when visiting relatives. The total cost for all three hotels made up from Clubcard points.
Whether or not Tesco are talking us for a ride, we don't give a fig. Each quid is worth four when used to buy deals. For £40 Tesco Quid we can have a room for £160!