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Tuesday, October 26, 2004

I am much saddened. I suspect that a good many bloggers will have both admired and have been immensely influenced by the enduringly ordinary beacon of taste that was John Peel. Teenage Kicks will doubtless echo from Victrolas across the land. I remember often during my own teenage years listening regularly to his show revelling in the new sounds he would play, weird, wonderful and just a wee bit bizarre at times. Whatever did happen to the Higsons? Fare thee well then, and in answer to Jimty no I didnae ken him, I just thought I did.

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Sunday, October 24, 2004

Methadone Madness No. 1

I went to my G.P. on Friday, actually I went on Thursday as well but that was the wrong day, to have my blood pressure checked. Still high, but coming down, as is the weight, half a stone in a month. He decides that I need additional medication which probably means I am going to be on this for a while. Bummer. Into the chemist next door and there�s this guy trying to blag methadone from the pharmacist. Reckons his G.P. sent the script there for collection and they don�t have it. You�d think they would just give him the stuff, don�t you,

Methadone Madness No. 2

Walking into an office for a meeting on Friday afternoon in the Gorbals. Man is walking along the middle of the road drinking his methadone oblivious to the world at large and the big car behind him furiously blowing its horn to get him to move out of the way.

Melancholia

I joined the library the other week, amazing place, they give you books and you don�t even have to pay. I got out, in hardback, The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe. It�s the follow up to The Rotters Club only 30 years later. I can barely put it down. I�m sort of halfway through and realised that it was Manuel who recommended and loaned me The Rotters Club and he�s not going to read this and than I came over all maudlin.

What Women Want

Another one for thewife

thewife and I were watching the Saturday Kitchen on TV and they have a vote for the viewers to choose the dish they want to see cooked at the end of the show. There�s a choice between chicken a la Milanese, baked salmon with parmesan and parsley crust or Thai red vegetable curry. thewife thinks the viewers are going to go for the salmon. My theory is that a higher percentage of the viewers will be women and I reckon the choice isn�t about the food at all, rather who is making it. Judging by the way she perks up somewhat when Gino D�Acampo is announced as guest I suspect that he would be picked if he was making toast. I think it�s the accent, but it might be the looks.

Ace Ayrshire

Move over Merseybeat, Swinging London, Madchester etc. It suddenly struck me that two of the bands I am currently listening to a lot of at the moment, The Trashcan Sinatras (after a lengthy absence have a new album and tour and we are hopefully going to see them) and Biffy Clyro are both from Ayrshire and are both rather fabby. So there ye go.

Munchies

Rather pleased with Saturday night's dinner of chicken, stuffed with wild boar sausage and wrapped with wild boar ham accompanied by Jamie Oliver's purple potato salad. We'd been to the Glasgow Farmers Market.

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Friday, October 22, 2004

Jack Straw

I hate the bastard! New Labour, I hate them! There is no way on earth that I will EVER bring myself to vote for them whilst the evil triumvirate of Scum Tory Bastards that are Bliar, Straw and Blunkett are in any position of power. I really can't for the life of me see any difference between them and the Tories with the posssbile exception that their Tory counterparts are ptoentially slightly more liberal.

Straws latest intervention makes me sick. Co-orporate murder of workers, yeah that's okay. Fuck off and die you sleazy bunch of dicks!

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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear Reidski etc.

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Sunday, October 17, 2004

Heading for Baghdad

Strikes me the key reason for the request for British troops being moved to Baghdad is fairly simple. The notion of "backfilling" to enable U.S. troops to begin an assault on Fallujah, doesn't quite add up. The numbers of British troops are relatively small in comparison with the numbers the US need to move. Nope the real answer is that Dubya needs to sell the idea that Eyerack is a joint effort involving a coalition of allies to the folks back home who are fed up with the numbers of dead American kids. The way to do this is move some of the foreigners, like the Brits into the firing line and have some of their kids come home in boxes as well. Hoon, is likely to swallow it hook line and sinker!

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Thursday, October 14, 2004

Boys from the blackstuff

The Blackstuff being the small series of coal bings, behind the wall in the picture. The most magical place to play as a kid. Safe (relatively) where you could play hide and seek, hares and hunts, sojers, slides down the bing in breadboards courtesy of Wonderloaf, and on and on. The boys from left to right Me, Davie Ellis still floating around town, Bobby and John Donaldson who emigrated to Canada around 1968, Tom Nicholson who I believe went to Australia to work and Derek Boles who is a Motor Mechanic following a life long fascination of the automobile in all its formats. His mother, who still works in my local newsagent once sent him aged 6, to the shops for a loaf only for him to return with a Matchbox car. The car in the picture, was a Ford Popular, the first car in our street and belonged to Tommy Ellis.

How time flies.

Nostalgia 2.

The unfortunately named Prof. Barwise has just completed a study of the BBC digital offerings and has concluded that BBC3 and BBC4 are not up to scratch. Bemoaning the lack of viewing figures for BBC4 (One of my favourite channels) because people don't want to watch concerts on telly. I have watched a good number of its archived concerts and thoroughly enjoyed them along with its excellent documentaries. We have enough Britney videos and Reality Television dominating our screens, we don't want or need more. Fuck off back to the bar Fuckwit!

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Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Weapons of Mass Distraction 1.

Finally the evidence is in. Saddam Hussein had nada! We knew that all along. Its just a pity that so many people had to suffer for the lies of politicians. Now the spin merchants are suggesting that he was planning to acquire them!! How fucking naive do they think we are. I'm planning to acquire millions of pounds.

Weapons of Mass Distraction 2.

With only a few weeks to go in the U.S. presidential election, how long will it be before Osama Bin Laden puts in a personal appearance? Odds at Ladbrokes anyone?

Hugh le Screw

The apprentice appears at work today with a new warm coat for the winter. On the the arms and chest are the bi-lingual logos of the Correctional Service Canada or (Service Correctionnel Canada). Its funny but, I never ever thought of Canada having Prisons.

The Canadians kind of invented Restorative Justice and I'm sure jimty will be pleased to know that Restorative Justice Week will soon be upon us. Who decides what issues are going to have "weeks"?

Farewell

To Michael Fish. Who retired tonight from weather forecasting. The unkind may well say he should have retired after reassuring people that there were no strong winds due, just before the 1987 Hurricane. We'll miss him, we all get things spectacularly wrong now and again.

Keep Out!

If the Tories are still so rabidly enthusiastic about keeping Johnny Foreigner Immigrant out, why don't they tell their leader to fuck off back to wherever he came from?

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Saturday, October 02, 2004

Keep it Simple - Honesty & Genuine Sincerity in Politics -
Buck Flair!

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Friday, October 01, 2004

Problem Solvng Local Authority Style

Our office building has controlled entry at several points throughout. There are workman currently refurbishing the second floor, they enter via reception and use lifts to access the area they are working in. There are vending machines in the foyer of the controlled entry which the workmen were visiting as and when a chocolate/crisp fix was required. Unfortunately, in the process, they were switching the controlled lock off from the inside, so that they could pop out and back in again, often forgetting to switch the lock back on again. As a consequence, our extremely vigilant Health and Safety Representative has rightly, been making waves.

The simple way to deal with this, would have been to issue said workman with a shared fob, to access the controlled doors.

Nope not our people! Noticed this afternoon were the otherwise extremely busy support staff hauling heavy vending machines from one area of the building to another. Must have taken half a day of their time and probably had lots of people hanging about waiting for them to do their real jobs. At the same time, the caretaker is unhappy that he now has a couple of big unsightly machines in the public access part of the building, which is likely to be a surefire magnet that attracts some of the locals to practice their thievery skills on. Nice one.

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I suspect that a good many bloggers will have both admired and have been immensely influenced by the enduringly ordinary beacon of taste that was John Peel. Teenage Kicks will doubtless echo from Victrolas across the land. I remember often during my own teenage years listening regularly to his show revelling in the new sounds he would play, weird, wonderful and just a wee bit bizarre at times. Whatever did happen to the Higsons? Fare thee well then, and in answer to Jimty no I didnae ken him, I just thought I did. posted by timesnewroman at 7:05 PM 0 comments Sunday, October 24, 2004 Methadone Madness No. 1 I went to my G.P. on Friday, actually I went on Thursday as well but that was the wrong day, to have my blood pressure checked. Still high, but coming down, as is the weight, half a stone in a month. He decides that I need additional medication which probably means I am going to be on this for a while. Bummer. Into the chemist next door and there�s this guy trying to blag methadone from the pharmacist. Reckons his G.P. sent the script there for collection and they don�t have it. You�d think they would just give him the stuff, don�t you, Methadone Madness No. 2 Walking into an office for a meeting on Friday afternoon in the Gorbals. Man is walking along the middle of the road drinking his methadone oblivious to the world at large and the big car behind him furiously blowing its horn to get him to move out of the way. Melancholia I joined the library the other week, amazing place, they give you books and you don�t even have to pay. I got out, in hardback, The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe. It�s the follow up to The Rotters Club only 30 years later. I can barely put it down. I�m sort of halfway through and realised that it was Manuel who recommended and loaned me The Rotters Club and he�s not going to read this and than I came over all maudlin. What Women Want Another one for thewife thewife and I were watching the Saturday Kitchen on TV and they have a vote for the viewers to choose the dish they want to see cooked at the end of the show. There�s a choice between chicken a la Milanese, baked salmon with parmesan and parsley crust or Thai red vegetable curry. thewife thinks the viewers are going to go for the salmon. My theory is that a higher percentage of the viewers will be women and I reckon the choice isn�t about the food at all, rather who is making it. Judging by the way she perks up somewhat when Gino D�Acampo is announced as guest I suspect that he would be picked if he was making toast. I think it�s the accent, but it might be the looks. Ace Ayrshire Move over Merseybeat, Swinging London, Madchester etc. It suddenly struck me that two of the bands I am currently listening to a lot of at the moment, The Trashcan Sinatras (after a lengthy absence have a new album and tour and we are hopefully going to see them) and Biffy Clyro are both from Ayrshire and are both rather fabby. So there ye go. Munchies Rather pleased with Saturday night's dinner of chicken, stuffed with wild boar sausage and wrapped with wild boar ham accompanied by Jamie Oliver's purple potato salad. We'd been to the Glasgow Farmers Market. posted by timesnewroman at 8:51 AM 0 comments Friday, October 22, 2004 Jack Straw I hate the bastard! New Labour, I hate them! There is no way on earth that I will EVER bring myself to vote for them whilst the evil triumvirate of Scum Tory Bastards that are Bliar, Straw and Blunkett are in any position of power. I really can't for the life of me see any difference between them and the Tories with the posssbile exception that their Tory counterparts are ptoentially slightly more liberal. Straws latest intervention makes me sick. Co-orporate murder of workers, yeah that's okay. Fuck off and die you sleazy bunch of dicks! posted by timesnewroman at 6:41 AM 0 comments Tuesday, October 19, 2004 Happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear Reidski etc. posted by timesnewroman at 9:43 PM 0 comments Sunday, October 17, 2004 Heading for Baghdad Strikes me the key reason for the request for British troops being moved to Baghdad is fairly simple. The notion of "backfilling" to enable U.S. troops to begin an assault on Fallujah, doesn't quite add up. The numbers of British troops are relatively small in comparison with the numbers the US need to move. Nope the real answer is that Dubya needs to sell the idea that Eyerack is a joint effort involving a coalition of allies to the folks back home who are fed up with the numbers of dead American kids. The way to do this is move some of the foreigners, like the Brits into the firing line and have some of their kids come home in boxes as well. Hoon, is likely to swallow it hook line and sinker! posted by timesnewroman at 3:37 PM 0 comments Thursday, October 14, 2004 Boys from the blackstuff The Blackstuff being the small series of coal bings, behind the wall in the picture. The most magical place to play as a kid. Safe (relatively) where you could play hide and seek, hares and hunts, sojers, slides down the bing in breadboards courtesy of Wonderloaf, and on and on. The boys from left to right Me, Davie Ellis still floating around town, Bobby and John Donaldson who emigrated to Canada around 1968, Tom Nicholson who I believe went to Australia to work and Derek Boles who is a Motor Mechanic following a life long fascination of the automobile in all its formats. His mother, who still works in my local newsagent once sent him aged 6, to the shops for a loaf only for him to return with a Matchbox car. The car in the picture, was a Ford Popular, the first car in our street and belonged to Tommy Ellis. How time flies. Nostalgia 2. The unfortunately named Prof. Barwise has just completed a study of the BBC digital offerings and has concluded that BBC3 and BBC4 are not up to scratch. Bemoaning the lack of viewing figures for BBC4 (One of my favourite channels) because people don't want to watch concerts on telly. I have watched a good number of its archived concerts and thoroughly enjoyed them along with its excellent documentaries. We have enough Britney videos and Reality Television dominating our screens, we don't want or need more. Fuck off back to the bar Fuckwit! posted by timesnewroman at 6:01 AM 0 comments Wednesday, October 06, 2004 Weapons of Mass Distraction 1. Finally the evidence is in. Saddam Hussein had nada! We knew that all along. Its just a pity that so many people had to suffer for the lies of politicians. Now the spin merchants are suggesting that he was planning to acquire them!! How fucking naive do they think we are. I'm planning to acquire millions of pounds. Weapons of Mass Distraction 2. With only a few weeks to go in the U.S. presidential election, how long will it be before Osama Bin Laden puts in a personal appearance? Odds at Ladbrokes anyone? Hugh le Screw The apprentice appears at work today with a new warm coat for the winter. On the the arms and chest are the bi-lingual logos of the Correctional Service Canada or (Service Correctionnel Canada). Its funny but, I never ever thought of Canada having Prisons. The Canadians kind of invented Restorative Justice and I'm sure jimty will be pleased to know that Restorative Justice Week will soon be upon us. Who decides what issues are going to have "weeks"? Farewell To Michael Fish. Who retired tonight from weather forecasting. The unkind may well say he should have retired after reassuring people that there were no strong winds due, just before the 1987 Hurricane. We'll miss him, we all get things spectacularly wrong now and again. Keep Out! If the Tories are still so rabidly enthusiastic about keeping Johnny Foreigner Immigrant out, why don't they tell their leader to fuck off back to wherever he came from? posted by timesnewroman at 9:14 PM 0 comments Saturday, October 02, 2004 Keep it Simple - Honesty & Genuine Sincerity in Politics - Buck Flair! posted by timesnewroman at 1:55 PM 0 comments Friday, October 01, 2004 Problem Solvng Local Authority Style Our office building has controlled entry at several points throughout. There are workman currently refurbishing the second floor, they enter via reception and use lifts to access the area they are working in. There are vending machines in the foyer of the controlled entry which the workmen were visiting as and when a chocolate/crisp fix was required. Unfortunately, in the process, they were switching the controlled lock off from the inside, so that they could pop out and back in again, often forgetting to switch the lock back on again. As a consequence, our extremely vigilant Health and Safety Representative has rightly, been making waves. The simple way to deal with this, would have been to issue said workman with a shared fob, to access the controlled doors. Nope not our people! Noticed this afternoon were the otherwise extremely busy support staff hauling heavy vending machines from one area of the building to another. Must have taken half a day of their time and probably had lots of people hanging about waiting for them to do their real jobs. At the same time, the caretaker is unhappy that he now has a couple of big unsightly machines in the public access part of the building, which is likely to be a surefire magnet that attracts some of the locals to practice their thievery skills on. Nice one. posted by timesnewroman at 6:26 PM 0 comments