Phone companies cash in on Jackson
Before the family and record company get the chance to cash in on the death of MJ, Vodafone, O2 and Orange must have had their best day since New Years Eve. I have had so many jokes sent to me today. As everyone knows, the phone companies secretly fund a joke writing team that initiate all of these circulating jokes, which must generate millions. That’s my conspiracy theory of the day.
We can now await the start of the MJ industry ala Elvis Presley, Neverland will become the new Graceland. We will all have Michael Jackson plate and tea towel.
The Great Outdoors
This prolonged spell of good weather has made me crave the great outdoors. The tent purchase is now definitely on the cards, especially now that Eewee has bought a new tent and suggested a camping night at the cricket club. This has also prompted me to get out my Potjie, which is a cooking pot, very popular in South Africa and probably why Graham Smith and Jaque Kallis look like cricketing Sumo wrestlers.
It has also prompted me to get out my
I fancy making my famous Lamb tagine in it, which always goes down well, it’s actually not my recipe but AWT’s or perhaps a big curry.
Carry on Camping
There is a growing opinion in the Childs house that we should buy a tent. Firstly so we can stick the hoards of teenagers that seem to crash out ours in it overnight. Secondly, so that Ange and myself can escape for the odd night and walk the dog along the beach somewhere.
This is not an attempt to jump on the current glamping bandwagon, we are not looking to stay in a Yurt or Tipi with a fitted wood burning stove. I fancy good old British camping with a crappy calor gas burner and communal toilets. I will continue this post if we take the plunge and make a tent purchase.
Steelbacks are 3 and 0 - Heading for the quater finals?
With wins against Glamorgan on Friday and Worcestershire on Saturday, the Steelbacks are looking a good bet for the Quarters of the Twenty20 Cup this year. Glamorgan are an unusual county side as they have a player who is fatter than me in Mark Cosgrove and possibly slower than me in Robert Croft.
Great signing for the Steelbacks
As I am pretty quick to criticise Northants when they get something wrong, I have to give credit when they get something right. Signing Ian Harvey is a pretty smart move for the Twenty20 cup this season. He has got a few miles on the clock, but for the 2020 he will be a great asset. He can open the batting and bowl at the death and from what I saw yesterday, still has one of the best slow balls in the game.
I think that this year they have a great chance of progressing past the group stages, but it is time break the quarter final duck this year and see it we can get to Finals Day.
The times they are a changing
June will see a major change to ADC Online Ltd, Simon will be leaving to focus on Cricket20 and I am going to be working more closely with Activebrand to deliver larger projects. Simon has been working with me for 7 years and after the Twenty20 World Cup, I am sure that we will work on some projects together again. Keep your eyes open for a new cricket related e-commerce site that will hopefully make an imapct in what is currently a pretty lame market.
Apologies to Eewee
I must apologise to Eewee for neglecting my blog for nearly a month. I have been so busy at work and with cricket that I haven’t had a chance to sit down for 5 minutes. Eewee is my most loyal blog follower and I feel that I have let him down.
There is lots to talk about, England start the test series against the Windies today, the Hevey Northants League has started and the summer is here. So normal service will resume shortly.
My wifes car may go up in value
It turns out that if you keep your car long enough it may become worth more. Not because it achieves antique value, but because the government are threatening to launch a scrappage scheme that means you can get money for trading in an old car against a new one. Our second car known as the ‘loozer croozer’ may the worth £2000, it’s currently worth 50p. In the event that Gordon B (or his mate Darling) don’t launch a scheme many of the manufacturers have beaten them to it. Especially Citroen who have their own scrappage scheme, launched this month.
Northants CCC - English Cricket’s answer to the Detroit Lions
Just had a look at the county squad for this season. It looks paper thin. If any of the Kolpaks get injured or David Sales gets locked in Oliver Adams we’re in trouble. I have shelled out on two season tickets again via ITCC, but that is mainly because there is some quality coming down from the first division. How they will fair against Kent and Surrey? I think we need a 3rd division.
Spring is in the air
I love the fact that people are mowing their lawns, its light when I get to work and light when I leave work. I must be a bear, I don’t mean in the GAY sense, I mean the sort that hibernate in the winter. I cannot stand the winter, even the good things that happen in the winter don’t make it any better, such as Christmas or the Rugby season. I find myself watching holiday channels on SKY just to see blue skies and the sun.
This winter has convinced me that my winters in the future need to be spent overseas, I don’t mind being stressed at work or poor as many of us have this year. I just hate the dark and the cold.
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