Went to work, came home, egg, chips, sausage and beans (my request), walk the dog, a bit of social networking , bath, brandy and bed.
Still it was only my 47th.
Natwest make me laugh (if you believe that..)
You know that Bank that we all own, they have really made me chuckle this week. First they close an account that I didn’t want closing, causing 5k to disappear into a black hole. Then they write to me to tell me that they have upgraded my business credit card (without asking), which will result in a days work logging in to loads of online services to change my payment details.
The letter came with the strapline ‘Helpful Banking’ on the envelope. Which really had me grinning from ear to ear. A word of warning to anyone working for a large corporate organisation who intends to contact me, you can tell when I am angry and liable to turn abusive, my eyelids move up and down every minute or so and I inhale and exhale regularly. Peace and Love!
On the plus side, I have just watched Back to the Future, which I love. I have made a start on the script for B2TF 4. I am thinking about casting, suggestions required for an new Marty McFly, what about Dean Gaffney he has the looks and screen presence.
Save the Spotted Dick
I was shocked to read today that Flintshire County Council had banned the term ‘Spotted Dick’ from their menus. Replacing it with Spotted Richard.
I am all for political correctness where people are being abused or excluded, but ‘Spotted Dick’ is just funny (and tasty). It made me wonder what happened to the ‘Wimpy Bender Brunch’ a favorite of Elton John and David Furnish.
Obviously I am now worried what is going to happen next, are Harvester going to have to withdraw the very popular ‘Beef Curtain Platter’ from the menu. Will we ever see ‘Hair Pie’ on the specials board at TGI Fridays again.
We won’t let this development affect mealtimes in the Childs household, Angela will still be getting her Raspberry Ripples out and I will serving up the odd portion of ‘Meat and two veg’.
Finally got my wife back
Angela (Trouty) has come back after two weeks nursing sick parents. I have been losing the battle to keep the house (Hotel Paradiso) clean. The sofas have been home to an assortment of teenagers and young adults who go to bed 3 hours after me and get up similar period after I have gone to work.
You no longer need a tetanus jab to enter the house, the towns takeaways will now experience a deepening of the credit crunch. We have found out that Simon is allergic to most home cleaning products and Verity feels the need to scatter her underwear to the four winds rather than locate the washing basket. I hope that we are never parted again.
Glad I didn’t buy that tent!
Looking back on my post of earlier this summer ‘Carry on Camping’, I didn’t get around to buying that tent and I am glad that I didn’t. The BBQ summer disappeared at the end of June and we have had plenty of wet weather since. Perhaps I would be better off with a caravan or a mobile home. I have a full weekend of cricket this weekend, Saturday I’boro vs Wellingborough in the league. Tomorrow, U11’s play Rushden in the cup in the morning and in the afternoon there is an U15’s District trial. I could do with a rest now.
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.
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.