A morning on the M606, Champions League & 72 emails in 23½ hours

Good afternoon, or whatever it is when you read this. I hope you’re well and all that.

My car broke down yesterday on the M606 and I had to fork out the massive amount of £6.50 to get it running again! I’ve driven about on things that cost over £200 to repair and a £6.50 alternator belt is what makes the thing stop. How stupid is that?! I was sat there from about 20 past 8 until half 9 and it was getting gradually colder and colder. Was getting windier too. I saw a mouse on the verge who scuttled out of a hole, ran about a bit, looked straight at me then scuttled off back into its hole. I like mice, they’re cool. A cheeky snail tried to climb up my foot but I put a stop to that by picking him up and placing him on a tree with his other snail friends. I never knew there was so much wildlife living that close to a busy motorway! I saw less at Bolton Abbey for Christ’s sake! Anyway, the car’s back to normal now so that’s ok.

The United v Milan game was good on Tuesday wasn’t it!?! Let’s hope the boys can do it over in the San Siro, it’s not going to be easy. The Chelsea v Liverpool game yesterday was crap wasn’t it!?! Sort of inevitable, that. Chelsea are a bit direct at times and ae basically a winning machine without looking that good that often and Liverpool seem to have an aversion to passing the ball forward unless they’ve got Crouch to send 60 yard balls at. Saying what I’ve said about Chelsea is maybe a little unfair after the goal they scored which was brilliant. A good, English-style goal, scored by an Englishman, on the counter attack.

As long as United get through I don’t really care who makes it but I think it will be Chelsea as they’re a bit relentless aren’t they? Neither tie is settled so that makes it nice and exciting for the second legs next week.

Only half an hour to go at work now and it’s been a busy, busy day. I didn’t really have a break at lunchtime but things have died down a bit now so am typing this to kill the time off!

Anyway, I think I’d best check my emails as they’re mounting up again. I’ve received 72 already since finishing work last night. None of them important or interesting, just silly questions asked by people when the answers are staring them in the face. The best one today is “how much does this cost?” when the price was there in front of them. Almost all of my answers have started “as stated on the listing…”.

Read you lazy sods!!! (no, not you, if you’ve got this far, you’ve done very well and have my gratitude and congratulations)

Right, I’m waffling now. Bye!

S.

Days out, golf, football & back to work

I really enjoyed my time off but it’s back to the grindstone today. Work’s been a bit crap but a break always freshens things up a bit. Still looking forward to half 4 though so I can get out of here! I think I’ll have an evening of watching the snooker and playing PGA 2007 on the XBox.

Went to Bolton Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales & Lyme Park near Stockport during my time off. I throughly recommend Bolton Abbey but in no rush to go to Lyme Park again. It was ok but £7’s quite expensive really. I’d go if I was a member of the National Trust as you get in for free so we became members I think me & Emma are getting old! Only £19.50 each for the year if you’re 25 or under and you get into everywhere they run for free. Even the parking’s free except at Tatton Park, bloody rip-off merchants they are.

Does anyone know any good pitch & putt golf courses near Huddersfield? I’d be most grateful if you let me know where they are if you do. It’s getting towards summer now and golf is a good way to spend a few hours outside with your mates.

The football was interesting over the weekend. Man Utd drew as did Chelsea so it’s all back to where they were at the beginning of the week but with 2 games less which is a good thing for United. It’s not all over yet though, I have a feeling something’s going to happen.

So, that’s all I have to say really, should get back to work now I suppose. Just enough time for a….

Darts Update:
No darts this week as we don’t enter the knockout competition until the next round what with being premier division and all.

Thanks for reading

Scott.

5 Days Off.. it’s nearly here!

Hello!

I’m off as of tomorrow until next Monday so I’m refusing to use the internet in any sort of way in the mean-time (except for maybe picking up emails). It’s lovely and sunny and I think I’m going to take Emma to Bolton Abbey, as it looks very nice so should be a good day out.

Not really got a lot to say after yesterday’s ranting, just time for a…

Darts Update:
I was put on first for the first ever time in any team I’ve ever played in so that was a bit daunting. Even more so when I found out that this team are one of the best in our league. Anyway, I threw well in the first leg and won it. The 2nd leg we both played like a pair of arseholes and I eventually hit my double to win it. I then ended up losing the next two while not playing too badly. He just took his chances when they came along. So, down the the final game. We both played well enough to get down to a double each fairly quickly. I had 86 left and went for treble 18 which I hit to leave myself 2 darts at double 16. They both missed by less than an eighth of an inch. He had something or other left that left him with 1 dart in his hand going for bull. He hit the 25 so I was still in it. I hit my double 16 2nd dart determined not to lose a 2-0 lead and also not to lose when David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” was on the jukebox. I like that song and refuse to let it remind me of losing a 2-0 lead. So, I’d done my bit now to the rest of the team…. We lost the match 4-1! Sods!

Thanks for reading,

Scott.

Lewis Hamilton

Hi,

Lewis Hamilton in a 22 year-old Formula 1 racing driver, in case you didn’t know. The media seem to be especially interested in him because he’s black. I have no idea why this makes any kind of difference but they seem to think it does. I don’t think Lewis himself has ever mentioned it to anyone. He’s had a remarkable start to his Formula One career, finishing 3rd, 2nd, 2nd in his first 3 races, meaning he’s the first driver to ever achieve 3 consecutive podiums in his first 3 races. A magnificent achievement and the world is united in this opinion.

A little too united I say. I like Hamilton, he seems like a nice lad. However, I’m not a fan of his driving style, throwing it into corners and letting the traction control do all the work. I acknowledge that if the tools are there then why not use them, but I prefer a smoother style. However, this isn’t what’s getting to me. Notice I said “a little too united”. Here’s the reason:

That’s 12 mentions on the main page of the site. Bear in mind that we’ve got 3 other British drivers in the series and 22 drivers overall. Only 1 other current F1 driver, Massa, is mentioned in the entire page, and he started on pole and won the bloody race!

Also, did you enjoy the latest installment of the Lewis Hamilton show on Sunday? If you missed that edition, there’ll be the same show on again in 4 weeks time as it was for the first 2 races before this one.

I admit that he is extremely hard working and is one of the most prepared, fittest, knowledgeable drivers out there, even at the age of 22, but he’s in the best car, so it seems so far at least. I couldn’t do what he does but it’s not my job! I think they’re over-hyping him and they’re gonna tear him down just like they’ve done with Jenson Button, that’s all.

A change of sports now to Football. Anyone see that the mighty Scunthorpe United acheived promotion from League One this weekend? A team I’ve a soft spot for due to the appearance of a truly horrific swear word in their name. Their fans invaded the pitch, as you do, but we all know that the stewards should be stopping them. Now, the stewards clearly weren’t bothered at all as you can see in the following picture:

A bloke in a wheelchair should NEVER be able to invade a pitch! Good on him!

As for me I’m ok after my little rant. Hope you’re all well too, loyal viewer(s?)!

Darts Update:
Match tonight, think it’s at home.

Cheers!

Scott