The cats Pyjamas

I love cats, I miss my cat lots, but this is just way too funny to keep to myself.

I have the power!

I hate cables everywhere it just seems that whatever you buy its going to come with it's own cable that only it can use, like mobile phones, I have about 6 different chargers lying around and if I go away anywhere for any length of time for every electrical device I take with me I have to bring a charger with me for each no way of getting around it, but having so many cables around the house is such a pain and then there's having to put them away when you're not using them, the worst part is I'm always losing them too. But I've been looking at this Powermat and this could be my saviour instead of having to trip over wires I just sit the device on this matt and boom, well not literally of course, it starts charging it up using the special attachments that fit the device almost seamlessly, no more excessive wires hanging around, no looking round for chargers, they can all be stowed away and even if you travel somewhere else there is a travel powermat that's easy enough to take with you, so just one device instead of 6 chargers, yes I have to take 6, 2 for my mobile phones (work and personal),PSP, iPod, Digital Camera and also my GPS. So something like this will really come in handy and get rid of those really annoying cables.

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Chili outside and Chili inside too

Now the days are drawing in and I'm not heading out too much I'm listening to my music a lot more and as usual it goes in phases so I've decided to slip back into my Chili's phase.

On the road again.

My trusty stead has been letting me down a little bit so I think I need to look into Collateral loans to upgrade from more than one horse power to something with a little bit more pace. Fortunetly theres a lot of variety when looking for pink slip loans and car title loans when looking for a loan that is specifically suited to buying a car. Once I find the loan thats best for me and at a good rate hopefully all I need to worry about after that is sports or SUV? four door or coupe. Currently I drive a small car so I will probably stick with that, even if I can get a good loan rate I will still be carefully with the pennies so cheap to run and reliable will be the key factors I look for in my choice of vehicle. Also it will mean I can maybe pay more for some optional extra's like Air Con and electric windows and a decent car alarm. I've been quite fortunate with the cars I've had that none have been stolen but I suspect this probably says more about my taste in cars than in them being hard to steal.

Keeping the Status Quo

I can't believe it, I can't wait to tell my friend too who is Australian and a huge fan too that Rolf Harris and the mighty Status Quo are teaming up to release a Christmas song. It's great now I know what to get her for Christmas.

Get your motor running

Petrol is so expensive now and likely to climb higher, so much so that if I have to travel any great distance I'll weigh up the cost of the petrol against getting a flight and renting a car so I need to look at Car Hire UK websites a lot to get a reasonable price to keep the cost of it down. I hate wasting money so it really helps to shop around and the good thing is you can really narrow your options down with this. It's nice to see a bit of the country but the cost of petrol to go to these places and back against the cost of a train or a plane makes it a no brainer. Ok you might have you're flight canceclled but atleast you don't have the stresss of the traffic and once you get there you get in to a nice clean well maintained car.

Creme of the crop

I love creme eggs they are btiiliant.
Not too happy at the moment that Kraft want to buy Cadbury's and Cadbury's Creme Egg has always had a ring to it for me so the thought of a Kraft Creme egg churns my stomach.

http://www.cremeegg.com/

Jeans and T-shirt

I wear a suit to work everyday so as soon as I get home I am straight into jeans and a t-shirt, I like to look smart but unwinding I like to wear something very casual I even have one or two funny t shirts like with Homer Simpson on it. This place however has a great sale which for me is fantastic as I can never have too many t-shirts in any colour.

Ebay

My ebay experiment is going OK so far, I've only sold a couple of things and so far I've made about a quarter of my money back and only sold 3 out of the 20 items I purchased. In the next few days the remaining 3 items that I put on there will expire, I'll either wait for a free listing day and relist with a few more of the items I have, but at a lower price than before or with no reserve and see how they go. Really I'm treating this as a learning experience, I think next time I will put fewer things on but more frequently with the idea of handling less items.

Happy Holidays

I used to go skiing sometimes as a kid and I think with the cold winter months and night drawing in, you really need something to look forward to. I'm currently looking at Vermont Hotels, I've never been there before and I'd love to have a Family Vacation in Vermont the scenery and landscape looks beautiful and we've never tried ski vacations before so this is going to be a treat for everyone. Here in Manchester the best we can get is a place called the Chill Factor which is realistic snow, but it's indoors so not really the same as skiing down a slope in the fresh air and the outdoors whizzing past trees before heading to the lodge for a cup of hot chocolate or perhaps something a little stronger but just as warming on the inside. It's been a long stressful year which is drawing to a close and for me a time to draw a line under things and plan for next year and I think it's important to try and finish the year on something special if you can, I like to make sure that my final memories of the year are always good ones to make the bad ones seam less important.

Going Mental

When it comes to Christmas I'm usually really well organised, I have saved and saved and I even bought a load of presents during the January sales so have 90% of the gofts for this year..... all this and I'm still stuck for what to buy people, I just seem to have a mental block......

Coming down in torrents

One of the things that I like about the internet is that it's like a big online community and like all communities you can share stuff, for example if I have a home movie that I want to share with family, I could put it on youtube, but they tend to distill some of the quality out of it. I can however just share the file as a torrent and send it to fellow family members for them to download the full content unmolested at their leisure and even if my PC isn't online, if another family member has the full file they can get it from there and to check for new installments they can use a torrents search which will pull up everything I have without missing out on anything.

Organised

I really need to get organised.
Last year by november Christmas was all sown up, most of the presents and gifts for people where bought, cards where written, money saved and plans made, so far I have exactly 0% of all that done, OK I have some coins put away which I susually use to buy stamps at the supermarket as during December you get extra ££'s for a full book. There have almost always been times in my life where I have had to stretch every single penny out to it's maximum so I've always put a £1 coin away every month as it really helps take the bite out of Christmas.

Payback Time!

Not long now and it's going to be in the thick of Xmas, I love it but payday is always per calendar month and you know what that means, yes by the time Christmas rolls around what remains of my pay packet looks pretty thin, it's not too bad as usually there's a bit of overtime around that time, but as payday is always the 23rd of the month it's sometimes too much but too late. Time to start thinking about hitting paycheck city, I know I'll get the overtime and I know I will get paid, I always like to start the New Year with a "clean bill of health" financially speaking so a bit of an advance while I wait for things to clear always helps take some of the bite out of Christmas and I don't worry about tons of debts in the New Year as I never over stretch myself. I've already got things planned and some presents bought so not much more to do, I like things all comfy and cosy at Christmas and can't stand a mad dash for stuff so making sure I'm ok financially lets me get everything out of the way sooner so I can do more to enjoy the festive season like visiting friends, and watch them charge around like a certain headless Christmas dinner.

This is an OUTRAGE!!!

We have to do more to protect children from these very dangerous individuals, what is the government doing, why wont they do more to protect children from these evil fiends.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1226056/Mother-trailed-policeman-warned-council-telling-son-checkout.html

Politicians are always talking about Broken Britain but while these individuals are allowed to get away with such heinous acts.... I just don't know how anyone can sleep safe at night.

Two children were acting up in a rowdy manner, basically acting like a pair of kids; an MGP (Member of the General Public) was there dually chastised the two children. It now transpires this MGP was also known to the two and was related by parentage i.e. she was their Mother. Thank god there was an Off duty policeman around who with quick thinking and bravery, secretly followed her and her children to their residence and once all evidence was gathered made a full report, why the diligence of this officer wasn't rewarded with a medal and some sort of commendation I just do not know!

But it's shocking that it took the rest of the local Constabulary 6 weeks to put all the pieces together and tackle this dangerous individual, the officers colleagues should feel rightly ashamed at they're total lack of zeal in apprehending this offender.... what happened to "Zero Tolerance?" I hear you cry...

Well when Justice does eventually move it moves swiftly, two officers were promptly dispatched to the home of the suspect where they could question her... phew!!! Finally someone acted.

Nevertheless.... her conduct has been noted and is on record with the Local Authorities and will remain so for the next 14 years... 14 years? this is an OUTRAGE!!!!!!... What does it take before someone acts, whatever next, a sore smack on the hand to stop a child from touching a hot cooker ring, the humiliation a child has to endure when a parent spits in a hanky to remove grime from a child’s face... I just don't know what's wrong with these people.

I must write to the local MP, bring back the stocks, bring back hanging... A flogging is too good if you ask me.