Ahh that's better :)

Got my watch back from the jewellers (had to go away to have a new battery fitted) and a also had brand new Passport arrive this week... couple those with a new washing machine fitted successfully the week before and I feel like a few pieces have been put back into the jigsaw that is my life :)

Oh and I'm about to hit lvl 50 in Elder Scrolls Online too... more of that to come.

Photography #101

My daily commute to work takes me through my local park... in this park is a lake which has two Swans - male and female, they own this lake, literally.

Recently they had babies, or more accurately Signets :) I took the opportunity to take some pics, here's one of them:

All together - aaaawwww!

Photography #101

Whilst walking through my local park I saw this:

A Mandarin...

Of all the common, plain looking ducks that waddle about that park, this one really stood out, he's a Mandarin Duck, according to my research... they're common in the south and parts of the Midlands but VERY rare in my park!! I consider it a photographic win :)

Cookie tracking needs a 'FUCK OFF' button

I hate the way websites tailer the ads that are displayed based on your browsing habits... all I see are ads for washing machines at the moment however I've already bought one.

I just wish there was a button or something you could press to tell them that, rather than having to delve into the web browser/finder/windows explorer settings and delete them.

It would be much more satisfying to be able to hurl some Youtube-style abuse back at them via a single button that says something like "I've already bought a washing machine, I don't need a second one, now FUCK OFF!"

A new pudding :)

I have discovered a new pudding...

I was stuck for something to have for pudding after my evening meal as I had scoffed both the cream slices my mum had given me last Sunday (yes I'm a greedy git).

I knew I had some McVities choc-chip biscuits, I also knew I had some peanut butter... and voila!

Om nom nom!!

Fer Feck's Sake!

I'm stood here at John Lewis engaged in small talk with a junior sales assistant whilst waiting for a senior salesperson to process my order. I'm waiting because some asshat customer is asking loads questions and tying up said senior salesperson... grrr

It took me 5 minutes with the junior sales rep to decide on what model of washing machine I wanted and 2 minutes for the senior salesperson to do my order and for me to pay for it.

If I could have back the time wasted waiting for undecisive dickheads I'd be 10 years younger.

Overhaul of the BBC

Auntie Beeb is having a much needed overhaul... but one proposal caught my attention:

• Government introducing new requirement to provide 'distinctive content' rather than just chase ratings.
• The BBC is to be regulated by an external organisation for the first time in its 90-year history.  Ofcom will become the official regulator of the BBC, replacing the internal BBC Trust.
• The licence fee will increase in line with inflation for five years, meaning the current annual fee of £145.50 will rise from 2017 until 2022.
• Over-75s, who currently get free TV licence, will be allowed to pay voluntarily
• The 'iPlayer loophole' will be closed by forcing anyone viewing BBC TV via the web to own a licence. 
• The BBC charter will be extended to 11 years so that it is independent of any political cycle, and there will be a mid-term 'health check' to ensure things are functioning as they should be. 
• Government introducing new requirement to provide 'distinctive content' rather than just chase ratings; 

A 75-year old: "Yes, I think I'll pay the TV Licence Fee..." SAID NO-ONE EVER!!

...and finally I can give my liver a rest...

As the title says, with the Rugby season drawing to a close and it being a successful one for Wasps... I  can finally spend some weekends sans alcohol!

Also means fewer inane drunken posts (like below) that make no sense whatsoever.

And more Bollocks

I........

....and that, is how it begins..,..

EPIC/FAIL AGAiN WYFBBQ....

Ahhhh shit, tons of idiots around me and I'm inebriated, yes inebriated... in other words, drunk... the train is imminent and I, do not, give a shit... love you France :)