The bookies are claiming that they’ll have to pay out a fortune after the well backed, joint favourite "Comply or Die" won the National 2008 at 7-1. Poor bookies? I know a couple of bookies and they always say that when you win "We’re only loaning you the money".
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The Grand National 2008
April 5, 2008Chicken Cooped
April 4, 2008I was beaten to the punch with the chicken coop I was after on eBay, I was outbid in the last 2 or 3 minutes. I’ll have to start looking again, anyway that’s it for now as Al Murrys happy hour has just started – top stuff!
Isn’t Electricity Brilliant?
April 4, 2008Electricity is great stuff but not when you have none. I’m writing this while Jupe, a mate of mine, whos a sparky is adding a couple of new power points to chez Wor. Jupes got the power turned off at the moment so I’m on an enforced break. But how how am I running this computer with no power? […]
Jamie P – Part 1
April 3, 2008Well Jamies been deployed for nearly 7 weeks – the time is flying by. He’s sent an email that says he’s receiving the emails, eblueys and parcels. As you might imagine he doesn’t have much time for replying to these but he’s very grateful for them and I’d ask you to keep sending them […]
Contractors Required
April 3, 2008Had to laugh when I saw that my old employer Experian, who have just made 240 + people redundant so they can hand over those jobs to Perot, were recruiting for those self same jobs less than 6 weeks later. Obviously I feel heartily sorry for those being made redundant but it’s funny that the recruitments […]
My Stolen Laptop
April 2, 2008On the 20th January 2008, my house was broken into and my brand spanking new Dell Vostro 1700 laptop was stolen. I reported the theft to the police and was given a crime number to pass onto my insurance company which I did on the same day. My insurance company passed me onto a […]