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I'll be at James and Sim's wedding this weekend, going home from Gatwick on Sunday, and I was wondering if anybody from Croydon who was going would be willing to put me up on Saturday night?

Denzil Valois' top speed with a wheelbarrow, under good conditions is estimated at 8mph

Merry Christmas one and all.

I was going to send some cards, but a combination of mislaying my address book and just being even more crap than normal (for a given value of "normal") has resulted in me, erm, not doing so.

Anyway, I love you all. Don't make a big thing of it.

Merry Xmas

Hmmm, had 2 pints after work (5.15-6.15). Just finished another, had a call to see a mate who is getting married tomorrow.

Question: Should I drive?


Edit: Decided not to risk it

I went to a very unusual stag do on Saturday. Unusual in that the groom didn't turn up.

When he last spoke to people about it a few weeks ago, he decided on the 11th, although he is not getting married until the 25th.

So Ian, Ant and I went out drinking and having fun.

I tried calling the groom from the first pub. It diverted to his home phone, and his son informed me that he was at a work ball.

Still, we had a good night.

My father:"Can you put on, that guy, you know"
Me: "Max's cousin?"
Dad: "yes"
Me"Peter Grant!"
Dad: "That's it"

I hate it when I know what he means

Conversation with Ant in the pub:

"You have quite a foot fetish don't you? Actually you have a woman fetish"
"Its true, show me a pair of womens elbows and thats enough to get me excited"

For the first time this year, I know where I'll be working in three weeks. I've just signed a three month contract with Royal Bank Of Canada, so unless I fuck up spectacularly, I've got more job security now than I've had for about a year.

Personally I thought I wasn't going to get it. I thought I was a bit too relaxed and even flippant at interview

HR person"Can you give me three words that describe you?"

Me "No"

Now I have to fill out pages of stuff in addition to the contract and go down the police station and pay them £20 (I'll get it back) so that they can do a full criminal records search for RBC.

Oops. Have just slightly upset a colleague by stating that palm reading and mediums "...have no basis in fact and are only believed by foolishly credulous people."

Must remember the following:

1. Sometimes its appropriate for me to suppress my urge to give an honest, frank opinion.

2. There are a lot of credulous fools about. I shouldn't be surprised, or think that they are amenable to reason.

3. There are lots of people whose beliefs I find foolish, but are nice people I shouldn't upset.

Whilst I understand the position of the people on my freinds list who want to protest LJ's default icon policy, I can't help that feel that (what I feel to be) an over-reaction to an over-reaction to an over-reaction is going to be less than completely constructive.

If you ask me (and nobody did) its just a storm in a D-Cup

I've got to write two best man speeches. One for a small (bride & groom's family) reception and one for a large reception for friends and extended family. Its been a long time since I've been to a wedding reception, and I'm having a hard time.

So I'm looking for a bit of help from the community. Any suggestions as to what would make a good speech?

All of you who thought that QANTAS stood for Queensland and Nothern Territories Airline Service or some such, are mistaken.

I am reliably informed that it means: Queers And Nymphomaniacs Travelling As Stewards.

Yesterday I went to the doctor's surgery after work to complain about a pain in my knee. Saw a nurse who advised that I'd probably strained a ligament (cause: fuck knows) and to rest it and take ibuprofen. It's a lot better today, thankfully, and I really shouldn't have bothered. Especially as I very nearly, but not quite, got away without having my blood pressure taken. 152 over 108. Bugger.

My blood pressure is normally borderline high, and considering that I have no money, and am trying to change jobs, and rushed to get there, I would say that my stress level was somewhat elevated at the time.
Whilst there is no history of heart problems or strokes in my family, the nurse wants me to have a cholesterol test to asses my risk. I know I'm a bit heavy at the moment but I'm confident that my cholesterol and salt intakes are moderate. The blood pressure, although at the moment is in the hypertension range is not causing me any health problems. I am therefore considering not making another appointment until I'm actually sick (which could be many years). I'm also thinking of getting a home blood pressure test kit so that I can monitor it myself when my blood pressure may be more typical.

This is a much more sensible calendar of my own design that I think should be adopted by everyone immediately.


"Lousy Smarch weather" H. Simpson


Month 28 days (lunar cycle) (last month is 29 days)
Week 7 days (1/4 lunar cycle)
13 months = 364 + 1 days
+ leap year holiday every 4 years

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Smarch (29th Smarch is a holiday, every 4 years 30th Smarch is a holiday)

Started a new job yesterday at a company called Icarus who make balloons. Have done a lot of filing so far. Nice place, job should be allright after we've cleared the backlog (they have had nobody in finance for most of August). Feels good not to have to put up with Accenture's shit.

Can "Y" ever be construed as a vowel?

My auntie Marge has been ill for so long we've had to change her name to I Can't Believe She's Not Better.

Hello everybody. Port is nice.