Come the Revolution

Mr Cubbage must think I spend all weekend in the pub as the last two times I have spoken to him my the marvel if Mobile telephony has been when I’ve been on one of our special jaunts, as was the case yesterday when we went drinking around the Black Country with Cousins and the Stymaster & Mistress. Good time had by all – we didn’t get home until 10.30 pm as we stopped off in Wednesfield for a curry – well had to be done. One of my favourite pastimes though and we do only do it occasionally – honest. This one was to celebrate the end of winter as we only go drinking with the Bartams if its less than 6° .

So felt bloated all night and decided on a bike ride this morning. Phone Major Orton and regretted not taking my gloves as it was damn cold – especially in the wind. Probably one of the coldest rides ever on my bike and I think I’m not going out again until it gets over 10°. Its taken me all day to thaw out….

…for Kraft to start job cuts at Cadbury’s.…

After the Cadbury’s debacle it’s good to hear that we do buy other countries companies – occasionally.

Chile’s recent earthquake measured 8.8 on the Richter scale and no wonder – the NY Times reckons it caused a 400 mile gash between the plates! It must have been massive if it shook the earth for 1 1/2 minutes – remember our Dudley earthquake only lasted 30 seconds and was 5.5. Must have been hell for the locals but doesn’t seem to have killed as many as in Haiti – at least not yet.

Portsmouth going into administration shows how dire football finances are at the moment and how much people will strive to “buy” success. I think this is the root of a lot of football’s problems.

Portsmouth bought success and have now been found out – FA Cup winners two years ago and now struggling. They should be demoted to League 2 and should start again. AFC Wimbledon have shown that it can be done as have Accrington Stanley. A lot of clubs are going to be caught out and it will be interesting to see how much of a clear-out of expensive players there will be in the summer.

I think that your local players should play for your local team as much as possible and maybe this indicates that the days of big transfers may be over – for a while.

We’re back from our jaunt to Malta, GC and a terrific time we have had too – 22 degrees when we left this afternoon and a bit of a shock to find it a mere 3 degrees and snowing! My Dad says its been bitter and he’s had to dig the drive out to get to the shops!

Anyway, a full report is being compiled and I’ll post it on the main site along with the photos in the Gallery. This along with a couple of rants about travelling on a cramped 757…..

Looks like Google’s attempt to break into the Facebook market has failed as once again they haven’t protected users privacy!

It makes me wonder how safe your personal data is in the hands of these Yankee corporations?

Probably a dreaded day for most blokes for a variety of reasons as when you haven’t got one, you send cards you regret sending and live in fear of rejection and when you have got one, you have to play the game with flowers, chocs and all that stuff.

I took mine to The Spread Eagle (!) at Gailey, usually one of my favourite haunts but on this occasion let me down with poor intransigent service, mainly as they had run out of certain items of the St.Valentine’s menu and wouldn’t swap for something more basic “…and what the lady wants”.

It really naffs me off when the damn staff either aren’t empowered or want to cling to the bloody rules regarding providing an experience suitable for the occasion. Consequently, I’ll be sharpening the pencil to Mr. Marston. At least I’ll be able to point out the inadequacies of their training programme and bullying HR department and that make me feel better.

Hope your “Day” went better chaps.

Or so Walsall Council believes.  I wonder what the Stymaster and Mistress make of this?