I Can’t Breathe….

It.6.08am on a Saturday morning! After I suffered all week dragging my arse out of bed eyes bloodshot with about as much energy as one of those zinc chlouride batteries with Japanese writing you get for your remote when you buy a new TV or Set-top box. Every time I exhale it sounds like echoes of the voices of a thousand dead souls, I have been given a peak flow meter to blow into and a Ventolin inhaler by my Doctor and have some kind of consultation on Monday. I must say the Ventolin doesn’t seem to help a lot, although Lisa’s Becotide inhaler works a treat, anyway I can’t moan, I’m more surprised I haven’t had breathing problems before after some of the stuff I inhaled in my mis-spent youth.

Add comment June 13th, 2009

Today as things are…

Sitting in my new life drinking cider from Middle Farm, am I happy? I think most definitely would be the answer, would I change anything if I could? Well of course I fucking would, nobody’s life is perfect, but on a score of 1 to 10; I would say it’s about an 8 and that must be good. Work most probably will become more interesting as Roland Mr Electronic Design Engineer disappears to have a baby and the rest of our department will be required to fill in for him. I thumb twiddle at work sometimes, I enjoy the design side of things but I work with a different set of tools, I think outside the box, this is how I have proved my worthiness in the engineering spectrum, but I’m needed to help initiate procedures… Procedures! No bugger would understand them, I need a chat with Richard Feynman. I work alone.
Jade has buggered off on holiday with her mate till Friday so I’m gonna be worrying about her, the bastards at Cricklewood Electronics sent me the wrong package of transistor for my amplifier! And to top it all my pasta has just boiled dry!!! If these can be the total of my worries throughout life I will be very lucky, but I doubt it.

Add comment May 23rd, 2009

Pig Flue. Are we at risk?

  • “Transmission of swine influenza virus from pigs to humans is not common. [No Shit]
  • When it is transmitted, it does not always cause human influenza; often, [only pig flu] the only sign of infection is the presence of antibodies, detectable only by laboratory tests.[Since when do you have lab tests for common flu?]
  • When transmission results in influenza in a human, it is called zoonotic (A disease which can be spread from animals to humans) swine flu. [We don’t know the source of every case of flu, do we now]
  • People who work with pigs, especially people with intense exposures, are at risk of catching swine flu. [No mention of Mexico here]
  • Only about fifty such transmissions have been recorded since the mid-20th Century, when identification of influenza subtypes became possible. (Eating pork does not pose a risk of infection.) [But snogging a pig?]
  • Rarely, these strains of swine flu can pass from human to human. In humans, the symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general, namely chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort. [Sounds like a mother of a hangover to me].”
    Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_flu

    Add comment May 2nd, 2009

    Oh Well.

    Bit of a wierd mood, sitting in front of a TV watching crap while listening to traffic passing by, contemplating. I suppose with all the changes going on it’s only natural to feel a little odd… The things that normally exist within my comfort zone don’t seem to have a place at the moment and that concerns me, the future holds some reassurance as I arrange things to make me feel more at home. I’m looking forward to settling into the new house and re-establishing a sense of normality back into my life, although slightly anxious I am also hugely relieved, this is going to be a busy weekend.

    4 comments April 16th, 2009

    Moving…

    Sunday AM as per the norm, moving into new house; picked up the keys Wednesday and have acquired the company estate car so have been moving a majority of the smaller stuff. Yesterday Jade helped me build her bed and desk and we more or less completed her room, the rest needs more in the way of larger furniture to be moved in when I get the Van Friday and my Bro will be chipping in Saturday, we hope to lay on a few munchies in the evening in a semi house warming as a thanks for peoples’ help and to anyone who wants to pop along for a nose.

    2 comments April 12th, 2009

    BST

    It is now officially British Summer Time WooHoo!!! Although my remote thermometer in the garden read 0.4 degrees C this morning I am unphased as the sky is clear and the birds are in song, few seagulls to be heard either. So I climbed out of bed at 5.10AM this morning although it was actually 6.10! Tell me what the f*** that is about, aren’t you supposed to lie in for an hour having lost one during the night? Anyway, all that aside I’m feeling quite clear headed this morning, I have a boiler service today the first job under my re-newed gas ticket then I’ll probably have a beer with the old man before dinner with my girls (hopefully). Still in limbo with regards to the house, seems you can’t get anywhere in this life on your own unless you are a complete dosser, sponging off the dole with no intention what-so-ever of getting a job, or you have a 6 figure bank balance or assets to a similar value. But we will persevere and we will be moving in on the 24th April 2009, I have spent far too long stagnating and it’s time to start fighting back.
    Some photo’s I took this morning:

    Click on them for full size photo

    Add comment March 29th, 2009

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