2 comments October 24th, 2008
What Colour Would You Say This Belt Is?
10 comments October 18th, 2008
Fat Bastard.
Ok, I am a fat git it is official, weighing in at 105.7 Kilos that’s 16 and a half stone! Even though everyone seems to be saying I don’t look like a Lard Arse my Body Mass Index (BMI) is 30.21, anything between 30 and 39.9 is considered obese. My Ideal weight for my height is between 65 and 85kg… Hmmm, that aint gonna happen. After receiving test results from my last visit to hospital saying I have high cholesterol; high blood pressure along with raised liver enzymes ALT and Gamma G.T. on top of being a bit of a bloater, I thought it might be about time to hit the gym, cut out crap food and find something else to do in my spare time other than getting pissed! So 3 and a half weeks into my mission I’ve put on weight! WTF? I find this a little difficult to understand and if anybody else says to me ‘Well muscle weighs more than fat don’t you know!’ I will push them in front of a bus. Anyway I am tracking my results on a spreadsheet and the current trendline puts me at 20 stone for the new year, if the results become at all interesting I may post them here for no other reason other than to make it seem worthwhile bothering to start it in the first place. So all I can do now is continue as I am and hope for more positive results very soon, time will reveal all.
1 comment October 16th, 2008
Cruising down the M4 towards South Wales on Friday night all was well, the fore-warning of hold ups displayed on motorway signs apparently a left over from an earlier rush hour well behind us, Jade was snoozing and the radio was low, all was cozy; in an instant the engine noise changed form a well tuned purr to a Grunty Roar! I pulled over on the hard-shoulder to investigate, a weld had broken on the new exhaust and the pipe was just dangling below a nice big hole in the engine block. So with another 110 miles to go I proceeded gingerly at a reduced speed of 70mph and increased volume of 120dB. I was worried the lack of back pressure from the detached exhaust system may upset the mechanics of the engine at such a prolonged and sustained speed but we made it, although 25 minutes later than planned and attracting more odd looks from motorists and drunk pedestrians than were necessary.
I have found an autoparts place in Cardiff that has my exhaust in stock! (Gasp!!!) Though slightly expensive I expect to get a refund from the Unipart center in Hastings where I originally bought the one that woke up the entire population of Caerphilly at 2 o’clock on Saturday morning. I can’t pick it up till Monday morning so I will have to ring work and explain..ooops!!! Initiative will come into play to get the job done, I need to get the car up on ramps that at present don’t exist, luckily I carry my own tools with me for such occasions but I know the nuts on the engine block are an odd size and I don’t have a socket to fit, hmmm. I expect to be back on the South Coast by the evening as I need to take my guitar round Chains and teach him a few learning techniques, may show him some stuff on the guitar too 😉
1 comment October 12th, 2008
Animal Top For Sale!
Cam, I still have your animal top and I dunno where you are, I have a new number by the way. If you type “/the name of your Mum’s road” after the URL at the top, it will take you to my number.
1 comment October 12th, 2008
Autumnal Euphoria.
I love this time of year, the crisp autumnal mornings, the rich tapestry of colours in the trees whilst kicking through the leaves amidst a plethora of birdsong, uninhibited by the inane squawk of the seagulls that once circled the skies above. I try to soak as much up as possible as autumn is the precursor for winter, although winter can hold some beauty, it is somehow masked now by the mild, wet and windy turmoil and endless overcast days that cloud your well-being and drown your ambition. There hasn’t been a descent snowfall in 12 years, every year the rivers would freeze and our landscape would be transformed, snow covered, silent and serene for days into weeks, a tranquility lost.
I always hold hope that things will reverse, nature will stabilise, but I am not necessarily the kind of person who thinks of his glass as half full, more like double the size it needs to be. So as the financial crisis takes it’s grip and the world dissolves into chaos, I will be seeking moments of calm and quietness all the more.
1 comment October 9th, 2008
