had the weekend of full off either cold or hay fever think its cold the amount of chillies i eat and spicy food i am normally quite immune from the common clod will take some piriton and beconase nasal spray just to make sure either way i have tomorrow off as well.

if nothing else will catch up on some sleep no doubt as soon as i decide to watch a dvd sods law it always happens.

just down loading safari apple's browser http://www.apple.com/safari/might be less spyware cookies and hijacks happening didn't apple once not too long ago advertise no viruses found on i-macs compared to the thousands written for and down loaded on windows pc computers.

Also down loading and looking at objectdock and picasa new version of vista transformation pack 7 coming out soon got version 6 i like it makes xp less boring .

The new leather settee came today we ordered it form john peters about 3 months ago.
whom have recently gone into receivership but they was lucky enough to get bought out even though the outlet we bought it from on the Birstall industrial estate where Ikea is situated is no longer trading.
we did pay a deposit of £150 when we placed the order and the balance they wanted this Tuesday and wanted it paying over the phone we wanted to pay C.O.D any way good to their word it was delivered today so if any one else is out waiting for orders you all should be ok .
you just might have to wait a extra few weeks as we did.

sick of i-tunes when i am updating my nano its listing tracks as it wants to art work is all over the place and its really just getting annoying spending more time trying to sort listings out and covers than anything else and its getting me a bit obsessive with it all being just too right.

So i decided to download sharepod to give that a go which is shareware and looked good on the screen shots etc when i tried to install it got a error message oxc0000135 which is to do with net framework so i downloaded donetfix which got me an error message regarding net framework version 2.0.50727 .

which i am d/l as i type this my new computer is still getting repaired and my old machine is not running a genuine Microsoft o/s so i might hit a wall with the installation process
just want my other machine back with it genuine copy of windows what a hassle not being legit

weekend off went to a local company summer fete where my wife works and it was ok good motorbike display team on show with stunts and clever riding and to top it all free magners had four free drink vouchers plus free food as well which killed a few hours before the rains came.
54% done on tomb raider good old rain just in case it continues i bid on and won angel of darkness on eBay should arrive this week and bought some new brushes of the oral b electric tooth brush the dental work is still on going and the results are better than what we had planned so no complaints got to go back a week this Friday for the last quarter of my mouth doing .

work stinks atm and i hate it more each day like most jobs its ok until you have time off then its three times as bad when you go back,still not got the pc back ccl have been in touch after i e mailed them its in a queue waiting for repair which is fine but no one has confirmed what they will cover in the repair if its a hard ware failure are they going to fix it or get me to sort it out and even though its less than seven months old i am skeptical about it breaking down again my old pc which iam using now parts of it are well over ten years old well the psu, mobo, cpu athlon xp2100 are, did fit had a new h/d and graphics card added another dvd burner and put it all in a new atx case although it has now got my new monitor and wireless key board working of it and its all going great guns and does what i want rips films sorts out my i-pod and general surfing everything is hunky dory,and it does make me wonder why i bothered in the first place i suppose its technology wanting something better only for it to let you down there is a lesson here i suppose if it aint broke leave well alone if worse comes to the worse will take the memory cpu and get a new mobo case and do away with the shuttle xpc do like thermaltake cases and like the idea of a water cooled system not that i would go that way but i did only get the shuttle to please my wife she did'nt want a full tower standing proud in the bedroom which is where it is and has been for the last seven years i original bought my first pc of a friend if people are wondering why my maths dont add up hehe referring to some parts being ten years old .

it has been a funny old week up to now on Monday took the dogs for a booster injection and their claws trimming there was offer on at the vets for micro chipping half price so we booked them back in to get them both done for Tuesday.
went to Fairburn Ings to feed the ducks went for a walk and found a disused railway bridge.
offer on at Tesco's at the moment Magners cider 20% off chill pasties half price and rustlers nan and chicken tikka wrap nuked in 70 seconds are half price wot bliss .
not heard anything about the computer every time i try and get through put on hold all lines busy still hopefully get it sorted soon want to buy a freecom hard drive caddy and a 160 gig h/d for external back up of music fav films and photos etc also want a external dvd writer think ine reason behind the shuttle packing in might be its work load if the external drive gives out heat it wont be inside the pc i don't know if this is logical but its what i plan on doing regardless .

just work the weekend then its a week off no commuting to work no major problems chill out time will have arrived.

the weather forecast for the following Monday and Tuesday is for rain never mind will have to play on the PS2 and drink magners should be a laugh.

dirt track we have been going to is now closed due to someone somersaulting a quad bike and needing serious hospital treatment and some other tossers dumping toxic waste on to the fields so cant blame the farmer who owns the field making it off limits.
will need to find somewhere else to ride there is a track near by where it is run and there is a fee but hopefully will be worth it .

Have been playing on the new Tombraider 10th anniversary game although it follows the original levels of the original game its totally different settings graphics and lots more to do than the original game i have to admit anyone who loves the original game must buy this.

Found a new track to take my son and his trail bike to its a farmers field and its been adapted for trials bikes to ride there i am not totally sure if we are trespassing and on the two occasions we have been riding on there last Sunday and Monday night no one as pulled us i keep feeling we are at some stage going to be told to sod off i do hope not as its a ideal place and its ten times bigger than the last track we have been using.And he can finally ride in third gear longer than a few seconds lots of baby rabbits running wild hopefully they wont end up as rabbit pie and keep well away from the wheels of the bike.

The trailer is fine and the c2 is fine pulling it so far the bike has stayed put just securing it with the two tie down straps and hopefully this will remain the case .

Break up on Sunday have a full whole week off work Barbie's kebabs and Magners hope its not too hot will hate to have to go inside too long desperate to get some sun will take the dog out on long walks as well might loose a few pounds as well

My computer has gone west i was reinstalling windows and it packed in half way through formatting my c; drive just died i am pretty sure i saw a flash come from inside the case and smelt a faint smell of smoke oops.


decided to take it back to CCL asp so Saturday i drove over with my shuttle pc in the boot thought i better take the windows xp o/s disc all original paperwork for the system build and the serial number for when they had to reinstall windows.


got over there and dropped it off saw someone on the service desk gave him a brief on what happened he wanted the windows certificate they use there own disc i didn't have it its at home on my disc case i showed him the original disc the serial number the receipt which i bought from them at CCL i was not impressed.

so monday whilst at work i had to borrow the minibus and shoot over to Tong near Bradford to take the certificate so the installation of xp can take place when they get round to fixing it that is which is between ten to fourteen days but i bet its more like three weeks.

Just outside Tong garden centre the exhaust started blowing big style was equal to the noise of a jet engine and the faster i picked up speed the more i had to keep popping my ear drums anyway made it back without getting stopped by the police without anyone being any the wiser it would have blown at some stage but it happened whilst it was not being used for works purpose.

The worst thing about being not online is going to have to watch crap tv and get totally bored out of my head iam going to crack up just know it

The Il Divo concert in Sheffield Halam arena and it was alot better than i thought it would be although i wasn't totally dreading the concert and i am a bit of a cultural vulture some of the time it its not the regular sounds i usually up load on to my I-pod .but i do have to admit the lads can sing and i would go to see them again live but not until five years have passed and they have new material out .
price wise a 400ml can of cider was £3.20 which was acceptable programs went for a tenner again i thought was a fair price but album cd's was £16.99 no where near the cost of what you could pick one up in Virgin or Hmv for and a bag of chocolate eclairs was £2.50 parking was a fiver all in all it was good value and was a enjoyable night said to the wife could we go see the RHCP she didn't know what the fcuk i wa son about they sat opposites attract i don't think so

Had new roman blinds fitted to the conservatory Friday the wife said the blind man is here when there was a knock on the door i said has he brought his dog went straight over her head hehe also had two black out blinds made for the kitchen windows both was measured wrongly perhaps he is partially blind and cant read a tape measure and they will have to be altered still will all look well when its all completed.

going to see Il Divo tomorrow night at Sheffield hope its going to be an enjoyable experience and that not everyone wants them to sing in Latin all of the the time 50 - 50 i could handle perhaps.

I have been playing on Rouge Trooper on the ps2 bought 2nd hand from Cnex and what a wicked game loving it although it is quite difficult if you try and kill everything that moves and don't think of the correct game plan it is a bit of a nightmare you can also use of a hologram to dispatch to different areas ahead of you which is a fallen comrade and he takes the bullets for you and distract the enemy from killing you brilliant.

Had a done meat pizza last night from Sorrento's at Crossgates and also found out that the local Tesco is NOW selling Magners the 750ml bottles to cap it of got undisputed 2 out o dvd

My son as been on the ps2 all weekend and i haven't had a look in bought rouge trooper for myself and resident evil 4 might get a go on it this week fingers crossed got to admit res 4 looks a fine good game ideal for chillin out with and blasting the living daylights out of the walking dead would be a good stress relieving method if only i could get near the bloody console.

Went back to the dental school at the L.G.I last week things are improving and might end up not loosing as many teeth as first thought so fingers crossed all the pain and suffering might be worth it in the long run.two off the teeth are now solid and without movement one of the others i might loose due to the fact that i have had it root filled twice and if that's the case i will need a denture making before it comes out which it will do .

sick off all this rain although did get a bit of sun late this afternoon but drinking Magners when its raining ain't the same might need to put some more Hed Kandi albums on to the i-pod to kick start summer get things warming up might need a flight out to somewhere nice and hot need some heat hope the kids wont miss us too much hehe.

Did go over to Xscape on Monday and did watch Spiderman 3 if you like the superheroes then you will enjoy this film its better than the first two or at least as good as the previous two the new silver surfer and fantastic four looks a great film as well will have to watch that when its released.

Bought resident evil 4 for the ps2 for my son yesterday but when i got home i found my daughter had wrapped her ps2 up and listed it on eBay oops , i would have bought it off her or put a bid in its only had a few hours use and was bought only last Christmas pity its the limited pink edition console there is no way i can have a pink ps2 my wife doesn't see the logic in selling one only to buy another ps2 the only difference it being black but i can so tonight on the way home i called into Game and bought a black or charcoal coloured ps2 playstation got Spiderman 3 the game and a memory card all in for £114 my son is on it now killing zombies,its mucked up my chance of getting a x-box 360 for the time being will get one eventually no doubt .

My wife bought a new aquarium for the gold fish hope they enjoy their new home

Thursday got home from work and the new washing machine and gas cooker had been delivered i had to connect them both up the washing machine is just cold water feed so i need a end cap for the hot water supply went to borrow some hawk white for the gas connection everything seems fine not leaking any water and not smelling any gas.

Saturday went to work at hospital had a wicked duck and honey with spring onions and sweet chili from the Chinese takeaway after i finished work .

Sunday went to Argos bought a new light fitting for the kitchen and a karcher pressure washer got it connected up to the existing hose pipe and blasted the patio as a trail run with the two wands on different settings what fun alway liked messing around with water when i was a kid this is the ultimate toy when it comes to having fun with water bought to clean the conservatory it has got a brush attachment and another cleaning wand all in for £59.99 a good way for getting rid of snails as well they stand no chance they never know whats hit em .
got tomorrow of might go and take son to watch Spiderman 3 over at Xscape Glasshoughton

i did go back to work today the wife kept finding me stuff to do around the house and garden , at least at work can i can escape work if i so wish, always places to nip out to like Costco , Starbucks or McDonald's .

Took my son out on his trails bike and he got his first puncture in his front tyre i took it of at home threw it in the car and went to get fixed at Wosters on York Road whilst i was there i asked the mechanic to sell me some Goop and could he put it in for me Goop is a green based compound with rubber particles floating in its mass once a puncture occurs when the air rushes out the particles rush in to resell the tube this can also stop blow outs and further accidents so if it happened again it would in theory resell itself carry on riding no problems i also bought another bottle to do the back wheel as they say prevention being better than cure the mechanic took the wheel round the back and ten minutes later reappeared with the wheel all done and dusted

when i got home i fixed the wheel back onto the front forks and got to work on the rear tyre with the extra bottle of Goop i bought i did not know by reading the instructions what decoring the valve as there was no mention of how to do it on the bottle, but after going online i do now, all the instructions on the bottle said after deflating the tyre's inner tube with the tool provided pull out tube on top of bottle fully and insert over end of valve then gentle squeeze until required amount off Goop is place inside the tube reinflate tyre to correct pressure blah blah blah after 2 hours of trying to get the sealant into the tyre and it ending up on the floor over me over the tyre but none actually inside the tyre i knew i was doing something wrong , a Ferrari mechanic for the f1 racing team i ain't and never will be but persistence paid of and once i took the inside of the value out by turning it anti clockwise to screw it out the Goop went in basically in 30 seconds time will till if it does exactly what it says on the can watch this space my son took out his bike again and so far so good .

Phoned in sick at work this morning we had a Barbie yesterday the first one this year invited my twin and her husband over i was on to my second bottle of Magners and i though stuff it don't want to go to work in the morning so when i got up today i phoned in sick for two days naughty or wot might drag my arse in tomorrow will see still got entrapment and 8 mile to watch sod it i know what is going down tomorrow without the need of a crystal ball or as in star wars and using the force hehe pretty sure i wont be anywhere near the place they call work ................

I got up decided to beat the rush to the hair dressers and got there at nine am only to discover they don't open till ten when i got back later on at ten to ten there was four people waiting cant bleeding win he is half decent barber so its always worth the weight and he is only charging £4.50 so cant moan what bugs me though is women go to a barbers all the hairdressers locally there is loads plus all the mobile hairdressers ........ why use a mans barbers if they want to go to a mans barbers they should be made to wait until its completely empty of any men .......the rest of day just chilled out did nothing too physical

Tuesday went to Las Iguanas in Leeds city center next to the Corn Exchange the food was mediocre had a duck enchiladas a side order of nachos and sour cream for desert had the Aztec chocolate fudge cake with coconut ice cream my wife had chimichanga a tortilla parcel with chicken guacamole sored cream and rice and salad followed by creme caramel i had a pint of larger and my wife had a gin and tonic the bill came in at £33.40 no wonder the place was empty hehe never mind it was nicely set out the decor etc was spot on the value was over priced in my estimate by £15.00 a pint was £3.20.

Wednesday
went over to Oakenshaw near Bradford to get tow bar fitted and pick up trailer for sons motocross bike just short of five hundred quid including number plate electrics and tie down straps was nervous going back on the m62 i have never towed anything before it was not that bad was nervous about it unhitching or tipping over with no weight on its back not allowed to go in the third lane on motorways but thats no hardship and the car insurance is no extra so all in all should be ok if i strap the bike done tight enough
sold the old shed on eBay for one pound

Thursday
another new shed came for the garden will have to collect more junk now.took the bike and trailer out no problems checked half way in to the journey that the bike was still secured ok. considering its only held in place with two straps its relying on the laws of physics that if the front end is tied down and under tension the back end cannot move up or down so far so good got there and back ok got to admit i did not go over 40 mph

Friday
wifey went to the flower show in Harrogate i reorganized the two sheds moving stuff from one to another and erecting shelfs tool hooks and putting bolts through the hinges and locks to make them more secure went to Tesco got a copy of F.H.M and on dvd bought Red Dragon, Entrapment with Catherine Zeta Jones and 8 mile all costing £2.84 each cheaper than renting .
took son out with bike got a puncture in the front wheel will have to get new inner tube and going to through in some Goop if he picks another nail up will reseal the tube instantly goop costs £6.99 and is good for the life of the tyre just pump it in to a deflated tyre than re inflate problem solved hopefully

Nothing great happened or occurred this weekend just work eat and sleep although i did buy a pair of trousers from next clearance for third off the original price and borrowed the cd Lloyd street love but thats about it.
i have got Tuesday Wednesday and Friday off this week and its our wedding anniversary tomorrow so we going for lunch tomorrow in Leeds city center might try Mexican for a change we always have Indian will see .

Got to go back to the dental school tomorrow and i'm really dreading it i know they will freeze all the surrounding areas and no doubt if it hurts too much they will have no choice but to stop mid flow , i still dont think all this treatment is going to do any lasting good and i get the impression that i'm just there to practice on a human guinea pig and its prolonging any future problems rather than curing any.Still must be brave but i guess would rather go get another tattoo or two than face the dentist chair once again .

I have got three days off next week Tuesday Wednesday and Friday on the 24th its my wedding anniversary 17 years i have been married that must warrant a new Playstation at the least and a curry at a decent Indian restaurant .

The tattoo is healing well and i have learnt that something that reads the same which ever where we read it from is called an ambigram check out this site http://www.wowtattoos.com.
like the true love might be another tattoo on the horizon not till after the summer ao not till next year will see how things go,are in no rush ...........................

Got out or escaped out of the office today for a couple of hours,this was just after dinner i had to go get a piece of paper signed so i can earn the local authority 2k which i don't get 1p commission.

so far in the last two years i must have got at least 25 of these bits of paperwork signed and completed or if not more and its all been down to my own endeavors and hard work following leads and tracking people once they leave training and get into any type of employment

from my LCC wages i earn 25k a year so these bits of paper have more than covered the cost of my wages so as a reward to me i decided not to rush back to the office and enjoy the sights of Leeds city center stopped of at Mc Donald's and got a large banana milk shake and lazied on a walk about round the center of Leeds crocodile Dundee would have been proud.

i bought some sunglasses from Next but decided i don't like them as soon as i got them home and two tattoo magazine this months Skin Deep and the American magazine called simply Tattoo .

I was gone two and a half hours and it was noticed the office is only fifteen minutes from the center of Leeds but at the end of the day i always ask my boss the same two questions which are 1. who is your best worker and 2. why am i hehe