Year: 2007
Oh The Joys
My friends Anita and Anthony are organising their wedding. When my turn comes I think I may just pay someone to do all this stuff.
Peace.
Peace & Reflection
This is a shot of the park near work where I come to think when I have a few things on my mind that need resolving. At this time of year it’s a little to cold for the hordes of troublemakers so is a nice quiet place.
Iv’e been spending quite a few lunchtimes here of late as I have some big decisions to make concerning my career as it stands. Mostly whether I continue the path of corporate employment or move off and work on some more of my freelance projects.
Peace.
The Lifeblog Is Back
After a bit of hacking about I think I may have solved my lifeblog problems and am now back in action with the more regular short posts. The only drawback is my mobile is only 2.5g (Edge) so uploading the pictures takes an age, but once Ive worked out the one or two bugs it’ll be awesome.
This Country Is Heading To The Dogs!
I tend not to pay attention to the govenments increasing anti terrorist laws on the basis that we seemed to need less protection when the IRA where detonating bombs all over the UK. However reading in the varous broadsheets about our leaders plans to turn the UK into a fortress with luggage checking at railway stations. At this rate I won’t be able to posess a pocket knife, something Ive done since childhood or own an axe for use on camp. Combined with the health and safety numpties who continually tell me that kids shouldn’t be allowed to do anything even remotly exciting or even containing the slightest element of risk. On top of this we have gangs of youths with firearms, people who have no desire to work when the government benifits will look after them, and all night binge drinkers trashing our towns and cities without it appears any reprisal.
If there was a better solution I’m all ears, but at the moment all I have is my faith in humankind eventually coming around, and my groundlevel community work. Of course when the revolution comes I’ll be the first over the barracade.
Peace.
Bike Trashed, Feeling Blue
After the joy of getting the hybrid dew deluxe back on the road after it’s spell without a rear wheel; disaster struck. Somehow on the way home from the remembrance service yesterday the rear derailleur committed suicide and fed itself round the cassette and sheared the hanger. Unfortunately the derailleur also tore itself in half smashing one of the jockey wheels in two, I could only find half of it. Probable cause at the moment seems to be some very apparent wear in the lower jockey wheel, this didn’t show up at all when I serviced the bike probably due to being packed with muck and grease.
The short of it means that I’m stuck out on the white bike for a bit at least until the dew is fixed. The white bike suffers from all sorts of quirks like chain slip and wobbly axles and such but just seems to keep tanking along. Shame it’s not very comfortable or quick, in fact it’s the opposite. One of these days I’m going to strip it down to the frame throw all the dodgy mechanicals away, paint it bright pink or yellow, and build a fairly cracking bombproof shopper out of it.
I now need to find somewhere in the region of £50 to £100 to get this sorted out so I can start covering my commute normally again. All in a month where I’m struggling to find the money to eat, begging at this point seems an attractive option.
Peace.