Yep the blog is back for 2011. I have a few ideas for it that might make it slightly interesting or maybe just a little more interesting than completely dull.
Firstly I wish everybody a very happy 2011 and that even counts for the idiots that enter my life whenever they are not wanted, I honestly hope that even they find happiness and contentment throughout 2011 mostly so that they can bugger off and enjoy it with other people and leave me alone :-)
To the rest I offer a hearty handshake or a comforting hug (or both) and sincerely hope that all the good you do for others is repaid ten times over.
New years resolutions for me are to completely stop any thoughts or urges to go out drinking on a school night (i.e. during the week when I have work the next day.....you knew that didn't you?) I also want to spend more time on the things in my life that give me genuine pleasure which basically means family, cooking and cricket.
So new for the 2011 blog I was going to comment on some of the lighter news stories that have caught my eye giving them my ever imaginative thoughts and of course there will be plenty about my favourite subject..........Fooooooood.
So lets have a look at some of the news that has welcomed us into 2011......
Citizens of Beebe in Arkansas were puzzled and a bit confused when around 3000 blackbirds suddenly dropped out of the sky above their heads. They seem to have put this phenomena down to fireworks that confused and disorientated the birds which roost in the area!
Perhaps the birds should have made camp more to the north east of the state over a city called Fayetteville where amongst other laws dogs may not bark after 6pm and no person shall sound the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9pm.
Now what is even more spooky about this story is that approximately 100,000 fish were also found dead in a river 125 miles away from Beebe near the city of Ozark. Initially you'd think this was down to some kind of pollutant but all the dead fish were from just one species, the Drum fish and no other species was affected ?!?!
Crazy stuff you'd think but I'm pretty sure I know what happened here.......Aliens, they caused it....Oh no I've thought of something else equally as feasible, the government are just trying to cover it up. The blackbirds were spies intercepting messages from Al Qaeda who were then passing information to the fish who were actually Muslim extremists plotting an attack on the influential folk of mid west USA. They had to be stopped !!!
Peruvian villagers from Chumbivilcas have a novel way of settling old scores and entering the new year free from rivalries and hostilities towards one another....They have a punch up! Men, women and children take part in the "festival" which apparently helps to strengthen ties amongst the villagers. I wonder if there is a rule that prohibits kicking because being in Peru I'd hope that they'd only be permitted to use their "Andes".............TAXXXXXIIIIIIIIIIII.
Porn for the blind - Toronto artist Lisa J Murphy has been using thermoplastics to make a book of raised 3D images of racy pictures in a kind of Braille porn book. What a fantastic concept. Can't wait for the Readers Wives backdoor special Vol.2 to be released.......
Earthquake reported in North Yorkshire, UK 3.6 on the Richter scale....well blow me down! I had a mate who caused bigger tremours after a night out on the real ales.
I'm loving the quotes though but I thought I might make a few up of my own...
"I was so scared. Our stuffed Whippet almost fell off the mantle piece and into t'coal bucket"....Mavis 76, Bishop Monkton.
"The flying Ducks shook off t'wall and almost hit our Jack square on t'head. With his condition that might have killed t'poor bugger"....Ivy 67, Great Thirkleby.
"Eee by gum, he never? Oohh you don't say? Awful int it?"...Percy, 96 (loves Christmas), Hutton Hang.
Now this last story leads me back to the first one and utterly convinces me that my theory about government intervention is correct, this is not conspiracy theory this is factual theory and it's there for all to see.....
So to the story. Well it turns out that a group of sailors aboard the USS Enterprise (the aircraft carrier and not the spaceship used in those real life documentaries featuring Captain Kirk et al) got busy a few times and had the odd party here and there during which some female sailors where filmed pretending to wash each other in the showers.....SHOCK HORROR...."burn the witches" I hear you cry but wait for it, not only that but male sailors were also filmed dressing in drag, simulating masturbation and using anti-gay slurs.
Surely this is just what people get up to when aboard these floating cities for months on end, personally a load of blokes cooped up at sea with a load of other blokes are going to do things that expressly show the other that they are in no way looking to service each others poop decks (for want of a better phrase). Dressing as women and screaming out "Tug me off you queer" are just normal ways of showing such feelings.
As for women pretending to wash each other in a shower.....come on!!?? That's what all women do when naked and crammed into a small space together....they certainly do in my head anyway.
However..................just take a look at the picture that accompanies this story on the Reuters website...do you see what I see ?!?!
Until next time readers xxx :-) xxx
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Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Still there.....
Damn this bally coughiness I have. Damn and blast and damn again.
It's not going to beat me, too many things on my mind to be bullied into submission by some nasty chest gremlins.
So this morning I realised that I'll not be able to make another trip to Ibiza this year due to other expenditure requirements. Still I've already been once this summer and I had such a wonderful time that I really don't feel too perturbed by not going again.
Terrible that the people in the news have to once again focus on the stories of drug misuse and supply on the island and not the fact that 1000's upon 1000's of people go there throughout the year and manage to have a wonderfully magical time completely away from this one road in one resort that these stories emanate from.
One report says that 97% of the visitors to the island are taking drugs !!! What a complete load of rubbish. Whoever grabbed this number out of the sky quite obviously has never been there and if they have it was to the "West End" of San Antonio which for anybody non familiar is just one street and a few bars off it. 300 Yards long at most!!!
The name "West End" conjures up an image of a sprawling metropolis of flashing lights, Theatre and Cabaret however this "West End" is merely a haven for juvenile delinquent binge drinkers and to be honest I am quite pleased it is there because it keeps the horrid oiks that populate this area well out of the way of the other quite fantastic parts of not only that resort but the whole island.
Take these propaganda reporters to Sands or Ushaia over in Playa Den Bossa or perhaps take them up for a stroll around D'Alt Villa followed by a shopping trip in Ibiza Town then let them decide if it's a drug fuelled haven of sex and shame. Maybe take them around the wonderful beaches at Benirras, Calle Comte, Salinas or take a boat trip over to Formentera.
Take them up to the round family resorts of Santa Eularia and Portinax and let them watch smiling children swim in the crystal clear waters and build sandcastles on the beautiful award winning beaches.
Have these people ever sat down to a lovely meal at Villa Mercedes by the port only a minutea walk away from the "West End"? Have they sat amongst friends with a nice ice cold jug of Sangria and watched the sunset by Café del Mar? Have they had traditional Paella over at Calle D'Hort while looking out over the sea to the magical rock of Es Vedra?................Maybe they have but it's just not news is it?
Yes people there do take drugs, not 97% of people though !!! It shouldn't be encouraged in anyway, shape or form but irresponsible reporting isn't going to do anything other than antagonise the problem.
It really winds me up how these stories are manufactured by people just desperate to get their names in print and forgetting what a detrimental effect it has on the lives of the people living and working there.
Apart from the exporting of Salt Ibiza relies solely on Tourism and with the season approaching it's end some dimwit journalists decide that there is not enough easy news to comment on so they jump on the first bandwagon they see, grabbing numbers out of the air.
Makes me laugh that these people spend years and years at university to gain journalism degrees thinking that they are going to be the next big reporter but ultimately what they end up doing is searching the gutter hoping to pick up on one scrap of news that might earn them enough to fund there next purchase of baked beans.
These are probably the same people that 5 years ago, on their summer year out, we're the exact same people the are reporting on. Harbouring a grudge because just like so many people who go out there each year in search of a dream they too came back with nothing but a big student loan and very angry parents.
Oh my I've gone off on one again................
Where was I................?
Right............ERM...........OK.........Pub stuff.
I think too that this whole pub malarky is going to cost quite a bit to get going even before we've got to a stage where we can approach potential investors. Lots of legal things to set up and lots of paperwork to pay these guys to mull over prior to making a full commitment so it still could be good money going nowhere.
Still there is absolutely no point going in feet first and making a mistake that could ultimately cost a hell of a lot more.
There is also the added value it gives to our business plan showing that we've deliberated fully and have taken very diligent steps towards ensuring that it is concise and achievable. All these things should stand us in good stead when looking for backers.
I'm going to make a start on designing a full menu during my spare time this week including complete costings, price breakdowns and profit margins etc etc. I need to make it pretty simple but also take into consideration the stock that'll be being used and how I can get maximum usage out for absolutely everything I buy.
Need to also make considerations for shelf like and storage conditions as stock rotation and ensuring that there is absolutely no chance of the food becoming contaminated by any nasties. I'm pretty good with things like that anyway but I think I'll enrol myself in food safety course all the same. These certificates are necessary for anybody wanting to serve food to the public so just as the NCPLH award it'd just be sensible to get it done right away.
Will be speaking to a lawyer later who has been recommended to me as a specialist in the licensing trade. I'm hoping that he'll be able to assist us right through this opening stage and then for all things necessary going forward.
Never spoken to a lawyer before, quite daunting really. Mind you most people I know who have been in contact are for negative things and not for such a positive things as this.
It's not going to beat me, too many things on my mind to be bullied into submission by some nasty chest gremlins.
So this morning I realised that I'll not be able to make another trip to Ibiza this year due to other expenditure requirements. Still I've already been once this summer and I had such a wonderful time that I really don't feel too perturbed by not going again.
Terrible that the people in the news have to once again focus on the stories of drug misuse and supply on the island and not the fact that 1000's upon 1000's of people go there throughout the year and manage to have a wonderfully magical time completely away from this one road in one resort that these stories emanate from.
One report says that 97% of the visitors to the island are taking drugs !!! What a complete load of rubbish. Whoever grabbed this number out of the sky quite obviously has never been there and if they have it was to the "West End" of San Antonio which for anybody non familiar is just one street and a few bars off it. 300 Yards long at most!!!
The name "West End" conjures up an image of a sprawling metropolis of flashing lights, Theatre and Cabaret however this "West End" is merely a haven for juvenile delinquent binge drinkers and to be honest I am quite pleased it is there because it keeps the horrid oiks that populate this area well out of the way of the other quite fantastic parts of not only that resort but the whole island.
Take these propaganda reporters to Sands or Ushaia over in Playa Den Bossa or perhaps take them up for a stroll around D'Alt Villa followed by a shopping trip in Ibiza Town then let them decide if it's a drug fuelled haven of sex and shame. Maybe take them around the wonderful beaches at Benirras, Calle Comte, Salinas or take a boat trip over to Formentera.
Take them up to the round family resorts of Santa Eularia and Portinax and let them watch smiling children swim in the crystal clear waters and build sandcastles on the beautiful award winning beaches.
Have these people ever sat down to a lovely meal at Villa Mercedes by the port only a minutea walk away from the "West End"? Have they sat amongst friends with a nice ice cold jug of Sangria and watched the sunset by Café del Mar? Have they had traditional Paella over at Calle D'Hort while looking out over the sea to the magical rock of Es Vedra?................Maybe they have but it's just not news is it?
Yes people there do take drugs, not 97% of people though !!! It shouldn't be encouraged in anyway, shape or form but irresponsible reporting isn't going to do anything other than antagonise the problem.
It really winds me up how these stories are manufactured by people just desperate to get their names in print and forgetting what a detrimental effect it has on the lives of the people living and working there.
Apart from the exporting of Salt Ibiza relies solely on Tourism and with the season approaching it's end some dimwit journalists decide that there is not enough easy news to comment on so they jump on the first bandwagon they see, grabbing numbers out of the air.
Makes me laugh that these people spend years and years at university to gain journalism degrees thinking that they are going to be the next big reporter but ultimately what they end up doing is searching the gutter hoping to pick up on one scrap of news that might earn them enough to fund there next purchase of baked beans.
These are probably the same people that 5 years ago, on their summer year out, we're the exact same people the are reporting on. Harbouring a grudge because just like so many people who go out there each year in search of a dream they too came back with nothing but a big student loan and very angry parents.
Oh my I've gone off on one again................
Where was I................?
Right............ERM...........OK.........Pub stuff.
I think too that this whole pub malarky is going to cost quite a bit to get going even before we've got to a stage where we can approach potential investors. Lots of legal things to set up and lots of paperwork to pay these guys to mull over prior to making a full commitment so it still could be good money going nowhere.
Still there is absolutely no point going in feet first and making a mistake that could ultimately cost a hell of a lot more.
There is also the added value it gives to our business plan showing that we've deliberated fully and have taken very diligent steps towards ensuring that it is concise and achievable. All these things should stand us in good stead when looking for backers.
I'm going to make a start on designing a full menu during my spare time this week including complete costings, price breakdowns and profit margins etc etc. I need to make it pretty simple but also take into consideration the stock that'll be being used and how I can get maximum usage out for absolutely everything I buy.
Need to also make considerations for shelf like and storage conditions as stock rotation and ensuring that there is absolutely no chance of the food becoming contaminated by any nasties. I'm pretty good with things like that anyway but I think I'll enrol myself in food safety course all the same. These certificates are necessary for anybody wanting to serve food to the public so just as the NCPLH award it'd just be sensible to get it done right away.
Will be speaking to a lawyer later who has been recommended to me as a specialist in the licensing trade. I'm hoping that he'll be able to assist us right through this opening stage and then for all things necessary going forward.
Never spoken to a lawyer before, quite daunting really. Mind you most people I know who have been in contact are for negative things and not for such a positive things as this.
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