tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80666432008-05-02T15:55:15.671ZLeverBlogger312125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-73642302559467721852008-04-26T01:40:00.005Z2008-04-30T23:49:23.753Z

Incase you didn't know, we're in Krakow, Polska. Cheers! Everyone's asleep as it's silly o'clock in the morning but I'm awake, just. Yeah, we got here on Thursday AM. A quick flight from LGW to Krakow's closest airport and then a 40 min minibus ride through the Eastern European countryside to this old city. It's nice. I like Poland. Growing up with all those films of the eastern borders of

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-39664842036515821782008-04-10T06:25:00.003Z2008-04-30T23:28:52.271Z

Sign the petition! Oh woe is me! They shut down the Tumbledown Dick. In fact, this is old news, they shut down the Tumbly back in February. For those of you who don't know The Tumbledown, it is (was) the best local pub in the area for live music of the alternative/rock/punk kind. OK, there's The Agincourt in Camberley and the West End Centre in Aldershot (each 5 miles away) but the Tumbledown

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-25597214537280558372008-04-08T12:58:00.006Z2008-04-08T13:50:24.063Z

Well, as you can see, the blossoms that have been around since February (!) are still here and now we've had snow (Sunday). For us Brits, and especially us southerners, it was weird to get snow in April. Even more surprising was the rapid change in weather from driving rain ("I can't sleep because the rain's banging against my window" at 7:00am) to a thick blanket of snow ("Look, mummy, it's

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-42505360288566174102008-04-05T00:50:00.004Z2008-04-05T08:13:53.705Z

After 37 years of constantly forging onward I feel battle weary, I'm far from home and my army is stretched. Death and mutiny, souls lost at sea, leadership challenges, cowardice in the ranks, the once loyal deserting their general and a plague amongst them... others have gone before this and endured greater hardships, suffered higher losses and yet every struggle is different for its own

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-85885305481293617052008-03-29T09:57:00.006Z2008-03-29T11:01:40.730Z

Having nearly had my foot broken at Judo on Thursday night I strapped my left extremity up in my old German army boots and drove the posse to nearby Camberley. I'd been looking forward to this gig for weeks, the first time I'd seen a band down The Agincourt in 20 years! Last time it was The Sweet and the place was absolutely rammed. This time the bill included Tainted Grace, Primitai and of

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-33899445990484985592008-03-20T07:08:00.008Z2008-03-25T12:56:03.780Z

Another blog post? So soon? Take the man's temperature! (Yeah, they took my temperature yesterday, just so they can find out WTF is wrong with me - heart, lungs, temperature & blood pressure are all normal but the claret they took out of my arm now needs to be analysed...) So, as I watch with interest my friend Nigel's "progris riport" on Flowers for Algernon, I realise that the book he's

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-31893378999105082882008-03-18T10:12:00.004Z2008-03-18T16:46:08.464Z

I got tagged, well at least it gets me blogging again, aye BulbBoy? What was I doing 10 years ago? > Blimey, that was March '98... I think I was living in Fleet, Hampshire, in a rented house with a fat curry-eating lager-drinking German and "The Crow". I was back at college too, doing a part-time course in Graphics & Design whilst doing a full-time job driving a forklift truck... Things On My

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-67697751654124307062008-02-27T09:22:00.004Z2008-03-25T12:58:23.880Z

Wednesday: 00:30 Becky had just gone to bed and I was not long behind her. I crawled into the sack but my mind was still racing, having just slaved over a client's website for the last couple of hours whilst keeping one eye on The Wedding Crashers. I was tired to say the least. And yet, when my head touched the pillow, I was not ready to sleep. It was nearly 1am. I lay there; tired, brain

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-33078872924685083462008-01-28T14:13:00.000Z2008-01-28T14:15:31.280Z

Barack Obama is a West Ham fan. I thought he was a good bloke, now I know for sure.

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-80621337185754388552008-01-16T10:22:00.000Z2008-01-16T11:58:02.005Z

The French carmaker Citroen has just pulled the plug on a full-page ad it placed in a number of Spanish newspapers because it features a scowling caricature of Chairman Mao. Citroen apologized for the ad and admitted it was "inappropriate" after some members of the Chinese public mao-ned that the ad apparently insulted Mao, the WHOLE Chinese nation and purportedly "hurt their national pride".

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-997153399373083092008-01-15T12:44:00.000Z2008-01-15T13:11:46.105Z

Quote of the day has to be in this post on a forum from a third party in response to two other forum members having a dispute. It's actually a month old now but I only just spotted it today: "To funny, Although I think your both retards."And if you think that's funny you can get a t-shirt in the same vein from bustedtees ;)Now, if only people could be a little more accurate in there grammar &

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-23329568764636592942008-01-10T13:51:00.000Z2008-01-10T14:56:30.493Z

Ever since "Posh" Spice married David Beckham and shed the few remaining pounds she had that made her curvy and feminine, I've thought her to be a narcissistic stick, obsessed only with the shallow desires of celebrity status and the easy money that being so far up your own arse brings. Take for instance the "wedding of the year" when they sold their pics to that epitome of superficiality, the

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-54422218512094116112008-01-08T11:20:00.001Z2008-01-08T11:27:11.440Z

Becky's sister and her husband have been in England for just over a week now and we've been mega busy. Unfortunately muggins here is back at work but there's just time to say that we did the Ghost Tour of Guildford last night, run by a dear old friend of mine. Guildford's a fantastic town anyway, so to be shown around in the cold dark night by our hilarious guide was a Monday night well spent.

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-20906747661786545832008-01-01T13:05:00.000Z2008-01-01T13:39:17.188Z

We left Ohio and flew to NYC for a couple of days and then touched down in old Blighty on the 30th December, just in time to prep the house for the arrival of Becky's sister and her husband. Being a little jet-lagged ourselves we spent the best part of 12 hours labouring to get the house ready before dumping ourselves in our new spa bath at 1:30am on New Years Eve to drink a well-earned glass of

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-76557159988856990052007-12-21T16:46:00.000Z2007-12-21T17:01:14.470Z

So yeah, apologies for not visiting or keeping all you fellow friends, bloggers, countrymen updated but it's been kinda crazy... I'm not working my nads off with my usual full-time job and the newly acquired part-time consultancy gig. In addition we've escaped the pergatory that is "doing the bathroom" and it's now Christmas holidays (aka no work and no DIY) until the 30th December when we fly

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-77560140512287258222007-11-29T14:35:00.001Z2007-11-29T14:35:58.556Z

Help!

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-8555453201523398382007-11-23T12:33:00.001Z2007-11-23T12:55:47.778Z

Well, we had Thanksgiving over here yesterday, a little slice of America on a British table. Our friends had invited us over because they're a little better geared up for big dinners and our dining room is being used as a storeroom for now. Whilst everyone gave thanks for friends, family, food and having a decent life compared to some poor souls in the world I was simply thankful for everything,

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-75868610872878739062007-11-13T07:07:00.000Z2007-11-13T17:33:27.080Z

The Sex Pistols!I helped a friend move house some months back and loaded the trusty old wagon with gear, drove from his old pad to his new pad and helped him set up in a funky little place on a high hill overlooking the picturesque town of Guildford. I refused any offers of cash or meals, just happy to help out a friend :) When I got a txt message saying "Do you like the Sex Pistols?" I said "

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-88502107239911032492007-11-11T21:39:00.000Z2007-11-13T11:02:52.206Z

Stepping out of the restaurant on Leicester Square we spied a red carpet being rolled out... We investigated... Wow, it's the European Première of Beowulf, how cool is that? Oh yeah, and who's in it again? Ah right... scripted by Neil Gaiman and all in CGi with the voices of Ray Winstone, Sir Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich and Angelina Jolie... Holy cow, here comes Neil Gaiman, and Ray

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-90925993012227706672007-10-19T17:12:00.000Z2007-10-19T17:22:37.617Z

No, not from me, you don't get rid of me that easily ;) It's my dad. He died. He wasn't even 60 and he died in the early hours of last Saturday morning, hence my absence and my silence. I'd write something more than this but I currently don't have the time to say enough about him, but I'll make sure I do as a tribute to a great father. I've been busy running the boss's business for two weeks

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-8489610853320507272007-09-25T07:50:00.000Z2007-09-25T10:08:18.956Z

Well, apart from being on the map for the Farnborough Airshow, yesterday we had a little bit of fame for a Tornado that came through our neighbourhood. No, not a Tornado like this it was one like this... only smaller. Well, quite a bit smaller. But it did knock over trees, rip off roofs, topple a chimney or two, overturn a caravan, completely destroy a bus shelter and get us on the nation's BBC

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-61703008319712073362007-09-21T08:41:00.000Z2007-09-21T15:59:25.296Z

Becky bought a big fat bag of JAM doughnuts, which she insisted were Jelly Doughnuts, but they weren't because the bag specifically said JAM on it. Anyways, the point is that I had one "jam" doughnut on Wednesday with no JAM in it and a second one yesterday, again with NO JAM in it. That's two "jam" doughnuts with NO JAM. And no Jelly neither :p Anyway, Jelly wobbles, Jam doesn't. So for those

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-84130598332628345812007-09-17T13:48:00.000Z2007-09-17T14:02:31.165Z

I just want to say thanks to my top bird for taking me to Upton Park for my birthday. We stayed in the West Ham hotel over Friday night, where we stayed when we first met nearly 3 years ago, and this time the car didn't disappear! She did a neat trick with some plates though... Saturday's weather was particularly top notch, warm & sunny, so thanks to mother nature for that, and the 3-0

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-25781255504211271072007-09-06T08:30:00.000Z2007-09-06T14:54:07.303Z

With big fat harpoon guns I hope!

Levertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066643.post-68668765116217689002007-08-24T08:03:00.000Z2007-08-24T11:07:43.121Z

Forget flying slugs, I don't have a big enough catapult to sling the new wave of giant gastropods. (Yes, yes, I know, that picture was actually a trebuchet not a catapult) So to answer the question... Is the UK facing a slug plague? Yes. But more importantly than that take a look at the SIZE of this bastard next to Becky's car! And as for people finding this blog with the phrase "why do slugs

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