tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52154265172334413922024-03-13T11:26:12.217+00:00The Strangeman FilesThese are the adventures of someone who should know better...but doesn't always!Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-80482975643823107302011-07-30T13:01:00.001+00:002011-07-30T13:01:09.667+00:00A Long Return……A Hobby Of Mine<p>After ages I have come back to blogging, a lot has happened and a lot of things have changed but I think now is the time to return, and I’ll start with a hobby of mine, recently restarted after a long pause.  </p> <p> </p> <p>Now back in the 90’s I was fascinated by a TV show that had action and to some excitement, its was Haim Saban's <em>Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers</em>!</p> <p> </p> <p>Now looking back I can see this show was clichéd, you had the main bad guy (or girl as it was a witch) the helpless super being who needed someone or something to stop her from taking over the world, and of course five teenagers who would gain special abilities and powers capable of stopping her and her villainous schemes.  </p> <p>However, what impressed me at the time was the fact that the toys were based on another concepts from the 80’s, Robots that combined and became a mega-robot, or as this show called them `Zords`….Surely an idea copied from transformers or any of the cartoons showed in the 80’s?</p> <p>Anyway, when they released the figures I used to pester my aunt to let me buy them, not for collectors value, simply because they were toys! the one things she would refuse to allow me to get were the huge zord figures, simply because they cost (and still do) £30 or £40 for a set.  </p> <p>well, fast forward a few years…..</p> <p>I’m traipsing around the car boot sites when I came across the figures for the (then) latest series of power rangers……the mystic force series (imagine harry potter power rangers and you might get some idea)</p> <p>i bought them for two reasons: 1) I like sorcery fantasy and science fiction stuff like that 2)I had a hankering for nostalgia and decided then and there to start collecting the different sets of power ranger zords as easily as I could.  </p> <p>Since then I have built up quite a collection, also when buying them because many of them were separated and in pieces I found it easier to ask for the whole box of things they were in and ended up with a collection of figures, bikes etc..</p> <p>take a look at this pictures, very few of the sets are complete, but there are some that i have had trouble finding and some I’ve gone and bought from Ebay practically brand new to finagle missing parts etc. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oMlCF0rcxcw/TjQAaIvCYKI/AAAAAAAAAcU/kT7jiZHM8W4/s1600-h/Power%252520Rangers%252520%2525289%252529%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Power Rangers (9)" border="0" alt="Power Rangers (9)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-e2lyXGzc_mI/TjQAa9S399I/AAAAAAAAAcY/TpNXgUqDlJI/Power%252520Rangers%252520%2525289%252529_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="580" height="357" /></a></p> <p>This is from the first 3 season of the series, we have three movie figures, Goldar (bad guy) Ninja Megazord, Original ultrazord (megazord, dragonzord & titanos) four ninja Rangers, Ninjor and the green ranger that went with the dragonzord</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_xzMPRgWmzo/TjQAcNo-VOI/AAAAAAAAAcc/EiTD8lE3HFI/s1600-h/Power%252520Rangers%252520%25252812%252529%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Power Rangers (12)" border="0" alt="Power Rangers (12)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VpvmADYHKZQ/TjQAchHcPiI/AAAAAAAAAcg/fHs3r25GtSQ/Power%252520Rangers%252520%25252812%252529_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="589" height="346" /></a></p> <p>This are the zords from <em>Power rangers: Wild Force</em> One of the series owned (i believe) by Disney, in this there were new bad guys and new zords based on wild animals featured here are wild force megazord, Kongazord (exotic animals jungle mostly) and what i think of as an amalgam of zords from the series, as many of the parts were interchangeable, giving kids endless hours of fun!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZO_jWaXzNr4/TjQAd1VvQQI/AAAAAAAAAck/Mnq3cFqqw54/s1600-h/Power%252520Rangers%252520%25252813%252529%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Power Rangers (13)" border="0" alt="Power Rangers (13)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XTgjZ1TlgLE/TjQAeWGVfpI/AAAAAAAAAco/aXz3__Y2vtI/Power%252520Rangers%252520%25252813%252529_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="588" height="334" /></a></p> <p>This is from<em>  Power Rangers: Ninja Storm</em>, this one went back to a theme of ninjas as power rangers, originally there were only three rangers in this series but as it developed, they added three more to the hero roster giving the usual compliment of 6 rangers</p> <p>show here are: ninja megazord (not be confused with the ninja megazord from third season), tsunami cycles and the lightning megazord</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-K7CwVTF5Ewc/TjQAfV0StLI/AAAAAAAAAcs/nc2JH7iiPlQ/s1600-h/Power%252520Rangers%252520%25252814%252529%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Power Rangers (14)" border="0" alt="Power Rangers (14)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_xYk3-2HJ00/TjQAfw8NjtI/AAAAAAAAAcw/Gpeo8Vb7jNI/Power%252520Rangers%252520%25252814%252529_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="588" height="328" /></a></p> <p>These are from<em>  Power Rangers: Dino Thunder</em>, This series had a distinction of showing the 500th episode and as such contained a video diary detailing all that had gone on before, it also included one of the original power rangers, now a high school teacher and anthropologist returning as the new black ranger and training his team.  </p> <p>show is yellow,red,white rangers the thundersaurus megazord with dimetrozord attachement, two black rangers and the red ranger again</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rovEvm3_wGU/TjQAhKSe9qI/AAAAAAAAAc0/zBfb98GFpT0/s1600-h/Power%252520Rangers%252520%25252817%252529%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Power Rangers (17)" border="0" alt="Power Rangers (17)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Q7zjtrWkr4U/TjQAh9zt3tI/AAAAAAAAAc4/-fEz20zZ9lU/Power%252520Rangers%252520%25252817%252529_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="592" height="355" /></a></p> <p>Now imagine if the power rangers became police officers? thats the premise behind S.P.D a future team of power rangers who act as the local law enforcement officers to the galaxy, one of my smaller collections as now we are getting closer to the current era of the show</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hO1GMx0EFOY/TjQAjLYTZuI/AAAAAAAAAc8/Q6_MbUBVlSc/s1600-h/Power%252520Rangers%252520%2525287%252529%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Power Rangers (7)" border="0" alt="Power Rangers (7)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PMF4Kn6Jzho/TjQAjyiXORI/AAAAAAAAAdA/LKXhZvZYFu0/Power%252520Rangers%252520%2525287%252529_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="602" height="403" /></a></p> <p>these are my first collection and are the ones I described above as harry potter meets the power rangers, basically these rangers are wizards, spellcasters and warriors, they also share a link to the original rangers as the villianess in the original series is now one of the heroes (heroines?) of the new series!</p> <p>These are my favourite set and as such I have them as pride of place on my display</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Of91GLFoH2g/TjQAkqNhd1I/AAAAAAAAAdE/K7CaeQ4jTRk/s1600-h/Power%252520Rangers%252520%25252821%252529%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Power Rangers (21)" border="0" alt="Power Rangers (21)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uDrHngoteBE/TjQAlIKPJzI/AAAAAAAAAdI/LHZwL_TkjQg/Power%252520Rangers%252520%25252821%252529_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="610" height="354" /></a></p> <p>This final set is from a series that used the basics of certain zen beliefs as the founding of its story, that all martial arts have some basisi in the animal world and that within a martial arts student there is an animal spirit, these rangers had to battle a demon who believed that animals should rule the planet and all mankind was to be exterminated, as such their zords are in fact their animal spirits, wolf, lion, bat, shark, tiger, jaguar, cheetah, chameleon and elephant</p> <p>Now I’ve bored you to tears with my hobby I hope to continue boring you or entertaining you with more blogs as time allows…</p> <p>Keep smiling!</p> Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-20804756686511455692010-09-18T17:23:00.001+00:002010-09-18T17:23:27.495+00:00The Deep<p>Today Gary and myself went across the Humber bridge to Hull, we decided that we wanted to go visit `The Deep` Something that could only be described as a extremely large aquarium, that explores the oceans of our world.  </p> <p>While we were there we had a look at how our planet has evolved over the few million years, and of course we saw thousands of different fish and animals, including mantas, sharks and anemones</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1ZsdGyhI/AAAAAAAAAbE/1MRrYquyqIw/s1600-h/The%20Deep%20009%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="The Deep 009" border="0" alt="The Deep 009" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1aHZW9FI/AAAAAAAAAbI/7Swyg-AKrj4/The%20Deep%20009_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a>  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1axumpOI/AAAAAAAAAbM/wzlKG5t4tjY/s1600-h/The%20Deep%20014%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="The Deep 014" border="0" alt="The Deep 014" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1bc7QFGI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/1HcyB_WVdP4/The%20Deep%20014_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1cQ5W_AI/AAAAAAAAAbU/NZ335KsH1Ig/s1600-h/The%20Deep%20003%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="The Deep 003" border="0" alt="The Deep 003" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1csMD5PI/AAAAAAAAAbY/roCINh9uOVQ/The%20Deep%20003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1ddTn_lI/AAAAAAAAAbc/kMJnXcUsYHA/s1600-h/The%20Deep%20019%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="The Deep 019" border="0" alt="The Deep 019" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1dumgfaI/AAAAAAAAAbg/hjkEedw-fBA/The%20Deep%20019_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1eezgdQI/AAAAAAAAAbk/6tPZBZc-F4U/s1600-h/The%20Deep%20027%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="The Deep 027" border="0" alt="The Deep 027" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1eyQSbKI/AAAAAAAAAbo/KZPMu8SZVmI/The%20Deep%20027_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a>  <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1fu1p15I/AAAAAAAAAbs/ts2xWjXi9Ng/s1600-h/The%20Deep%20030%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="The Deep 030" border="0" alt="The Deep 030" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1gXlO37I/AAAAAAAAAbw/0v2Andh_LrA/The%20Deep%20030_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1g4hF1OI/AAAAAAAAAb0/sJn5ddl0QEM/s1600-h/The%20Deep%20038%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="The Deep 038" border="0" alt="The Deep 038" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1hZpOxzI/AAAAAAAAAb4/sIJlPCVKq-Y/The%20Deep%20038_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Part of this was a birthday treat for me, although i hope to show photos of my holiday very soon </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1iCgYRqI/AAAAAAAAAb8/roNnIv24XtQ/s1600-h/The%20Deep%20054%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="The Deep 054" border="0" alt="The Deep 054" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1iR9R-AI/AAAAAAAAAcA/lpfj1d8TDaU/The%20Deep%20054_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1i63_ucI/AAAAAAAAAcE/BiUcSIOcMwM/s1600-h/The%20Deep%20043%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="The Deep 043" border="0" alt="The Deep 043" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TJT1jTXxSwI/AAAAAAAAAcI/qBPv6taBokw/The%20Deep%20043_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-66677853341549428322010-07-16T21:06:00.001+00:002010-08-16T21:45:16.876+00:00New Home.....Part 2<p>Four months ago, I was placed into council property, this was because my previous landlord was selling the property and as such a new home was no 1 priority. <br /> <br />I moved on the 3rd of march, this in itself was complicated as i had booked a week off and was spending the weekend down in Devon with my partner, when we returned the chaos of moving hit me yet again! <br /> <br />this time though we didn't have to redecorate and i managed to get all my stuff with little to no difficulty, I say little to none although the helpful parties might disagree! <br /> <br />I am now the proud tenant in a ground floor council flat, 5 minutes away from work and 30 seconds away from the nearest bus stop, this means travel into the city is relatively easy, its not the quietest neighbourhood but you take what you get offered! <br /> <br />Unfortunately the happiness was short-lived, within two months I was broken into and my Sony playstation 3 and all the games and dvds were stolen! to add insult to injury I was not insured at the time though that was the next priority! <br /> <br />I will commend the police for their swift action unfortunately there was an assault which escalated into a murder in the city and the officer who was dealing with my burglary was called away. <br /> <br />I will not go into the feelings of hurt at the invasion of privacy much less the wanton theft of my property but it has taught me a bitter lesson which now has ensured that I am insured, and that policy has now been put to the test. <br /> <br />My replacement playstation was faulty and was replaced and delivered recently, which has restored the hole (ok trifle over dramatic but I'm sure someone will understand) <br /> <br />The flat is divided into three sections: Bathroom, Bedroom and Living room/kitchen I have an electric oven in which I am learning to cook albeit tentatively, and Gary my partner is acting as my guinea pig!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TGmxUXbD4rI/AAAAAAAAAac/Srn8G6gwRiw/s1600-h/Home%20002%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Home 002" border="0" alt="Home 002" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TGmxVJIf25I/AAAAAAAAAag/8NSgvYg527c/Home%20002_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TGmxW1lK1RI/AAAAAAAAAak/dLdJdzakFdc/s1600-h/Home%20006%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Home 006" border="0" alt="Home 006" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TGmxXZ-ipXI/AAAAAAAAAao/BMRTPbT0oXI/Home%20006_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TGmxYyjws2I/AAAAAAAAAas/puwGtjye3jc/s1600-h/Home%20012%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Home 012" border="0" alt="Home 012" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TGmxZTFPXlI/AAAAAAAAAaw/p9zyzZpuxTU/Home%20012_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TGmxaU-mMzI/AAAAAAAAAa0/GmADfWBAhY0/s1600-h/Home%20014%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Home 014" border="0" alt="Home 014" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/TGmxa8sOKfI/AAAAAAAAAa4/raSN-Lq_FyI/Home%20014_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> <br /> <br />After recent events I have been rearranging furniture slightly to ensure nosy little wanna be thieves don't get any ideas!</p> <p>Still I am Enjoying being up here although I do miss people down south! </p> Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-68124622492402299742009-12-09T23:28:00.003+00:002009-12-09T23:37:35.348+00:00familyI've been sat here thinking about families latley, maybe because its that time of year and most people will be seeing theirs. <br /><br />Unfortunatley i wont be one of them...most of my family has died and the rest dont get along. <br />I think that for me family are not just people who are related to you somehow, i think family is/are those people who shape and form our lives by being part of it, many of the people i have met in the last 7 or 8 years since my parents past away have helped guide me and nudge me when ive needed or required it, and it is these people i consider my family. <br /><br />as i write this its about 11:30 at night and i've been hyome for a couple of hours from work and im deciding what to do with my time and i find that some of the people i want to talk to arent around and yet i find i cant just ring them a) becuase of the latness of the hour & b) i dont know what to say; it never occurs to me that i should be the one to start a conversation or to do something....<br /><br />Recently ive had some people in my life declare that i `have and attitude` now i understand that many people seem to think that this means im bossy, opionated and rude...yes i suppose i could be all these things but i also like to think that in fact i have as much right to express my feelings and thoughts as much as anyone...i aklois have the right noit to take abuse from people!<br /><br />I often think that taking crap from people is a form of surrender, i dont always agree that its the best thing to do, ill be damned if im going to keep quiet just so i can be steam-rollered into something, nor am i going to let myself fade away when i have an opinion of something!<br /><br />before anyone reading this jumps to the conclusion that i am unhappy, let me clear this up...i am happy where i am. i just would enjoy some of my friends spending a little time with me rather than just deciding im out of sight...out of mind!Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-663765262647345472009-08-11T21:51:00.008+00:002009-08-12T22:05:19.014+00:00long time no notice!!Hi, sorry to anyone wondering <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">what</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">ive</span> been <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">upto</span>, and the fact that i <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">havent</span> posted for ages....<br /><div><div><div><div><div>Simple fact was i had totally forgotten to do any and i also lost my blogger password (obviously found it again). </div><div>Well looks like summer <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">hasnt</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exactly</span> been a lovely one this year! well, it <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">hasnt</span> exactly been a good one from my perspective; what with the cases on swine flu now sweeping across the country and even my mate Tony coming down with it</div><div>So what have I been up to?</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHppxUSVJI/AAAAAAAAAYg/V820KUDxl0Y/s1600-h/Whisby+(2).JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368829134624674962" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHppxUSVJI/AAAAAAAAAYg/V820KUDxl0Y/s200/Whisby+(2).JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>Well <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">ive</span> been <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">visitng</span> the local nature reserve, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Whisby</span> is a wildlife park <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">where</span> people go locally; it has hides for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">birdwatching</span> and loads of walks for people to...well walk!</div><br /><br /><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHrnmsjC2I/AAAAAAAAAY4/JUucmIZ9V7A/s1600-h/Whisby+(24).JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368831296437160802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHrnmsjC2I/AAAAAAAAAY4/JUucmIZ9V7A/s200/Whisby+(24).JPG" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHrnVnJPPI/AAAAAAAAAYw/KRR4nl6HRWw/s1600-h/Whisby+(14).JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368831291851095282" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHrnVnJPPI/AAAAAAAAAYw/KRR4nl6HRWw/s200/Whisby+(14).JPG" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHt9-gdOVI/AAAAAAAAAZA/gpHjze0s5SU/s1600-h/Whisby+(28).JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368833879809276242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHt9-gdOVI/AAAAAAAAAZA/gpHjze0s5SU/s200/Whisby+(28).JPG" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHrm-Up5UI/AAAAAAAAAYo/Dspz9T9KoZI/s1600-h/Whisby+(8).JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368831285599528258" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHrm-Up5UI/AAAAAAAAAYo/Dspz9T9KoZI/s200/Whisby+(8).JPG" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHt-T-JXzI/AAAAAAAAAZI/rqnzhttpbbI/s1600-h/Whisby+(31).JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368833885570948914" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SoHt-T-JXzI/AAAAAAAAAZI/rqnzhttpbbI/s200/Whisby+(31).JPG" /></a></p><br /><br /><p>I've also been working hard at my job, this sadly <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">isnt</span> much of a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">progression</span> from what i was doing down in Devon but it is a faster career <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">improvement</span>, here i can get training easier without feeling like <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">im</span> not up to the task; (apologies to anyone who reads this and thinks <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">im</span> being mean to my former bosses)</p><p>Anyway, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">ive</span> also been indulging my passion for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">carboot</span> sales, now when i lived down in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Devon</span> it was difficult to attend these <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">because</span> i worked on days when they <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">occurred</span>, it was only by arranging time off that i was able to go and buy stuff. </p><p>Here its been easier; for one my shifts are unfixed; this means that i have different days off each week and the rotas are arranged very much ahead of schedule (pardon the pun) therefore some weeks i have <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Saturdays</span> and some weeks i have <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Sundays</span> off and sometimes i have other days off. </p><p>Now i love going to car boot sales, they tend to be the best place to pick up bargains; best bargain i got was the stereo i picked up at a local auction for the cats protection league here in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Lincoln</span>...i got it for £1, yes! £1! and it works wonderfully</p><p>Anyway I'm due to Go on holiday soon with my partner and his friend mike, we're trotting off to sleepy old <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">teignmouth</span> for a week to celebrate my birthday...hopefully ill have some pictures for everyone to see!</p></div></div></div></div>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-57395654376788224302009-03-26T00:10:00.003+00:002009-03-26T00:24:46.439+00:00New Computer TimeWell after much nagging from my one and only fan (they know who they are) I've managed to put my ass back onto the computer chair and found something to chat about. <br /><br />On Tuesday My partner gary and myself needed to do some shopping...I had just been paid and wanted to look for a new game or something in which to enjoy. <br />Anyways I found a game for about £20 and was about to go and pay for it when my eye caught something that I thought at first was too good to believe...namely a new pc!<br /><br />Now recently my poor 6 yr old pc was having a hard time of things...it couldnt keep up with its owner's relentless demands on its poor processor and failing hard drive, therefore I had decided to replace it but had resigned myself to the fact it wouldn't happen for some time yet as desktop pc's were still expensive and therefore I would have to save up. <br /><br />Anyway I had noticed this PC....a Medion dual core pentium processor (to the non techno out there thats a very whizzy brain) PC with vista home premium and a 250GB hard drive plus a DVD-RW drive capable of burning to nearly every type of disc out there...excepting blu-ray. <br /><br />Now how much did you think this PC cost? £250? £300? or even £400?<br /><br />Nope I bought it for.....£194 (originally £199 reduced by the new VAT rate)!!!!!<br /><br />So after lugging the machine back to my comfy bed-sit/flat I had the interesting task of copying everything of value and interest to DVD+RW and then disconnecting, installing and transferring everything to the new PC....not an easy task and one that certainly caused friction between gary and myself!!!!<br /><br />So now I'm the proud owner of an updated PC...and the old one? last seen at gary's place about to be erased and reformatted ready for his use. :-)<br /><br />Hopefully I'm also going to be going out and about in a few weeks time so I will have more Photos to add.Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-68876409551980492242009-02-09T21:37:00.003+00:002009-02-16T22:40:14.239+00:00New Home, New Life and New Friends<div><br /><br /><div>Ok first post of 2009!<br />First off I apologise for anyone who has been trying to find out what i have been up to recently; i have only just unpacked the pc from the pile of boxes that used to clutter my boyfriend's hallway </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>From that i hope you will gather that I now have my own space to call my own: before the questions start to fly i will point out that my poor other half has a very poky flat and there simply wasnt enough room for all of our stuff combined....it does not mean im going to break up with him but i have wanted some room for myself should disagreements become inevitable!</div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SZnqG1umSII/AAAAAAAAAX0/_i1tTjmsuog/s1600-h/DSCF0002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303527439428110466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SZnqG1umSII/AAAAAAAAAX0/_i1tTjmsuog/s200/DSCF0002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div>I have moved into a lovely bed-sit near the city centre of lincoln....unlike most bedsits this one consists of two rooms one that has been converted into my living room/study and the other which is my bedroom.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SZnrJaB4KVI/AAAAAAAAAX8/UiffpxiivCo/s1600-h/DSCF0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303528583044016466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/SZnrJaB4KVI/AAAAAAAAAX8/UiffpxiivCo/s200/DSCF0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>The last three/four weeks have been taken up with decorating and furnishing the living room; when i moved in the walls were a pale green and looked seriously unpleasent (well to me anyway) we repainted it a lovely sky blue and painted the skirting boards chocolate brown<br /><br />There is a bed setee in the living room...perfect for guests and friends should they decide to pay a call (hint hint).<br /><br />secondly with christmas out of the way ive managed to break the ice with my work colleagues, they're very nice although i would be lying if i said they are better than my old mates and i have forgotten about my teignmouth pals...far from it!<br /><br />Anyways as soon as im all sorted ill add more posts...until then!!!</div></div>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-36466343113900902532008-11-03T00:37:00.002+00:002008-11-03T00:50:44.180+00:00almost a year gone!First i apologise for not blogging for almost a year, but so many things have happened and i havent been able to get myself time to write. <br /><br />First off this will be a sort of round robin (sic) of the year to date but some things may be out of order so i apologise. <br /><br />Well at the beginning of the year i attended a civil ceremony reception for two of my friends ho got spliced on valentines day no less :-) i hope they're happy and still going strong, last i heard they had been forced to retire from the jobs they loved and were looking at working as a private courier service, i cannot be sure if this is accurate but if so i wish them many successes. <br /><br />the next climatic thing was my plans to move (gasp) from teignmouth after living here for over 17 years (8 of which i spent in the local co-op supermarket) i left in july with many tears from my mates and friends but more of that anon<br /><br />before that i celebrated one of my mates 21st birthday, well i say i celebrated but i had 2 drinks then escorted a young lady back to her bed, (alone, before the suggestions start running)<br /><br />then in july i bid a tearful farewell to my home, i decided to move upwards to be with my partner, who must for his own wishes remain anonymous, however we are both happy and are enjoying our time together. i miss my mates obviously and i stay in touch whenever possible. <br /><br />after a hiatus of roughly 8 weeks i got a job working in a shell garage on a major roundabout...40 hours a week! good i suppose except that the hours were long, busy and on occasion solitary!, my partner was worried for my safety and therefore when the lincolnshire co-op offered me a job i cant say i agonised over the decision to leave. <br /><br />i'm now working as a sales assistant for the co-op and i'm ion training for my keyholder/supervisor stauts which is quite a privilege :-D<br /><br />well that's about it for now, i might have missed some details but i will add more when my mind is capable.Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-42247748405093544662007-12-05T17:46:00.000+00:002007-12-05T17:58:53.742+00:00Christmas Joy!!!What a week it's been for thos of us who work in the retail industry; My heart goes out to the people in stores like Argos, GAME, Gamestation, Debenhams, Virgin etc. you must be shattered with dealing with the christmas rush like thos of us who work at the local supermarkets!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140547490714837490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1bktP8VYfI/AAAAAAAAAP0/B566CKfdcgw/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" border="0" />Yes as you can see here we are working hard as usual (!) NAH! I'm joking as usual with this time of year it's the time for festive cheer and as usual our bosses didn't not disappoint! <div><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1blcP8VYgI/AAAAAAAAAP8/JqEKaksYEQc/s1600-h/DSCF0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140548298168689154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1blcP8VYgI/AAAAAAAAAP8/JqEKaksYEQc/s320/DSCF0006.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1blcf8VYjI/AAAAAAAAAQU/NN92abfSzyk/s1600-h/DSCF0023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140548302463656498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1blcf8VYjI/AAAAAAAAAQU/NN92abfSzyk/s320/DSCF0023.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1blcf8VYiI/AAAAAAAAAQM/Xhp8MfJUg1Y/s1600-h/DSCF0022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140548302463656482" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1blcf8VYiI/AAAAAAAAAQM/Xhp8MfJUg1Y/s320/DSCF0022.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1blcv8VYkI/AAAAAAAAAQc/GZlRoR5Zhhk/s1600-h/DSCF0026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140548306758623810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1blcv8VYkI/AAAAAAAAAQc/GZlRoR5Zhhk/s320/DSCF0026.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1bmIf8VYlI/AAAAAAAAAQk/st7Ea26A3kU/s1600-h/DSCF0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140549058377900626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1bmIf8VYlI/AAAAAAAAAQk/st7Ea26A3kU/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1bmIv8VYmI/AAAAAAAAAQs/14N_uGQaZqU/s1600-h/DSCF0031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140549062672867938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1bmIv8VYmI/AAAAAAAAAQs/14N_uGQaZqU/s320/DSCF0031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div>As you can see we all had a lovely time!, although some of us had too much of a good time (and they know who they are!)</div><p align="center"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1bmhf8VYnI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/VKfI5iLiI_U/s1600-h/DSCF0013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140549487874630258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/R1bmhf8VYnI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/VKfI5iLiI_U/s320/DSCF0013.JPG" border="0" /></a></p></div>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-49200675359000243482007-11-26T01:42:00.000+00:002007-11-26T02:09:29.559+00:00Electronic MayhemWell, in a rare occassion I'm blogging again in the same month!<br /><br />Now, those of you who know me and read this will know im an avid (some might say obsessed) console gamer, others who dont will no doubt be wondering "what's a console gamer?"<br /><br />Well to those who have only just arrived into the 21st century, allow me to give you a very brief(ish) history of gaming from a fan's perspective. <br /><br />I was born in the 1980's during which time the only computers available were from either BBC or a company know as Acorn computers (nothing to do with a certain Ms.Wood and Ms.Walters) the rest were know simply as `mickey` mouse computers that plugged into your tv via the areial box and used either cassettes or big floppy disks that were square and (unlike todays obsolete models) floppy, these used a language called BASIC and a slighlty more advanced language called ASCII. <br /><br />then a japanese company arrived called nintendo, they originally developed games for another minor games firm called Atari, the most famous model from Atrai was a console called the 2600 and was one of my first console machines, it played pac-man and donkey kong, two characters that now remain in our hearts and (to some) our memories.<br /><br />Now, A rival company sprang up called Sega; they developed a machine which like nintendo used a cartridge based system, theyre also famous for giving us a rather unsual sight back then....a blue hedgehog that ran on two legs and wore a ridiculous pair of red sneakers (trainers to those unfamiliar to americano) called Sonic, rival to nintendo's main star....A plumber with a penchant for rescuing princesses from monkeys and overgrown dinosaurs going by the name of Mario. <br /><br />As the years rolled by the two companies battled it out for control of the teenage market by introducing new and more advanced systems, as this progressed other companies rose to try to unseat these two powerhouses from their thrones as the top console producers but only one managed to cause a furore.....Sony<br /><br />Yes! Sony, the company that first introduced the CD to our world now decided to try and enter into the fray after an unsuccessful attempt with nintendo to develop a CD based console nown then as the PSX.......<br /><br />They developed a major selling product that caused consternation to Sega and Nintendo, namely the Playstation.<br /><br />This little machine is still selling despite the fact that its two younger brothers have pretty much taken over the mantle of financing Sony Computer Entertainment, although that being said its selling relativley cheap (£20 will buy you a brand new one). <br /><br />Sony decided to try and bring more to the forefold by introducing a variety of characters to its world and allowing the market to bring in the adults with a range of more......`grown up` titles to the world and so sega and nintendo retailiated by designing abd releasing their own CD based machines, although nintendo did not release their version till much later. <br /><br />Sadly Sega was forced to give up its console development after a while as sony and nintendo were out-selling them in temrs of the hardware, and reluctantly they became sofware developers and publishers toi the other concoles, including a new rival to challenge the rest. <br /><br />while the main war had been between Sony,Sega and Nintendo and fourth rival had been biding its time and now struck into the struggle for dominance......Microsoft released its first games console....namely the Xbox. <br /><br />The xbox was released roughly about the same time as the successor to the original Playstation...the unoriginally named Playstation 2 and Nintendo's first widely known CD machine....the Gamecube and boasted a unrivalled amount of detail and performance by utilizing actually PC technology as part of its circuitry. <br /><br />Only one thing hindered the Xbox; its size, for while the xbox was powerful it was also the size of an old VCR and weighed something similar too!<br /><br />now the battle continues with the Playstation 3, the interestingly named Nintendo wii and the sequel to the xbox....the Xbox 360!<br /><br />who will win? it's upto the buyers!Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-70269563018065913692007-11-18T19:50:00.000+00:002007-11-18T20:08:07.505+00:00The Christmas Countdown!Well! The dreaded christmas is creeping up on us and with it is coming the annual round of madness that comes with it; namely, the mad rush around the shops, the terrible christmas songs both past and present and the demands for toys, gifts and presents from all and sundry!<br /><br />From reading that you'd think i hated christmas........Not so!<br />I do love chirstmas its just getting harder to think of it as anything but an excuse fopr kids to demand all sorts of things that they'll play with for approximatley 2 hours (if youre lucky) and then declare "I'm bored!"<br /><br />Although i'm not exactly know for religion or my beliefs I would like to think that we should try to remember what christmas is actually about......You'de be surprised to realise most small children these days think only of it as a chance to get great pressies! Plus with all the political nonsense around, most people are afraid to remember the correct meaning of christmas for fear of offending muslims, jews, buddhists and all the other major and minor religions out there. <br /><br />May I point out that these faiths share their own versions of celebrations for the coming season, in fact if my memory serves me correctly, the muslims religion has just completed or is celebrating divali (apologies if the spelling is incorrect; i dont not mean to offend anyone but my memory on these things is a little rusty) which I believe translates as `festival of lights` and around the same time of year as christmas the jewish community celebrates hanukkah, they have no problem with celebrating these and not offending christians, agnostics and goodness knows who else! so top the PC brigade I say.......Put up or shut up!<br /><br />Ok tirade over, next thing on the agenda. <br /><br />So christmas is coming, which means absoulte chaos to anyone thinking of venturing out there to shop for their loved ones......my advice: Plan about three weeks in advance and have everything written down in a special christmas diary or notebook, that way when the event gets closer you can do it all in one fell swoop and save agonising over whether aunt Ethel would really like that mauve jumper or if cousin Mark wants the nintendo Wii or the remote controlled interstellar death blaster that you saw in toys r us. <br /><br />Of course this would be hypocritical of me if i didnt admit ive had christmas in my head since the end of October and given thought to what i would like; problem is theres loads id like but like most people i have to try and stick to a budget! so right this point id like the new harry potter film (Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix) so santa if youre reading this from lapland or wherever you happen to be, please note ive been a REALLY good boy this year!Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-34919108570193850522007-10-30T10:23:00.001+00:002007-10-30T10:53:12.681+00:00After The Party's Over<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycGqGpHfPI/AAAAAAAAAO8/9hfHkDxSEDY/s1600-h/S6300014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127074021191941362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycGqGpHfPI/AAAAAAAAAO8/9hfHkDxSEDY/s200/S6300014.JPG" border="0" /></a>Hey everyone! sorry I haven't been posting but a couple of things have been keeping me busy.<br /><br /><br />First off, when I came back from my holiday, I had a major problem which prevented me from posting.......My dear computer crashed beyond retrieval so i had to fork out £40 for a new hard drive (not the nicest thing to do when youve come back from a relaxing holiday)<br /><br /><br />Anyway, its now working fine and im back to blogging.<br /><br />This gentleman next to me is my mate in Lincoln, Gary. Here we are about to order dinner from a very nice pub restaurant with two other friends, in a rare occassion i was able to match appetites with him (but only just!)<br /><br />Yes, I went back to Lincoln, Don't know quite what it is about the place but something about it makes me keep going back over and over again.<br /><br /><br />Secondly, a few weeks after coming back I ended up partying again!<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127077701978914050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycKAWpHfQI/AAAAAAAAAPE/9sm09MMADJU/s200/party008.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127077710568848658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycKA2pHfRI/AAAAAAAAAPM/yxlLN54wXLM/s200/party009.JPG" border="0" /> Yes I Know I'm putting a little weight on, but frankly, given what I was like when I was younger (thin as a beanpole and hardly ate anything!) I dont really mind!<br /><br /><p align="justify"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycLm2pHfSI/AAAAAAAAAPU/8aJGpVoMIPY/s1600-h/party011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127079462915505442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycLm2pHfSI/AAAAAAAAAPU/8aJGpVoMIPY/s200/party011.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycLnmpHfUI/AAAAAAAAAPk/QytjUFvkQmM/s1600-h/party016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127079475800407362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycLnmpHfUI/AAAAAAAAAPk/QytjUFvkQmM/s200/party016.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycLnGpHfTI/AAAAAAAAAPc/_Hi_D7ait1k/s1600-h/party013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127079467210472754" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycLnGpHfTI/AAAAAAAAAPc/_Hi_D7ait1k/s200/party013.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycLompHfVI/AAAAAAAAAPs/bxoOrNCVfns/s1600-h/party017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127079492980276562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RycLompHfVI/AAAAAAAAAPs/bxoOrNCVfns/s200/party017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />No! im not pissed in the bottom left photo I always close my eyes before a picture because i end up with red-eye!<br /><br />In fact I was a very good lad and left them to it at 11:30pm as I had work the next day! The poor guy in the top right however had work, he looked like death warmed up and probably felt worse!Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-90472207666474745792007-08-30T21:49:00.000+00:002007-09-03T19:46:02.944+00:00A Birthday To RememberWell time for some scary news........In less than two weeks time I'll be 25!<br /><br />Yup 25! I must confess I can't quite believe it myself, to have reached the first quarter of the hope-to-reach century!<br /><br />Given my family history, I haven't really thought much about growing old, the mere fact scares the living daylights out of me! I prefer to focus on the here and now, I'll worry about the future when I have to!!!!<br /><br />Still, 25! a nice easy to remember number and in fact I'm stretching this one as far as I can, although my birthday isn't until the Saturday, I'm starting it from payday, the 13th September and working it till the 23rd! in fact it works like this:<br /><br />Payday: Thursday 13th September<br />Day off: Friday 14th September<br />Birthday: Saturday 15th September<br />Party!: Sunday 16th September<br />Holiday: Monday 17th September<br /><br />Cool eh? looking forward to it!Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-336877767262086882007-08-08T09:30:00.000+00:002007-08-16T11:07:11.418+00:00Summer Holidays Abound!!!!<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQt4ir8brI/AAAAAAAAAOo/X7kK7dvsjCE/s1600-h/Holiday+%2707+(15).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099251127497289394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQt4ir8brI/AAAAAAAAAOo/X7kK7dvsjCE/s200/Holiday+%2707+(15).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Well it's been a while but I'm back!<br /><div></div><br /><div>One of the things about working so hard (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ok</span>, stop hissing back there I know some people work harder) is that you can appreciated the free time you get and in my case i decided to get away from it all.....</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div>.....To Lincoln! Yeah yeah! classy I know but hey! decent enough weather and a limited budget requires I stick to this country and enjoy its sights and sounds</div><div></div><div>Anyway, I hit trouble almost immediately, due to the lovely weather that Britain has been enjoying, my train was cancelled and nearly `De-railed` the entire holiday! however my mates up in Lincoln refused to let things end there, they travelled the odd 260 miles and came and picked me up! (however this did entail a £60 petrol charge to yours truly but hey! part of the fun is the surprises isn't it?)</div><div></div><div>Well, Lincoln is certainly a different place to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">teignmouth</span>, many of the buildings in the city center are medieval in appearance but they blend in with many of the more modern features around the city. What struck me was the fact that the railway is an integral part of the city, throughout the city there are level crossings that require patience and skill to cross</div><br /><div>Of course the most wonderful part of the city is the great cathedral, high on a hill (which is a murder to climb)</div><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099229382077869602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQaGyr8biI/AAAAAAAAANg/-Ew2_kaskA4/s320/Holiday+%2707+(2).jpg" border="0" /> This is the entrance arch to the cathedral, as you can see it makes for a beautiful site, and the following pictures show even more of the outside:<br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQrgCr8bjI/AAAAAAAAANo/v5nec42WI0o/s1600-h/Holiday+%2707+(4).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099248507567238706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQrgCr8bjI/AAAAAAAAANo/v5nec42WI0o/s320/Holiday+%2707+(4).jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQrgir8blI/AAAAAAAAAN4/GX712SK4las/s1600-h/Holiday+%2707+(10).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099248516157173330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQrgir8blI/AAAAAAAAAN4/GX712SK4las/s320/Holiday+%2707+(10).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></p><br /><p></p><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQrgSr8bkI/AAAAAAAAANw/-zCaZQGnVSQ/s1600-h/Holiday+%2707+(6).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099248511862206018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQrgSr8bkI/AAAAAAAAANw/-zCaZQGnVSQ/s320/Holiday+%2707+(6).jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Film buffs will recognise some of the interior shots from the Tom Hanks film <em>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Da</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Vinci</span> Code</em> In fact a few of the props are still there and unless you were really looking, you'd swear they were real headstones (in fact they were plywood, polystyrene and fibreglass)</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div>The main entrance to the cathedral proper is a cavernous hall and filled with beautiful stained glass windows which when the sun hits them leave <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wondrous</span> patterns of colour!<br /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099250105295072866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQs9Cr8bmI/AAAAAAAAAOA/DFPByIXy4mM/s200/Holiday+%2707.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099250109590040178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQs9Sr8bnI/AAAAAAAAAOI/e6B8AeH-YMQ/s200/Holiday+%2707+(1).jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099250118179974802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQs9yr8bpI/AAAAAAAAAOY/3IeTCGFxLWM/s200/Holiday+%2707+(8).jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099250122474942114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RsQs-Cr8bqI/AAAAAAAAAOg/1FHd1BgVaxA/s200/Holiday+%2707+(35).jpg" border="0" />I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">enjoyed</span> my week in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">lincoln</span>, though i will point out that you cant really fit everything into a week, so perhaps id better make a second visit!</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-54273520557732726982007-05-15T10:59:00.000+00:002007-05-22T09:58:26.352+00:00Time For A Holiday!Well summer's getting closer and so its time for the holidays to begin! <div><br /><div>Already people have begun to flock down here to Teignmouth in their hundreds and as such the place is getting crowded!</div><br /><div>I have no objections as such to tourists, they bring much needed funds to the area, but I do wish they would do the following:<br /></div><ul><li>Remember that the residents have been here for a lot longer than three minutes and as such are not all as thick as mud! Some of us actually do have brains and would not mind a small amount of courtesy when they barge into us!<br /></li><li>Use the car parks responsibly! Too often when I'm working I have complaints that the car parks are full to capacity and that the number of tourists are disproportionate to the number of shoppers in the store! Last time I checked there is plenty of off the street parking near the beach and at the local coach station, why can't they use this?</li><br /><li>Please keep their children under control! Ok, Ok ! know kids are difficult at best of times but you'd think standing there watching their kids running riot was a good way of dealing with them the number of times I've done their job and told the kids off for running around and screaming at each other!</li></ul><p>There! Rant over! Now to enjoy the holidays! </p><p>Personally I intend to expand my photo collection a bit and take some photos of the surrounding countryside, maybe even scare the tourists away by showing off my legs and body down on the beach! HAHA!</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064743956464674162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RkmVy1NiJXI/AAAAAAAAAM4/fYamond4TbQ/s400/Sunset.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><p>N.B. This is not Teignmouth at sunset, though I wish it was!</p></div>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-87822563588931919002007-04-19T20:15:00.000+00:002007-04-22T18:50:56.533+00:00My Seaside Kingdom<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RifOTnBe77I/AAAAAAAAALw/sL20zMdi_y0/s1600-h/DSCI0189.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055235943034711986" style="CURSOR: hand" height="214" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RifOTnBe77I/AAAAAAAAALw/sL20zMdi_y0/s320/DSCI0189.JPG" width="269" border="0" /></a> This is view of Teignmouth sea front, it was taken last year when the weather was mercifully clear and in my humblest of opinions it shows the beauty of the seaside town I inhabit.<br /><br /><br /><div>I have lived in Teignmouth since April 1991 when I moved here with my parents and my aunt. </div><br /><div>We moved here from Bristol in order to give my father a few more years of life due to his failing health. Since then I have always considered this my home and never looked back. </div><br /><p align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056322651364978658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RiuqqXBe7-I/AAAAAAAAAMI/5uYx6Ogm3ys/s200/DSCI0187.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056322655659945970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RiuqqnBe7_I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/Eh94EoDItJU/s200/DSCI0190.JPG" border="0" />The two Pictures above both show parts of the coast line facing the opposite direction to the previous picture, The second photo shows in silhouette one of Teignmouths attractions; namely the grand pier. </p><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RiusHnBe8AI/AAAAAAAAAMY/6i7gFcr42PY/s1600-h/DSCI0353.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056324253387780098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RiusHnBe8AI/AAAAAAAAAMY/6i7gFcr42PY/s200/DSCI0353.JPG" border="0" /></a>Here's me out on an observation platform with the main industry of Teignmouth in the background....Tourism.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Teignmouth becomes a maddening place from about April/May and doesn't calm down til September when the new school year starts.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Personally I hate that time of year, simply because it makes the town extremely crowded and means that If you want to park you gotta fight for it!<br /><br />As You can see from the photos, Teignmouth has some beautiful streets and as such can be considered by many as `quaint` it may not seem like much to many but I consider it home. <br /><p align="justify"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RiutiHBe8BI/AAAAAAAAAMg/9tmATJpi8I8/s1600-h/Teignmouth+(7).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056325808165941266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RiutiHBe8BI/AAAAAAAAAMg/9tmATJpi8I8/s200/Teignmouth+(7).jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RiutiHBe8CI/AAAAAAAAAMo/Za5OqT_O6f0/s1600-h/View+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056325808165941282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RiutiHBe8CI/AAAAAAAAAMo/Za5OqT_O6f0/s200/View+001.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="right"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RiutiHBe8BI/AAAAAAAAAMg/9tmATJpi8I8/s1600-h/Teignmouth+(7).jpg"></a> </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-36908288852972104212007-03-10T00:20:00.000+00:002007-03-10T11:12:40.475+00:00A Night On The Tiles<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfH58Jmq_0I/AAAAAAAAAKk/dO3C2NPEOYw/s1600-h/DSCI0346.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040084269769883458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfH58Jmq_0I/AAAAAAAAAKk/dO3C2NPEOYw/s320/DSCI0346.JPG" border="0" /></a> Yes that's me smiling! I'm actually enjoying one of my rare nights out.<br /><br /><div>I'm not normally a social butterfly, in fact I only started to go out on evenings about three months ago after I enjoyed the christmas party that our work place threw back in December '06. </div><br /><div>Being a social misfit I never realised what fun going out could actually be! but my mates Ben and Lee started this after I made a new years resolution to develop a social life and they have ensured that I keep to my promise!</div><br /><div>Generally, we start out at one pub and all chip in a minium of £20 to a `booze kitty` that we entrust to Lee, then he gets our drinks in and the fun starts!</div><br /><div>The first occasion I went out with them I made the mistake of trying to keep up with them and eneded up so drunk I was sick in the taxi back! (yuk!)</div><br /><div>This time I managed to learn my lesson and in fact I insisted on havind water at least twice during our night out. (much to the disgruntlement of the others!)</div><br /><div>Here's some shots of big Lee playing pool against my other mate Ben, as you can see Lee is quite the player and has been known to go on quite the winning streak when he gets started!</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040087783053131634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfH9Ipmq_3I/AAAAAAAAAK8/cV_VZtNj_3w/s200/DSCI0342.JPG" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040087791643066258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfH9JJmq_5I/AAAAAAAAALM/Y_o5OKis79U/s200/DSCI0345.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040087795938033570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfH9JZmq_6I/AAAAAAAAALU/Isxcl-iwHtA/s200/DSCI0344.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040087787348098946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfH9I5mq_4I/AAAAAAAAALE/Syuf38-pWR4/s200/DSCI0343.JPG" border="0" />Because I don't normally drink i'm generally the last one to finish my drink and as such I earned myself the nickname `speedy` but frankly I tend to go out more for the company than the booze!<br /><br />I suppose that you would like to know if I have any photos of me at the christmas party.....Well I do! and so i suppose I'd better trot those out!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfH-05mq_7I/AAAAAAAAALc/u0HuKd4jq2s/s1600-h/DSCI0205.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040089642773970866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 176px" height="167" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfH-05mq_7I/AAAAAAAAALc/u0HuKd4jq2s/s200/DSCI0205.JPG" width="203" border="0" /></a>You might recognise one of these ladies from my earlier posts, Yes thats right it's Carly from `me and my mates`! the young lady with her is Tasha, another of the staff at our `beloved` co-op, she is usually to be found at the kiosk and is always very friendly to all the customers and staff alike!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />its a rare occasion that we can get a photo of her so I must have been very sneaky to get one here either that or she had had far too much to drink!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfKQ_Jmq_8I/AAAAAAAAALk/gAwwbeC5GCA/s1600-h/DSCI0207.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040250347565285314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfKQ_Jmq_8I/AAAAAAAAALk/gAwwbeC5GCA/s200/DSCI0207.JPG" border="0" /></a>Aren't I the babe magnet!? Once again it took a few drinks to get this shot and it was meant as a bit of a joke! I look like I'm about to strangle poor Tash! just wanted to make sure she didn't escape ha ha!<br /><br />I must admit im getting used to going out now but will be sticking to once a month for a while! I don't think my wallet could take the strain!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfH7uZmq_1I/AAAAAAAAAKs/Kg-zKcwxWp4/s1600-h/DSCI0342.JPG"></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RfH7upmq_2I/AAAAAAAAAK0/y8kuSHS1NB8/s1600-h/DSCI0345.JPG"></a>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-88702198736637524542007-03-01T11:17:00.000+00:002007-03-01T11:35:43.355+00:00Changing Times<div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rea3GOJfYCI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/KCwaykEQJ6M/s1600-h/DSCI0265.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036914550765477922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rea3GOJfYCI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/KCwaykEQJ6M/s200/DSCI0265.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rea3VuJfYEI/AAAAAAAAAKE/k40kLI9LR2M/s1600-h/DSCI0328.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036914817053450306" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rea3VuJfYEI/AAAAAAAAAKE/k40kLI9LR2M/s200/DSCI0328.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rea3M-JfYDI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/amRUaJjyb3c/s1600-h/DSCI0323.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036914666729594930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rea3M-JfYDI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/amRUaJjyb3c/s200/DSCI0323.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Those of you who have been following this blog (and if you haven't why not?) may notice a slight change to my appearance in these photos (no prizes for guessing what). <br /><br />Before I get the inevitable comments, I will point out that I have not lost my marbles (not yet anyway) merely felt like changing my appearence and besides, I prefer the pic on the right of me without my goatee as it makes me look a few years younger. <br /><br />I always get my hair cut every 6/8 weeks cos after that it starts to curl and then it really becomes a tangled mess and takes AGES to tidy up and I kind of made a promise to a very good friend that when I cut my hair this time I would shave the goatee off and see if I could live without it! So far so good but it feels strange not to have it there! and I've had to relearn how to do a complete facial shave (not easy for me to do as I have lived with a goatee since I was 17). <br /><br />The only thing is that i've also had to point it out to my work mates because most of them wouldn't notice if I'd dyed my hair bright blue (!) and they've mostly liked it because of the above comment that it makes me look younger, personally it's a mixed blessing because although now I look younger it means I might get ID'ed when I go o the pub with my mates! Still a compliment is a compliment! :-)<br /><br />The other thing that prompted the change was that after two years (finally!) i've managed to clear my final debt arrears and I now am completely debt free and H-A-P-P-Y! so now it's out with the old and in with the new!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-77924454622978321242007-02-18T19:15:00.000+00:002007-02-19T10:58:21.395+00:00My Private (K)nightmare<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdjZehxQ1uI/AAAAAAAAAGw/e6SngbzUEms/s1600-h/t10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033011702070826722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 252px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 244px" height="228" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdjZehxQ1uI/AAAAAAAAAGw/e6SngbzUEms/s320/t10.jpg" width="252" border="0" /></a> I'm now going to show my age!<br /><br />Back in 1987 when I was the tender age of 5, (aaaaah!) i was introduced to a tv show that was to remain fixed in my head for the next 20 years and will probably remain there for many years to come.<br /><br />The tv show was called <strong>Knightmare</strong> and was something of a innovation for its time.<br /><br />Back then, most kids game shows were slimy to say the least (all the games had that interesting idea that the slimier the game the more the kids would like it) but this took it to a whole new level!<br /><br />First it was done using computer graphics, which created entire rooms and filled them with the most unusual creatures (walking skeletons being a favourite of the designers) and then they added real life actors in order to create a realistic slant to the proceedings<br /><div><br />Second the main character was a young child around 12 though sometimes older who was for obvious reasons blindfolded using an unusual helmet</div><div><br /></div><p align="justify"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdmCGBxQ15I/AAAAAAAAAI0/_reiqLHKSkc/s1600-h/helmetrear.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033197098629126034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 189px" height="177" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdmCGBxQ15I/AAAAAAAAAI0/_reiqLHKSkc/s200/helmetrear.jpg" width="200" border="0" /></a></p><p align="justify"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdmAvRxQ1yI/AAAAAAAAAH8/DfjXfw6_gX8/s1600-h/helmetfront.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033195608275474210" style="CURSOR: hand" height="186" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdmAvRxQ1yI/AAAAAAAAAH8/DfjXfw6_gX8/s200/helmetfront.jpg" width="200" border="0" /></a></p><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdmAvhxQ1zI/AAAAAAAAAIE/AmS5Yo8Eqn0/s1600-h/helmetrear.jpg"></a><div>The helmet was called the helmet of justice (justice being blind) and this made way for the others in the team, namely the advisers!</div><div><br />There were three advisers, usually one was designated the spellcaster, another was the navigator and the third usually advised them on what to say to the various characters that the dungeoneer would meet on their quest.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdjXUxxQ1pI/AAAAAAAAAGI/3dVohvlGXGY/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033009335543846546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="175" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdjXUxxQ1pI/AAAAAAAAAGI/3dVohvlGXGY/s320/5.jpg" width="231" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdjXexxQ1qI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/oEvz6DgsilE/s1600-h/8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033009507342538402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 175px" height="188" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdjXexxQ1qI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/oEvz6DgsilE/s320/8.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></a> Here are a few pics taken from the fan website:</div><div><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.knightmare.com/">http://www.knightmare.com/</a></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>As you can see the graphics are poor compared to today's show but at least the show attempted to treat the kids as intelligent! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033196231045732178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdmBThxQ11I/AAAAAAAAAIU/OHmgxGV5eq0/s200/30.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033196231045732162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdmBThxQ10I/AAAAAAAAAIM/r6F3sqoHyPY/s200/15.jpg" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033196231045732194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdmBThxQ12I/AAAAAAAAAIc/KdpznjA26uQ/s200/27.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033196235340699506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdmBTxxQ13I/AAAAAAAAAIk/t9e5_ifDjko/s200/56.jpg" border="0" />The series ran until 1994, when the controller of ITV decided that the show had run it's course and cancelled it! </div><div> </div><div>However there is currently a campaign to re-commission the show and a all new virtual reality version in the works!</div><div> </div><div>As the series progressed, new innovations were created to allow for a bigger environment, this included actual locations taken from the outside world and new and deadlier challenges</div><br /><div>The deadliest challenge was introduced in the fourth series (1990) and was called the corridor of blades!</div><p align="justify"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdjbKhxQ1wI/AAAAAAAAAHA/P-usffyER1M/s1600-h/189.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033013557496698626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdjbKhxQ1wI/AAAAAAAAAHA/P-usffyER1M/s320/189.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></p><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p align="justify"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdjbKxxQ1xI/AAAAAAAAAHI/t_goPQ2MFqY/s1600-h/122.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033013561791665938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RdjbKxxQ1xI/AAAAAAAAAHI/t_goPQ2MFqY/s320/122.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p align="justify">I should point out that the dungeoneer didn't actually die! if they failed they were simply showed at the end in one piece and sent off with a scroll for their achievements!</p><div>The entire show was considered by most people to be a hit and it would be nice if the terrestrial channels decided to reshow this program but unfortunatley it can only be seen on satellite and cable on Challenge tv! (still brings back good memories though)</div>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-79895681721981233342007-01-29T23:45:00.000+00:002007-01-30T23:05:08.405+00:00Home & Away<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb_OOFrrChI/AAAAAAAAAFc/e_WBT-WC5p0/s1600-h/Holiday+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025962450607606290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb_OOFrrChI/AAAAAAAAAFc/e_WBT-WC5p0/s320/Holiday+010.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb_N-FrrCgI/AAAAAAAAAFU/dPF0HnKMP-E/s1600-h/Holiday+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025962175729699330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb_N-FrrCgI/AAAAAAAAAFU/dPF0HnKMP-E/s320/Holiday+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Thought I'd I'll tell you about my trip to Brighton; that was about 5 years ago and I actually had a very good time!<br /><br />Now despite what people think they know about the place it is very nice (if a little expensive) and caters for people of all preferences and tastes.<br />When I first went there it was just after my parents passed away and I needed to get away from it all, but being on a limited budget and wishing to see what Britain had to offer I chose Brighton and I actually began to relax.<br /><br />Brighton hasn't got much of a beach although it does claim that it has a <em>naturalist</em> beach somewhere (although I didn't have the guts to find it!) but it does have a excellent pier and plenty of shops to enjoy. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025791499880061410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="189" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb8yvcmHWeI/AAAAAAAAADE/Fo-camFcKDI/s320/Holiday+008.jpg" width="226" border="0" />I spent a week there and enjoyed it so much that a year later I went back and tried to see all there is to see of the place, I discovered that they also have a couple of flea markets that a person could buy loads of stuff.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div>My most recent holiday was to a little place in Cornwall called Par, I went camping for a weekend with a mate of mine called Steven and I enjoyed it very much!</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb8zbcmHWfI/AAAAAAAAADM/CU48i27tDKE/s1600-h/holiday+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025792255794305522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="167" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb8zbcmHWfI/AAAAAAAAADM/CU48i27tDKE/s320/holiday+003.jpg" width="258" border="0" /></a>That's me sat at the table reading, the photo was taken by Steven and it was him who put the tent up too! (I admit I'm not very good at camping!)</div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The weather did actually hold off and we were very close to a decent beach, although sunbathing wasn't included in our plans!</div><br /><div>We met quite a few people there who were taking advantage of the bank holiday (whitsun) and were caravaning or camping; when we arrived there were only a few tents and a scattering of caravans, by the time we left the place was thriving!</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb82XsmHWiI/AAAAAAAAADk/OMfCx1bCxkM/s1600-h/DSCI0177.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025795489904679458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb82XsmHWiI/AAAAAAAAADk/OMfCx1bCxkM/s200/DSCI0177.jpg" border="0" /></a>We also visited the Eden project in St. Austell, When I told people that I had always wanted to see it, people told me it would take more than one visit to experience it and I actually agree with them.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The large dome in the center is the core; here is where the cafe, visitor center and school project center are located; The main `Zones` are located either side; the dome at the back is the tropical zone and the one in the foreground is the temperate (Mediterranean) zone. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb84CMmHWjI/AAAAAAAAADs/wTMilM0iCa4/s1600-h/holiday+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025797319560747570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 202px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 179px" height="97" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb84CMmHWjI/AAAAAAAAADs/wTMilM0iCa4/s200/holiday+011.jpg" width="193" border="0" /></a>This is a shot from within the tropical zone. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>There are labels everywhere that tell you where many of the things we take for granted originally come from; It's a little strange to think that the rubber and elastic from your sofa or underwear comes from a plant! or that the chocolate that we eat start off as a tiny bean!</div><br /><div>The only problem with this zone is that the humidity is a killer! the atmosphere is oppressive, thick and very very warm!</div><br /><div>You don't want to be wearing a lot of clothing when you go unless you plan to lose a few pounds in weight from sweating!</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb85n8mHWkI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Ov2jv30LIiE/s1600-h/DSCI0174.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025799067612437058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb85n8mHWkI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Ov2jv30LIiE/s200/DSCI0174.jpg" border="0" /></a>This from the Mediterranean zone, here it's warm but not oppressive and it contains some beautiful structures!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div>The plantlife here tends to come from Itlay,Greece etc. and therefore is mostly citrus fruit and tomatoes, olives etc. </div><br /><div>One part of the tour I wouldn't recommend is the gift shop; it is way too expensive and many of the things they sell you can buy in a decent supermarket for a fraction of the price! (even the fairtrade stuff is expensive!)</div><br /><div>Each night we would go to one of the local pubs in Par and sit and listen to the local talent!</div><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb87G8mHWlI/AAAAAAAAAD8/JADM-FokC1E/s1600-h/holiday+024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025800699700009554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 162px" height="72" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Rb87G8mHWlI/AAAAAAAAAD8/JADM-FokC1E/s320/holiday+024.jpg" width="277" border="0" /></a></div><div>Often we would also eat out as the facilites on the site were not up to much; We found a lovely chippie in a place called Tywardreath and we pretty much enjoyed ourselves that weekend!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-41230732361218211672007-01-19T11:06:00.000+00:002007-01-20T10:37:52.171+00:00Fun & Games<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RbHwqsmHWbI/AAAAAAAAACo/fGt-WmAQU_o/s1600-h/Bedroom+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022059675811010994" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px" height="168" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RbHwqsmHWbI/AAAAAAAAACo/fGt-WmAQU_o/s320/Bedroom+004.jpg" width="288" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">Welcome To My Home</span></strong><br /><br />As you can see, I'm an avid DVD fan and also something of a gaming freak!<br />I can't say I own the biggest collection of games but I will admit that it is certainly impressive!<br />I own the following games consoles:<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (Not connected)<br />Super Nintendo Enterainment System (SNES)</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Nintendo 64 (N64) (Not connected)</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Nintendo Gamecube</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Sega Master System<br />Sega Mega Drive II/Mega-CD II</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Sega Saturn</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Sega Dreamcast</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Sony Playstation (Not connected)</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Sony Playstation 2</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div>The list of games when typed out is over 17 pages long and contains some gems!</div><br /><div>My mate Gary is also an avid games fan and tries to persuade me to buy the latest games which is not always possible due to a extremely tight budget!!</div><br /><br /><div>Luckily, He has a few games that I don't and we are always borrowing each other games and trying to help each other when the other gets stuck on a particular level!</div><br /><br /><div>I'm trying to save up enough to buy a XBox 360 but at the moment that is extremely hard, I used to own an XBox but the drawer stopped working so I've had to consign it to the space under the bed which is annoying as I have a decent collection of games and would prefer to try them on the new machine!<br /></div><br /><div>Still, So long as they don't all explode!</div></div>Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-39947480622105882882007-01-14T22:47:00.000+00:002007-01-21T19:11:34.315+00:00Me And My Mates<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RaqzM8mHWPI/AAAAAAAAAAY/FciW1rjtZVI/s1600-h/DSCI0208.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020021769663633650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/RaqzM8mHWPI/AAAAAAAAAAY/FciW1rjtZVI/s200/DSCI0208.JPG" border="0" /></a> These are two of my mates, Carly & Ben. As you can see they are quite the pair or at least I should say they were as they recently split up (sniff!) but at least they remain friends.<br /><br />Ben is quite a good friend although I haven't known him all that long, he is both friendly and infuriating at the same time; He is also quite the madcap as he will say one thing and then ten seconds later he will contradict himself! Still he's someone I would trust with my life! (and for me that saying something!)<br /><br />Carly is a bright and bubbly girl, she is currently taking driving lessons and as a result all motorists should ensure their affairs are in order (just joking Carly !).<br /><br />Generally speaking these two spend the most time with me when I'm in work and until recently I very rarely saw them outside of the workplace.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Raq1wMmHWQI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-2ksY2znl6M/s1600-h/DSCI0199.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020024574277277954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Raq1wMmHWQI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-2ksY2znl6M/s200/DSCI0199.JPG" border="0" /></a>This odd-looking fellow is another of my pals; his name is Michael and he is (like me) something of a geek. He often has discussions with me about how something is done with regard to japanese animation or occasionally we talk about the legal system (He's currently studying a law degree at Plymouth University) and as such we are regarded as the two eggheads of the Co-Op where we work.<br /><br /><br />However, I must point out in all fairness he has only been there for just over a year and as such doesn't know the other there like I do, so to some he seems stuck-up whereas I think it's just his way of doing things; In some ways he reminds me of me when I first started there.<br /><br /><br />Then there's Lee:<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Raq3xcmHWRI/AAAAAAAAAAo/H_ZcakYmjk8/s1600-h/Lee.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020026794775370002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Raq3xcmHWRI/AAAAAAAAAAo/H_ZcakYmjk8/s200/Lee.jpg" border="0" /></a>Lee is large and definitely in charge! He is even more outrageous than Ben but he also has a sensitive side that makes him a good mate and someone I would like to have around in a pinch! He would do anything for a mate and I think that I’m lucky to count him as one of mine. Lee also has a girlfriend and a baby girl which he is fiercely proud of and personally I think he will be a wonderful father figure as she grows up. Lee also has a wicked sense of humour and when he sets his mind to something never gives up (More on that later!).<br /><br />Finally there's Gary:<br />Gary is a few years younger than me (about 20 I think) and like me is a fan of the latest computer games and tries to persuade me to buy them even though I can’t always afford to! Gary is seeing a young lady called Danni who for the most part is very quiet and a little withdrawn (well, to me anyway) but is very devoted to Gary and a little possessive of him! Still if that’s what he wants he’s happy to have her.Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215426517233441392.post-50889802982730484672007-01-14T22:33:00.001+00:002007-01-30T18:36:33.293+00:00All About Me<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Raqv8cmHWOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WR_cuAC0Okk/s1600-h/DSCI0200.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020018187660908770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G7U3K-eNiy8/Raqv8cmHWOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WR_cuAC0Okk/s200/DSCI0200.JPG" border="0" /></a> Hi! My name is Aiden. I’m 24, medium-ish build with green eyes and although I’m described by some as `cute` I don’t see it myself!<br />I live in a little town called Teignmouth, down in South Devon, about an hour from Exeter by public transport; it’s not a bad little place but it’s awfully small and not really a place for the young.<br /><br />I enjoy reading Science fiction and fantasy, especially sword and sorcery type stuff, I watch a wide range of programmes from ER to Yu-Gi-Oh! (That’s a Japanese/American cartoon that’s very popular at the moment to those who don’t know) and love to talk about almost anything. I'm also somethink of a geek as I enjoy (for that read obessed with) computers and computer gaming.<br /><br />I'll be posting irregularly as I divide my time between home (more on that later) and work (even more on that later) so It will depend on my free time.Aidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08993091000218655611noreply@blogger.com2