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People In Our Town Are So Smrt

May 1st, 2009 flattley
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OK, before you get on me about the spelling of the title – I have done it on purpose to show what I am talking about.

We went to one of the local eateries called Mamma Mia, a supposed Italian restaurant. While we were ordering from the lunchtime menu, I noticed a spelling mistake and HAD to take a picture of it. The picture is included below. Click on it to view the full size.

In case you didn’t notice, they are selling deserts for £3.25/$4.65 a piece. So, I thought I would compile a list of the top 10 deserts to see what kind of real estate £3.25/$4.65 will get you.

1. Antarctic – 13,829,430 (km2) – 5,339,573 (mi2)
2. Arctic – 13,700,000 (km2) – 5,300,000 (mi2)
3. Sahara – 9,100,000 (km2) – 3,320,000 (mi2)
4. Arabian – 2,330,000 (km2) – 900,000 (mi2)
5. Gobi – 1,300,000 (km2) – 500,000 (mi2)
6. Kalahari – 900,000 (km2) – 360,000 (mi2)
7. Patagonian – 670,000 (km2) – 260,000 (mi2)
8. Great Victoria – 647,000 (km2) – 250,000 (mi2)
9. Syrian – 520,000 (km2) – 200,000 (mi2)
10. Great Basin – 492,000 (km2) – 190,000 (mi2)

I think we’d all agree that the real estate of the deserts is cheap at half the price.

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Our Day In Derby

April 19th, 2009 flattley
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So, this last weekend (18 – 19 Apr 09) has been quite the weekend.

Saturday:

We wake up at 05:45am – I say we, I mean me. Got in the taxi at 07:00, arrived at the station at 07:10 ready for the 07:29 train. £55 for the tickets I hasten to add. Turns out that the train was running about 10 mins late. Should have realised what the day was gonna be like then.

We finally got to Derby and promptly headed for some breakfast because both of us were hungry – hungry enough to pay out the butt for breakfast. That was a nice and costly £14.

After breakfast, we headed out for a taxi to go to the church where the wedding was. We were foolishly thinking that it was gonna fairly cheap as it was only a couple miles away. How dumb we were – there was a £2 hire charge first of all. We jumped in and told the driver where to take us. We got ever worried as the meter approached the amount of money we had. When we got to £6.30 we had to tell the driver to pull over. We found a shop and got directions from the shop keeper to the chapel. Turned out to be a 10 min walk up hill to the church.

As we were approaching the church, the limo with the bride in pulled up to the door. We thought we were late for the wedding. Turns out she broke with tradition and was early. Luckily the kept her out there for a few more mins. We were lucky. The ceremony was a good ceremony. We sat around for what seemed like hours while the photos were taken (The part I hate the most about weddings – didn’t like having to sit around for photos at my own)

The food was quite nice. They had a carvery kinda thing going on. The most entertaining part of the reception was the camel that was sitting on the table next to us. She was chewing with her gob wide open. I looked over one time and found some food stuck on her lip and she was chewing away. Forgot we were at a wedding!

We left at about 15:30 and headed to M&S to spend a voucher we had from Christmas 2007. It was the worst decision ever – we were both tired and hot and bothered. We decided to head for the station and go home. We had to wait 40 mins in Derby for the train. We had to change at Leicester and had a 40 min wait there for our train home.

On our way home, I was messing about with the camera and i’m going to include a picture I took when we stopped at Melton Mowbray station. The woman in the pic just happened to walk by as I captured the shot. That is our photo of the week.

By the time we got home we were ready to sleep. We didn’t watch too much TV and when we got into bed we both rolled over and were asleep in no time at all.

Sunday:

Our day today has got to have been the most boring day we have ever had. We skipped church today coz we both needed our sleep from our tiresome day yesterday.

We have done nothing all day. We ended up playing Nintendo DS. We played Super Mario Brothers. I have to say that it is funny to watch Jamie as she is playing it and to hear here when she loses a life. It is very funny. Best part of it all – she gets all excited when she gets a 7-up. (To you and me, that is an extra life) That was the extent of our day. BTW – she just screamed loud coz she lost a life

Here is the pic I mentioned earlier, imposter included

Melton Mowbray with the imposter

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April 9th = Dies Diei Horrendus

April 9th, 2009 flattley
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So, I am officially declaring April 9th as my horrible day.

We took the car in for an MOT and of course, as it is us and we have no luck, it failed. Here are the reasons it failed:

001 Rear (unable to locate rear seat belts) Statutory seat belt missing
002 Nearside front Headlamp aim too low
003 Nearside front Headlamp insecure
004 Nearside inner front Brake disc(s) excessively pitted
005 Offside inner front Brake disc(s) excessively pitted
006 Offside rear Stop lamp not working
007 Offside outer front lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint **DANGEROUS**

So, this is all jargon to me. I understand the headlamp and seat belt one. Apparently they can’t lift the seat to see if the belt is there. Talk about lazy. LOL. **EDIT** £27.50 to find all this out. I then asked the cost to get it repaired: £150. I about fell of my chair!

So, my question is: why is it ok to have dodgy brakes? Surely the brakes should be marked as dangerous too. Note to self: who cares if your brakes are knackered!

Also today, we went to Peterborough District Hospital so Jamie could have an endoscopy to see if she has coeliac disease. In a fashion never before experienced with the NHS, Jamie was done quicker than usual! Gasps go here!

Now we are home and Jamie is sleeping off her pain and sedation. I am busy watching The Apprentice.

I will get back to you when I am done, well maybe

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Same blog, different host

April 7th, 2009 flattley
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So, i’ve moved my blog to a new host. The transition seems to have been pretty smooth apart from a couple of 404 and 500 errors in the process.

They all seemed to have been ironed out now, so I should be back to blogging again in the very near future.

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Laundromat: Rinse, Spin & Wash Your Money Away

February 16th, 2009 flattley
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Let me preface this post by saying that our washing machine is broken

We decided that 2 weeks without doing any laundry was long enough. We bundled it all together and put it in a suitcase. We then hauled the suitcase up to the laundromat.

I foolishly thought that it wouldn’t be too expensive to do the laundry (I’ve not been to a laundromat in about 8 years)

It cost £3 for a small load and £6 for a large load. I was shocked. It cost us £15 just to wash all our clothes. We then had to dry some of them because we didn’t want to take them home wet. That cost us about another £6. All in all, we spent £21 on laundry.

I will never go to the laundromat again. It would have been cheaper to rent a washing machine – or even buy some new clothes!

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