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The Great Crazy Eight

Grandad December 21st, 2007

I have been tagged again. Twice. Despite all I have said.

Dave over at Cognitive Edge has tagged me for eight things about myself, that people don’t know. I’d throw rocks at him for that but he says nice things about me, so I won’t. However, I have done this one so many times [twice? Three times?] that there is nothing left to say. He’ll have to make do with………….

A meme from Summer-Raine.

This one apparently is known as the Crazy 8. These memes are like bloody viruses.

Do not assume any significance in the order I have placed these!

8 THINGS I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT

1 - Honesty

2 - Freedom

3 - My dog and other animals

4 - My family

5 - Spelling and grammar

6 - Life

7 - My home and garden

8 - Peace and quiet

8 THINGS I SAY OFTEN

1 - F*ck

2 - Have they not gotten rid of Harney yet?

3 - I can’t remember

4 - Did you see my pipe anywhere?

5 - I’ll do it tomorrow

6 - Yes Dear!

7 - What?

8 - It wasn’t me. It was the dog.

8 BOOKS I RECENTLY READ

1 - Sacred Stone - Clive Cussler

2 - The Throwback - Tom Sharpe

3 - A spot of Bother - Mark Haddon

4 - Wilt in Nowhere - Tom Sharpe

5 - Frankly I read so many books, I’ve forgotten their names

6 - ditto

7 - ditto

8 - ditto

8 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE

1 - Finish the book what I’m writing

2 - See my grandchildren grow up

3 - Grow old

4 - Finish that damned jigsaw Herself gave me

5 - Fly a light aircraft [just once more]

6 - See Ahern declared bankrupt

7 - See Dubya convicted of war crimes

8 - Pay that bill…

8 SONGS I CAN LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN

1 - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

2 - Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits

3 - Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit

4 - Fotheringay - Fairport Convention

5 - The Four Seasons - Vivaldi

6 - Eine Kline Nacht Musik - Mozart

7 - Adiemus - Karl Jenkins

8 - The soundtrack from ‘Shipping News’ - Christopher Young

8 THINGS THAT ATTRACT ME TO MY FRIENDS

1 - Honesty

2 - Humour

3 - The ability to forget themselves

4 - Untidiness [tidy people scare me and minimalists freak me out altogether]

5 - Modesty [I dislike people who brag]

6 - Must be able to tolerate the smell of pipe smoke!

7 - Not hypocrites

8 - Animal lovers

8 THINGS I LEARNED IN THE LAST YEAR

1 - Apparently I can write

2 - You can make friends in the strangest of places

3 - Not all Americans are rotten

4 - The older you get, the better life is

5 - Life is full of surprises

6 - Acacia is a very fast growing tree

7 - Three year old granddaughters are the funniest people

8 - Windows Vista can actually work, with some patience and hacking

8 SUCKERS WHO ARE GOING TO GET DONE WITH THIS MEME

Now I have a problem.

I can either tag total strangers, which would be nasty, or I can tag people I know won’t respond, which seems a bit pointless. Or I can get revenge on all the people who have tagged me. But I have been tagged so many times recently, that I have used that store up.

So I’m going to pass on this one.

No I’m not. I’m going to pass it on to Kirk at Just Thinkin’ because he is daft enough to accept it.

If you are up to a challenge, then you too can try it. It’s better that the usual “7 things you don’t know about me” because it requires a little thought. Not much; just a little.

Memes , Rambles
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Don’t forget your anti-freeze

Grandad December 21st, 2007

At last.

One of my best days of the year.

Newgrange has seen the sun, and from now on the days get longer.

newgrangeint

I got a new laptop recently, because the old one was getting rude. I put everything I needed on it like Firefox and Anti-Virus and things like that.

But I forgot to put in Anti-freeze.

We had the first real hard frost of the winter this morning, which is appropriate, because this is officially the first day of winter. But my laptop was frozen solid.

I knew what to do though as I am a resourceful person. I filled a deep baking tray with warm water and immersed the laptop for a while.

The trouble then was that it was wet. I tried a hair-dryer, but that didn’t work very well, so I put it in the oven for a bit. That was slow going though, so in the end, I put it in the microwave. That worked perfectly.

So my laptop is now ice-free and nice and clean.

I am now going to go out and dance naked in the garden to celebrate the Solstice.

Rambles , computers
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What the perverts are looking for

Grandad December 20th, 2007

I am sick and tired on people coming to this site looking for pornography.

I have done my best to satisfy their perverted pleasures.

For reasons known only to God, and a butterfly in Bolivia, I’m currently being inundated with requests for "Paris Hilton Nude Pussy".

So here you go.

I name this cat
Paris Hilton

Internet , Rambles
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Today’s Post

Grandad December 20th, 2007

With thanks to Cully.

Note my cameo appearance at the start.

I’ll let it speak for itself….

Digital Media Awards

Grandad December 19th, 2007

I have been a bit churlish.

Well. actually, I am a bit embarrassed.

You see, I got a phone call last Friday. I answered it.

"Hello! Is that Grandad?"

"It is indeed"

"Congratulations! You have been shortlisted for the Digital Media Awards!"

I didn’t know what to say. My memory being what it is, I didn’t remember entering. I told her this. But she said I had entered, and it was a long time ago. Which probably explains why I had forgotten.

Anyway, she said she would be phoning the others and could I shut up until then. So I did. She wouldn’t tell me who the others were, either. All very cloak and dagger.

She sent me the logo on Monday and I stuck it on the sidebar.

Now, when I say I’m embarrassed, it’s because I honestly don’t think I am the best blogger around. I didn’t want to appear like I was bragging by putting a big post up saying "LOOK AT ME". But the others have because they have every right to, and they have linked to me, and that is very nice of them.

The other four finalists are [in no particular order]…

I’m not going to say who my favourite is [I think they know!], but I wish them all the very best of luck.

So head over to them and congratulate them!!

DMA Finalist