Well, at long last, Gordon’s bags are packed and we are instead celebrating the marriage of Dodgy Dave and Naughty Nick. It’s a ‘seismic shift’ in British politics apparently.
Annoyed by my narrow defeat in the Fantasy League I’ve already started formulating my team for next season but then again, I know what will happen, they’ll up all the prices, I’ll run out of money and end up with only half of the players I want and a team full of Blackpool players...
Oops, cheap crack but you have to laugh, poor old Forest. Although I must say Billy D seems to be taking it well. Maybe that’s because it’s about time for him to move on again. He doesn’t like to let the grass grow too long under his feet.
Unfortunately I didn’t get to watch it. I was dog training yet again, dodging the rain showers. It’s a shame because Forest’s capitulation to Yeovil the other year, from a winning position, was one of the highlights of that year.
It’s sad that I’ve had far more ‘entertainment’ out of teams like Leeds and Forest in the last few years than I have out of Derby. Suppose this wouldn’t be the case if Derby actually supplied us with some entertainment. You never know, next season we might get a ‘seismic shift’ there as well... but I'm not holding my breath.
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
As Clear As Mud
So we’ve had an election and somebody has won... only they haven’t and somebody has lost... only they haven’t. We have a new prime minister... only we haven’t. It's all as clear as mud. It’s no wonder nobody has any faith in politics any more. Perhaps I was wrong urging people to vote.
Unlike Son, Daughter appears to be taking an interest in the entire political goings-on’s, even though she isn’t yet old enough to vote. Not that it stopped that 14 year old lad who’s in the news today.
Daughter poses some great questions to me by email, which isn’t necessarily what you want when you’re in the pub and on your third pint... or perhaps that’s the best time. I’m out on a bit of a session tonight with some work colleagues. Although I didn't think it was going to happen, it's been on and off all day long, just like an election result.
One of the things Daughter asks is ‘Why were the Lib Dem’s never going to be in power? And if they were never going to be in power what was the point of them trying?’
What a good point! Has anyone got Nick Clegg’s email address? I'll ask him. Mind you he’s a bit busy right now sorting out this hung parliament business. Which was what her third question related to.
‘Say someone won, what's the point of other people being there in parliament? It isn’t their business because they lost.’
Blindingly good logic, that I can’t cope with right now. Someone get me another drink, so I can try and explain our form of democracy and ‘first past the post’.
As for question number six, ‘When do we find out who won...?’ That’s anyone’s guess.
Unlike Son, Daughter appears to be taking an interest in the entire political goings-on’s, even though she isn’t yet old enough to vote. Not that it stopped that 14 year old lad who’s in the news today.
Daughter poses some great questions to me by email, which isn’t necessarily what you want when you’re in the pub and on your third pint... or perhaps that’s the best time. I’m out on a bit of a session tonight with some work colleagues. Although I didn't think it was going to happen, it's been on and off all day long, just like an election result.
One of the things Daughter asks is ‘Why were the Lib Dem’s never going to be in power? And if they were never going to be in power what was the point of them trying?’
What a good point! Has anyone got Nick Clegg’s email address? I'll ask him. Mind you he’s a bit busy right now sorting out this hung parliament business. Which was what her third question related to.
‘Say someone won, what's the point of other people being there in parliament? It isn’t their business because they lost.’
Blindingly good logic, that I can’t cope with right now. Someone get me another drink, so I can try and explain our form of democracy and ‘first past the post’.
As for question number six, ‘When do we find out who won...?’ That’s anyone’s guess.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
It’s Only April
Bike again and yes it’s still windy.
As cycling seemed to work last week as regards a prelude to playing squash I thought I’d do the same again this week. Then when I go 2-0 down I start to seriously doubt my strategy but it gets better and I win the next two games to level at 2-2. He looks seriously worried. I’m trailing in the decider but not by much when our time is up and we get thrown off the court. We’ll call that one a draw then shall we. I have now won as many games so far this year as I did in the whole of last year and it’s only April.
He claims the heat got to him. Oddly it is hot on court, even before we started. Why do they overheat leisure centres, when most of the activities are surely going to require people to want to be cooled down?
Afterwards, there are quite a few people in the pub so obviously not everyone has stayed in to watch the great Election debate on TV. Is anybody bothered? One of the market research companies I do a few surveys for obviously are. They email me and ask if I’ve watched the debate and if I have, can I give them some feedback asap so that it can be in the papers tomorrow. So I cheat and watch the very edited highlights on the internet, then fill in their survey.
The company claim to have got the data to The Times within an hour of the debate closing and a report appeared on TimesOnLine ten minutes later.
My approach wasn’t very scientific and just proves that you shouldn’t read too much into these polls or anything in the media for that matter.
Earlier in the week, L saw this on the BBC website, claiming that dogs are now banned completely from more than 70 parks and open spaces in Nottinghamshire.
Appalled, I emailed Newark and Sherwood District Council to find out what was going on, only to get a reply saying that they have not banned dogs from any parks, only from a number of children's play areas, which isn't unreasonable. So the media got things completely wrong yet again and so far I haven’t seen a correction on the BBC’s website.
As cycling seemed to work last week as regards a prelude to playing squash I thought I’d do the same again this week. Then when I go 2-0 down I start to seriously doubt my strategy but it gets better and I win the next two games to level at 2-2. He looks seriously worried. I’m trailing in the decider but not by much when our time is up and we get thrown off the court. We’ll call that one a draw then shall we. I have now won as many games so far this year as I did in the whole of last year and it’s only April.
He claims the heat got to him. Oddly it is hot on court, even before we started. Why do they overheat leisure centres, when most of the activities are surely going to require people to want to be cooled down?
Afterwards, there are quite a few people in the pub so obviously not everyone has stayed in to watch the great Election debate on TV. Is anybody bothered? One of the market research companies I do a few surveys for obviously are. They email me and ask if I’ve watched the debate and if I have, can I give them some feedback asap so that it can be in the papers tomorrow. So I cheat and watch the very edited highlights on the internet, then fill in their survey.
The company claim to have got the data to The Times within an hour of the debate closing and a report appeared on TimesOnLine ten minutes later.
My approach wasn’t very scientific and just proves that you shouldn’t read too much into these polls or anything in the media for that matter.
Earlier in the week, L saw this on the BBC website, claiming that dogs are now banned completely from more than 70 parks and open spaces in Nottinghamshire.
Appalled, I emailed Newark and Sherwood District Council to find out what was going on, only to get a reply saying that they have not banned dogs from any parks, only from a number of children's play areas, which isn't unreasonable. So the media got things completely wrong yet again and so far I haven’t seen a correction on the BBC’s website.
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