Going Live

Hi all … its Christmas time and like switching on of Christmas lights my blog will come to life at mid-night tonight. I hope you enjoy.

Iffy footy stream

Sitting in on a Saturday afternoon watching an iffy stream of Watford v Cardiff City on the internet thinking of past times when I would be there.

 

I was single then without a care in the world except I was usually in between some kind of employment. However, marriage and three kids put my travelling to away games to a rare beast. The wife never said I couldn’t go but with money tight it was an expense I couldn’t in my heart feel happy about.

 

I enjoyed the trips to the likes of Leeds and the old Millwall ground either on the supporters coach or independently it was always a good day out. It annoys me every day my mental problems with crowds and having my personal space invaded but I am working on it.

 

I suppose now I am one of those armchair supporters so-called real fans hate so much but I always will be a Cardiff City fan and will die blue Mr Tan.

Go away Black Friday

Plod at a Cardiff Tesco store

Send Black Friday back over the pond to America and the media madness with it. It’s the main story on TV news this morning people falling through doors, fighting and the internet crashing on most of the major online stores.

Flat screen TV seem to be the main target, the bigger the better along with iPads, and coffee machines high on the target list. There will be lots of disappointment for the late shoppers with the shelves being bare.

The police were called to stores in Cardiff after scuffles broke out. People queued outside Tesco store on Excelsior Road from about 6pm according to local reports waiting for the midnight starting gun to fire. If you weren’t in a queue than you were more than likely tapping away at the internet but you would end up queuing because of the high traffic on all the major stores websites.

There have been reports of looting at some stores around the country more likely to be shoplifting but we know how the media like to exaggerate. Some shoppers have their prized bargains ripped out of their hands in the madness that is Black Friday. Shoppers were limited to one per customer on the bigger items and on most other electrical items.

I will be keeping my money in my pocket.

The UKip cookbook

I have been waiting for this cookbook! Well yes, I am what you could call a very bland eater who is not a fan of much of the foreign muck. Not that I am an Ukipper in life and politics but food I am a card-carrying member.

 

English classics are my favourite, fish and chips, Sunday dinner, and curry. Yes, I have had the debate about curry before. Today’s curries are designed for the UK market and are nothing like the curries I remember from my childhood, many years ago. Kebab meat or chopped pork there is no contest the latter any day and you can keep your pizza, give me a pie.

 

By classic, I mean simply meals not fancied up fish and chip the celebrities’ chefs conjure up. They all seem to have their own way of presenting fish and chips when the only way is to find yourself a good chippy.

 

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The book is not a cook book really but a piss take on UKIP and their foreign hating ways. The book funded via Kickstarter with a fund raising target of £1,500, which was exceeded.

 

Therefore, will the Ukip Cookbook be a must for your Christmas stocking. Maybe next to Jamie Oliver and Nigella on the bookshelf. The book is available from Waterstones online and Amazon.

 

 

 

Five sh*gs get one free

A nice little Sunday newspaper story and todays offering is a former supermarket worker that has come up with a novel way of rewarding her customer or more apt to say clients.

Now working in the sex industry as a sex worker she has taken the buy one get one free up a level or two be offering regular clients five romps, get a sixth free. She issues her own loyalty card just like the supermarkets.

The mum-of-one 26-year-old who advertises on a number of adult internet sites boasts: "I'm a sexy brunette in my late 20s offering all sexual services from my flat in Leeds and, seeing as money is short this Christmas, I am offering a loyalty scheme for my regular clients.

"It is really simple. You come and visit me for five sessions - half hour or full hour - and you get the sixth one free. Simples. Talk about more bang for your buck. Now get arranging those naughty sessions guys."

Known as Kara, she charges £40 for half an hour and double your money for an hour from a Leeds flat. It’s unknown if any of her clients/punters have saved up to enough shags to receive their freebie but she is reported to be busy. I think (I KNOW) the wife would not be happy if she found this Loyalty card in my wallet.

FA Cup

It is what the FA Cup is all about, a bit of giant killing. Last night when non-league Warrington Town, a hundred or so places below league club Exeter beat them it got the first round off to an interesting start. To add to the excitement the game was live on national TV in front of the Match of the Day cameras.

 

They were appearing in the FA Cup first round for the first time in their 65-year history, with Craig Robinson the hero for Warrington Town scoring the only goal of the game. The non-league club now progress into the second round of the FA Cup courtesy of the victory over Exeter.

 

The non-league club pocketed £18000 for the win and along with prize money from earlier rounds, we can see why a cup run is so important to these small clubs. Many more non-league clubs in the competition this weekend will be hoping they will be the big news story like Warrington either beating league opposition or just progressing into the next round. Like all the teams in the First round being league or non-league they are looking to progress to the third round when the Championship and Premier League club enter the competition.

Want a Monty ... FIGHT

Have you seen the John Lewis Christmas ad? Millions have with thousands desperate to lay their hand on the star ‘Monty the penguin’. The cuddly toy is not cheap at £95 but it sold out online and they have been shifting out of their stores at an incredible rate with many sold out.

 

However, some are willing to forgo the Christmas spirit in the pursuit of a quick buck and smell money to be made. Little Peter or Gillian Christmas present is popping up on eBay auction site at well above the retail price. Has you can see from the picture unless John Lewis can lay their hands on more, you will have to dig deep if you desperately want a Monty.

 

It’s is now the must have Christmas present of 2014