The weather in the UK is slowly springing into spring. Having faced the lowest temperature for a long time in January and then tons of snow just two weeks ago the weather has changed drastically and the temperature is starting to hit double figures. The weather is also matching with the sun beating down all of today, even the flat is celebrating and Ive managed to open the window in the kitchen to allow some form of air flow.
As you will remember from my early posts about my flat and how awful the bathroom looked the day I moved in I am finally starting some more DIY and plan to make a few changes in there. Im not getting rid of the existing suite as that would be too much work I would think, however I have bought some lovely new taps this week and hope to get them fitted one night this week without too much hassle. After that the area around the bath is to be tiled with plain white tiles with a black strip of tiles through it to break up the colour. After that the walls are being repainted with a grey colour (I wanted to keep the blue but the boss has other ideas) probably a light grey but that still has to be determined. After that tile laminate will go down as the flooring which should add a bit of temperature to the floor in the room as well as a contrast in colour (plan to put a grey/black colour in there).
Once that is done it will be the turn of the kitchen to have new worktops, cupboards, tiles and flooring. When that will be Ive not quite worked out but hopefully in the next month or so.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Basketball the Questions
OK Im a bit of a fan of most sports and this evening have been watching the Duke - UNC game from last Wednesday night and would like to ask a few questions about the game. Firstly appologies on how stupid the questions maybe but I need to get some answers to assist me.
1) What exactly is a Field Goal?
2) What are the rules on players in Collage basketball?
3) How long do players get to stay playing for collage teams?
4) Where do they go after Collage basketball, surely they all dont go to the NBA?
5) Are all home supports like the Duke support? by that I mean colourful and loud.
6) I know why shot fouls go to the free throw line but why do other fouls go there too?
Im sure that I will think of some more in due course however I would like to make the following opservations about the game.
1) The crowd were exceedingly loud and colourful.
2) Although used to ice hockey (my #1 American sport) I found this game exceedingly fast and frantic.
3) Duke seemed to be slow off the staring blocks in the two halfs going down 11 early on in the first and then loosing wha appeared a good in the second and then failing to recover from going down.
4) Dukes #3 Paulus seemed to be everywhere early on making some great plays. I presume he is one tio watch in the future to hit the NBA
1) What exactly is a Field Goal?
2) What are the rules on players in Collage basketball?
3) How long do players get to stay playing for collage teams?
4) Where do they go after Collage basketball, surely they all dont go to the NBA?
5) Are all home supports like the Duke support? by that I mean colourful and loud.
6) I know why shot fouls go to the free throw line but why do other fouls go there too?
Im sure that I will think of some more in due course however I would like to make the following opservations about the game.
1) The crowd were exceedingly loud and colourful.
2) Although used to ice hockey (my #1 American sport) I found this game exceedingly fast and frantic.
3) Duke seemed to be slow off the staring blocks in the two halfs going down 11 early on in the first and then loosing wha appeared a good in the second and then failing to recover from going down.
4) Dukes #3 Paulus seemed to be everywhere early on making some great plays. I presume he is one tio watch in the future to hit the NBA
6 Nations Rugby - Week 2
Ok firstly you will have noticed that I didnt update the results last Sunday, it wasnt anything to do with the fact that Scotland lost 26-13 against Wales but more the fact that I forgot. However Wales deserved their 13 point win and infact should have won it by some more points after Wales missed quite a few kicks. The Scots were never really in it to be honest.
This weekend saw the Scots travel to Paris for the first game of the weekend. The scots had a slightly better result Scoring their second try of the competition however giving away too many penalties which led to the Scots 8 point loss. In the second game of the weekend the Welsh showed that the win of last years chamionship by beating a stuggling English side by 8 points with penalties again winning them the tie. In the Sunday game Ireland struggled early on to go into the half time interval down a point but took over in the second half to run home in excess of 30 points to no reply in the second half.
This weekend saw the Scots travel to Paris for the first game of the weekend. The scots had a slightly better result Scoring their second try of the competition however giving away too many penalties which led to the Scots 8 point loss. In the second game of the weekend the Welsh showed that the win of last years chamionship by beating a stuggling English side by 8 points with penalties again winning them the tie. In the Sunday game Ireland struggled early on to go into the half time interval down a point but took over in the second half to run home in excess of 30 points to no reply in the second half.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
6 Nations Rugby - Week 1 - Day 1
Well the 6 nations rugby has officially started today with England hosting Italy in the first of todays games at 3 this afternoon. England won their opening encounter of the championship however their performance was quite poor. Errors in selection left the Italians in trouble as their scrum-half for the day had his hand in gifting the English with their first 3 tries in the first half of the game. The Italians eventually lost the game by 36-11 however they had the higher percentage of both possetion and territory in the game however lost the game due to their first half errors with England running in 2 further tries in the second half to seal a fortunate win for the English.
This evening the French have travelled to Dublin with the game fairly close. The French scored the first try of the match and both teams playing reasonably well to entertain the Croke Park crowd. Ireland took a 3 point lead into the interval at half time. During a closely fought second half they extended their lead to come out on top with a 30-21 victory over the French
Tomorrow sees the Scots host the Welsh in the Sunday afternoon game.
This evening the French have travelled to Dublin with the game fairly close. The French scored the first try of the match and both teams playing reasonably well to entertain the Croke Park crowd. Ireland took a 3 point lead into the interval at half time. During a closely fought second half they extended their lead to come out on top with a 30-21 victory over the French
Tomorrow sees the Scots host the Welsh in the Sunday afternoon game.
Friday, February 06, 2009
The snow continues
Its now Friday, went back to work on Wednesday although due to the car being stuck still I managed to grab a lift off my friend. Thursday I managed to get the car out and they finally salted the estate so driving away from home is a bit easier.
It snowed again today not so much as there had been but still a little to turn the roads white for a bit atleast. Not sure what it will do this weekend snow wise maybe a bit more we will see.
On a sporting note the 6 nations championship starts this weekend with Scotland facing Wales on Sunday at Murrayfield. Hopefully we can score a few tries as the main kicker is not believed to be starting not sure why he isnt starting as I dont think there is a better kicker in world rugby at the moment let alone in Scotland. Maybe I will be proved wrong but here hopes that they win anyways.
It snowed again today not so much as there had been but still a little to turn the roads white for a bit atleast. Not sure what it will do this weekend snow wise maybe a bit more we will see.
On a sporting note the 6 nations championship starts this weekend with Scotland facing Wales on Sunday at Murrayfield. Hopefully we can score a few tries as the main kicker is not believed to be starting not sure why he isnt starting as I dont think there is a better kicker in world rugby at the moment let alone in Scotland. Maybe I will be proved wrong but here hopes that they win anyways.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Snow Day 2
Ive got a second day off work today I tried to get the car out, having removed the 20cm (8in) of snow off the car I then reversed out of the spot into the snow. where the car got stuck on some ice. Thankfully some guys gave me a push back into the spot with the wheels just spining and I got back into the flat. The snow is melting (slowly) but it is now a bit icy so dont think the car is going too far too soon. Wonder if work will be open tomorrow?
View out the window yesterday
Icicles on the lamp-posts
My car with all the snow on it
View out the window yesterday
Icicles on the lamp-posts
My car with all the snow on itMonday, February 02, 2009
Ground to a halt
Well I think I might just post once a month unless anything really exciting happens. This way I will have a bit more to say and I will manage to update things with a bit more regularity, who knows I might even get into it a bit more.
Well January has now departed and Rabbie Burns was born over 250 years ago, not that I went to a Burns Supper, not a huge fan for Haggis or whisky so dont see the point really. Anyway January was its usual busy self. With New year out of the way it was back to work and the fun that that brought with burst water pipes due to the freezing temps (see earlier post). January for the past few years brings the Bentley Copse Frost Camp, as yet we havent had a frosty one and this year was no exception as the temperature had heated up quite a bit from the previous week. This year Andrea was down for the weekend too so that was good we spent the weekend together working on the campsite. I managed to do my ankle in when I fell over and two weeks later Im still getting some pain in it but for the most part it is healing quite nicely.
Today I have managed to get another Monday off work, it wasnt planned that way it just happened. Last night about 7-10 inches of snow feel, now to many that isnt much however to us here in the UK that is a disasterous amount of snow as the country just colapses. You see we are not geared up for snow regardless of how much warning we get. Im not critisising anyone as that would be unfair but sections of the Motorway were quite bad last night at 9pm only a few hours after the snow had started and sections of roads were closed. Now had these been country roads I could understand but they are the major trunk routes about the countryt that should get priority. Anyway less of the moaning after all I am sat at home watching snowflakes continue to fall out of the sky whilst laughing at people digging their cars out and reving their engines hard so that they can go out somewhere as they have the day off work. As for the outlook its to snow off and on all week with the risk of some rain at some point, Ill be back at work tomorrow Im sure, dont think that I could stand too many days watching day-time TV.
Last nights view when I got home
Had I know that I was going to have the day off I would have stayed up and watched the whole of the Superbowl incidently apparently the steelers won the game.
Off to apply for some jobs and look at somewhere to go on holiday. Might arrange some DIY and watch a movie. Have a good day.
Well January has now departed and Rabbie Burns was born over 250 years ago, not that I went to a Burns Supper, not a huge fan for Haggis or whisky so dont see the point really. Anyway January was its usual busy self. With New year out of the way it was back to work and the fun that that brought with burst water pipes due to the freezing temps (see earlier post). January for the past few years brings the Bentley Copse Frost Camp, as yet we havent had a frosty one and this year was no exception as the temperature had heated up quite a bit from the previous week. This year Andrea was down for the weekend too so that was good we spent the weekend together working on the campsite. I managed to do my ankle in when I fell over and two weeks later Im still getting some pain in it but for the most part it is healing quite nicely.
Today I have managed to get another Monday off work, it wasnt planned that way it just happened. Last night about 7-10 inches of snow feel, now to many that isnt much however to us here in the UK that is a disasterous amount of snow as the country just colapses. You see we are not geared up for snow regardless of how much warning we get. Im not critisising anyone as that would be unfair but sections of the Motorway were quite bad last night at 9pm only a few hours after the snow had started and sections of roads were closed. Now had these been country roads I could understand but they are the major trunk routes about the countryt that should get priority. Anyway less of the moaning after all I am sat at home watching snowflakes continue to fall out of the sky whilst laughing at people digging their cars out and reving their engines hard so that they can go out somewhere as they have the day off work. As for the outlook its to snow off and on all week with the risk of some rain at some point, Ill be back at work tomorrow Im sure, dont think that I could stand too many days watching day-time TV.
Last nights view when I got homeHad I know that I was going to have the day off I would have stayed up and watched the whole of the Superbowl incidently apparently the steelers won the game.
Off to apply for some jobs and look at somewhere to go on holiday. Might arrange some DIY and watch a movie. Have a good day.
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