tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63601952007-07-25T20:25:37.088+01:00MikeBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-24685256244081105652007-07-25T20:16:00.000+01:002007-07-25T20:25:37.117+01:00

So, it doesn't look like i'm doing very well with maintaining my blog does it now? Quick update - and once again, i hope it will become more frequent in time. Still being screwed around at work - I've been offered a job as a Principal Instrumentation Engineer working on the Nuclear side of things, with potential to work on Civil Nuke projects as well as military, which is good, and they are

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-62097545939716933542007-03-18T23:02:00.000Z2007-03-18T23:12:18.097Z

Okay, so here we are - it's March, and it would appear i haven't adhered to my New Year's Resolution as well as i had hoped. I'm still stuck between the rock (manger who knows i can't do his job compentantly, but is stubborn enough to make me do it) and hard place (job i'm not currently trained for, but really want to do), and will continue to be so until someone makes a decision. I never

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-21823915309909155742006-12-29T14:29:00.000Z2006-12-29T16:26:34.762Z

Okay, so new year, New Year's Resolutions. The first being to wirte my blog on a more regular basis. The rest - well i've two days to decide what they are. At home for Christmas, will hopefully have something more exciting to say after the weekend, when i'm back in work. Mike

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1102288989699901932004-12-05T23:16:00.000Z2004-12-05T23:23:09.700Z

Well, it's been a while and i've been through quite a number of changes since i last wrote. I will warn you, i have been drinking, so i apologise for any comedy typing. Now working for BAE on the Astute Project. That's all i can say really, due to the Official Secrets Act. I'm pursuing CEng, and therefor EurEng. Living up in Barrow... near to the region's cosmopoliton centre of Lancaster. (woo

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1092346119492513002004-08-12T22:12:00.000+01:002004-08-12T22:28:39.493+01:00

Ahh the delights of home car maintenance, no sooner had i tested my new oil free clutch, then first gear vanished. Several phone calls later a new box is winging it's way to me, on a very fetching pallet. Soooo take old box off, again (i can do it with my eyes shut now). But can't drive roll pin out of the clutch release fork, so have to buy a new one (£63 the robbing bastards). Also maanged to

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1091461087418047212004-08-02T16:32:00.000+01:002004-08-02T16:38:07.416+01:00

Well, i went i beed Ric's bestest man, it all went rather well, people laughed at the right time, the bridesmaids took a bit of a shine to me, and Ric didn't faint. It was a little warm in that bloody suit though. Meal was very nice, and the beer, top notch. Got car back together on saturday, only to find that the Gearbox is stuffed, and i now have no first gear. This isn't too much of a

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1090974066490231672004-07-28T01:18:00.000+01:002004-07-28T01:21:06.490+01:00

Eh up. Went to Bristol yesterday for Ric's stag do. Can't say too much, Law of the Stag and all that. Suffice to say, Pink, Bunny, Ears, Flashing, Sash. Nice. Not many nekkid ladyeees. But i'm sure we can do that. Missus tried to get me to stuff cash in her pants back at the hotel, saying "Show me how much i'm worth", i pointed out that i didn't have any change, i only had a fiver. She turned

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1090338722075264852004-07-20T16:46:00.000+01:002004-07-20T16:52:02.076+01:00

Still got a cold, and the resultant dodgy ears.  Missus has now gone off home, after an argumetn involving her driving, or lack thereof, ability.  To be honest i really don't understand how she passed her test. She can't manage to hit a sixty mile an hour limit over half a mile of road, this is possibly related to shifting into fifth at 35 MPH, a trick which she assures me she was taught by her

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1090114590002810912004-07-18T02:31:00.000+01:002004-07-18T02:36:30.003+01:00

Feeling decidedly ill with a bloody cold.  Banging down the Beechams and Sudafed, but they seem to be having little or no effect.  Need to get playing squash and using the steam room i think.   Just finished watching the Premier of Stargate: Atlantis.  What can i say except for WOP!.  It's basically SG-1 with a new cast, nastier villans than the Goa'uld (if that's possible) and a newly designed

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1090031070174775212004-07-17T03:23:00.000+01:002004-07-18T02:30:47.866+01:00

Been playing a hell of a lot of squash this week, (well three matches, but in three days, and I'm supposed to be playing tomorrow and Sunday), so I'm fair knackered.   Haven't had a chance to rip the gearbox off my car again, my lethargy has had two results, one bad, one worse... The first (the bad one) is that the car will now only do about 67mph tops due to the highly slippy clutch.  The

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1089590674008736052004-07-12T00:57:00.000+01:002004-07-12T01:04:34.010+01:00

Back again, Clutch has gone again, so begining to suspect it wasn't the friction plate after all, and have now narrowed it down to a worn or damaged Fly Wheel, or the crankshaft oil seal. Long story short, the bloody 'box has got to come off it again. Arse. Ric is coming to do the quiz tomorrow, apparantly. We need all the help we can get, but he hasn't brought the real brains of the

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1089109947258637812004-07-06T11:09:00.000+01:002004-07-06T11:32:27.256+01:00

Have spent the last two days eradicating the W32.spybot.Worm from my pc and all it's MediaTickets related crap. Took two installs, a deep registry scan and a full system virus scan. Not amused. Suspect it may have come from DHB's pc, but i'm buggered if i'm fixing it. Still a go go go! for moving. Looking for somewhere to rent still. Came second in the quiz last night, which was

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1088549305107930442004-06-29T23:39:00.000+01:002004-06-29T23:48:25.106+01:00

Been to Alton Towers today, was 'Totty-rific'(c). Bit bloody busy though, to many kiddies. Got on everything and got immensely wet on the Flume. Vicky won the obvious statement of the day prize when she commented: "Ohh that duck looks luck the one of the Imperial Leather advert". Went on the Spinball Whizzer. Kinda painful, like a mouse but a lot more violent. Amusing in a strange way, I

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1088338992685585112004-06-27T13:21:00.000+01:002004-06-27T13:23:12.686+01:00

Car now fixed - woo!. Watched "Pirates of Silicon Valley" this morning. It's a dramatised history of Apple and Microsoft, a bit light on the actual facts and events, but fairly amusing. Steve Jobs comes accross as a bit of a twonk. Don't know what i'm doing this afternoon, may just rattle around here for a bit.

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1088185441287715552004-06-25T18:39:00.000+01:002004-06-25T18:44:01.286+01:00

New bluetooth dongle arrived today (cue fuzzy picture with watch for size reference). Can finally interface phone with pc via bluetooth. Spent all day activsync-ing and using media remote 2004 to controll my mp3's wop! Car still in bits, having a bit of a mare with it. Clutch now renewed, and gear box is back on, but support bolt has stripped, and the drive shafts are proving difficult to

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1087980593544627262004-06-23T09:47:00.000+01:002004-06-23T09:49:53.543+01:00

Woo! the new fans for the xbox have arrived this nmorning, that should quieten the bugger down, whilst looking rather spiffy... ones a Coolermaster Northbridge Fan (it lights up blue, naturally) and the other is a 70mm TMD fan (the motors are at the corners. and there's no tips on the blades). Off out to the outback tonight for Fathers Day, bit of a trek to Brum, but worth it. Bloomin' Onion

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1087948706562897422004-06-23T00:54:00.000+01:002004-06-23T01:01:59.580+01:00

Well, replaced the car's alternator with a nice new shiney one, which was excellent, only for the clutch to start slipping, really rather badly. So foolishly i decided to embarke upon that job. i have spent all day takin goff the myriad of items which are for some reason bolted onto the gearbox.... tomorrow, if it stops raining, i'll drop the box off, repair the diff oil seals, and put the new

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1087764897763036042004-06-20T21:46:00.000+01:002004-06-20T21:54:57.763+01:00

Well it has been a while hasn't it. I'd like to say i've been a bit busy but i havn't really, just couldn't be arsed writing anything. So what's changed since i last "blogged"? In truth very little, i am now looking for a house to live in until the builders have finished, or at this stage, even started, the new one in Roose. The missus is very excited about getting to live with me, but is

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1083962693764641782004-05-07T21:41:00.000+01:002004-05-07T21:49:21.920+01:00

Hey-Howdy-Ho! Well, just watched the last episode(s) of Friends. I'll not spoil it for anyone, but it was very good, and strange to think that there'll never be any new epsiodes to watch... and that it's been on telly for ten years. Ho Hum Signed up for a GMail account, which comes with 1gig of storage, presumably to store the excessive amount of spam i receive. Off to Lincoln tomorrow,

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1083664033994991622004-05-04T10:38:00.000+01:002004-05-04T10:51:12.763+01:00

Been a while since my last update, not much to report really, a few problems with the car, starter failed, sensor dropped off, brakes down to the metal, nothing serious. Went to the most bizarre party in the world ever on Friday, at Big Gay Dave's place (loughborough - ish) any he threw his now trademarked wobbly for some reason, citing me as being "weird and staring" which was nice... So I

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1081983842082821382004-04-14T23:55:00.000+01:002004-04-15T00:11:27.700+01:00

Well it has been a while hasn't it? So what's happened? with a startling lack of understanding of exactly how the "special treatment" dished out to DHB has annoyed me, especially seeing as i blow my mothers tyres up (i don't know why i have to do that)/board out loft/cut grass the list goes on and on, my months of frustration have finally exploded, and following some wise crack about being able

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1079880373354416112004-03-21T14:44:00.000Z2004-03-21T14:49:36.420Z

Went out to manchester last night, drank a lot, didn't fall over, repelled women left right and centre. Still hung over, had to walk to moss bloody side to get picked up due to the ineptitude of bloody railtrack.

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1079707209311088702004-03-19T14:37:00.000Z2004-03-19T14:43:29.686Z

Been into Chester briefly to get a mothers day present and look for some new specs. Couldn't find any, so didn't get them. Laura has been on at me wondering why i never mention her in this blog. Well love i think we all know the reason for that don't we? I think i may take this opportinity to remove her from the holiday photo's as well. Martin has *finally* finished his PhD, and beerage shall

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1079608478726529102004-03-18T11:10:00.000Z2004-03-18T11:17:57.903Z

Well, just got back from the opticians, and apparently I have "too many lipids in my tears" that's why these new-fangled lenses are uncomfortable, and also prevent me from seeing properly. I spent an instructive ten minutes with a thesaurus, and managed to translate that "optician techno-babble" into plain English: "Too much oil in my eye goo." Result!. Somebody emailed me dad Gary Neville's

Miketag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360195.post-1079484721420917972004-03-17T00:44:00.000Z2004-03-17T00:55:18.903Z

Well, it's been a good while since i wrote here. In the interviening time, i have buggered and then repaired my web site, United have fallen to peices, in once case, in front of my very eyes. However, it is reassuring to know that time doesn't change some things, Liz still messes people about, Jack and Coke is still my prefered poision, and i'm no closer to gaining "the big room" despite all

Mike