Having just spent 3 days in London, most of the days using public transport.... God it's slow! Still, I'm sad and I enjoyed it. Jumping on a tube train and going on an adventure to see some of the 'sights' of London.
Sunday was spent wandering around London looking for the disused tube stations above ground. Aldwych, Down Street, the old Hyde Park Corner entrance and also the Kingsway tramway found. Cecilia and myself ended up wandering around in the rain on our adventure, and it was fun! We found Temple Church and had a wander around. Then back to Charing Cross to look for books and a train (no Circle or District line trains running! Not helpful when your at Temple station!!!)
Monday was mainly spent wandering around Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and the West End. Camera pointing at anything that looked mildly interesting! Squirrels, magpies, pelicans, buildings. Just the usual tourist things. A huge bucket of hot chocolate consumed and a pain au chocolate! Yum! On the train back to Sloane Square, a man asked; "Are you a pap??", looking at him, I just wondered.. And decided to say no. They couldn't pay me enough!
Tuesday was D-day for the Monster. MOT day. The bike was dropped off to Rosso Corse in E1. Another day spent travelling around on the Tube. I decided to head for St James Park and get some pictures of the pelicans. After walking out of the station, I forgot about the state visit.... DOH!! Anyway, that was a saving grace! Lots of pictures of the Horse Guards and the marching soldiers. Then I headed off around town, taking pictures of the Houses of Parliament, squirrels, and more less interesting things!
Bike collected late in the afternoon with a clean bill of health for another 12 months!
Wednesday 31 October 2007
Thursday 25 October 2007
More fun than something else
God, what an awful day at work! Trailers disappearing, people shouting, drivers being stroppy, more shouting and some swearing. Some days I just want to hide under my desk, but I can't as the puppy will attack me!
Friday is coming soon. Three trailers and I need to get the bike ready for it's MOT next week as well. Great! Busy weekend ahead then. Also removing some stuff from the flat to my garage and maybe (just maybe) installing a broadband connection in the warehouse numpties flat.
I hope I get paid for the last one! Oh, and at least I got some good news today. I'm getting some overtime paid (at last!!).
Five day weekend coming up.. LOVELY!!!!
Friday is coming soon. Three trailers and I need to get the bike ready for it's MOT next week as well. Great! Busy weekend ahead then. Also removing some stuff from the flat to my garage and maybe (just maybe) installing a broadband connection in the warehouse numpties flat.
I hope I get paid for the last one! Oh, and at least I got some good news today. I'm getting some overtime paid (at last!!).
Five day weekend coming up.. LOVELY!!!!
Old pictures
They do it everytime. You fumble around, looking at old pictures, remembering those memories from the past. I found one tonight, which actually got my ugly mug into TWO magazine a few years ago, and just thought "yes they were good days"
Back in the days of riding my old Bandit. Ah such good memories. Maybe I should get my arse into gear and put the bike back together again.....
Back in the days of riding my old Bandit. Ah such good memories. Maybe I should get my arse into gear and put the bike back together again.....
Fed up
Another Thursday morning, another load of rubbish!!
Yesterday one of the trailer drivers phoned up and asked about the possibilty of "loading a box vehicle" out of the warehouse. I promptly said no, as we have a lot of long and akward stuff that will only go on a curtain sider.
Now this morning, no trailer.... Bastid!! This is the third time he has done this to us, and we are not going to work late to accomodate this driver! The Gibraltar office disappear home at 5pm every day, the warehouse in Gibraltar closes at 4pm, so why should we stay late! About time we stood our ground and stick our fingers up to these f**kwit drivers!
On a brighter note, the ride in to work was quiet. I like half term! No traffic, no numpties taking Tarquin and Ethel to school in their 4x4 death tanks. I did get cut up by a furniture lorry though, heading towards the Kings Road. I should've guessed then it will be a bad day!
Yesterday one of the trailer drivers phoned up and asked about the possibilty of "loading a box vehicle" out of the warehouse. I promptly said no, as we have a lot of long and akward stuff that will only go on a curtain sider.
Now this morning, no trailer.... Bastid!! This is the third time he has done this to us, and we are not going to work late to accomodate this driver! The Gibraltar office disappear home at 5pm every day, the warehouse in Gibraltar closes at 4pm, so why should we stay late! About time we stood our ground and stick our fingers up to these f**kwit drivers!
On a brighter note, the ride in to work was quiet. I like half term! No traffic, no numpties taking Tarquin and Ethel to school in their 4x4 death tanks. I did get cut up by a furniture lorry though, heading towards the Kings Road. I should've guessed then it will be a bad day!
Wednesday 24 October 2007
Interweb excellence
I've been browsing through the interweb this afternoon. Finding this site made me think about making a Jaffzilla or a Giant Rolo www.pimpthatsnack.com
Not forgetting my usual haunts of www.ukmoc.co.uk and being a pirate at www.vivalagames.com/play/cutlassreef/
Right back to the joys of paperwork....
Not forgetting my usual haunts of www.ukmoc.co.uk and being a pirate at www.vivalagames.com/play/cutlassreef/
Right back to the joys of paperwork....
Under attack
I'm trying to save myself from a puppy attack, but it's not working!! She is just too cute!
Good morning
Touch wood! It has so far been a good morning. The temperature has risen enough for my old bike to run all the way to work, without cutting out due to carb icing! Riding along through Sunbury, I noticed a silver van, the scary mad man Bob driving. A quick U-turn and I ride beside his van.
"Your bike is looking good!"
It does at times, and today is a good day
"sounds good as well! Give me a call when you get to work"
And then I disappeared back on the way to Heathrow. I got to the office (about 30 minutes late.. opps!) and on the back of my chair is my new body armour! Hurrah!! Now I'm kitted out with some Knox body armour, the (ex) Police jacket can be used again (without wearing my one piece leathers!!) and I'll be scaring the local car drivers, oh I do that anyway!!
Mon the warehouse numpty is sorting out a large amount of plastic ducting, the puppy is asleep in the puppy prison and Matt is asleep on his chair. It's going to be a busy day!
"Your bike is looking good!"
It does at times, and today is a good day
"sounds good as well! Give me a call when you get to work"
And then I disappeared back on the way to Heathrow. I got to the office (about 30 minutes late.. opps!) and on the back of my chair is my new body armour! Hurrah!! Now I'm kitted out with some Knox body armour, the (ex) Police jacket can be used again (without wearing my one piece leathers!!) and I'll be scaring the local car drivers, oh I do that anyway!!
Mon the warehouse numpty is sorting out a large amount of plastic ducting, the puppy is asleep in the puppy prison and Matt is asleep on his chair. It's going to be a busy day!
The madman
My good friend Bob, he's an owner driver, who does occasional work for us and also a fellow biker (and Ducati owner).
I could write a book on his musings. I'm sure he isn't of this planet, well he definately doesn't dress like he belongs here! Loud trousers, daft bandanas and a rather OTT fitness regime!
He is studying Pigeons, whilst out driving. He has noticed that a wood pigeon will take off from a field/tree/fence at the side of the motorway, and if flying across the motorway, a large vehicle comes along, the pigeon will change direction and head in the opposite way! Now he has noticed phesants do not do this. They will take off, adjust their course over the vehicle and continue the way they set off from. I have noticed gulls do this also, set off, fly across a road and adjust their course to continue their way! But pigeons, no! They don't care, they just fly around and don't mind where they go! So, how did pigeons become part of the communication system?? Something else to study!
Bobs thought of the day;
"Garrats Green is a shit hole. If you left a pitbull tied up there, it would be jacked up and its legs would be stolen!"
I could write a book on his musings. I'm sure he isn't of this planet, well he definately doesn't dress like he belongs here! Loud trousers, daft bandanas and a rather OTT fitness regime!
He is studying Pigeons, whilst out driving. He has noticed that a wood pigeon will take off from a field/tree/fence at the side of the motorway, and if flying across the motorway, a large vehicle comes along, the pigeon will change direction and head in the opposite way! Now he has noticed phesants do not do this. They will take off, adjust their course over the vehicle and continue the way they set off from. I have noticed gulls do this also, set off, fly across a road and adjust their course to continue their way! But pigeons, no! They don't care, they just fly around and don't mind where they go! So, how did pigeons become part of the communication system?? Something else to study!
Bobs thought of the day;
"Garrats Green is a shit hole. If you left a pitbull tied up there, it would be jacked up and its legs would be stolen!"
Tuesday 23 October 2007
Guard dog alert
We have a new addition at work now, a 13 week old Cocker Spaniel. It does more work than the warehouse numpty and looks a lot better too!!
She has already managed to chew through a network cable, a few empty bottles of coke and pee on 80% of the carpet. She is really more house trained than the warehouse dude!
She has already managed to chew through a network cable, a few empty bottles of coke and pee on 80% of the carpet. She is really more house trained than the warehouse dude!
Another fun day annoying Minkeys...
Some people have little or no common sense. Two days into this week and I seem to work with someone who missed the queue for common sense altogether, to go looking for a 'bride' from the other side of the world.
He has spent £658 in three months calling his 'bride' in Indonesia. Not to bad, if it was his phone bill, but the company phone bill is a different matter! He has finally paid the cash for the bill, but the boss near the big Rock (south of Spain, got apes around it!), is not a happy boss man.
Back to today; the HQ of Minkey Transport had ordered some new office furniture. 5 pieces ordered, and 4 pieces received. So that makes one missing. But no, after a couple of phone calls, the plan to claim the missing package falls apart. The numpty warehouse man signed the delivery paperwork as received, without noting the amount of boxes received. The conversation goes along the lines of;
"But I signed the paperwork, what's the problem?"
You didn't note the amount of pieces received on the drivers delivery paperwork
"But I did on the warehouse receipt note, so that is ok!"
No, because that paperwork means shit to the delivery company and the company we ordered the furniture from!
"But I put 4 pieces on the warehouse receipt note, so it's ok, we only received four boxes!"
You didn't annotate it on the drivers paperwork, and therefore we cannot get the missing piece of furniture, as the company are saying 'they have delivered it'"
"The warehouse receipt note has 4 pieces on it not 5!!"
And so on, until we give up trying to explain to the idiot!
Then the boss gets involved. A great bollocking from the boss this afternoon to the warehouse idiot!
"If he spent more time concentrating on his job and kept his dick in his pants, we wouldn't have this problem now. If he wants to spend nearly £700 on the phone to his 'girlfriend', he can do it in his own time!" (which might be very very soon, when he finally gets sacked!)
I'm just waiting for the next installment of the 'road fund licence challenge'.
So I need an MOT, insurance certificate and the renewal form.
YES!!!!
This happens every 6 months, and every 6 months he tries to get the RFL without 66% of the paperwork, and gets sent away by the Post Office every time!!
HELP, I WORK WITH NUMPTIES!!!
He has spent £658 in three months calling his 'bride' in Indonesia. Not to bad, if it was his phone bill, but the company phone bill is a different matter! He has finally paid the cash for the bill, but the boss near the big Rock (south of Spain, got apes around it!), is not a happy boss man.
Back to today; the HQ of Minkey Transport had ordered some new office furniture. 5 pieces ordered, and 4 pieces received. So that makes one missing. But no, after a couple of phone calls, the plan to claim the missing package falls apart. The numpty warehouse man signed the delivery paperwork as received, without noting the amount of boxes received. The conversation goes along the lines of;
"But I signed the paperwork, what's the problem?"
You didn't note the amount of pieces received on the drivers delivery paperwork
"But I did on the warehouse receipt note, so that is ok!"
No, because that paperwork means shit to the delivery company and the company we ordered the furniture from!
"But I put 4 pieces on the warehouse receipt note, so it's ok, we only received four boxes!"
You didn't annotate it on the drivers paperwork, and therefore we cannot get the missing piece of furniture, as the company are saying 'they have delivered it'"
"The warehouse receipt note has 4 pieces on it not 5!!"
And so on, until we give up trying to explain to the idiot!
Then the boss gets involved. A great bollocking from the boss this afternoon to the warehouse idiot!
"If he spent more time concentrating on his job and kept his dick in his pants, we wouldn't have this problem now. If he wants to spend nearly £700 on the phone to his 'girlfriend', he can do it in his own time!" (which might be very very soon, when he finally gets sacked!)
I'm just waiting for the next installment of the 'road fund licence challenge'.
So I need an MOT, insurance certificate and the renewal form.
YES!!!!
This happens every 6 months, and every 6 months he tries to get the RFL without 66% of the paperwork, and gets sent away by the Post Office every time!!
HELP, I WORK WITH NUMPTIES!!!
First post on here..
Well, after spending many years annoying the readers of my blogs on MySpace and MSN Live space thing. It's time to hide my blog and get things off of my chest on here!
I just want to use this as a relief from the stress of work and the idiots I have to put up with throughout the day in my day to day grind. Even though I could write a book on certain individuals!!
I hope to keep this one a bit more upto date than the other blog sites I've been on!
Au revoir
I just want to use this as a relief from the stress of work and the idiots I have to put up with throughout the day in my day to day grind. Even though I could write a book on certain individuals!!
I hope to keep this one a bit more upto date than the other blog sites I've been on!
Au revoir
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