Watching the Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen game on ITV. Rooney has scored to give Utd the lead - but Valencia is immediately in front of the keeper ( on the goal line ) as Rooney shoots. 1.Valencia is standing about 3 yards offside. 2. Valancia is blocking the view of the keeper. 3. Valencia 'falls' backwards and brings down ther keeper. No offside or foul is given ! Just what is the official behind the goal doing ? What's the point of the offside rule - it's not as if Valencia wasn't interfeering with play. Are the officials THAT bad that they couldn't at least tell it was offside - it wasn't even 'close' - perhaps they are cheating - I certainly hope so - because I can't believe that they are so poor at decision making. Edit - oh well - rooney's just got contender for miss of the season - and the visitors have just equalised 88 mins - Van Persie missed one that my mother could have scored - luckily half of the suburb of Salford had already departed the arena and also missed it
Why is the list of my pet hates so long ? Each morning I turn on Radio Kent ( in case there is any news on the Gills ) I really should start a stop watch as to how long it takes me to switch off. Apart from the Gills, the only thing I share with Mr.Scally is that I have a low tolerance level for utter garbage. Today Radio Kent was interviewing a head teacher - regarding the Government announcing free school dinners for primary school kids. Reporter Q. " Do you think there are benefits for the development of the children if they are provided with a nutritional meal ?" Answer " No, I'd let them starve. ".......... OK that wasn't the answer - but the stupid question deserved it. I then switched to a more sensible channel.
The Home Secretary has announced new Performance Indicator targets for Police - in an effort to reduce crime. I'm not sure if the ' performance ' of the officer in the link is on the menu. It could be a radical way of reducing crime figures - It will certainly make you wary of offering a police officer a cup of tea if you need to call them to your home.... https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=p...u&sa=X&ei=3Ic6Us2WA4eu0QWLuoGADQ&ved=0CDoQqAI
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24160472 The question is not totally fair - inasmuch that if you had 7 kids you'd probably get all sorts of state benefits that would assist the budget. I'm not saying it is easy to feed 8 on £5. I've not tried - but There are several ways that this is possible. For example there 'favourite' dishes that can be constructed, 'from scratch', such as spaghetti bolognese, various types of curry & rice as well as chille-con-carne. You can easily make home hade pizza ( with a little time & imagination ). As we approach winter, and the bountiful fresh seasonal vegetables on offer, (also available all year), it is very easy to make nutritional meals such as casserols to feed 8 for less than my friends for a £5 ticket. You can even do your Sunday roast & veg within budget. The sort of chickens that Jamie Oliver doesn't like can easily feed 8 with enough change for all the trimmings - OK you won't have enough money for pudding - but that is no bad thing for a nation which is becoming obese ( despite not having enough money for food ) ( apparently ) The trouble is that a lot of people can't be bothered to use fresh ingredients and create dishes - instead of buying ready made, frozen, pre-packed utter garbage ( when will I stop using this expression - when Scally gets real ! ) It's not easy to feed 8 for a £5 - but I'm sure birth control would be cheaper !
It's only going to make me more miserable next Saturday - mind you not as peed off as if Ferdinand was still in the England squad - Aguero made Barrett look quick compared with Rio
just turned on my tv 10 minutes ago...looks like a game of skittles to me. Rolling about like the pampered spoilt kids they are. Guess there will be a mass exodus of united plastics on fire drill.
Another tale about my neighbour - don't complain - you've not had one for a couple of weeks or more. A few days ago I was aware that my neighbour had 'appropriated' a watering can from my garden. It didn't greatly worry me so I didn't say anything. Today I noticed that the can has been returned to my garden - with interest ! Outside my front door I have found the watering can that I know belongs to my neighbour. Is this a peace offering ? or some sort of Trojan pincer movement involving my watering can as a decoy - whilst my back is turned will my neighbour climb out of the bucket and storm my home ?
Don't worry about her going into an asylum - what about me - I need for men in white coats to meet me at Crewe - surely I'll have gone mad by 5pm if we haven't won - and I'll get stick from brb - especially if we lose 5-4 ( not that we'll score )
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24204489 And a different neighbour is one of the brothers ! He has stopped putting his BMW inside his garage. Why ? Because recently, whilst driving forward into the garage, he has been unable to stop before crashing into the far wall - TWICE ! Ask yourself - what speed do you think he reaches during this manoeuvre ? - well he's done a fair few quids worth of damage in the process - despite the very low speed as he enters the garage. Being a concerned neighbour I spoke to his wife about the situation. She said hubby " Can't manage it any more " - I'm sure that this statement was no 'double entendre'. She added that " He's ill " YET It's OK to carry on driving at much greater speeds on the road ! I may seem heartless - but I think it selfish for anyone like my neighbour to show contempt for the safety of other road users when they obviously can no longer drive safely.
Fair enough point about driving alwaysright...one I have a view on as I used to drive for a living doing more mileage in one year equal to what most people will do in a decade of owning a car. Hence I wrote about the 'killing fields' of the M25 way back in the past. There has been some TV media attention on the subject of driving and age today, however, regardless of age some people should not be behind a wheel anyway. They get in their tin box and have never understood the meaning of observation other than their eyesight reaching only as far has the front of the bonnet of their car, I'm not talking about poor eye sighted people either. As people will know that have done advance courses. It's not always about what caused the accident but what the so called innocent party could have done to have avoided it. Something only experienced drivers will understand. In regards to age...strange the government are giving no such consideration to retirement age when constantly increasing it, therefore surely the same rules are going to apply to the ability of driving, unless they bring in a 10 year refresher for every British licence holder. With Town Centres in decline the elderly like the young rely on the mobility of transport. From my experience the elderly deteriorate mentally once you take their freedom of mobility away in the modern age. Public transport I hear you say...huh...how to get mugged on a train. Unless they follow a Spanish idea I once saw where armed police man every train and strictly enforced a certain manner of human behaviour.
brb people are not a lot better as passengers ( don't sulk - I'm NOT talking about you ) during the course of my week I give several people a lift in my car - why do they think that my doors need to be closed with brute force ? I'm surprised that a door doesn't come off it's hinges - actually THAT did happen to me on one occasion that I hired a van ! - luckily it was as I was parking in a quiet street - opened the door & it just fell off it's hinges. edit -- Another thing about 'older' people in my car - I have to ensure that I park with my nearside to the kerb, especially if my mother is in the front passenger seat ! When I've parked with offside to the kerb she has always wanted to open the door without checking for oncoming traffic.
Can someone please explain the rationale behind this. Advert on XFM radio - starts out with cake or biscuit 'talking' to woman, trying to persuade her that she really wants said cake or biscuit. Up to this point it's quite well done, semi-humorous persuasive talk about how delightful cake or biscuit might be, even though you know you shouldn't. Then it all falls apart. The sell line goes something along the lines of 'when you really need something sweet try Candarel non-sugar sweetener instead' EHHH??? So instead of having biscuit or a bit of cake you go the Candarel jar and help yourself to a teaspoon or two of non-sugar sweetener??? Sorry chaps, get yourselves a different ad agency, or at least scriptwriter.
I've just worked out today what's wrong with alwaysright's neighbour...I bet he's been tormenting her by walking around in one of them ASDA costumes I suppose pc people will moan at me now
Since brb enjoyed my latest news about my neighbour I'm not so sure that she is mad. .............. now for this to work you have to understand that she is intolerant to gluten - and has to buy special foodstuffs - including very small loaves of bread that cost around £3 each. I heard that my neighbour asked another of my near neighbours to get a loaf of this 'special' bread during her shopping trip to Waitrose. Neighbour duly obliged. When the bread was delivered my neighbour took the loaf and didn't pay for it - leaving the other neighbour speechless.
It's all the fault of Gillingham Football Club http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24162508 For example, tomorrow I have to get up around 5.30-5.45 am to get ready to make my usual (100 mile round) trip to Gillingham - just to catch the coach to Crewe.... and of course we all know how that is going to end up - one angry camel ( going solo ) Getting up early can tend to make you feel hungry earlier in the day ! - and of course, before the match I will be forced to have a couple of pints to act as an anasthetic - so it's no wonder that I put on weight. Now if I stayed in bed until 5.30 pm, I would miss all of the above. I would be slimmer and less miserable for not watching another 'fantastic' performance - and I'd be able to dream about The Gills winning the Champions League - instead of my waking nightmare that piles on the pounds that Scally can't take from me.
