Nov
30
Bugger
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I’ve not posted anything for a while, the reason for that – I’ve been busy.
I just feel the need to post now because I’m a fool. I’ve spent about 3 days in total trying to work out why my menus weren’t working in a new WordPress theme that I’m writing. The problem as in most cases is user error. When trying to check if a pages parent ID matched a specific ID, I used an equals sign (=) instead of a double equals sign (==) the result meant that I was assigning each page with a parent ID of 4 resulting in every page having the menu which should have only appeared on pages with a parent ID of 4. I’m not impressed, I had to go through the code a line at a time removing each line in turn until I found the affected code.
At least with this issue sorted I can now crack on with writing all the menus so that hopefully the new site can go live soon.
Nov
27
Scotland Version 2.0
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So I’ve just returned from Scotland (again), this time for Ben Hood’s 30th Robin Hood themed Edinburgh weekend. It started at Newcastle train station at about 13.30 on Friday where we met for the train, there were seven of us travelling from the Toon and a further two coming up from Wakefield, they were on a different train to us so we all met up in the pub at Edinburgh train station. The next task was to get to the hotel which was quite a way out of the city centre. We were very specific that we wanted to go to the Travel Lodge but it still resulted in the taxi driver taking us to the Travel Inn. Eventually we made it there, checked in grabbed some food and headed back out into town.
The problem with Edinburgh seemed to be that they didn’t really like big groups of male only groups, there was 13 of us in total and we got turned away from quite a few places, and when we did get into places one of us would get thrown out for no reason. Friday night was a bit rubbish really. I topped it off with a tikka kebab from Hunza kebab and escorted Wes back to the hotel, he was wasted.
Saturday was a big day we started drinking at about 2pm, the bizzare thing was that we were dressed in fancy dress, some of us Robin Hood, some just generic merry men and others frier tucks. It was very funny and we had more success getting into bars. We actually got in everywhere we tried and managed not to get thrown out of anywhere, it was a major success.
I can’t remember at exactly what time we decided to give up drinking, but it happened at around midnight so 5 of us went for an Indian, it was quite nice. But never before have I had a pershwari nann with honey on before. After the Indian we were gonna have another beer, but failed miserably so decided to get a taxi back to the hotel. At first we spent around 30 mins walking round trying to flag one down, this failed so in the end had to stand for around 40 mins at a rank waiting in the rain. It was a great end to the night!
And so to today, there’s not much to say really. We checked out, went to the pub and then got the train back. The strange thing was the cab journey from the hotel, Keith was feeling a bit rough. Usually when a taxi driver here’s this you’d expect the usual comments about not throwing up. But not this driver, he actually took us on the most bizzare route ever just so he could race over speed humps just to make him feel worse. Luckily there was no vomiting in the cab, although it did happen about 10 seconds after been dropped off at the station.
Anyway that’s about as much as is printable, so I’m off to bed now so that I can get up for a nice day of doing nothing.
Goodnight.
Nov
21
The weekend
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Have just got back from a weekend in Edinburgh for Simon’s birthday, it was good. To be honest I really can’t be bothered to write about it though, I’m sure others will so will post links when they do. Things to come from the weekend include:
- Don’t buy food from a little chef
- Pie is good
- Wine is good
- Its cold in Scotland
- Rugby is rubbish
- You can’t buy a beer at Murrayfield
Here are some photos of the Edinburgh trip and the fantastic Muse gig from Sunday night:
Simons Birthday
Muse
Just a few more days till I go to see the Killers, then back to Edinburgh for another birthday celebration.
Nov
15
How to make Women Happy
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It’s not difficult to make a woman happy. A man only needs to be:
1. a friend
2. a companion
3. a lover
4. a brother
5. a father
6. a master
7. a chef
8. an electrician
9. a carpenter
10. a plumber
11. a mechanic
12. a decorator
13. a stylist
14. a sexologist
15. a gynecologist
16. a psychologist
17. a pest exterminator
18. a psychiatrist
19. a healer
20. a good listener
21. an organizer
22. a good father
23. very clean
24. sympathetic
25. athletic
26. warm
27. attentive
28. gallant
29. intelligent
30. funny
31. creative
32. tender
33. strong
34. understanding
35. tolerant
36. prudent
37. ambitious
38. capable
39. courageous
40. determined
41. true
42. dependable
43. passionate
44. compassionate
WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:
45. give her compliments regularly
46. love shopping
47. be honest
48. be very rich
49. not stress her out
50. not look at other girls
AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:
51. give her lots of attention, but expect little yourself
52. give her lots of time, especially time for herself
53. give her lots of space, never worrying about where she goes
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT:
54. Never to forget:
* birthdays
* anniversaries
* arrangements she makes
HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY
1. Show up naked
2. Bring beer & food
Nov
12
Because Simon lost a bet!
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Simon made a bet which he lost, as such there had to be a punishment. The punishment was coming to the pub with this ginger moustache. I think you’ll agree that its a good punishment.
Nov
10
How boyish or girlish are you?
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You Are 60% Boyish and 40% Girlish |
You are pretty evenly split down the middle – a total eunuch. Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes. You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don’t actively fight them. You’re just you. You don’t try to be what people expect you to be. |
How Boyish or Girlish Are You?
Nov
10
Divorce
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It can be a rough time.
Nov
9
Only in Japan
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Nov
3
This says it all
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How right this is.
