February 14, 2008
St Valentines
No cards yet, guess they must be held up in the postal strike, bet they turn up tomorrow...
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February 08, 2008
What's Happening?
After the close match on Saturday, I was expecting, as I'd been told down the pub, FC to trounce Warrington. Instead, they got clobbered!?
Maybe it is Rovers year 
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February 07, 2008
Helping Out
Had a day off, helping out, and doing what I enjoy doing. Life's pretty good when you're playing from the pitch, and not sitting in the stands
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February 03, 2008
Close Call!
Managed to catch the tailend of the rugby last night when we got down Bev Road, and glad we did, with the Robins nearly stealing a season opener. Couldn't believe the score when we left the house, with Rovers leading with 12 points. But, as last season, KR seemed to bottle it, and the Rhinos showed why they're the champions, and pulled back to clinch the win.
Of course, it was the topic of discussion in the pub afterwards, and even Geoff said they'd played well. Looks like it could be the season for Rovers
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February 01, 2008
Happy Birthday!
Ahhh, my birthday, the day off doing what I enjoy doing, rather than working. Got a big night out down Chicago's later, naturally And there should be a fair few from work out.
Not going to be the normal late, drunken night out tho, as I'm off upt' North tomorrow for the Big Hull Night Out. It's Geoff's birthday this weekend too, so it'll be an even bigger crowd descending on Bev Road and all the pubs along the way. Looking forward to it
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January 26, 2008
Corking Beer Fest!
Spent last night at Our Mutual Friend's January 2008 Beer Festival. And yet another corking selection of beers to be had, as well as the usual good entertainment, and excellent food, mmmm pork pies 
Church End Irish Coffee, which really did taste like a good, creamy Irish coffee Leeds Brewery's Winter Spark was another, as well as Wear Valley Midly Grand. But my favourite, and the one I settled on having a pint, was Saltaire's Hazelnut Coffee Porter. It was like a pint of Nutella chocolate spread, mmmmmm
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January 20, 2008
In Paris Once More
In Paris once more, with work. Meetings tomorrow, and then back on the Eurostar to Blighty early evening. Best bit is finding another hotel with WiFi
Had a late night last night, celebrating someone's birthday, well, when I always thought it was, demolishing a few of the single malts collected over Christmas (hmm, Burns night soon 
). Jerry Mcguire was on UK Living, I know, unusual for that channel to be showing films. It's another one I'm sure I've seen, but there was bits I didn't remember.
It's a film I've added to my Must get on DVD list, for birthday and Christmas ideas when I get asked. And it had a whole load of meanings to come away with.
For example, life is really all your own. You make the choices and decisions, no-one else can be blamed. Make sure the choice is the right choice, and not the right now choice. Everyone has friends, but you only have a few true friends. What looks right, now, might not be what's right for ever. But don't get all het up about making a right now choice, just make sure all concerned are clear that it's a moment, and not the future or for the rest of your life.
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January 19, 2008
Dribble....
I know I've been going on about the Airfix Nimrod, but when you see Airfix's new HS/BAe Nimrod, by Spencer Pollard, on Hyperscale, you've got to agree, it DOES look good, doesn't it?
Now, where's my credit card, I'm off to Hannants
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January 15, 2008
Still No Computer!
Well, its the end of a second day without any network drive. And today the problem developed further, such that I couldn't even copy any files off 
Will wait and see what the morning brings, might just pack up and go home
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January 14, 2008
Where's All My Files?
After the network update on Saturday, it was expected there'd be some problems coming back today. So, it was a little surprise to find that just about all my files had disappeared 
Worse still, the backup on the laptop seems to have been wipped too
IT are busy working out what the problem is. In the meantime I'm frantically copying over what I can find so I can work off line. Doesn't look like the Primavera update will be happening tonight tho.
Ah the joys of IT, don't you just love it
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