Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

Is this it?

http://wsop.skypoker.com/cms/wsop/video.shtm

Tikay loves helicopters as much as he loves trains!

Helicopters? I like looking at them, watching them, listening to them, but flying in them - no thank you!

[tikay]

Yes, it's official!

I listened to the entire Budget Speech today while driving South (after reading the Daily Mail, it's been that sort of day), & Mr Darling said it.

The new scheme has been confrmed. A motor vehicle scrappage scheme will be introduced.

Scrappage - in Parliament!

It just needs Mr Brown to mention credit crunch-aments, & my happiness will be complete.

I shall seek to use the -age suffix with great gusto now, knowing it's officially in the lingo. Sorry, lingoage.

[Laxie]

Is this it?

http://wsop.skypoker.com/cms/wsop/video.shtm

Tikay loves helicopters as much as he loves trains!

Helicopters? I like looking at them, watching them, listening to them, but flying in them - no thank you!

You made your feelings pretty clear regarding helicopters and trains by the 3rd video.   

[tikay]

Not for the first time, in my recollection, Mr Darling addressed his Budget Speech to the "Deputy Speaker" today. Is that a tradition, or did Mr Speaker throw a sickie, or something? You'd think he'd be there today, of all days.

Ignoring the meaningless content (read the word "budget" literally, with a small "b", & you see why it's meaningless), I thought his oratory skills were quite the worst I've heard from a Chancellor, even worse than Mr Brown's rather dry & stumbly efforts.

Boris for Chancellor. That'd liven it up.

[AndrewT]

Not for the first time, in my recollection, Mr Darling addressed his Budget Speech to the "Deputy Speaker" today. Is that a tradition, or did Mr Speaker throw a sickie, or something? You'd think he'd be there today, of all days.

Deputy Speaker always does the Budget.

[tikay]

I went into town this morning (Ilkeston in Derbyshire), & picked up a flyer for a "turn" at a local night-club.

His name was Pete Tong.

I do hope his Show goes well. Imagine the headlines if it does not.

[thetank]

I went into town this morning (Ilkeston in Derbyshire), & picked up a flyer for a "turn" at a local night-club.

His name was Pete Tong.

I do hope his Show goes well. Imagine the headlines if it does not.

Go to work, press play on tape.

What's to go wrong?

[tikay]

Not for the first time, in my recollection, Mr Darling addressed his Budget Speech to the "Deputy Speaker" today. Is that a tradition, or did Mr Speaker throw a sickie, or something? You'd think he'd be there today, of all days.

Deputy Speaker always does the Budget.

Thanks Andrew, that explains it & why I recall it previously.

Any idea why?

1) How come you know everything, even obscure nonsense?

2) Have you entered tonight's RSM? Let's go 50/50, your answers & mine, imagine the geeky questions we could set if we won!

[tikay]

I went into town this morning (Ilkeston in Derbyshire), & picked up a flyer for a "turn" at a local night-club.

His name was Pete Tong.

I do hope his Show goes well. Imagine the headlines if it does not.

Go to work, press play on tape.

What's to go wrong?

Whooshed again, I enlisted the aid of google, to discover that Pete Tong is a "Radio 1 ". Now I understand your Post. If he's a Radio 1 , as google suggests, how come he's 49? That's not possible, surely? A at 49? Ridic.

[Karabiner]

I want to play a DVD on my lappie. I inserted it & nothing happens. Is there some button I need to press to start it?

I did the same thing a year or two back Tony, stuck a DVD in my PC and nothing happened so I asked my techy friend what the problem might be.

"Did you order a PC with a DVD player in it when you bought it?" said he. "Huh?" said I.

Well it has DVD slottage Ralph. But it don't work.

Where do you think I inserted the DVD in my PC ?

Perhaps you'd better not answer that but suffice to say mine too has slottage

[Ironside]

Not for the first time, in my recollection, Mr Darling addressed his Budget Speech to the "Deputy Speaker" today. Is that a tradition, or did Mr Speaker throw a sickie, or something? You'd think he'd be there today, of all days.

Deputy Speaker always does the Budget.

Thanks Andrew, that explains it & why I recall it previously.

Any idea why?

1) How come you know everything, even obscure nonsense?

2) Have you entered tonight's RSM? Let's go 50/50, your answers & mine, imagine the geeky questions we could set if we won!

i doubt you will win

[Claw75]

Not for the first time, in my recollection, Mr Darling addressed his Budget Speech to the "Deputy Speaker" today. Is that a tradition, or did Mr Speaker throw a sickie, or something? You'd think he'd be there today, of all days.

Deputy Speaker always does the Budget.

Thanks Andrew, that explains it & why I recall it previously.

Any idea why?

the deputy speaker is the chairman of the committee of ways and means

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_Ways_and_Means

[Karabiner]

According to a financial wizard who knows about these things, Ken Clark was the best chancellor in living memory.

Although I guess that may be somewhat subjective, I do quite like old Ken.

[tikay]

Yes Ralph, & Ken gave a great speech. It helps. Mr Darlings was just awful. I liked (= did not) the way he sped up when he announced the dodgy bits - PSBR £175 billion took about a quarter of a nanasecond, then he moved swiftly on!

[tikay]

I clearly need to be more careful as to how I word Diary Posts.

Three incoming calls today & several comments on different threads, alluded to "concern" that I decided to swerve Luton tonight, after Monday night's fracas with the wasted guy, which, given I'm not working tonight, is unusual for me.

For the record, I am NOT boycotting Luton, nor am I staying away in protest. I'll be back there next week.

But I'm at the age where I only do what I want to do, & I just don't want to go there tonight. I'm still steaming about the way it was handled by the TD, & the contempt with which Richard was treated when he politely raised the matter with Callum, so if I go tonight while the red mist is still present, I'll end up having words, & I'm on a peace kick these days.

"Protest" boycotts don't work, Luton will manage just fine without me, & vice-versa. I'll be there next week, all smiles, when the mist has cleared.

But many thanks to all those who rung, & wrote. It's nothing to do with "then the eejits win if you stay away", I just don't want another night's hassle. I've exceeded my 2009 hassle quota already. I retired to get away from hassle, & I'm increasingly intolerant of it.