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StatusThanks Aaron. Will catch up when things are a little more setttled. Not looking forward to my veeeeery slooooow broadband connection :-(
StatusJeez, how do people manage with IE? I'm a Mac man so this is all alien to me. Yuk! Right! I'm off. Things to do, and we've got guests! Bye.
StatusLove the house, love the locality, weather wonderful, tons of unpacking to be done. Tired but happy! See y'all later. Be good! :-)
StatusHi Twitterverse! Just to let you know I'm still alive! No B/Band yet so I'm at a free internet centre in local town. Still very busy.
Status@tygerland Thanks Aaron. Chaos at the moment but we'll get there. Waiting for Will to disconnect everything :) See you anon ;-)
StatusJust a quik one. Lesson of the Harry's Place incident (and others): You get what you pay for. Fucking lightweights! http://is.gd/203J
StatusTonight's our last night in this house. Busy days ahead so I'm signing off until we are resettled in our new home. :) Later all!
StatusMy wife has been vindicated. Her boss has been stripped of all her main responsibilities and left with a few Mickey Mouse departments. Ha!
Status@timalmond I only ended up at the PO because the bloody Royal Mail online redirection service kept failing! My poor blood pressure :(
Status@timalmond Then some orange-faced, wrinkled , oil-wife tried to have a go at me and I'm afraid she got the full sarf-London verbal treatment
Status@timalmond This was to get my post redirected. They have 2 lists and you need 1 from each. I had to go and get my credit card. Fuming!
StatusPhoto driving licence, Inland Revenue letter, Letter with NI No. and address on it, Credit card statement, gas bill - STILL not enough!
StatusJust had a huge blow-up in the post office. How many proofs of ID do they fuckingwell need? ID theft prevention, the man said. Bollocks .
StatusCan't wait to leave this godforsaken city. It's gormless, miserable, pasty-faced , pug-ugly denizens stir deep homicidal yearnings in me.
StatusOh dear, Harry's Place is pulled. Nevermind, what a shame etc. Couldn't have happened to a bigger bunch of arseholes.
Status@jwatson1 Which of Soames's exes said sex with him was "like having a large wardrobe fall on you, with the key left in"? Ha, ha! :-)
StatusClear sky with sunshine., could be a nice day in Aberdeen, although weather can change very quickly up here. But...on with the packing :(
Status@johnbrissenden Sounds good! Enjoy :-)
StatusPacking away my chefs jackets, hats, check trousers, and neckerchiefs. Will I ever wear them again? Who knows?
Status"I'll leave the garage unlocked or put a note on the door saying where I've hidden the key"! Haven't thought that through really have you?
Status"They’re already leering at a nice new piece of arse - the chubby, posh one." Justin, absolutely bang on form lately. http://is.gd/1VLU
StatusWARNING: Stupidity may lead to premature death. Jade Goody ignored warning, thought cancer "would go away on its own." http://is.gd/1VCL
Status@therealsim_o I agree with DK. The last Mac I bought was 'refurbished' but was brand new and came with an extra 1.5gigs of RAM for free!
Status@therealsim_o I usually check the Mac mags but then end up buying from Apple or John Lewis because I feel more secure with them. At a price
Status@timalmond You could be right. But there is no sense up here that they are 'British'. They don't even like the word! Hence Scottish Gas.
Status@timalmond I think Salmond will wait for Labour to complete it's implosion north of the border, and then it will almost be a fait accompli
Status@therealsim_o Point taken. But I feel the same about my RSS feeds. Too easy to just follow the same old stuff, especially when unengaged.
StatusDon't get me started :) I see that bloody Waldemar Januszczak has a TV programme coming to our screens shortly. Rolf Harris Rules! :-)
StatusJust realised all those south of the border had a bank holiday yesterday. A politician suggested it could be "British Day". Not up here!
Status@timalmond Now, if it had been Myra Hindley herself hanging in a public-funded gallery I'd have had no objections........Mr. Pierrepoint!
Status@therealsim_o That's one snag with alerts and feeds, they're passive. Every now and again you need to go out hunting! Browse Baby Browse!
StatusIf this is the way David Aaronovich's brain works sans booze fuck knows what this piece would be like if he was drinking: http://is.gd/1VsQ
StatusFree Gaza Movement spokesperson Huwaida Arraf makes Israeli spinmeister Ranaan Gissin reach for his blood pressure meds: http://is.gd/1Vqi
StatusSeagull dropped a fish into the garden, right in front of the cat. Cat eats the fish and spends the rest of the day looking heavenwards!
StatusBlogging: Got the builders in: I'm moving to a new template for this site, one that will be able.. http://tinyurl.com/6449ov
StatusBusy, busy, busy. Filling boxes, sorting, getting rid of crap, cleaning etc - ready for the Thursday/Friday house move. Place is a tip.
Status@tygerland Ha, ha. How true! I'd like to see all Hitler references banned from contemporary political discourse. Sieg Heil!
StatusListen lady, stick to singing. Comparing McCain to Hitler and Obama to Gandhi might not have quite the effect you want! http://is.gd/1TBy
StatusFancy your face on a Chinese propaganda poster? Pricey but pretty cool: http://is.gd/1TxQ Via Photojojo: http://is.gd/EUY
StatusThey are all bloody *Heroes* now. http://is.gd/1TnM Jeeezus! What does that make these guys then? http://is.gd/1To6
StatusToday I celebrate 20 years of marriage to Sandra, my long suffering fourth wife, aka my LAST wife, as she prefers to refer to herself.
StatusArthur Smith's alternative version of the Olympic handover, on R4's Today, was brilliant: http://is.gd/1Tbw (The sound clip isn't live yet)
Status@matstace Goood morning sir, sorry to trouble you...there is a pigeon inside your bank account. http://is.gd/1Sr8 :-)
StatusWhen you phone claiming to be from my cellphone co. it's YOU who needs to provide ME with security information, not the other way around.
StatusFinally got around to taming my fonts on Mac OS X: This http://is.gd/1RXY Plus this: http://is.gd/1Pk7 Plus this: http://is.gd/1RY4 = Bliss
Status@davidbadash That's the one (yep, I'm an old geezer!) Corky the elephant boy and Bimbo, his baby elephant. :-) Those were the days!
Status@davidbadash Ha, ha! I wouldn't have dreamed of dissing a Monkee! I was brought up on Circus Boy !
StatusMmmm, the smell of bacon is wafting up from the kitchen. Breakfast is calling me and I must answer. :)
StatusWhat exactly is the point of Peter York? http://is.gd/1RUi Someone should do up his tie - REALLY TIGHTLY!
StatusI've just updated my Powerotica site: http://powerotica.tumblr.com/ so I'll retire for the night and hope for sweet dreams :) Goodnight all
Status@tygerland Where to go? Work , make lots of dosh and fuck off somewhere warm/nice. You can't carpet the world but you can wear slippers!
Status@tygerland Sandra is a great chair and her profile says that while she would be sorry to do so she would still kill you if she had to! :)
Status@tygerland So I'm uneducated eh? Ha, ha! ;) Thanks for the offer but I'm just too volatile to be the chair of anything :)
StatusI'd have punched this arsehole right in his smug, stupid face. 1941 - 1945 - My father nearly died for THIS CRAP?!! http://is.gd/1Ros
Status@timalmond + You need people interested in *politics* rather than *Party Politics*. Nothing worse than a bunch of braying party activists.
Status@timalmond Agreed. My fear is that get a bunch of like minded bloggers and it becomes a circle-jerk . It must be dialectic to some degree.
Status@mrpower It's a difficult one to pull off and avoiding it just sounding like you're eavesdropping on a bunch of guys discussing politics.
Status@tygerland Long as you get the chemistry right, have a strong chair and there is some confrontation, otherwise it will end up being adonyne
Status@johnbrissenden Thanks, John. Didn't know about the blog. I do now :)
StatusCardiothoracic Surgeon Robert Jaquiss has saved thousands of lives http://is.gd/1R59 Too bad he couldn't run the 200 metres in 19 seconds
StatusYou'd think you might get bagpipe/accordion bands in the city centre but no! Every week it's the same bleedin Andean PanPipe Group.
Status@tygerland Political podcast? I think Matt Wardman set the bar so high it's put people off trying! Cue mad laughter...hahahahahahaaarrrgh!
Status@timalmond To those who have... etc. It really pisses me off. Arise Sir Kevin, BMX champion! WTF! Grrrr! I'm in a shitty mood, BTW :)
StatusReading 'Savage Mules: The Democrats and Endless War" by Dennis Perrin. http://is.gd/1R3t Slim, readable and timely, given Obama's run.
StatusBloody hell. What's the matter with me? Consonant please, Carol. Vowel please, Carol. Achievements. Gotdammit!
StatusRetweet Gordon Brown says the achievements of the British Olympic team will be recognised by the honours system. http://tinyurl.com/5k2tou
StatusSurely the achievments of the British Olympic medallists have already been 'recognised' ? They got f**cking medals! Jeez.
StatusI watched the Daniel Johnston http://is.gd/1Q7W documentary, "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" http://is.gd/1Q7y last night. Amazing stuff.
Status@jwatson1 I've read Bywater's "Big Babies", which could have and should have been a much better read than it was. I was disappointed.
StatusSo, after winning the election it seems Boris and his chums don't really have "a narrative" (i.e. "a clue"). http://is.gd/1Pj8 Surprise!
StatusAnd while I'm in grumpy autodidact mood...Why does everyone on TV now pronounce hospital - hospiTALL?
StatusYou USE a wire coat hanger to hang a shirt. You UTILIZE one as a makeshift car aerial. There is a reason we have both words! Grrr.
Status@jwatson1 Burchill as a Japanese soldier still holed up in the jungle and fighting a long dead war :-)) Brilliant.
Status@therealsim_o There certainly is. I use it occasionally myself and delight when self-styled pedants try to 'correct' me :)
StatusFor anyone unsure of the meaning of the word in question, Mrs Anne Dixon, 55, from Co Durham, provides a perfect example. http://is.gd/1O9G
StatusIterasi (Techcrunch: "...a must have research tool") is now available for Mac. If you're a bookmarking nut take a look: http://is.gd/1O8Y
StatusShe had paid £335,000 in back taxes but still owed them £82k so the vindictive little bastards made her bankrupt. http://is.gd/1NxS
StatusBeen busy all day but now settled with tea and a Victoria sponge reading the latest Private Eye. Taster: http://is.gd/1Nw8
Status(School)Bag of shite: http://is.gd/1MVd Comparing academic achievement with pole-vaulting is both asinine and risible. Twat.
StatusAnd, as I suspected all along, it all turns out to be something of a storm in a teacup: http://is.gd/1LUL Who's going to Hoxton then?
StatusAny one else think the Number 10 website *scandal* has now become extremely and tediously BOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING?
Status@tygerland I always dumped the Apple mouse. Just about to order LX8: http://is.gd/1LC6 and a Wave keyboard: http://is.gd/1LCP
StatusDavid Lammy might talk out of his arse but I'm afraid Neil Davenport doesn't do a lot better in his critique: http://is.gd/1LBR
Status@tygerland Being on the coast and exposed to the sea-fog makes it much worse, so I'm hoping that the move inland will improve things.
Status@tygerland Morning Aaron. Global warming eh?! 100% humidity up here yesterday, and that's with no rain! Really unpleasantly damp.
Status@delboydare Hey! Sounds like a pretty normal girls' night out in Aberdeen ;-)
StatusMan arrested and locked up for five hours after taking photo of police van ignoring 'no entry' sign http://is.gd/1LtR
Status@johnbrissenden Re: "Unjust Rewards". Couple of good chapters (by Walker) but mostly rather disappointing/simplistic. Tax 100k + at 50%.
StatusReader Comment of the Day: "Bob Monkhouse once wiped his bottom on my mother's cardigan." - http://is.gd/1KlE
Status@delboydare That gal could be President one day :( Arrrrgh!
StatusThere's a sizeable African community up here. Oil industry , so they've usually got a bob or two. And miles better dressed than the locals .
StatusA Nigerian couple came around to look at the house this afternoon. Usually I only hear from Nigerians via email :)
Status@mikerouse I can't help thinking that it's the web developers who come off looking worse in all this. £100k?! Money for old rope anyone?
Status@therealsim_o Fortunately, we have the van for 24hrs so we can spread the move over several trips. We're only going 35 miles away :)
Status@therealsim_o We're partly packed. The van is booked. Lease signed. Cheques written. Nothing much to do now until next week.
StatusIf Paula Radcliffe were a pop star/actress the Mail/Sun would be wittering on about how dangerously thin she looked: http://is.gd/1H8i
Status@therealsim_o Good morning :)
StatusI'm still recovering from last night's socialising, so off to bed I go. Hard to believe I was once an absolute party animal. Nighty, night.
Status@therealsim_o Re: Phillip Morris: True, but at least their customers are around for a few decades before they pop off :)
Status@therealsim_o Goodnight old bean! :)
Status@johnbrissenden My wife read the same piece and told me about it after I had bought the book. Have only dipped in. Will crack on tomorrow.
Status@therealsim_o It's a new marketing ploy from the evil Tesco empire. Kill off your customers! He, he. It's all bollocks, of course. :)
Status@tygerland Now that Squarespace has made it so simple I think I shall also go for a 3 column layout when I get around to my redesign.
Status@therealsim_o What a discerning chap you are ;) And good evening young man!
StatusCooked Sandra and guest some Vietnam River Cobbler (Pangas) last night. I'm surprised they didn't both die: http://is.gd/1DIM Ha, ha!
StatusToday I bought "Unjust Rewards" by Polly Toynbee and David Walker . Toynbee can be annoying and often plain wrong but book looks interesting
Status@tygerland The header looks great. Perfectly balanced, with the tiger emerging as if from the mist. Very effective. Excellent :)
StatusMiliband *demands* Russian retreat. I wonder if he stamped his foot as well? Just fuck off and play with your toys, you silly little boy.
StatusEveryone's obese? So why can't I find any 50" chest shirts, even in Primark/T-K Max? And the majority of trousers are 36" waist or less.
Status@tygerland Nice job. May I make an observation? The tag cloud seems a tad overpowering. Slightly smaller type, maybe. Just my 2p worth.
Status@tygerland There are worse political websites :) Erm...http://is.gd/1CmM
StatusMary Beard refreshingly sensible on AQ?. Sarah Sands, waste of space, utterly inarticulate. Dale, bit of a plonker. Smit, sarcastic tit.
StatusThat's the last time my wife will listen to "Any Questions?" in the car while I'm driving. Especially when Iain Dale is on the panel.
Status@tygerland It worked for them and they have slowly and steadily established a niche market and very loyal users without fuss or fanfare.
StatusMorning all! Got to go and get ready and then drive to Huntly to sign lease/cough up a few grand etc :( Y'all have a good day now :-)
StatusCooked for Sandra and guest last night and drank more than usual. My poor stomach suffered for a few hours. Thank goodness for BigPharma.
Status@tygerland Yeah, they are really cruising. And they are sticking to their business model and have even increased their prices slightly :)
Status@tygerland Nice and clean. Looks good. I'm going to redo mine before I crank up again, now that Squarespace has completely revamped.
Status@jimkukral I've got http://4sk.in - Although it does resolve to a Tumblr page. Plus ThatSpudFacedTechBoreGuy.com (guess who)
StatusI'm cooking fish and chips tonight for Sandra and a colleague, so I'm off to buy some lemon sole and some fizz.
Status@timalmond Having said that, I've never come across so many bigots in my life until I moved to Scotland. But then they think I'm English.
StatusThe Scots don't have the same problem up here. The Saltire is everywhere. I loved seeing Asians in kilts at the recent degree ceremonies.
StatusListening to the latest *Word* cover CD. Could do without the picture of Lemmy on the front cover! Oh shit! Tim Westwood is on the inside .
Status@timalmond You don't actually have to offend the supposed targets anyway, just the moral arbiters who sit in judgment of these things.
StatusSqueaky Birchill: Christian Zionist, Christian feminist , Christian socialist - http://is.gd/1uRm AND Christian has-been , Christian twat.
Status@jimkukral Jim, if I were a truly patriotic Brit I could get offended that *Galactic Empire* is capitalized but *British* is not! ;-)
StatusBejeebus! Remember when terrorists didn't have long beards and brown skin? http://is.gd/1uQ5 I guess this government would prefer not to
StatusHow exactly is this *offensive* FFS? http://is.gd/1uNl I hope I die before evry last drop of lightheartedness is squeezed from the world.
StatusWell, ladies, I slept badly last night so I'm popping some pills and hitting the sack early. It's been a gas. No, really, I love you all ;-)
Status@tygerland And why do commenters think it matters whether THEY use an app or not. So what? Fine! Your opinion is worthless then. Goodbye!
Status@tygerland I don't check it out. But then I avoid anything with the word 'geek' in it :) I just took a peek . 2 words: Matt Wardman! :)
Status@timalmond There was a bit of that on Have I got News For You recently. Recorded the week of the Chinese visit to London.
Status@timalmond Shit! Cross purposes! :( I missed the "He" post. Whoops. It was this sort of mix-up that led to the charge of the light brigade
Status@timalmond Who? It sounds like our Tracy, the Jimmy Hill of modern art. I was talking talking about Koons. :)
StatusFancy a nice cuppa? "According to News24.com, a Mozambican woman gave birth to three teacups. " http://is.gd/1spG Mum + crockery are well.
Status@tygerland The header is shite, the colours are shite and, juging by this post - http://is.gd/1sf4 the opinions are pretty shite too.
Status@timalmond I used to be very dismissive of Koons but not so much now . Even so, $23.6million for basically a giant window decoration is mad
Status@pamturner79 Hi Pam. Welcome to my so-called-life stream :)
StatusTweetPro looks good but $20 a month?! (Or $10 for a day) Sheesh, how is that justified? I don't need *friends* that badly, thanks.
StatusNever really been into start pages but this online app could change all that: http://www.alefo.com/ Looks good to me. True customization.