Darth Vader attacks Church of the Jedi

Funniest news story of the week.

Some teens in their garden in Wales are part of the 'Church of the Jedi' and where practising there jedi skills in there garden as you do.

When all of a sudden, Darth Vader (some drunk scally wearing a bin bag) jumps over a wall and attacks them with his crutch?

He has been convicted of assault.

Check the video on bbc news.

excellent

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7367631.stm

Raleigh Team Aero Burner Project

Whether through some mad personal crisis or retro calling, I have purchased an old Raleigh Team Aero Pro Burner, which I intend to restore to its former glory.
I bought it on Ebay for £141, which when I had my first Raleigh 'Black' Burner I suspect it wasnt even that much when new.
Its scratched, a bit rusty in parts, in all its seen better days, but i am going to restore it and show the results here. It will take a while but i will keep you posted on how its going.
Any questions please give me a shout, or any advice would be welcomed.
cheers
Rocky

I saw a sad thing today that puzzled me.
I was walking past a lamp post on a busy road and i noticed it had a sign attached to it.
The note was small and had a picture of a xmas tree and xmas decorations on it, with a picture of a present on it. The pictures had been coloured in and a small amount of words were written.
The hand written text had been written by a child to their father, who had obviously been killed at this spot, asking what he was getting for christmas and stating what the child hoped to get for xmas. The note was faded and had been there for a while.
It was very upsetting to read and my heart goes out to the child or children who have lost a father.

What i question is, why do people place signs at the scenes where people have died? would that person not have preferred people to leave messages or flowers at the deceased's favorite park or graveside. Perhaps write a letter and send it out into the wind? somewhere nice not where they where killed?
I would not like the scene of my death to be a place remembered every year. Remember the person, surely that is better?

Things are changing, and changing fast. People are all too stressed and busy to speak out or be bothered anymore. It wont be long before we are all fighting, fighting for fuel, its started, look at Iraq!

My household bills have shot through the roof in the last year or so, food is rising rapidly, just look at the price of bread and cheese, everything is rising fast. I will have to start shopping at Aldi soon!

Ultimately it is because of energy prices rises.
What pisses me off the most is the millions being made by all the fuel suppliers whilst the rising cost of the oil per barrel is going through the roof, all the end users have to make up the subsidy.

The governments...no the people should take back these industries and re-nationalise them, rather than cater for the shareholders, they should provide a service to there customers, that is reasonable and not a rip off.

The world is running out of oil, coal and gas, but surely in these advanced times, when we can invent crazy stuff, we can invest and invent green alternatives that will provide a cheaper solution than just burning everything that's left. Hey i can provide an enormous amount of methane (you wouldn't believe how much!) that might help.

What happens as we get closer to all these reserves running out. Well internationally it will pay to choose your friends wisely. Choose the U.S or Russia? Russia will probably be the better option they are already starting to kick ass , making moves to lay claim to the North Pole to drill all the oil out. When it gets serious, wars will be started.
What happens to the Middle East when the oil runs out there? Saudi Arabia is super wealthy, yet when there is no oil left, watch it turn back into a desert again.
We may see different countries in each region taking over from one another in the wealth stakes when they court the West to sell there reserves. Short term solution that will destroy the region.
Its that bloody sunny over there, they should have one large super solar panel, that would work perhaps. Didn't the Man with the Golden Gun have a big solar panel? maybe they should approach him, he seemed to know about controlling energy.

We just need to do something fast, because it will be in our lifetime that it all turns to shit, and i don't want to be here when it does!
Do something! speak up or cause trouble, piss off the people who tell you what to do! Draw attention to all the things that are wrong, the companies that rip us off and control what we do in our lives. Make the people who are supposed to represent us do something, if they cant, they should not be there. Rant over....for now!!

I'LL HAVE A PINT PLEASE!

Bloody hell, what a day, time for a chill.
I thought Saturdays where supposed to be a day of rest? Up at the crack of dawn and out to football practise in freezing conditions, get home, and i'm told 'we need to go the shops!' , hmm ok.
We go the local retail park - chocka! find a car park space, then go looking around. Supposed to end up just swapping shinpads over, end up spending a fortune on crap i don't need. Only good purchase was some chalk for snooker table, 6 for a quid, bargain!!, the rest of it tat.
Washed the crap off the car, thats been on it through November to now, had to be done.
And I am now just feet up relaxing for once then i am off to the pub.
I know i will probably die soon if i keep smoking, its going to happen i know it, but i just want a cigarette and a pint of Strongbow and i am happy for the week.
its a crying shame that ciggies kill, something so great, a simple pleasure and it has to kill you. Thats bloody not on. Somebody was having a cruel joke when the thought up the pleasure of smoking. I started smoking when i was 11 and took it up more regularly as i got a paper round and could afford to buy them. Embassy Filter pack of 10 was my fave choice, gradually moving to Regal then onto my current smoke Marlboro Light as i thought they wouldnt kill me as fast. They taste great , not like the foul red Marlboro, full on 3 course meal smoke that one is. I don't know how people smoke them, or for that matter Berkeley red , B & H etc. I wouldnt let a dog smoke them. Marlboro Light is the choice for me.
I want a pack of twenty and a pint. Its a shame its the middle of winter and now because of the smoking ban i have to freeze outside in the pub garden with half of the rest of the pub smoking outside.
Theres more people smoking outside the pub than whats inside? figure that one out.
I went to Barcelona two weeks ago, and i really enjoyed sitting inside a pub and having a smoke with my beer (watching the footy too!). Because of the cheap flights to Europe now, someone should organise smoking tours in Europe. I ' d pay to go on one. I paid £120 to go to Barca i and stay in a 3 star hotel just off the Ramblas. A total bargain. If you goto to Barcelona just watch your belongings as pickpockets are rife, but like in any city keep your wits about you and you will be ok. I didnt see or have any trouble, just a great time, drinking and eating and drinking.
Highly recommended is the hotel i stayed in, Hotel Cuitat Vella on Tallers (thats the name of the road) just off Ramblas. Go, its cheap and fun and it has the cheapest Irish Bar nearby The Shamrock Pub, about three doors along. Not exactly local fayre, but if you want a drink in good company and dont want to get ripped off go there. The manager and his wife are very friendly and they do a bottle of beer for 1 Euro and 2 pints of Amstell for 5 Euro during happy hour (approx 5-8).
I digress, i'm gonna have a few drinks of cider and some smokes and chill for the rest of this evening. Its been a long day and i have had enough of it today so time to relax.
Mines a Strongbow, do you want a drink also?

Curb Your Enthusiam

'Curb..' series six starts tonight on More4 tonight in the UK.
It seems like ages since I last saw series 5. The tales of Larry David have just got better and better as each season has gone on. The reason why i have begun my blog mentioning Larry David is that i feel i have a lot in common with Larry.
He says the things I wish i had the nerve to say, what we all wish we should say, then he takes the wrap for it as well.
As I post my comments here, i will endevour to be as honest as Larry, by saying all the stuff I won't say to peoples faces in public (yet i will allow millions to read - if they so wish).
I wonder what the world would be like if we where as honest as Larry David?
If you like Jack Dee's series 'Lead Balloon' then you will love 'Curb.'
'Curb' is the original and best. If you haven't seen it, watch it!