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 Football tournament on Sunday didn't go as well as we had hoped  ... Four teams took part, including one from Holland. With 20 minutes per game, each team played against each other once with the top 2 going through to the 'play off' for the 'winners' title...unfortunately we suffered two 1-0 losses  and only one win, which was 2-0  . Not enough to get us into the final!!!.. I can't say I was too upset about not making the final...It meant we could leave just that little bit earlier....The weather forecaster was right... snow!!... It was bl**dy Freezing!!...lol... Grandsons team have the Yellow socks.....and Grandson 'Danny' is next in from number 9..
The team from Holland gave a good show but unfortunately didn't win any games and for them, just like us, the tournament was over before the final 'play off' game. We had to admire their team spirit though, during their team 'photo shoot', in which they took part before the play off game, you would have thought they had won!!! so many smiles No league game for darts this Wednesday so we arranged to play the 'Home Team champion' game... this is where all the members of our own team play each other to see who goes through to the final in which all the individual winners of each team battle it out to be crowned 'Champion of Champions'.. I was first on the 'oche' ( the toe line)... best of 3 legs... lost the 1st 2... game over...Well I didn't have much time to 'warm up'.....and I did have a rotten cold!!....and I did play the fellow who went on to win it!!!....and...and...lol... Thursday darts.. 3 games left now.. good win this week.. 5-1 in the team and 2-1 in the pairs.. keeps us on track for the 'double' AND we got that 'Free Beer'
Best wishes.
UpdateIts been quite a hectic week.. the main task of decorating my hallway consists of 'boarding' the lower half of the walls... the boarding itself isn't too difficult it's the trim and edges that have to be precisely measured, cut to length and shaped to fit that's causing the biggest 'time consuming' part... but it's progressing slowly!! I have been taking a few ''before and after'' pics so I can compare the difference at the end.... and MAY even publish them in here If I think the quality is good enough.. by that, I mean the quality of my work not the pics...lol...
Wednesday Darts was our last league game of the season and resulted in a BIG 23-0 victory....Free Beer!!
 .... We are in second place at the moment but the team just under us has a 'game in hand' so we could be knocked out of the 'runners up' position if they achieve a good result in their last game..Thursday Darts:- No league game this week so we played a friendly against a 1st division team that are in 4th position in the league.... we beat them 4-2 in the team game and 3-0 in the 'doubles' .....another 'Free Beer!!
... We have already been declared 2nd division'TEAM CHAMPIONS' in the Thursday league and are now trying to achieve 'The Double' by winning the 'Doubles' (pairs) as well,,, With 4 league games to go and with the 2nd placed team only 2 points behind us in the 'pairs' we have to win them all to win that one.* * * * *
Brother-in-law....
 'Lance Corporal' Wayne has arrived home for the Easter break.. He returns to his training camp on Monday and only has a few more weeks training left before he is 'posted' to his Regular army unit based in London... Once he is based at his Regular unit he could be called on, at any time, to be sent to 'Afghanistan'.... Now I am started to 'panic' a little .. The Army was his 'chosen' profession and he has stuck through all the training, He has a body like a mini 'Mr Universe' now...lol... and he must be doing well as he has already progressed to 'Lance Corporal'. I'm sure all his training has equipped him, mentally and physically, for what he might have to endure but it doesn't stop me worrying about him...* * * * *
Grandson have a football 'Tournament' arranged for tomorrow (Easter day)... 4 different teams have entered, including 1 from Holland!!, should be a good day providing the fore-casted 'SNOW' does not turn up and wreck the event!!.... Come on the Lads!!!
I am having an early night tonight as I want to be asleep before the Easter Bunny arrives...lol.... Bring it on... I LOVE chocolate
 !!Best wishes to all.
FriendsI have recently had a few requests to be added as a friend to certain spaces, I normally have a quick look at their space to see what sort of 'friend' they might be. If I believe we may have anything in common I then add them as a 'friend' and leave a little comment in their space. It is not until after they have been added as a 'friend' that you then realize how informative the 'Windows live' page really is...lol....
You have to catch the 'live' page at just the right time if you want to see if any of your 'proper' friends have recently updated as it is just FULL of the details of your new 'friend' or 'friends' making 'friends' with everyone else in the universe...lol...
I had only added 2 new 'friends' so goodness knows what my 'live' page would have looked like if I had added more!!!.
So far, one of my new 'friends' has at least visited my space.... spent 58 seconds checking up on me and left without leaving a comment!!!! The other 'new friend' hasn't bothered to visit at all....as of yet....but I await the visit with anticipation. One of my new 'friends' has at least 400 'friends' and the other has over 700 so it may take them a bit of time to get 'back' to me.... I am soooooo Gullible...lol...
I will give it a couple of days to see if I get any response from my (so called) new 'friends', If not, I will then return my 'live' page to normal working conditions by deleting them!!!.
Don't ya just love 'Friends'??...lol...
Best wishes to all my 'Proper Friends' CHAMPIONSJust a short update on darts:----
Wednesday (Trebles Board):- A 16-7 Victory
, although I 'lost' my singles game and had to buy a drink for the opposing player  ... We are now in 3rd position with everything still to play for..Thursday (doubles board):- A 4-2 team win and a 2-1 pairs win
and as the 'free beer' is on the team game!!! a FREE BEER .... But that's not all.... we are now.....'THE TEAM CHAMPIONS'
There is still 4 games to go but there are no other teams that can catch us in the 'team' games as we now have a 10 point lead... 1st division here we come. At the moment we are top in the 'pairs' in the Thursday league as well but still need to work on keeping our position to achieve 'The Double'... Other teams are still in with a chance of knocking us off the 'top slot' .. Best Wishes.
Stormy WeatherAs I write, the wind is howling down my chimney..we have predictions for winds of up to 80mph. The South of England & South Wales is going to be worse hit ( South Wales is where my messenger mate Jim lives) here in the South East we are expecting the worst winds about midday. I have had to move a few things to a more secure place in the garden already, I moved them yesterday after we had received the warning about the storm and I thought they would have been OK but the wind thought otherwise and they finished up crashing against my shed!!! hopefully they are safe now and will not cause any damage. I braved the high winds (and rain
 ) with my 'high top' van this morning to take my daughter and grandchildren to school, ( I had already checked the website to see if the school was closed... no such luck!!...lol...) it is one of the few times I have had 'both' hands on the steering wheel, I have a nasty habit of driving with one hand on the gear stick!!...lol... On my journey I noticed a few results of the high winds.... A few fences down, (mind you they looked as though they needed knocking down anyway) a few wheelie bins 'dancing' in the road... they were fun to watch until they started heading for my van  ...lol... Display boards, advertising the pubs 'karaoke nights' and such like, 1/2 laying across footpath and road. (why on earth they hadn't put them somewhere safe I do not know!!). The new buildings close to my home have the construction firms 'flag' flying on top of a 20ft pole... which is now laying at a 45 degree angle and the house only 6 doors away from me has it's rooftop aerial laying on the roof tiles!! ( hopefully they have 'cable' installed like me.) Why do I always forget to take my damn camera with me!!???.Best wishes. Another short BlogSame old stuff & Same old routine now Daughter is back at school after the 'break'. Still doing a little decorating in the hallway in between giving a few rooms a bit of a 'spring' clean... I know it's not here yet.. but it's not far away...I hope...lol...
I only decorated my front room just over a year ago and already I have had to treat and repaint the walls nearest the outer part of the building due to damp/mould!! I just don't know what to blame it on.. condensation seems an endless problem in my house...perhaps it's because I have no central heating? but then again I have often heard that central heating causes condensation & damp?? perhaps it's us breathing that has caused it!! I will have to get everyone to cut down...lol...
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Not sure if I will be updating on daughters roller skating anymore... seems as though she may have decided to give it up.... she hasn't attended the last 3 sessions!!, I do try to encourage her but I don't like to force her to do anything that she isn't keen on and I think she has now lost interest. She did quite well while she was there and I'm sure it was a good experience for her.
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On to darts..lol... We lost our Wednesday game
15-8... but I still got me free pint coz the beers were on the singles matches and I won mine ... Thursday's darts match was postponed as we had a couple of players away, 1 working and the other on Holiday, ( lucky swine...lol...) and we couldn't make up the team for that evening..* * * * *
Before I go I would just like to say a fond farewell to the good old :-
British pub, Bingo halls, Transport cafes,
many, if not most, Restaurant/bars,
Cigarette industries
all of their workforces and employees
and probably loads more businesses that I haven't mentioned..
....before they all disappear completely..
Best wishes to all.
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Update and Under Age Drinking!!Just a quick update on Grandson's Football team... I purchased the 'local' newspaper today ( which sponsors and supports the Medway Junior league) and checked Sundays results.... Grandson's team will STAY in the first division next season... Results went our way and we have missed relegation by at least 1 point
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Under age Drinking!!
Before I go I think I must comment on the latest news that our government are going to CRACK DOWN !! on under age drinking........ by prosecuting shops, off licenses and supermarkets that sell alcohol to under age drinkers and remove their licence to sell alcohol!!!! perhaps it's just me but I do think this is so ridiculous. Under age drinkers have loads of different ways of getting their hands on alcohol... mainly asking an older person to purchase it for them... but get their hands on it they will..... Prosecute THEM Instead!!!
Many an 18 yr old looks younger than their years and 'forged' Identity cards are not that hard to obtain!! The trials and tribulations that shopkeepers already have to go through to get proof of their customers age's are creating untold paperwork and unnecessary antagonism resulting in many youths laying siege to the unfortunate shopkeeper that has refused them. Fair enough if the purchaser is obviously under the drinking age then a punishment should ensue but if under age drinking is such a big problem then why are the 'under age' culprits not being severely punished?? Stop keep laying the blame on the suppliers and Stop keep BANNING things that are being abused!!! BAN the buyers and abusers instead!!! Most people know how to use and do things sensibly but are forever being 'punished' because the Government have no idea 'what-so-ever' of how to punish the actual offenders!! This Week and New VideoThe Weeks update:-
Daughter Kes stayed at a friends house over the previous weekend as it was her friends Birthday. As a treat they went to get a 'kabab' and on the way back to her friends house both her and her friend suffered at the hands (and boots) of the local older (Girl) yobbo's, They were attacked from behind, (which is normal for that type of cowards attack) Both suffered slight injuries and Kes finished up with a few 'scratches' to her face and a neck injury, (whiplash) caused by her assailants yanking her hair and pulling her to the ground, both the girls involved in the attack were caught by the Police and as far as I know they were both giving a stern warning.. It was probably best the police dealt with it and not me because as far as I am concerned if they are old enough to 'give it' they are old enough to 'receive it' as well... Girls or not!!!
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'Lance Corporal' Wayne Arrived home on Friday for a weekend's leave from the Army training camp, It's nice to have him home more regularly since he started his 2nd stage training... During his first stage Training we only saw him for 2 weeks during his 4 months training and was only allowed to visit him once.. on Parents Day. The next time we were allowed to visit was on his final day....the Passing out Parade... and on that day he was allowed to come home with us to await his 2nd stage posting. He treated the whole family to a night out at the Pub this Saturday so you can see why it's good to see him home more often now...lol...
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Grandsons 'Footy' team were back in action this Sunday after a two week break, unfortunately they could not quite achieve the 'win' they needed to make certain of their 1st division survival so once again they have to rely on other results going their way. Excellent game to watch though!! 4-0 down with 15 minutes to go and they fought back to 4-3... I do like these exciting games.. like them better when we win though...lol...
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As quoted in a previous blog we were up against the 'top' dart team on Wednesday and........ we lost!!! It was close though .. they beat us 13-10 but I still had to pay out for a 'free beer'
 Thursday Darts gave us another win in the team game but we lost the Doubles!! the beer is on the team game though...lol... * * * * *
I have given up on the 'Camcorder converter' for a little while, perhaps if I leave it for a while I might think of some way to 'beat it'.. I decided to 're-vitalize' an old blog instead.. ( Blackbird) ...My finished project has been 'posted' to You Tube and is now appearing in Kingtroys Video box (just above this blog)!!!
Another PTM Production...lol... If you would like to watch it don't forget to stop the media player first.* * * * *
Best wishes to all. |
.. Congratulations to them for their attitude and commitment after such a freezing cold and hard fought Tournament..
Roll on Summer 
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