Well that didnt go very well did it.

An equaliser in the 91st minute and a winning goal in the 93rd (from a penalty). I could rant on about what was wrong, who did wrong, who needs a kick in the arse, etc, but I cant be bothered. They just have to win the other 2 games now...

Yesterday afternoon, I went to Shells grandparents house. We had a great time, a lovely cold buffet and I fixed her grandads internet problem. His connection was working from 1 machine, but not from the other. No web pages would work or anything. So, into a command prompt, check the settings on both machines, try a ping and hey presto - 1 of them wasnt doing DNS lookups! I then identfied that Norton Firewall was the culprit - it crashed when I tried to reconfigure it, so I disabled it and turned on XPs firewall. Tried again and all was working. I was pleased - he was impressed. I am now thinking on how to implement a wireless network for him...

One thing happened a bit later on. We were all outside "getting a breath of fresh air" when Shells grandad came up to me and started telling me about the work he had done to the house (the house is v.exclusive, plus he has extended it, and runs a couple of businesses from it). This led to discussing the garden and finally onto the view of the back garden. (The lawn goes down a hill and into woods - maybe 300yds -and the boundary is somewhere in the woods!) Anyway, I noticed some uprooted tree stumps smoking away and mentioned them, so we walked down to take a look. These tree stumps have been there for about 5 years and are set on fire twice a year, but they are stil there and look like having no sign of giving up yet. So there we are, Me and Shells grandad admiring the smoking remains.

He then picks up a hoe and hefts it round!
"He's going to kill me with it"
My heart stopped as I then imagined him plunging it into me and cutting off my head or something.

He didnt, but used it to drag out the stones and ash from the centre of the bonfire. Phew!

When that was finished, he put the hoe down and I breathed again. He then turned around and picked up a length of rope.
"My god he is going to string me up!"
But of course he didnt - he used it to move one of the stumps and then it all started flaming again!

When I retold the story in the car on the way home, everyone laughed at my reactions... but they weren't there. They aren't the person that sleeps with his grand-daughter every night, bastard that I must be!

Although, I think he might like me. On Saturday night he asked why on earth I would get involved with such a crazy family like his. My reply "It's a drawback of being very much in love with your grand-daughter." he gave a satisfied grunt and a smile. As an encore, of course, I fixed his internet problem.

I rawwwk!

Saw Bimbo at the cashpoint last night while Shell was getting money out. Shell asked her a couple of pointed questions about what lies she had made up this time. Bimbo was set to pop and stormed off, leaving Shell and I in stitches.

Something I remembered this morning:

A few months back, I bought myself a Trade It, which is a local ads rag. For a laugh, Shell and I looked through the "Personal Contact" section and ended up rolling around laughing due to a misplaced comma.

"I love.... movies, animals walking hand in hand, swimming..."

As soon as I read it, I had little films going off in my head and then started rolling around laughing. Between my tears, I managed to get Shell to read it and notice the grammatical fault. The result was infectious.*

There are a couple of products that caught my eye at Firebox earlier. Check out the Lawn Chair and also the new Tamagotchi Connexions

A really weird comic, but it has some great math/physics in it. Oddly, once I started, I couldn't stop reading it.

And guess what! I took yet another test...
What Marvel Superhero are you?
What Marvel Superheroine are you?

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