Three posts in one morning.. I love being bored.

Sixth-formers have a new syllabus for the Psychology A-Level.. Gambling.

Years after the government has realised theses a problem, students will now study its causes and effects. Although on field trips to Vegas are planned, part of the study will look at irrational behaviour in relation to this.. Maybe them they can think of ways to restrict its addictive nature!

Kelly Osbourne is looking as sexy as ever becoming the youngest person to play Mama Morton in Chicago. The 22 year old stunner is joining the cast in September.. I cant wait.

Are you going abroad? Mobile phone roaming rates are fixed from today. If your call costs more than 33p a minute, take em to court.. I wonder if that will be Martin Lewis' next crusade after illegal bank charges.. BTW A&L.. see you in court.

Names have finally been released on a case I mention last week. If you have read it, you will probably be disgusted that a 16 year old girl had her name withheld after being convicted of murdering Steve Hoskin, who had the mental age of 6.. Its good that 3 of the 5 are named.. Its a shame the other two have not been exposed as being so degrading and disregarding of life. 10 years for the one who stamped on the poor guys fingers as he clung for his life was certainly not enough!

Wine and Cannabis are both slated in the papers today for killing you, but coffee can actually help. Tests on nice have shown that coffee and exercise together appear to kill off pre-cancerous skin cells. Boffins at the State University of Jersey are still trying to work out why.

Save 300 quid if you are vegetarian, on life insurance, but dont go buying you salad from the yellow clown. A not for profit organisation is basing its thoughts on the figures that veggies risk of some cancers falls by 40% and heart disease by 30%.
If you go buying your salad and pasta from the yellow clown clown who is always loving it, you could be consuming three-quarters of your salt intake in one hit..not pretty.

and finally..

A pervert in Holland has escaped being charged with cause of an animal because the sheep in question could not talk. The Dutch rule that if an animal can not confirm that it did not give consent, or is not visibly distressed, then no conviction can be sought.

Louis Armstrong, the first thing that comes into my head as I look into the sky this morning. The only cloud I can see is the vapour trail of an aircraft, the run beating down bright and warm with a nip in the breeze. It feels like an autumn morning yet it will likely get warmer with estimates set at 26 degrees in the south!

For those of you on the tube, dont forget your water.

Last nights meeting I had was predictable, if not drawn out. I got promoted in the interim, we discussed new studios, old equipment and what we are going to do.

On the plus side I finally found someone to agree with me on anything, someone to not agree with me on something else and someone who could not agree with himself whether he should agree or not..

A failed train at Woking, signalling problems between Clapham and Waterloo, and ticket offices randomly offline are providing for an interesting day, as is the fact I could not get a working ticket machine in the allocates time!

I am really starting to get bored with this job now. Management would be better off running a corner shop based in a 1940s corner shop based inside Hitler's bunker, IE they can only manage themselves and have to be a dictator to get anywhere. The corporate support system for front-line staff falls apart on a regular basis. Our central contact centre that staff can use for problems or to pass on information often fails to answer calls from us, our train fault line often goes unanswered because there are so many calls, I have not yet had to find out who would answer the phone if I was debt to a pulp, as so many Train Guards in there days.

well I am very quickly flying into Surrey where the kids prefer to stone trains on a summers day and then have daddy complain that his angelic child was offered to have a stone thrown at him. Daddy of course is a senior member of a company, major bank or political party, so his kid could not possibly be an evil twisted violent piece of crap.

Note To Self: researching a link between big city suits, usually drinking a fair bit on the train home, possibly an independent wife who also works in business/long hour may be beneficial in realising the season that posh well off Surrey children are so arrogant, ignorant and need to be taught that train drivers do not like having bricks thrown through their windscreens..

Some of you think I am joking. We are talking about kids who will do it still in full school uniform after lessons! Its a shame that schools do not welcome the police into the schools to do talks about the dangers!

Well I suppose I had better do some work. When I find a paper I will offer some opinions, but until one of you lovely commuters oblige..

... the flood waters are receeding from the streets of middle England.

Severn Trent Water has announced that water supplies will start to be re-introduced to Glocestershire this week although to start with, not officially fit for drinking, as the Mythe Treatment works near Tewkesbury roars back into life. Patience comes to those who wait however... just like a proper Guiness.

Rain overnight was less fierce than was expected and homeowners are greatful for the lack of problems caused by last nights downpours.

This afternoon is a bright day for me. I have a meeting with the boss to see if he wants me to take over our Station Managers position on an interim basis until the next annual election.

I am already doing most of the jobs anyway, I am training presenters, doing papaerwork, even now updating schedule and contact logs.

Its amazing what I get talked into doing free of charge!

Its going to be one of those days.. phone has only just stopped ringing since 9am!

Two planes yesterday had a scrape on the taxiways at Heathrow. Firefighters pushed to scene as a 777 and an airbus clipped wings. The Boeing was on its way to Washington, but passengers had to join other flights. One wonders if the planes computers are trying to be the best, just like the builders and engineers!

Three members of a gang inflicted horrific mental and physical torture upon a 39 year old man who had learning difficulties and a mental age of just 6. He was subjected to being treated like a human ashtray, was beaten into falsely confessing that he was a paedophile and finally forced to his death off a 100ft viaduct. His aggressors though can not all be named as they are 16.. this is vile, horrific, and all 5 of them. They deserve to die a slow painful death like Steven Hoskin did. They deserve to have beatings, ciggies burnt into the most intimate parts of their body. Its a shame I cant be at Truro to beat them down myself, and if it was legal, offer a bounty on a crevl slow death. As you can imagine, these guys make me sick.

Speaking of sick.. it is occasionally known for various rural communities to be known as Sheep Shagging Inbreds.. okay.. only if your Welsh.. but one teenager has raided a barn once a month to get intimate with a fleeced friend. A farmer got suspicious and installed CCTV after break ins to discover the truth. Roger(ing) Henderson II has been sent for mental health treatment.

A maniac bit off part more than he could chew at Kings Cross when challenged by an off duty copper. The man from Southgate, South London bit off part of the PCs cheek then tried to lick up the spilt blood as six officers battled to restrain him. The man was later detained under the Mental Health Act.

Love em or Hate em. You have to be impressed with one Nuneaton traffic warden. In the first three weeks into the job she issued 500 tickets worth over £15k!

Three teenagers are currently in custody after killing a trucker by dropping an 18 inch concrete slab through an artics windscreen. Even at 4am drivers are not safe from teenage thugs who try to decimate society because they are bored. One of them was 14, he should have been in bed! Investigations continue.

The underworld has come up trumps for their enemies yet again this week as they named three of those involved in the Murder of boxer James Oyebola. They have a race on their hands though, as pals of James also have their own ideas and have sworn revenge. I am not a fan of nightclubs as it is, but I would not venture out in London when this comes to a head.

Well I suppose I had better take a lunch break.

TTFN.

Its been a rough few days. I have not been feeling my best, dvd to the stresses of work. Now that my employer - a company that can not be named for legal reasons - prefers to tell the public one thing and us guards another, I have to endure the daily tirade of verbal cause, threats that I will stabbed and weird people following me through trains.. even though as guards we have brought it on ourselves!

As many of you probably know, here in the UK if you are caught without a ticket on a train, you could be taken to court for fare evasion or ticket fraud, depending on what you have done wrong. NOW however, we are not allowed to tell them that as it infers that they are criminals. Now hang on a minute:

If you fraudulently abuse a bank card and steal a grand, you are a criminal.
If you walk into a shop, and walkout with paying for whats in your bag, you are a criminal.
But. If you walk onto a train, have no intention of paying, hold a knife to the Commercial Guards throat and then walk away. Its actually the guards fault for asking to see your ticket!

But anyway..

I was disgusted to hear this morning that sick assholes contaminated drinking water heading to help those affected by the floods. One can only assume that their families are affluent enough to have plenty of supplies to keep them going. Now police community officers are having to guard the bowsers on one estate after bleach and urine were both put into emergency supplies. Someone should make THEM drink bleach and see how they feel, but then we would be in the wrong for it.

On a similar tract, the south will have the summer during august, probably the most ironic place as our Desiro trains are probably the worst for aircon reliability.

Reports suggest that NASA space missions were compromised by the astronauts drinking heavily before blast off. Considering that NASA are also investigating who deliberatly cut computer wires this week.. it does not look good!

A potty pet-lover has forked out on a stretch limo for her pet poodle as he has pretty much everything else.. Including a mini 4poster bed and 2k of clothes! I wonder if the champagne she have Taz was any good to the system.. does Alcoholics Anon have a doggie meeting?

A man who is denying rape against a now mother of twins. He denies spiking her drink and is still going through the courts, but three Court of Appeal judges are siding with him that if he IS the father, then he should have paternal access and be named on the birth certificate. This would mean that the mother would have to tell her kids who daddy is!
Personally, I feel at this stage the Lords were right. The man has not been convicted of rape and until he does, his rights should not be thrown out. BUT, nothing should decided until after the rape case is finished, as for all we know (and this is not a direct attack on the mother in this case) she COULD be making false allegations, she COULD have been drunk and consented at the time but does not want to believe it or she COULD have genuinely been drugged and raped.

Shambo the bull is finally being led to slaughter. 20 police officers had to physically force their way to seize the TB INFECTED animal which could single handedly cause illness and suffering to many. I am sure the health of the many outweighs the needs of the one, ask any guard at my depot! The many being directors the one being staff!

Well time to tuck into a nice hearty deep fried lunch.

TTFN

... and 20 hours in, I STILL do not know what to do with it.

So far I have been and done a radio show, thought about what to do for it and... well thats about it really.

Tomorrow I have to head out to a few shops doing some Mystery Shopping, sos I suspect I will find myself in Weatherspoons somewhere entering the results using their excellent free Wifi access. That will take up most of the day I spose and I have two opportunities to spend £5 on something and not actually pay for it!

Living on my own is still boring me.... I have no-one to talk to, except the cats. I can do what I want, when I want and it bores me....

Ah well.

With a few April showers came the floods. With the floods came the suspension of rail services, the collapse of transport services and buses replacing trains.

10 minutes ago I would have said I am bored.. when I wrote the above, but all of a sudden I have big red lights saying that I really should not run the train in service.. a thought vetoed by our managers as it might be a glitch in the train software.. might..

Well I got awoken again this morning at 9am by the radio station boss.. being as I only got to bed at 3am. I have been summoned to a meeting tomorrow lunchtime.. does people not realise I have to work shifts? I am waiting to be told that my advertisement that I am standing for his post wont go down well. News may appear later, but I am suddenly in demand!

TTFN.

See I told you.. i got bored.

An Austrian TV channel has launched this week, dedicated to showing The Sound of Music 24/7. The film was made in Salzburg and is now available in every hotel room in the country. As if they needed a reason!

It may still be a while to Saturday, but its still day 2 of the London Potter-a-thon. The queues in Piccadilly have formed and number one in the queue is a 16 year old Dutch girl who has flown over especially.. Sleeping rough is bad enough, but at 16?

A London workman watched in horror yesterday as a 17 year old boy leaned out of a window and tried to plummet the worker to his death. The workman was fixing anti pigeon spikes to the side of a tower block when the unnamed youth took exception to the wires.

Tuesday was the day that Camilla announced she did not want to be queen.. I kinda feel sorry for her. Prince Charles has had a rough time after Diana and like any other widow he can remarry.. bear in mind as well that re-marriage does bring privileges and she should be offered it as she would if she was his first wife.

Vodafone have announced that the expansion into India two months ago has gone better than it had hoped.. maybe now it can concentrate on improving the signal in citys busy areas and anywhere where we would generally use a phone because I swear the must have turned off half their transmitters.

well I suppose I had better do some work..

TTFN

... too easy.....

One phone call. One mention of the Financial Services Authority. One mention (oh whoops did I really say that I had) that the last and this call was being recorded (How dod you do that by the way?) and Royal London finally agreed to refund the overpayment!

So anyway back to more important matters:

Harry would be breaking his wand in disgust I tell you! Not only did ASDA fall foul of the Harry Potter magic this week but so has book distributer DeepDiscount.com for they accidentally shipped a few copies of the new book 5 days early! Mistakes happen and I am sure that this is not the first piece of media to have had a few copies accidentally sent out early, but had The Baltimore Sun of not done a review of the book already, then they would not have noticed. Surely a newpaper editor knows that yes he has an advantage, but do it the day before not a week before? DOH!

In similar circumstances, Scholastic, the US publisher of the book, also issued a serpena against a website with "hints and plot-killers" about the book and requested a picture sharing site removed images of the book.

Ouuuuu Now I am getting REALLY peeved. Now granted, this was my own mistake. Heres the scenario:

I booked a transfer between linked Alliance&Leicester accounts to move money into my bill payment account ont he day a Direct Debit goes out. I did not realise they process the payment first, so I went over my £0 O/D limit (this is my new account) so they charge me £25 for accepting the DD and now £25 because I went into an unauthorised overdraft. 10 minutes later they process my incoming money which would have meant no charges. £50 for a £40 DD.... you are JOKING!

Anyway, where was I?

Communic8, great company with a great idea. A mobile phone aimed at the one market that probably need the specific feature that the new mobile they are offering has... a panic button.

Regardless of why they need it, its a good idea. As the world grows older, thanks to medicine diets and general do-goodery, so has the medical, social and lifeline risks to them. Its rare now for a week to go by without reports of an elderly person attacked in their home, on the street, or in more severe cases, beaten, raped or worse. Medically as well, heart attacks, strokes, even a simple fall, can mean problems for those less firm. Lets not just point out the elderly, those that are young can have medical reasons for note being able to use the latest tiny flash phone. Many are unfortunate enough to have motor function problems at a young age, or the early onset of arthritus, MS and so on.

I talk a lot and not come to a point though. Communic8 have a new handset which they are trying to market with larger buttons a clear large screen and a large absence of 3G Internet. Granted O2 offer their "Jet handset" Vodafone offer a "Simply" handset, but maybe, just maybe, those that can not use the latest Nokia want a bit of choice as well. It seems bizarre to me that if you are under 50, in the spirit of life, the world is you oyster, but as you get older and have paid your debt to life, you get offered less.....

(If you are interested in Emporia Life handset, check out the UK Distributer Communic8 or the Royal National Institute of Blind People. (For some reason I always thought it was the Royal National Institute for the Blind.... The website corrects me )

Televisions latest "I can sing too" contest winner Joseph (also known as Lee Mead) came a cropper this this as his first performance in Jospeh and his Technicolour Dreamcoat was hit by a technical glitch. A failed revolving stage halted the show, as the technicians got out a sledgehammer and set to work for a quick fix! I am not a fan of these talant contests, but I do try to see the finals and that boy has got talant. I am going to try to make it to see the show soon....

The media has been told that yet another one of our MPs used to dabble in a bit of the "waccy baccy". Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has admitted she smoked cannabis while she was at Oxford University in the 1980s and why the hell not, everyone else sems to be doing it! When I was at uni all that time ago, the strongest drug I used was alcohol and the occasional pro-plus. Although I was not in the minority it often felt like it, but when you consider that the House of Commons is meant to be a representation of the people of the UK, are you surpised that some of them have tried drugs, some of them smoke (and with the House being a royal palace, one of th only indoor public places they can do so), some of them are gay and some of them probably enjoy a bit of bondage with whips, chains, gimp masks and other perversions.... is it really in the public interest? If I ever made MP, I would not care that people knew about my driving ban (which has since expired), in fact it would make me stronger that I can admit it, even though I admit I was stupid that night. I have never hidden it from my employer, my work colleagues... although I hope my partners parents never find out

Speaking of driving, the Commons transport committee wants to start enforcing various restraints on young drivers. A report entitled Novice Drivers concludes that the driving age should be raised to 18 and new drivers should not be allowed to carry anyone betwen the age of 10 and 20 at night. This obviously means that new drivers can not go and pick up their partners, kids, friends, family from a pub, an all night party, or even from work, the airport, the ferry port. The first thing I can see is a news headline of "Woman raped/murdered/etc because boyfirend only has 6 moths on his licence". The whole ethos of designated drivers goes out the window as young drivers will all drive to the pub becuase their mate can not take them home as they are all 18. I really hope Jeremy Vine will make comment on this on Radio 2... that will be fun.

Anyway, I had better get dressed, I am still sat here in my pajamas!

TTFN

I was actually quite busy for a change yesterday, hence the lack of posting while I was out and about doing my daily chore. I am sure that tonight will be oh so different!

Firstly a warning. IF you have anything to do with ROYAL LONDON GROUP like life assurance, etc... don't EVER consider changing your Direct Debit details. Three months after I requested it they still can not get it right. Heres a timeline:

* 11th May - I phone RL to change my DD. All but one of the others (the exception being my mortgage) did it over the phone. RL have to send me a new mandate which I have to return and because they would not get it back in time to take 14 days to set it up, can I also "send a cheque" to cover my June 1st payment. Sure!

* During the next 7 days I get the paperwork and send it back.

* 1st June - They take the payemnt from my OLD bank account, taking me over my £0 overdraft limit incuring charges. As I am not using the account I do not check it.

* 6th June - I realise, cancel the DD with the Bank as well.

* 11th June - I telephone RL to check on the new mandate. They may not have received it but due to the fact that two banks have just merged they are running with a delay. I point out the error with the DD and they said they would investigate, but can I please fill in a new mandate which they will send to me, with another cheque to cover the 1st July charge. Sure!

* End of June - I receive a letter telling me that they have set up the new DD and they will be taking two months payments on the 2nd of August in lieu of 1st July and 1st August.

* 6th July - BOTH cheques clear!

So so far they have taken one payment to many, intended to take an extra payment in August (which they have now relented) and won't accept any responsibility for tha fact that they have more of my money than they are entitled to!

So here we go again.... another phone call.

See you in half an hour!

Finally. Managed to source a copy of The Sun. I know I reported earlier on some items, but its time to read the real thing. No lousy Standard today!

30 of the early release prisoners I talked about yesterday are already back behind cars. 6 of whom offended within days of release. So far everyone from conmen to thugs have been released under the scheme. It was a stupid idea to start with and a stupid idea now!

A ferry crashed into one of the Navys biggest ships. The vessel was carrying passengers to a party on board when it hit the pontoon alongside the HMS Bulwark. Something tells me it was not that he did not see it, which was the cause..

Lydia Playfoot has had to take off her chastity ring. The court ruled against her claim that it is discrimination of beliefs and on this occasion I side with the court. They will remember this ruling when claims come in from Klingons wanting to take their weapons to the classroom.

and finally.. because the battery is dying.. A cup driver threatened to elect a 20 year old passenger if she did not change seats on a German bus.. because her boobs were distracting him.

ttfn

Bored bored bored bored bored. So whats in the Metro today.. and why does noone leave a decent paper on the train?

The British in their Britishness have decided to evict 4 Russian diplomats in revenge for the Russians not deporting a Russian from Russia. How about: A Russian killed a Russian, let Russia deal with it! I can see it being a quick way for an immigrant to get an easy life at the taxpayers expense in our notoriously easygoing British jails!

700,000 people now miss the payments on their credit cards. £50 million has been added in penalties so far this year. I know the feeling. I was in that situation and am now on a debt management program. I know of a person who racked up a £400 vodafone bill, defaulted, and months later Orange have him a perfect credit check.. allowing him to rack up another £600.

Scores of Toshiba touch screen whiteboards are failing around the world because they were being touched. The screens apparently do not like being touched by children who shed their skins 6 times quicker than adults, leading to a dusty environment and harder for the equipment to work. Surely if the makers had realised that schools are most likely to use them, then this might have been researched.

more to come later.. Maybe

Unusually for me, I am sat at my home computer doing this post. I am not at work for a few hours yet, so its enough time to take a quick look at the morning news.

Bloomsbury have cancelled an order of half a million books on order to ASDA over a row that seems to escalate from either the fact that they have not been paid or the fact that ASDA critisised the recommended price for the book. Now last time I looked, Bloomsbury can not dictate to ASDA how much they sell an item for, as this would be an extreme attempt of monopolisation. As long as they are paid the price that they have negotiated as the wholesale surely it does not matter that an outlet is selling the book at a loss as long as they get their money. At the end of the day a sale is a sale and can count towards the league table of sales.

For those of you that are interested, Royal mail have launched a commemorative range of stamps, one of which has the four crests of Hogwarts on each one. These have heat resisant inks that apparently reveal a secret... like what? Emma Watson's boobs were airbrushed?

The Simpsons have invaded a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest). Someone has been able to get permission to paint (using paint that will wash away in the rain) a picture of Homer brandishing a donut next to the Cerne Abbas Giant. For those of you that do not know what I am talking about... here is a picture but I can not help wondering a naked Marge would be more appropiate looking at the size of his "Pagan Magic Wand"?

Rhianna has made it a ninth week at Number One in the singles chart with her hit Umbrella. Many are comparing it to the 9 week run of Gnarls Barclay's Crazy, yet forget one thing... Not all downloads counted back then!

The Sun today reports it exclusive that a "Gung-Ho" elite SAS commander is being relieved of duty because he is being too brave when sending men on missions. The fact that he is a Colonel hs been told that he should be behind a desk, plotting things rather than doing them . Now I can see the point behind this, especially as someone so highly decorated has obviously done enough front-line work to know how to do the job properly, but now they have forced him out of the Army altogether, which surely is a backfire for the services especially when recruitment it at an all time low!

All of us who know a bit about music will know that Ms Aguilera is pregnant. That was let slip by the fathers side of the family a few weeks ago, but I have just seen a picture of her on stage this week in a nice tight white outfit and BOY. Does she still look sexy! I think I can forsee this girl performing until she really can not take any more for the baby's sake!

One place I wish I had been able to get to last weekend was Guilfest. This "family friendly" 3 day gig is held in Guildford and had the likes of Madness, Supergrass and the Magic Numbers..... absolute class!

Well I am hoping not to have a busy night tonight. I much prefer reviewing the papers than working hard.... but you never know.

TTFN

Not being a fan of this paper I gladly went to fetch one that had been read a few times.. shame that it had not been put through the test of being dragged through a hedge backwards as well.. In the absence of anything better, beggers can not be choosers.

Firstly, BT are challenging Sky with their new range of football subscriptions. For just 12 quid, you can get 46 live games and 242 games about 5 hours after they are played.. if you want to see Sentanta fail to deliver.. again.. look away in about 3 months time as they could possibly not cope and do it for free!

25000 inmates are now being freed annually on the Ministry of Justice early release scheme.. rather than release council tax evaders that should not be there they are releasing rapists and paedos who should be executed.

Bedhopping, Portsmouth loving Boris.. DONT get me started.. for a start I am not an obese, labourite junkie!

Many papers have also skimmed over the issue of race this week with calls to have TinTin banned. This classic character has come from a time when racism in many forms was accepted as a part of culture and if we are to can that, what about Scooby Doo where all the crime fighters where white and many criminals black? Or Faulty Towers with the cause of Germans? No one calls for their ban, ahhh but yes, TinTin is the creation of Herge.. a Frenchman.

TTFN

Firstly, does anyone know why the introduction of a new front end will mean that my phone immediatly closes the blog.co.uk website.. answers on a postcard please!

Anyway. Today I been mostly reading the Metro.. cos there was on ticket machines and if there is no way for me to sell tickets, whats the point in asking to see them!

David Beckham has finally gone global and got himself a website. My first instinct is that he took time over it then I realised just how much it would over shadow Posh Waife's own exploits. He is meant to be using it to say goodbye to all his "mates" in Spain, one wonders if thats only because International calls are so expensive! His website goes on to say that he will do his best to keep it updated.. I will quite happily do it for him, but I would obviously have to be moved to LA and get paid to do it.

Jane Fonda has vowed to make a porno for pensioners. The 69 year old former fitness video star obviously wants at least one DVD to ensure she still has money coming in as VHS dies, but I wonder if she will learn how to use a zimmer frame for true authenticity?

Michael K, author of dlisted.com , has come out of the shadows to talk about his humoured take on celeb news and gossip. Its a shame that so many celebs want to do him for defamation, I would have like to see his take on the Nick Lachey nudes.

A gambler has taken William Hill bookies to court for over £2 million for not stopping him gambling and costing him his house, wife and the good life. Last time I checked if you self exclude yourself from a bookies shop, how is another to know? Or worse still, if you open one account and self exclude, whats to stop you opening another with a different address and debit card? I for one will be interested in the outcome!

Moving away from the Metro for two seconds, before I forget. Robin McKelle. Excellent singer songwriter, lots of Jazz influence, I love her album and highly recommend it. Its a shame I could never imagine getting an interview with her for the Hospital Radio I work at!

Anyway back to the news. Train staff at operator One are balloting for action over the sacking of one of its guards. I beleive that he was dealing with a persistant fare evader, which is fare enough. Rail companies now are happy just to put the extra onto fare paying passengers as its a captive market. If passengers really felt that strongly, they could petition the company to set the hatre reinstated who was only trying to work in their favour.. but no they will complain that their train was delayed by it, or because the train that guard was working was cancelled because he got sacked. The media are right that all the recent publicity about certain companies is about getting the most money, but its the staff doing what they are told that get all the violence and swearing. This incident just proves that some staff do try, but still end up in the wrong.

TTFN

I stole this from the one they call barneyrulez.... Quite what is so good about a big purple dinosaur is beyond me.... she sounds quite cute though, not like a big purple dinosaur....

Anyway Here it is

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	4.7
Mind:	4.8
Body:	4.1
Spirit:	4.5
Friends/Family:	2.6
Love:	6.9
Finance:	4.8
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

I am gonna go hide from the big purple dinosaur now.

Yesterday was boring... I mean really boring....

The highlight of my day was renewing a first class weekly season ticket... it really was!

No Sarah, no fights, oh I did have one lass who was close to collapsing on a station platform, but her friend said they can manage and was dragged to a waiting taxi (not literally of course!)

Just had a letter from Nationwide Building Society. At the moment I am going through setting up a mutual debt management program through PayPlan, a debt charity. Yes I know, I should not get into debt.... but anyway.

Between myself and payplan, we managed to sort it out so Nationwide would get the lions share of the money I have after my essential payments. It worked out at around 65% of what I was meant to pay them, I hoped that they would see the light and accept it, even stating that the minute I came into anything money wise (even £100) they would get it. They refused and have now given me 7 days to pay off over £17k or get taken to court!

Oh well.... bang goes the flat!

BY the time I got home, and grabbed a quick drink (of juice) I managed to get 4 hours sleep before I went to my parents to sort out my brother.

He managed to get himself into £3500 of debt even though he already has a poor credit record. Orange (mobile phone company) even credit cleared him for TWO accounts at the same time (why two?) just months after he defaulted on his Vodafone pay monthly phone!

He does not care though, he fought me all the way and by the end of it, I was phsycially and mentally exhausted. How can anyone on the dole get so much credit? Well it was already so bad by the time my mother found the unopened letters that he is due for litigation and a court date before the end of the month.

He would rather spend his money on booze fags and more likely drugs, but by the time his case gets to court, he will be of No Fixed Abode.

How the hell can I work trains tonight for 9 hours of 4 hours sleep.... I am going to have to get some red bull.... theres no time for sleep.

Its been a whie since I have worked an intensive shift like yesterday. Having to see London Waterloo twice in a day is hard work.

One good thing did come out of it though, I got the chance to see the lovely Sarah, I was able to sit and chat with her about anything and everything..... except how I really feel about her.

I am sat here at the computer, wondering what is wrong with me. I am happy already am I not? Regardless of what happens from day to day, I still love my partner, even if I am not IN love with her.

My head spins as I sit in silence.... alone.

I have finally worked out why my life is so depressing.....

Because I live on my own!

I only ever phone anyone up because I need someone to talk to, because I crave to hear a human voice outside of work, because silence is anything but golden...

Its a lightbulb moment

I am sat all alone on a train station.. well I say alone there is a bloke who stinks of fags next to me and a couple of scroats playing music from a mobile phone, but I am all alone, with my days takings, at an unstaffed station. This is the way the company want it! They want me to sit with a limitless amount of cash in the middle of a notorious crime area at 11pm.

But it gives me time to blog. Time to put the world to rights. Time to decide in public what I really want to do. The problem is I do not know the answer..

I have no motivation anymore. I awake to feed the cats then in straight back to bed if I could. I dont want to in to work, I do not want to exercise, I do not particularly want anything to do with anything anymore. I gamble what money I have and what I dont, them gamble some more. My doctor tells me to law off the booze for 2 months but I manage about half that before I get depressed and have a night of bingeing.

I have promotion coming up, yet I dont really think it will work, I will end up getting more depressed and drink more.

But to more positive things. Another big party has been and gone, Wills and Harry proving that again money and fame gets the dead sexy girls.. I love my partner to bits but I sometimes wonder what I am missing with a party girl.. the closest I get to a party is the family BBQ.

Maybe that is what is getting me down. The fact that I am always having to act mature, like a 30 year old settled down family man.. like hell, I only see my partner four days a month if i am lucky.

Hell. I am even depressing myself now.. wheres t'shotgun.