Well it's here, the day has come, when we all head off on our annual holiday ( the we is me and my family, not you, not that I don't regard you all as my family, you are my virtual family, and it's my real family that is going on holiday, if you know what I mean? I don't but I'm sure that I will one day) and we've got to be at the ferry terminal for 5.30am ( in European 24 hour clock time that is 5.30am, oh it's the same? Oh yeah it's just when it gets to the afternoon that it changes. ) The Ferry takes about 3 hours, I hope it's not too windy ( when the ferry is on the sea, not anything to do with people farting, or really me farting) as we don't want any little kiddies being sick all over the boat. After the 3 hour Ferry ride, we've got a 210 mile drive down to my mothers house, where we stay until Tuesday when we will fly out from Glasgow to Spain, for a week or so, then do it all in the reverse again, aren't holidays fun?
So I'll not be posting for a while, but I may send you a postcard. Last year I saw this postcard of an erupting volcano, sent it to my mother-in-law, with the usual holiday message " Wish you were here"
Oh well, I'm gonna have a mug of coffee, then maybe have a dump, before we go, well you gotta go before you go now, haven't you? Well bye for now, and I don't want you all to be holding any late night parties while I'm away, I will get to hear about it, if you do, so you've been warned, BEHAVE. I think that's all I wanted to add. Cheers then.........

I'm so tired, I just wanna go to bed
I'm so tired, I'll just curl up here instead
I'm so tired, I just wanna go to sleep
I'm so tired, I'm sick of counting sheep
I'm so tired, I can't even think
I'm so tired, I haven't had a drink
I'm so tired, I'll just lie on the floor
I'm so tired, like I've never been before
I'm so tired, I may have lost the plot
I'm so tired, I'm feeling oh so fraught
I'm so tired, but cannot close my eyes
I'm so tired, I really must apologise
I'm so tired, I really shouldn't complain
I'm so tired, it must be all the strain
I'm so tired, I'll just excuse myself
I'm so tired, it's not good for my health
I'm so tired, please don't ask me why
I'm so tired, I'll just lie here and die________________

So this is Great Britain
A green and pleasant land?
The home of CCTV Camera's
To get speeding drivers banned

So this is Great Britain
The welfare state, & NHS
Great British Institutions?
Some think they're in a mess

So this Is Great Britain
That once ruled the waves
An Empire and a Commonwealth?
Now issues ASBO's if one misbehaves

So this is Great Britain
The Mother of Democracy?
The House of Commons and Lords
Ensuring justice & liberty?

So this is Great Britain
Where God saves the Queen
A land of hope & glory?
You can vote at age eighteen

So this is Great Britain
Are the pensioners in poverty?
They've never had it so good?
They're all having a nice cup of tea

So this is Great Britain
A class system breeding inequality
Education, Education, Education?
Needing a dose of political honesty

So this is Great Britain
Still the mother of the free?
The police, council, & MI5
Are watching you or watching me

When you look at me, what do you see?
Do you think that I'm living a life of luxury?
I may break into a smile, just occasionally
But I can assure you, it's not easy being me

I'm not bad today, life's never been easy
Alone in my bed, wondering where is she?
You won't catch me crying, unfortunately
I'm so used to holding back the tears lately

I come here, write a bit, I've given up drinking
Don't smoke either, so all I do is some thinking
I've always preferred a sun-rise to a sun-set
My dreams have vanished, I've got space to let

No more bad dreams, I've got that feeling deep in my gut
Memories do fade, doors that were open,now firmly shut
Am I just waiting to die? Perhaps I'm already dead?
Hang on a minute, the dog & goldfish are needing fed

If I was my heart, I'd be knocked down and senseless
If I was my lungs, I'd be burnt out and breathless
I'm still waiting here, and feeling so awfully old
I'm just lying here, because that's what I was told

When the kids have left home, will that be our end?
Will we still be together? Will we stay best of friends?
It's getting so dark now, then it must be at night
Will you join me once more, and be my shining light?

I don't need a crock of gold
I don't need a witches brew
I don't need the pope in Rome
I don't need any one of you

I don't need any inner peace
I don't need any black magic
I don't need the Sun to shine
I don't need something tragic

I don't need the holy bible
I don't need the word of God
I don't need your Jesus Christ
I don't need another caring sod

I don't need a statue of Budha
I don't need any crystal healing
I don't need any fake astrology
I don't need any group-hug feeling

I don't need your earthly sanity
I don't need the Greek God Apollo
I don't need your brand of humanity
I don't need someone to follow

I just need to be me
And that's the reality

There's no war today
The General's gone away
He said he couldn't stay
And that was yesterday.

The war did no good
Is that understood?
By all of those who should
Know better if they could?

Everybody is getting colder
Maybe it's just me getting older?
Are people getting bolder?
I'll give them the cold shoulder

Are we going in the right direction?
Do we need a slight correction?
The USA is having a Presidential election
Let us hope they make the correct selection

I'd vote for that Barrack Obama
I think he's a man who loves his Mamma
He won't make a crises out of a drama
Or put the globe in a state of trauma

A Black President may show dignity
Take the world out of the insanity
Show the world America has equality
Getting rid of racial hatred and animosity

An opportunity for Americans to demonstrate
That they no longer want to discriminate
The world awaits, as the voters get irate
The electronic voting they cannot operate.

In this land of ours we have a voting booth
And to identify yourself you must have proof
I've voted nearly every time, since my youth
If politicians could differentiate lies from truth

For the 12th year running, I am The Worlds Greatest DAD. I've got the mugs, tankards, slippers, boxers, etc to prove it. I'd show you them, but do you really wanna see my boxers? Well exactly, so no more about it. It's getting embarrassing now, I don't even have an acceptance speech ready, I thought that maybe, just maybe, one of you dads out there in blogland would have been a decent enough father to take the trophy off me this year, but, alas, no you're all useless, but you can improve your fathering skills, by logging onto www.whyamIacrapdad.co.org.uk.dad.com  It's only £25 for the course, and there's a small administration fee of £50, then once you've paid your enrollment fee of £25, you'll be a much better father, you will be £100 out of pocket, but what can you get for £100 these days? Getting pissed may be something you can get for £100, but if that's what you think, then that's why you're not a great dad like me.
We're off to Spain for our annual holiday ( for any Americans reading this, a holiday is a vacation, in your language, and if you're wondering about the spelling of words like colour, then just pretend that the letter u isn't there, and you'll be fine) I was asking my travel agent about the opening times of the pool at our hotel, and if she knew what time Germans got out of bed in the morning, to put their towels onto the best sun loungers, and she thought that was a silly question? Why? If I knew, I'd set the alarm for 15 minutes before them and go and get the good sun loungers myself. I am an early riser, just ask my wife, I'm very stiff in the morning, and herself helps me to get rid of my stiffness, though it can take a while. Well that is it for today, I'd like to thank everybody for coming here ( not like that though, if you come here like that, you can clean it up) and reading this thing that I do in this place that I do it in. I hope you have learned something from reading this, if not, next time maybe?
Cheers Folks...
PS Happy Fathers Day to All the Dads out there.

A state of the art missile $3 million,

An aircraft Carrier £500 million,

Rifles and guns $175 million,

Unmanned Spy Planes $350 million

Going to war $5 billion, billion.

Peace=Priceless

For everything else
There's MasterCard

I'm really pissed off, I got a letter from Setanta Sports, informing me that the monthly subscription is going up from £9.99 to £12.99 per month. That's 30% of a rise. Are they taking the fucking piss. The price of petrol is going up everyday, in fact it goes up that bloody frequently that the local petrol stations have employed a guy, just to keep changing the price. And if fuel goes up, everything goes up in price, food, and services, and travel, then these arseholes try to get more money out of me, well it ain't gonna happen. I thought that their footie coverage was poor-mediocre, and I only watched it for certain games. I should have guessed that they were going to increase prices, they've been advertising that they've got a lot of the International matches LIVE, and other things. If they had put it up by a £1, I would've moaned about it ( I am Scottish after all) but thought that it was alright.
I am on a fixed income, and it's fixed too bloody low as well, but that's another matter, so finding an extra £3 a month isn't easy. Should I cancel my direct debit charity monthly donation to Actionaid? Nah, I couldn't do that, that would be criminal of me. I don't smoke, I can't drink ( well I can, but I take too many pills, and it's not advisable to mix alcohol and drugs) I'm trying very hard to give up the "One Night Stands" my wife thinks that it's about time I did ( that's all untrue, the one night stands bit, the rest of it is true, I think it is) I don't get out much, so I spend most of my time on t'internet or watching television.
If I was to tell you that I don't have any black or ethnic minority friends, would you think I was racist? I have had, in the past non-white friends, but I never really thought of them by the colour of their skin, so didn't feel the need to ask the question, as I had lots of friends. However I don't have many white friends anymore, does that make me sad? I bloody feel sad now. Oh shit, what a life I lead. I wish I'd never bothered now, I'm getting depressed, but I shouldn't, because I know that I will have food in my belly, a roof over my head, clothes to keep me warm, everything to hand, so why should I be sad?

Do you know what you're fighting for?
Do you think that you're gonna win the war?
Does it hurt when another mother cries?
Collateral damage as her baby dies

Do you think that your God wanted this war?
Please tell me, 'cause I'm not so sure
Why can't you just stop all of this killing?
You can do it today if you're really willing

Do you think that your God is on your side?
Do you know that there's no place for you to hide
Can you remember your words at the very start?
Where is your compassion? Where is your heart?

Looking back is this what you had planned?
Thousands of children's blood on your hands
Could you stop it now or has it gone too far?
Is it oil that you want for your gas guzzling car?

Do you know what you're fighting for?
Do you want to stop this stupid war?
Do you think that it's all about winning?
Don't think it's freedom that you're bringing!

Why can't you just get our soldiers out of Iraq?
Give mothers their sons and daughters back
Will we ever have " Peace in our time?"
It could be the last mountain that we climb.

I've been tagged by la_spice, so I better get on with it.

1) What I was doing 10 years ago?

5) Places I have lived? Oh man, I'll be here all day. Right this is not in any order, just as I remember the places. Stornoway, Newmarket, Crossbost, Aberdeen, Falkirk, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, London, Reading, Oxford, Eastbourne, Blackpool, Orpington, Bromley, Shaftesbury, Bradford, and I think that's it.
So now I've got to tag 5-6 people
I'll do that later, once I've got 5-6 people to tag......

We stayed at the Travel lodge Hotel, and right next door, was a lovely pub, called, well you can see what it's called by the photo. We had a nice ploughman's lunch in there, but don't tell the ploughman that it was us. A lot of the pix didn't come out, once I've gone through them I'll post some more, but Cheers for now...

Hi, good morning, it's a lovely sunny morning here, so far today. I thought that I'd check the forecast for here today, I first visited the weather channel.co.uk and it stated that it was to be sunny intervals until this evening then some light rain. I then checked the BBC weather ( you have to check Aunt Beeb's weather forecast, I was brought up by their weather forecasts, and believe them to be true) and it stated that it was going to be a mixture of sunshine and rain, it also indicated that, right now, there should be some drizzle ( wait there, until I go check and see, while I'm away checking for the "Drizzle" you can check the weather for your area, if you want like, you don't have to) and there is hardly a cloud in the sky, I'd take a photograph, to prove it, but the camera is upstairs and I can't be bothered going up there to get it, although it might be ME? I then checked the met. office, and it stated that it would be sunny, with some cloud cover, at times. I always thought that the Beeb got their weather from the met. office chappies? I'm sure they just make it up, or maybe there was a staff party yesterday, and they just put any old weather up for this area. Maybe one of the weather girls ( that's the girls that tell you the weather on tv, and not the slightly plump-ish ladies that had a hit with "It's raining men" ) was leaving, or her last day, as she was very pregnant. There was a little spurt of pregnant weather girls at the Beeb, for a while there, it makes you think, " What are they doing in those offices?" Certainly not giving out the correct weather everyday, that's for sure.
Oh well, I'm gonna go and sit out in the morning sun ( or if I believe the Beeb, morning Drizzle) with a cup of coffee, and yesterdays newspaper ( I'm a bit constipated just now, so not getting through the news as quickly these days, I'm still going in and trying, but it's just hot air, and smelly too, but keep it to yourself though, I don't want my toileting activities to be hung out like dirty washing, thanks)
Thank you for coming here, and reading this thing that I do in this place that I do it in. Cheers...