Bang bang

I suppose you know it’s a bad recession when firework night is quiet. Either that or :

1. The weather is shit
2. Nobody fancies paying £35 for a rocket (yes £35 for a whiz and a bang, as seen in a local newsagent near me)
3. People go to council run displays more now
4. People realise the celebration of the murder of a catholic terrorist hell bent on the regicide of a corrupt and suppressive monarch has no place in modern society
5. Arsebook and Twatter are more stimulating to Jo Public than watching a lot of money go up in smoke.

When I lived in Liverpool, Bommie Night was such a big event with the local scallies. What with being able to legally get their hands on explosives with ease and that. For weeks leading up and after, the suburban soundscape would be accompanied by a regular beat of bang bang bang all evening.

But here in Yorkshire. Not very much. Apart from a big fire in the field at the top of the field behind the field behind the lane with no name and a couple of pathetic efforts of Netto standard fireworks.

Personally though, I think the time has passed for this festival and it should go the way of bear baiting and gin dens. Besides, it seems absolutely crazy to me that in this day and age of global terrorism, ordinary people are legally allowed to buy gun powder based explosives over the counter. I mean, if I was Johnny Terrorist, all I’d have to do is fork out £35 for a rocket, dismantle it, put the powder in a coffee tin, add a couple of nails, ball bearings and sharp metal things and there you have it….instant bomb…..Course, you might need something to light it with…..

Bonkers!

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School Dinners

For dinner tonight I had faggots and chips. I haven’t had faggots in years. The ones I got at school were a lot more herby than the ones I had tonight so were a little disappointing.

 

 

Later this evening I was having a text conversation with Uncle Monty about how disappointing they were and how I had them for school dinners. Uncle Monty said that he wasn't fortunate enough to have faggots at school and suffered a disgusting mix of curried cabbage, boiled beetroot and mashed potato.

So this got me thinking about school dinners on a national, if not global scale. Are school dinners an exclusively British thing? Or do they have them in foreign climes? What did you have for your school dinners? Did you like them?

Faggots weren’t my favourite. Sausage and chips was my favourite. If you were lucky you had the option of plum tomatoes instead of beans. The sausages were often just MRM but by the blue bag, they were gorgeous.

How about you?

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The Needle Lies

Back to uni today. 3 days until next deadline. Worms in my head.

It's down hill from here yet surprisingly up hill. Garage door is completely fuxx0rdz

Smart

Originally uploaded by stegzy

Gosh. I am smart.

See the thing is I believe if you look scruffy 90% of the time, when you scrub up you look like a large lottery win.

This was taken on New Years Eve at the Burlesque Ball I went to in Chester.

Writing

I keep thinking I should crack on with Click. But then I think maybe I should start the new one (When I Was Your Age). Then I remind myself that I have a degree to finish and that there's still loads of course work to do.

Transferrence

I spent most of last night trying various platforms for importing LJ entries into Blogger. A futile exercise it seems. Most of the apps I used did some but not all of what I wanted, or they worked a bit and then didnt.

In the end I gave it up as a bad job. 3am I got to bed.

House

In 2006 Gnomepants Manor was valued at £114,950.

Two years and a lot of refurbishment later we just had it valued at £115,000.

Still in profit though ;-)