David's blog

It has done nothing but rain all day today, except for a few minutes at lunch time it seems, which took to mean the weather was getting better, so I did not bother putting on a coat to keep me dry, which was a mistake really as it the rain got a lot worse in the time I was out.  It is late evening and its still raining, There is a saying in Welsh that August has 3 heavy rainfalls in it, I think today was the first, so one down and 2 to go.  I did start out this morning to go for walk with a walking group, but i was a bit slow getting out of the house, the walk was 12 miles, from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Penrhydeudraeth, I was a bit late getting to the bus stop but thought that the buses were usually late anyway, but I guess it depended on how late.  Anyway I had missed the bus, I gave up after about 20 minutes, which in hindsight was a good thing, as I would have got pretty wet on the walk and it would have been miserable, walking in the rain with my head down, just wanting the end of

It has been a nice day weather wise today, there has been a nice breeze all day, ideal for drying clothes, the rain did come down heavily for a while though.  This month is fast going, only a couple of days left, I should be getting the new battery for the phone, either tomorrow or the day after, I did have a new battery but it seemed to not be holding the charge only for a few hours I am assuming that this is because its probably a copy battery, so I have ordered one which is for the phone itself, if this doesn't work I guess the phone is knackered and I will have to get a new one, I am not messing around with getting this one fixed. I had a go at writing a song today, the words to it are not very good, its basically about homesickness, the middle 8 bit is a bit tricky to get right.  I guess I hope the group who play with right now, would like to play it, its not brilliant but I guess the more I write the better I will get hopefully. I also came across a problem, that might have

I was not feeling good when I got up this morning, maybe it was because I was late going to bed, as I stayed up to watch the documentary on the Piper Alpha disaster which happened in 1988.  I remember hearing about it, I think I was home on holiday from college.  I took notice of the news as I knew someone who worked on there, Adrian, he was a local lad.  He was one of the men who lost their life in the disaster.  I knew he had died there but there was no body, no funeral, well I don't remember one anyway.  My way of dealing with the bad news was to think that he was asleep when it happened but from watching the program last night, he could not have been asleep so my illusion was shattered.  I guess the only consolation I can take from the situation is that he did not die along. I remember him and his friend going up to Aberdeen to find work, they had planned it for weeks.  The other one Kevin, came home not sure if he had got a job and did  not like it or was not able to find jo

I went to the local General Hospital today, to get some masking thing fitted, it is suppose to make the noise that the tinnitus I have makes.  Actually it make a noise like a gas leak, not sure if it is any good, but will give it a go as this tinnitus is quite vile.  The person who gave me the gadget, I think had a hearing problem, as she asked how I was and never waited for the answer, she was very nice though very friendly.  After the going to the hospital I went for a walk round Bangor and then caught the bus home, while in town, some moron who was selling something thought it clever to be mouthy, I guess he did not do much business with kind of attitude, maybe he was on work experience from the the local school. When I came home I cut the grass, it was a bit damp today as it has been raining a little, it rained a bit last night, I hope the summer is not over.  Through the post I got this tee shirt I ordered from the US, its crap, well its crap in relation to money I paid for it a

Well, there is a horrible weather message going round claiming the nice weather we have had is coming to an wet end this week, this is a real shame as the last few weeks have been great but like the saying goes, all good things come to an end. I hope the break in the nice weather is only temporary but I am afraid one the bastard rain comes it won't stop, there is nothing I can do about it anyway, what will be will be.  I feel a bit bad today after drinking a bit too much and talking rubbish in the pub again. I think I  am having a new shed tomorrow, the old one is coming down and some metal thing being put in its place apparently. I hope they take my rubbish with them, I could do with getting rid of it really its a pain and I am not spend money and asking the council to take it away.  I think these people are also putting in water things round the house, guttering things. Well its not long to go now until I have to decide if I am going to college or not, I think I will go, I do

Well its another fabulous day weather wise, not much cop otherwise, Sundays are a real drag really.  I got a message on that facebook thing, that someone was looking at the messages I was writing, it was a friend of a girl who I used to go out with at college 25 years ago, its really funny how facebook can put in touch with people from your past people who you thoguht would never enter your life again, they had gone.  I guess if I am going to encounter the girl again, the one was seeing, this lady is the nearest person, to her. Life is pretty short, its hard to believe that 25 years has gone by, another twenty five years and I will be an old man, that's if I live that long.  I made that chicken stew which I like, for dinner, it was ok, I used the chicken thighs, which I was taught to debone and taught how to get rid of the skin, these thighs are a lot cheaper than the chicken breast, and probably a lot nicer, I guess people buy chicken breast just for the convenience of them I supp

I| came across one of the problems of internet shopping today, I had ordered this tee shirt a few weeks ago and it came from America , it was quite expensive for a t shirt, well so I thought anyway.  Anyway it arrived today, I took it out of the packaging and tried it on and it was a bit tight, I thought I had ordered the right size, I am usually medium in most things, but this was too tight. I guess this is the problem of ordering online, you don't get the chance to try the thing on. There was a return it, if you are not happy available so that's what I did and said I was returning it because it was too small, there was an option to say this, on the sheet, it seemed not to give me the option of returning it and ask for the next size up, so hopefully they will use their common sense, or maybe I will email them   Maybe I should have asked for my money back its hard to know what to do in these situations, anyway I hope, I get a bigger t shirt as a replacement, maybe I am getti

Well its the first of July and another council tax installment is due, not what we get for our council tax but it seems that its something that has to be paid, of they get funny and will even resort to those vile bailiffs to get the money.  I had a phone call this morning to say a builder would be coming round around 3, well I got home for 3 and no one has turned up, maybe the came just before, but you would think they would have the sense to hang around until at least 3 o'clock, no i guess that is asking too much of some people.  I have no idea when the work will be done now or if they will call again, who knows. While waiting for the person to turn up I watched the tennis on tv and also had my tea, then I fell asleep in front of the telly, which is not good as it means I will struggle now to go sleep this evening. It has been a bit better today weather wise anyway, no rain to speak and a possibility of drying some clothes on the line.  I don't have an eventful week coming up