David's blog

Well I achieved something last night, which I thought was going to be beyond me, I guess to a lot of people what I achieved, was pretty trivial, but I guess we all see things different;ly, what I achieved was to get over 170 score in a whist drive.  Last night was the first time I had ever done it, had a few scores in the 160's but not in the 170's which I see as the holy grail of scores to get as you will probably win then, which in fact I didn't last night, someone scored more than me, by 1 point.  I was not that bothered about that, all I was concerned about was getting a score above 170, I have been going to whist for years off and on and was never, until last night able to get the magic score, I am surprised I got the score last night as I had a bad headache all evening, I guess it was the luck of the cards that got me through. I thought I would never get the score, as I don't see very well, and struggle to make out the cards sometimes which is a bit of a strain,

Well its been a few days now since I moved from wordpress, back to blogger, and its ok I think, it seems to be working better. This morning, someone came round to look at the gas boiler, it was due for its annual check up.  I guess its one of the benefits of living in rented accommodation, you don't have to bother with the cost of the boilier, its all taken care of.  He was not here long, and the boiler is fine, which I guess it is, though with the price of gas these days, it does not get used as much as it used to.  The only down side of the boiler is that to get warm water you have to run the tap for ages, and also it makes a bit of a racket.  I was given a time of between 8 and 12 for him to come, well of course he came just before 12. I made some lobscouse last night, and home some today, its not as thick as I would like but I guess I put too much water in it, I guess I could add flour or some more potatoes, but I won't bother, it will have to do for now.

Today is Sunday, and as usual its day that tends to drag, especailly if I have a hangover, which I often do on Sunday.  I did not get up until latewent , well later than usual anyway, I guess I must have been tired. I then went and did some gardening well just went and did some clearing up really, after the people had put in a new shed, the garden now looks quite different to what it did before.  Since the gardening I have just been watching the tv, there is not a lot on on a Sunday really, just watched the rugby but fell asleep in the middle of it.   I got a letter the other day saying that someone is coming to have a look at the boiler, to service it, so I will have to tidy up the kitchen, they say they are coming in the morning so I will have to hang around until they do, hopefully they will come early. This next week coming, if my finances allow it, I will be out for four nights in row, a jam on tuesday, and wednesday, the whist on Thursday and the pub on Friday, it will be a

There was a lot of sport on the tv today, so I went and did the usual shopping to Porthmadog, this morning.  I did not need much just something for tea really and some milk,  I finished the shopping quite quickly so had a bit of time to waste in Porthmadog, there is not a lot to do there really after you have finished your shopping, besides go for cup of tea or just go up and down the main street, I opted for the later.   I bought another bin for the kitchen on my shopping trip as the one I had had broken, been using black bag since it has broken but needed a proper bin.  After I got home I watched the rugby but fell asleep in the middle but it did not matter as the Wales were so far ahead that there was no way that Wales would get caught.  There is some fooball on later, but will have to watch that on the computer as I don't have sky on the box and for some reason Wales's games are on sky. I am watching the Wales v Finland game on a free stream off the internet, the qualit

No sign of the people who are suppose to be giving me a new kitchen , today.  I think the process that should have been done today or yesterday was the rewiring and in one way I am glad they didn't turn up as I would have had bare wires, I think waiting to be plastered over, all weekend.  I was not sure whether they would turn up today, but I had a dentist appointment early in the morning and if they had not arrived by the time I had to go and get the bus, they were not going to get in anyway, I toyed with leaving a message with next door, but I reckon if they are not here by half nine they are not coming at all.  Its a real drag not having a kitchen, and having to go backwards and forward to a the room where the stuff is.  I guess I will get left alone this weekend and and won't have to be worry about them turning up so much I guess, and hopefully they will come and Monday and get on with the process. I am beginning to regret starting the whole thing really. Like I say I wen

Its been a long boring day, trying to sort out the computer, there is a problem with the bluetooth now it won't let me transfer files for some reason, I have looked on the internet but found nothing there, its hard to know what question to put in really, what to ask.  Anyway I gave up on that in end, I tried to solve the other problem, the unidentified network problem Update, I now have a new laptop.  There have been a few problems getting used to windows 8 but I am getting there slowly, the laptop is by a company called Asus or something, never heard of them before. The laptop was on display, they didn't have any others in the shop, so took the display model.

I liked this song when if was first out, I see it was out 22 years ago, it is quite breathtaking to think where all the time has gone, it seems like only yesterday when it was out. I had an appointment with an employment advisor today, as usual on a Friday, well I say as usual, as he forgot to turn up a couple o f weeks ago for some reason,  All the appointment involves is me just telling him what I have been up to in relation of job hunting, which this week involves having applied for 2 jobs, not sure I will get anything from them but we shall see.  I need to money really, that is why I am applying. After my time with the advisor I popped up to Blaenau for a couple of hours, had a chat and a cup of tea with some people, then got the bus home. and have been messing about on the computer since trying to understand how this windows 8 thing works, its a bit more different to the other versions of windows, it seems to be adopting the tablet way of doing things, I haven't used

The above pic is of the village I live in, it was taken this afternoon I like to do this walk up from the village up to the golf course, which is shutting down in March, after being open so long, one of the oldest golf courses in Wales, and has great views. From the above point I go on through the golf course and then down a road and then I cross the A470, and then go up past the water works, up toward an old iron age fort, called Bryn Castell, I then then go down through a field and past an old house called Hafod Ysbyty, then down the road back into the village I took some diversions today, just a went exploring a bit as you do, but thought better of going too far off the route, though it was a nice sunny I guess I could have explored a bit,  I took a lot longer today to do the walk as I have a bit of a hangover, I think the walk took me about 3 hours, hopefully I will sleep better tonight better than I did last night anyway.  I am glad i took advantage of a nice day to go for w

Remember remember the  5th of November, tonight is bonfire night, I used to go to the big field in the village for a bonfire, there was a huge bonfire there, all the village had piled it up with all their rubbish, and we had been round the collecting things to burn, it was a way of getting rid of waste, saved having to put it in landfill.  When it was lit it really nice a warm to stand there in the cold winter air.  I remember the guy being put on top and waiting for the fire to get to it, now they don't have things like that here anymore,  I guess its to do with health and safety and shit like that, which is a shame, but I guess things move on.  There is a firework display here but its not the same as having a real warm fire to stand next to, while watching the display.  There was also some home made food that you could buy, ah the good old days. I guess once the fireworks has gone, people will be getting ready for the next load of crap which is xmas.

Well I got this phone off ebay the other day, its called  HTC magic, something to do with vodafone, I am finding it a bit awkward to use, does not matter what i want to do I don't seem to manage it, I guess I will persevere with it the charge seems to go down quickly too, maybe I am running things which are not needed and therefore using up the charge. I went and did my washing in the next town as usual, maybe I will get a washing machine one of these days,  I had a pasty from the bakers again.  He is a kurish chap, who has been here a few years and has managed to grasp some Welsh, which is more than a lot of people do after they have been here for decades, my grandmother could hardly speak Welsh and she was here for about 50 years, its hard I suppose to do learn it as most Welsh people can speak English fluently, I guess the Kurdish bloke has worked hard at it and has obviously grasped the fact that he could charm is customers by his efforts and also I guess it makes it easier f

I had an appointment this morning in Porthmadog, with some guy who is going to help me find some work, the appointment was at 10 pm, I got there and was told that the guy would be a bit late, well he was late alright, he never turned up, a real waste of time. Its good to see that Germany are recognising intersex, and that a child does not have to be classed a boy or girl when they are born, nothing is ever black and white, there are always, and apparently, its one in every 2000, exceptions to the rule. I did some of this stuff at university, but have forgotten most of it, I wish I had carried on studying really, oh well that's life.