We made it one piece.... just! Air Cuba. What a joke! Was supposed to leave at 10.30 but it was more than hour after that that they decided to start loading us on. Boarded a plane from the runway. I think it was so old that they dont make the terminal connections for them anymore. It was one step up from a twin prop DC 3. It was like Post War rather than 21st century travel.
Me being 6"5 had to stoop once on board and considering the state of the interior I as watching where I walked incase I stood on a chicken, a dead body or worse! The beauty of this big old bird were the seats. Old school glory. Loads of leg room, big old comfy chairs. Well before the time when they decided they could cram twice as many people in by making the seats sized for 11 year olds.
So we were on our way... no probs till a big fat dude with the biggest 'tache I have EVER seen lights up this cuban cigar and puffs merrily away. I kept loking around waiting for someone to tell him off but what happened instead was it fired up a wave of others following suit! I couldnt believe it. it was like I really had gone back in time. It was like if I had inflight entertainment (which of course there wasnt) I would be listening to Buddy Holly, Elvis and Bill Haley and the comets. So by the time we arrived I felt like a smoked salmon. I was pretty glad to set foot off that plane. Something to look forward to on the return journey...
Internet access is not particularly common, so I might be a while before my next post. So fret not that we have been taken hostage somewhere. Stay tuned for the next episode... Peace out
time travel
Goodbye, cruel world...
Backwards at 80 miles an hour... On a train to gatwick. Cuba bound, air cubana be my friend... Please... D&V have a good trip and hello from shell...
There may be a pic attached, that's where I'm at...
Camera primed, ready for shootin...
12 and a half hours to learn Spanish... Wish me luck..
....and remember kiddies! MrNathan loves you.... (love ya big guy)
HNT....
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THIS is most certainly what the fans want.....
Vinnie, you rock my world...
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active.Viacom sues YouTube for £1bn
Viacom sues YouTube for £1bn
2:20pm: Viacom is suing online video service YouTube for more than $1bn for the alleged posting of 160,000 unauthorized clips which have been viewed more than 1.5bn times
Maroon 5, Anyone?
The long wait is coming to an end! Maroon 5 will be realeasing their much anticipated sophomore album "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" on A&M/Octone Records on May 22nd. From the first single, "Makes Me Wonder" to the very last track, it is clear that Maroon 5 has delivered another masterpiece that is well worth the wait! Stay tuned here and to the official website for more news.what the hell is wrong with people?!...
Fourteen men have been arrested after three teenagers were stabbed during a disturbance in an east London suburb. Two 18-year-olds are in a critical condition after they were found by police in Ardley Green Road in Hornchurch at about 1600 GMT on Monday. A third 18-year-old man turned up at hospital, also suffering from stab wounds, and is in a stable condition. The ages of those arrested ranged from late teens to over 40, according to Scotland Yard. They are being questioned at east London police stations. Roads surrounding the area have been cordoned off and a forensic examination of the scene is under way. Police say they are keeping an open mind as to the motive for the attack. Anyone with information is urged to contact police or Crimestoppers anonymously.
ECONOMIC MODELS EXPLAINED WITH COWS
ECONOMIC MODELS EXPLAINED WITH COWS
SOCIALISM:You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour.
COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk.
NAZISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you.
BUREAUCRACY: You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, then throws the milk away.
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead.
ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Sell one cow to buy a new President of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull.
THE ANDERSEN MODEL: You have two cows. You shred them.
FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'cowkimon' and market it worldwide.
GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship them.
BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are mad.
IRAQI CORPORATION: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy....
WELSH CORPORATION: You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
Pasky needs....
A. Sleep
PHIL JONES BASS
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At least 10 people were stabbed as hardcore soccer violence erupted on the streets of west London.
Drinkers fled as running battles broke out between about 40 thugs carrying knives, baseball bats, wooden clubs embedded with nails and hockey sticks.
The riot began last night outside the White Horse pub in Parsons Green, known as the "Sloaney Pony", following a dramatic FA Cup clash between Chelsea and Spurs.
Police believe it was either a prearranged fight organised over mobile phones and the internet or Tottenham hooligans had ambushed Chelsea fans "in their own backyard".
One witness said: "It was pandemonium, I've never seen scenes like it. It was a battlefield in the middle of Fulham's smartest area on a Sunday evening. I was on Parsons Green itself having a quiet drink with friends - nothing to do with the football.
"Suddenly there was a lot of loud shouting and screaming and we saw a huge mob fighting outside the Sloaney Pony, smashing each other with baseball bats and anything they could get their hands on. People were fleeing in all directions, it was chaos.
"I ran off down a street but could hear the rioting going on from half a mile away. About five minutes later the police sirens started and carried on all night."
Dozens of officers, including vans of riot police on standby and a police helicopter, were scrambled to the scene. Police arrested 34 men, including seven who were taken to hospital suffering from stab wounds and head injuries.
The injured men were taken to various west London hospitals. They included a 40-year-old from Plumstead who suffered head and chest injuries, a 52-yearold from Kentish Town, a 41-year-old from Chigwell and a 31-year-old from Bedfordshire.
Three of them were kept in overnight and are said to be in a stable condition. The others were discharged after being treated and are being held in custody.
Huge crowds had gathered outside the White Horse, a traditional drinking venue on Chelsea match days, in the afternoon after the match.
The violence erupted at just after 8pm and took up to an hour to bring under control. Police recovered knives, baseball bats, wood laced with nails and hockey sticks.
A police source said: "Clearly there was a degree of organisation. These guys had not turned up with sticks and bats to play a game of hockey or baseball.
"We are trying to establish whether it was a pre-arranged setpiece fight or if it was one group of organised hooligans setting upon another.
"We have a lot of people in custody and will be talking to them all to try to see what was behind this.
"We will also be checking whether any of them were known hooligans." Anyone with information is asked to call Hammersmith and Fulham police on 020 8246 2505 .
Self Portrait Saturday was yesterday...
My self-portrait came in the form of that "hit single".... you can download it here if you really wanna... Hit, cause it hits you in the face with its deep running quality and single cause, i reckon if we do that again soon we'll be shot... But anyway... here's my SPS (SelfPortraitSaturday / Sunday)
Kevs Version! Thanks Kev
And Paskys version... thank you very much Pasky
You will note the high quality you can (can't) get out of a blackberry pearls camera aint quite that of a DSLR... hmmm, or even that of the first digital I ever had, a canon ixus 5 (?) I can't recall what it was, but it was a 900k pixel camera, not even a megapixel... MEGGGGAAAAA!
I am in a spot at the moment, I don't know wether to buy a Crumpler camera backpack or a LowePro jobby... any thoughts? ...then there is a tripod, I have a manfrotto digi tripod, but the DSLR is a bit heavy on it... bit sorta movey in a light breeze.. velbon, slik, manfotto... hmmmmmm
Podcast 10 is going to be released in the next 24hours... thats PODCAST TEN! ten podcasts, thats about 100 minutes of public rambling.
What else? Is everyone really happy?
mrNathan and Sime™ RocK Out
go have a look on the front page you'll find me and mrNathan "keepin it real"
peace!
101 posts....
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POLICE TICKET POLICING
So, I missed out on tickets. Fine.
WHAT REALLY ANNOYS ME IS THE NERVE OF PEOPLE TO GO AND BUY TICKETS AND THEN PUT THEM STRAIGHT ON eBAY (EBAY - sometimes you suck)
Anyway... a bit of frustration came out this morning....
FIRST MESSAGE TO RANDOM EBAY USER
Item: 2x FRONT BLOCK A2 TICKETS THE POLICE TWICKENHAM LONDON (200086397561)
This message was sent while the listing was active.
gtvone is a potential buyer.
you wreck concerts for people that want to go... you should be ashamed of yourself....
FIRST REPLY FROM SAME USER
Item: 2x FRONT BLOCK A2 TICKETS THE POLICE TWICKENHAM LONDON (200086397561)
This message was sent while the listing was active.
rock_chick2105 is the seller.
Everyone has a fair chance at buying tickets, i am a fan and paid fan club membership to buy these tickets, everyone has the opportunity to do this. If people want to go to a concert they should make the effort to buy the tickets. I am going to the concert and these are extra seats. It works both ways, some people get tickets cheaper.
MY SUBSEQUENT REPLY
Item: 2x FRONT BLOCK A2 TICKETS THE POLICE TWICKENHAM LONDON (200086397561)
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Fair is buying what you need and not putting FANCLUB tickets on eBay... FANCLUB tickets is worse. It doesn't work both ways, you're a ticket seller and you're ripping off fans.. My opinion - sorry if you don't feel the same way. Simon.
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TOO FLIPPIN RIGHT I AM...
Angry....
No idea why, just angry tonight... not any clue why
Going to bed.
Angry...
Police tickets, 9am... he better not pull that friggen lute out or i'll walk.. innit (just say what you really think Sime™
