tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185244782012-02-01T09:37:30.743ZJust a bunch of run down, beaten down, slapped down, broken down, shot down, hung down, put down, and kicked around Isle of Man immigrants who've been beaten up, tied up, chewed up, blown up, hung up, screwed up, messed up, held up, and told to shut the fuck up.Ady Hallnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-79055514029487479522012-01-10T16:06:00.003Z2012-01-10T16:17:56.008Z

Just Over A Week Ago - The Isle of Man Is A Lovely Place That Complies With EverybodyToday - We Piss Off More People With Our TaxesEvery-fucking thing we do over here to do with offshore finance, e-gaming, the shipping and aircraft registries, the captive market, it all relates to tax savings in one way or another, businesses and rich individuals DO NOT come here for the pleasant weather and

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-68165868299942381702012-01-04T15:13:00.005Z2012-01-04T15:31:38.810Z

It's been a few years now since I stopped having anything to do with Barclays, it's nice to see that their standards haven't improved though and they are still the most useless fucking bank on the face of the planet.The old man went in to shut his account last month, he's old so doesn't do things by e-mail or phone, he goes in person and speaks to bank staff like they are some sort of long lost

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-44148258515138896672011-12-28T18:04:00.002Z2011-12-28T18:09:27.734Z

I've been pretty sick lately, and by pretty I mean very and by lately I mean for 3 months. It's shit, the only thing shitter is the NHS and I wanted to rant long and hard about it...but fortuntaly for me somebody else who has just moved from Canada (Free health) to the US has summed it up for me already.====This may come as a shock to people living in Canada, but the medical service in the US is

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-29639133102720583422011-12-08T11:08:00.002Z2011-12-08T11:12:23.965Z

Soya Milk... is there anything gayer in the world than milk that's not actually fucking milk? Next thing I'll be developing symptoms of hay-feaver or "allergies"...and at that point enough will be enough and Valhalla awaits.

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-26978211026143926722011-10-29T12:16:00.002Z2011-10-29T12:19:36.366Z

What's happened to LC's blog, anybody know? My work from home life is so sad that keeping up with the few blogs I follow is actually seen as a highlight of the day. And whilst I'm at it, Ben enable comments you cunt!

******noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-86283972923244271932011-10-13T09:17:00.001Z2011-10-13T09:17:30.320Z

Cancer, you are a fucking cunt.

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-22562248284539579632011-10-04T07:36:00.005Z2011-10-04T07:54:41.235Z

When you combine these bank transactions:- with the fact my xbox live account is now in the name of somebody called Audrey from Russia who has managed to setup a Live profile without ANY valid information and associate it with my tag. Then when you add in the fact that those points were spent in Russia when every piece of information related to the original account (and the card used for it for

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-72415557929961817932011-10-03T08:28:00.004Z2011-10-03T08:36:04.618Z

The number of comments posted on Facebook (from my friends) about the X-Factor vs the number of comments posted about the very recent general election. And people wonder why the place is going down the shitter.I'm hardly an academic, nor bright for that matter but even I can work out that the X-Factor is nothing more than a circus freak show in order to separate as many people as possible from

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-29535506138782723242011-09-29T10:54:00.002Z2011-09-29T11:05:15.252Z

There have been quite a few polls done in Germany recently to try and ascertain what the general view is on Germany increasing its contribution to the European bail out fund. The average* result has been somewhere between 60% and 70% of Germans don't want to put more money in the pot to prop up corrupt bullshitting governments. The vote in the German parliament was a slightly different matter:-

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-78184560083772526072011-09-22T08:28:00.003Z2011-09-22T08:29:50.839Z

....nobody can hear you scream!And on that note I'm off to find something better to do today than looking at this stupid fucking screen.

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-22349119238859856812011-09-20T15:34:00.006Z2011-09-20T16:02:55.791Z

As we get older we all like to think that were ageing well don't we? I know I do, for somebody in their 30's I'm no Ryan Giggs but I'm doing alright (I'm not chasing reality stars half my age like a dog with 2 dicks so I figure a little bit of slide is OK). I'm not a massive eater, or a big drinker, my body fat percentage is around the 17% mark, not great but good enough...and this is how I see

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-44473077984994747212011-09-13T11:07:00.004Z2011-09-13T11:32:59.529Z

I've been doing everything I can to avoid the local media in the run up to the Manx general election, there's only so many regurgitated press releases I can take. But now it's started to find its way into the national press I have caught a few bits and pieces and it amazes me how little understanding there actually is of the current situation on the Isle of Man. Here's my simple guide for simple

******noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-15338118485670022232011-09-06T08:01:00.002Z2011-09-06T08:04:24.845Z

How the fuck is it even possible for somebody who only goes out at most half a dozen times a year to lose THREE coats by the beginning of September?

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-80991531505297457222011-08-22T09:47:00.003Z2011-08-22T09:57:13.771Z

A great beach but nights wrecked by endless pissed up British chav families taking turns singing either Amy Winehouse, Adele or Taylor Swift. I don't mind pissed Karaoke but do you really need to entertain us with the 40th different rendition of "Someone Like You" in the last 3 hours? Oh and as good as you think your 5 year old daughter is at singing, is a fucking pub at 3 in the morning really

******noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-25577009156689307712011-08-15T09:12:00.002Z2011-08-15T12:24:26.946Z

I'm in Spain, it's very hot and all is well with the world! The best thing about Spain though isn't the weather, or the way you can get away with living in a pair of shorts, or not shaving but fitting in, it's the don't give a shit attitude. Even though they are right at the heart of that whole EU thing that gets blamed every time the UK becomes even more of a boring shit hole they just don't

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-42012682865368219232011-08-02T10:58:00.000Z2011-08-02T10:59:21.355Z

I really REALLY should have said fuck it and went out in the boat today.

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-85286890454351067792011-07-27T18:40:00.003Z2011-07-27T18:44:24.666Z

I've been meaning to do a post of my favourite 10 songs of all time (mainly so I can put a marker down in history and then moan at myself 10 years down the line) but every time I start it I end up getting distracted (note to self, saving is your friend). Here's one from it anyway:-

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-58018156968794553202011-07-20T15:53:00.002Z2011-07-20T16:02:56.970Z

This island is full of them, and sooner or later (sooner, much sooner) the "me,me me's" are going to fuck up this place so badly that all that will be left are a couple of thousand government workers demanding pay rises and more pensioners than you can throw a stick at. All clinging to a rock shouting and screaming about what they want from their friends who they've voted in again. In the

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-88535985971144552282011-07-12T08:57:00.008Z2011-07-12T09:42:58.314Z

This was posted nearly 3 weeks ago....yet it's only today we'll hear any confirmation on it from our elected leaders. This is something that will affect the lives of every normal person living on the Isle of Man. By the time this is finished Public Sector salaries and the various state benefits will account for considerably more than 80% of the islands total income. You can't function like

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-64094016232763327122011-07-11T08:11:00.003Z2011-07-11T14:15:54.287Z

I was out fishing yesterday and caught an Octopus and a Shark (technically a fucking huge Tope, but still a shark). The not very friendly tope didn't hang around for pitcures when I finally (30 minutes later) got him to the surface however I have got a video of the Octopus and was going to Youtube it, then apathy kicked in and I couldn't be arsed. That is all.Update:- Beats doing some work I

******noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-78450968030501505972011-07-06T10:22:00.011Z2011-07-06T11:14:59.762Z

Monday 27th JuneI was up very early to catch the tides and have a play with my new metal detector. It wasn't a warm day and it was also very windy but it was all made worthwhile when I found my first thing that couldn't be described as modern rubbish. It's made of brass, it looks like it's been shot but I have no idea what the hell it is? It does have some writing engraved into it but so far I

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-37672477747441680522011-06-24T12:59:00.001Z2011-06-24T13:01:07.990Z

Do you remember the old days? You went out for a couple of hours drinking and as soon as you got home all your clothes went in the wash basket as they stunk of cigarettes and “Pub”.But what is the etiquette now? I had 3 hours in the Pub last night, but as no one smokes, are my clothes ready for the wash or do they see another day of wear?

No one Reallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931781982667474389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-7410429456233011312011-06-23T12:53:00.004Z2011-06-24T13:48:00.164Z

The Beach Detecting DreamThe RealityYou spend 4 hours walking up and down a wind swept beach digging up every tin can that's been dropped in the last 5 years. Then just to add to the joy you discover that every other rock on the beach is actually fucking ferrous, of course you don't realise the full magnitude of this until you've dug up your third boulder and broke your spade. Plus my right arm

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-33188302648034836362011-06-17T09:59:00.002Z2011-06-17T10:16:22.875Z

You're probably wondering what Manx Ass Syndrome is? It's something that afflicts ladies of a certain age who live on the Isle of Man, ladies who should be in the prime of their lives and at their hottest. Somehow and for a reason that science has failed to diagnose (although the diet of chips cheese and gravy, lager and counting Facebook as a sport, may have something to do with it) they

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-51472034810515860632011-06-13T08:35:00.002Z2011-06-13T08:52:11.394Z

Some might say that I'm not really Sony's biggest fan, especially when it comes to the Playstation. When the first one came out I bought a Nintendo 64, when the PS2 came out I bought an X-Box, when the PS3 was released I was far more interested in the X-Box 360. I did get a PS3 but after about a week gave up on the games and only used it for Blurays. My problems with the Playstation were

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-2608148370992363712011-06-07T12:18:00.004Z2011-06-07T12:36:23.520Z

People on Manx Forums moaning about how the outside world may judge the island because of the TT. That will be the same TT that the island is most famous for (not some shitty Government statistic, I travel a lot and generally it's the only thing people know about the island* when I mention where I come from) and contributes a massive wedge of cash to the pot?The contribution of Manx Forums to

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-89629688369091247382011-06-06T09:42:00.005Z2011-06-06T12:22:43.878Z

I think that just about covers our required quota, if you're on the Isle of Man or have a website connected with the Isle of Man and don't mention the TT then you're just not with it. This is our contribution to this years media fest.In other news, my head still hurts. At what point does a hangover stop being a hangover, instead becoming some sort of brain mentalism? 8 days has got to be some

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-39472559867275408812011-05-31T14:31:00.005Z2011-05-31T14:53:04.232Z

Once I'd took the decision to go out and watch the Champions League final on Saturday it was never going to end well. I was either going to be celebrating or drowning my sorrows (the latter as it turned out) and the result would be messy. How messy is hard to put into words because there are far too many blanks, including the hour where I seemed to teleport 12 miles across the island. I

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-17829331103320180142011-05-25T14:15:00.002Z2011-05-25T14:18:33.114Z

Women (it's always women) who insist on calling people honey when commenting on a blog. Why do it? Isn't honey something that should be saved for your nearest and dearest? Or at the very least people you actually bloody know?Maybe I'm just old fashioned.

******noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-11851308750364789682011-05-23T15:10:00.004Z2011-05-23T16:28:59.966Z

The ace thing about being one of the first people to sign up with Gmail is that I got my firstname.surname@gmail.com e-mail address. This is cool and makes giving out my address really easy. If I was single I'm sure I could impress loads of hot chicks at the bar by dropping my super sweet GMail address.On the negative side, now that GMail has grown into a behemoth it seems that at least half of

******noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-28285281255112315132011-05-21T14:49:00.001Z2011-05-21T14:51:06.211Z

I nearly fell of my chair laughing.

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-42754661929874687512011-05-20T09:51:00.003Z2011-05-20T09:59:37.007Z

Definitely CutX-Box Live Gold MembershipLoveFilm AccountWeekly TakeawayHaving The Fucking Heating On In MayOn The Chopping BlockGym MembershipBoat InsuranceWindow CleanerWe need a new bed (well mattress really but if you're going to buy a mattress you may as well get a whole new bed? Chick logic.), what age is it acceptable to start thinking about one of those memory foam jobbies? 60, 65? I'm

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-62916592704963119232011-05-05T11:29:00.005Z2011-05-05T11:36:59.145Z

Taxes...boo. However I've found an absolutely fool proof way of cutting down how much tax you pay. It's not illegal, you'll not get in to any trouble and what's more you can start saving next month. How? All you need to do is cut down how much you're paid. I've seen my income slashed by about 70% in the last month (fuck you pay freeze whingers) and I can tell you for a fact the amount of tax

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-18805226712844832622011-04-30T09:20:00.002Z2011-04-30T09:29:48.044Z

You know the ones, where people rant in a general way without mentioning anything even remotely specific but you can tell that they are pissed off about something, or maybe just lacking attention for a while so they feel the need to update with something/anything. Then everybody fakes interest with "What's up?" and stuff like that in the vain hope of getting the goss about what's going on.As

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-90957317879725961132011-04-28T14:57:00.001Z2011-04-28T14:58:32.013Z

Something Anybody Who Has Been On This Rock For A Little While Knows All About Yet What Is Never Spoken About

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-38475643005122915222011-04-27T07:49:00.004Z2011-04-27T08:00:10.870Z

I'd like to take a few minutes out of my extremely busy post holiday work schedule to bring you this important message - FUCK YOU SONY.Thank you very much for being the bunch of useless cunts you are, how about you just stick to making your toy consoles for kids from now on and leave networks and all that nasty complicated stuff to the grown ups. Cunts. (Credit Card Cancelled)

******noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-83306682528917855282011-04-23T10:29:00.003Z2011-04-23T10:41:04.089Z

Just back from taking the girls away on a cruise, it was equal measures of joy, agony, anger and fucking stupidity. The joy being the places we visited, the agony being never ending queues (go figure when you travel with over 3000 other people..doh!!), the anger aimed at some of the other passengers and their amazing attitudes towards people who at the end of the day are just doing their jobs

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-22307371567453495742011-03-30T10:48:00.002Z2011-03-30T11:01:47.916Z

It was on the news today that P&G are trialling male only isles for grooming products because some men are embarrassed about buying from an isle that includes ladies beauty products. I don't know where they are shopping but I've never noticed my razors and shaving foam being mixed in with ladies stuff? Male deodorants have their own section, there isn't anything else is there? I can only

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-16252707355097671852011-03-24T08:30:00.005Z2011-03-24T08:58:03.748Z

I was working in this really shitty, boring, barely more than minimum wage office job once when it quickly became fairly obvious that the facilities weren't exactly up to much. The lighting was crap for computer work, the computers were crap for computer work but worst of all the chairs were falling apart. They literally had their backs hanging off (you could spin them 360 degrees) and no arm/

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-59546818561525174252011-03-23T20:53:00.002Z2011-03-23T21:15:07.110Z

I'm feeling inspired by this post and this comment in particular "also - your electricity and gas figure looks very high." (I've just paid our gas and electricity bills)So here is our monthly figures for roughly the equivalent:-Rent/Mortgage: 470* Electricity and Gas: 214Water: 22.50TV and Broadband (inc Telephone): 97Council Tax/Rates: 45Contents Insurance: 5TV Licence: 12**Train to work: 0Car

******noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-38371565470462650712011-03-21T09:48:00.002Z2011-03-21T09:51:06.734Z

Spent most of the weekend looking at this little face.Not a bad way to spend the weekend then :)

******noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-53145920988053767752011-03-18T15:39:00.001Z2011-03-18T15:40:28.511Z

They cry a lot don't they?

******noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-21156565895754077092011-03-16T10:12:00.000Z2011-03-16T10:13:57.576Z

I'm pretty fit at the moment; I work out most days. My weight is down and I eat pretty healthily. I don't drink, smoke or dress up as a lady (any more).So why-oh-why do I wake up feeling absolutely knackered every single day with aches and pains from my shins to my asshole to my brain?Oh yeah - coz I'm old.Is this all I have to look forward to? Feeling progressively more like shit until

Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08913188102619098791noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-22632839097878141212011-03-11T12:04:00.000Z2011-03-11T12:06:00.968Z

Really.All the media had to talk about was the Libya 'crises' - as if we all ever gave a crap. The whole of the middle east is going through unrest - and Libya are having a civil war at the moment. Good for them - but really, talk about the No-Fly zones to protect the innocent civilians? What cobblers. Impractical and unworthy. So a couple of BBC journalists get threatened - idiots. And the media

Ady Hallnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-76636407483278210422011-03-10T19:07:00.002Z2011-03-10T19:10:04.503Z

Would it be too much to ask for you cunts to stop with the whole "look how important we are" shit and actually start saving some fucking money? Yes, I suppose it would.

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-40998571476282062252011-03-09T19:24:00.003Z2011-03-09T19:31:09.775Z

C'mon! What a star. Please - someone pair him up with Mel Gibson in a buddy-cop movie based in Las Vegas. A warlock? Puh-lease - it's great stuff. He will be sharing his Dungeon & Dragons characters with the world next, whipping out his vorpal sword and yelling 'Take that you fiend' to the next worm he finds.

Ady Hallnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-9291166595087672302011-03-08T14:12:00.004Z2011-03-08T14:25:00.226Z

A lot of the ideas I have are shit. I'll plug away for a while but eventually it becomes obvious that it's just not a goer. My work requires me to have lots of ideas so the fact that so many are shit is of little concern to me. Why?Because every now and then one of my ideas turns out to be genius. About 8 weeks ago I had one such idea. 7 weeks of hard work later and yesterday it made its

******noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-85173852617086673182011-03-02T09:18:00.000Z2011-03-02T09:20:35.859Z

Do you know what shouldn’t be allowed? I’ll tell you what: microwave kebabs…I don’t know where to start. Firstly they look nothing like the picture on the box, no lettuce or tomato. In fact they don’t even look edible when you unpackage them, and you should always go with your first feeling.But someone had given them to me and I wasn’t going to throw food out!Anyway, don’t touch them. The Pitta

No one Reallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931781982667474389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-87621400908215188652011-02-28T08:52:00.003Z2011-02-28T08:59:12.351Z

Just one of the many differences between men and women.When our tumble dryer broke my first thoughts were:- "Not another fucking thing breaking""More bloody expense""Time to cut back on some other stuff"In that order.The wifes first thought:-"If we're going to get a new tumble dryer we might as well get a new microwave as well, one of those nice silver ones..........oh and have you seen this

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-8110610166461842252011-02-23T08:32:00.002Z2011-02-23T08:44:57.335Z

Day 4 and the hangover is still there pounding my head into the ground, it is getting better but put it this way, I wouldn't be back at work yet if I had to be. That's not good. I enjoy a beer as much as anybody but without any notion of when enough is enough is it really worth the suffering?...(I can only imagine how bad things would be if the bar would have had Tequila)

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-32335004675744259522011-02-13T12:38:00.002Z2011-02-13T12:47:38.470Z

Redundency For Dummies.Private Sector - Net contributor to government coffers turns into a net drain on government coffers. Overall effect on government finances, negative.Public Sector - Net drain on government coffers becomes less of a net drain on government coffers. Overall effect on government finances, positive.Redundency in private sector = an every day regular occurence with no

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-7271862886046657182011-02-11T13:57:00.002Z2011-02-11T14:02:11.520Z

What is it they say: it's all in the ... timing!Well there are 18 separate matches on TV this weekend, and that's not including 7 hours of IRB Sevens from Las Vegas.And what do I choose to do? Take the wife away for a romantic break!If it was raining soup, I'd have a fork.

No one Reallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931781982667474389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-44109298611676945302011-02-08T12:08:00.004Z2011-02-08T12:58:08.215Z

Manx Telecom are about to up their fixed line rental charge by about 10% (they don't actually tell you this in their literature, prefering to mention the actual cost increase amount, doesn't sound so bad that way) so we've decided to shop around and see what offers there are out there.....oh no hang on a minute - they have a fucking monopoly, there is no competition. When they decide to up their

******noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-49283070764266831282011-01-30T10:07:00.005Z2011-01-30T12:06:42.695Z

5. No more drinking at weekends. One of life's little joys for the working masses is to be able to chillax at the end of the working week. Not so when your kids reach their teens. There's always something on that either needs you to stay sober that night (Sleeepppooovveeerrr!) or you to drive the next day (Hobbies, trips to the shops, picking up from friends sleepovers etc etc). Any alcohol

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-4276251750121805822011-01-27T10:34:00.003Z2011-01-27T10:49:22.370Z

You're in a bar, it's just been announced that the world is going to come to an end in 5 minutes, your lovely life partner is at home and no chance of reaching her, question hot shot, which one of these girls would you get jiggy with/nail/bang?Just for the record we voted 2 for bottom left and 1 for bottom right (They were playing locally last night)If anyone mentions the sexist word then think

******noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-19284091121721889732011-01-20T17:07:00.001Z2011-01-20T17:09:25.122Z

No, seriously what a Knob...Serious it's not the tax evasion that giving us a bad name, it's pillocks like this bloke Baggs!!

No one Reallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931781982667474389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-60323913467179048192011-01-19T07:14:00.002Z2011-01-19T07:25:19.378Z

While 'Baby Doc' Duvalier is in the news with his return to Haiti (eejit) - I'll take advantage of search traffic and point everyone to Feng Shui Assassin at Smashwords. The baddie in this story (minor spoiler) is 'Papa Doc' Duvalier and his Tonton Macoute (in their weird holistic guises).Feng Shui Assassin is a free e-book ready for your kindle, sony e-reader or to print out using your works

Ady Hallnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-88152660547412370392011-01-14T17:47:00.002Z2011-01-14T18:13:10.648Z

I'm going to call time on my blogging with the Manx lads. Hope you are listening you lazy bastards, that means one or more of you is going to have to write something every now and then? Come on it's not like anybody around these parts actually does any real work?Reasons are many and varied but boil down to 2 things.1. The blog is too well known in local circles, it's a small island, there's no

******noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-11356253434735758772011-01-12T16:11:00.005Z2011-01-24T14:48:37.004Z

This fucking prick asks Barclays to shut down all their offshore companies! Yes Barclays, shut down those highly profitable businesses that employ thousands of people and funnel millions of pounds into the UK economy via the city of London. While you're at it please ruin a whole economy and destroy the lives of thousands of people who have done nothing but work hard to make a business

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-5026743475552500072011-01-10T16:43:00.003Z2011-01-10T16:52:17.978Z

I don't know what the fuck I've done to deserve the start to this year but whatever it is I'm going to try and do some good and re-balance things. So if you'd like a hand with anything technical now's the time to ask. Ever wanted to know how to do something with your PC but been too afraid to ask anybody in case it sounds stupid? Stuck on an Excel formula that's been bugging you for ages?

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-47721768189701150222011-01-08T09:25:00.003Z2011-01-14T15:23:58.248Z

WTF? Where did Bravo TV channel on Sky go?It's just been removed from the listing from Sky channels and it is a huge loss to us all. To me, anyway. That channel had tonnes of my favourite shows - Gameface, Dog the BH, Spartacus - Blood and Sand. And I was gonna get the tattoo of the logo too :(Bravo - I will miss your Saturday morning entertainments, your Friday night shows and your late night '

Ady Hallnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-84141440757048980362011-01-04T10:13:00.003Z2011-01-04T10:50:15.149Z

Happy New Year! Hope that everybody has started the new year with a bang and are already rocking and a rolling their way to their goals. We went to a brilliant new years house party and then had the added bonus of hangovers that only made it to a 7/10 on the "oh fucking hell somebody just smash my head in with a fucking axe this hurts so much" scale. All in all a great way to start the new

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-37229124764237196162010-12-31T16:00:00.001Z2010-12-31T16:05:03.564Z

On the plus side we've only just got through the coldest spell of weather in years. On the not so good side New Years Eve with the expense of Christmas still fresh in the mind can never be a good time for the central heating to go bang! As a very wise man once said, shit happens.Here's wishing that you have all had an excellent Christmas and all the very best for a fantastic (and warm) New Year!

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-24637858629052348952010-12-14T13:28:00.001Z2010-12-14T13:30:04.002Z

How is it that everybody can see where this is heading except for our Treasury Minister?

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-61980005245557790602010-12-12T21:49:00.005Z2010-12-14T13:31:05.839Z

When HD first came out it was a fad, only good for gaming, it will never ever catch on with the mainstream. I ignored the opinions of doubters (most who had never actually seen it) and jumped onboard with one of the very first Sky+ HD boxes. I was one of a lucky few who had it in time for the 2006 world cup. Very happy I was as well. On the other hand the missus would (and will still) swear

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-23312278401789286892010-12-10T13:21:00.003Z2010-12-10T13:25:23.559Z

From The BBC.It would have been much simpler to just replace that whole article with the word NO.

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-74027167152738839352010-12-01T16:30:00.004Z2010-12-01T16:51:29.317Z

I've just finished it, 25 hours of gameplay later and whilst the story doesn't get much better (at least the 1 I played) the bugs seem to settle down quite a lot, or maybe you just don't notice them as much? Overall I had 5 corrupt saves, which wasn't so bad once I'd got into the habit of doubling up.What I will say though is I can't believe that they made exactly the same mistake as the first

******noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-4060690439254292010-12-01T11:12:00.004Z2010-12-01T11:34:08.024Z

My one of these:-arrived in not very good shape so I've been in a support yo-yo conversation with Dell trying to get it fixed. My support chick is called Gabriela and I'm imagining she looks something like this:-With a name like Gabriela she's got to be a hotty in her early 20's, dark, perky with a tight body hasn't she?They've agreed to send a tech to replace the motherboard but I bet they'll

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-18153636905453935782010-11-26T08:43:00.003Z2010-11-26T08:56:28.071Z

Neighbours kids a couple of houses up are at that 17-19 age where they have their first cars. They've woken this morning to a (very) light sprinkling of snow which has covered their windscreens. It's not really a Krypton Factor level challenge to clear snow and ice from a windscreen is it? IS IT? Queue one girl desperately phoning her dad in a screaming fucking hissy fit in the middle of the

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-50831704705481648312010-11-17T16:35:00.001Z2010-11-17T16:35:39.939Z

It's very similar to Fallout 3, but broke.

******noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-39608679686637709962010-11-16T14:28:00.006Z2010-11-16T15:26:23.288Z

Most of the people who really know me know that I have a touch of magic when it comes to computers. When you've got these sort of skillz it's best to put them to good use for the rest of humanity, no point keeping the good stuff to yourself. So spawns my latest creation - the X-Factor Compiler.I don't want to bore the none nerds among you but essentially the X-Factor Compiler is a

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-51332754499523008662010-11-11T14:25:00.002Z2010-11-11T14:40:53.184Z

I got me an iphone 4 a month or so ago - so I could donate the iphone (3?) on to the girlfriend so she could oooh and aaah at the apple iphone. Technology as it should work, and all that. Yup, love the interface and slidey finger over the panel thing, the apps and the maps and all that stuff.So, the iphone4 comes with a startling video facility on the camera. Shoot quality video on your iphone -

Ady Hallnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-23650661691520819142010-11-10T11:57:00.004Z2010-11-17T16:46:34.432Z

is going to brave going into town with her baby today.Thank fuck for Facebook is all I can say! Imagine having to go through life missing out on those fucking gems of information.Seriously considering following the lead of nobody and binning the book.

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-8057923436397490682010-11-08T11:28:00.005Z2010-11-08T12:50:51.869Z

"As of June 2009 the company is under investigation by a Select Committee of Tynwald, the Isle of Man's parliament. One of the concerns of Tynwald is the annual published profit margins by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, which according to Hansard, are 36% - almost three times the industry standard for ferry companies throughout the world." THREE FUCKING TIMES.And why does it need such a

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-61450297156852133812010-11-03T14:42:00.004Z2010-11-03T14:56:58.070Z

I have a Mass Effect expansion I want to get through although I'll need to start a new profile. Who's stupid idea was it to only be able to launch the DLC from the Normandy? Yeah, OK I don't have any saves before the game sucks you towards the final showdown so I'll take some of the blame.Following on from that I have Mass Effect 2 winging its way towards me right now, game of the year so can't

******noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-64546529105457894252010-10-25T20:22:00.002Z2010-10-25T20:31:18.621Z

If the advertised salary for a vacancy is "highly competitve" why don't they just give you the amount? Is it maybe because it's not competitive, it's fucking shit, so shit that you wouldn't bother getting of your ass to apply if you knew how shit it was? Is it because it pays only ever so slighlty better than being a scrounging cunt - plus has the downside of you actually having to do something

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-90556309872741274992010-10-21T13:30:00.002Z2010-10-21T13:42:26.566Z

Made my first million? Changed my views on wastrel fucking governments? Nope. Much more important than that, for the first time in my life I've cancelled a pre-order! That sort of shit never happens.I've been humming and hahing about Kinect for a few weeks, every report I read although positive ends with some sort of warning, "shit if your sitting down", "shit if you move your hands too far",

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-55693089628165573312010-10-13T11:31:00.002Z2010-10-13T11:40:37.828Z

"Thank God". If I had a pound for every time I'd read or heard that about the miners rescue I'd have at least 7 pound, just from the last few hours. With how busines has been the last week I could use that £7. Lucky then that TV companies had a chance to interview God before he jetted off back home to America, "I just came here to drill" God announced on the completion of the rescue hole. Good

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-56411530374644042102010-10-08T14:05:00.002Z2010-10-08T14:10:21.405Z

For the second weekend out of three I'm going to be spending a chunk of time visiting a relative with terminal cancer. Not the same relative, we buried my uncle 4 days after I last "spoke" to him (In as much as you can speak with a vegetable).Less than 10 days and a bolt out of the blue later my step mum is squaring up to face the unbeatable bastard. Cancer, it's a bit of a twat really.

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-70312912916725714942010-10-05T16:42:00.002Z2010-10-05T16:47:35.629Z

It is you know. The whole fucking lot of it.Anything to do with a service being sold online is fucking s.h.i.t.e. Trust me, I've been involved in the online world long enough to know. The latest fuckers determined to undermine my business are hosts and domain registrars. When I'm not being bent over the table by a crooked registrar I'm being let down by some host and their "99% uptime"

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-73043850197286170792010-10-04T16:34:00.001Z2010-10-04T16:35:59.558Z

This video makes me very very happy in a holy shit I'm getting old type of way.

******noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-69574246333049934932010-09-22T12:49:00.003Z2010-09-22T12:54:57.065Z

Isle Of Man Ripe For The Rip-Off"I don't suppose it matters who it is as long as they continue to employ local people and there's a service for local people."The most important thing is to protect the jobs and ensure there is no supply shortage, swwweeeetttttt. Any oil companies fancy a nice big Manx Government subsidy? Or how about a captive market to over charge? Maybe the wise thing would

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-51851765851384756252010-09-14T09:39:00.002Z2010-09-14T09:43:01.686Z

and give a little lesson on something called Statistical SignificanceRonaldsway Airport Is A Rockin And A Rollin AgainAn increase of 45 people using the airport isn't an upwards trend, it's a fucking stag party making a big mistake.

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-45452656107999414932010-08-20T07:32:00.005Z2010-08-20T08:40:08.757Z

I was clever enough to get by at school. Despite having just about no interest in any of the subjects I was being taught I picked up enough from the teachers I did like, combined with a serious schooling in the "real world" by my dad I did OK. At GCSE level I bagged a full house of B's and C's, not spectacular but not too bad considering I did nothing special to prepare, to the extent that one

******noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-22438053190182049212010-08-12T14:19:00.002Z2010-08-12T14:21:43.234Z

...would you go to the effort of picking up dog shit only then to dump the plastic bag? You've just handled dog shit, is it really that hard to chuck it in the nearest bin?

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-85391024617759774462010-08-02T20:25:00.004Z2010-08-02T20:36:10.553Z

I like lists, lets do a list-1. Where the hell were the actual gadget reviews in this your first episode of a brand new series, have there been no new gadgets out in the last few months (excluding Apple toys of course)?2. You can't give the iPhone 4 a 5G rating so instead you don't give it any rating, nice. 3. When testing the iPhone against its competition you put it in the hands of an

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-71296909823793761092010-07-11T17:43:00.001Z2010-07-11T17:46:32.658Z

I hate the frickin' adverts. What a bunch of knob-jockeys . . .

Ady Hallnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-40057708399243305432010-06-22T07:01:00.002Z2010-06-22T07:19:19.362Z

Blah blah, low paid, blah, whinge whine blah blah, not fair, blah blah, bastard bankers, whinge, I work hard, whine whinge blah blahJust getting this in early before the UK budget is announced. The reality is:- Gravy Train - Choo ChooAnd the bankers weren't entirely responsible for the problems the UK has found itself in, you might have to look a little closer to home. Muppets thinking they can

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-10500815996138467432010-06-09T12:46:00.003Z2010-06-09T12:49:47.140Z

http://www.manxradio.com/newsread.aspx?id=45653Personally I think we need more internet advertisers, every company should advertise online. I'm not just saying that because it would benefit me personally, I just believe it would make the world a better place.

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-26826968546618796612010-05-11T10:00:00.003Z2010-05-14T08:26:08.092Z

Just to put things in to perspective, YOU are letting a party that represents less than 25% of the population hold YOUR country to ransom until it gets its own way over something that LESS THAN 25% of people voted for. The party that came a very distant 3rd holds all the power in the UK. You've got to laugh. On what planet is that democracy?In any other country there would be protests, riots,

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-15758640226577285932010-05-07T08:29:00.003Z2010-05-07T08:51:52.263Z

Is it really a shock?TV crew turns up at a random University and asks the students how they are going to vote. Note: The reporter has made the effort of going to the University, i.e. not expecting the students to do ANYTHING. 90% say Liberal Democrat (why wouldn't they, they are promising to distribute far more of the wealth from the people who DO work to those that don't). Come election day

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-38405185497125420472010-05-04T09:50:00.002Z2010-05-04T10:30:46.433Z

Why have you taken what was one of my top 3 programs on TV and turned it into a bag of crap?Whilst there has been a steady decline in the quality of what you have put out over the past 2 series last nights episode really took the biscuit in terms of utter crapness. Surely the whole point of your program is to test gadgets, at least that's what the original program was about. I'm assuming that

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-64826836681624626282010-04-21T16:05:00.002Z2010-04-21T16:20:33.487Z

...because all they seem to do now is sit there updating the world with the status of their kids as if they are the first people in the world to have ever brought up a child. I imagine they do it so that the other new mums who they went to school with but haven't spoken to in 15 years can "like" it.I'm not talking about the people who post the odd weekly update, I'm talking about the collective

******noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-16171981681914769032010-04-20T13:50:00.018Z2010-04-20T14:44:26.053Z

A brief tour around the south of the Isle of Man.Leaving the inner harbour at Douglas at about 8:40 in the morning......only to find out that the Heysham sailing is due to leave at 8:45. Time to get a move on.First obstacle out of the way now it's a race to get to Peel before the harbour closes.The lighthouse on Douglas head. Looks much bigger from the sea.Port Soderick, scene of the infamous

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-21880475463657832422010-03-19T14:37:00.002Z2010-03-19T14:53:32.740Z

No money for life education. Cut backs on swimming lessons for the youngest primary school kids (we live on a small island FFS). Yet money to build and run a youth cafe so that 13 and 14 year olds have somewhere to sober up and get a cuddle from a social worker before going home..... I fucking give up.I was brought up on the Isle of Man in the 80's and quite frankly the island as a whole didn't

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-30028209887596462462010-03-17T12:56:00.001Z2010-03-17T12:56:48.708Z

I wanted to buy a FreeSat SD box and as we are always told I thought about shopping local. I also thought to save time and effort I would visit the main retailer’s sites for information on products they sell.Well you would have thought my internet connection had gone through a wormhole to 1990. Can they seriously expect to get away with these websites? You can get free templates anywhere on the

No one Reallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931781982667474389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-52982023596103925402010-03-15T13:42:00.001Z2010-03-15T13:42:32.868Z

Ta da! - Excellent News Story

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-32264959015454328802010-03-08T13:18:00.003Z2010-03-08T13:24:35.380Z

Forget Alien vs Predator, this is the real battle of the heavyweights.It was such a nice day on Saturday that I decided to have a break from work and take the camera for a walk. About a mile later I stumbled across this :-Skinned - CHECKSpine Ripped Out - CHECKConclusive evidence as if any was needed that there is an intergalactic battle going on in my neighbourhood. I'll work on my Arnie style

******noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-68386416707417285092010-02-10T11:07:00.004Z2010-02-10T11:23:14.735Z

So that video did nothing for me, then again I've never cracked one off with the thought of boning a child looking cartoon character in my head, the same can't be said for the legion of fans in Japan. Look at the target audience for Roricon, it's not exactly young girls! Now they've got a real face to "dream" about, awesome.To criticise Beckii Cruel (or Rebecca Flint to give her real name) is

******noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18524478.post-45459697688650570812010-01-18T15:40:00.001Z2010-01-18T15:41:24.500Z

"Sir, it's not even turned on yet". "But it's glowing!". "That light confirms that it's off"Apple summed up in one brief but oh so beautiful exchange.

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