The Neville Southall Connection

Just started researching my family tree although on the Internet they draw you in finding the name you are searching for and then they ask for your credit card details to view anything, unbelievable.

The theory my mam and dad had was that we were related to Neville Southall the ex Everton and Wales goalkeeper and possibly the finest goalkeeper in the world at his peak. This theory is a good one as it stems from the fact my Grandmothers maiden name was Southall and a number of her relatives moved to Swansea in the early 20th century and believe it or not, one of my cousins is a dead ringer for the big man himself.

Only a whole amount of research will uncover the truth.Come to think of it, I was a pretty good goalie at school and my brother also played in goal and we both have decent beer bellies (OK that's pushing it a bit far).

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow.

So after heavy snowfall across most of the country yesterday, everything once again ground to a halt, schools closed, 6.4 million people didn't go into work (good excuse), planes, trains and buses didn't run and everybody was once again blaming the government for the infrastructure totally collapsing under a little wintry weather.

Lets take a reality check, the snow was the main news and knocked all the doom and gloom recession headlines out of the headlines so that must be a good thing.

If a local council spent millions of pounds on a fleet of snow ploughs in June, they would be crucified so when opposition MPs say its a disgrace that we cant cope with a little snow when countries like Canada, Norway and Finland manage comfortably then maybe they need to pull the reins in a little.

In some places in Canada they get 121 days where they have a snow covering, here we are lucky if we get two or three, they need to be geared up for it, we don't.

Nuff said.

The Office

When i`m late for work everyone takes the p***, when i`m early everyone takes the p***.

When I arrive just on time, everyone looks at their watch.

Never ever, ever put soya milk in coffee.

What goes around, comes around.

It was April and the Aborigines in a remote part of Northern Australia asked their new elder if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an elder in a modern community he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the tribe should collect firewood to be prepared.But being a practical leader, after several days he had an idea.He walked out to the telephone booth on the highway, called the Bureau of Meteorology and asked, 'Is the coming winter in this area going to be cold?'The meteorologist responded, 'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold.'So the elder went back to his people and told them to collect even more wood in order to be prepared.A week later he called the Bureau of Meteorology again. 'Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?'The meteorologist again replied, 'Yes, it's going to be a very cold winter.'The elder again went back to his community and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.Two weeks later the elder called the Bureau again. 'Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?' he asked.'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters ever.''How can you be so sure?' the elder asked. The weatherman replied, 'Our satellites have reported that the Aborigines in the north are collecting firewood like crazy, and that's always a sure sign.'

Bless This House

Had my house on the market for nearly a year now, I know its the credit crunch and all that but I haven`t had a sniff yet..... I just can`t understand it.

Pearl Of Wisdom 1

A man once told his grandson:"A terrible fight is going on inside me - a fight between two wolves. One is evil, and represents hate, anger, contention, arrogance, selfishness, intolerance, and superiority. The other is good, and represents joy, peace, love, humility, kindness, mildness, generosity, and compassion. This same fight is going on inside you, inside every other person too."The grandson then asked:"Which wolf will win?"The old man replied simply:"The one you feed."- A Native American Folk Tale

Welcome to The Credit Crunch Part 3

Just had an e-mail from Seb Coe copying myself and Boris Johnson in regarding the credit crunch and the current economic crisis.

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) Board have decided to take a different route in setting up the games, they did include a marketing flier in the e-mail.

Looks like a good idea to me.