31st July 2005 - 18:24 BST
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It is exactly 1 week until Leeds United start their 2005/6 Coca Cola Championship campaign against Millwall. Do they have a chance of promotion this time around? Most definitely!
They are in a totally different position to which they were 12 months ago. They are financially stable, have spent money on good talent over the summer and are full of confidence. Anything short of a 6th place (the play offs) at the end of April will be a bad season.
So for those of you who support rival teams or just those who want to find out a little bit about what all the fuss is about, here is a mini guide to some of the players to look out for next season.
| Neil Sullivan |
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Won the “Player of the Season” honour for 2004/5, Sullivan is quite possibly the best keeper in the Championship. Sully saved a large number of penalties (5 or 6 I think) as well as producing Premiership quality saves. |
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| Paul Butler |
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The big captain, he may be getting on a bit but the former Wolves man is still a strong centre back. He plays hard and fair, a no nonsense player, any Cristiano Ronaldo wannabes should not try any fancy footwork around him as they risk ending up on their back. |
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| Daniel Harding |
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Will not be receiving a warm welcome from Brighton fans. Harding saw sense this summer and moved up north to a bigger and better club with a proper stadium. A young lad with lots of potential. Harding is a defender who can also play in midfield, will be a great producer of the ball for strikers. |
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| Sean Gregan |
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Received a lot of criticism after he signed last September for being unfit and slow, since then though he has grown in fitness and emerged as a strong central midfielder who can also stand his ground if thrown into defence. |
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| Steve Stone |
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A football veteran. Players should watch out for him running up the wing, feeding the hungry strikers and occasionally grabbing a sneaky goal from unsuspecting defences. |
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| Gylfi Einarsson |
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“We have joy, we have fun, we have Gylfi Einarsson, and the fun may it last the bastard can run fast”. Quick, strong midfielder who also has a eye for goal as Burnley found out last season. |
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| Simon Walton |
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A young lad who is growing in quality. Arguably played more games than he should have last season and will probably feature a little less in this campaign as he matures in the reserves. This said, Walton will inevitably have a run of first team games in midfield where he seems organised and goal bound. |
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| Shaun Derry |
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He may look like a tramp but Derry is no bum. A very stable and hard working midfielder. Bought in the second half of the previous season he made a real impact in a short space of time, just think what he can do across a whole campaign |
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| Eddie Lewis |
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Who said Americans know nothing about football or “soccer”? Well, probably me somewhere on this website. Lewis may be a Yank but looks a very good quality player, signed this summer from Preston North End he should spend most of next season on the wing setting up many chances for the strikers. |
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| David Healy |
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A Northern Ireland international, top scorer for his country in fact. Healy signed from Preston last season and made an immediate impact, turning Leeds from relegation fodder to a promotion challenging team. As he joined late he was not able to make a full impact on the season, especially as he was used on the wing where he is wasted. With other new signings Healy is set to take up a strikers role where we will see him score lots of goals, I guarantee it. |
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| Rob Hulse |
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Spent a few months on loan with Leeds from West Brom late last season. In such a short space of time he became a firm favourite at Elland Road scoring some very impressive goals. He is now officially a Leeds players after being purchased from The Baggies. Like David Healy, Blake should make a major impact in the 2005/6 season for Leeds. |
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| Robbie Blake |
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The most recent singing for Leeds from Birmingham. He only joined the Blues in January and failed to make an impact. Prior to that, Blake was at Championship rivals Burnley where he scored many goals (something like 12 in his first 4 months of lasts season!). If his performance for Leeds is anything like that of Burnley’s then he will be a “20 Goal a Season” striker. |
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and two players who will please the opposition if on the teamsheet
| Michael Ricketts & Jermaine Wright |
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Both slow and sluggish players, whatever people say Ricketts has had more than enough chances, he only scored 1 goal last season – in the League Cup against Swindon Town. He must leave. Leeds manager Kevin Blackwell seems to like playing Jermaine Wright even though he is shit. He cannot pass, is slow and never where he should be when called upon. I hope both these failed signings move on asap. |
31st July 2005 - 00:10 BST
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I went to Bath this evening to go to cinema to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; I normally go to Bristol so this was a first time for me. Before the film started I went to Nandos which is in the same complex.
This was the first time I have been to the restaurant and I must say I was very impressed. The meal I had was beautiful. The menu is nearly all chicken, so if you’re a veggie or a steak man this isn’t a great place for you.
The film was also very good, well cast and entertaining. However, without giving too much of plot I was I did find major faults and annoyances with the plot. Firstly, where on earth is the film set? England or America? Charlie’s family all have English accents although use American words “candy”, “vacation” and “band aid” (as in a plaster, not the music concert), the local currency is even dollars! The funniest line of the film though was "Charlie, wash your pants, they're covered in mud!"
It is also a surprise how Willy Wonka’s factory is still in business. If it were real life The Environmental Health department or Inland Revenue would have shut down his factory a long time ago…. assuming they are actually in England
In the interest of Health & Safety - Do NOT eat Wonka Bars
Here is a list of major flaws in Wonka’s dodgy business
1 – Up until the Golden Ticket winners, nobody had been in or out of the factory. Wonka appears to be blocking regular, mandatory visits from Health Inspectors.
2 – The state of hygiene in the factory is worse than that of a dodgy side street kebab shop. Factory visitors including dirty children and decrepit old men are allowed to walk into a food preparation area, without taking any hygiene precautions.
3 – Who actually are the Oompa Loompas? From the storyline it clearly appears they originate from another country. So Wonka has gone to another country, bribed locals to illegally enter the country and work for far bellow the minimum financial wage.
4 – Lastly, I saw no evidence of financial records being kept or tax records. Is Wonka VAT Registered? Does the pay tax?
I think if this were real, Wonka would be a failed businessman, probably serving a very long prison sentence. His factory would have also probably have been featured on Dispatches, Cutting Edge, Watchdog and Factories From Hell.
30th July 2005 - 10:24 BST
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Finally the freak that is Kermal has been booted out of the Big Brother house. He is the only housemate where my views have stayed the same with throughout the series. I dislike the man/woman; he is a freak who represents everything which is bad about the new contestants of Big Brother - totally fake and only in it to win it, by acting.
Somehow I don't think Kermal shops at The Officers Club
This is unlike Eugene who, although a little eccentric, I believe to be totally genuine and although joining late deserves to win. Sparkster.net continues to support him for victory.
"EUGENE TO WIN"
Or in morse code
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(wav file of morse code)
Now onto the subject of Podcasting, this is a way of listening to previously aired radio broadcasts by downloading them over the internet and listening to them on either your PC or portable MP3 player.
The BBC are now trialling Podcasting for some of their radio broadcasts. More info on Podcasting can be found here, along with a list of all the BBC radio broadcasts taking part in the trial.
It looks interesting and I’ll probably make use of the Five Live’s Film Reviews, Sport Review and Rumour Mill as well as “The Best of Moyles” from the Radio 1 section.
Funny how “The Best of Moyles” is only 20 minutes in duration while the actual show is on for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. Before you take off music and news (which there isn't much of) that’s 900 minutes of material cut down to 20. Doesn’t say much for quality does it? :o)
28th July 2005 - 21:59 BST
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I’m currently watching a Dispatches program on Channel 4 which is comparing the quality of chicken meat purchased from mainstream supermarkets with meat from high street butchers where the chickens are reared in different ways.
It is a real eye opener into how the chickens are kept; I always knew these chicken farms treat their birds badly, but not that badly. Some chickens are actually left to die, burning in their own urine being trampled and pecked to death by other birds.
Anyone for KFC?
It will make me think twice in future about buying fresh chicken however chicken pies, curries, Kiev’s etc will be a problem. I like these, they’re very nice but it seems there is no way of avoiding this bad chicken in them. All well, surely it can’t be THAT bad….
One thing about this program which did annoy me was a test carried out comparing butchers steak next to a supermarkets steak being totally biased!
Firstly the chef cooking the meats was a massive supporter of butcher’s meat, surely when cooking he would but more effort into cooking his preferred meat and add more seasoning, care, etc…
The taste testers were flawed too, there were only 12 people involved, in my opinion for a proper reflection at least 100 should take part. The people were all asked together for their thoughts on which meat was best (the butchers or supermarket meat). Surely many votes were influenced by fellow testers. For example if TESTER #6 was unsure between whether MEAT #A or MEAT #B was best and TESTER #3, #4 and #5 said MEAT #B was their preferred choice, TESTER #6 would almost certainly side with the crowd. A private ballot would be the fairest way of conducting the experiment.
27th July 2005 - 23:03 BST
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The seagull plague I mentioned last month seems to be getting worse. Firstly last week they were dive-bombing anybody who stepped out into my garden. It turned out that a seagull chick was in the neighbour’s garden and they were just trying to protect it, they’re vicious little bastards though!
The seagull’s have now rescued their baby or left it to die and left my garden area. I thought the gulls had dispersed like in The Birds movie until I read this story on the BBC Website.
Seagulls have taken to attacking postmen attempting to deliver mail in one Somerset street - so female posties have taken over their rounds.
A postman fell off his bike after he was attacked by the gulls as he tried to make his deliveries in Highbridge.
And when a manager went to investigate, he too was knocked to the ground by the birds, believed to be nesting nearby.
But when a woman postie was sent, she escaped unscathed. Female staff are now filling in for their male counterparts.
I don’t know the reason why the gulls just go after male postmen. One theory is that women are sometimes referred to as “birds” or “chicks”, maybe the gulls know this and therefore, thinking the female posties are there own kind let them be.
Watch out Pat.... they're gonna get ya!
Another theory is that the gulls may be after the men’s manhood, sensing a large worm-like organ beneath the navy Royal Mail trousers it may be mistaken for food – i.e. a worm.
Who knows but it would be interesting to place somebody like Nadia from Big Brother 5 who has had a sex change and see what happens.
One final theory of mine is that the seagulls are not a problem at all and that it is just an excuse thought up by Royal Mail officials to explain a poor quality of service. Although for legal reasons I must state the residents of the Somerset street in question may be very happy with their service…. unlike me with mine where my post arrives mid afternoon.
Vote Eugene to win or else he'll chuck your TV off a cliff
Moving on, Spakster.net continues to back Eugene to win Big Brother 6 and would like to bring everyone’s attention to this great website also backing the hilarious and eccentric housemate. EUGENE TO WIN!
26th July 2005 - 22:27 BST
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It’s a sight for sore eyes. I really fancied a Snickers bar this evening so went to my little store of chocolate and opened one. Inside I found what can only be described as “A Fossilised Dog Poo”.
I think the only reason I can give for this deterioration in chocolate quality is that it was exposed to extreme temperatures a couple of weeks ago during that great weather we had. Either that or somebody who works for Masterfoods UK decided to undertake a science experiment and cross-breed a Mars Bar with a Milky Bar leading to catastrophic results kind of like those seen in The Fly.
Only mad dogs, Englishmen and Snickers Bars go out in the midday sun
I did not believe the Snickers bar was fit for human consumption so, along with its five mutated brothers has been thrown away in the bin. Sad day.
26th July 2005 - 19:23 BST
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I’ve been off work ill the last two days, nothing serious, just some 48 hours bug which left me feeling a bit unwell. I was in a condition that while I wasn’t well enough to work I was not bed ridden with a vomit bowl an thermometer up my bum.
A good few hours of yesterday were spent moping around the bedroom, this lead to a fair but of mess as the day went on. As I normally like to keep the bedroom relatively orderly I decided today to tidy up this afternoon.
While tidying and vacuuming up I noticed a layer of black fluff all over the carpet. I realised this had come off a set of new socks I bought last week. The floor looked like some balding black mouse had been running around the floor leaving its fur behind.
Umbro Socks - 50% Fluff
Another problem with the “sock fur” was that it was a real bitch to vacuum up as it had become embedded. Once collected it formed a large cluster, there was enough fur to make a whole new sock! So here’s a tip Umbro, next time you make some socks, please use less fur. You’ll save money and it won’t get stuck in people’s damn carpets!
25th July 2005 - 17:50 BST
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Bristol Rovers take on Bristol City in a pre-season friendly this evening. Somehow I don’t think the word “friendly” is very appropriate though. Police are expecting trouble and the local pubs have been shut.
The rivalry between Rovers and City is one of the most fierce and renowned in football. Putting both teams and fans together is like leaving a Chav and a Goth in a locked room together for an hour, blood will be spilt. This aside it should be a good game, if BBC Radio Bristol are broadcasting the game I may tune in as I’m always keen to keep an eye on how the local teams are doing.
The thing that has always surprised me about these two clubs is that they both represent Bristol, one of the largest cities in England yet both have failed to hold any significant honours.
I lived in Bristol for many years when I was younger and know fans of both clubs, both are well supported in and around the city. From what I can see is that they fail to hold onto any of their big name players. City have only recently let their best player Leroy Lita leave while Rovers failed to hang onto big name stars Marcus Stewart, Nathan Ellington and Jason Roberts.
Unfortunately like with most lower league clubs in England, financial implications mean that the upcoming players do move on or refuse to sign new contracts and stay at their club.
Exceptions of this include Hull City and Wigan. Hull have won consecutive promotions and are now in The Championship while Wigan can now call themselves a Premiership team (for this season at least).
The way Hull and Wigan have become successful is a combination of excellent management alongside great wealth being pumped. Effectively they are a lower league Chelsea.
I’m hoping these local teams can sort themselves out once and for all and eventually make it to The Premiership or at least The Championship. This, of course is if it in no way affects my beloved Leeds United (who will hopefully be going up next season!).
24th July 2005 - 22:55 BST
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It finally seems that we have seen the last of that damn Crazy Frog. The Jamster ads are no longer on TV, the single is never played and nobody has it set as their ring tone (mind you I’m yet to find anybody who had it in the first place).
However, just when you thought the world was free from annoying, singing creatures along comes “Schnappi das kleine Krokodil”, potentially the worst thing to come out of Germany since Adolf Hitler.
Schnappi would eat The Crazy Frog for breakfast
Schnappi is a green singing crocodile who already has many websites both for and against him, a single and music video. All of these are in Germany at the moment but the phenomenon is scheduled to his the UK next month with records, ring tones and the usual crap.
I’ve heard the single and to be honest it’s not bad, a decent novelty record and enjoyable in small douses. However it is repetitive and I am sure after hearing it 1,000 times on television, radio and from children’s mobile phones it’ll leave me and the rest of the population wanting to kill it.
The official website is here while an unofficial webpage with samples of all Schnappi’s tunes is here (not too sure about the legality of this webpage so it may be gone before too long!).
Enjoy for the moment as by this time in two months you’ll hate it.
"This is your captain speaking...."
Finally apologies to Science from Big Brother, looks like my cause to keep you in the house backfired. Obviously the public would like to see a boring tart wander around the house for the remaining three weeks. Anyway, Sparkster.net will now be backing Eugene to win the series. Hopefully he’ll still be in the house this time next week.
20th July 2005 - 21:56 BST
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Sparkster.net is now officially backing Science to win Big Brother 6. He is by far the most entertaining housemate in the series. He doesn’t live a toss about popularity from both the housemates and public.
He isn’t the most pleasant human being and to be honest I couldn’t stand to be around him for too long, although to watch a load of Big Brother idiots get wound up and get dragged into his pointless arguments is brilliant.
Science is up for eviction this week against Orlaith, I urge you all to vote her out and keep Citizen Science, the most entertaining housemate in the house. He is also second favourite to win, after Anthony.
I just hope this blog entry won’t act as a “kiss of death” and lead to Science’s eviction on Friday. Last year I backed Ahmed in Big Brother 5. He left the week after.
Robbie Blake - always great to get a goal on your debut
Moving onto Leeds United, the Mighty Whites took on Darlington in a pre-season friendly. They won 1-0 with an early opening goal from new signing Robbie Blake on his debut. Good news, another quality is just what Leeds need. Premiership, here we come!
17th July 2005 - 15:07 BST
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I hear now that nobody has won the Euromillions lottery for a few weeks and after multiple rollovers the jackpot now looks to be a massive £66,000,000, you simply cannot imagine winning that amount.
If you won this amount and decided you wished to invest it in a high interest account, after taxes you would receive approximately £63,500 every week if you chose to put it all away.
So, if you were lucky enough to be the sole lottery winner and win one of the largest prizes ever to be given out in Europe, you would still be receiving less per week than Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand is commanding on his new contract.
The greedy bugger is demanding £120,000 on his new contract and if not offered looks to go elsewhere to some other club stupid enough to meet his gluttonous wages.
Rio "Makosi" Ferdinand may also get £100,000 for winning Big Brother
It’s a sad fact but money is killing football. Most of the fans spend their hard earned money on these players who earn more in a week than they do across 10 whole years.
To stop it getting truly out of hand and killing off the beautiful game, Fifa must take a leaf from out of The National Hockey League’s book and cap all players wages, I suggest £50k a week, which is still more than enough for anybody but not a ridiculous and sickening amount.
14th July 2005 - 22:30 BST
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Leeds typical bad luck doesn’t seem to have left, for the pre-season at least, star striker Rob Hulse was injured yesterday in a friendly in Norway. Thankfully the injury does not seem to be too bad and he should only be out for two weeks. Still, this is two weeks he could be getting fit for the start of the season. Shame.
Sicknote for Hulse!
The club have also been it with another striker blow. They apparently agreed to sing Robbie Blake from Birmingham at the start of the week. Great news I thought, Robbie Blake is a superb striker for The Championship and will be a great asset in a promotion campaign.
All footballers are greedy money pigs!
This deal looks in doubt now though as he is stalling over something…. not too sure what but it sounds a bit like he is holding out for more money. Typical greedy footballer then. Like the rest of them, overpaid and puts his bank balance before his club and performance. It’s sad football has come to this.
13th July 2005 - 22:42 BST
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Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! It’s too hot to blog, Thermometer reading 32.9C in my room, the heat is great but when it’s this hot at 10.30pm it gets a little annoying.
Anyway, Leeds United today unveiled their new club mascot. I’ve never really got the idea of mascots. I fail to see how they are able to help the team or get a football crowd going. The fans are perfectly able to motivate the players and get a rally of chants going.
The new mascot is still unnamed and the Official Leeds United website is encouraging fans to suggest names for the new mascot. The name which is suggested the most will be given to the mascot.
I just home I'm not sitting behind him when I go to Elland Road
This got me thinking, what if thousands of fans submitted something stupid like ‘Turd Sandwich’ or ‘Giant Douche’ (like on a South Park episode). Would this name be awarded to new mascot? I doubt it.
Still, if you wish to name the new mascot ‘Turd Sandwich’, ‘Giant Douche’ or whatever other immature idea you can think of, the online form is here. Have fun!
10th July 2005 - 16:14 BST
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Good day yesterday, firstly the weather was excellent. It’s been a good few weeks since Bath has seen a hot weekend. This alongside going out to town for a couple of drinks and something to eat before heading off to the cinema made it all the more better.
At the cinema I saw Madagascar. This isn’t officially out in The UK until next week but they had advance screenings this weekend.
The film is the latest release from Dreamworks and is about a group of animals who escape from a zoo and end up in Madagascar and that really is the jest of it. The storyline is poor but that isn’t what the film is about.
Madagascar is effectively a kids movie, but like Shrek, Shark Tale and The Incredibles gives more than enough to keep adults amused. The script is full of gags, jokes and film references for the adults while the cute furry animals and slapstick comedy will keep the children and simpleton adults amused.
It is very well cast and boasts big names like Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Sacha Baron Cohen…. yes, that is the bloke who played Ali G! These actors seem to fit their character and animals they portray brilliantly, so top marks to the casting director there.
After the cinema I went out to a riverside pub and sat out with a pint as the evening drew to a close. It was a great end to a great day and was a taster of what I cane expect when I go on holiday on the canal boat next month which I am very much looking forward to.
7th July 2005 - 23:00 BST
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So the inevitable attack that has been upon us for years took place today. Even though we all expected it to take place in the capital and in an area like The Underground we were taken by surprise, certainly so the World Leaders who in a twisted piece of irony were in Scotland discussing how to make the World a better, safer place.
It was a very chilling day for me, listening to the radio during work, the news coming in every 15 minutes reporting worse events with every bulletin. It was like September 11th all over again. The BBC Website even crashed and then had to resort to a ‘Lite Version’ due to demand.
Although many people were tragically killed and the public transport brought to a stand still for a few hours we are still living our lives and with total respect to the dead and wounded, tomorrow is another day in which the people of Britain will go to work and carry on as normal.
This is certainly the right way to behave after such an event, if we change our routine due to fear and intimidation the terrorist bastards have won. We will not let this happen.
The only worry I have now is that Tony Blair and Bush will start playing ‘Real Life Duke Nukem’ again and order the soldiers in Iraq to start bombing towns unnecessarily. This will create more hate towards The Western World and inevitably further attacks like today. The terrorists must be brought to justice, but in the correct way.
Two final thoughts on the matter, firstly the telephone number in which friends and relatives can trace missing loved ones. It’s a 0870 number – national/premium rate. I know costs have to be covered but surely the money for a freephone number could be found? With the state of the mobile phone networks many people will be forced to use pay phones, 0870 numbers are very expensive to ring and if you have no change how could one find out how their loved ones are?
Secondly, I wonder if Big Brother will inform the housemates of today’s tragedy? While unnecessary panic should not be installed into the house, the housemates have a right to know, especially as many of them are Londoners. I know the rules state “No contact with the outside world” but at the end of the day Big Brother is only a game.
That’s the lot for today; my thoughts of course go out to the family, friends and victims of today’s events.
6th July 2005 - 18:37 BST
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So even with our bad eating habits and a crazy mayor, London has been awarded the Olympics in 2012 ahead of Paris. Obviously Jacques Chirac’s comments on our food did nothing to change the minds of the judges.
We may have crap food, but we have the Olympics - Hahaha France!
Good news for London and the country, even if, like me the Olympics are not of major interest.
Never let Gerrard be your "Phone a Friend" he's not good with decisions
A bizarre turn of events in the Steven Gerrard saga. He is now decided to stay at Liverpool. Dunno what the reasons behind that are but that lad simply cannot make his mind up. Liverpool chairman Rick Parry must be getting very confused. It’s like a sketch from Little Britain….
Parry: “Now Steven, where do you want to play next season?”
Gerrard: “I wanna go to Chelsea”
Parry: “Chelsea? Are you sure? I thought you said you loved Liverpool and after winning the Champions League simply couldn’t think about leaving”
Gerrard: “Yeah I know”
Parry: “So, where do you want to go?”
Gerrard: “Chelsea”
Parry: “Are you sure, remember last season you were going to go and then decided not to. That was a great cafuffle.”
Gerrard: “Yeah I know”
Parry: “Chelsea it is then?”
Gerrard: “Yes!”
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Parry: “Steven, I have Roman Abramovich on the phone, he’s offering a lot of money for you. All you need to do now to become a Chelsea player is sign these forms”
Gerrard: “I wanna stay at Liverpool”
5th July 2005 - 23:08 BST
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It’s a special day today, Sparkster.net is proud to award French President Jacques Chirac with the ‘Irony Trophy of 2005’. This is following his comments on the quality of British food ahead of the decision for which country will host the Olympics in 2012.
Chirac was reported in saying (about Britain) "We can't trust people who have such bad food. After Finland, it's the country with the worst food" Hahaha! This is coming from the man who is in charge of a country who considers snails and frogs a delicacy!
What you get if you "Go Large" in a French restaurant
There has been a lot of banter between Britain and France over this whole Olympics bid including Britain reportedly saying said the stadium in Paris was shit. For those who care (and to be honest, I don’t) the decision will be made tomorrow, then hopefully all this childish behaviour can be put to rest, at least until Fifa start the bids for World Cup 2014.
Moving onto football, “Mr. Liverpool” Steven Gerrard has told his so-called beloved club that he wants to leave them, probably for Chelsea or Real Madrid. He is just like Alan Smith and Wayne Rooney. Says he loves his home town club but as soon as something better comes along, sticks two fingers up and pisses off.
Distant memories for Liverpool fans
In some ways I can see why Gerrard wants to leave. You only get to play at the top level for so many years and when your one of the greatest footballers in the world you want to play for one of the greatest clubs.
What I think is wrong however, is the way players like Gerrard go on about how they love their club and will never leave and then weeks later have a total change of heart. You cannot treat the fans that way.
Still, as an England fan and an admirer of Gerrard I think the move is a good thing for his career and the national team and wish him well wherever he goes (unless its to Man U).
3rd July 2005 - 22:31 BST
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For the last two days I have been playing around with an interesting piece of software called Google Earth which is basically ‘The Worlds Best Globe’.
Google Earth uses satellite images from space and lets you zoom in and view any location on the planet. Some locations are more detailed than others. Where I live, in Bath the resolution is relatively low, but if you view New York you can see every building and even boats in the harbour.
Using this software really does bring home what modern technology can offer. In theory any exterior location in the world could be viewed, in great detail by anybody – anonymously, whether it’s for a bit of fun (like my usage), educational purposes or for even more sinister reasons such as terrorism.
We sit at home watching Big Brother on television thinking to ourselves how we would never diminish our personal privacy when in fact satellites are watching us 24/7. Okay, this is a very paranoid view on things; individually we are (probably) not being viewed by the government and the ‘Men in Black’ but it certainly makes you wonder what technology in the skies is looking down upon us all.
Google Earth can be downloaded, for free here.
Here are a few pics I took using the software
Can you see your house from up here?
Area 51, still not on any maps
Its EastEnders!
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