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Queue Jumping Madness

Craig — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:02:06 +0000

I’ve just read this on PaddyPower’s website, thought it was brilliant!!

We’re Lovin It’
Like many others, we abhor people that skip the queue. For that brief moment we wish all sorts of evil on that person and call him/her every offensive name we can think of. However, dear rude folk, it’s probably unwise to skip the queue at a McDonald’s drive-through. A North Carolina woman who drove directly to the pick-up window and tried to order her meal became involved in a standoff with staff. Twenty minutes later Evangeline Lucca was shot with a stun gun which we can all agree she deserved.
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All joking aside, I totally agree with it! Karma hits you biatch!

Another phone blog

Craig — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:34:26 +0000

Well decisions decisions decisions – to read or not to read – the alternative is to play drop7 or indeed play Words with Friends – it’s o e of those annoying decisions –

The book is “GAME OF THRONES” the book on which the fantastic TV series is based – however – what is really annoying – I know whats going to happen!!! I knew I should have read the books first (I probably would have – had I known they had been written!)

Drop7 is a really addictive little game – ONCE you realise (and work out) how to play it – I taught Fi it too – it’s addictive.

WWF as it is affectionately known is Words with Friends – much like scrabble – and absolutely better in every way – I have the ad free version on my phone – it is also available to play on Facebook – but there is no way to remove the ads – so it’s pish!!! iPhone version wins all the time!!!!

So – the blog seemed to have taken over my bedtime reading/playing – but I may fit a wee WWF and a Drop7 in before sleepy .

After all – i AM back to work tomorrow!!!
Wooohooooo

Just annoying

Craig — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:10:56 +0000

Well, I’m on my holidays just now, not away anywhere, just chillaxing and spending some quality time away from my computer… yeah, yeah, I know, I’m blogging right now… but it’s been during the day when I’ve been oot and about…

So, I know that 2011 is gonna be crappy for everyone financially, so I’m kinda stuck in between a rock and a hard place, do a big Carboot sale, or fire everything on Ebay and Amazon and get pounded by their selling fees.. or I could just play and play the lottery.. I know that doesn’t overly work – our Syndicate at (my old) work places £80 worth of tickets a month on the Lotto, and guess how much we’ve won since 1st November 2010 – £20… yup – a whole measly £20, awesome. (it would have only been £10 had we not won on Wednesday past.).
PS – if you really want to play the Lotto – play through here – then I can get a measly £4 for you signing up…!

I read a headline earlier today – “How to win the Lotto twice” – fuck – win it once would be a start, and by winning once I don’t mean winning a tenner!!!
And now I can’t find the news page where it was.. arggg..

That was my annoying things for today.. I’m off to watch a movie..

Twitter Follow Me Badge

Craig — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:23:08 +0000

Hi folks, – a very quick and very pressing post…
Information on a Follow Me or Follow Us on Twitter Badge for your website, really handy piece of code to use, I’m not using it yet, however – I will be very soon!

goto – http://www.go2web20.net/twitterFollowBadge/

This badge calls your users to start following your twitter account.
Twitter has proven itself to be a great communication channel with your site visitors.
This badge can be installed almost on any site. Just customize it a bit and take the code.

Just visit the site, enter your account details, choose your colour, choose what you want it to say – ie follow us, follow me, or just follow then wallla!, a nice bit of code for you to add.

Brilliant. Well Done Go2Web20

2 Weeks Ago

Craig — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:04:36 +0000

Well, it’s been 2 weeks since I was across in Dublin seeing U2 with 3 of my Pals, (2 of them being my bosses) (and 1 of them being my better half). We flew in to Dublin on the Friday, and got to the digs about 12noon, 1pm ish,… I can’t actually remember to be honest…!

Can you guess what we did first of all after dumping our gear (and a quick unpack and change of clothes)?
No?
Well, where are we? Dublin… What happens in Dublin? Guinness…..

So – there you go – straight out to the Temple Bar area of town, (which luckily was a stone throw away)..
Now this wasn’t the only reason we were in Dublin, it was obviously to go and see U2 on their 360° tour – however – that was on the Saturday night..
Friday therefore was Guinness and Cider..
And then we realised we hadn’t had any tea – so there was Pizza at the end of it..!

Anyways – back to Temple Bar… I actually lost count of how many bands we actually saw over the course of the day..
but I do remember a few songs – The Irish Rover, The Wild Rover (No Nay Never), and of course – they played many many U2 songs – such as one which you can see in the YouTube Video!

There are a few dodgy pictures too, including me, the Mrs, and Fiona (@geeketteFi ) +hubby (Ed)

Fiona and Me...!

Fi and Ed on the Way Out - literally

Temple Bar welcomes U2 Fans..!

THE Temple Bar

All the Gang

This singer was absolutely amazing

the Mrs and @geeketteFi (Fi)

Temple Bar at night

So I guess after all that, there’s really only Saturday to go – and that means one thing – U2, Live, Dublin, Croke Park… and as I’m a die hard fan… it means Queuing from 9am, however – by the time the girls get up and dressed we get to the stadium at 10.15am, with a brief stop at the cash machine after spending 200Euros the night before.

So – Taxi driver calling us mental for going so early, however we want a good spot in the Inner Circle. we get there and there’s 600 peeps in front of us! – eek! – my number is 613, so, we get to the queue… more photos:

Queue Dublin II

Prawn Cocktail Crisps

Herded into the Inner Circle

My View look Up

Soooo after the queue around about 3.30pm – we were herded into the Stadium, and yes – straight into the Inner Circle – how tremendous! – we didn’t get a great spot – however – after looking at videos on YouTube etc, I’m glad we weren’t half a stadium away in the middle of the crowd…

now as for the gig itself, it really started around 6.30, when some band called The Republic of Loose arrived on stage, and I have to say – the lead vocals looked drugged up to the eyeballs… After them it was Kaiser Chiefs, I’d heard from the night before the main Support act comes on stage at 8pm… so I thought – (at 10 to) time for a Pee… So – off out the Inner Circle, and as I’m walking out – I happen to notice Kaiser Chiefs coming on Stage…. aarrgh – run!!!!
Managed to get back half way through their first song… and what a show they put on, very pleased they were supporting, Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby! I predict a Riot, lead singer even managed to do a bit of Crowd Surfing around the inner Circle – tremendous!! – I was jumping everywhere – indeed there is a YouTube video where you can see me jumping up and down!

So of course – after that – It was the main event, and oh my god what an event it was.
U2 360° Tour – In Dublin – Croke Park – Brilliant.

There’s nothing really much else that can detract from the fact that it was a truly stupendous concert.

the Videos on YouTube are amazing.

Especially this one of I still haven’t found what I’m looking for – I totally remember singing this to the Top of my voice!!!.

I’ve also got more pictures…

Kaiser Chiefs

The Crowd

The main man - Bono

Larry Mullen Jr

and yes – unfortunately at that point was when my battery started to decline – aaaaargh – blackberry madness, it was probably because I was twittering as well, darned battery – next time – note – buy another battery too…

U2 played 23 songs, only themselves on stage – no sexy dancers, only the backdrop of their massive – no – ENORMOUS stage… it was truly amazing – and to be sooo close in the Inner Circle – at their home town gig was just truly brilliant…

Sunday – bloody Sunday – in Dublin – we were going to do a bit of the touristy thing… however – that kinda got blown out the water once we got near the bars!
Guinness was the order of the day! As you can so blatantly see below:

Guinness

Guinness and Friends

Giunness

We love each other really

So – that was pretty much the weekend… Digs were good, food was good (apart from the Saturday) when all we ate was shite, Friday was Guinness and Magners Cider, Sunday was the touristy bit, (with a little drink thrown in) and then of course we had a superb Chinese as well – all in all a great weekend – it was a pity we had to get up early on the Monday to come home..

We are going to see U2 again at Hampden on the 18th of August, however – I feel that won’t live up to Dublin for some reason… and we won’t be queuing from 9am, we’ll be somewhere on the outer reaches… It will still be good though – seeing it from a different angle…

Still can’t get over how good u2 are live – especially after 30-odd years together… wow…

One Love, one Band, One Stadium, U2 / U2 / Croke Park 25th July 2009 – will be in my memory forever. brilliant.

Peter V Brett Fantasy Books

Craig — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:37:48 +0000

Peter V. Brett

Hi folks, well, it’s been while since I last posted…

So I have a little conundrum, I really fancy designing a new website, and try to make a wee bit of money from my little investment!
There is an author out there called Peter V. Brett, he wrote The Warded Man, also known as The Painted Man. I read the book in a week (which for me is pretty quick – as I wasn’t on Holiday)! Wow – what a book, it was engaging, enthralling, and was probably the 4th or 5th Fantasy book I had ever read. (behind the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit)

Peter V. Brett

So much to my surprise when I had a quick look online to see when the next book in the trilogy was coming (as the last time I looked it was the first week in August 2009) so you can imagine my disappointment when I learned that it had been put back until April 2010, wow – another 8 months to go… darned tootin – I’m going to see if I can keep my interest in the book and buy a website. So after looking on the Domain Name Registration website I use, I found that www.thewardedman.co.uk AND www.thedemontrilogy.co.uk were both available… it got me thinking.. should I – or shouldn’t I…

Well, I think I should, so if anyone wants to buy it for me – let me know! (though – if you want to buy it for yourself – fire away – I’m not stopping you), it just goes to show how many websites that are still available out there…

I really need a book to read, and I just don’t know what to buy…. if anyone fancies buying me a book, carry on… email me and I’ll send you my address!

Anyways – bye!

4 Rounds of Golf For Charity (in one day)

Craig — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:12:24 +0000

Longest Golf Day Challenge

Hi folks,

Now, I’m not always one for playing lots of golf, however I’ve been persuaded to complete 4 rounds of golf in ONE day…
Yes – I’m a nutter, I know… (or stupid) one of the two…

So – all in aid of Charity – Macmillan Cancer
We haven’t managed to setup the Justgiving page, as it’s tomorrow we are playing…

So… with that in mind… donations will be welcome through my Paypal account, which is:

craig@ukwins.co.uk

Please please please help a worth cause!
http://www.paypal.co.uk
Make donations to craig@ukwins.co.uk – and mark it donation.

Thanks in advance to everyone who helps out… and remember – you don’t need a paypal account to pay money in.

FYI – we are playing 4 rounds of Golf at Troon, with the first tee off time at SIX AM – 6am yes, that’s 6am… eek…
(that’s the challenge for me)!
With the last round starting at 7pm..
some time for dinner.. lunch etc… eek….
and the weather forecast???
TORRENTIAL RAIN…
joy.

fantastic post to wordpress

Craig — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:06:25 +0000

Well, what a great concept, I can post straight to my blog from my
email, which means I can literally do this on the move, however, I’m not
on the move, I’m just testing this straight in front of my PC, but it
looks cool.. and hopefully this “will” work!

–
Craig
www.UKwins.co.uk
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