Saturday, 27 December 2008
Friday, 26 December 2008
Thursday, 25 December 2008
Monday, 17 November 2008
Friday, 7 November 2008
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
Fun with sulfur hexafluoride
Lance Lund, a professor at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, was asked to prepare a promotional science video for the college back in 1995 that was to air on a local cable access channel. All went well until he inhaled some sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). The video never aired, but many more of you from around the world will be able to enjoy this blooper thanks to You Tube.
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Sunday, 12 October 2008
Captains Log 12th October 2008
Korky's attempt to get the little bird out of the cuckoo clock continues...he has removed the pine cones and pendulum on numerous occasions and recently removed both wind up chains.
Today he pulled the hands off and after a 3 hour exhausting search we suspected he may have swallowed the minute hand.
Our anxiety was relieved when Rose got up, lifted the room carpet to discover the missing clock hand...Both Rose's decision to look under the centre of the room carpet and how the hand got there is a mystery.
Today he pulled the hands off and after a 3 hour exhausting search we suspected he may have swallowed the minute hand.
Our anxiety was relieved when Rose got up, lifted the room carpet to discover the missing clock hand...Both Rose's decision to look under the centre of the room carpet and how the hand got there is a mystery.
A man walks into a bar....
A polar bear, a giraffe and a penguin walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What is this? Some kind of joke?"
A skeleton walks into a bar and says, "Gimme a beer, and a mop."
Shakespeare walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a beer. "I can't serve you." says the bartender. "You're Bard!"
Descartes walks into a bar. The bartender asks, "Would you like a beer?" Descartes replies, "I think not", then disappeared
A guy walks into a bar with a newt on his shoulder. "What do you call that?", asks the bartender. "I call him Tiny, because he's my newt!"
A dog went to a bar which was also a telegram office, took out a blank form and wrote: "Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof." The clerk examined the paper and politely told the dog, "There are only nine words here. You could send another 'Woof' for the same price." The dog replied, "But that would make no sense at all!"
A skeleton walks into a bar and says, "Gimme a beer, and a mop."
Shakespeare walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a beer. "I can't serve you." says the bartender. "You're Bard!"
Descartes walks into a bar. The bartender asks, "Would you like a beer?" Descartes replies, "I think not", then disappeared
A guy walks into a bar with a newt on his shoulder. "What do you call that?", asks the bartender. "I call him Tiny, because he's my newt!"
A dog went to a bar which was also a telegram office, took out a blank form and wrote: "Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof." The clerk examined the paper and politely told the dog, "There are only nine words here. You could send another 'Woof' for the same price." The dog replied, "But that would make no sense at all!"
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Saturday, 4 October 2008
Friday, 3 October 2008
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
The Frogs Sept 2008
I had a play with Jonathans new video camera yesterday, it was very trusting of him to lend it to me knowing my love of precariously leaning over ponds to get frog close ups.
I was impressed with the camera, its small and cheap but the image quality is great and the powerful 34x macro zoom lens is a joy to use, also its a digital camera which allowed me to get a picture quality greater than my analogue set up.
I was pleased with my new little movie, you may notice that in one shot you can see the house reflected in the frogs eye and you may even notice the reflection of me waving to myself...smile
I was impressed with the camera, its small and cheap but the image quality is great and the powerful 34x macro zoom lens is a joy to use, also its a digital camera which allowed me to get a picture quality greater than my analogue set up.
I was pleased with my new little movie, you may notice that in one shot you can see the house reflected in the frogs eye and you may even notice the reflection of me waving to myself...smile
Friday, 12 September 2008
Flipping News
Rose always ends up covered with self adhesive stickers after a visit from Melissa and I've just noticed one on top of the cats head.
Surprise visits from Clare still put me into light a cigarette fast mode since the day she urgently needed £1300 cash in 30 minutes time....so my first question to her is normally "Everything ok?" or "So what problem do I face today?".
I was relieved that her reply was "Yeah everythings ok", but my state of relaxation was brief due to her second remark..."I am in the newspapers".....What have you done now Clare? I thought...remembering the time that while attempting to contact her, I was informed she was in a criminal court!....The trouble she gets in!
But being caught without a tv licence is not a serious criminal record in my books...been caught myself a few times, but always managed to wiggle myself out of any legal action, probably by giving the impression of being insane, never admitting guilt and keeping the licence inspector waiting on the doorstep for an hour while searching the house for the non existing licence and rushing out the following day to buy one by borrowing the money from other bills.
Anyway not only was Clare in the newspaper but to my surprise it wasn't the Echo, I think every family member has been in the Echo over the years...my first appearance in the Echo was about 40 years ago...I won a prize in school...the prize was not for any sports or academical achievement, it was for regular attendance..grin.
I was awarded a book called "Here's Rosemary"...thats a time and space coincidence isn't it?
Clare was in the Guardian!!...here is a section of the article...
"Clare Hayes first became aware of website flipping four months ago. "It's a good way to earn a little extra money," she says. Hayes recently flipped the website selfhelpportal4u.com. "It cost me less than £10, and I sold it for £150," she says. "I know that's not exactly a big money deal, but they do happen. You have to start out small, and at the moment I am still on the bottom rung of the ladder."
Much of the appeal of website flipping is that it can be done from home on a small budget with a little effort and some basic web skills. "All you need is a computer, an internet connection and about £10 to get you started," says Hayes. "You can work your own hours and, best of all, there is absolutely no limit to the amount of money you can make." That holds true in both directions, of course: you may make nothing if nobody wants your site."
Clare owns and has sold a number of websites including a give up smoking club, which she informs me she is not a member of. If you want to take a look at the sites Clare has created, with luck I can stick the links below.
Clare's self help site
Clare's Depression site
Clare's Poker site
Clare's Quit Smoking Club
Click here for the complete article
Surprise visits from Clare still put me into light a cigarette fast mode since the day she urgently needed £1300 cash in 30 minutes time....so my first question to her is normally "Everything ok?" or "So what problem do I face today?".
I was relieved that her reply was "Yeah everythings ok", but my state of relaxation was brief due to her second remark..."I am in the newspapers".....What have you done now Clare? I thought...remembering the time that while attempting to contact her, I was informed she was in a criminal court!....The trouble she gets in!
But being caught without a tv licence is not a serious criminal record in my books...been caught myself a few times, but always managed to wiggle myself out of any legal action, probably by giving the impression of being insane, never admitting guilt and keeping the licence inspector waiting on the doorstep for an hour while searching the house for the non existing licence and rushing out the following day to buy one by borrowing the money from other bills.
Anyway not only was Clare in the newspaper but to my surprise it wasn't the Echo, I think every family member has been in the Echo over the years...my first appearance in the Echo was about 40 years ago...I won a prize in school...the prize was not for any sports or academical achievement, it was for regular attendance..grin.
I was awarded a book called "Here's Rosemary"...thats a time and space coincidence isn't it?
Clare was in the Guardian!!...here is a section of the article...
"Clare Hayes first became aware of website flipping four months ago. "It's a good way to earn a little extra money," she says. Hayes recently flipped the website selfhelpportal4u.com. "It cost me less than £10, and I sold it for £150," she says. "I know that's not exactly a big money deal, but they do happen. You have to start out small, and at the moment I am still on the bottom rung of the ladder."
Much of the appeal of website flipping is that it can be done from home on a small budget with a little effort and some basic web skills. "All you need is a computer, an internet connection and about £10 to get you started," says Hayes. "You can work your own hours and, best of all, there is absolutely no limit to the amount of money you can make." That holds true in both directions, of course: you may make nothing if nobody wants your site."
Clare owns and has sold a number of websites including a give up smoking club, which she informs me she is not a member of. If you want to take a look at the sites Clare has created, with luck I can stick the links below.
Clare's self help site
Clare's Depression site
Clare's Poker site
Clare's Quit Smoking Club
Click here for the complete article
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Friday, 29 August 2008
Sunday, 24 August 2008
Surfing with cats
Predawn company 25th Aug 2008 4am
Working around the paw
The roll has passed todays inspection and quality control test
Working around the paw
The roll has passed todays inspection and quality control test
Saturday, 23 August 2008
Meet Richard Norton
Richard Norton breeds Bengal cats and has a youtube channel with lots of videos of his cats.
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Someone has Talent
A piece of music made using some of the various sounds Windows XP and 98 come with.
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Korky
"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." - Hippolyte Taine
"After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference."- Charlotte Gray
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." - Anonymous
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." - Albert Schweitzer
"There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats." - Anonymous
"If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat." - Mark Twain
"It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see." - Eleanor Farjeon
"Time spent with cats is never wasted." - May Sarton
"If the claws didn't retract, cats would be like Velcro." - Dr. Bruce Fogle
"A cat will assume the shape of its container." - Unknown
"After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference."- Charlotte Gray
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." - Anonymous
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." - Albert Schweitzer
"There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats." - Anonymous
"If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat." - Mark Twain
"It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see." - Eleanor Farjeon
"Time spent with cats is never wasted." - May Sarton
"If the claws didn't retract, cats would be like Velcro." - Dr. Bruce Fogle
"A cat will assume the shape of its container." - Unknown
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Mr Bojangles
Tiger Tiger. burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye.
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat.
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile His work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Tiger Tiger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
The Tiger
William Blake
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye.
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat.
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile His work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Tiger Tiger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
The Tiger
William Blake
Sunday, 3 August 2008
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Friday, 18 July 2008
Piano Man
t's nine oclock on a saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
Theres an old man sitting next to me
Makin love to his tonic and gin
He says, son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But its sad and its sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger mans clothes
La la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Chorus:
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, were all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin alright
The regular crowd shuffles in
Theres an old man sitting next to me
Makin love to his tonic and gin
He says, son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But its sad and its sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger mans clothes
La la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Chorus:
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, were all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin alright
Sunday, 13 July 2008
The Pierrotters
Some days I hate computers, some days I swear never to go within 10 feet of a microchip.
Reading a book by candlelight would avoid all the stress of malfunctioning circuits, glitchy USB ports, memory buffer overloads.
It took me 12 hours to get my latest video on youtube, there was an intermittent clicking in the audio track...click click click, so I captured the video again, checked my second attempt and.....click click click...maybe I got a loose plug...check plugs, capture for a third time...click click click...maybe my wires are faulty, use different wires, capture for fourth time...click click click...maybe my plugs are faulty, replace scart plug, capture...click click click, maybe the video player is faulty, test with different video player...click click click, maybe the click is on the tape, try different tape...click click click, maybe the computer is overheating, open computer and vacuum all dust bunnies and polish fan blades.
Restart the computer to discover none of the fans were working, then discover that I cleaned them so well I can't hear their normal whining.
Capture video on cool dust bunny free computer....click click click.
Have coffee while pondering the joys and simplicity of reading a book by candlelight and my love/hate relationship with computers...finish coffee, re-install windows moviemaker...click click click.
Download and install windows service pack 3...2 hours later, restart computer, check all plugs and wires, place pillow in front of me to drop head into...capture video...play back...click click click, drop head into pillow, moan.
11 hours later, give up and watch tv.
Following morning...I have a plan, bypass the video capture card audio and feed the sound directly into the computers audio card...set up all the connections, capture video, play back...the clicking has gone...the problem is there is no sound track whatsoever!...moan, place head in hands.
Go to preferences and options of windows moviemaker and soundcard...request non headache option with sound and vision.
Capture video, play video...I got picture and sound!!...wait for clicks...no clicks!...It works!...Aren't computers wonderful.
Sing and dance into kitchen.....Enjoy the video.
Reading a book by candlelight would avoid all the stress of malfunctioning circuits, glitchy USB ports, memory buffer overloads.
It took me 12 hours to get my latest video on youtube, there was an intermittent clicking in the audio track...click click click, so I captured the video again, checked my second attempt and.....click click click...maybe I got a loose plug...check plugs, capture for a third time...click click click...maybe my wires are faulty, use different wires, capture for fourth time...click click click...maybe my plugs are faulty, replace scart plug, capture...click click click, maybe the video player is faulty, test with different video player...click click click, maybe the click is on the tape, try different tape...click click click, maybe the computer is overheating, open computer and vacuum all dust bunnies and polish fan blades.
Restart the computer to discover none of the fans were working, then discover that I cleaned them so well I can't hear their normal whining.
Capture video on cool dust bunny free computer....click click click.
Have coffee while pondering the joys and simplicity of reading a book by candlelight and my love/hate relationship with computers...finish coffee, re-install windows moviemaker...click click click.
Download and install windows service pack 3...2 hours later, restart computer, check all plugs and wires, place pillow in front of me to drop head into...capture video...play back...click click click, drop head into pillow, moan.
11 hours later, give up and watch tv.
Following morning...I have a plan, bypass the video capture card audio and feed the sound directly into the computers audio card...set up all the connections, capture video, play back...the clicking has gone...the problem is there is no sound track whatsoever!...moan, place head in hands.
Go to preferences and options of windows moviemaker and soundcard...request non headache option with sound and vision.
Capture video, play video...I got picture and sound!!...wait for clicks...no clicks!...It works!...Aren't computers wonderful.
Sing and dance into kitchen.....Enjoy the video.
Monday, 7 July 2008
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Monday, 19 May 2008
Sunday, 18 May 2008
Email Reply
My email is not working at the moment, so I will use the blog as a "work around".
Hi Bev...:-)
Thanks for your email, I was wondering if you had arrived safely in Paris yet.
Welcome back to the internet..:-)...that is strange having a bank holiday on a thursday, we always have them on a monday here don't we, even if for example May 1st is on the previous wednesday.
Your trip to Paris certainly sounds eventful!....I hope Ovidio will soon be feeling better and that you are feeling ok too.
We have 2 new members of the family...:-)..meet Korky and Mr Bojangles (Bo for short)...I was going to tell you to come to the blog to see the photos of them, but if you are reading this here then you are already here...:-)...just scroll down to see their photos and a video of them wrestling...:-)
They are a delight...two males...and they both have wonderful personalities, very affectionate and playful, but have very sharp claws!...and also we are thankful that we have very strong net curtains!...LOL
They are both climbing all over me now as I type, trying to play with my fingers...and often jump on the keyboard...moving mouse pointers are irresistable to cats...Korky, the black and white one fell off the table on wednesday night and we thought he had broken his leg...it was sticking out sideways.
Mike examined the leg and bones and couldn't feel any fractures, it looked like he might have dislocated his hip, which is now back in place...to be safe we took him to the vet, and he is healing well now, improving each day, thanks to the physical therapy of frequent wrestling matches with his brother and dietary supplements of sunday dinner chicken...:-))
The back garden is becoming very jungle like again and not the place to visit if you have a fear of frogs!...the top pond is full of tadpoles again, but the bottom pond doesn't seem to have any this year...the water probably hasn't the right conditions for them to survive for some reason.
Last tuesday we had a visit from Mark and Denise, they are well and happy, they visited Mike's parents up in Blackwood on the wednesday and then they went back to Cambridge on thursday
morning.
I'll add a link to their online photo album at the bottom of the blog page with the other links.
It's a good year for our Lilac bush, I'll post a photo of it here later.
I am fine at the moment...I had a bit of an attack last week, I was very fatigued for a few days and my legs were weak and sluggish and dragging a bit too, and hands that felt like I was wearing gloves made out of cactuses...the symptoms come and go and vary, thats the nature of my MS....Our GP practice is great, we got doctors who listen and care and acknowledge that we know more about MS than them..:-)
Mike is fine and has been playing with his frogs..LOL...being impressed at the health and size of a thistle that is growing in the garden and enjoying his continuing research in the world of conspiracy theories, "hidden truths", The illuminatti and the new world order, while still attempting to retain what sanity he has left...LOL
Hi Bev...:-)
Thanks for your email, I was wondering if you had arrived safely in Paris yet.
Welcome back to the internet..:-)...that is strange having a bank holiday on a thursday, we always have them on a monday here don't we, even if for example May 1st is on the previous wednesday.
Your trip to Paris certainly sounds eventful!....I hope Ovidio will soon be feeling better and that you are feeling ok too.
We have 2 new members of the family...:-)..meet Korky and Mr Bojangles (Bo for short)...I was going to tell you to come to the blog to see the photos of them, but if you are reading this here then you are already here...:-)...just scroll down to see their photos and a video of them wrestling...:-)
They are a delight...two males...and they both have wonderful personalities, very affectionate and playful, but have very sharp claws!...and also we are thankful that we have very strong net curtains!...LOL
They are both climbing all over me now as I type, trying to play with my fingers...and often jump on the keyboard...moving mouse pointers are irresistable to cats...Korky, the black and white one fell off the table on wednesday night and we thought he had broken his leg...it was sticking out sideways.
Mike examined the leg and bones and couldn't feel any fractures, it looked like he might have dislocated his hip, which is now back in place...to be safe we took him to the vet, and he is healing well now, improving each day, thanks to the physical therapy of frequent wrestling matches with his brother and dietary supplements of sunday dinner chicken...:-))
The back garden is becoming very jungle like again and not the place to visit if you have a fear of frogs!...the top pond is full of tadpoles again, but the bottom pond doesn't seem to have any this year...the water probably hasn't the right conditions for them to survive for some reason.
Last tuesday we had a visit from Mark and Denise, they are well and happy, they visited Mike's parents up in Blackwood on the wednesday and then they went back to Cambridge on thursday
morning.
I'll add a link to their online photo album at the bottom of the blog page with the other links.
It's a good year for our Lilac bush, I'll post a photo of it here later.
I am fine at the moment...I had a bit of an attack last week, I was very fatigued for a few days and my legs were weak and sluggish and dragging a bit too, and hands that felt like I was wearing gloves made out of cactuses...the symptoms come and go and vary, thats the nature of my MS....Our GP practice is great, we got doctors who listen and care and acknowledge that we know more about MS than them..:-)
Mike is fine and has been playing with his frogs..LOL...being impressed at the health and size of a thistle that is growing in the garden and enjoying his continuing research in the world of conspiracy theories, "hidden truths", The illuminatti and the new world order, while still attempting to retain what sanity he has left...LOL
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Monday, 12 May 2008
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Thursday, 8 May 2008
The Allotment
The carnivorous plant area on Mark and Denise's allotment ensures the security of their strawberry patch.
Sunday, 4 May 2008
Sunday movie
I started the day by dropping one of my favourite coffee cups, which smashed all over the kitchen floor...this made me suspect that it may not be a day to attempt anything difficult...the events of the day continued to evade my control over them, but I was determined to practice more of my film and editing skills and kept a tight grip on the camcorder, but almost fell in the pond myself.
Anyway here are this years tadpoles having their breakfast, filmed today.
Anyway here are this years tadpoles having their breakfast, filmed today.
Sunday, 27 April 2008
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Introducing Alan Watts
Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and student of comparative religion. He was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies for a Western audience. He died at the age of 58 .
He wrote more than twenty-five books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, meaning of life, concepts and the pursuit of happiness, relating his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religions or philosophies (Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Hinduism, etc.).
He wrote more than twenty-five books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, meaning of life, concepts and the pursuit of happiness, relating his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religions or philosophies (Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Hinduism, etc.).
Kittens
Well we got some photos of the 2 kittens that we plan to adopt in a few weeks...they were taken with our mobile phone, so the quality is lacking, but it looks like the photo of the black and white one has captured a moment in time and atmosphere that is difficult to define...but has the essence of cat.
Having had some time to study the photo, I think we could be in the twilight zone with that one....in the world of apparitions and victorian ectoplasmic emissions.
Having had some time to study the photo, I think we could be in the twilight zone with that one....in the world of apparitions and victorian ectoplasmic emissions.
Sunday, 6 April 2008
Introducing Desertphile
Now everyone reading this has to go to youtube and watch all 400 of this guys videos , because hubby says so, he says he is very impressed with him.
There...maybe I can go back to doing my thing on this puter now after hubby has finished pestering me to do this post!!!...LOL
About Desertphile....
Psycho anti-social raving lunatic desert dweller troglodyte who doesn't get out of his cave at all. In the years 1999 and 2000 I spent 22 months living in a cave on the border of Death Valley just so I could write about the experience; I returned for 8 more months in the year 2003. I've hiked across the Mojave Desert, then across Death Valley the long way. Between hikes I delivered boats from California to Hawaii, Florida, Seattle, and places in between. I now work and live on a very remote and very isolated cattle ranch, where I only leave 8 days a year to get groceries.
Even the god Yahweh watches my YouTube videos!
Age: 47
City: City? WHAT city?
Hometown: None
There...maybe I can go back to doing my thing on this puter now after hubby has finished pestering me to do this post!!!...LOL
About Desertphile....
Psycho anti-social raving lunatic desert dweller troglodyte who doesn't get out of his cave at all. In the years 1999 and 2000 I spent 22 months living in a cave on the border of Death Valley just so I could write about the experience; I returned for 8 more months in the year 2003. I've hiked across the Mojave Desert, then across Death Valley the long way. Between hikes I delivered boats from California to Hawaii, Florida, Seattle, and places in between. I now work and live on a very remote and very isolated cattle ranch, where I only leave 8 days a year to get groceries.
Even the god Yahweh watches my YouTube videos!
Age: 47
City: City? WHAT city?
Hometown: None
Thursday, 3 April 2008
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
We might be on TV
ITV have spotted our Youtube videos....
Sent: March 28, 2008 Subject: Our TV Programme - The Way We Were Message:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I hope you don't mind me writing. I have just seen the video you have posted on You Tube of your home cine film. I am currently researching for a television programme 'The Way We Were' which will go out on ITV1 Meridian in a few months time. It is a nostaligic series which showcases cine footage from all over the country.
I would love to have a chat with you about the possibility of showing some of your footage in the programme.
Our company website is www.cloudone.tv and I can be contacted on 02380 *** ***.
Best wishes - and many thanks for your time,
Liz
Liz Kay
Researcher
Cloud One TV
Message:
Hello Liz...smile
I am available most days and times, so feel free to phone me regarding any footage you may be interested in using.
Mike Hayes
Subject: Re: Our TV Programme - The Way We Were Message:
Hi Liz...smile
Regarding our telephone conversation yesterday, I have uploaded some footage which you may be interested in for your "The Way We Were".
Mike Hayes
Family in the garden 1976
http://www.badongo.com/vid/669906
Family at Tenby 1980
http://www.badongo.com/vid/670271
Sent: March 28, 2008 Subject: Our TV Programme - The Way We Were Message:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I hope you don't mind me writing. I have just seen the video you have posted on You Tube of your home cine film. I am currently researching for a television programme 'The Way We Were' which will go out on ITV1 Meridian in a few months time. It is a nostaligic series which showcases cine footage from all over the country.
I would love to have a chat with you about the possibility of showing some of your footage in the programme.
Our company website is www.cloudone.tv and I can be contacted on 02380 *** ***.
Best wishes - and many thanks for your time,
Liz
Liz Kay
Researcher
Cloud One TV
Message:
Hello Liz...smile
I am available most days and times, so feel free to phone me regarding any footage you may be interested in using.
Mike Hayes
Subject: Re: Our TV Programme - The Way We Were Message:
Hi Liz...smile
Regarding our telephone conversation yesterday, I have uploaded some footage which you may be interested in for your "The Way We Were".
Mike Hayes
Family in the garden 1976
http://www.badongo.com/vid/669906
Family at Tenby 1980
http://www.badongo.com/vid/670271
Saturday, 15 March 2008
Sunday, 2 March 2008
Saturday, 1 March 2008
Saturday, 23 February 2008
Lets Do Some Frog Recording
Here's the sounds of the back garden recorded today at 7am....we are glad that we don't sleep in the back bedroom.
There is no hovering helicopter or road works taking place, that's our dawn frog chorus.
There is no hovering helicopter or road works taking place, that's our dawn frog chorus.
Thursday, 21 February 2008
The Second Wave
They're back....here's some footage complete with very bad camera work.
As usual the frogs arrived during the night with approximately 70 in each pond by dawn.
The night time temperatures had been below zero with a layer of ice on the pond....I believe that these freezing events trigger the frogs to return to the pond for a second time, releasing more spawn...this being natures way of ensuring survival of the species if the first wave of eggs are destroyed by the ice.
As usual the frogs arrived during the night with approximately 70 in each pond by dawn.
The night time temperatures had been below zero with a layer of ice on the pond....I believe that these freezing events trigger the frogs to return to the pond for a second time, releasing more spawn...this being natures way of ensuring survival of the species if the first wave of eggs are destroyed by the ice.
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Thursday, 14 February 2008
Blodgit and Scarper
To Blodgit and Scarper Builders Co.
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your recent "final payment demand" letter regarding the roof repair to my property.
It is a pleasure for me to see that your company is so "green" minded in this age of "save our planet and global warming".
Most construction company's use large vehicles, unlike your workmen, who arrived and tied their horses to a neighbours fence, who suggested to me that they may have been brought in from your USA division....He was certainly convinced that they were a pair of cowboys.
Your companys green policy is also evident after the inspection of the new roof tiles fitted by you...what a wonderful recycling idea to simply remove most of my existing tiles and flip them over before re-nailing, thus giving the impression of a brand new roof at a minimum of ecological harm and cost to your company.
Your Mr Blake, the large gentleman who called on me last saturday to collect the money was still carrying a bat, obviously from his morning game of baseball, I am afraid that Fang our faithful Rottweiler took this as a possible fun time with bat and ball in the local park, ohhh Fang and Mr Blake had so much fun together playing hide and seek and I was surprised at how fast such a large gentleman could run and his great speed and agility at ascending the tree, where I believe he can be seen on Google Earth due to their recent update.
Now regarding your final demand for the sum of £1,250 I have passed all the relevant paperwork personally to my junior accountant this morning and I have enclosed a video to reassure you how seriously we are treating your concerns.
Also I am sure that you will be pleased that to maintain your company's green policies I will place any future correspondence from you immediately in our cats litter tray.
Yours affectionately.
M. Hayes
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your recent "final payment demand" letter regarding the roof repair to my property.
It is a pleasure for me to see that your company is so "green" minded in this age of "save our planet and global warming".
Most construction company's use large vehicles, unlike your workmen, who arrived and tied their horses to a neighbours fence, who suggested to me that they may have been brought in from your USA division....He was certainly convinced that they were a pair of cowboys.
Your companys green policy is also evident after the inspection of the new roof tiles fitted by you...what a wonderful recycling idea to simply remove most of my existing tiles and flip them over before re-nailing, thus giving the impression of a brand new roof at a minimum of ecological harm and cost to your company.
Your Mr Blake, the large gentleman who called on me last saturday to collect the money was still carrying a bat, obviously from his morning game of baseball, I am afraid that Fang our faithful Rottweiler took this as a possible fun time with bat and ball in the local park, ohhh Fang and Mr Blake had so much fun together playing hide and seek and I was surprised at how fast such a large gentleman could run and his great speed and agility at ascending the tree, where I believe he can be seen on Google Earth due to their recent update.
Now regarding your final demand for the sum of £1,250 I have passed all the relevant paperwork personally to my junior accountant this morning and I have enclosed a video to reassure you how seriously we are treating your concerns.
Also I am sure that you will be pleased that to maintain your company's green policies I will place any future correspondence from you immediately in our cats litter tray.
Yours affectionately.
M. Hayes
Thursday, 7 February 2008
The Frogs Feb 2008
The frogs arrived on the 5th February...the first wave, consisting of 5 males and 1 female, the second wave, during the night, was a further 50 adult, mostly being males, a number of females have spawned and the third wave could arrive any night in response to the call of the males.
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
Friday, 1 February 2008
Eye test
After kind of "failing" my eyesight test this week....i blame a bad day...but eye man says we are all getting older....this little clip made me smile
Saturday, 5 January 2008
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