How Long Can It Take To Get The Electricity Back On?

Seriously, ten hours is not acceptable.

Thank God we have gas hobs so I could still make coffee!

Hipsters In London?!

I am branching out from my usual socialising spots and discovered loads. LOADS.

Nooooooooooooooooo!!!

Why Doesn't Our Recycling Get Removed?

Havering council is useless. Our recycling hasn't been taken for 3 months. 3 months!

Yet every week they take everyone else's recycling and even OUR regular rubbish. Why take one but not the other?

I'm sick of phoning them up, what should I do, physically put it on the truck myself? I would, but they never show up at the same bloody time!

USELESS!!! How I long for Redbridge... Never thought I'd say THAT.

Does My Digital TV Reception Suck Because I'm Int' Country?

Genuine question. My technical knowledge here is almost naught, but I thought digital was better reception-wise?

Every now and then it is useless, usually on whatever channel I want to watch. Like the last part of Red Dwarf for example. Still, I'm sure Dave'll be repeating it 'til the cows come home...

Is Upminster too far in the countryside to get good reception or what?

Effort Is Just Pointless Isn't It?

I have recently started consuming more fruit, drinking less alcohol and exercising more.

The result? I am now sick.

This correlates well with another phenomenon I have noticed recently. The more effort I put into styling my hair, the more abuse it gets.

Another one - work on essays at uni usually added a paltry 2-5% gain when compared to work I did in an hour the night before.

Also, back when I was a kid, I did an experiment invloving going to the dentist. One time I immaculately cleaned my teeth twice a day. The next time I did it when I could be bothered (not often) and just before going to the dentist. The first time round I was asked if I had been consuming a ridiculous number of sweets. The second time it was, yeah, that's fine.

Everyone stop putting effort into everything! Although not like that last example, that's gross.

How Do I Stop Losing Knowledge?

12 year-old me is looking forward through time completely ashamed.

I just did a quiz on flags of the world. Back in the day I don't think I would've missed very many, but today, a mere 124 out of 195.

And to miss Namibia! Home of Frankie Fredericks, that guy that played in the cricket and rugby World Cups in the same year and the dude that looked like he was going to drown whilst attempting to swim at the Olympics.

Shameful!

How do I stop losing knowledge with age!?

Is 26 Really Not Young?

So I can't get a young person's railcard anymore. Which implies that I'm no longer a young person. That wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't for the fact that now I have to pay full price on the trains. Not something that helps my notion of playing regular cricket this summer. Surely Bedfordshire deserves to witness my fielding prowess once more?

Why Can't I Watch MLB On TV Anymore?

Channel 5's MLB show was great, but now it's gone. Admittedly, last year I didn't really get into the Baseball much, perhaps as I was in New York for a lot of the time and the Yankees were sucking ass, but in seasons past I have been a fan and was hoping to rekindle that this season.

But no. Channel 5 dropped the show and no one to my knowledge has picked it up. It was a late night thing due to time zones and what not, so you'd think there'd be plenty of slots available, but some channels have their dedicated late night shopping and stupid quiz shows to air.

Thanks to JG, Josh, Dave and the crew for the years of gold. Who knows the next time I'm gonna get to witness an unassisted triple play? As for English TV Channels...

...Balls to you all!

P.S. Let me know if you hear that a channel has picked up MLB on freeview, I'll be in your debt.

April Fool's Day - Why?

That's gotta be the least effort I've put into converting a subject into a question ever.

I'm not against jokes and buffoonery, on the contrary, they are two of my favorite things. I just don't think there should be a day for it.

Every day should be April Fool's day! A joke is always better when you don't see it coming.