What a busy week etc
After signing reams of paperwork I am now settling in my new home,already made friends with the lady below who was kind enough offer cups of tea and a few kitchen items,great start.The flat is hugs and thank goodness for my wonderful niece Jenine who has single handidly set my power & gas up!! Old Motor is ticking over nicely and I am making some good friends and life is looking good (ie I,m not bored) Positive vibes from the hospital Radio and have to fill in more paperwork ! Bought meself a new bed ,fridge pots/pans and other stuff,Ann would be shocked to know I’ve done so much shopping ! My legs are starting to hurt a tad with all this stair climbing.Went to do a big food shop and at the check out I discovered I,d forgot my wallet ! Embarrassing to say the least ! told the shop keeper I would be back in 10 mins ( I was) but he had re shelved every item !! so much for trust.Having some interesting pub nights and I now travel on the buses quite easily with my free bus pass.Tonight we off to see Elvis and have a beer or few.Still getting used to me phone just wish people would stop asking for me number !! House hopefully on track altho a wee bit embarrassing telling the Notary Public how a costly mistake had been made,hopefully all back on track then I can start thinking HOLIDAY.Perth is a must around Nov/Dec and with luck Kirstie will travel with me after she has calmed down after her positive exam results WELL DONE KIRSTIE XX
Windy or What?
Gales were full on during the night ,the wind was howling,rain was very heavy and I love it !! First off this morning was a medical review at my new Doctors,medications have changed,weight is good,Blood pressure she is happy with AND they have taken me off Diabetic meds!!Took the obligatory bottle of pee along and just awaiting those results,Once again went to the Notary and hopefully had papers signed that should have been sent to me with all the other material,all done now and will be sent off tomorrow all in all including post to Australia it has cost me 230 pounds!! (bed money) Hopefully that finalizes the house sale in Australia.Off to the Movies tonight no doubt followed by a Cider or few!After all? I am celebrating my health news.Weekend promises to be good too we are all off to see Elvis (really) more on that from the venue.Changed me phone to 3 and cant get on it for a couple of days,Tomorrow will be spent bed/furniture looking ready for my new flat on Thursday.It was fantastic seeing the Irish Sea at its tempestuous best,reminded me of my childhood when we used to dodge the mighty waves (never once thinking how dangerous it was!)
oh no !!! NOT THE BLOODY NOTARY AGAIN !
Sunday started with the usual massive Breakfast again and then I decided to give me motor a run and headed of to Cleveleys Beach,messy where extensive flooding systems are being built necessary to stop the roads flooding in Winter to my right the Barrow (ship building area) can be seen by the very extinct volcano hill and which is also the gateway to the lake district (approx an hours drive from here) Across the Irish Sea about 2 oclock lies the wonderful Isle of Mann where cats have no tails,famed for the motorbike TT Races and the Flag depicts 3 legs!,Did a quick photo shoot and then off to the parents graveside to see how their head stone can be cleaned up,and the after a great dinner of Pudding,Chips & Peas I went off to the pub which in itself was very entertaining with a very drunk lady having fun !! We watched her stagger into a taxi (one refused to pick her up and she was “bundled” into the second one) The talk was again flowing as we all sat and watched the Manchester Bombing Show and that in itself was very emotional BUT those bastards will never win and the world is rid of 3 more of them courteous of our wonderful British Bobbies! Another cracking good night gone so quickly.It is now Monday and to use the vernacular its pissing down ! and I have further instructions from Australia MORE paperwork is required for our house sale and yet again needs to be signed by the Notary !! and also sent to Australia in an express addressed cardboard envelope )and not by any means cheap!) BUT on a high I have been accepted as a flat tenant and will move in Thursday .Mate of mine brought in some very old B&W photos for me to put on FB in an old members group I am in and will hopefully bring some happy memories back for some.In the near future I will start to add pictures as I settle into my new home.Lots of family & friends have offered help with my move,problem is I have another 50 pages of contractual stuff to check out..Oh Happy Day
Worra day/night!
First up and i went into town to send off final (hopefully) papers for house settlement and a quick look around furniture shops,nothing doing but once the flat agreement papers are signed I will start looking in earnest. Lovely niece Kirstie took me shopping for a pressy for Alice (niece) 21 st and lotsa shopping in Poundland (heaven all them bargains for a quid) Around 7 pm we wandered off to my niece Alice’s 21 and it was a great night only dampened by the ice cold biting wind.Met up with more relatives and friends from my past,There was even a bouncy castle used as the night went on and lots of alcohol consumed by the younger generation.There was even a photo Booth and hopefully will get pics to add later on.Whilst waiting outside for me Taxi a lovely young thing insisted she wait with me till it arrived.I commented on how Ive never seen sparkly blue eyes she had, apparently its fashionable to wear coloured contact lenses!! The party was alive and people were trying to light the earth fire and it was hilarious watching all the experts trying to fire it up .The Taxi took me to my new local The Queens and I sat with a large group while talking about nothing important when news of the London murders at it again I immediately got in touch with my boy who lives in London and uses the Bridge regularly,fortunately he is safe Time to put a stop to all this and get it sorted How dare these scummy bastards snuff out innocent lives for a belief.1 pm homeward bound with an almost perfect day,,sadly ending with yet another atrocity
Notaries,Bollox,more Notories and the Queensland Team
Talk about panic!! Papers for the sale of our house in Australia have to be in before June 22 and what a stressful day this was !Papers came thru from Oz and around 50 of them printed out.Took the lot to the Notary (never heard that word before but its one I wont forget!) Checking the papers he found a small discrepancy SO I had to contact my partner in Hervey bay (9 pm their time) After lots of discussion and late lawyer time over there it was sorted and I have to say I was at panic stations BUT papers finally back and off I went to see the Notary again.5 signatures and a rubber stamp of him cost me 80 quid !! Papers scanned and sent back to Australia for verification,SUCCESS!! During all this I had a call from Estate agent verifying a flat I am interested in NO rush there it will be next week when I get to sign up.Everyone here so nice and kind offering to help move in (ermm 2nd floor) Fish n Chips for tea and my car seat covers have arrived making my 300 quid car look like a 320 quid car!! Thanks J&D Stress,strain and pressure were starting to lower especially after sinking a few pints of cider and getting in with a lovely crowd of people I have known since childhood On a sad note I am informed of an illness in Hervey Bay and it is concerning to me,fingers crossed all ends well. Next few days will be spent looking for beds (I,m a fussy bugga and need new) Sleep came very easily after a somewhat traumatic but happy ending day ..
Factories/Team work & Motors
Caught the bus into town using my free bus pass and bought toffees(lollies) for the kids and a special cardboard envelope to send hopefully final papers off to Australia.Took my motor for a drive to the Keman Factory (my niece/nephews business making Roller Shutters) having a cuppa with their workforce staff whilst Darren put oil and water in my Motor.After dinner took my car to Team 1’s house and they did a @makeover@ on my motor,cleaing from Boot to Bonnett,Darren fixed broken stuff while me n Jenine cleaned it up (it was absolutely filthy when bought hence the cheap 350 quid buying price!) We discovered it must have been “stored” as it was green in places! For a 17 yr old car it has done 82000 kms.I will give it a good run around in coming weeks,bit of a quiet day really……..
Notary? wot the eck is that
Did a Blood test this morning for everything ( very thorough at my new doctors) Quick visit to my parents graveside and I will in the near future go back and clean the memorial stone and maybe repaint the lettered headstones.Parents would have been well over 105 this year and their children are starting to age!! (we have also lost 3 brothers,who were full of fun & mischief) I’ve decided to build a time machine and go back to the heady fun filled days of the BAF club.televisions were ok but not held in awe and the dreadful phones of today were just a dream (personally I think they are social killers!) Dream on Geoffrey.In the mail at this late date is a letter re the sale of our Australian house informing me to sign certain documents in front of and witnessed by a NOTARY,what the hell is one of them? Australian experts advise me to GOOGLE it ! I rang 3 companies who advised they would ring back,they didn’t !! SO today (Wednesday) I will try again.I have a lot to do in my new future BUT need closure on our house selling.Spent few more hours searching Google and consumed a nice couple of glasses of Cider courtesy of a very large plastic bottle,,Ho Hum
Yawnnnn Another Sunday
After yet another huge Pommie Breakfast we all got ready and visited my new local The Queens and the place was alive with people waiting for the Blackpool play match being televised LIVE and of course they won taking them into a higher division.Sadly a lot of fans are boycotting Blackpool’s games because they want the Director Oyston to leave (not sure of the reasons) Once again we started boozing and I met up with mofe friends from my past and sat with the legendary Jack Kellard,the number one dart player of yesteryear and well known character .I was a driver at Blackpool GPO in the 70,s and Jack was my leg man,I drive the big vans and Jack put parcels in the van and delivered them to shops while I sat in the van with me feet up. Imagine it? me telling the legendary Jack Kellard what to do ! Oh ! The Power,we had some great laughs tho and one in particular when an impatient lady thought she drive under the High open back door of our van,consequently doing extensive damage to her once lovely mini !!I know we shouldn,t but we giggled all the way thru our shift, Happy daze.Jack jut missed out on International Status by being beaten in the las 16 playoffs.More friends came over in this packed pub to say hello and pass a few memories my way (shame we didn,t have digital cameras,s in those far off days) After one of few beers we headed of to niece Jenine & Darrens house for an excellent dinner followed by copious amounts of Cider and wine and for the first time for ages I was a staggering drunk !! Jamie booked Golf for tomorrow but I rested the challenge ( as it happened they abandoned the game because it was pouring down!) Yey another great day .Today is a Bank Holiday (usually rains on those days here) and I,m fasting for Blood tests tomorrow.. The table below was taken and is taken from the world rankings of the day.The comment is one of many and placed here randomly.Jack is not well at the moment but is still very cheerful and greatly assisted by his lovely daughter
Jack Kellard
| PROFILE | BEST MAJOR RESULTS | ||||
| Country : | England | World Masters | Last 16 | 1978 |
| Year (31/1) | 1979 |
| DDB Ranking | 35 |
| Date | Tournament | Category | Round | Prize |
| 23/10/1978 | World Masters | WDF MajorX | Last 16 | |
| In Blackpool area jack kellard if only his knees didn’t pack in… By far the most natural thrower I’ve ever seen | ||||
Saturday/Boxing/a Band at me Nephews Pub
Saturday Morning laid back and around 4 pm we set off for me nephews pub in Preston (approx 15 miles away)and what a day !! Cider (and berry Cider?) plus lots of Baileys was consumed.Niece Liz supplied us with a feast of Buffalo (?) wings,wedge and the best ever hottest Pizza I’ve eve had ( I consider myself a Connie Sewer) Met lots more family Oliver with his good looking hippy hairstyle,Alix who has turned from a very shy young girl into a lovely looking and very charming young lady (forgot to mention a real good looker too)Nephew Brian,landlord and my lovely,bright,bubbly Niece Liz.The FA Cup Final was on the numeros TV sets spread around the Pub we ate after that then Boxing (my fav) was on.Later on a Rock group came on and soon got all the punters up dancing and singing,What a great night was had.During the evening young smart lad came over and bought drinks for all our group.From Perth W.A my eldest nephew Jamie joined us and it was a fantastic family night with good fun and plenty of laughs I am truly blessed with such a large family..Tomorrow is going to be a “biggie” too with my Hometown playing in the minor divisions for a higher league position..
Drugs/Hospital and Booze up
Been a great day today First off Estate agents rang saying all looks well But NEED A CREDIT CHECK FIRST !!Never owed anybody anything for years !! Next a trip to Victoria Hospital and MY how this place has changed,had an interview for Radio Station within te Hospital and await judgement day!! Next up a visit to Pharmacist for my drug regime and NO problems,BUT all scripts are FREE !! Spent the arvo looking after 2 dogs (Molly & Claude) and I was treated to a Pommie BBQ and drinks organized by Kirstie and Harriet. The girls disappeared and I opted to go to the pub and wht a great night it was !! Dropped me wallet on the Floor and Betty chased after me to return it ( Drinks bought for her act of honesty) The night flowed with friends I havent seen for more than 30 yrs !! We watched boxing with plenty of banter and reminiscing on years gone by.I have had copious amounts of cider BUT maintained a high degree of dignity.Brilliant night and more tomorrow BUT we will start a session on Sunday from 3pm watching Blackpool LIVE in the play offs from Wembley…Roll on !!
Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 