The Gambler

It's a funny old game.

Arsenal 4 Spurs 4 after being two down with minutes to go. Sir Harry Redknapp goes from strength to strength.

Currently watching Football First. Replay of Chelsea beating Hull 3-0. If Spurs can get a result against Liverpool, Chelsea can go to the top on Saturday night.

What else has been happening. Went for a walk yesterday morning. Lovely day. Sunny and not that cold. Similar today but bit more cloudy. Went to hospital for MRI scan. We were there for three hours. It went OK, but not an experience I would want to repeat that often.

On an associated topic, finished a book by Allen Carr "Easy Way to Control Alcohol". Agreed with 90% of what he says. It may help me cut down, but I suspect occasional visits to have MRI scans may have more of an effect.

Today a few jobs. Golf on at 12 noon. Volvo Masters. Top class field. Maybe another one for Sergio Garcia, but Soren Kjledsen who has been in good form is 4 under after nine, two clear of the field.

It's been a good week for the Stock Markets. Long time since we said that. Let us hope we have hit bottom and are on the way back. More interest rate cuts on the way, so that should help and some. Dow Jones Futures over 300 up at the moment. Apparently Friday could be good as Pension Funds have to buy shares before the end of the quarter, i.e. tomorrow.

Anyway that will do for now. Lunch golf and jobs. Bye for now.

Tuesday.

Will Post later or tomorrow.

Bit busy at the moment.

MRI Scan tomorrow. Ooo er missus.

Catch you all later.

Monday.

Did not make London Saturday as not feeling 100%.

Not that great Sunday either.

My mood made not that much better by Chelsea getting beat by Liverpool.

FTSE down over 200 points already.

Looking for some good news. More interest rates on the horizon, which might help.

Garcia won the golf in Spain, as tipped up on my blog. I suspect all my football suggestions went down. So there is probably a lesson there. Stick to the golf.

Did manage to make it to our dance class, which cheered up Mrs. G, but left me ready for bed.

Cut down on the beer yesterday, and intend to continue that trend. Enjoyable though a few beers with the lads is, unfortunately at a certain age, it catches up with you.

Have a good day.

Saturday 25th October 2008.

Good Morning. Yesterday not much to report. Just a normal day.

The stock markets are in disarray. Will it ever end? Maybe after the US elections in a couple of weeks, especially if Obama wins. That is no certainty, whatever the odds say. Will White Americans vote for a Black President? We shall see. If McCain gets in it will be a mini disaster. And if Palin ever has to take over, God help us all. A hockey mum running the most powerful country in the world. You could not make it up. Am I living in some Disney Fantasy World. Jeez. At least in this country we end up with politicians like Gordon Brown. Even David Cameron looks good in comparison to the "hockey mum".

Today off to London. Have a good day. Comments welcomed.

Vendredi.

FTSE falling through the floor again. 170 points down to 3916. There always seems to be a sell off on Fridays, so today could be a stinker.

Children starving to death in Zimbabwe. It's a hard world.

Yesterday just an average day. Nothing to report.

Football at the weekend. Chelsea to beat Liverpool. United to beat Everton. Reading to beat QPR. Bolton to beat Spurs. Ramos to get the sack.

I fancy Garcia to win the golf in Spain. In the US no idea.

That will do for now. Recession pending. At least the sun is shining.

Another Day Another Dollar.

Nothing to say today, so I don't think I will bother.

Jobs to do. Bills to pay.

PC and Internet problems.

Nowt exciting this week, but might go London Saturday.

Wednesday 22nd October 2008.

Poor Old George Osborne seems to have dropped himself in it. Yachtgate. i don't see George surviving too long, and I cannot seeing him being the next Chancellor of the Exhecquor. More Sleazegate for the tories. The problem they have is who do they replace him with? There is a serious lack of talent on their backbenches. A new game in town is name more than five Tory MP's. Cameron, Osbourne, Hague. Ok IDS. Is he still around? Ann Widdicombe. Ho ho ho. Just does not strike me as a team that would win The World Cup. I think they would struggle to qualify. They really need to get some more talent. Perhaps Andrew "Bert" Black could be persuaded, or maybe Boris Johnson could take over the country.

Stock Market continues to go up and down like a yo-yo.

Yesterday lunchtime beer, followed by a few jobs. Early evening beer followed by dinner.

TV. SCD as usual. Then Sunshine. I thought it was excellent. A happy ending as well, apart from Bernard Hill, who died in his sleep.

Today the sun is shining, so I will try and get out and about.

Gym tonight followed by the usual dinner and TV. SCD, Silent Witness and Chelsea play Roma. 2-0 will do.

Tuesday 21st October 2008.

Weather Forecast today for my part of town:- Sunny but cold. Good gardening weather.

Just watching the cricket. India just about to beat Australia.

Few jobs to do today. Probably pop out at lunchtime.

Cricket over. India win by 320 runs.

Man Utd v Celtic tonight in Champions League. Might be worth watching.

Then at 9pm the last of episode of Sunshine with Steve Coogan. A compulsive gambler with a drink problem. It  could all go horribly wrong.

More decent football tomorrow night Athletico Madrid v Liverpool and the big one Chelsea v Roma.

Thats it for now.

Quick Post.

Today. Me mates cut tree down. I went out for a quick beer with lunchtime buddy. We discussed possibilty of setting up small business.

Spent about three hours playing house husband. Long walk and quick pint. Nowt else to say at moment. Dinner to prepare and then a bit of TV. Energy level low but not a problem.

Few comments from The Nice Guys would be appreciated.

Monday 20th October 2008.

Yesterday consisted of planning, doing jobs, lunch, gardening, siesta followed by dancing lesson. We did the Tango. A bit easier than The Waltz.

In the sports world  Hamilton won the Grand Prix. Murray won the tennis. Quiroz won the golf. Rookie Turnesa won the golf in USA.

Got home in time to watch SCD. Don and Lilia were evicted. Then we watched Stephen Fry in America. Not bad but a bit bland.

Today Gardeners, and then maybe pop out for a while. Forecast pretty grim for today. Better for the rest of the week.

On the economic front it is all doom and gloom. Think I am just going to ignore it in future.

Have a Good Day.