Mags n Dave's Weblog

The Law is an Ass

mood: MAD - Stay away

That's my opinion at the moment .... huurmmppp the Irish are too!

Ignore the fact I too have some Irish blood ....

Just who the hell do some people think they are, and SHE (just who is SHE - a la Nikki BB7) had the cheek to say that this was a nice area .....yeah right - it was until just a few years ago!! We've been here about 20 years in total ... nuff said I reckon

And my smilies are not working properly

Do we have a right to complain about ineffectual policing - or non existant policing in this area?

Are parks allowed to be so close to residential areas? Perhaps the Rospa website will enlighten us ....

Look what I found: http://www.npfa.co.uk/content/faq/index.html?view=1&fid=34

There is a noisy playground on the other side of my garden, how far away should a playground be from neighbouring houses?

The NPFA advises that a local equipped play area should be at least 20 m from the windows of the nearest dwelling and at least 10 m from the property boundary.






mags on 07.19.06 @ 09:38 PM GMT [link]

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Hair Colour

Try this one out - what should your hair colour be? My results are as shown below.

Your Hair Should Be Orange



Expressive, deep, and one of a kind.
You pull off "weird" well - hardly anyone notices.

What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color?

mags on 02.20.06 @ 07:35 PM GMT [link]

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Lowestoft - Does the council dislike cyclists THAT much?

I know I grumble about the council and the (lack of) services ... but now it appears that they are trying to kill off the cyclists on the main A12 road ....

Yet again there are 'road improvements' taking place, on the main A12 road. Picture this in your mind as you leave Lowestoft, going over the bridge towards Pakefield ....

Beach <---- Pavement ¦ Parking ¦ Cycle Lane ¦ A12 Road (single lane)

A couple of things that are going to be difficult that I can foresee ....

People wanting to Park their vehicles and rush to the beach. If tourists are like locals, they will probably get their kids to get out on the main road side ....

Where are the cyclists to go?

Will the cars waiting to park take the cyclists into consideration? Nope - I don't think so.
Will people leaving their cars think about the cyclists? Nope - I don't think so.
Will people driving away remember the cyclists as they drive over the cycle lane? Nope - I don't think so.

I posted it here first .... I just hope I am not the first person to experience an accident due to the stupid and unthoughtfull council planners

I cannot believe such an idiotic and unsafe road system is being implemented

But then again, its the Waveney District Council ....... nuff said :rolleyes:

I'll post pictures in an update soon!
mags on 01.14.06 @ 06:30 PM GMT [link]

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Pakefield and the fox

The other night (Thursday 12th Jan 2006) whilst looking out of the bedroom window for a last glance at the sea (as you do) ... would you believe it, there was a fox sniffing away at a public bin!

I had understood there was rumoured to be a fox in the area, but never thought much about it ....

We've told Treacle to be carefull out there, but does she understand us?

I had a bit of a search around and found out that foxes in the wild don't live long, only a year or so :(

A fox is always on the look-out for food. Foxes are adaptable carnivores, one of the main reasons why they are able to survive close to man who persecutes them by hunting shooting and trapping. Foxes eat a huge variety of foods depending on what is available in their habitat. In coastal areas they will eat crabs and dead sea birds while in inland rural areas they eat earthworms, beetles, small mammals and birds, carrion and berries such as blackberries. Urban foxes eat scraps provided by people as well as raiding bins. Foxes raise their young during the spring in an underground earth in the countryside and often under garden sheds in British cities. The 4 or 5 youngsters emerge from cover during early May. Foxes tend not to live for very long, one or two years being typical.

Source of Info


mags on 01.14.06 @ 05:52 PM GMT [link]

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Pakefield and the missing link

Well, just before Christmas it was announced on TV. 'It' being something that we (Dave and myself that is) realised quite some time ago. Pakefield/Lowestoft is probably home to the 'missing link'.

Looking at this image (nicked from the bbc website - see link below) - I am sure I recognise some of the locals today!!

On the BBC website it says

New research shows early humans were living in Britain around 700,000 years ago, substantially earlier than had previously been thought.

Using new dating techniques, scientists found that flint tools unearthed in Pakefield, Suffolk, were 200,000 years older than the previous oldest finds.

Humans were known to have lived in southern Europe 780,000 years ago but it was unclear when they moved north.

The findings have been published in the scientific journal Nature.

A team of researchers from the UK, Italy and Canada found a total of 32 flint tools in a fossil-rich seam at Pakefield. They say it represents the earliest unequivocal evidence of human activity in northern Europe.

BBC website link with more info



mags on 01.14.06 @ 05:19 PM GMT [link]

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Well - its been a typical Monday

Do you ever get bad days that seem to just run into each other?

Gazzy bought himself a new laptop and was kind enough to give me his old pootah ... Not everything went according to plan .. but most things have now (finally) been sorted out. Dave has a new lean, mean fighting machine and I have his old hard drive in this PC to hold various backups - and everything seems to work ... I've just got to do some backing up ..... :)

Picked up my car from the Triangle garage, and when they say they looked out for me, they sure did .. I had loads wrong with it including needing a new battery, oil filters, steam clean, small service ... and it came to under £100 - at least I can drive with it for a while longer (MOT due in Feb :cry: )

It seemed different today cycling to work, perhaps that is because I had to and it wasn't a choice I made. I'm cycling tomorrow though! :P

I've just watched a McKenna programme on Sky (taped it too!!) which is supposed to help you loose weight ... I like the rules so far and it all makes sense

1) When you are hungry - EAT
2) Eat what you want
3) Eat consiously (be aware of what you are eating and eat slowly - chew it, don't gobble it)
4) STOP when you are full

Sounds good to me ...

I can hear Dave re-installing Call of Duty 2 ... I'm betting he will be really into the game a lot more with better speeds and memory ... I'll continue with the Sims2, I think my old PC can just about handle that nicely



mags on 01.09.06 @ 11:07 PM GMT [link]

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Where does time go to?

Well, Christmas 2005 has been and gone ....

and at long last, I am finally moving my home website away from force9 and their silly cgi space. Because of their errors, I lost all files on the cgi space and after reinstalling and configuring everything several times ... just gave up.

But now I've moved to a specialised webserver and paying hosting ... but I am sure it will be worth it.

So this is the first entry in about a year ..... Look out 2006, its going to be a busy year!

Happy New Year :)
mags on 12.29.05 @ 09:26 PM GMT [link]

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Norwich Train Station

mood: Ashamed

What a disgrace!

If you are ever at Norwich train station, look up! Many of the overhead lights do not work and the paint is peeling off in huge chunks (its probably been there for 50 years). What a disgrace.

Fitting that the station clock advertises Norwich Union .... whose call centres are now abroad and the company has lost many of its employees .....

What must visitors from the continent think of this place .... old fashioned (not in a good way) - dirty and in dire need of renovation ....


mags on 12.14.04 @ 09:23 PM GMT [link]

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I'm back ......

Well, to be honest I never really left .... but some clever sew and sew, on 24th December 2004 decided to hack into the servers belonging to my ISP ..... it was some kind of php vulnerability ....

Its taken me all this time just to get my Directory (see www.UKArtsnCrafts.com) back and working. Finally tonight .... its fixed.

However, I have lost all weblog entries I made after the last backup I made, which really is a shame as I had written a novel, poems, and all were brilliant .....

*ahem* ... I only lost a few entries really ....


mags on 01.30.05 @ 08:10 PM GMT [link]

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