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Me mate Daz is a dab hand with a sticker. So good in fact he’s just upsized his business into new premises in Grimsby. Daz can cut signs to any size or specification. Whether it be a shop fascia or a new set of sic ‘go even faster’ stripes for your Nissan Skyline he’s your man. From the biggest job to a single bespoke sticker the size of a stamp Daz can sort you out.

He’s also got a new website up and running and is already taking orders from international clients. So if you’re in the market for some signwork, you’d better be checking in to his website here. Webmastered by me old mate Rick.

Just found these 2 fab pics in some deep dark corner of my memory card. Taken on Christmas morning, I just love Ben’s reactions:

Note the somewhat apathetic - dummy in - look of indifference. Not over enamored with his new hoover. (Please note, I had nothing to do with buying him this present!)

Ahh, that’s better. An altogether renewed enthusiasm for his Black & Decker toolbench. Dummy out - full on attention - and ready to pounce on Dad’s prezzie!

I must admit, he does like playing with his mini Dyson, but these pictures just made me laugh.

It was Rach’s birthday today and we’d decided to take Ben to see the Thomas the Tank Engine exhibition at the National Railway Museum in York. The weather however was awful so we decided to revert back to our original plan to go to ‘The Deep’ in Hull. At least it was indoors and out of the weather!It’s a really great place and well worth a visit. I’d like to go again without Ben next time so I can actually read some of the reams of information displayed all around the walls. It’s a bit hard taking anything in when you’re being towed round at high speed by a 2 year old on a mission to see “MASSIVE CRABS” and “MASSIVE FISH DADDY”. Even so, I enjoyed it immensely.

Tonight the South Parade lads played the Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes, supporting their mate Tom ‘previously of the Inspiral Carpets’ Hingley, and his new band The Lovers.

I only caught the last half of South Parade’s set but what I heard I thought was pretty damn good. To be totally honest, I’d rather have listened to another hour of them than another hour of Tom. Don’t get me wrong, Tom was great, but I’d heard enough shouty bollocks tonight at work without paying to listen to more. Check out more of the story with James’s review over at spmusic.

I’ll just leave you with a few of my ‘access all areas’ pics:

Oh and these rare little beauties that I took on my mobile phone:

I’ve got my first ever LIVE multi table tournament texas holdem’s game on Friday 3rd of March. It’s a £25 buy in with prizes for the final 8 surviving the knockout part of the tourney. There’s no indication yet of how many players there are, but I think it’s going to be pretty big. EVERYONE seems to be playing Texas Hold’ems just lately. It’s being held at the Oaklands hotel in Laceby, just a few miles down the road for me. I’m really looking forward to it - money finish or not - it’s going to be a great experience playing a multi table tourney sat opposite people instead of a flat screen!

So I’ve been practising:

A guy with a black eye boards his plane bound for Pittsburgh and sits down in his seat. He notices immediately that the guy next to him has a black eye, too. He says to him, “Hey, this is a coincidence. We both have black eyes; mind if I ask how you got yours?” The other guy says, “Well, it just happened. It was a tongue twister accident. See, I was at the ticket counter and this gorgeous blonde with the most massive breasts in the world was there. So, instead of saying, ‘I’d like two tickets to Pittsburgh’, I accidentally said ‘I’d like two pickets to Tittsburgh’., so she socked me a good one.”
The first guy replied, “Wow! This is unbelievable. Mine was a tongue twister too. I was at the breakfast table and I wanted to say to my wife, ‘Please pour me a bowl of Frosties, honey’. But I accidentally said, “You’ve ruined my life, you evil, self-centered, fat-assed bitch.”

It was my Nan’s 80th birthday today so we hired a bottle of helium, and after getting bored with the squeeky voice thing, we blew up a shit load of balloons and dressed her favourite seat up at bingo!