Saturday, August 22, 2009

Elevator goooing up!

So for reasons far too boring to get into I find myself in the lifts of The Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire. The lady in the lift has already pressed the button to descend to the car park level. The lift politely notifies us in his calming voice that the lift is going down, or to be precise he says " Lift(long pause) going down"!

I proceed to go about my business in the car park, you know the usual checking for doggers etc..
When I have finished I go to get back in the lift, being the gentleman that I am I let the 2 foreign birds get in in front of me. Then the voice comes back on " lift...............(wait for it).....going up"!

So I turn to the 2 ladies and say " do you ever thing the voice goes AAARGHHHHH THE CABLES SNAPPED"!!

'No' they say 'but thanks we will now'.

Just a thought...

Monday, August 10, 2009

Short sharp shock

We now have Internet so all being well I'll try and post more often with much more amazing thoughts. Any news of note? Not really. I was down in Killkenny to show Ann's house and no one turned up which sucked! I have noticed that when ever I'm showing a house, at 10 to the first appointment I have bowel movements and you just can't desiccate in a bathroom your about to show! After one text and a no show the relief was akin to being told your teacher was off on a school test day.



From here it was off to the Foggs to witness the glory of their new indoor training facility, witness the fitness it will be. A 45 degree overhang in their back yard - those guys are gonna be so strong.



There has also been movement on the font front, this is now booked and in good time for a change. I have 12 weeks of training so will be hoping to have a good trip. I will not be trying Jetset this time as it just takes all my energy and ruins the trip. I'm going to just enjoy the forest and hopefully be fit enough to get up stuff.



The move is almost complete, we just have some finer sorting to do and to this end I ended up in the new Dublin Ikea today. It was like someone bored into my subconscious and developed my own personal hell then built it in Ballymun. It was packed with people all walking around picking up the same things that they dont really need and all the while Ikea say that it's good that it's all mass produced as it means they can sell it cheaper. I imagine all houses are going to start looking the same over the next few months. We didn't try the restaurant or the food area as I was nearly crying by this point, I will never be back there again!



OHHH I also got some new boots, the Red Chili drop zone. I'm not sure yet as I have been climbing in 5.10's for 10 years and I don't do change very well. The heel feels nice and snug and less likely to bend and twist but we shall see in time. The reason I got different new ones is I'm just far too lazy to go to Dundrum as it ranks on the same level as Ikea.



Hope you're all well