Duke attempts the Impossible

[duke3016]

Have a few trips kinda planned for the rest of the year.

This Thursday I am off to Maghull to take part in a poker challenge with some members of the NW APAT league team. Should be classic. Gutted to be missing the APAT at the end of the month, but I am off to a wedding of a very good friend. I have the end of May and beginning of June off from work and am mulling another visit to the realms of Yarm.

July sees the exodus to Cork (I missed last years) and I am looking forward to that.

August is of course DTD

October is my birthday month and sees a return trip to Glasgow (Hope I don't get asked to leave this time)

November sees the Portugal trip which is nicely hotting up.

And Xmas is looking like a cheeky Vegas visit.....

Life is good...

[Scousebill]

Thursday - Maghull RBL - See you there...

[Fatcatstu]

I have the end of May and beginning of June off from work and am mulling another visit to the realms of Yarm.

YES!!!!!!!

[duke3016]

My mobile phone contract is nearly up so I am on the lookout for a suitable replacement. Don't get me wrong, I like the Dell Streak, but they are no longer upgrading the operating system on it so I am looking elsewhere. Therefore my first port of call is my current provider.

After mooching the internet I eventually rang them, gave my details and the suspension of disbelief kicked it.

"You're not due for an upgrade until the 7th of May"
"I know but I am just exploring the options open to me" says I
"I can't give you options until you are due for an upgrade"
"Pretend I am" says I
"You can ring back on Monday"
"You open on Bank holiday's?" says I
"No sir"
"Then it's no good ringing Monday then is it" says I
"Oh I see Sir, maybe Tuesday then"
"I want to know my options now" says I
"I am not at liberty to disclose that information until you are due for an upgrade"
"I am due for an upgrade on Monday" says I
"Sorry Sir, can I help you with anything else"
"AH OK, can you print out my contract details on your screen" says I
"Of course"
"Is the printer near you" says I
"Yes"
"OK please print out my contract details, collect them from the printer, roll them in a long tube and stick my contract up you ar$e, have a nice day"

I will be switching provider I think...

[pables]

Quality  

[Des]

My mobile phone contract is nearly up so I am on the lookout for a suitable replacement. Don't get me wrong, I like the Dell Streak, but they are no longer upgrading the operating system on it so I am looking elsewhere. Therefore my first port of call is my current provider.

After mooching the internet I eventually rang them, gave my details and the suspension of disbelief kicked it.

"You're not due for an upgrade until the 7th of May"
"I know but I am just exploring the options open to me" says I
"I can't give you options until you are due for an upgrade"
"Pretend I am" says I
"You can ring back on Monday"
"You open on Bank holiday's?" says I
"No sir"
"Then it's no good ringing Monday then is it" says I
"Oh I see Sir, maybe Tuesday then"
"I want to know my options now" says I
"I am not at liberty to disclose that information until you are due for an upgrade"
"I am due for an upgrade on Monday" says I
"Sorry Sir, can I help you with anything else"
"AH OK, can you print out my contract details on your screen" says I
"Of course"
"Is the printer near you" says I
"Yes"
"OK please print out my contract details, collect them from the printer, roll them in a long tube and stick my contract up you ar$e, have a nice day"

I will be switching provider I think...

lol, another Duke Nuked"em classic!  

iPhone hasn"t let me down I have to say.  Sian has a posh one with Siri on, but she"s never even set it up in the four or five months she"s had it.  Prefers to shout at me "tea, mug, now".  Seems to work.  Not sure I like being called mug mind...

[AJDUK]

...
"OK please print out my contract details, collect them from the printer, roll them in a long tube and stick my contract up you ar$e, have a nice day"
...

Nice one Ger! Artistic license though surely?  

[duke3016]

Looked around and I have a question.....

Do I go for immediate delivery of the HTC one X or wait for the delivery date of the Galaxy S III (Launch is tomorrow)

or are there any other (clean) suggestions for a new mobile phone.

[Paulie_D]

Looked around and I have a question.....

Do I go for immediate delivery of the HTC one X or wait for the delivery date of the Galaxy S III (Launch is tomorrow)

or are there any other (clean) suggestions for a new mobile phone.

Those are the only really worth thinking about IMO. I"m waiting until the details of the S3 are announced tomorrow and then making my mind up.

3 weeks on my current contract and then I"ll go for it.

At the moment it"s the One X but that may change...

[duke3016]

Paulie Travel Guru, Nominated Scribe and Technical Specialist, is there no end to your talent  

[Paulie_D]

Paulie Travel Guru, Nominated Scribe and Technical Specialist, is there no end to your talent  

I can"t run for toffee...or walk upstairs without extra oxygen...or fit through doorways.  

[AJDUK]

Paulie Travel Guru, Nominated Scribe and Technical Specialist, is there no end to your talent  

I can"t run for toffee...or walk upstairs without extra oxygen...or fit through doorways.  

Good strategy there Paulie, get your reply in first  

[Paulie_D]

Paulie Travel Guru, Nominated Scribe and Technical Specialist, is there no end to your talent  

I can"t run for toffee...or walk upstairs without extra oxygen...or fit through doorways.  

Good strategy there Paulie, get your reply in first  

Years of experience....and I do mean years...well, more like decades. Sigh.

[duke3016]

Recession my backside a painting was sold yesterday for $120,000,000 this one by Edvard Munch



Others big sales in recent history are

The Card Players by Cezanne for $250,000,000



No 5, by Jackson Pollock for $140,000,000



Women III by Willem de Kooning for $137,500,000



Portrait of Adele by Gustav Klimt $135,000,000



Were they worth it, I struggle to think so...

[duke3016]

So my annual rant is about to begin, yes I am talking about the Turner prize. Contemporary art ? Don't start me...

This year's intrepid shortlist.

Spartacus Chetwynd made her name by staging recreations that have a home-made aesthetic and often involves an element of audience participation. (That"s right get others to do the work)

Luke Fowler creates cinematic collages that have often been linked to the British Free Cinema movement of the 1950s. (So he strings together old clips and gets paid for it)

Paul Noble explores society through drawings of a fictional town called Nobson Newtown and his drawings depict a dysfunctional dystopian landscape. Oh and his nominated work is called "Public Toilet" (Really!!)

Elizabeth Price creates video installations that incorporate moving images, text and music. (So another one who strings together old clips and gets paid for it)

Now have I the will to character assassinate the Judges.