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In the beginning God covered the earth with broccoli, cauliflower and spinach, with green, yellow and red vegetables of all kinds so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.

Then using God’s bountiful gifts, Satan created Dairy Ice Cream and Magnums. And Satan said, ‘You want hot fudge with that? And Man said, ‘Yes!’ And Woman said, ‘I’ll have one too with chocolate chips’. And so they gained 10 pounds.

And God created the healthy yoghurt that woman might keep the figure that man found so fair.

And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat and sugar from the cane and combined them. And Woman went from size 12 to size 14.

So God said, ‘Try my fresh green salad’. And Satan presented Blue Cheese dressing and garlic croutons on the side. And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the repast.

God then said ‘I have sent you healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them’.

And Satan brought forth deep fried coconut king prawns, butter-dipped lobster chunks and chicken fried steak, so big it needed its own platter and Man’s cholesterol went through the roof.

Then God brought forth the potato; naturally low in fat and brimming with potassium and good nutrition.

Then Satan peeled off the healthy skin and sliced the starchy centre into chips and deep-fried them in animal fats adding copious quantities of salt.

And Man put on more pounds. God then brought forth running shoes so that his Children might lose those extra pounds.

And Satan came forth with a cable TV with remote control so Man would not have to toil changing the channels. And Man and Woman laughed and cried before the flickering light and started wearing stretch jogging suits.

Then God gave lean beef so that Man might consume fewer calories and still satisfy his appetite.

And Satan created McDonalds and the 99p double cheeseburger. Then Satan said ‘You want fries with that?’ and Man replied, ‘Yes, and super size ‘em’. And Satan said, ‘It is good.’ And Man and Woman went into cardiac arrest.

God sighed …….. and created quadruple by-pass surgery.

And then………… Satan chuckled and created the National Health Service.

I have a couple of busy weekend coming up, this weekend off to Southampton to see the The Guillemots live in concert, then the following weekend off to the new Wembley to see the The Foo Fighters

The Guillemots remind me a lot of some of early Deacon Blue tracks, especially the Las Vegas album, whereas the the Fpo’s are quite new to me, but should be a cracking stadium concert.

After almost 8 years sterling service, my old P3 500 expired earlier back in February, forcing a impromtu upgrade. I have taken the opportunity to update the OS to the latest FreeBSD release (7.0) and moved the box from the garage into the study, where it also runs KDE for standard desktop tasks.

The box now runs smoothly on a Duron 1.3Ghz, with 1Gb of RAM and a Nv 5500 G-card, so still pretty low spec to todays standard of dual or quad core, but as most tasks are achieved via the CLI, rather than the fancy KDE GUI, then most tasks still zip along.

I hope to publish my re-installation hints, tips and woes at a later stage.

Holly, Ellen and I took a small trip to mid-north wales last weekend and went for a walk and a drive around Lake Vernwy. The Dam at Vernwy was the 1st UK design to allow water to fall directly over the dam, giving rise to the impressive display you can see here. The Dam was built to supply water to the city of Liverpool and still does.

After 6 years without a proper break, I finally managed to grab a week in the sun in Gran Canaria, down in Maspalomas. Hopefully publish a few photos when I get around to uploading to the server.

February was a visit busy month for us. I was lucky enough to secure a ticket to watch Wales beat Italy at the Millenium Stadium.

Holly celebrated her birthday, much to the amusement of Ellen.

and I managed to fit in a weekend trip up to Wales to watch Wales beat Scotland in a bar, just off the beach at Llandovery

Although H & E were away from christmas, it did not stop us having a great time when they returned. Click here to view a small selection of the photos.

Jacob celebrated his 5th birthday a few days ago and Holly and Ellen went down to Dorset to help him celebrate. The party was held at the local leisure centre in Broadstone, complete with ball park and soft play area. However Ellen and Ryan made their own fun with the wind machine…..watch…

With the road toll continuing to increase each year especially around the Christmas Holiday period, this will be the first year that Zero Tolerance Speed Cameras will be introduced in December gearing up to the holiday period.
The new cameras look different to the normal cameras, so I have included a photo so that you are familiar with them and able to make sure not to speed when approaching.

Please take this warning seriously as you will not get another chance.