Well.
What an absolute shambles on Friday. We where beaten at home by St Helens 0-46. Now on the surface you could argue theres no shame in that. St Helens are a top class side in corking form, and havnt lost a game yet. So, you could hold up your hands and say 'Its a fair cop'
You cant do that though. We were nilled at home which was unforgivable. We played like a bunch of bananas and thats being polite. Its taken me since Friday to calm down and write this!!
The thing is, things could go from bad to worse. We start our defence of The Challenge Cup on Saturday, away at Bradford. If we continue to play as we have been of late it will be our only defence of the Cup. The week after we entertain Leeds. so it is quite conceivable that if we loose both of those matches we will have won ONE out of 7.
That would be uneceptable, and there would have to be a shake up. There really seems to be something very wrong. I just hope it can be sorted out.
On a completely different subject, somene sent me a link to a web site, now I dont know how they did it but they calculated the IQ's of the last 12 Presidents of the US. Guess who was last?? Yes, it was George W. Bush whose IQ was 91!!! and guess who was just above him?? his Dad George H W Bush with 98.
Just as a matter of interest the Pres with the highest IQ was Bill Clinton, with an IQ of 182. Which just goes to show brains dont always go hand in hand with common sense! :)
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Friday, March 24, 2006
Hello all. Well this week has been spent sniffling and keeping Kleenex, Kittensoft and all those tissue manufacturers in business. Yes you've guessed it, I've been full of cold!
Last Sunday, Hull Fc won at Wakefield 20-28. It was a win we needed, wasnt a comfy win but we did the job.
Tonight we entertain the league leaders St Helens. Saints have started the season really well and havnt lost a match yet. It is going to be a very hard game for us. The weather is very wet tonight which is always a leveller. We'll see how things go!
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Post # 10
Hi again. I'm having a pretty quiet week off so far, didnt go out today as all this snow appeared from somewhere!
Well dear pals we lost again on Friday against Bradford. Thats 3 on the trot. We did have a good game game actually, and could of won the game, but we didnt. Things need to pick up with a win at the weekend against Wakefield, or things will start to look worrying.
Also in the 1st round of the Challenge Cup, (where Super League teams start taking part) We have drawn Bradford away.... funnilly enough the hardest draw in the round. Mind you, we played Super League teams in every round last year on way to our Fantabulous win, so hey.....who gives a monkeys lol.
What a lovely sight eh? :) :)
Well dear pals we lost again on Friday against Bradford. Thats 3 on the trot. We did have a good game game actually, and could of won the game, but we didnt. Things need to pick up with a win at the weekend against Wakefield, or things will start to look worrying.
Also in the 1st round of the Challenge Cup, (where Super League teams start taking part) We have drawn Bradford away.... funnilly enough the hardest draw in the round. Mind you, we played Super League teams in every round last year on way to our Fantabulous win, so hey.....who gives a monkeys lol.
What a lovely sight eh? :) :)
I know, 2 posts in a day!
I've been musing about something here (Some people would call that dangerous!)
I do surf various sites, some blogs etc like everyone else and I came across some thoughts about a certain Bill that is going through Parliament at the moment. It has a very long and quite boring name : The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. Now I read about this in the Sunday paper a few weeks ago, and although I dont pretend to understand everything about it, you know when something doesnt sit right?
Apparently it gives Ministers the right to ammend some legislation without 'bothering' Parliament and wasteing their time. Sounds very sweet of them doesnt it?
Well, there are some safguards in place such as, you cant use the powers to raise taxes, or impliment any new criminal offences that can cause someone to be imprisoned for 2 years or more. (I think I got that right)
Ofcourse we trust our present Government implicitly....
but, what would stop some Minister in the future changing the actual safguards in the bill, and not bother to tell parliament as there isnt any safeguards to protect the safeguards?
Now I dont pretend to be a clever person, but with this Bill, and all the stuff about ID cards, things just seem fishy.
I'm sure I'll have got some things mixed up, but there is a Wiki entry about the Bill. Heres the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_and_Regulatory_Reform_Bill
and you can get info here:
http://www.libertycentral.org.uk/
Sorry the links aren't clickable, but I dont know how to do that!
I've been musing about something here (Some people would call that dangerous!)
I do surf various sites, some blogs etc like everyone else and I came across some thoughts about a certain Bill that is going through Parliament at the moment. It has a very long and quite boring name : The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. Now I read about this in the Sunday paper a few weeks ago, and although I dont pretend to understand everything about it, you know when something doesnt sit right?
Apparently it gives Ministers the right to ammend some legislation without 'bothering' Parliament and wasteing their time. Sounds very sweet of them doesnt it?
Well, there are some safguards in place such as, you cant use the powers to raise taxes, or impliment any new criminal offences that can cause someone to be imprisoned for 2 years or more. (I think I got that right)
Ofcourse we trust our present Government implicitly....
but, what would stop some Minister in the future changing the actual safguards in the bill, and not bother to tell parliament as there isnt any safeguards to protect the safeguards?
Now I dont pretend to be a clever person, but with this Bill, and all the stuff about ID cards, things just seem fishy.
I'm sure I'll have got some things mixed up, but there is a Wiki entry about the Bill. Heres the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_and_Regulatory_Reform_Bill
and you can get info here:
http://www.libertycentral.org.uk/
Sorry the links aren't clickable, but I dont know how to do that!
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Post # 9
Oh dear friends! To carry on from my last post, not only did we loose against the Harlequins, but we lost yesterday against the Bradford Bulls. That is 3 games on the trot! The performance last night was very promising though, and we had chances to win the game. I'm not too worried about things yet, as there are flashes of quite brilliant rugby that keeps the chin up. I have faith in the lads. Hopefully our seasons bad patch has been and gone. Hopefully.
I am just embarking on a weeks holiday, so I might even post twice this week!
Today has been quiet. We (Hubby and I)had a trail around some shops and came back with a light bulb! So a very productive day it has been.
Tomorrow I'll be messing about making lunch etc. One of these days I'll be taken out for Sunday lunch.
Better go as I'm making some pasta for supper.
Keep you knees loose......
airliebird58
I am just embarking on a weeks holiday, so I might even post twice this week!
Today has been quiet. We (Hubby and I)had a trail around some shops and came back with a light bulb! So a very productive day it has been.
Tomorrow I'll be messing about making lunch etc. One of these days I'll be taken out for Sunday lunch.
Better go as I'm making some pasta for supper.
Keep you knees loose......
airliebird58
Friday, March 03, 2006
Post # 8
Hello dear pals.
Tonight I will be off to watch Hull Fc play The reinvented Harlequins RL. I hope the performance will be markedly better than the one last Friday away at Warrington. After a marvellous start we fell to bits. As a result I lost my temper and got very cold as well!
Hopefully this will not be repeated often!
The last few days here in Hull has been lovely and sunny, but with a freezing cold wind that bites even when you only go out as far as the dustbin at the bottom of the garden. (Which I do often,if I can stay in and do nothing I usually do, especially when its very cold or very hot.) The weather forcasts keep threatening snow, but it hasnt appeared yet.
Now I've only seen the new game show 'Deal or no deal' a couple of times, I understand its pretty popular. I think the top prize is about £500.000. I am at the mo listening to an American Station online, and their top prize for the same show is $3 million! Crazy isnt it? The thing is, with those sort of amounts involved, you could have someone seriously loosing the plot if they'd got the wrong box, I wonder if contestants are screened for stability?
Earlier today I was talking to a friend online who happens to work in the British consulate in Islamabad, Pakistan. At the moment, that intellectual great that is the President of the United States is visiting the area. He and his co-workers are confined to their houses while the visit is on. I would imagine so no buns, tomatoes or other missles are thrown his (the Preznits) way. He did say about the protection that was scuttling about, which actually included tanks, hellicopters, armoured vehicles and all sorts of hardware. My friend was quite pleased as he was promised a go driving one of the armoured vehicles that was parked in his front garden after the visit was over. What fun!!!
American politics has always fascinated me, ever since I was a young girl and watched President Nixon resign on TV. They do tend to throw up some marvellous crooks. I think were seeing some real 'contenders' over there now, the worrying thing is our 'great and good' in the UK seem to be following their every move!
Farewell till next time,
airliebird58
Tonight I will be off to watch Hull Fc play The reinvented Harlequins RL. I hope the performance will be markedly better than the one last Friday away at Warrington. After a marvellous start we fell to bits. As a result I lost my temper and got very cold as well!
Hopefully this will not be repeated often!
The last few days here in Hull has been lovely and sunny, but with a freezing cold wind that bites even when you only go out as far as the dustbin at the bottom of the garden. (Which I do often,if I can stay in and do nothing I usually do, especially when its very cold or very hot.) The weather forcasts keep threatening snow, but it hasnt appeared yet.
Now I've only seen the new game show 'Deal or no deal' a couple of times, I understand its pretty popular. I think the top prize is about £500.000. I am at the mo listening to an American Station online, and their top prize for the same show is $3 million! Crazy isnt it? The thing is, with those sort of amounts involved, you could have someone seriously loosing the plot if they'd got the wrong box, I wonder if contestants are screened for stability?
Earlier today I was talking to a friend online who happens to work in the British consulate in Islamabad, Pakistan. At the moment, that intellectual great that is the President of the United States is visiting the area. He and his co-workers are confined to their houses while the visit is on. I would imagine so no buns, tomatoes or other missles are thrown his (the Preznits) way. He did say about the protection that was scuttling about, which actually included tanks, hellicopters, armoured vehicles and all sorts of hardware. My friend was quite pleased as he was promised a go driving one of the armoured vehicles that was parked in his front garden after the visit was over. What fun!!!
American politics has always fascinated me, ever since I was a young girl and watched President Nixon resign on TV. They do tend to throw up some marvellous crooks. I think were seeing some real 'contenders' over there now, the worrying thing is our 'great and good' in the UK seem to be following their every move!
Farewell till next time,
airliebird58
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