The Empty Suit.

I was just replying to a comment on a prior post and said that US Presidential candidate Barack Obama struck me as a bit of an empty suit. It puzzles me how he has got so immensely popular in the US without really revealing anything about himself, or his core policies and beliefs.
Something just came to mind when I wrote about the 'Empty suit'. There was a very famous film called 'Queen Christina' starring the old film star Greta Garbo. In it she played the Queen of Sweden, who abdicated her throne. The closing shot was of the exiled Queen on the bridge of a sailing ship, and ended with a full close up of her expressionless face. The reason for doing this, the Director said, was so the viewer could use his own interpretation of the Queens thoughts as she sailed away from her country.
People always have hopes and dreams, they want a better way of life for themselves and their children, and it struck me, people are using the empty suit, the blank canvas of Barack Obama to project their hopes and dreams on.
I hope he has more about him than I personally think he has, or many people will be bitterly dissapointed.

Update on the FC

Well there hasn't been a lot happening FC wise lately (usually means trouble on the way that does!)
We lost away to Leeds Rhinos last Friday after being 18-2 up at half time. I was gobsmacked how well it went in the 1st half, especially as we lost yet another 2 key players just before the game. Leeds kicked into full gear though and wiped the floor with us in the 2nd half.
We entertain Castleford on Sunday, we should get a win, but Cas can either play like puddings or fantastic so we will have to see!
There's been a bit of bother about the Challenge Cup Semi against Wakefield and where it is being held. Doncaster's Keepmoat Stadium. It only holds around 15,000, and when you consider we have 8,500 season pass holders alone, not everyone is going to be able to get to the game. I have never had a season pass, mainly because they come out at Christmas, when to be totally honest I'm skint! Lots of other fans are the same, quite a few thousand in fact.
A lot of people are going to be penalised, for the sole reason that The Keepmoat (and it's a smashing stadium) will be full and look good on TV. That's it in a nutshell.
The RFL strike again!

Hillary concedes

I watched Hillary Clinton's concession speech this afternoon, and what an excellent speech it was. Even though I'm not an American, and only an interested observer of US politics, I felt so very sad to hear her concede.
I think maybe I was rooting for her because she was a woman and I liked her, and as I mentioned in an earlier post how amazingly disgusting some of her treatment in the US media has been. Where it has to be said that her opponent Barack Obama has had a pretty free ride.
On the other hand I've seen Mrs Clinton's cleavage discussed, and as mentioned before her liking for trousers. It has even been pointed out how it would be a bit dodgy for a President to have 'emotional' challenges every month, when at age 60 Hillary is a bit past all that sort of thing!
I think what it all boils down to is I'm just a housewife that works part time, and pretty happy with my lot. But I read about how women are trodden on all over the world. You particularly hear some horrendous stories from the Middle East.
I think Mrs Clinton lived the dream for a lot of women watching on, and it was so sad for the lady to make way for the man once again, as it has always been.

Has common sense completely left this country??

Well has it? I quote:

"An airline passenger claimed that a security guard threatened to arrest him because he was wearing a T-shirt showing a cartoon robot with a gun.

Brad Jayakody, 30, from London, said he was stopped from passing through security at Heathrow's Terminal 5 after his Transformers T-shirt was deemed 'offensive.' "

What a bloody joke! actions like these are going to have Al Qaeda et al quaking in their boots!

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Well done lads!

Excellent win by the lads yesterday, 16-22. I must admit even I thought it was a long shot to win at Bradford. We rarely do well there. But onto the Semi-finals we go. Of course everyone will want us to stop there with the Jamie Thackray affair. (We played him in 2 rounds and he wasn't eligible. Although it was an awful oversight on our part, we have to submit our teams a couple of days before hand to the RFL. How come they didn't see it! Also, although it was deemed to be a breach of the regulations, there wasn't a punishment in said rules, so we're still in the competition!)
But all that is by no means the team or the fans fault is it? So...Come on you Hull!

New signing.

We have signed forward Michael Crocker from the Melbourne Storm for next season on a 3 yr contract.
He's a top class player, no doubt about it, but has had injury problems, and apparently is a bit of a bad lad (or has been) on the pitch. A parking space at Red Hall then for easy access for disciplinary meetings then! (Next to Stanley's lol)
If he keeps fit we have a gem. Unfortunately, we haven't been too lucky in that department of late.
Welcome to the madhouse Michael! :)

Well done Kirsty!

My youngest daughter Kirsty handed in her last essay yesterday. so she's finished her degree! She has worked so hard and I'm very proud of her. We're pretty sure she has a pass, as marks are built up over the course, but will have to wait what sort of pass she has. If it is a good one she has a place to start a Masters degree next year.
I left school at 16 and didn't have the chance of further education. We had to get to work and start bringing money in. So I'm proud that both my daughters have had the chance. One thing that is scary is the amount of debt they both are in with student loans etc. I have posted before how much a disgrace it is that my girls are in debt for trying to educate themselves, if they lived in Scotland, their University education would be free.
We have to invest in our future, saddling young people with thousands of pounds in debt just for trying to do better for themselves, and as a result, bettering the country as a whole, is just wrong. We have plenty invested in the 'no goods', who can't be bothered to work etc don't we?

New Coach at the FC

Richard Agar, assistant to both Peter Sharp and his predecessor John Kear, has been given the top job with a 2 and a half year contract.
A few fans are underwhelmed, but I'm not so sure. You used to see time and time again in especially football (ie Liverpool) that an appointment from within can be very successful indeed. In fact where Liverpool are concerned when that process stopped, it could be argued they haven't been quite the same. I've always been of the belief that certain clubs need a man at the helm that 'gets it' They understand the clubs culture and what it means to the fans. Garry McAllister is one that springs to mind at Leeds Utd.
The last time I saw the FC have a decent attack was when Agar took over from John Kear in our Grand Final season in 2006. I know Sharpy led them out on final day, but even he admitted he had done very little, and had left things the way Richard had decided on.
Only 36, we have taken the chance on a British coach. I wish him well.

What a bloody disastrous day!

Both my teams where beaten yesterday. By far the most sickening was Leeds Utd's defeat, I was absolutely gutted.
The FC, even though they lost to St Helens, worked bloody hard. The one glaring thing wrong with us all season is the lack of ideas in attack. Manly because both our main half backs have hardly played through injury.
I think league wise our season is over to be honest, we'll just have to win the cup then! :)

I found this clip on You tube of the pre game singing of 'Marching on Together' yesterday, it made me smile. (Hope this cheers you up too Mick if you see it!)

Onto more important things........

in my eyes at least. No matter how well my home town football club have done today, my real focus will be tomorrow when the Mighty Whites take the 1st step back up that ladder, and back where they belong!
I honestly can't contemplate them loosing, I can't imagine it. We have this long and heartbreaking history of falling at the last hurdle. But having said that, when things do come together it is fabulous!
Come on lads, I want to hear a great rendition of
'15 points who gives a f*ck,
Were super Leeds and we're going up!'
Oh and 'Fook off to the Football League' too!!
MARCHING ON TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck to the FC tomorrow night in their match against Saints. They're gonna need it!!

Well done City!

As you may know my football allegiances are elsewhere, but I have to say well done to Hull City for gaining promotion to the Premiership. The thought of Chelsea, Liverpool, and yes, even the Red Gerbils coming to play at the KC is quite a surreal thought. I would be very suprised if they last more than a season in the top flight, but that doesn't take away the fact that it's the 1st time they have made it. I hope the club and the fans enjoy the ride!

Seeing 'real' Predjudice

I have always been interested in American politics, so have followed this years Presidential race on the net and American news channels on Sky.
What has struck me with quite some horror, is how Hillary Clinton has been treated in the American media. In the way it has been inferred that she should give up and call it a day, and let the men take over. You see her called a bitch, a witch, and all those old chestnuts that are rolled out when a strong woman starts to do well.
I hated everything that Margaret Thatcher stood for, but she used to get the same sort of treatment in a way. Even in 'Spitting Image' she was portrayed in a mans suit and smoking cigars.
Hillary gets 'witty' comments on her preference for trousers. I wear trousers all the time because they are damn comfy, I would think she thinks the same.
The thought of an intelligent able woman becoming President of the US fills me with pride. She may not win, but it would be nice if she got a fair shot! Good luck Hillary, do it for the girls!

Going, going gone.

Hull FC coach Peter Sharp has left the club with mutual consent. I feel sorry for the bloke, because he worked really hard, and had some terrible luck with injuries. But it has to be said that he didn't seem to be able to adapt the team to a situation like you see with other coaches. I wish him the very best of luck though, and will miss 'Sharps soundbites!



Just a word about Richard Whiting (on the right of the pic) who sadly broke his leg at the game against Quins yesterday.
Now the bad luck that has plagued Richard this season, sort of illustrates the luck of the club as a whole injury wise. Rich broke his arm in a pre-season friendly, he's been back about 2 weeks, and broke his leg in the last minute of yesterdays game!
I have always rated Richard from the first time I set eyes on him (I'm also a bit biased as I once got one of the most loveliest of smiles from him after a game!) He has great ability and a good rugby brain. I wish him a full and speedy recovery, the injury is by all accounts a very bad one.
Best wishes Richard!

Good News at Last!!!

Leeds Utd are in the play off final, after a 2-0 win tonight at Carlisle. (3-2 on aggregate)
After all what has happened over the last few years, and even this season. We start the season on -15 points, loose first our 1st team coach, then our Manager, have had to settle under a new management team, and if we win at Wembley next week, promotion!
Back to the game, we played brilliantly well, both goals scored by Jonny Howson (pictured right with Jermaine Beckford) a local lad and only 19 to boot.
I'm just coming down off the ceiling, the Hubster and I scared the hell out of the cats when that last goal went in lol.

Marching on together!! (This clip was from the 1st leg on monday)

Dissappointed again!

Yes the Sith did it again and beat us at Cardiff. Now I will say that some of the refereeing decisions where a disgrace, (yes, and that means you Mr Ganson!) but that doesn't change the fact that although we worked very hard, and defended brilliantly at times, the attack was woeful. We seem to have no idea whatsoever at times. Now we've had this running excuse of all the injuries which was true, then we had the excuse that we hadn't had a lot of time on the training pitch which was again true. I have to say though these reasons are wearing pretty thin!
If we had a team of dopes all this could be understandable, put we have a bloody good team on paper that should be doing a lot better than this!
A lot of us FC fans have been very patient and fair, no one can say I haven't been fair, especially to coach Peter Sharp, but if things don't start picking up soon our season will be over. I was just looking at our remaining Superleague fixtures, and on this form we'll have trouble winning any of em!!
It's shape up time methinks, or certain people will be out on their ear!

N.B. I just want to say that I do not question the teams commitment one bit, they worked very hard yesterday, it just doesn't seem to be channelled in the right way.

Derby time once again.

Yes it's that time again, 'Lets bash the Sith' It's Millennium Magic over the weekend, where all the Superleague games are played over the weekend at the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff. Most games are set up as local derbies, so Hull FC play the Sith, Saints play Wigan, Leeds play Bradford, etc. Should be a good weekend of rugby!!
Someone on a forum I go on pointed out the chorus in this track by Madness called 'Ghost Train' It goes like this:
'Don't try to hide it,
It's Black and White..'

Come on you Dobbins fans, you know it makes sense really, come and join us to keep The Faith!

A year on.

There has been a lot of coverage in the last day or two about Madeline MCcann case. It's quite amazing that it's been a year since she went missing. I didn't see the documentary that was shown on TV last night, but I've listened to conversations on radio about the tragedy.
And a tragedy of massive proportions it is. I wouldn't wish what that family have gone through on anyone.
BUT,
I was listening to an interview on the radio with the documentary maker yesterday, and she admitted she had left her young children in a hotel room whilst she and her partner had been having dinner in the restaurant.
Now I don't you about you, but I NEVER left my children on their own. I just didn't get out very often when they where little, and when we went on holiday we stayed in of an evening. This isn't a holier than thou comment, but it's a true one. Not only was Madeline left alone, but her younger brother and sister where left alone too! A lot of people forget that point.
I hope to God that little girl is found safe and well. The MCcann's made a terrible mistake, one that will never leave them.

'I'll think about that tomorrow'

So Scarlett O'Hara said in that smashing old film 'Gone with the Wind'. Well I've just watched Chancellor Alistair Darling saying the same thing in a BBC interview, whilst trying to explain the quite miserable decision to abolish the 10p tax rate. (I'll provide a link to the video, but I have to say that I only made it half way through)
I honestly can't believe this is the Labour party that my dear Nana encouraged me to vote for all those years ago when I turned 18.
Don't these bloody idiots understand, that 5.4 million people on low wages, will all of a sudden have their taxes DOUBLED?? I'm sure they'd deny it, but lets be clear about this, the Chancellor has lowered the main rate of tax too 20p in the pound, and if you are on the 10p band that will be abolished and you will pay 20p. That's double in my book, and they want people to come off benefits and work?? What a joke that is!
Some of these people exist from day to day, and what Mr Darling will look on as only a few pounds extra will be the tipping point for so many people. We all have higher fuel, utillity, and council tax bills, food is becoming more expensive, but lets face it, the more money you have the easier you can adapt your budget, when you have no more money you can't.
There is talk about quite a few Labour MP's rebelling in Parliament about this, and I hope they do. It will be about bloody time the Labour Party stood up for the one reason they we're formed in the first place, and which they have so disgustingly forgotten.... to defend the ordinary working
man.
The Labour Party sold their soul for power, and I'm glad my Nana didn't live to see it.

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Interviews...

...with Man of the Match Shaun Berrigan, and Captain Lee Radford after Friday's win at Castleford.



Taken from Sky Sports. LINK HERE

Well it worked!

The lads got a win at Castleford 32-12. I saw a lot of things to be optimistic about, lets hope we can carry it forward. As you may have gathered, I'm a bit sentimental, and like most people certain songs mean certain things (like the lucky charm ones in my last post) Well at the end of the TV coverage last night they played this song. I have to wonder if a closet Hull FC fan is on the staff at Sky, as the chorus just fits us at the moment.
'Hold on tight,
you have the music in you,
Don't let go,
you have the music in you'

We have still got the music in us, so shut the hell up all you knockers and get behind the lads!
(And yes, I am too sentimental for my own good!)

The New Radicals- You get what you give.

Pulling out all the lucky charm stops!

Hull FC play Castleford tomorrow night. If they loose they will go bottom of Superleague.
Forgive me while I pull out my personal musical good luck charms:
Old Faithful:


And yes its that bad, I have to get this one out:
Five - Keep on Moving.


Kasabian - Club Foot. They used to play this before the team came out at games.


There, that should do the trick!
Come on you Hulllaaaahhh!

Starting to worry.

Much to many a Rovers fans delight, Hull FC lost again last night. We are now on 2 wins out of 10. I have to say that I'm getting a bit worried now.
I have said on this blog before that I have always been for Coach Peter Sharp to be given a fair crack of the whip. But I have to say that if we loose away at Castleford next weekend he could well be on the plane back to Sydney sooner rather than later.
For people who don't really know RL, a lot of folk compare us to Newcastle United. Play in Black & White, a great tradition, mad fans, and not doing as well as we would like.
Well I guess it's never dull supporting Hull! :)

Update.

The lads got a draw at Le Catalan (they nearly got a win, a try scored after the hooter was disallowed by the video ref) Injuries are still a big worry, 2 forwards where injured during the game, longish term ones too. This run of bad luck has to stop soon!

An online pal of mine had just set up a new forum. You can post about anything and even listen to the forum radio station too whilst you browse.
Why not have a look HERE

Crikey!

Crikey indeed! Today the lads entertain World Club and Super League champs (and in Sh*t hot form to boot) Leeds Rhinos today. I'm not looking forward to it one bit! After our disappointing defeat, 11-10 to The Sith, I really cant see us getting anything at all from the game. We picked up a couple more injuries on Friday, and some players are playing just games and not training with the rest of the team. This tends to show when it's your organisers who are doing that.
I hope we can get a result, but I think the only way we can do it is either to take an Elephant gun on the park, or Leeds think they've won the game before the game starts.
Then, we'll do em of course!!!
Come on you Hulllaaaaaaahhh!!!

Derby day.

I hope to God we play well tomorrow. we need to erase that awful stuffing the Sith handed out to us in the last derby. In this clip though we won, and a few of our players shown are no longer at the club, but lets not go into that again shall we?
COME ON YOU HULLAAAA!!!

Checking in.

The lads are at home tonight against Wakefield. Hopefully we'll get a win. I won't be going to the game considering my situation at the mo, but it's on TV, so I can shout and bawl at that instead!

Browsing around.....
I've been trying out some different browsers over the last couple of days. I haven't used Internet Explorer for some time, even though the latest (IE7) is a great improvement.
My Favourite browser at the moment is Firefox. I think what clinches it for me is the myriad of add-ons you can use to complement the main browser. One that is very clever and I use it all the time, is called Cooliris Preview. Say you are doing a search on Google and you get your list of links, with Cooliris you can put your mouse onto the link and get a preview of the page. It's particularly handy when you are searching videos on You Tube, as you can view each video in a preview window.
Here's a You Tube video telling you all about it


If you use Firefox you can download Cooliris HERE

The last couple of days I have been trying out the Opera browser. I did like it. It is fast and easy to use. But I have to say I missed the add ons that Firefox has. If you fancy trying out a different browser, go HERE
You can download the browsers I have mentioned at that link and a few others besides.
Happy Browsing!

Gutted!

I'm very disappointed about Hull FC's defeat in the last seconds at St Helens. We went down 30-29. It seems that everything is conspiring against us. The injury list is as long as ever, when we get one player back we loose 2! But the lads are fighting, and that's what the majority of Hull fans are bothered about. If we keep fighting the results will come. We've had bad runs like this before, we NEVER start seasons well, so to all you fans who are running around like headless chickens, shut the hell up and get behind the lads!
While I'm here I'm going to voice my support of coach Peter Sharp. He has a lot of pressure on him right now. His contract is up at the end of the season, and the board seem to be taking a 'wait and see' approach, which is fair enough. But I think it would be unwise to let that situation go on for too long.
A lot of idiots are criticising Sharpy for his media skills, last night his after game press conference was practically mono-syllabic. I personally couldn't give a monkeys. I know in this age of 24 hour sports coverage a lot of people would like it, but it doesn't make a jot of difference to what happens on the park.
He wont read this of course, but the vast majority of fans still back you Mr Sharp. It's just that the moanalots seem to have bigger gobs! Things will turn around, we have far to many talented players for it not too.
Come on you Hullaaaah!

Still Hobbling about.

But better, I have to say. I'll be back at work next week I think.
Unfortunately Hull FC didn't get a win to cheer me up on Sunday. Friday we're away to Saints, and with all the injuries we have, well, its an uphill struggle. As soon as we get a player back, another hits the treatment room! All very disheartening, especially as if we had a full side out, we could wipe the floor with anyone. I just hope we get a few back over the next couple of weeks before we play the Sith.
Just to lighten the mood, and continuing the decades theme, here's my choice of music from the 70's.
Still one of my favourite all time tracks, here's the Jackson 5 with 'I want you back'


If I had to choose one artist to take on a desert island with me, it would have to be Queen. Here's a couple of tracks from their 3rd album 'Sheer Heart Attack' 'Killer Queen' and 'Flick of the Wrist' What a marvellous single that was!

Checking in.

Just doing a quick post as I haven't for a few days. I've been a bit laid up (to say the least!) with my arthritis. I have just finished a course of gel injections in both knees, and it seems to have caused a flare up. I was in bed over the weekend as I just couldn't get about at all. The Hubster took control and was very good bless him.
I've just had the last fortnight off work (first week was a weeks holiday) and I've been virtually housebound for the full time. I have to say this is the worst flare up I have had so far, and it was a bit disconcerting to say the least! I now know that my type of job will have to change, being on my feet all the time just will not be possible.
A nice win at Huddersfield for the lads will be just the thing to cheer me up!
Come on you Hullaaaaah!

New Hull FC web site

The teams new website is finally up, and it looks great! It sure did need a revamp. I've updated the link on the right hand side of the page, so why don't you have a look!
Lets hope the new start continues on the pitch tonight!
COME ON YOU HULLAAA!

Hoping for a bit better

Hull FC are at home to Wigan tomorrow. I wont be there, as in the morning I have the last of a course of injections into my knees. You have to keep off your feet for 24 hours, so a trip to the rugby is ruled out.
I'm of course hoping I miss a masterly display by the Black and Whites. But we need a BIG improvement on Sundays performance and that's a fact.
This is an excellent example of 'Keeping the faith'

Well!

Just a word about Hull FC's performance today.
RUBBISH!
End of post!

Back to the KC!

Ah yes! Back to the KC Stadium for a brand new season. It's the FC's first home game today against Harlequins. I usually find it a bit difficult to go to Sunday home games now I work on a Sunday, but this coming week I'm on holiday so will be going to the game. Hopefully to watch our first win of the season. We should dispatch Harlequins to be honest, but for some strange reason they always do well here. Time to knock that on the head methinks!
BTW, the above picture was taken last year, but its the view I get from where I sit usually in the South Stand, in the picture the view is of the West (posh) stand!

Old Photo's

I was looking through my box of old photos today. I was thinking how nice it is to look at a physical picture. Things have really changed nowadays with everything being digital. I know you can have pictures printed out still, but more often than not you forget to do it.
Anyway, I copied a few of them, I haven't got a scanner but just took a photo of the photo with my phone, some turned out quite well.
Anyway, just for a laugh, here's a pic of the Hubster and I, circa 1981. You'd never recognise us from this pic in a month of Sundays! lol.

A new season!

Hull FC start the new Superleague season tonight away to hotly tipped Warrington. I haven't seen what sort of side we will have out. As I mentioned in an earlier post we have a list of injuries as long as your arm, but I always have faith in the lads, and I'm sure we'll give em a good game win or loose.
COME ON YOU HULLAAAAAAH!!!!

Back to the 60's

I few posts ago I wrote about a TV programme we watched called 'Pop on Trial' in which each decade was discussed from the 50's to the 90's, to decide which was the most influential.
My last post was about 50's, so now it's onto the 60's.
I've decided to not choose the Beatles as that's a bit easy to do, but I've chosen a couple of tracks that have always got the old feet tapping.
First is the Spencer Davies Group , and 'Keep on Running'


And the 2nd is a very young Stevie Wonder (I think he was only a teenager in this clip) If you had to show someone what genius is, I think this is a good example. Here he is singing 'Uptight'

Thank the Lord its back!!!

It's back! The Super League season starts proper tonight with a game between Leeds Rhinos (aka 2007 Champs) and Hull KR (aka The Sith, the dark side, that pile of rubbish from East Hull, etc, etc)
There is just the one game this week as the season starts for everyone else next week. This is so Leeds have a free weekend later on in the season to play in the World Club Challenge.
Hopefully we will have had our crop of injuries for the season, and will be able to crack on to frighten everyone to death! I'm very optimistic (as always)


The best of luck to Gary Mac on his first game as Leeds boss. I have a feeling all will fall into place now. We have one of our own in charge. Come on you Mighty Whites!!!

And finally, for your entertainment, a couple of fantastic trys by the one of the best players to grace a Hull FC shirt, James Leuluai.

Mac is back!

Crikey, there was no messing about was there? As soon as Wisey left the building Chairman Bates bagged his man straight away!
A big welcome back to LUFC legend Gary McAllister as our new manager. He needs to buck the lads up as after another loss tonight at Southend, he has a bit of a slump on his hands!
Good luck Gary!



Just a final word on Dennis Wise. Now a bit more info has trickled through, I can't really blame the bloke for leaving. He's apparently bagged a desk job, based in London for a shed load of cash. He has a wife who is expecting a baby, and she wouldn't move up North. I suppose when a chance like that comes up, you have to take it.

The Roller coaster speeds up again.......

Well the roller coaster ride that is Leeds Utd has sped up a pace with the very speedy departure today of manager Dennis Wise to Newcastle, to work as part of Kevin Keegan's backroom staff.
I could call him a weasle, and short arsed git of a traitor but I wont. He actually hasn't done a bad job at Leeds, considering he was on a hiding to nothing with the fans, who would always have been suspicious of him.......and in the end we've been proved right.
His departure was so quick, indecently so in many ways, and right at the end of the transfer window, so any new manager coming in wont be able to bring their own players in for some time.
He was either offered a shed load of cash, or maybe former management partner Gus Poyet was the brains of the duo, and when he went to Spurs, Dennis started to feel out of his depth?
Don't forget to close the door on the way out Dennis.

Grrrrrr

Grrrrr #1
The Graphics card has decided to go kaput on my PC, so until it gets replaced I'm having to use my daughters old tower. It is so slow.......crikey all the updating I had to do when we first plugged it in....it took ages!!
I hope the Hubster fixes my PC as quickly as possible!!


Grrrrr #2
Well the season hasn't even started yet and the injuries have started rolling in already. Here's a list that are out of the pre-season game at Doncaster today:

Richard Horne (foot),
Gareth Raynor (hamstring),
Lee Radford (broken thumb),
Richard Whiting (broken arm),
Shaun Berrigan (shoulder),
Adam Dykes (calf),
Tommy Lee (shoulder),
Motu Tony (hamstring
Matt Sing (foot).
Matty Dale (hamstring)
And now I'm just hearing that Kirk Yeamen may have broken his arm during the game today. Lets hope it's not as serious as first thought!
I might have to get my boots at this rate!

Looking after airliebird.

I'm off to the Hairdressers this morning to be reblonded. Yes, my secret is out. I'm not a real blonde. :)
Anyway, I'm sure other ladies will agree, but there's nothing quite so relaxing as a couple of hours being pampered, and reading lots of trashy magazines to boot! I visit my hairdresser Claire, about once every 6-7 weeks. It costs a few bob I admit, but it's a little treat that's well worth it!

The quiet life.

Things are very quiet here of late, nothing much has happened, and to be honest that suits me down to the ground!
Shell is back, and its like she's never been away, her bedroom looks like its been hit by an earthquake as per usual!
The RL season will soon be upon us (thank God). The lads have had a couple of pre-season friendlies. There has been a few scares injury wise already, but that's power for the course, every team has to put up with that.
It seems to have been a very long close season, it hasn't been any longer than normal of course, just seems like it!

We've been watching a series of programmes on BBC4 recently, about pop from the 50's to the 90's and which decade had more influence. Seeing I was born in 1958, I sort of span all those decades, so I thought for a bit of fun I'd choose a song from each one that has a special memory for me.
Today will be the 50's. As I just made being born in the 50's, the song I've chosen just made the 50's too, 1959 to be exact. My uncle used to sing this to me as a little girl, I cant remember it of course, but I have always known all the words to this song (and that's even before the Young Ones version!)
Here's a VERY young Cliff Richard and 'Living Doll'.

Foo Fighters

As I have mentioned before one of my favourite bands are the Foo Fighters. I posted a couple of tracks off their latest album a couple of months ago. Anyway, here is their latest single 'Long road to ruin' The clip is a bit of a return to form as they've become well known for their humorous videos. Their last 2 or 3 have been more performance based.
There's some pretty interesting hairstyles in this one I can tell you!

Just a quick update....

...about what I've been up to lately. Well mainly getting over Christmas. With being busy at work etc and doing a bit of overtime, I've had quite a bit of a flare up with my arthritis. I've come to the conclusion that it's a pretty good bet I wont be working a Christmas and New Year like that again. It's just too much. I'm still suffering the after effects now, and will do for a while.
Over the last year things have changed quite a lot. I just can't do what I used to be able too, and when I do anything remotely strenuous, it taking me longer and longer to recover. I do get a bit down at times, and frustrated, but you have to get on with things and think of the positives. There's no point in being a silly bugger though, I just have to be realistic and know my limits.

On the good news front, my eldest daughter Shell will be coming home from Japan on Saturday. For good. She's decided to change degree's as she was just too homesick in Japan, and as a result everything was getting on top of her work wise. If she wanted to change course she had to do it now, so she made the decision to go into computer sciences, something she does have a natural ability at.
At least she had a go though, and that's the main thing. She loves the country, but it turned out to be the wrong direction for her in the end. She had a go, and that's all that I'm bothered about.
It will be nice to have her home, we've all missed her.

My Top 5 Anime opening themes

I have mentioned in earlier posts how I enjoy Japanese animé. Here are 5 of my favourite opening themes:

1. Ah my Goddess, is one of my very favourite animé, the opening song is a really lovely tune.


2.Cowboy Bebop. Another fave series, and one I recommend to people who have never watched any animé before:


3.Ghost in the Shell, Stand Alone Complex. Another favourite series, with a smashing opening sequence:


4.Trigun. Another great signature tune, and a fun series to watch. Any series who's main character is called 'Vash the Stampede' can't be all that bad!


5.Sailor Moon (German version) This takes me back to when my daughters where younger, they both loved the anime Sailor Moon (my eldest still does) and the only way they could watch it, was on German channel RTE when we had the old type of Satellite TV. They had no idea what it all meant, but they knew all the words to this!

Happy New Year!

Happy Christmas!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas!

Sheer Bliss

I started supporting Hull FC in 1979. So to find this small clip was like finding a diamond for me. It shows a try from the side I fell in love with all those years ago.

New signings

Just a short video of the 3 new arrivals from the Hull Daily Mail website. They don't seem to be very good with sound still though lol.


Shaun Berrigan is a bit of a cutie lol.

Binoculars Football!

Someone posted this video on a forum I visit, really funny! Of course from our funny Japanese pals, but quite Monty Python in a way lol

Introducing....

3 of our new signings:


From left to right: Shaun Berrigan, Adam Dykes, and Todd Byrne. As you can see Todd must be a bit hardier than the other lads as he has a short sleeved T-shirt on!
Welcome lads, to the agony and ecstasy that is Hull FC. One thing that will be true, you'll either love or hate us, no in between!
Hopefully I'll have a pic up of the 4th signing Peter Cusack in the FC colours very soon!

Girls Schools!

A remake of the old black and white St Trinians films is released today. Here's the trailer:


Looks a bit of a laugh. I went to an all girls school between the ages of 13 and 16. Amy Johnson High school for girls.
Believe me it was a madhouse! St Trinians isn't so far fetched believe me, I learned quite a few things at Amy I can tell you! :)

John Lennon

Another sad anniversary today is 27 years since the death of John Lennon. I remember so clearly hearing the news of his murder. It was on the radio in the salon where I was having my hair styled, and I remember everyone's shock. I had just started dating my husband at the time, and we spent the evening watching tributes to the great man on TV.
How we could have done with a man like John in these past few years of war and fear. Ok he wasn't a politician but he was a leader, and could rally people together. That's what we seem to be lacking nowadays, a leader and a voice of ordinary people.

King Billy

10 years ago Leeds United's greatest captain Billy Bremner passed on.
Lets hope the great man looks down today on a win for our beloved Mighty Whites.
God bless you Billy, and thanks for the memories.

One of my serious bits

I have a news flash program on my PC that pops up news flashes from the BBC,and this is the one I just received:

Smith plans 42-day terror limit.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced plans to extend the period that terrorism suspects can be held without charge to 42 days.
Ministers have struggled to find support for increasing the detention period beyond the current 28 days.

Previously ministers had proposed extensions to 56 or 58 days

The government tried to increase the limit to 90 days in 2005, but this was voted down by Conservatives, Lib Dems and some Labour backbenchers

Link.

Now I don't know about you, but all this doesn't sit easily with me. Isn't 28 days enough?? Surely if the Police have no evidence to charge someone in 28 days then they should let them go!!
And don't give me all this 'War on Terror' stuff, as I say if there is no evidence at all in 28 days, which remember is nigh on a month, then couldn't it just be the case that the person in question may be innocent???
We have to be fair and balanced in these sort of things, or we become what we profess to be fighting. Profess being the operative word here. I've been a bit of a cynic where the 'War on Terror' is concerned for some time.

Cute cat video alert!

Awww sweet! :)

Roll on the 8th of Feb!

That's our first game of the 2008 season away at Warrington. That is a Friday night so it could mean the game will be televised. I always love it when the fixtures come out, it seems as if the season isn't so far far away!



I was looking for internet TV streams for my daughter (she still isn't good with the lingo enough to follow Japanese TV!) I found a music channel, watched it for a bit and saw this song. Apparently the group Avion are taking a hiatus, but the lead singer and songwriter, Steve Bertrand has just released a new album.
This track is called 'Seven Days Without You' and is lovely easy listening.


If you like it, you can listen to more of Steve's music here: LINK
I don't know if his new album is available in the UK. Will have to do some digging.

Ok, a word about England......

Well, what a load of old hogwash the game was. There was no fight, too many players just seemed to think they were having a kick about at the local park! (I do exclude Peter Crouch and David Beckham from that comment) Steve McClaren just wasn't good enough for the job, and I've always been of that opinion right from the off.
We need someone now with stature, who can inspire respect and maybe even a little bit of fear in the 20 or so millionaires that make up the England squad.
I'd go for Jose Mourinho. But then the bloke isn't daft. According to the BBC news website he has ruled himself out already.
Who will want to take on the poison chalice this time I wonder...........

Confirmation came today that we have indeed signed South Sydney Rabbitohs captain Peter Cusack, whilst showing Hutch Maiava the door for 'gross misconduct'
In a way i'ts quite a relief Hutch started to misbehave off the pitch, so we could get rid of him without (I believe) paying up his contract. He has to be honest, been a disaster. I saw him have one good game (the home win against Saints last season) and that was it.
Tara Hutch, forgive me for not waving you off!

New signing?

It's looking very likely, although I don't want to tempt fate in any way, that we have signed South Sydney forward, Peter Cusack.
I've done a bit of reading up on him on fan's forums etc, and he seems to be just the right sort of player to strengthen our pack. Although 30, he seems to have been free of any serious injuries in his career so far, and of course forwards don't really mature until their late 20's early 30's. At 6ft 4, he definitely seems to be my sort of player !
I'm looking forward to next season, a very good, experienced Hull FC squad is going to hit Superleague, I think we may just stir the pot a wee bit !

Good look to the Mighty Whites at home to Swindon! Another step towards the top lads!

The End of the Affair........I hope!

From BBC Sport:

Cooke suspended over Hull KR move

Hull KR's Paul Cooke will miss the first six weeks of next season after being found guilty of misconduct over his controversial move from Hull.

Cooke, 26, was banned until 17 March for approaching Rovers with a view to joining them without permission from Hull FC, when he was under contract.

He resigned from Hull in April, saying he had never signed his contract.

Cooke, who has yet to comment on the case, was ordered to pay the costs of the hearing. He has 14 days to appeal.

The Rugby Football League accepted his registration and cleared the stand-off to make his Rovers debut on 27 April against Huddersfield.

He went on to make 14 appearances for the club for the club he supported as a boy, including two victories over Hull, which helped keep Rovers in Super league.

In those 14 games he scored one try, 36 goals and two drop goals.

Hull KR were cleared of any wrong-doing over the affair, and have given their public backing to the player

Link: BBC Sport

I'm sick to death of the bloke, always moaning about how badly done to he is. I'm happy to see the back of him. Although you could say Hull FC could sue for compensation, I'd leave it now, and resign the whole matter to the dustbin.

Although he caused a lot of disruption last season, that is in the past. No man is bigger than Hull FC, Paul bloody Cooke certainly isn't!

I love the Foo Fighters!

I just cant stop listening to their new album 'Echoes, silence, patience and grace' It's fabulous.
Here's track 2 Let it Die:



Highly Recommended!!

Argghhh! Christmas!

There was a time when I loved Christmas, and really looked forward to it. I can remember around this time of year we used to buy the TV guides, to see what smashing programmes where being lined up for us to watch. I always used to have a look to see if there was going to be any really old movies to be shown. Especially a bit of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers. I LOVE those films! In fact I'm quite a sucker for old films generally, I'll have to do a post about my favourites.
But for now back to Christmas, after I got married, and had my girls, I still enjoyed Christmas. It was very hectic and busy but I loved watching my daughters open their presents. That made up for everything else.
NOW it is one big hassle from start to end. Work is mad, (working in a pub I'm there Xmas Eve and New Years Eve as standard). You worry about what presents to get everyone, and whether you will have enough cash to afford it all. Christmas Day for me is mainly spent in the kitchen. At least we've got a dishwasher now and I wont spend ages washing up!
This year is going to be very strange. Michelle is in Japan of course, and my youngest daughter, Kirsty will be spending her 1st Christmas living with her boyfriend. Boxing Day is usually spent at my in laws, but my Father in Law is still in hospital so that get together wont happen this year. Anyway, it falls on a normal work day for me, so I will be in over teatime I would think.
Ah well, there's always the hope of a bit of Fred and Ginger on the TV!

Just a quick post.

I thought I'd better post as its been nearly a week since my last update. To be honest things are pretty quiet here. RL season has finished, although a big well done to the GB lads in winning the test series against New Zealand!
Leeds Utd had their first defeat of the season away to leaders Carlisle on Saturday. I suppose it had to come sooner or later, and at least it was against a good team. I hope the departure of Wisey's no 2 Gus Poyet to Spurs hasn't unsettled things too much.

Usually at this time of year there are loads of rumours about who we (Hull FC) maybe signing, but it has been very quiet. Until today. There are reports we are talking to Aussie forward and Desperate Dan lookalike Willie Mason. That would be a fantastic signing, but I'm keeping my powder dry on this story.
The other whisper is we've signed NZ Warriors utility back Todd Byrne. So I think it's matter of watch this space!

My earliest TV memory.

My earliest memory of watching TV was of the Beatles, and of Ringo in particular as he was riding an exercise bike! This has long been a vivid memory of mine, I cant recall many things from when I was young, but this has stayed. I always thought I must have imagined it, till today.
I was having a meander through You Tube, linking from one thing to the next as you do, and started watching some Beatles songs. Anyway, the memory of Ringo popped into my mind again, so I just put in the search box 'Ringo on a bike' and there it was on the first page!!
The song is ' I feel fine',which I didn't remember. Apparently this was released in November 1964, so if this was filmed about then, I was just about to have my 6th birthday!
I'm so glad I wasn't imagining it! :)

Engrish!

One of my daughter Shells favourite things about Japan is the way nearly everything has some random English written on it. More often than not it doesn't make a lot of sense. It seems to me that what they want to say is put through some sort of translation machine, and they get some strange results!
Here's a few pics she has sent me:
On a note pad:


Going into an arcade:



On the window of a Cafe I think:



On the side of a special type of photo booth: (you can decorate the pics and print them out as stickers apparently)



I'm sure I'll have plenty more to post in the future! :)

Into the Void.

Yes dear readers, it's the time all us of The Faithful dread, the close season. My God I hate it! By the time Christmas is over I'm starting to twitch! There doesn't seem to be any new signings on the horizon either, but then Hull FC are very good at keeping things under their hats! I know there's the big union game on tomorrow, and good luck to England of course. But blimey o'riley, you cant compare League with union, its like the difference between cashmere and an oily rag!
Of course I now can concentrate on the Mighty Whites. We are away to Brighton tomorrow. I'm hoping for a good performance as although we've been getting the right results, we haven't played all that well the last couple of weeks. Oh OK, I'm moaning I know lol.
I'm also able to follow The Oakland Raiders a lot more this season. Sky are showing loads of games on a Sunday and if the Raiders aren't on there, I can get them on an internet feed. Consistency seems to be a problem for them. They can have a fantastic spell, and then fall to bits. Considering I've only been following them a couple of years they seem to be falling into the perfect pattern of airliebird teams, Awful depths, but fantastic highs!!
On the personal front things aren't too bad. Shell seems to be doing pretty well in Japan, and keeping very busy. We are definitely going to go over there next year, it will be some initiation for me as I have never flown before!
My youngest daughter Kirsty has just started the last year of her degree at University and seems to be doing very well. She's just moved into a new place with her boyfriend, it's a very nice big place.
I know this against everything I believe in, but I'm going to try and get some exercise and get some weight off before we go to Japan. Swimming is the only thing I can really do as it is low impact. That is the only kind I can do considering my arthritis. Anyway, after Christmas/ New Year, the pub I work in is being re-furbished, so I'm going to use the time off to good effect.
I'm actually a lazy bugger, but it will be to my benefit in the end wont it?

For all cat lovers.

Someone sent me this short animation and I thought I'd post it on here. This has happened to me many times!


I don't know who the animator is, but he/she is definitely a cat owner!

And now...........

A video of the new kit! :) There's an escapologist and that!

Better Picture

Here's a much better picture of the kits in full:

Very nice. :)

As Promised...

The new Hull FC shirts for the 2008/09 season not very good quality pics though unfortunately, I'm sure I'll be able to post better ones later :

The home shirt has gone back to a very traditional style The hoops are just the right thickness etc. We haven't had such a shirt since I'd say the late 80's early 90's. With us only having one main shirt sponsor, we have a very clean look to our shirts that you don't get with many clubs.
Very pleased!

The away shirt is on a similar theme to the special French away shirt we had a couple of years back. Not as traditional of course, but very smart. I'm sure it will be a lot cooler for the guys to wear than an all black kit.
The lads are going to look very smart next season! :)

Michelle in Japan.

My eldest daughter Shell has been in Japan over a week now and seems to be settling well. She didn't start her studies properly till yesterday, so has had that week to find her feet etc. I've been able to talk to her over Skype as I mentioned in an earlier post, and by email too. She has had to get a new mobile as Japanese mobiles run on a completely different bandwidth to ours. They also dont use texts like we do, but emails. She has a special email address and any emails I send her go straight to her phone. They have free allowances for emails as we do for texts over here. It's considered bad manners to speak over your phone on buses, trains etc (if only they did that here!) and so phone emails are very popular.
I have to say I'm really thankful for the technology that has helped me talk to her and keep in touch. Just a few years ago it would have been letters and the odd phone call wouldn't it?!!
It all helps to know she is alright, because I have to admit to worrying quite a lot this last few days!
I've just got a first batch of pics from her so I'll post a couple here. The first is the Entrance to the International House where she lives on campus, you can see the apartments in the background.

And heres a pic of a Shinto Shrine:


In just over half an hour the new Hull FC shirt for 2008 will be unveiled, so as soon as I get a pic I will post it!
Last night I had my first chance to see Leeds Utd on TV. It was a professional 1-0 win. Although 9 first teamers where rested, the lads looked well drilled and comfortable on the ball. We had our first look at the boy Da Costa, and he looks a bit of talent! Some of those lads looked SO young though, babies!! It does get disconcerting when you watch your team (I feel the same with Hull FC) and you realise that you are old enough to be their mothers! lol.

Yet another win....

.....for the mighty whites, what a fabulous season this is turning out to be! It's exactly what happened to my rugby team Hull FC, things got so bad it looked like the end of the club, then it all turned out fantastically well!

I had a long chat to Shell today, she seems to be settling in really well. I must admit that has put my mind at rest a bit, to be able to talk to her properly.
She hasn't got an internet connection in her room yet, so I thought I'd put some credit onto Skype and call the landline phone in her room. I put on €10 (€11.50 with vat) and got straight through. We chatted for 45-50 minutes and it cost just about a euro which is fantastic.
Of course, chatting PC to PC is free, but I was really impressed with using Skype and recommend it to anyone making calls overseas. You need a decent broadband connection though, a headset/microphone or a special handset that you plug into your usb port.

She sent me a photo of a sticker on her loo, which asks gents to wee seated! I'll post it here as I found it pretty funny!

You obviously have to point your baseball cap the other way too! :)

Free Burma!

More info at:
free-burma.org

Cop a load of this! :)

My darling Hull FC where knocked out of the play-offs, we were a bit unlucky I suppose but now we will all look forward to next season and guess who any new signings will be.
But no, I wasn't sad for long because this happened with the last kick of the game last night between Oldham and the Mighty Whites themselves Leeds Utd.
Enjoy my friends!!


Thanks to the original poster, he must have a top phone as its a darn good picture!

Bon Voyage!

My Eldest daughter Michelle flies off to Japan for the best part of a year today. I'm just doing a quick post as I wait for her to get out of the bathroom so i can get dressed. I wont be doing that again for a while!
I've mentioned before in other posts that both of my daughters are doing degrees at University. With Michelle its Japanese studies. Her 2nd year will be spent studying at Kumamoto University in the South of Japan.
So good luck Michelle, do your best and have a great time!
(Of course I'll worry about her even though she's 24 and no baby!)

Serious for a change.

I use blogger regularly and usually post about frivolous things like rugby and football. But sometimes blogging can be a really important service.
I'm sure anyone who has watched the news in the last few days will know about the situation in Burma (now named Myanmar) and how Buddhist monks are leading protests against the military regime there.
I came across some links to bloggers over there, posting about the situation. Now these people are very brave to report what is going on, something in this country we just take for granted.
Here are the links to the 2 blogs I have read:
dawn_109's blog
ko htike

You can sign e petitions here:
No 10 petition

UN petition

If you have time please visit and give your support.

Jai Ganesha!!

Crikey, it looks like Lord Ganesha looked kindly on all my lads this past weekend.
Friday saw Hull FC progress to the next round of the play offs with a win over Huddersfield 22-16. It was a bit nerve wracking at the end I can tell you, the Giants pushed us all the way! I have to say I'm pleased with just winning our 1st play off game, I'm happy with that whatever happens now. We have had through treachery, and injury 4 pivotal players leaving the club through the season, and a bout of flu that laid everyone low for some time. You can call Hull FC what you like, but you cant say they're not fighters!!

Talking of fighters, on Saturday, the divine Mighty Whites had their 7th straight win with a 2-0 defeat of Swansea. We are now 18th in the league and out of the relegation Zone. The way Wisey and the boys have battled everything has been quite frankly dazzling!

Even the Oakland Raiders after (I believe) was 10 straight defeats through from last season beat the Cleveland Browns 26-24!

So like I say, maybe Lord Ganesha really did............

All the best lads!

Just a quick post to wish both my teams very good luck, n their games today. The mighty whites are at home to Swansea, will they go on their unbeaten run? Of course they will!!!!
Tonight Hull FC start their playoff campaign with a home tie against Huddersfield. A win will give us another home tie against Wigan. We have a great chance to progress, and after the terrible beginning to the season we had, the lads have done fantastically well!
I have an Indian penpal who is a follower of the Hindu religion, and they have just had a festival for the elephant headed God Lord Ganesh. He is the remover of all obstacles.Hopefully Ganesh will look kindly on the lads today! :)

Anniversary bugs!

As I write there is 10 minutes left of my 26th wedding anniversary, and as per usual the Hubster is away working! Except for last year (because it was our Silver wedding) something always crops up and he has to go away to work. At the moment he is in France. It's not his fault of course, these things just crop up. But it can be annoying!

Talking about things annoying, last night I clicked on a file that someone had sent me over Msn Messenger. Now I'm usually very careful, as I know there are a lot of viruses about. But the message accompanying the file said 'I've just dyed my hair take a look. ' Now as this person is always dyeing their hair I clicked on the file. WRONG! It was a virus that went on to send the file, and messages to all my on line pals! It was murder trying to get around them all telling them not to open the file!
Anyway, since then I've been trying to get rid of it. I thought I'd cracked it a couple of times, then about 10 minutes into being signed into Messenger, it would kick in again!!!
I've done scan after scan today and nothing! Then I did an on line scan at the Kaspersky site, it found some infected files but you had to buy the product to remove them which was a pain. So I tried to Remove them myself but they kept coming back! Then tonight I noticed on the Kaspersky list there was another iffy file I had missed, called service.exe in the Windows System32 folder. Now a file called services.exe (note the plural) is a real file. but service.exe isnt! Eureka! I thought. But yes, you guessed it, the little blighter wouldn't delete!
Well I did some digging and found a little program called Killbox, and that deleted it straight away!
As of writing I have been on Messenger for a couple of hours and all seems ok. (Fingers crossed)
So the moral of this story is: if you are sent a file on Messenger and you don't know what it is, ask the sender before the click!

Excellent win for the FC

Not a great pic but this is my lads on their way to a great win against Bradford tonight 20-10. It was a real grafting performance. We took a hell of a hammering in the 1st half and when we had a player sent to the sin bin in the 2nd half I thought we'd had it. But we really dug in and got the win.
It really looks as if the awful loss against the Sith has kicked us (very timely) up the ass.
So, next week we have our 1st play off game against either Wigan or Huddersfield. If we're on our game we can beat anyone.
So go get em lads!

just wanted to post this pic....

...........off the TV tonight. after our great win 3-0 away to Bristol Rovers. Its means the mighty whites are off the bottom, in fact out of the relegation zone! It may change tomorrow but we've done our talking on the pitch after the -15 penalty. Well done lads, and keep it up!

Happy Birthday Kirsty!!

Today my youngest daughter turns 22! Happy birthday Kirsty!!!

Anime Central

For many years I have been a fan of Japanese anime, That's animation in case you didn't know. Anime isn't all like the cartoons you get on kids TV here, although some of it is anime. For instance Pokemon. But it isn't all for kids. Every genre is covered, thriller, detective, comedy, sci-fi, even 'adult' stuff, which I have to admit is a bit much for me! lol.
Anyway, we've had smatterings of it on UK TV here and there. The Sci-Fi channel showed some and it fizzled out. My first encounter with Anime was on the old Paramount channel , before it changed to comedy.
Both my daughters enjoy anime and have always wondered why it hasn't got its own channel! We see the Wine Channel, Wedding Channel, Holiday home channel, but no anime, which at least would be as popular with viewers as the ones I have just mentioned!
Last night though, our prayers where answered. Anime Central started to broadcast on Sky. (channel 199)
A fair bit of it can be lots of robots and slaying monsters with big swords, but some of it, could stand up in quality to anything you can see on TV.



Of the series being shown on the channel at the moment I would recommend is 'Ghost in the Shell: Stand alone complex. It follows a special intelligence unit called Section 9. Some are not all they appear though!
If you're bored and want something different to watch on TV, try a bit of anime, you may be pleasantly surprised!

Well, well, well!

What a fantastic sporty weekend for Airliebird! First Hull FC went to Leeds Rhinos on Friday, and beat them quite comprehensively 17-6. The turnaround in form was quite spectacular. To be honest I think they owed us all that performance after the comedic debacle of last Sunday!! What was good to see is the amount of fans that travelled to support the lads. A lot has been said in the press about how many walked out on Sunday before the end of the game, and to be honest I didn't blame any of them for doing so. It's a way of registering a protest. But the main thing is each game is a new start and Hull fans are famous in how they back their team through thick and thin.
Congratulations to Hull Coach Peter Sharp on winning the manager of the month. He's taken a lot of flack from some fans but I've always liked the cut of his gib. I have said this before in earlier posts.
People are talking about a Grand Final appearance again. It will be very difficult as no one has ever got there from 4th. We can beat anyone on our day, so who knows!!

The 2nd part of my great sporty weekend came yesterday when the Mighty Whites completely overturned the -15 penalty imposed on us by the Football League. We beat Hartlepool Utd 2-0 with goals from the prolific Tresor Kandol, and an absolute peach of a goal from Jermaine Beckford.
Now the playing field has been levelled out so to speak, lets really get down to business!!!
Well done to Wisey,and the lads. Keep up the good work!!

Finally, I'd just like to wish all the best at the start of the NFL season to the Oakland Raiders. I don't know a great deal about American Football, but do enjoy it and for some reason I've always had a soft spot for the Raiders. Sadly I wont be able to watch their game against the Detroit Lions on TV as I'm at work, although I might just catch the end of the game.
So I'll just say 'Go Raiders!!' :)

Bad Music Video Alert, No. 2

Here's the 2nd offering in my short series of bad music videos.
Apparently they're from Finland, and yes, looks very 70's again! What a marvellous decade the 70's were!

We wont hear the last of this.....

Well, what a bloody showing up that was. In my last post I predicted a tonking in the derby, but I didn't expect us to be the tonked!
All I can say is I'm glad I didn't end up going to the match as I may have strangled someone! (The Hubster for instance!)
Fair play to the Sith, they wanted it more than we did, in fact we was so poor, I got texts from RL fan pals from St Helens and Warrington wondering if we had threw the game to ensure a couple of full houses for next season! (Rovers kept their Superleague status by their win yesterday)
6-42 Was the final score, a damn disgrace if you ask me! Its a good job I'm having my hair done today, it helps me relax!

On a happier note, the Mighty Whites went on their barnstorming way with a 1-0 win over Luton. Now we are the only team with a 100% record in the entire football league!!
-3 and counting everyone!!! :D
MOT