tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62675542024-03-14T02:57:44.864+00:00Natural yogurt.Natural yogurt, that's a thought.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.comBlogger1080125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-1445673271734788272012-08-04T18:57:00.001+00:002012-08-04T18:57:29.925+00:00Moving on.I started writing this blog, natural yogurt, in January 2004. The internet and the way people use computers has changed a lot in those 8 years. The internet and the people using it has moved on a lot in that time. So after 1,086 posts it is now time for Stephen to move on to other platforms within the internet.
Many, many blogs have started and ceased being active in those 8 years. My blog has Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-6383545723472256552012-07-28T18:59:00.001+00:002012-07-28T18:59:54.236+00:00 Whistle by Flo Rida.
This song gets a lot of airplay on the radio and it is a real catchy tune. I like the song and I tend to sing along to it. But now I wonder if it is at all innocent? Is Flo Rida singing about a harmless whistle or is he really singing about oral sex and a blow job? Read the lyrics because they make me wonder and I think Flo Rida is a cheeky chappie!
Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby
Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-51741375114280689682012-07-27T07:28:00.000+00:002012-07-27T07:28:13.460+00:00Is The London Olympics The Next 9/11?
This is a very short story written in 2012 and is available as a small Amazon Kindle eBook of just 104 KB. It is a tale of conspiracy written in the style of an investigative journalist who remains anonymous. This report is nicely pitched and answers the problems of the recruitment of new security guards by G4S and the deployment of the army to make up the numbers. You can view this book as Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-11931427929085802102012-07-20T17:17:00.001+00:002012-07-20T17:17:53.502+00:00 Victim Six by Gregg Olsen .
Victim Six is a regular serial killer crime thriller novel. It is set in America and follows the work of 2 police officers and 1 journalist on the chase of the killer. They have to identify the killer and find him before another victim is found. This book is an entertaining read and is one of the better crime thrillers at the bookstore. The story develops the moods of a diverse character set andStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-58506784814245023392012-07-19T17:48:00.001+00:002012-07-19T17:48:58.080+00:00New duties at work.
We have another new roster that started this week down on the farm. The old roster basically had 22 duties spread over 32 weeks. This new roster is slightly larger with 24 duties spread over 34 weeks. This is because we have 2 new duties running a late night service to Gatwick Airport.
The big problem with this roster is the same as the old roster. There is NO PATTERN. All the duties are Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-45411929219154167102012-07-12T18:42:00.001+00:002012-07-12T18:42:44.677+00:00Barney gets his hair cut.
We took our pet dog to get his hair cut yesterday. Barney is a 12 year old Jack Russell - Lakeland Terrier crossbreed and we took him to the Best Friends Grooming Parlour, 6, Camms Corner, Dinas Powys, South Glamorgan CF64 4QY - Tel: 029 2002 0352.
We have taken him there before to have his hair cut and the service yesterday was just the same, first rate. Barney looks so much younger when heStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-16268173220047724762012-07-11T18:31:00.001+00:002012-07-11T18:31:30.580+00:00 The Magical Maze: Seeing the World Through Mathematical Eyes by Ian Stewart .
This book was written in 1997 and I downloaded a free copy onto my Kindle although it is no longer available on Amazon for some reason. The book uses the metaphor of a maze to explore how our world is related to mathematics. It is not a text book on pure mathematics but an easy read on applied mathematics - how our world follows mathematical rules. It does explain the beauty of mathematics and Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-29468983805334787342012-07-06T19:22:00.000+00:002012-07-06T19:22:58.000+00:00Announcement 13.
Following the success of the Coach Driver's onboard announcement guide, I now have the pleasure of posting an update with an additional announcement...
The effect of driver announcements in the real world (to be done when stationary) Announcement 13.
Step 1 - Bring your coach to a stop. Apply the parking brake and select neutral. Press the front door and luggage hold open buttons. Take a deep Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-857179539354810822012-07-02T19:23:00.000+00:002012-07-02T19:23:10.233+00:00The Christening.Okay folks, it is family time on Natural Yogurt. Readers by now will know that I am an Atheist but yesterday I was press-ganged into a church. Oliver was being Christened at the Church of the Resurrection, just down the road from us along the Grand Avenue in Ely, Cardiff. There were 2 children being Christened yesterday but we did not know the other family at the church. The Church of the Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-88822719070348624122012-07-01T10:07:00.000+00:002012-07-01T10:07:17.000+00:00 More chicken abuse. We read many tales about the bad treatment of chickens in our food chain. People want cheap food and as businesses cut costs, chickens are reared in worse conditions. But the cost cutting in the name of profit does not stop there. People serving hot take away chicken are now living and working in worse conditions. Take away shops in East London are ignoring the national minimum wage and as NewhamStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-59527435775422304122012-06-30T19:49:00.000+00:002012-06-30T19:49:18.894+00:00 Gaviscon to the rescue .Driving back from London on Thursday night I experienced some stomach pain, low down on the left. It was quite a localised pain as though somebody had kicked me there. I also felt very thirsty. Oh dear, I thought, maybe I have picked up a nasty little bug. When I got back to the farm I drank a litre of water before going home. At home I had a mug of coffee and a mug of squash before going to bed.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-56262068979771982052012-06-23T17:09:00.001+00:002012-06-23T17:09:46.914+00:00Corporate language.The use of corporate language really annoys me and it is spreading across the UK everywhere. I am used to the droning on by the nationwide company about "customers" rather than what these people actually are: passengers.
Today I have received a letter from E.ON - our energy supplier. The company has a new Chief Executive called Tony Cocker and he has written to all his account holders, who he Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-42590492752782824192012-06-22T18:52:00.000+00:002012-06-22T18:52:04.957+00:00The Phoenix Conspiracy by Richard Sanders .
Raidan is the model commander of the Phoenix starship doing his job keeping the Empire safe. He is well respected when suddenly he attacks and destroys some Rotham starships. This is totally out of character and he is arrested. No body knows why Raidan became a rogue commander and Calvin Cross decides to find out why he did it.
Okay, this novel is science fiction but I do enjoy all conspiraciesStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-65458121225320336012012-06-15T18:45:00.000+00:002012-06-15T18:45:32.224+00:00The level is down and the sound is a little different.We all get used to computers and take them for granted. We read displays and react accordingly. This happens in all walks of life. At work I switch on the electrics of my allocated coach, read some displays, press some buttons and do my walk around check.
In my car I switch on the ignition, watch the display boot up and when it is ready I start the engine. Easy peasy with with no warnings Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-41875689611514342542012-06-08T18:35:00.000+00:002012-06-08T18:35:17.611+00:00 The new toy .
Whilst away on holiday in Norfolk, I purchased a new toy. We took with us the laptop that runs Windows 7 and Gail took her tablet computer that runs Android. As readers of this blog will already know, I am not a fan of Windows and run Lubuntu with LXDE on our desktop computer. So there we were in Norfolk doing mobile computing away from home and it got me thinking. I played about on the laptop Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-50748055281486682552012-06-04T17:54:00.001+00:002012-06-04T17:54:33.130+00:00 Snatched off the bus. I was miffed that I was unable to go on holiday to Egypt because I was admitted to hospital. I have always enjoyed my foreign holidays and loved to potter about wherever we stayed. In the past we have had holidays in Turkey and I really used to enjoy travelling on their local bus services. These buses were called a dolmus, were of various seating capacities and provided very cheap, high frequencyStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-26462000921089954032012-06-03T17:33:00.000+00:002012-06-03T17:33:08.696+00:00 Annoying female habits. Women, they have some annoying habits and we can learn to live with them. Even so, women can be so damn annoying. Over on Yahoo! they have a list of 7 things women do that drive men mad .
So I read the article and all 7 issues are annoying but which one would get my vote as to being the most annoying? Simple, it was not even close between the 7 issues, there is only one simple winner by a lot Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-45220470825817884142012-06-02T17:26:00.000+00:002012-06-02T17:26:22.476+00:00 Raf I'm No Angel by Raf Nadroy.
This book is a long narrative told in the first person of the life from childhood to 50 of Raf Nadroy. He is an American male of Spanish descent and was born in New York. This is a good tale of a man growing up, who finds love and work as he copes with problems in relationships and business. He is very self deprecating and realizes his mistakes and missed opportunities. He explores many social Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-63271619255321041902012-05-30T18:50:00.000+00:002012-05-30T18:50:43.234+00:00My holiday in Norfolk.I was due to go away on holiday to Egypt but unfortuneately I was poorly and was admitted to hospital. The cost of the Egyptian holiday will be reclaimed from our travel insurance and having booked my time off work I hoped to still be able to go away. Gail and I had a brain storming session and decided to have a holiday in Britain. We knew what sort of holiday experience we were lookingStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-21435491202658618022012-05-23T19:32:00.000+00:002012-05-23T19:32:06.897+00:00Are traditional 101 button keyboards dying out?I read the other day that there are 10 million Twitter users in the UK. That is 1 in 6 Britons using Twitter and that 80% of their tweets are made using a mobile phone. These figures are quite surprising and they made me wonder.
These statistics mean that 8 million people a day in the UK are using smartphones to connect to Twitter and the internet plus email. That is a lot of people using Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-69445948652050289212012-05-22T18:04:00.000+00:002012-05-22T18:04:48.203+00:00 Beers of Europe
Quite a while ago I had a comment on this blog from. Grumpy Dragon about a shop near his home called Beers of Europe . I rememberd his comment and whilst I was on holiday in Norfolk I decided to visit this store on his recommendation. I am very glad that I did! Beers of Europe claims to be Britain's biggest beer shop and I have never seen anything like it before. The range of 1600Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-64799515222730808752012-05-17T13:56:00.003+00:002012-05-17T13:56:37.497+00:00Back from my holidays.
Stephen was due to go away on holiday to Egypt but unfortuneately I was poorly and was admitted to hospital. The cost of the Egyptian holiday will be reclaimed from our travel insurance and having booked my time off work I hoped to still be able to go away. Gail and I had a brain storming session and decided to have a holiday in Britain. We knew what sort of holiday experience we were looking Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-87950525288763466962012-05-12T20:24:00.001+00:002012-05-12T20:24:42.754+00:00The walled gardens of the internet .
I read a very good article in the Guardian newspaper a last month about how the internet has changed from an anarchic open space to tightly patrolled walled gardens. The article is quite large and you can read it in full by clicking the link above. However the gist of it is this...
Personal computers are "generative": they can be programmed to do more than they were set up to. SmartphonesStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-69598261288003306512012-05-11T19:22:00.000+00:002012-05-11T19:22:02.349+00:00 Crime in the Community by Cecilia Peartree .Amaryllis moves to Pitkirty in Scotland and straight away takes interest in joining the PLIF - Pitkirty Local Improvement Forum, a jolly band of characters who conduct meetings in the Queen of Scots pub. These monthly meetings are rather drab and appear to be just an excuse to go to the pub. But will the newcomer change things?
Crime in the Community is a farce about village life and steering Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860766779706141009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267554.post-26264229491017848972012-05-10T19:04:00.003+00:002012-05-10T19:04:53.327+00:00 How the other half live .I read a shocking article in the Guardian today. The image of London is one of prosperity and wealth. People are getting on with their lives in this vibrant city. You read that London prices are
around 25% higher than in the rest of Britain and you put this down to supply and demand. You think that London is such a wonderful and popular place to live and work that paying premium prices must
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