World Of Winfield

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Investing For The Future

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Microprocessor Development System - National Semiconductor Co., Model SC/MP, circa 1976

I’ve always thought of myself as someone that can spot trends, and as such have long been keen to try investing. The only reason I didn’t before was a lack of capital.  When you get charged like £12 to buy shares, then you cannot really be investing £100. My Easynet redundancy money had been sitting in my account, and I had managed not to spend it during my subsequent period of unemployment.  We are only talking 4 figures – nothing crazy – though that is a lot to me.  My, erm, life savings. And then last January, I read in … Continued

Crappy Little Day

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Fat-lady figure Circus World Museum

Well that was a crappy little day. I woke up late, and tired.  Drinking Red Bull and eating shit food from the off. I’ve said it before, but being fat is the one thing guaranteed to make me miserable, and putting on weight when eating healthy and doing some exercise like I did at the weekend has triggered me off on a run of eating lots of shit – approx 4,000 calories a day.  As opposed to 1,500 a day last week when I was happy…or a least content. So, of course I’ve put even more weight on and am … Continued

Detox Is Over

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So it finishes.  3 months without alcohol.  Finished already. I almost feel a little sad about it.  It’s like the end of a holiday.  I expected to jump up and down in excitement about the upcoming retoxification, but nah.  I feel very nonplussed about it. My 3 month detox was on doctor’s advice.  There is nothing wrong with my liver per se, but it needed a reduction of the fat content otherwise there was a good chance that there would become a problem. I’ve had my blood test today and now await the results.  Hopefully the doctor will say “party … Continued

I Have Joined A Gym

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Indoor gym

Yes, you read correctly. I have joined a gym. I figured that as I am nearly 40, exceptionally unattractive to women and still absolutely desperate to have multiple children – preferably to different women but the same one will do I guess, I should really do some critical analysis of why this is. The question that I have been asking all year to myself after 1000’s of unreciprocated right-swipes is why am I not attractive to women.  I mean, I have a mullet, after all.  And don’t forget the shiny green meggings. So I changed my gender on Tinder to … Continued

Work/Life Balance

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Harrow on the Hill Station

As good as everything is at the moment, it would be ideal if I had more time for myself during the week. I appreciate that people in other vocations sometimes have longer hours, but 9am to 6pm was a bit of a surprise when I started working at Lovespace – I hadn’t asked about the hours during interview, it was kind of irrelevant – but they are the longest working hours that I have ever known. Add on the journey to and from work, which is normally around 1 hour 15 each way – but can easily be more depending … Continued

2018 Goals

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purple foot bridge

I have goals.  I started thinking about them in January and finished some point last month.  In no particular order of priority, bar the top 2. Lifestyle Lose Weight.  Shock horror, this is here again and my number one goal.  Last year I started at 90kg and aimed to get down to 82kg.  I finished at 96kg.  This year I start at 97kg and want to get down to 85kg.  And next year, no doubt, I will be aiming to get down to 90kg or something fuckwitty like that. 3 Month Detox.  No alcohol and limited red meat for 3 … Continued

Highlights Of 2017

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Yeah I know, the reflective period for 2017 is long over.  But I started writing this during said reflective period (in my head, anyway), so I’m going to finish it. I normally do some kind of look-back at the year, more for my own purposes than anyone else’s amusement. You could call it a transition year, but I guess you could call many years for most people a transition year.  Though at the beginning of 2017 I was unemployed.  Quite happy about it at the beginning but it soon started to grate on me – I didn’t mind too much … Continued

Complaint: Memories & Yoghurts

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M & S, Kingston

Dear M&S I remember when I was a child, hating every single minute of being dragged around Marks & Spencer in Hull.  All I wanted to do was go out and play football, and perhaps set fire to the odd rubbish bin if I could steal some matches. But no, almost every Saturday, my mother and father decided that they would torture me by spending elongated periods in this infernal hell.  The only positive experience I ever had in there was when I found a penny on the floor. As soon as I was old enough to buy my own … Continued

Complaint: Tesco Avocados

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sliced avocado fruit

Sometimes it takes a bit of work to get a refund…or just to find common cause with your refunder: ****** Dear Tesco I am generally not a fan of your food quality – some will call me a snob, but I am from up north so not entirely sure that is something that can be aimed at me. Anyway, I actually quite like your avocados, and go through several a week.  Well, I normally like your avocados. Over the last month, I have had two pretty horrid, soft and close to inedible avocados from your Rayner’s Lane store. I will … Continued

Complaint – Brexit Costing Me Another £1 A Month – OFFICIAL!

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electronics engineer fixing cables on server

I received an invoice last month from my hosting company for £5.99 instead of the usual £4.99.  Cue an e-mail: Hello I noticed that you are trying to charge me £5.99 for hosting this month, instead of the usual £4.99. Please can you correct your invoice and ensure the correct amount of £4.99 is charged. Kind regardsJames ****** Hi James, Thank you for contacting us on the matter and apologies for the delay in my reply. I’m afraid the price of £5.99 is the correct amount of the hosting package as we have increased our hosting package’s prices by 20% … Continued