MMM Update

Well, there have been a few developments in the MMM community. Whilst the software is still not predicting accurately the next number, in fact it is not predicting it at all !!! It is however being used to put the human in a position whereby they can make an informed decision as to what the next colour will be. There are several scenarios, each of which can potentially give a different answer, that the users will apply to come up with a suggested next colour. It works well above the average for 'guessing' but is NOT 100%. Still it is a small way of improving the odds. I will continue to 'practice' with these methods to see if I can recognize the patterns to select the next colour more accurately.


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Over 1000 Visitors

Welcome to one and all. Since I have been running this blog there have been over a thousand visitors. OK, in terms of the web that is not a lot and I am sure the better ones can get this many in a day and I have been going for months but it means something to me. I have just checked and the blog has been going for a YEAR. WOW, I didn't realise that I started this last November. What has happened to the time?

Well a new car, a new caravan, new radiators in the hall & lounge, holiday in Turkey (thanks to the lousy British weather). Things can't be all bad and if the Money Maker Machine can finally get it's act together it would be wonderful.

Thank you for visiting. Even if you just pass through by accident you are welcome to browse.

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I'm getting fed up

I think the title says it all. We still do not have an update to the MMM program. Despite various promises and deadlines that have passed, the MMM Admin has not yet produced the goods.

Be aware that the version of MMM does NOT work 100% guaranteed in Real Money Mode. That is what all this development and testing has been about. The forum has suggested that we would be happy with 90-95% correct and the Admin keeps insisting that he has a working program. I don't think he has and he keeps trying to put us all off.

Don't get me wrong, it does work as a GAMBLING tool and you can be very successful using it, or you can loose using it. Like all other software for roulette out there, it is not 100% despite what the web site says. The Admin is trying to get it there and there have been numerous attempts at different methods but I don't think they have worked out how he wanted.

It has a useful feature that means you can simulate betting so you can try out your strategies without it costing you anything. It uses the martingale strategy to try and bet up to 8 times to win 1 unit ($/£/Euro). You can play and win without any intervention but the chances are at some stage you will reach the 8th bet and will have to decide what colour to bet on. If you get it right you carry on, if you get it wrong you loose up to 256 units.

All the effort has been in trying to work out what the 8th bets colour will be using a collected set of numbers, various pallets, learning systems and more, I am sure to come.

A lot of people are getting a little frustrated at this delay and prevarication. Myself included. OK it has only cost me my time at present so I cannot complain, but it seems that the web page promises more than it can delivery AT THIS STAGE.

If you want to join in then go ahead, be my guest. Please use the link on the right but be aware this tool is NOT yet ready to make some serious money out of the online casinos.

Byeeeee

I hope this testing eventually works

The testing continues, from X-Pallet to Multi-Pallet to Dynamic Betting Pallets to Static Betting Pallets. The refining continues to try and reach the 100% goal. The Admin is under a LOT of pressure to produce a system that works 90% of the time. He is holding out for 100%. I think we are near it with the various methods he is trying.

The scope of the tests has certainly grown, but this has, inevitably, led to further delays in getting a working product. I think this is frustrating a lot of members who were expecting something a month ago. There have been a few mutterings about the whole project and some members have been trying to disrupt the project and as a result have found themselves banned.

I think that this is an extremely difficult task to do and I am in it on the small chance that it might succeed. If it doesn't then all I have lost is some time and computing effort. BUT if it does work, then it could be very lucrative and the name Money-Maker-Machine would indeed be true.

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Testing, Testing, Testing

That's all we seem to have been doing of late. The Money Maker Machine moves on, but slowly. We now seem to have been testing different methodologies to win. Some worked, some didn't. However the Admin seems hopeful that he can work something out.

Still waiting for a new release (I told you his timing can be a bit out at times) and this is SOOOO frustrating. However if it does work then it will have been well worth the wait.

Byeeee.

Money Maker Machine

Well, this has taken a bit of a diversion!! The focus seems to have moved from trying to predict the RNG on a certain set of casinos to trying to find a way of being able to handle the RNG of all casinos. As a result approx 30 users are running an analysis program from the Admin to see what the numbers produce.

I don't know if this is going to mean a totally different direction for the MMM Tool to that initially suggested and as described on the web site (link on the right) but it does mean that the new version will not be around this week as had originally been scheduled. Some users are pushing for a scheme that gives a 95% correct prediction and will take the 5% hit when they loose but the Admin seems determined to try and find a 100% guaranteed method. Personally I'm with the first group. Let's get something working and earning some money whilst the Admin pushes to the 100% mark. I suppose it is the 80/20 rule, 80% of the work goes into the last 20% of the project.

Anyway we completed a set of tests yesterday and have uploaded the results to the Admin. He is to carry out an analysis of these results and then suggest what action is to be taken for further tests. I don't think he achieved what he was hoping for but I may be wrong as I haven't seen all the test results.

Time will tell.


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20 Ways To Make $100 Per Day Online

Interesting Item this. I have downloaded it and will need to take a while to work my way through the 200+ pages. However this could be something to take a look at. It could be for you. This is not a 'get rich quick' scheme but it could point you in the right direction for a 'steady' additional income for you.

No this is NOT a gambling scheme or anything like that. It is a PDF document that just might change your life

Try this link and see what you think. http://pathway100.com/?e=McMint

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Money Maker Machine - Another Update

The Money Maker Machine Admin is continuing to drip feed us hints about the changes he is making and the results of his testing. It all points to a very interesting program. It is looking very promising. He is talking about earning up to $2,000 a month on each casino. There are a LOT of casinos out there. Not all are suitable but there are a lot that are!!!!!

He is hinting that he will have a release candidate in the next couple of weeks. Well, I would not hold your breath as , based upon past experience, his timing is usually a bit out. However it is all looking very good at this stage. I am anxious to start testing. Not making money, but testing, as I have seen these kind of promises before. I have found that things seem to 'change' when you are spending actual money!! Maybe it is all in the mind, I don't know. It certainly adds an edge when you have to load up a casino with say £300 of your own money to start winning it all back and then some.

Byeeeee!!!

Money Maker Machine - Update

Oh boy. The MMM forum is buzzing. The Admin is slowly giving details of his plans and it is making the forum light up!! One thing he did say is that he has stopped all sales. If you did not get in before 1st October then you are going to have to wait and it is going to cost a lot more than the $300.

This system is not going to be cheap. In fact it is going to take quite an investment to get into it now but the Admin is saying that for every $100 invested in the MMM system it will allow you to win $200 and so on.

We have still to see the results of his tests and have not had a chance to do any testing of our own, but we are all certainly champing at the bit to get started. Once I get a chance to test things for myself I will let you know the outcome.

Byeeeee!!

It's Official - The Price IS going up

The MMMAdmin has just advised that

"I test on Online Casino and analyze tell me the right color
7 times from 8.So now I still work on problems that don't get
me 100%.

Anyway I play with simulator and won 1300$-200$lost=1100$ my
profit for today.

As soon as prove will be posted public our price will grow
up to 500$ and letter to 1000$ because it cost such amount
of money.

300$ for MMM is available until 1 October.

This is not promotional sales latter this is real fact."

English is not his native language so please excuse the grammar. However the important thing is that the analysis was correct in 7 out of 8 sets. Also note his comment about the price. If you want to get in, get in NOW via the link on the right. You can save yourself $200.

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Money Maker Machine

Well, there seems to have been a bit of a bun fight whilst I was away. One of the Co-Sysops has parted company from the scheme in what looks like a very messy way. It was a guy called Leeroy who seems to have left to start up his own scheme.

Anyway the original MMMAdmin is still in charge and is talking about successfully completing the analysis of the numbers collected. We are all now awaiting, with bated breath, to hear what the rules will be on how to use this tool to start winning at the various casinos.

There is talk that he will be limiting how much can be won in any one day/week/month(?) and what will be the best ways of staying beneath the Casino Managers radar with regard to excessive wins etc. The general consensus seems to be to win small, loose occasionally and keep switching casinos. We shall see.

Have a look at the web site, click on the icon on the right and see what it is all about. It might be worth considering buying at this stage as there is also talk of increasing the price once it is proven to work successfully. They have already increased the price once so be warned!!

Byeeeee!!

I'm Back!!

Well, back successfully from not so sunny Blackpool. It was an alright break but not much of a holiday. Some days we had gorgeous sunshine, others gale force rain. Well it is September so I shouldn't complain. We normally go across to North Berwick in Lothian, Scotland and for some reason we always seemed to get reasonable weather. Maybe we will go back there next year.

It certainly brought out the class divide. I'm firmly middle class and most of the people were working class or old age pensioners. Nothing wrong with that , but I felt it was just not my scene. Fish and Chips and Hen/Stag parties all abound.

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Things are Starting Again

Well, the MMMAdmin has just hinted that by the end of the week he will release the analysis to members. Also that the next stage of testing will commence which will lead to testing to develop some winning strategies and after that to play for Real Money.

It is getting near. One thing that he did say is that we will need to collect 1% of numbers for all the casinos that we wish to play at. That is a LOT of number crunching so it looks like it is back to number collection and soon to be playing on the 3 casinos that we already have the numbers for. It takes about 4-6 weeks to gather all the numbers per casino, although you can collect at more than one site at the same time thanks to Windows multi tasking. That is all 100 members collecting as much as they can. Come and join us. Use the icon on the right and have a look.

Typical, he starts more work just as I go on holiday for a week. Ah well, c'est la vie.

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On Holiday

From tomorrow night I will be on holiday for a week. So there will be no more updates. I am taking the caravan and the wife to Blackpool to see the Illuminations. In all our years we have never seen them. We used to go to Blackpool quite regularly but it was always early in the season. Let's hope it does not rain too much!!


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Still Waiting

Well the numbers may be gathered and the analysis continuing but it is very difficult to be patient. It does not help that the MMMAdmin's PC crashed and he had to re-install XP (it's so unusual that!!) No data was lost as the numbers are on separate servers but this waiting game is terrible. I am not the only one champing at the bit. There are a lot of members pushing for news. I don't know if this long wait is a good or a bad thing. Does it mean there are issues or is he testing various changes out? Nobody knows and he is keeping tight lipped.

I certainly don't want something that is not going to work, but I will be hugely disappointed if we have to go back to number collecting because the theory didn't work.

Time will tell.


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The numbers are gathered

Well the money maker machine Admin has advised us that he has the requested number of spins at the 3 casinos that he requested. So now he starts the analysis of over 80 MILLION numbers. I don't know what he uses to do this analysis but it will not be easy. Even splitting them over 3 casinos.

However we all now hold our breath to see if he is able to prove his supposition that, from a list of 1% of the possible spins on an on-line casino's site, he can 'predict' with accuracy what the next colour will be. He has over 60 casinos in the list that use the same Random Number Generator and we have collected enough for 3 of them! One thing he has found is that the 3 casinos may use the same RNG but they do not produce the same result. They are each independent. That may need to having to collect 1% for each casino. That will be quite a task for such a small team of active collectors.

I was at the top of the daily list of numbers collecting peaking out at about 180,000-190,000 a day for 3 casinos. Imagine if we have to do this excercise for 60 casinos!!!! That will be a lot of computing.

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The Moody Blues

Ahh, nostalgia. I have just watched a concert on DVD by the Moody Blues. They are one of my favourite groups from the days when I was a teenager. OK that is going back a bit. In fact nearly 40 years. The sad thing is I still know the words to all the songs. My wife asked me if I was in pain. Me, I thought I was singing along quite nicely. Better not bother trying to get on the X-Factor then!!!!

It reminded me of a concert I saw on video 20 years ago by the Electric Light Orchestra. I think it was the Out of the Blue Concert. I am not sure. But I still remember their version of Roll Over Beethoven. Absolutely brilliant. I have never seen them live but I would like to.

I have most of their CD's (and ALL the Moody Blues ones). Maybe I should dig some out and have the rest of the evening surfing nostalgia.

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Did you miss it?

Well, I have just checked the Money Maker Machine web site (link on the right) and the price has indeed increased to $300. I did warn you. OK it was not a lot of warning but I put it on the blog as soon as I heard.

It is still worth buying. Yesterday on of the co-admins advised us all that he had found a sequence of 350 numbers that matched exactly to those that had been recorded by another member. That meant for that sequence of numbers he could GUARANTEE what the next number would be. That is an AWESOME feat for Roulette. No wonder it is called a Money Maker Machine!!!!

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You were warned

The Admin of MMM has just announced that the price of the Money Maker Machine software will be going up from the 1st September. The price increase is from $97 to $300. Better get in quick if you want to join this revolution!

The collection of numbers from the 3 designated casinos is nearly completed and the analysis of the data will take place. It is hoped that this analysis will give the software the ability to predict accurately the next colour after a sequence of loosing spins. If that is the case then this indeed will be a money maker.

For your interest, I ran the software in Fun Play mode last night and won £1000 over a 2 hour period, with the software having to refer to the analysis 4 times and it got it right 4 times. OK it was not real money but this is the kind of scenario that they are hoping to reproduce with REAL MONEY. There will be some limitations on how much you can win and what casinos you can use it on but I think that is to keep us below the 'radar' of the casinos so that they do not cancel our accounts.

Give it a try, even at $300 the potential to win is very great.

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MMM - Nearly There

Well, I have been collecting casino roulette spins for the Money Maker Machine now for approx a month. I have managed to collect nearly 4.5 million numbers. The total number collected by all the members is over 70 million! The Admin reckons that if he can gather a certain number of 'spins' for each of 3 casinos he will be able to predict with 100% accuracy what the next colour will be. In fact he is able to do this with the 'Fun Mode' play at the moment. He is working on the 'Real Money' play now.

It is hoped we will have gathered enough numbers to make this analysis possible by the end of this week. Then the testing begins. It will certainly be interesting if it works. That is why it is called the "Money Making Machine". If it runs as well in Real Mode as it does in Fun Play then it will be really effective in winning at on-line Roulette.

Curious about it? Click the logo on the right and have a look. It is all explained and the Admin has indicated that the price will be increasing dramatically once the Real Play has been developed successfully. You can download a demo version for free. Try it out and play in Fun Mode, you have nothing to loose (except a bit of time).

There is a very active Forum where the discussions range from the mathematics of Random Number Generators to Scams to doubts about if the program will work etc.etc.

It is definitely worth having a look.

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Money Maker Machine

Well things are definitely happening over at MMM. We are collecting numbers at the moment and have nearly reached our target. I personally have collected nearly 3.5 million numbers covering 3 casinos. The Administrator is beginning to let out details as to how the whole thing will operate, although it is still a bit vague. I am trying to get to grips with it all, but it is definitely worth getting into at this stage. The cost WILL go up once the tool has proved it's worth. At present the Admin does NOT recommend trying to use real money with this tool. In fun mode you can easily make hundreds in an hour and there is now a simulator mode that allows you to test things out in real mode without actually spending any cash. At present my cash deposits at these casinos has been absolutely zero. The system is still proving itself and testing is going on as to how to use it.

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Next Blog Button

Does this button annoy anybody else? I click on it and it takes me to another , so called random, blog. The trouble is that it is very often in another language. Not much good to me!! Then, if you are going through a whole stack of blogs, the same ones keep appearing. Several times in fact. So it strikes me as not really being very random and a pain in the butt if you cannot specify that you want a specific language.

Just my 2 bits worth!!

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Echo, Echo, Echo

It sure is quite in here. Like a great big empty room. I feel kinda lonely. :{

Is there anybody there? Sounds like a seance doesn't it??

Ho Hum, well I suppose I had better keep on rabbiting on . Better to keep myself amused than anybody else....

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Just a brief post

If you are curious how the Money-Maker-Machine works there are a series of videos that explain it all. Click on this link and have a look

http://www.thomasrgrant.com/mmm-videos.html

It is an interesting proposition. Once you have seen them click on the link on the right and download your evaluation copy FREE.

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I Feel Like Marvin

You know. That Paranoid Android from 'The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy'. Depressed. No comments from anybody. I wonder if the counter is increasing only because I keep visiting my site from work. Am I the only one? Looking at the hit map would suggest not. Who knows. Is the Blog that boring, with no pictures and no regular updates as to what I am doing or thinking. Suggestions anybody?

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Anybody Tried It?

Has anybody tried the Money Maker Machine using the logo on the right? I would be interested in anybody's comments. Come to think of I would like any comments. I know people are looking at the site (well a few are (grin)) but I have never had a single comment. Is the blog that bad!!!!!


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Well I'm Back

Yep, back from a sweltering Turkey. It was HOT. 45 degrees in the shade. I have no idea what it was in the sun but it was just too hot. I'll try and upload some pictures. Icmeler is a lovely place and I would go back but not in July. May or September seem to be the best months, or so we were informed by the locals.

You may have noticed a small (grin) logo on the right. Click on it to take you to a site that has a very interesting premise. They are trying to see if the random number generators on casino web sites are not as random as they might think and they feel that, with enough statistics, it may be possible to 'predict' the results. It may or may not work, but I have run with it in test mode and changed a £2000 bank into a £3000 bank inside a week. That is impressive. Go on, have a look. It may be worth joining www.money-maker-machine.com to see what you can do.

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Summer Holiday

Well I am about to go on my Summer Holiday. A week lying on a Turkish beach relaxing. I hope I like it. I normally go in a caravan down to England but that is a bit soggy at the moment, due to the recent floods.

Talk to you when I get back.

Byeee.

All Change

As you will have noticed, I have changed the template. I quite like the look of this one, although it is a little narrow. OK there are a lot more adverts as well, but I don't think they are too intrusive.

Go on, be a devil, click on one of them. Make me some money (albeit only a few pennies). I will never get that Villa in the Bahamas at this rate (grin). Despite all the adsense hype I don't think you earn that much from these Google ads.

If you don't want to do that why not visit http://www.money-maker-machine.com/
or http://webfindthebiz.com/ it will be worth while (grin).

Comments anyone?

Byeeeee

Something Else to try

If you have read many of my previous posts you will see that I have tried various 'gambling' schemes. Usually with little success. Ok these 'experiments' have not cost me a lot each but over time I suppose they all add up.

Now, call me a fool, (you're a fool - grin) but I have come across a piece of software that seems extremely useful. It is roulette software that helps to predict a sequence of numbers based upon past experience of it's members. What it is trying to do is record over 2 million number sequences from a know random number generator that is used by over 60 on-line casinos.

They have recorded the numbers for 'Fun Play' and if you use the software in fun play mode it is very impressive. I turned a £2000 bank into £3000 inside a couple of days whilst learning how to use the software. That is impressive. I did loose at times and it tells you when to cut and run.

The system is called Money Maker Machine and you can find it on www.money-maker-machine.com

It is an interesting premise and, as I say, the fun mode is very impressive. They are running the number gathering for their R2 project at the moment and have completed about 65% of the required numbers. If this works in 'real money' mode as well as it does in 'fun' mode then it will be a killer.

It is not available for US or Canadian people and I believe there are restrictions in France that prevent people from using On-Line Gambling Casinos but apart from that it is open to all.

If you take a look and decide to give it a go then could you be so kind as to use my number as a referee 7502544817. That way I get credit for introducing new members. Try the link to

http://games.softpedia.com/get/Tools/Money-Maker-Machine.shtml

and download the 15 day trial version. Then join the forum and read about Leeroy who is giving full licences away to try and encourage new users to the data collection side of project R2.

Have fun

Byeeeee!

The Results

Well, after spending several hours at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley (dodging the Police and TV Reporters to get in) I have had my Day Surgery and the result is ..... I have an ulcer. Well at least that explains a lot.

No sympathy required (not even from the wife, although to be fair she did take the day off work to take me there and bring me back so I shouldn't complain).

From doing a bit of research on the web, it can be treated, usually with a course of antibiotics. I mentioned, way at the beginning of this blog that I am type 2 diabetic. Well part of the treatment is to take a soluble aspirin every day. Whether that has been the cause, or merely contributed to it, I don't know. However it does mean yet more visits to the doctors and another examination in 6 weeks time. As long as it gets resolved I don't mind.

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This is getting too close to Home

Further to my earlier comments about Glasgow Airport, I come home to find out about incidents at The Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. Guess where I am going tomorrow lunchtime. I will not go into the reasons why but suffice to say it is the Day Surgery Unit.

Here I am watching the BBC News and there is their chief correspondent right outside the car park I will be going to. This is definitely too close to home. I live 7 miles from Glasgow Airport, 4 miles from Houston and the RAH is my nearest main hospital. In fact, on Sunday when I was coming home from Paisley a Police car and van charged past us at some traffic lights. Well I saw the same van on TV today. It was the Bomb Disposal Unit. I think it may have been going to the first 'controlled' explosion at the RAH. There were two more today.

Oh Boy!!

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A Sign of the Times

Well, you may not know it but I live near Glasgow Airport, in fact right under the flight path. It was eerie on Saturday afternoon/night when there were no planes coming in or out. It was so quite.

To sit in your own lounge and watch the events unfold at a place I know well is, to say the least, a little unsettling. It is the holiday season, friends flew out last Friday, others are due out next Saturday and I and my wife are due to fly out the following Saturday.

We will have to allow even more time for check in. Even just getting to the terminal building looks like a nightmare. Hopefully by the time we fly things will have settled down a little and will be back to semi-normal (or as normal as it ever does).

I take my hat off to those people who tackled these 'bombers' and kept them alive. It is sad that they make these indiscriminate attacks that can affect all peoples. I cannot understand the hatred they must feel to put themselves at risk as well as the lives of all the others. I worked in the middle east for 10 years and have nothing but love for the people. They were friendly and very hospitable. OK I did not meet them all, I only met a small minority and was lucky enough not to be involved with these 'extremists' but I did travel throughout the Middle East and I am greatly saddened by the way things are going.

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Arghhhh - Holidays

I was planning on going on holiday in just over a fortnight. We have a touring caravan and take it to various parts of the United Kingdom over the course of a year. Well we were due to go down to Tewksbury for a site by the river Avon. That was the plan. Till torrential rain has caused severe flooding of the town and the site is under a couple of feet of water!!!! Now even if the water subsides I don't think the site will be in a fit state to use by the time we get there (on Friday the 13th would you believe!!).

So last night the wife and I started to try and find alternatives. Well as most of Southern England is flooded we discounted them. The North is either booked or sites we do not want to go to. So we thought, why not go abroad. Oh Boy. Talk about spoilt for choice. The problem is my wife and I could not agree on a place to go. I fancy Turkey (we have never been there) but my wife wants Menorca (we have been there several times). I don't know where we will end up at this short notice but it could be an interesting visit to the travel agents tonight.

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Betfair

Just a quick question. Has anybody ever tried Betfair? I have been using it for a while now with very mixed success (as you will have noticed). I am playing about with the Poker (Texas Hold'em) using a betting bot which is in beta test at the moment. Anybody else using one? Had any success with it? I have tried about a dozen strategies and each seem to have their moment but ultimately fail. Am I doomed to fail? Is the random nature of the game going to be my downfall? Comments anybody?

Byeeeeee

A week has gone by

I can hardly believe that a week has gone by without me doing an update to this blog. Not much of a blogger am I? Don't answer that !!!

The horses have been uncooperative so I am paper trading them and I am testing some beta software for trading on the Betfair games in particular the Turbo-Poker. Last week it was brilliant and I was able to raise my bank from £100 to £300 however Betfair carried out an 'upgrade' this week and everything suddenly stopped. In fact it started to loose money. So I am back paper trading that as well to try and find the settings that will produce consistent profits.

I will find something yet.

Byeee.

Friday Afternoon

Well, it is Friday Afternoon. The middle of June and it is raining cats and dogs outside. You would think it was autumn not the middle of summer. Less than a week to the longest day and the summer solstice and it is pouring down.

Mind you, it does mean I do not have to water the garden and as I managed to get the grass cut earlier in the week, the garden actually looks quite good. Well, for me that is (grin). Hmmm, I wonder how you can get the various 'smiley's' that you see around into a blog? Anybody know?

The horses are playing silly buggers and I had to top up my betfair account on InPlayMaster as it managed to hit me with some long odds winners. I have changed the settings and so do not get as many bets but then I don't get so many losses either and when I do they are much lower odds so I can loose up to £10.00 instead of £24.00. The manual does state that each persons settings are individual. I get the impression that there are not that many users out there as the owner is a little cagey about giving out the actual settings that he has found to work.

The problem is, as always with these things, consistency. You will always get losses, it is making sure that the wins outnumber the losses in value. I was getting 12 wins and 1 loss and I was still down on the day! These days I seem to be laying the second place horse. I don't know how close it is but as long as it looses I don't mind.

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Darn those Horses

Oh, the unpredictability of those horses when they are racing. You would think that when they are fourth in the last furlong they would have the decency to stay there instead of going and winning !!! (grin) OK I think you can guess what I am leading up to.

2 days on the trot (if you will pardon the pun) I suffered 2 winners that I had backed to loose. It wiped out all my profits and forced the Stop Loss trigger to kick in and prevent any further losses.

Then, yesterday, the opposite happened. Everything went to plan and the Stop Profit trigger kicked in when I have reached my maximum daily profit target. Why have one of them, well it can be very frustrating to build up a nice profit throughout the course of the day, to see it wiped out by a loosing bet right at the end. I set myself a maximum daily limit and said I would not be greedy as risk always involves a gamble and you can loose the lot.

If you remember I have had a couple of days where I have had to work had to recover from some losses. If you have made a reasonable profit, take the money and run.

InPlayMaster delivered yesterday and we are back in profit on my starting bank. Not by much so let us hope it can work it's magic today.

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InPlayMaster

Wow, what a roller coaster ride this InPlayMaster is!! I had 20 bets today and lost 2 of them but it still managed to recover those losses and I ended up in a profit. OK not a lot but still a profit.

In the 1st week I have increased the betting back by over 50%, Yes I know it was a SMALL bank to start off with so a 50% increase is not that big, but hey, it's the principle of the thing!!

Let us hope the refinements I have made to the settings will produce a profit tomorrow. I have limited it so that if I reach £20 profit on the day it will stop. Now £20 is not a lot but if I can get near it consistently I will be a very happy bunny. In fact I will be a happy bunny just making a profit each day!!

I did think that InPlayMaster was going to let me down today but a late run on the last 3 races of the day took me from loss to a profit!! Let's hope I don't need that kind of recovery tomorrow.

Byeeeeee

Auto-BF/InPlayMaster

Well Auto-BF has blown it! A run of 6 loosing races caused the staking system to blow the bank away. That's it cleaned out. So bye-bye Auto-BF. It was doing well up to that point. A nice steady profit most days then it fell from grace. Sigh.

Ah well, on to other things. Auto-BF is history what is next?

Well I have come across a system called InPlayMaster. So far I have been running it a week and from a £50 betting bank I have increased it to approx £80. It would have been a LOT better today but for 4 losers out of 21 bets. I still made a profit, just not as much as I would have liked.

It is a bot system where you set up some rules and during the running of the race, if the selection criteria are met then then it will place either a back or a lay bet, dependent upon which way you choose. The trick is selecting the rules. You would not believe just how many races there are in the UK each day. They must be about every 10 mins during the week and last weekend it was nearer every 5 minutes.

The manual gives you some suggestions but it is really up to you to 'refine' your own rules. It has a 'paper' trading option where it will run your rules on a live race but not place any actual bets so you can see how your rules are doing and tweak them accordingly. I don't know if I have been lucky but I have had some days with no losses and others like today with 4. Some days I made a profit and some I did not. It's like all gambling you have to take the losses with the wins.

You don't have to be sitting there watching it. Once you have set up your rules, add the races you want to follow and leave it to do the rest. I set it up in the morning and leave it running the rest of the day (up till 9.00pm at the moment as that is roughly when the last race is).

It only works with UK & Ireland racing where Betfair provides in race betting. I'll let you know how it is doing later.

Byeeeeeee

www.webfindthebiz.com

I don't know if anybody has gone to this site from here but I was looking at my first weeks stats and I couldn't make up my mind if there were any issues with the web site. I have had a couple of people sign up to my ezine newsletter and I hope the auto responder is working OK.

I have made some changes to the web pages and hopefully I have prevented the dreaded 404 - page not found error. If anyone goes to www.webfindthebiz.com and come across a problem, could they please leave me a comment here and I will look into it as quickly as I can.

Many thanks.

Byeeeeeee

Auto-BF

One thing I forgot to mention is that Auto-BF's subscription is 4 weeks at a time and does NOT include weekends. If you want your subscription to Auto-BF to include the weekends you have to pay an extra £30. That I think is expensive considering how many UK races there are during the week. To pay an extra 50% for 2 more days races seems a bit much to me.

Just my 2 cents worth

Byeeee

About The Horses

Hi there,

You may remember that a while ago I started looking at various ways of trying to earn a little sideline using Betfair and laying loosing horses in the UK racing scene. Well, surprise, surprise, it didn't work out and eventually all the schemes I tried failed. Some took longer than others, but that's the way it goes.

However, I have come across a piece of software that seems to be running at a profit. So far I have increased my betting bank by 50% in just a month. The software is called Auto-BF. It is a monthly subscription software that basically acts as a betting bot and will try and put place bets on the favourite for each race. If it looses then it uses progressive staking to try and recover. So far I have only had 1 day when it did not return a profit, and that was because I was fiddling with the settings so I can't really blame Auto-BF for that. I use the default settings and the only change I make is the amount of Profit Per Race that I want to make each day. This is recommended to be a percentage of your betting bank and they suggest that you use between 0.01% and 0.05% of your bank.

I stared out with a very small bank and have just about covered the cost of the 4 weekly subscription. As the bank grows, so does the PPR and eventually so does the bank. The bigger the bank, the bigger the potential return.

As always, there is no guarantee and some days Auto-BF has made a profit, but it has been very small. Nothing is guaranteed and a long run of loosing bets can very quickly wipe out your bank. I think the longest run I have had without a winner has been 4 races and my bank can take about 6-7 loosing races.

The good thing about the software is you set it running in the morning and leave it alone. It does everything else for you. So I set it running on my home PC and go to work. Come back at night and see how I have got on. I like Auto-BF for it's simplicity. One thing though, you need to have Excel installed on your PC. Open Office will not work.

I will try and occasionally update how I am getting on with Auto-BF.

Byeeeeeee

Go have a look

Hiya,

I have been messing around with this site again but more importantly do you want to earn some MONEY off the web. You can, easily. Follow the link to http://www.webfindthebiz.com

You will find access to HOURS of video content that will show you, in a step by step way, where to get information and how to create a niche market for yourself that will earn you MONEY.

If in doubt about this go take a look. It is worth it. This could be the start of a beautiful relationship where I help you and you can make some money.

You can also use the top link on the interesting links on the right.

Go, Go, Go, Go (as they say in the best movies)

All the best.

Byeeeee

Hello Riyadh.

I've just been looking at the Cluster Map and noticed that I have had a visitor from what looks like Riyadh. Ahlan Wasahlan.

I spent 2 years working in Riyadh for an insurance company called United Commercial Agancies. I don't know if they are still going, it has been 28 years since I left. They used to be on Airport Road (that is to the old airport, not the new King Fahad one. Mind you, after all this time that can no longer be classed as new!!(grin).

I then spent 8 years in Bahrain working as a Loss Adjuster and travelled the area extensively. That company (Robins Davies Middle East S.A.R.L) is no longer in Bahrain, but they were good days and I occasionally hanker after going back. It will not be the same, I can tell that from Google Earth and by following the blog called Mahmood's Den. (see the link to that on the right).

The one constant thing is change (getting a bit deep there!!).

Byeeeee

'This is the Biz' Newsletter

Hi'ya all,

Well I have finally taken the plunge and set myself up with an internet business. It is a great system on how to create niche products for you to sell on the internet/ebay etc. It is not just any old ebook. It is a full VIDEO course and what's better it's FREE.

C'mon over and try it out. Have a look at http://www.webfindthebiz.com and let me know what you think. Sign up for it and test out the products. There are some really great ideas in there.

Byeeee

Still Here - Just not doing much typing :{

Hiya all. Sorry for the length of time since my last Blog. Slapped wrist and all that!!! OK I was just being lazy.

The car is great, I have now done over 2000 miles in it and this coming weekend will be taking it for it's first outing with the caravan. We will be going up to Banchory in Scotland. It is just to the west of Aberdeen. It is an area of the country that I have not been to before so I am looking forward to it. It is about 3 hours from where I live (just to the West of Glasgow) so it should be a good run for the motor.

One thing that I have noticed is that I do not get the mileage out of it that I did with the Peugeot. I used to get 2 weeks out of a tank full but this one has to be refilled each week. Not quite the same amount but still noticeably less miles per tank (and it is a bigger tank!!). The Peugeot used to give me about 40 miles to the gallon. The Kia must be about 35-36. Now that does not sound much but when you do over a 1000 miles a month it adds up. OK I am not doing the heavy miles of a Commercial Salesman but that is basically just commuting to and from work plus a few trips at the weekend.

So much for that moan

The weather outside is glorious and I do not want to be in the office. Where I work has no natural daylight and is cooled by Air Conditioning so I never know what it is like outside till I go home.

The weather is supposed to last till the end of the weekend so I should get some benefit with the caravan. What it will be like next week is another matter.

Anyway byeeee for now.

I done It!!!!!

I have finally done it. My NEW CAR is sitting in my driveway. All brand new and shiny with that new car smell. Mind you that won't last long (grin). I have already doubled the mileage on it (not difficult when it only has delivery mileage on it).

This is the first time I have ever bought a BRAND NEW car. Normally they have been a year old to get the price down etc. but this time I just went for it.

I will be getting a tow bar fitted on Saturday.That will be an early start (well for a Saturday). The car has to be there by 8.00am for them to complete the work by lunchtime when they close.

It was indeed the Kia Sorento XE that I was talking about earlier. The size and height of the thing is taking a bit of getting used to but I'm sure in a weeks time (or less) it will all seem perfectly normal.

So far I have stalled it twice and 'kangaroo hopped' it 2 or 3 times. Luckily I was on my own at the time to save my embarrassment.

It has an 80 litre tank so if I ever have to fill the tank from near empty it will cost me a fortune. My previous car (a Peugeot 406 HDi estate) has a 70 litre tank and that would last a couple of weeks before I would fill it back up. It will be interesting to see how I get on with this new car.

Byeeeee

Lost Again

I really don't know if I should be trying this Horse Betting Lark. Today I had a choice of 3 horses in 3 different races. I chose one of them as I only make 1 bet a day. Well 2 won and one lost. It does not take a genius to guess which one I chose!!!! I am definitely not making anything at this lark. Mind you, I am not exactly spending a lot either. One of these days I will stumble across a more consistent way of doing things (Grin).

Byeeeeee

Like New Glasses

I installed my new 19 inch monitor last night. WOW what a difference a couple of inches make (grin). The screen is so large and sharp. I was able to increase the resolution and it looks GREAT. With my failing eyesight (everybody say Ahhhh!!!) it makes reading the text so much easier.

I'm still tweaking the settings but watching films on it is like watching them on TV (or better sometimes as you can now get programs recorded from HD TV).

The only disadvantage with this new monitor is the built in speakers. I deliberately chose it with speakers but they are not as good as the ones in my old monitor. I have a set of Harman/Kardon speakers and a set that came with my PC when I bought it just over a year ago but they take up room on my desk, hence the built in speakers. I will see how happy I am with the sound but I may end up fitting the external speakers.

Byeeeeee

I Changed My Mind

I decided I didn't like the other layout so we will try another one. I don't know if anybody is actually looking at this blog as I have had no comments to any of my blogs. I hope someone is following my rants & raves or at least looking at them. After all I'd be a bit of an idiot talking to myself. Well, maybe not. :}

Byeeee

I Got It - At Last

I have finally signed up to get my new car. I have got the new Kia Sorento, Silver in colour and I even (although at the time I didn't know it) test drove the actual car I am buying.

The car I had driven in January was the previous years model. The one today is the one just releae by Kia, with the bigger BHP and a different chassis. It certainly did not drive like a 4X4 diesel. The engine had plenty of poke and plenty of room inside.

I have decided to pick the car up on the 1st March when the new 07 plates come out. OK I will have to wait a few weeks but I think it will be worth it.

Whoopeeeeeee

Super Size Me

OK well, I am not exactly talking burgers here. I'm actually talking about a new TFT monitor. I have just ordered a new 19" TFT monitor from Amazon.co.uk. I have wanted a larger monitor ever since I bought my present PC just over a year ago. I have been using the 15" monitor from my previous PC so I think watching any TV on it, or even playing Eve-OnLine will be a bit like going to the pictures at first. OK it's not that big and it's not surround sound but it will be a big improvement over what I have.

I had originally asked for it for my Birthday/Christmas (both are in December) but I managed to get a new photo printer (HP Photosmart C5180) out of QVC instead. It cost a lot more than the monitor but I have been able to do some great montage pictures for my family and the Church. I was Father Christmas for the Sunday School party and a friend took some photos. Well, by the next day I had an A4 montage of them all and was able to give it to the Sunday School. The kids loved it.

One of the funny comments made (I live in Scotland - but I am English) from one of the kids was that he thought I must be the Real Father Christmas as I didn't have a Scottish accent (as had all the other Father Christmas's they had seen). Ah, the innocence of children. God Love them All.


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Oops I'm in Trouble

Looks like I have upset the folks at AdSense. In my efforts/ignorance I have been clicking on the adverts supplied by Google. Silly me. Apparently that is against the rules as it will generate income for me.

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If you are clicking on the ads on your web pages for testing purposes,please note that clicking on your own ads or encouraging others to do so for any reason is prohibited, due to the potential for inflation of advertiser costs. Please be assured that there is no need to test the ads on your site, as our specialists review all of our ads to ensure that they meet Google's advertising standards.

If you would like to visit the destination of an ad to view its content or to add it to your filter list, you can use the AdSense Preview Tool, available here:

(I have removed the link)

The Google AdSense preview tool is an addition to the right-click menu for Windows Internet Explorer 6.x, allowing you to preview the ads that may show on any web page. Clicks and impressions from the preview tool are not applied to the advertiser's account. You can click through to the target site without worrying about invalid clicks being generated on your account, and without costing the advertiser for your test clicks.

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I was actually looking at the adverts. Yes, I admit I was looking at the adverts repeatedly especially as I was trying to change the layout of my Adsense block to show more adverts. Some of them I was looking at as I was interested in what they had to offer.

Be careful all you bloggers, the AdSense Police are watching!!!!

Ah well, knuckles well and truly wrapped!!

Byeeeeee

What Do You Think

New layout. Do you think it is better or worse than the previous one? I'm as yet undecided and am still experimenting so it may change periodically.


Byeeeee

Back to the Drawing Board

Well the bad news was confirmed. The contract for my new car is cancelled so I have to start looking again. Unfortunately now that we are another month on the deals that were available have now finished and the Kia Sorento is back to an expensive car to lease.

So it is back to try new quotes and see what deal I can get. It looks like it is going to cost me about another £70 a month, at least!!! I still want a Kia Sorento as my reasons for wanting it have not changed. Just the finances as to how I get it. Another thing is that my present car (Peugeot 406 Hdi Estate ) is another month older and another 1,000 miles on the clock which means that it's value is dropping too. Such is life. I will get there yet.


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No Car

Yep, the title says it all. After signing up for the Kia Sorento from a leasing company it appears that Kia have changed the terms of the deal and the Leasing company have cancelled their contract with me. Sooooo No Motor. Back to the drawing board. I still want a Sorento, for the same reasons that I chose it in the first place, but I will just have to get it elsewhere.

Sigh !!!

Byeeeeee

15 Ways To Get Real Frustrated With Your PC

I work in IT as I mentioned in my bio. Whilst I don't deal with the hardware issues I do overhear conversations that make the following just have a hint of truth. Enjoy.

15 Ways to Get Real Frustrated With Your PC

I finally figured out this one client.

Since I teach all my clients how to fix and protect their PCs, I couldn’t understand why this one client frequently arrived at my office, broken computer in hand, paying me to fix it.

Every problem he presented was one I taught him how to prevent or fix himself, but it didn’t seem to matter. He was a really nice guy so I would explain the whole procedure again, show him how to do it, make sure he could do before he left my office … but he’d return again – with the same problem or one close to it. He even presented me some real whoppers from time to time. Teaching him was kind of like nailing Jell-O to a tree.

One day it dawned on me: in his mind a PC is supposed to have problems – something is supposed to go wrong or … it’s not right. I know there must be some old proverb written about that kind of mentality but I can’t think of it. If you do, let me know.

So, for those of you who enjoy PC frustration (or want a good laugh) here’s what you can do:

1. Instead of shutting down your PC, just flick the power switch on the back of the tower.
2. When you’re on the Internet, click “yes” or “ok” to everything that pops onto your screen, regardless of what you’re agreeing to.
3. Visit as many sex, gambling, and related sites as you can.
4. Download everything you can find on the Internet as long as it’s free.
5. Open every email and email attachment, no matter who it’s from.
6. DO NOT have your firewall turned on in your Windows XP and, certainly, do not install a firewall program for other versions of Windows.
7. NEVER update Windows with the latest patches and fixes.
8. DO NOT install an anti-virus program, and – if you have one – don’t update it or use it to scan your computer for viruses. Ever.
9. DO NOT install an anti-Spyware program on your computer.
10. NEVER clean your mouse or keyboard.
11. DO NOT have a good surge protector to plug in your computer, monitor, and other peripherals. Instead, use a six-outlet extension lead so that power surges, brownouts, and blackouts really do some damage.
12. Smoke, eat, and drink at your computer and make sure you dribble your drink, and drop your food, and flick your ashes on the keyboard. A lot.
13. Keep your tower out in the main area of the house -- where the pets shake themselves a lot -- so the hair clogs up your fan and other fragile parts of your computer.
14. Bang on your tower and monitor – A LOT -- to get them to go faster.
15. Call the help desk from work with a home computer problem. Make sure you’re on a 5-minute break.

Patty
The Computer Lady
www.fix-and-protect-your-pc.com

Visit to the Doctor

Well I had a visit to the Doctor's yesterday. Good News and Bad News.

The good news is that my Diabetes is back under control. The additional Metformin tablets seem to have done the trick (when I remember to take them that is!!! - OK I forgot last night and as a result my bloods were up to 7.2 this morning instead of in the 6's.) However that reading is still acceptable. Also my kidneys seem to be functioning OK so all. in all, a good result.

Now the bad news. My blood pressure is waaaaaaayy to high. Ho Hum, just as I get one thing under control along comes another. Yet more tablets to take. I started the course this morning but it occasionally has side effects on the kidneys. So, I will be back to the vampire next week to take some more blood to make sure this new tablet is not affecting my kidneys.

That will be 5 tablets at breakfast, 3 with my dinner and 2 last thing at night. Shake me and I will rattle (grin).

The important thing is that we are doing something about it and it is being closely monitored. I still want to be around to retire in 9 years time.

Byeeeee

New Motor

I have been very quite about my new motor. Basically because I haven't got it yet. The paperwork was sent out to me last week, but has never arrived (THANKS POST OFFICE). I have spoken with my suppliers and they are sending me a second set of documents to my Works address so hopefully they will arrive.

The good news is, if I can get the paperwork back to them then I should still have the vehicle before the month end (i.e. next week)!!!!!!

Byeeeeee

No I'm Not

Sigh!! Just when you thought you were getting a handle on this thing it goes and proves you wrong. I suppose that is the fun with gambling. Nothing is guaranteed and even the so called 'experts' get it wrong. Still, persevere, they say and you should come out on top. Eventually, maybe!!!!! Don't hold your breath.

Byeeeee

Getting the Hang of It

Well, this horse racing lay betting is not going to earn me a fortune at the size of bets I place (£2) but it is slowly increasing. Thanks to the lay site on the left (for an explanation of it all you will have to go to the very first pages on the blog) and some lucky selections I am ahead of the game. I don't do all the horses he suggests, in fact I only did 3 on Saturday but they all lost and I made my stake back (less commission). So if I lay £2 and the horse loses then I get £2 added to my account. I know it is small fry but I do not want to get to the point where it is big money that I cannot afford to loose. Always only bet what you can afford to loose is what I keep reading, and it is sound advice.

He also has a backing blog. I may look at that as well. The risks are greater, but so are the rewards. The trouble is there is no guarantee with any of this. All the sites I have seen appear to have loosing streaks at some stage, be it 2 or 3 races you can still loose all your previous profit.

It's your choice and your money. The above implies no guarantees and is only indicative of how I am doing.

Byeeeeeeee

Tough Horses

You would not think it would be so difficult to pick a horse that will LOOSE would you? After all only one of them can win so the rest are losers. I suppose it comes down to what kind of risk you want to take. With lay betting you are betting against those who think the horse will win and if you select a very long shot and it wins it will cost you a FORTUNE. It is a balancing act that I haven't quite got the hang of yet. The blog on the left about lay betting is very good but it is covering about half a dozen different schemes. It was making little sense to me so I emailed the guy that runs it. He pointed me to the first couple of blogs which explain what it is he is doing and what the numbers all mean.

Nice guy Clive. I like his style. His selected horses don't always loose which is why you have to run a betting bank that will take losses into account. Have a look at his blogs and sign up for his free newsletter. It makes interesting reading. (No I am no affiliate but I might look into that aspect of it (grin)).

Byeeeeee

I am getting interested in the Sport of Kings

Well, OK, I admit it I have been slowly getting into the various schemes for betting on Horses & Football matches (Soccer to you Yanks (Grin)). Hence some of the links to the left. The horses have been the most successful but none of them are very consistent.

I have been looking at various schemes but quite frankly most of them are little more than guesswork (well on my part that is). I am sure they mean something to somebody, but I am the proverbial rookie and am still coming to terms with the terminology yet alone anything else. Anybody come across a simple system that does not require you to be sitting at your PC as the race is about to start?

There are numerous web sites offering the 'Golden Fleece' ie win £5,000 every month, without any knowledge of horses. Well, I match the latter part but not the former!!!!

I limit myself to small bets which don't cost me too much (and don't win too much either!!) but it is too easy to get sucked into this gambling lark. I think I will stay on the edges and live with my £5 bets.

Byeeeeee

Some laws WE never learnt at school

I came across this whilst surfing. I think they are all true.

• 1) Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch
  
• 2) Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
• 3) Kovac's Conundrum: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.
• 4) Cannon's Karmic Law: If you tell the boss you were late for work
• because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
• 5) O ' Brien's Variation Law: If you change queues ( TrainTicket
• reservation) , the one you have left will start to move faster than
• the one you are in now.
• 6)BELL'S THEOREM: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.
• 7) RUBY'S PRINCIPLE OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
• 8) WILLOUGHBY'S LAW: When you try to prove to someone that a machine/system won't work, it will.
• 9) ZADRA'S LAW OF BIOMECHANICS: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
• 10) BREDA'S RULE: At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.
• 11) OWEN'S LAW: As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
• 12) HOWDEN'S LAW: You remember you have to mail a letter only when you're near the mailbox.
• 13) KITCHEN'S RULE: You doubt whether you have switched off the light or not once you are on the Bus to office.

It's My Turn

Well, after much deliberation and a couple of visits to my local Kia garage, I have finally plumped to lease a Kia Sorento CRDi XE diesel. The paper work is in progress and, barring any issues with my credit status, I should have a new vehicle withing about 2 weeks. Yay!!!!!! Anybody want to buy a 6 year old Peugeot 406 HDi Estate Rapier (90BHP)?

The local garage couldn't match what the lease firms could and this way I don't have to find a substantial deposit and have a finance agreement for the next 5 years (again). I did my last car for 5 years and it really is a long time to keep a car. What with depreciation, running costs etc. The lease will be an interesting experiment. If I don't like it, I only have 2 years with the car, if I do like it then I can get a new one every 2 or 3 years.

I am not bothered whether I actually own the car, as long as I have access to one.

My wife is on my case though, as I HAVE to sell the old car quickly. When I bought it my previous car took ages to sell and she was doing her nut in with it parked in front of the house. Once I get a date for the new one I suppose I will need to start advertising it locally.

Byeeeeee.

You are Feeling Sleeeepy

OK, I will admit it I am overweight. It's that time of year. Everyone seems to be going on a diet. Well, to me DIET is a FOUR LETTER WORD. It is as bad as swearing, I think you know the word I mean. I have tried various diets over the years and they all worked at first but were impossible to keep the weight off. The one that caused me the biggest problem was the Atkins Diet. It worked brilliantly but I overdid it and suddenly found myself totally out of control, binge eating chocolate biscuits. That scared the heck out of me, I can tell you :{

Many years ago I tried Hypnosis and I liked the feeling. Unfortunately it brought to the surface some emotional problems I was having at the time and didn't really help me with my weight loss. But never the less I did like the feeling of relaxation it gave me.

Well recently I have been re-visiting it with the help of Paul McKenna. His weight loss system to be exact. He has put forward some interesting suggestions and I am working my way through all the cd's. I do feel better within myself. Sky TV did a short series of 4 programs earlier on last year that I came across. I have watched 3 out of the 4 and will probably watch the last one tomorrow night. I find myself arguing with myself. I know it sounds daft, but I am putting up resistance to his suggestions. Boy the sub-concious mind is a tricky beast. I had a lot more resistance when I first did hypnosis to the point where I was getting disturbing dreams and difficulty sleeping, but I persevered and eventually brought things under control. I think I am doing the same again, but with much greater ease than at first. I will persevere and I am sure I will succeed. Maybe I will let you know how I am getting on from time to time.

Byeeeeee.

Flash Earth

I have just added a link to Flash Earth, it's a system that uses several satellite imaging systems to look at the earth. It uses Google Earth (and others) and the imaging is quite good. At least in the areas I looked at , my house (which has lost 2 trees, and gained a conservatory since the photo was taken) and where I used to live in Bahrain. The quality over Bahrain was quite good and I easily tracked down where I used to live and where I used to work. It has been some 20 years since I left and it is interesting to see how much land reclamation there has been and how many 'open sand parking lots' are now buildings or covered parking lots.

I even looked at Riyadh and Jeddah and mainly found my bearings from the airports. If I visited now I would definitely get lost. Both cities have expanded greatly.

Byeeee

Do you empathise?

A friend of mine sent me this. I think the ladies amongst you will understand!!! Enjoy.

I told you so.

Like I said, it was blowing a gale last night. All the official parties in Glasgow and Edinburgh were cancelled and the wind was so strong, I now have half my fence missing and 4 ridge tiles are dislodged from the roof. I may well have to call on the insurance for this one. Assuming that I can get a roofing firm to come to my house and not charge the earth. I am sure they will be very busy with a lot worse damage than I have to my roof, but as long as we are still water tight I can wait.

Good start to the New Year (grin)

Byeeeee