blog august

31st August 2005

Tip-toed round Lichfield today getting all my calls done. The problem with Lichfield is you get hassled from every corner of every office, but there are lots of different routes you can take around the building to avoid the pain in the ass customers. Doesn't help when you walk in one door and someone shouts your name across the office "M.....!!" "SHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, don't tell the whole office I'm here". Anyway got all my calls done and headed back down to Tewkesbury.

On the way down attached myself to a convoy of a police car, then a Ford Ka, then 8 Police Trucks. All averaging about 95mph in the outside lane, without their sirens or lights on. How the Ka didn't get pulled over for speeding I'll never know. But was a lovely journey down, everyone was moving out of the cops way (I think they were taking the piss) and I was being dragged (slipstream) along with them. Wasn't till I pulled off at my junction that I noticed it said Police Mobile CCTV!! Hope I didn't get snapped!!

Thoughts are with all those affected by the New Orleans Hurricane (Katrina) but you gotta love the picture of this redneck saving his beer!!!.... oh and his wife and sister!

30th August 2005

Well yesterday's early night turned into a late movie and not getting to sleep till gone midnight!! Oops!

Back to the slog at work today, although going on what I've got for the rest of the week, not gonna be a busy one. May even try and get Friday off to chill for a day!!

Was cooking burgers tonight and nearly set the kitchen on fire. I've got one of them griddles and as I flipped one of the burgers some fat must've splashed under the griddle and the griddle caught fire, I picked it up off the heat and took a deep breath to blow the flames out, and must've breathed in either a gulp of smoke or a fly or something, I started choking and I ended up coughing the flames out!! Ah well a bit of my own phlegm on my burger never killed anyone!! Kitchen was a bit smokey for the next couple of hours. In fact I still smell like a greasy spoon van now!!

Gonna Get some shut eye now - Buck

29th August 2005

Public Message to all Kids (and some of you grown ups) : Don't do afternoon drinking!

It's 18:30 and I'm bloomin knackered and want to go to bed!!

Unfortunately I've gotta cook dinner! Which I feel too tired to eat never mind cook......... anyone got any ProPlus? Back to work tomorrow, shame I could get used to three day weekends, although in future I'll try not to waste the next one.

I just left the Bro's house with Sharon feeding Jay his Sausage, Spaghetti and Alphabites, I nearly shoved him out the way so she could feed me to save me a job!

28th August 2005

It's so nice knowing that's its Sunday and I don't have to go to work tomorrow. Had a nice relaxing day at home catching up on Sky Plus. Finally had time to create a HTML Guestbook as well. Also, incorporated a feature to create a Voting option, so if you have any burning questions you want people to vote on I have created the facility to accommodate it.

Basically been a day of sport today. I woke up at the crack of dawn, she told me to shift!! Stayed in my shell and watched 3 hours of TV, then went round to see the folks, Mum : "Hello Stranger". Dropped off my washing.....JOKE!!! Went home, cooked lunch and sat on my ass to watch the Ashes (cricket....GET IN!!) and the footie. United win again....!!

Spent the evening round bro's drinking with the gang....again..

27th August 2005

Quiet Saturday in recovery from the night before! Still managed a pint back down the pub in the afternoon though.

Had a quiet night (alcohol free....I'm shocked too) round Stu and Jills watching a couple of movies with the gang. At one point I thought Jill was gonna pass out through oxygen deprivation. She heard a sound in the garden so sent Stu out to investigate, he returned... "The bunny juts knocked its bowl over", to which Carl replied "Pole?", cue me and Stu doing inpressions of a rabbit doing pole dancing!! Next thing we know Jill has tears rolling down her cheeks, struggling to breathe. Believe me it was a funny sight, probably a lot more funnier that it appears in text. (Sorry Jill couldn't find a pic of a pole dancing rabbit, the best I could do..... without turning the site into a non-family viewing site)

26th August 2005

It's only bloody Friday!!!!!! Don't remember most of the day, was too busy day-dreaming!! Went quick though!!

During last nights bevvy session one of the topics that came up was "Why do people take a book to read on the bog?"

Remember this isn't a hobby, you should go there to dump your load and go, it's not like you go there to sit down to wait till you need a dump.

Even Stu admitted reading down the toilets in Wales when we were caravanning, like we didn't notice you stick the magazine in your pocket and cover the top of the magazine with your T-Shirt. I guess to hide it, it must be classed as an embarrassing habit.

Admittingly I have put a couple of cartoon comics next to the bog, and thinking of it I don't know why? I think it must be because Mum and Dad have them at the side of theirs and the habit has just passed down the generations.

Magazines, Books, Newspapers, they all get read until their legs falls asleep. You can tell the constipated readers my the finger marks imprinted into the pages as the grasp for strength.

Toilet Humour - As mentioned previously - Can't be beaten.

Off out to the beer festival tonight, so that means an evening of drinking dodgy ales that taste like gnats pee, and you'll hear me tomorrow saying "I'm never gonna drink again".

25th August 2005

   1,000 Hits on the Site Passed Today!!!

Comical start to the day, Barks invited myself and Claire into a joint conversation on our works messenger system (similar to msn or icq) asking us how to solve a problem. I told him the answer so he thanked me, to which I replied "Hakuna Matata", he then replied "what a wonderful phrase"..... we couldn't stop then:

Buck :  "It means no worries for the rest of your days....."

Barks : "It's our problem freeeeeeee"

Barks and Buck : "Philosopyyyyyy"

Buck : "Hakuna Matata"

Claire : "What are you two on this morning?"

Was a funny start, nice to start the day with a smile on your face. Although I think Claire was a tad puzzled, while Barks was getting strange looks from his office as he was wetting himself.

Off out for a couple of bevvies tonight..... later - Buck

24th August 2005

Close call today. I have one of those cars that tells you how many miles you have left on the tank. It's a shame its got one of them drivers that thinks he can make the impossible trip. When you got passed a sign that says 10miles to Services and 0miles left in the tank and Beeps every 2 min, you do start to panic. Luckily I just made it, it didn't help having to do two circuits of the car park to find then entrance to the petrol (U.S. interpretation : Gas) station.

Here's that story I promised you from Chris:

I asked him on the poker table if he'd had a good day and his response was "Bloody Kids"... "What have they done?", I asked:

His son (age 5) came in soaking wet. So Chris said "What The Heck", probably without the F's I'd imagine.

"I fell in the neighbours pond".... Chris then trying to keep a straight face asked him how...

Apparently he was peering over the fence to look at the hosepipe that was topping up the pond, (the hosepipe he nicked off his Dad and fed thru the fence) but couldn't quite see, so ingeniously he moved one of the see saws nearer to the fence so he could get a better look, but didn't quite realise how flimsy the trellising was on top of the main fence..... it gave way.... SPLASH..... Kid got soaked.

At this point of the story I was in hysterics and all I could picture was a little kid walking in a kitchen dripping from head to toe with algae hanging off him. Chris said I wasn't far off but for the chattering teeth too because of the cold....... priceless!!

While all this was going on MrsC was in the kitchen wetting herself with the other kids out of view of the little 'un. While Chris was trying to hold back the laughter...... managed to get to the hallway eventually to "wet" himself... pardon the pun! Kid was fine just a bit wet..... Chris and MrsC had sore sides from laughing so much.

Scary but sooooooooooooo funny. I'm sure if I've missed something CC will fill us in.

23rd August 2005

Well been busy again at work today, no interesting calls to note so thought I was gonna have a quiet day for the blog with no funny stories, till this evening.

This story ain't gonna help my reputation but had me and my bro in stitches so I'll share. Now I ain't a tight arse but to save me a bit of cash a couple of years ago I bought myself some clippers to do my own hair. Well most of it as I ain't got eyes in the back of my head, so bro usually helps with the fiddly back. Anyway today bro decided he wanted me to clip his hair, so he came round and job done. He then clipped mine (christ I sound like a sheep.... calm down Welshy), but the blades kept snagging and I was in agony. I then had to let out my secret, I've run out of 3in1 Oil so I used cooking oil to lubricate the blades.... didn't want bro to know, but to save me walking round with a mullet I had to put some more on. Then all the redneck jokes came out "I'd like to introduce you to my wife and sister....Here she is!!" Managed to do half more, and the blasted blades snagged again, made me squeal like a pig, it bloomin hurt. Dave... "You're gonna have to go get Dad's clippers".. "I AIN'T GOING NOWHERE LOOKING LIKE THIS" How shall I describe my look at this point ... trailer park trash with a mullet should do it..... "I'LL TAKE THE PAIN... SLAP SOME MORE COOKING OIL AND SNIP". At this point I was sweatin (pleasant eh!) from laughing so much (the laughter seemed to numb the pain) that my hair was getting wait and snagging even more. Finally got it cut..... But, I reckon Dave's gonna wake up in the night with his cats licking his head.

Chris shared another funny story tonight that I will use tomorrow, unless I have something of note to mention.

Goodnight Ma, Goodnight Pa, Goodnight John-Boy, Goodnight Mary Ellen, Goodnight Elizabeth, Goodnight Zeb, Goodnight Jim-Bob.

22nd August 2005

I hate Mondays.

Had a nightmare with PC's today.......... unfortunately for me the PC was mine. I couldn't do my day job. I was trying to browse a server 50 yards from my desk, and it was taking 15minutes, I was pulling my hair out. I've been asking the boss for a new PC for months now..... he finally caved....pathetically though.... he has got me a second hand oxfam cast off job. Fair enough it's quicker than mine, but come on, splash a little budget gimme a new one.

As mentioned Saturday, I had a day off blog yesterday, sorry for those of you that missed your daily intake of my warped humour (aka humor (for the American readers...... I am Global you know!)). Nik came down from Up t'North and we caught up on old times, so by the end of the night I was speaking broad Yorkshire again!

BTW Jay is nearly saying my name now....... won't be long

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21st August 2005

NATIONAL BLOG HOLIDAY!!

20th August 2005

Quick Update : Hells Bells finished in 2nd place winning herself $400,000. Well done lass!!

Was watching till 1:30am...... just got to sleep at 1:55ish and my bloody mobile phone rang at 0200.....GIT!!! Dunno who it was before you asked just killed the call.

More later......

I said more later, but not much to report...... very quiet day. Watched Man Utd stuff (well, if you can call 1-0 a stuffing) Villa with a Villa fan...... 18 chances to 0 on goals was a bit one sided, but I enjoyed it. Got a mate from Sheffield coming down tomorrow so will have a day off the blog tomorrow night.

Congratulation to Dave and Sharon on their 1st Wedding Anniversary..... celebrated with a night in Evesham, can't think of anything worst, ah well hope they enjoyed themselves. Goodnight all time to get some zeds!!

19th August 2005

Been really busy again today, quite a rare week really. Been running round like a headless chicken updating PC's. Got them all done and emailed the boss the results, low and behold just as I walked in the door at home my mobile rings.....it's the boss...... Like I'm gonna answer that on a Friday..... sorry not gonna happen!!! Even though I was busy, the PC's I were fixing weren't interrupting anyone so I was just going about my business and wasn't as stressful as it sounds. Nearly missed being first to the sandwich van though. I have a reputation of being first to the sandwich van as soon as it appears. Usually coz my office looks out over the front car park. The reason I run is coz she usually doesn't have a big selection so I peg it to get the first "dibs".

Just watching the Poker Million Final on Sky and Helen Chamberlain of Soccer AM fame is down to the last 4. So she's won at least $100,000 already and as its against poker professionals, so it's not for charity.... You Go Girl!! (I'll let you know how she gets on tomorrow).

18th August 2005

Well the virus hasn't attacked us yet, but the boss has got us running around like blue arsed flies getting every PC upto date with the latest patches. Not coz he wants to protect the systems, more like he can't stop brown nosing and loves making us do all the work for him.

Had a fire drill at work this afternoon, was a nice relief from work. Quite amusing seeing everyone walk out of the fire exits to the car park in single file. I couldn't help myself, just had to whistle the Benny Hill Tune. Unfortunately no scantily clad ladies chasing me. Last drill we had people were stopping to have a pee before going out...... Yeah Bright One!! I did at one point contemplate grabbing my shades and a can to sit in the EA garden while they sort out the registers etc..

17th August 2005

Busy day today, but nothing exciting. A few problems at Tewkesbury in the morning and then a nice leisurely cruise in the motor to Warwick in the sunshine. Then back to Tewkesbury for the afternoon. A potential virus breakout in the company so tomorrow could be an interesting day.

England got whooped 4-1 by Denmark tonight. Very disappointing and the quicker Sven drops David "Calamity" James the better for the whole country. Not much else to put today so will compensate with a funny picture.

WALK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE !!??!!

16th August 2005

Was woken up this morning at 530am by a flippin wasp in the window.... a) how the f*ck did it get there b) why 530am..... Took 15 min to try and flick the bugger out the window, and as I was half asleep, wasn't quite sure whether I'd got it or not, so you then here it unconsciously "bzzzz was that it............. nope"...."bzzz was that it........... nope" Couldn't get back to sleep, tried to count sheep but even they were buzzing!!

Had a very busy day for a change today.... Lichfield in the morning to rebuild a couple of PC's, one of them for a customer that reminded me of a kid on a long journey.... instead of "Are we there yet?"... every 5 min he was asking, "Is it done yet?" I was very close to shouting at him "I'll tell you when it's god damn ready", but bit my tongue!

Then went to the Solihull office to pick up a batch of flatscreens to head back to Tewkesbury.

Just got back from the pub, so a bit happy at the mo', but not looking forward to waking up in the morning with that Gandhi's Flip Flop in your mouth feeling!!#

p.s. Thanks to MrsC for confirming that the Guestbook doesn't work. I have removed it and will try a new one soon.

15th August 2005

Found a new way of keeping fit, stick a two year old on your shoulders and squat quickly, makes the kid laugh hysterically, and builds your leg muscles up..... not done on purpose, but my god my legs were aching all day today so must've done them some good. What didn't help was Jay saying more, after I took a break to catch my breath.

Another day of cricket, never drunk so much coffee, kept going to the canteen for a coffee and quickly nicking a quick peek on the TV, until in the afternoon when it was getting near crunch time and a couple of managers decided to hold some appraisal meetings in there ..... wouldn't bother me too much (as I did nick one of the old meeting rooms to become my office), but there were two other proper meeting rooms free..... I mean GET OUT!! It's August this has been renamed the Ashes Lounge..... Health and Safety and all that I have to take "..... a break from my VDU".

Tonight the house stinks like the mixture between a curry house and a methane plant..... really not the best meal to eat when things are getting a bit tense in the cricket and the nervous wind kicks in.

It's so hard being an English sports fan. What with the tight games in the Ashes and the Highs and Lows of the World Cup to come in the summer... I'll have no arms left never mind nails!!

14th August 2005

The weekend is over again.....

Went to Cheltenham this morning to do a bit of shopping. Got some new clothes..... Damn waist has gone up a notch...... guess I'd better slow that beer belly down..... SOD that. Can tell I went on my own, no dilly dallying, got a 2 hour parking ticket and it took me 25min to buy three items of clothing (£120 Oops).... Don't worry I was the good citizen and passed the remaining 90mins parking ticket to the next person to park up..... what a good bloke I am!!

Sauntered back to the park this afternoon to play footy with Jay again in the park (seems to be the Sunday thing to do..... beats going to church). He's got some new shoes today (bright white and red trainers like his Uncle Buck), but every time he walks he dazzles himself with the whiteness of his trainers and keeps stopping to look what it is flashing beneath his eyes.

Has this wicked new phrase at the moment, he keeps saying "Oh Dear" to everything..... from kicking a ball against a tree, to his toy tractor losing its trailer.... so cute!

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13th August 2005

First day of the Football season.... oh how much I have missed it. "It's not life or death!" .. NO, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT. United won 2-0 and Rooney put one over on the sticky toffeemen too........ Sweeeeet.

Just got back from a poker night at Carl and Penn's....... Victorious!!! Got to heads up and went into Bully mode, back fired half way thru when I went all in with tow pair; Queens & 10's, to be beaten by two pair Aces and 2's. Finally won it when I was dealt pocket Aces and my opponent (Carl aka Wookie) was dealt pocket Jacks, Oh how sweet it was to see an Ace on the flop. I win... nah, nah, neh, neh, nah!!!  To anyone that doesn't know me....... I am the WORST loser in the World and I am not ashamed to admit it.

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12th August 2005

Quick Dial In and Update : Just tried the Guestbook and it doesn't work. So have emailed ISP support, looks like my address ahs not been picked up as an authorised user of the form and they need to set this up.

OK... It now appears that some can sign the guestbook and others can't. ISP support thinks it might be something to do with peoples firewalls. AH well, so if you can sign it....feel free, otherwise..... well.... tough!

May have a new feature soon. Julian and Graham : Booked It, Packed It, F*cked Off!....... let me fill you in

About 6 months ago my Mum decided to buy me a couple of "trinkets" for my bathroom. They were two sailors, the campest looking things I have seen in my life....... Now I don't do camp so I had to get rid of them....so..... I hid them in Stu and Jill's bathroom with a little note saying something along the lines of  "Hi, We've had enough of Buck's Bathroom and would like some new surroundings and we thought your lovely Seaside decorated bathroom would be great. - Thanks Julian and Graham".

About 2 months later Stu and Jill did the same dropping them at my Mum and Dads house with a letter. Mum and then took them to Barcelona and tooks pics of there trip around Spain. We all got postcards too... Next they went to Dave and Sharon's house, and they have just got back from the Maldives...... they gatecrashed Carl and Penn's wedding!!

Julian and Graham : Booked It, Packed It, F*cked Off! - Coming to a Screen Near You Soon

11th August

Got a reply from the mystery blogmailer. I was right they don't know me, they just stumbled across my site!! Would love to know what they typed in a search engine to find this address. Also apparently I have got a good sense of humour..... I must be in the wrong business.... what do you reckon a book? a stand up routine?

Anyway gave me an idea and I have now setup a Guestbook, for now the link is on the contents page, but I may put a link on the blog page too if that's the route people take in. Mind you going on the amount of replies I get thru the comments opportunity, maybe won't get that many signatures. (Thanks for your help Bull in sorting out a couple of gremlins). If you decide to try the guestbook and it doesn't work can you let me know, earlier I tried and it failed yet Bull could submit ok.

Watched some cracking television last night, an American series called Lost.... brilliant viewing, although last night I watched Episode 1 of 3 and Claire (at work) managed to spoil one of the cliffhangers from episode one before I got to watch it....... doh!! Ah well caught up now and still brilliant viewing.

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10th August 2005

Like I said last night, only two faults to fix today so was clutching at straws for stuff to do.

Got home from work tonight to find an email in the blog mailbox from a complete stranger, I'll add it to the comments section. Weird, written as though they know me, but the address was anonymous and no name displayed. I don't have any problems with the World reading my website, just like to know who is leaving me messages.

Ah well I suppose WorldWide acclaim can't be a bad thing...... today Buckstars...tomorrow the World!! Well maybe not quite tomorrow.

That's it for now. Now got nothing to do tomorrow, so any suggestions will be welcome.

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9th August 2005

STOP PRESS : I HAD A BUSY DAYish - Busy but only mundane tasks, nothing exciting. Nothing as exciting as separating screws and washers and putting them into separate containers like Titch had to do earlier this week. You poor girl! Imagine that!

Congratulation to Loob on her exam results, well done lass, you'll be delivering them babies soon!! Speaking of which one of our friends gave birth to Sam this afternoon. A healthy boy weighing 10lb 10oz........ Blimey that must have hurt, I know us fella's can't imagine the pain, but sounds about as painful as shitting a beachball!!

Only got 2 faults to fix tomorrow..... get ready for boredom to kick in again!

G'Night All Early night to catch up on some zeds!

8th August 2005

Boring day at work today, now 90% of the site has been rebuilt all the PC's are behaving like new PC's so all working (we don't get our PC's from PCWorld)! Off to Lichfield tomorrow in search of work.

Jay came round in the afternoon to say "Hiya", spent the short time he was here picking up the stones from my garden, putting them in his tractor trailor and then dumping them in my lounge..... cheers Jay!

After he left had a quick flutter on the poker and got my first Royal Flush (for non-poker lovers - the best hand you can get) with a nice 30k pot to match!! But then some annoying "All in" git came and nicked it off me!!

7th August 2005

Woke up this morning feeling rough as a badgers arse. Stayed in bed to watch the cricket (Ashes : Eng vs Aus).... My God it's hard being an England fan. You think you've got it all made for you, the Aussies need 107 runs and we needed to bowl out the last two batsmen, who were rubbish. We then proceed to drag it out for 2 hours and we win by two runs!! To all those that know nothing about cricket, that means we let 2 useless batsmen get 105 runs. But, we got there in the end and was a mild hangover cure.

In the afternoon went round to watch the footie at Dave's but Jay wouldn't let us watch it, so we had to do tag-team one watched fottie for 5min while the other played footie with Jay in the garden, then we swapped........ Won't be doing that when there's a Man Utd game on....... Bring on the season....... Footie on my TV is gonna be great!!

Oh Crap Back to Work Tomorrow........ Goodnight all - Buck

6th August 2005

.....and Bull thought he had problems with rattlesnakes on the Golf Course..

By the way the lottery numbers never came in ...... boooooooooooooo!

5th August 2005

     Thank God It's Friday!!

Still no sign of Welshy on the poker tables, so guess she is having more fun with the sheep.

Big Congratulations to me, I have finished all of the rebuilds for Tewkesbury, I congratulate myself because I am gonna get no gratification from the project that fucked up or my boss because they are too far up their own arses.

Been to the pub this evening and caught up with a couple of old friends I have not seen in ages. Was it bit weird having the "old" crowd back together again.

Titch, I have entered your email in the comment section with a reply.

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4th August 2005

I think it's time you all read another daft work forum:

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Just wondering if there are any free ways to boost your mobile phone reception?? Thank You - Rob

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Stand next to one of the masts? - Giles

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Climb a tree?! - Helen

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:) (roll eyes)...................... - Dave

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Does rolling your eyes help? - Chris

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I think I told you about the new policy work had brought in regarding zero tolerance for alcohol at work, even during your unpaid lunch hour. Well there is one chap that emailed one of works directors complaining that it was against human rights and against our liberty for freedom and that he had gone out at lunch time and consumed an amount of alcohol and returned to work........ He is now in deep shit, but he told us all that the amount of alcohol he consumed was one drop....... watch this space and I'll let you know how it develops.

Should be completing the last of the rebuilds tomorrow - Hallelujah!!

........ and I think the Welshster is back from her hols down the Valleys......

3rd August 2005

Got to work this morning to find yesterday's scary customer and his Mrs (Just as scary) sat in my office waiting for me to get in so that I could fix his printer and prepare her new PC. Wasn't looking forward to the job, and when they're there in your office grinning like cheshire cats with four sets of teeth, it doesn't bode well for the rest of the day.

Anyway, got all my jobs done. In the evening my Granddad made his visit to my gaff, was nice to see the ole chap.

Played poker tonight (yes .... AGAIN), near the end of the night CC had KK, then another KK, he then asked me "Guess what I got now", I said 2,6, and freakily he had 2,6. He then said ok smart arse do it again... so I said 3,8 no joke I guessed right again...... VERY FREAKY!!!!

Freaky Tip : This Saturday Lottery Numbers will be 4, 6, 16, 32, 34, 48

Lets see how I get on..........

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2nd August 2005

Busy day at work today rebuilding more PC's and replacing an old PC with a new un (this took 5 bloomin' hours due to the amount of data). The owner of it freaks me out though. He's one of them people you daren't look at directly in the eye's coz they might put you in some kind of trance.

Had a good giggle with my office buddy Sharon and one of the Facilities ladies discussing other colleagues people in the building, and just had a bitching session really, e.g. Which females have the most chin hair!!! (GROSS!) The competition was between 2, but I better not name names, you never know who reads this.

Got in from work and ran round the house trying to clean.... ok wrong word... tidy.... the house ready for my Granddad's visit (first time he has seen my gaff, although think he just wants to see the TV). Finished!! Rang Mum for her to say... "Oh, we'll be coming round tomorrow now", "Thanks Mum"... as I collapse to the sofa!

p.s. Some birds unleashed its breakfast, elevens's, lunch, snack, tea, dinner and supper all over my car

1st August 2005

Blimey I struggled to get out of bed this morning, felt a bit rough, not due to alcohol before you say anything.... how shall I put this without sounding gross.... I daren't fart!!

Think my boss wet his bed last night, he was in the office before me, must've been the first time ever!

Was listening to Edith on Radio1 this afternoon and she did a Dovv and went on ebay drunk. She wasn't quite bidding for a Willy Wonka Chocolate Bar, she was bidding for Luke Skywalker's lightsaber..... It finally went for $200,000, she said she was relieved to have found out she didn't win!!

Had a bash at the big tables on the poker tonight, managed to get upto 1/2 Million, only to get bored and call a couple of stupid bets and lose it all...... doh!! I was meant to be cleaning the house ready for my Granddad's visit to my gaff tomorrow..... ah well I guess a last minute spring clean and spray of air freshener will do the job!