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Day 1 on Isle of Wight

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Day 1 on Isle of Wight and I am drunk. It’s nearly 7pm and have been drinking for last 4-5 hours.

Why? Well I am going to blame on my dad’s birthday, but maybe because I needed a drink.

Whatever the story, here I am not even 8pm and would be unable to drive (if I was licenced).

More from Isle of Widget soon.

What's Been Happening

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Again, I seem to leaving bigger and bigger gaps between blogging, so thought was time for another update.

Work:- I am still looking at finding another job and have even filled in for a quote for Voluntary Redundancy. Various reasons have made me do this mainly I can hopefully pay off my debts.
Phone:- A couple of days ago, I finally got a Altina GBT708 BlueTooth GPS unit and works with 6600 if anyone is interested. I ordered it from eBay and only took a couple of days to arrive from Singapore as was sent by Fedex.

I have narrowed down my Software list to 2 program, but still want to know if anyone has used these.

BlueSky:- Looks good but sometimes crashes if left for few minutes and not trial period ending (Could be quirk of Trial).
AFTrack:- More screens than BlueSky, but Map Screen not as good.

So come on let me know if they are Good, Bad, Indifferent or is there something Better???

Other Stuff:- My local council have screwed up. I have been over paying them for a while and am now owed about £500. Would have been more, but we owe some court fees from a few years ago. Now the next step for them to maybe screw up is getting the cheque to me. The Fun Begins.

When I does arrive, I have already decided 2 things.
1:- I am spending the money on me. My family normally surprise me with bills, debts and other things, but it’s about time I had some luck with money.
2:- I am getting another Amateur Radio unit which should be a Yeasu FT-817.

Also, because we were over paying the Rent, I have now reduced the amount I need to pay each month from £380 to about £260. Quite a difference!

Famous Discovery

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Just before Christmas we had the extra channels added again to our TV lineup and I am back to regularly watching Discovery Channel.

Yes, it’s back to watching programs I have mentioned before Salvage Squad and some I haven’t including Scrapheap Challenge & American Chopper.

But now more and more they have famous faces presenting TV programs and I am loving these as well.

These include (but not exclusive):- Tony Robinson in Time Team (including Sandi Toksvig on some digs), Rory McGrath’s Bloody Britain, Mark Williams On the Rails, Eddie Izzard’s Mongrel Nation, Violent Nation with Rik Mayall & Vic Reeves’ Rogues Gallery.

Anyway, enough said, it nearly time for Time Team!