I'm not sure how many other parents got wind of the tax rebate we may be eligible for,the powers that be didnt seem to publicise it that well.....(suprise suprise!!)
Basically they underpaid peeps who can claim for childrens tax credit for a couple of years about 6 years ago. Luckily i heard about it,downloaded the forms & took them personally down to my local tax office. Its a big building just about in the center of town,but very unhelpfully has not got any public parking,so i do the decent thing & think 'fuck it',dump the car on the double yellows with my 4 ways on & leg it inside.
Mr.Grumpy the bloke on the front desk advises me to take it up to the 5th floor & hand it in to the right place to be date stamped.......pity he couldnt have looked up from his paper when he told me,ignorant prick!!
So i jumped in the lift,got to floor 5 & asked for the girl with the date stamp.........'thats next floor, up on 6'.........(i can almost imagine the glee on Mr Grumpys fat face.....not to mention a £50 ticket slapping on my motors wind screen)
So back into the lift & 'bingo',the first thing i see when the doors open is a fucking miserable looking girl sat with loads of other forms like mine.
'O,just in time ,only 2 days to go,i will date it to prove its in time'
'Thankyou' i reply
'Would you like me to check it & make sure you have filled it in properly?'
'No its ok,i'm on yellow lines,i'm sure ive filled it in ok' i reply
She looks at me as if i couldnt write my own name without eating the pen or stabbing some one with it & checks the form any way!!
It takes longer to check it than i took to fill it in!!
'It all seems ok, you can go'
I'm hugely relieved as that is the first form i have ever,ever,ever filled in........NOT!!!
The lift takes ages to get me back down, i rush past the front desk,time preventing me from giving Mr Grumpy a well deserved slap! & run to the car with a warden 20 feet away.
As i drive past him he scowls.......must be the lost commission he missed out on!!!!
I hope i do get the rebate,it will make having to deal with unhelpfull,miserable gits a bit less of a pain in the arse!!
Played bugger all poker this week,been too busy in the house or tired after work...(at least i havnt lost any more money!)
I may play in a while after the kids go to bed so glglgl me!! & gl to the Glorious Blues who HAVE to beat the scouse scum tomorrow afternoon!!! glglglglglgl to you all.
31 Jan 2009
24 Jan 2009
Bad timing,good timing.
Well its Saturday night.....was a bit peeved earlier as i missed the start of the Laddies player point free roll by 2 minutes....mind you there was 700ish players & its only a grand gtd so not too peed off,cant be asked to play much tonight,i'l watch Chelsea destroy the bumpkins on MOTD as we strive for a FA Cup/Premiership/Champions League treble......well,we can all dream!!!!
I was watching some old comedian on the box the other night, all he told was mother in law jokes. None of his jokes were particually funny,mostly truly offensive,lame,derogatory,with weak presentation & his timing was awful.......i felt sad & sorry for my poor old mum in law so i went round her house & took her out;
Only took one punch and it was a fucking beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ive changed some of the music for you lucky readers!! The 2 tone/ska sound was big for me in my early youth and The Beat were one of my favourite bands,they never got the recognition that The Specials and others got but were damn good imo!! There's also a lesser known but great Stranglers track, Jimi Hendrix goes without saying,& from my dancey/ravey/wacked out of my tiny mind day,a great CRW tune!!! A right old mixture but worth a listen i would say!!
glglglglglglgl.
I was watching some old comedian on the box the other night, all he told was mother in law jokes. None of his jokes were particually funny,mostly truly offensive,lame,derogatory,with weak presentation & his timing was awful.......i felt sad & sorry for my poor old mum in law so i went round her house & took her out;
Only took one punch and it was a fucking beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ive changed some of the music for you lucky readers!! The 2 tone/ska sound was big for me in my early youth and The Beat were one of my favourite bands,they never got the recognition that The Specials and others got but were damn good imo!! There's also a lesser known but great Stranglers track, Jimi Hendrix goes without saying,& from my dancey/ravey/wacked out of my tiny mind day,a great CRW tune!!! A right old mixture but worth a listen i would say!!
glglglglglglgl.
21 Jan 2009
Grumpy old man!
Ladbrokes still being fairly kind to me at the moment,i'm cashing more times than not and a few wins in the 6 & 5 seater stt's has increased my BR a bit (not much but at least its going upwards!!).
Just been knocked out of the $400 gtd tourney on there,i pick up AK in late position,there is an early raise,then a mini raise so i just blast hoping to either take it down or induce a call for a big pot.....no such luck on any one folding!!,there is then two more all ins before the original raise,1 of them calls so its 4 to the flop,at the time i slightly more than them so i could really scoop large style. I'm against QQ,88,A6!! & KQ. No ace appears so i miss a huge pot. Now some would say its a foolish shove with AK after a raise & re raise before (& people to act afterwards) but i was happy to gamble at this point,as it happens i'm only really about evens v the QQ,just ul not to hit a K or A......gg me!!!
Last night i had to quickly pop into our local supermarket,i only needed 3 items so made my way to the '10 items or less till'. There was a lady in front who had a trolley load allready on the belt,did the cashier say anything? did he bollox, There was only a few tills open so i was stuck, she then looks at me all sweetly & says 'ooooh i'm sorry,i didnt see the signs' 'No,it must be easy to miss them' i replied, Of course it was not easy,the signs are about 5 ft x 5 ft,and there are stickers all over the fucking tills that say '10 items or less!!!'
I was still fuming when i got home & told the wife all about it.
'You are turning into a right grumpy old sod like my grandad' she said.......and do you know what??? i think she might be right!!!!!! glglglglgl to you all.
Just been knocked out of the $400 gtd tourney on there,i pick up AK in late position,there is an early raise,then a mini raise so i just blast hoping to either take it down or induce a call for a big pot.....no such luck on any one folding!!,there is then two more all ins before the original raise,1 of them calls so its 4 to the flop,at the time i slightly more than them so i could really scoop large style. I'm against QQ,88,A6!! & KQ. No ace appears so i miss a huge pot. Now some would say its a foolish shove with AK after a raise & re raise before (& people to act afterwards) but i was happy to gamble at this point,as it happens i'm only really about evens v the QQ,just ul not to hit a K or A......gg me!!!
Last night i had to quickly pop into our local supermarket,i only needed 3 items so made my way to the '10 items or less till'. There was a lady in front who had a trolley load allready on the belt,did the cashier say anything? did he bollox, There was only a few tills open so i was stuck, she then looks at me all sweetly & says 'ooooh i'm sorry,i didnt see the signs' 'No,it must be easy to miss them' i replied, Of course it was not easy,the signs are about 5 ft x 5 ft,and there are stickers all over the fucking tills that say '10 items or less!!!'
I was still fuming when i got home & told the wife all about it.
'You are turning into a right grumpy old sod like my grandad' she said.......and do you know what??? i think she might be right!!!!!! glglglglgl to you all.
17 Jan 2009
Bring back the snow!
I love the snow,i'm like a big kid and cant wait to take my kids out on their sledges,so i'm hoping we get some more soon!!
What i dont like is the rain!! I woke up this morning at 7.30 to take the dogs out,had a quick look outside & it was grey but dry.....that is until i stepped outside,it then proceeded to piss down.
I got soaked and my 2 dogs looked like drowned rats,we got home and it must have taken half an hour to dry us all off, Henry the big black dog holds more water than SpongeBob Squarepants,and after getting me & them all dry guess what happened?? Yes thats right,it stopped fucking raining!!!
So not a good start to the day, i hope it gets better when the mighty Chelsea take Stoke apart this afternoon.
What i dont like is the rain!! I woke up this morning at 7.30 to take the dogs out,had a quick look outside & it was grey but dry.....that is until i stepped outside,it then proceeded to piss down.
I got soaked and my 2 dogs looked like drowned rats,we got home and it must have taken half an hour to dry us all off, Henry the big black dog holds more water than SpongeBob Squarepants,and after getting me & them all dry guess what happened?? Yes thats right,it stopped fucking raining!!!
So not a good start to the day, i hope it gets better when the mighty Chelsea take Stoke apart this afternoon.
14 Jan 2009
Sorry???
Played the other night & as usual my AA aipf gets called by some tool with 44 (great call you spaz!!) Obv the 4 flops to leave me crippled.....then the tool says 'sorry' in chat......fucking sorry?? What for.....calling with 44 for all your stack?,flopping a 4 to shaft me?,breathing?,
I felt like replying if he was that sorry then could he give my fucking chips back & then commit suicide slowly!!!!....but i cant type that fast so i just wrote 'lol.. f off'.
So if you ever make a shitty play & suck out on me,dont say sorry,i know you dont mean it!!!!
I felt like replying if he was that sorry then could he give my fucking chips back & then commit suicide slowly!!!!....but i cant type that fast so i just wrote 'lol.. f off'.
So if you ever make a shitty play & suck out on me,dont say sorry,i know you dont mean it!!!!
10 Jan 2009
The boat from Coolersville!!
A mini revival going on for me but situations like this really give me the bollocks!!!
** Hand # 1108369027 starting - 2009-01-10 22:04:32** $10 6 pays 3 - 10 hand levels [Hold 'em] (20.0040.00 NL - STT) Real Money
whale54 sitting in seat 1 with 1530.00
simon080965 sitting in seat 2 with 1560.00
smoothplz sitting in seat 3 with 1360.00
THX-1138 sitting in seat 4 with 1590.00histro sitting in seat 5 with 1270.00
FoxyLady1a sitting in seat 6 with 1660.00[Dealer]
whale54 posted the small blind - 10.00
simon080965 posted the big blind - 20.00
** Dealing cards to smoothplz: Kd, Kh
smoothplz called - 20.00THX-1138 called - 20.00
histro raised to 80.00FoxyLady1a folded
whale54 folded
simon080965 folded
smoothplz raised to 260.00
THX-1138 foldedhistro called - 260.00
** Dealing the flop: Ac, Ks, 6d
smoothplz bet - 142.50
histro called - 142.50
** Dealing the turn: Jd
smoothplz checked
histro checked
** Dealing the river: 6c
smoothplz bet - 213.75
histro raised to 427.50
smoothplz raised to 641.25
histro went all-in - 440.00
smoothplz called - 867.50
histro shows: Ah, As
histro wins 2590.00 from the main pot
I thought i was being really clever & taking him to the cleaners,how fucking wrong was i!!
** Hand # 1108369027 starting - 2009-01-10 22:04:32** $10 6 pays 3 - 10 hand levels [Hold 'em] (20.0040.00 NL - STT) Real Money
whale54 sitting in seat 1 with 1530.00
simon080965 sitting in seat 2 with 1560.00
smoothplz sitting in seat 3 with 1360.00
THX-1138 sitting in seat 4 with 1590.00histro sitting in seat 5 with 1270.00
FoxyLady1a sitting in seat 6 with 1660.00[Dealer]
whale54 posted the small blind - 10.00
simon080965 posted the big blind - 20.00
** Dealing cards to smoothplz: Kd, Kh
smoothplz called - 20.00THX-1138 called - 20.00
histro raised to 80.00FoxyLady1a folded
whale54 folded
simon080965 folded
smoothplz raised to 260.00
THX-1138 foldedhistro called - 260.00
** Dealing the flop: Ac, Ks, 6d
smoothplz bet - 142.50
histro called - 142.50
** Dealing the turn: Jd
smoothplz checked
histro checked
** Dealing the river: 6c
smoothplz bet - 213.75
histro raised to 427.50
smoothplz raised to 641.25
histro went all-in - 440.00
smoothplz called - 867.50
histro shows: Ah, As
histro wins 2590.00 from the main pot
I thought i was being really clever & taking him to the cleaners,how fucking wrong was i!!
9 Jan 2009
Darts.....how exciting!!
A reasonable evenings play for me tonight,i completely suck at multi tabling (plus any more than 2 games at a time & Laddies seems to grind to a halt on my comp!!)
So i played 2x $5 6 player sng's. A 1st & 2nd was ok in my book before i regged for the $4 $1k gtd. deep stack tourney. 357 players sat down & the standard was dire!! ok,i'm not Gus Hansen but at least ive got a slight scooby what its all about!!
I doubled early when matey called every bet on an A high board holding bottom flopped pair against my AK,some peeps were calling huge bets with a picture card,it was a joy to watch!!!!
Any way,i finally finished 56 (top 40 get paid) Now you might think 'what a spanner,i thought it was dire!!' but i horribly over played TPTK against mateys 2 pair,then ran AQ into A3 that turned the fucking 3.....grrrrrrr!!!
But hey ho,i have played & cashed in Ladbrokes tourneys before & it wont be long before i do so again (i hope!!).
A bit earlier i watched the darts on tv,when i was younger i played darts quite a bit in the boozers i frequented but i cant for the life of me see how people get excited watching it.....yet the place was heaving,any excuse for a night on the lash imo,the darts fans probably think us poker players are weird sitting all alone in front of our comps swearing at the screens!!!! Takes all sorts i suppose!! glglglgl to you all,
So i played 2x $5 6 player sng's. A 1st & 2nd was ok in my book before i regged for the $4 $1k gtd. deep stack tourney. 357 players sat down & the standard was dire!! ok,i'm not Gus Hansen but at least ive got a slight scooby what its all about!!
I doubled early when matey called every bet on an A high board holding bottom flopped pair against my AK,some peeps were calling huge bets with a picture card,it was a joy to watch!!!!
Any way,i finally finished 56 (top 40 get paid) Now you might think 'what a spanner,i thought it was dire!!' but i horribly over played TPTK against mateys 2 pair,then ran AQ into A3 that turned the fucking 3.....grrrrrrr!!!
But hey ho,i have played & cashed in Ladbrokes tourneys before & it wont be long before i do so again (i hope!!).
A bit earlier i watched the darts on tv,when i was younger i played darts quite a bit in the boozers i frequented but i cant for the life of me see how people get excited watching it.....yet the place was heaving,any excuse for a night on the lash imo,the darts fans probably think us poker players are weird sitting all alone in front of our comps swearing at the screens!!!! Takes all sorts i suppose!! glglglgl to you all,
Lets go!!!
Its been a slow start to the year,mainly as i got wacked by the killer man flu bug!!
Talk about feel like shit,it hit me over xmas which was a downer...luckily i'm nearly back to full strength,i have even attempted to pack up smoking to get rid of the coughing!!
So its up & away on Laddies with the inevitable dodgy hands & appaling play catching me out;
** Hand # 1106105184 starting - 2009-01-06 20:33:28** $5 6 pays 3 - 20 hand levels (c) [Hold 'em] (50.00100.00 NL - STT) Real Money
matt12001 sitting in seat 1 with 2667.50
smoothplz sitting in seat 3 with 2030.00
mao-mao sitting in seat 4 with 665.00
pokerpotta sitting in seat 5 with 3562.50[Dealer]
matt12001 posted the small blind - 25.00
smoothplz posted the big blind - 50.00
Dealing cards to smoothplz: Kd, Kc
mao-mao raised to 300.00
pokerpotta folded
matt12001 went all-in - 2667.50
smoothplz went all-in - 2030.00
mao-mao folded
matt12001 shows: 9h, 9s
Dealing the flop: 4h, 4s, 2s
Dealing the turn: 8c
Dealing the river: 9d
matt12001 wins 4460.00 from the main pot.
Not bad play by matey just plain unlucky to get rivered like that, the thing is,its starting to not worry me,shit happens & as long as i get it in good then thats all i can do......bad beats? i piss 'em!!! Just fire another game up & crack on!!
Now this hand did give me the hump!! Maybe i should have shoved,but wtf does matey think he is beating........his calling gets rewarded & i get done again!!
** Hand # 1107204180 starting - 2009-01-08 21:25:11** $5 6 pays 3 - 10 hand levels (c) [Hold 'em] (200.00400.00 NL - STT) Real Money
benji0 sitting in seat 4 with 6485.00[Dealer]
smoothplz sitting in seat 5 with 2215.00
benji0 posted the small blind - 100.00
smoothplz posted the big blind - 200.00
Dealing cards to smoothplz: 10h, 10s
benji0 called - 200.00
smoothplz bet - 600.00
benji0 called - 600.00
Dealing the flop: 7c, 5c, Ad
smoothplz bet - 1200.00
benji0 called - 1200.00
Dealing the turn: 8s
smoothplz went all-in - 615.00
benji0 called - 615.00
benji0 shows: 9c, Qd
Dealing the river: 6d
benji0 wins 4830.00 from the main pot.
Finally a thought for you all.....how is it that all the cars with stickers that state;
'want to earn £500-£1000 a month' & 'want to double your income' are really shitty old cars!!???
glglgl to you all.
Talk about feel like shit,it hit me over xmas which was a downer...luckily i'm nearly back to full strength,i have even attempted to pack up smoking to get rid of the coughing!!
So its up & away on Laddies with the inevitable dodgy hands & appaling play catching me out;
** Hand # 1106105184 starting - 2009-01-06 20:33:28** $5 6 pays 3 - 20 hand levels (c) [Hold 'em] (50.00100.00 NL - STT) Real Money
matt12001 sitting in seat 1 with 2667.50
smoothplz sitting in seat 3 with 2030.00
mao-mao sitting in seat 4 with 665.00
pokerpotta sitting in seat 5 with 3562.50[Dealer]
matt12001 posted the small blind - 25.00
smoothplz posted the big blind - 50.00
Dealing cards to smoothplz: Kd, Kc
mao-mao raised to 300.00
pokerpotta folded
matt12001 went all-in - 2667.50
smoothplz went all-in - 2030.00
mao-mao folded
matt12001 shows: 9h, 9s
Dealing the flop: 4h, 4s, 2s
Dealing the turn: 8c
Dealing the river: 9d
matt12001 wins 4460.00 from the main pot.
Not bad play by matey just plain unlucky to get rivered like that, the thing is,its starting to not worry me,shit happens & as long as i get it in good then thats all i can do......bad beats? i piss 'em!!! Just fire another game up & crack on!!
Now this hand did give me the hump!! Maybe i should have shoved,but wtf does matey think he is beating........his calling gets rewarded & i get done again!!
** Hand # 1107204180 starting - 2009-01-08 21:25:11** $5 6 pays 3 - 10 hand levels (c) [Hold 'em] (200.00400.00 NL - STT) Real Money
benji0 sitting in seat 4 with 6485.00[Dealer]
smoothplz sitting in seat 5 with 2215.00
benji0 posted the small blind - 100.00
smoothplz posted the big blind - 200.00
Dealing cards to smoothplz: 10h, 10s
benji0 called - 200.00
smoothplz bet - 600.00
benji0 called - 600.00
Dealing the flop: 7c, 5c, Ad
smoothplz bet - 1200.00
benji0 called - 1200.00
Dealing the turn: 8s
smoothplz went all-in - 615.00
benji0 called - 615.00
benji0 shows: 9c, Qd
Dealing the river: 6d
benji0 wins 4830.00 from the main pot.
Finally a thought for you all.....how is it that all the cars with stickers that state;
'want to earn £500-£1000 a month' & 'want to double your income' are really shitty old cars!!???
glglgl to you all.
8 Jan 2009
Welcome!!
Welcome one & all to my new blog,a record of my quest to improve & play this game to the best of my ability! Last year i had a bash on Full Tilt,did quite well then nearly spunked the lot!!!
So its back to grinding on Ladbrokes in an attempt to build my roll back up,its fustrating to say the least, i know i can play ( & win ) at higher stakes but for now its nose to the grind stone & be patient.
As you see on the site i belong to the excellent RTR forum,pop over & have a look,its a good crack!
Ive also got some music on here,a right random selection,from dance/d&b to the earliest punk single i ever bought ( New Rose by The Damned!) If you think its all shit then hit the off arrow!! New sounds will be added every week...(you lucky people!!)
The blog will contain my results (mainly for my benifit....i know it is as boring as shit reading a load of bad beat storys!!) & some of my life events.....please link me up if you wish & i will reciprecate, & all comments gladly received.
In case you are wondering about the blog title,it refers to my large lab/retriever who is called Henry...he sits patiently by my feet as i swear loudly at the comp as i get rivered for the umpteenth time!!
So its back to grinding on Ladbrokes in an attempt to build my roll back up,its fustrating to say the least, i know i can play ( & win ) at higher stakes but for now its nose to the grind stone & be patient.
As you see on the site i belong to the excellent RTR forum,pop over & have a look,its a good crack!
Ive also got some music on here,a right random selection,from dance/d&b to the earliest punk single i ever bought ( New Rose by The Damned!) If you think its all shit then hit the off arrow!! New sounds will be added every week...(you lucky people!!)
The blog will contain my results (mainly for my benifit....i know it is as boring as shit reading a load of bad beat storys!!) & some of my life events.....please link me up if you wish & i will reciprecate, & all comments gladly received.
In case you are wondering about the blog title,it refers to my large lab/retriever who is called Henry...he sits patiently by my feet as i swear loudly at the comp as i get rivered for the umpteenth time!!
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