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Store Manager | 20.07.08: Lack Of Blogging,
Fallouts and Games Ok, so, sorry for the lack of blogging for the last couple of days. Absolutely nothing happened at work on Thursday, and I mean literally nothing. We had not much to do before the delivery arrived, and then when the delivery did arrive, we were catagorically told by Pedro not to touch the bulk of it. Fun. Which left us with 3 hours of doing absolutely nothing. At one point I even took The Blonde Bombshell out to the canteen, showed him my eee PC and taught him how to play Blackjack on it. Then told the manager who shrugged and laughed it off. Things were that dire. I was playing cards in the canteen on a laptop, and it was sanctioned by the manager. The only highlight was that Keverly came in to pick up The Tall Pole for training, and The Tall Pole was late. Which meant that me and Keverly got to do some catching up. I could explain who Keverly is, but honestly, that is an entire post of it's own. In short, he's the best supervisor we ever had on nights, one of my favourite people in the world, and generally a great guy who we miss a lot. Then there was the mess that was last night. Me and my best friend have been planning on going to the States for a week in November. Last night we priced it out. It was more than we expected. As was a trip to our beloved Gran Canaria. The US trip would have been £708, Gran Canaria would have been £650. And we fell out a little over it because my friend expected me to be able to make it happen for £700 or less, which in the current climate of high oil prices and high food prices isn't going to happen. Not for the kind of places we like to stay. So when I told him the prices there was a very awkward silence, then we began discussing it. Or rather, I discussed it and he ignored everything. The only upshot of Gran Canaria is that it does include all our food and drinks. The downside is that my friend is a miserable so and so when he is on holiday and none of us can ever figure out why. It's not even that he isn't enjoying it, he always maintains he's having a great time. Plus I am on the wagon. Seriously! I've stopped drinking. Not sure whether or not it will be a permanent thing, but to be honest, I woke up feeling great this morning. Long time since that has happened on a night off when I have seen my best friend. Not that I didn't get intoxicated. We have a thing over here called Ame. It's a non alcoholic wine alternative which has herbs in it. Very popular with non drinkers. But what few people have worked out is that if you combine Ame with a herbal tablet called Kalms, which is supposed to make you feel calmer, the effects turn out not a million miles away from alcohol drinking. Without the headache. And with WAY better sleep quality because you're drinking what is essentially water with fruit juice, and taking herbal tablets which make you feel great. This said, a lot of the non drinking people claim they drink vast quantities of the stuff then drive. Not sure that is such a good idea, but, it IS legal. The only other thing that happened tonight was that I won 50 pretend pounds at Virgin Games and 35 pretend pounds at Ladbrokes Casino. I found a "new system" for Roulette, which isn't really a new system, it's basically Martingale with a twist. In theory I think it can work in the long run, but I still need to run some numbers on the thing first. And keep playing it to destruction just to test it. And I have been playing a LOT of Adventure Quest. I know it's not a serious RPG, but I like the storylines, I really like the artwork (always been a fan of Manga) and I love the freedom and ease of play of it. Plus there are a ton of quests for people of all levels. Right now I am tearing a swathe through the forces of light as a level 5 Necromancer, with the hope of eventually becoming a lich. Always had a thing for the undead... Permalink |
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