Tag: Spain

    I feel old…

    *Sigh* my back is hurting and I don’t have any pills at work, looks like I’ll be onsite in 2 different locations later this week, so I’ve gotta get it back to normal before then. On a brighter note: I watched ‘London Boulevard‘ last night – what an awesome film! great casting (Anna Friel FTW) , superb soundtrack, and once again proof that British film-makers make the best gangster movies 🙂 Saturday is Wales vs England in the Euro 2012 qualifiers…it will be interesting to see how Speed plays Bale for Wales – and how England cope with him. EDIT: […]

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    Ok, I’m just about happy with the look now

    So now all I have to do is write something… 😐 Well, seeing as we got a drubbing last night, I’ll not mention the football… Work is good – looks like I’m off to Spain for the 6 monthly de-icer load testing (fly into Girona, perform test, drive to Reus, perform test, fly home). I’m still considering delaying the return flight for a week so I can have a (relatively) cheap holiday – I’d just have to pay for off-peak accommodation/food/beer 🙂 I’ll have to check the money situation before I broach the subject with Ryanair. Now, off to look […]

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    I'm back! (again…)

    Well, Spain was fun, as ever 🙂 Wasn’t as warm as I would have liked, but 20 degrees is still better than it was here… Nice hotel – even had a balcony – so I stood out on that and watched the traffic going by for a bit while waiting for the restaurant to open for dinner 😉 This trip was a bit strange really – I was out in Girona only a couple of weeks back to test/inspect the de-icer there, and then out to Reus (200km south) this week. I flew into Reus for this one, but flew […]

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    A hectic week

    So, Monday I was up in East Midlands Airport, back to the office about 3.30 – relatively easy day (if you disregard lugging the test rig on and off jacks). Yesterday, or yes…up at 5 to get to Stansted for my flight to Spain (Girona). Was about 11 local time when I FINALLY got my security pass and could go do the work. I must admit though, it was lovely being on the apron in glorious sunshine, so I took my time and had a good play was very thorough in testing and inspecting the rig – similar to this […]

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    Happy days

    Well, I’m happy 🙂 No, I’m VERY happy 🙂 Got a new woman in my life and it’s going very well…very well indeed. I was supposed to be going onto a 3 day week at work, but it seems that’s just a smokescreen of some kind – we need to downsize in our workshop and having the guys all thinking my hours have been reduced has them all wondering if their jobs are safe. On the plus side, this should mean productivity is up – time will tell. Anyway, Kathy’s away for the week down in Cornwall (now THAT’D be […]

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