Today I've got a flat tyre on the car that is almost my car. I phoned AA, Dan and my Dad. Dan and Dad gave helpful advice, the AA were rubish, but should you really expect cohearent advice from alcoholics?
It made me think about my personal helplines e.g who I phone for help in what situations and I have come up with a list I wish I could publish the numbers so everyone could benifit but as I don't have a data protection advice line person I probably shouldn't just in case.
Car advice - theroretical (e.g There is a spare tyre in there somewhere)
....................................................................................Dad
Car advice - practical (e.g I will help you fit it)....Dan
Money and investment advice...............................Dad
forms /acconting/ excell advice ............................Mum
crap medical advice (e.g 'don't bother going to a doctor they can't do anything for you')
....................................................................................Jo
youth interpritation (e.g BRB stands for be right back)
....................................................................................Sarah
cooking advice (e.g how many days after it's sell by date can you really eat eggs ect)
..................................................................................Mum
spritual advice........................................................Dan, Helen, Katie.
Theological advice...................................................Will
Musical knowledge..................................................Dan
Artistic advice..........................................................Rachel, Josh.
Dressmaking advice................................................Mum
french translation....................................................Dan
Business/ self employment advice........................Dad
fashion advice...........................................................Rachel
computor and internet advice................................Dan
from this list I can conclude that Dan is the most useful person to know, that's why I'm going out with him. I wonder if people ever ask me for advice? I think I could run these helplines succesfully:
crap arabic translation
crap french translation
what colour goes with what other colours advice
uk geography (specialising in the coventry ring road and translation of liverpool postcodes into atual area names)
how to make cheese sause
101 things to do with a glue gun.
Can anyone think of a business I could make with all these skills?
what happens if you put a cheese string in a glue gun?
Wednesday 27 October 2010
Monday 25 October 2010
Seven signs of aging
according to Olay these are the 7 signs of aging:
1) line and wrinkles
2) uneven skin texture
3) uneven skin tone
4) appearance of pores
5)blotches and age spots
6) dry skin
7) dullness
in the last couple of months I have experienced a few signs of aging that I have never experienced before.
1) listening to radio 2
2) a strange craving for brown bread instead of my usual white
3) fairly frequent discussions about tax
worrying isn't it? but just like the users of Olay I plan to combat these signs of aging,with a series of new rules that will hopefully stop this slippery slope to old age. I am currently 24 and 2 thirds, which means if I die when my grandmother died I am already middle aged. Here is my new pledge of 7 things I will not do before I'm 27, 30 and ever, anyone who reads this is responsible for holding me accountable.
before the age of 27 I shall not:
1) listen to radio 4 even for a second, unless someone else has it on. ditto radio 3 and classic fm obviously.
2)start saving for a pention
Before the age of 30 I shall not:
3) buy a bread maker or a national trust membership
4) read adult magazines...and by adult I mean something like 'the economist' not playboy
I will never ever:
5) Shop in Marks and Spencer's
6) feel the social pressure to make homemade cakes when visiting friends, (I'm allowed to home bake but only if I'm doing it out of fun not duty)
7) discuss the stock market or kitchens for more that 10 minutes per year.
1) line and wrinkles
2) uneven skin texture
3) uneven skin tone
4) appearance of pores
5)blotches and age spots
6) dry skin
7) dullness
in the last couple of months I have experienced a few signs of aging that I have never experienced before.
1) listening to radio 2
2) a strange craving for brown bread instead of my usual white
3) fairly frequent discussions about tax
worrying isn't it? but just like the users of Olay I plan to combat these signs of aging,with a series of new rules that will hopefully stop this slippery slope to old age. I am currently 24 and 2 thirds, which means if I die when my grandmother died I am already middle aged. Here is my new pledge of 7 things I will not do before I'm 27, 30 and ever, anyone who reads this is responsible for holding me accountable.
before the age of 27 I shall not:
1) listen to radio 4 even for a second, unless someone else has it on. ditto radio 3 and classic fm obviously.
2)start saving for a pention
Before the age of 30 I shall not:
3) buy a bread maker or a national trust membership
4) read adult magazines...and by adult I mean something like 'the economist' not playboy
I will never ever:
5) Shop in Marks and Spencer's
6) feel the social pressure to make homemade cakes when visiting friends, (I'm allowed to home bake but only if I'm doing it out of fun not duty)
7) discuss the stock market or kitchens for more that 10 minutes per year.
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