Dark Alex's Really Long Post Thread.

[indianasmith]

Hey, happy birthday, buddy!
I've got a decade on ya and I'm still pretty spry, so there's hope!

[Alex]

i'm so glad you've had a good day! all i have to give is love, but know you have that, always! 

Don't forget calling me a butthead. I think it must be the word you have used the most in conversations with me. :P

Today was a pleasant day at work, spoiled only slightly by getting a moronic question from someone who often sends me such things. Decided that in future I will wait until 30 seconds before I leave work to reply to his questions so that the other shift has to deal with any follow on emails. Met my new boss today, seems to share my interest in history and is an expert on planning staff rides which bodes well for the proposed Malta trip.

Work was discussing Iran today and wither or not instant sunshine is going to be used there. Think that option would bring a lot of unforseen consequences. Mind you, that is easy to say. There are always unforseen consequences of any action. You might not notice or know about them, but that doesn't mean they aren't there and they won't bite you in the ass. Still, that isn't my train set and I don't give the orders there.

[Alex]

Another school shooting and I guess some more parents get to bury their child. Shame people who want to do these things can't just decide to get together and shoot at each other.

But then some people are stupid enough to think this kind of thing makes them tough.

[Alex]

Hmm, latest royal baby has been born. Congratulations and can we get something else on the news now?

Looks like I'll be moving back onto shift work soon. Honestly, I am good either way. Both permanent days and shift work have advantages.

Watching the weather forecast. We've been getting more snow in spring than we had all winter (which was a fairly dry winter and lacked the multitude of storms I am used to seeing at that time of year). If we have as hot a summer as is being predicted I am wondering if we will see water shortages this year. Just in case I've been stocking up on supplies. Hopefully it won't be needed, but just in case it is good to have some preparation.

Oh well, time to head into work.

[Alex]

Got to come home from work early today.

Only because I need to pack for something work related that has came up at short notice. With a bit of luck I'll get back some time on Monday, but it is not unusual for these jobs to end up sending you on a world tour.

Getting some extra time off when I get back to make up for the short notice and spending a weekend travelling some place to then just turn around and come all the way back.

[Alex]

For any gamers out there, I found these in a charity shop or £10 a box today.






Most of the figures date from around the late 80's. Nice to find them unpainted and undamaged.

[316zombie]

i have been told more than once that i have rather peculiar pet names for the men i love, lol! you rank up there with my bestie, affectionately known as p**sant.

[Alex]

Those figures I linked above seem to have attracted a degree of jealousy in one of the forums I am on. Many people have been looking for them for years and are shocked at the price I got them for. Wonder if I should mention that I've never read the dragonlance books to them. I've had requests to buy them from me and a couple of almost threatening demands to sell them.

Their hatred keeps me warm at nights. Might sell the Games Workshop Squats, but I am keeping the rest.

I was thinking about some books I had recycled when I found out something's the author had done. I wanted to destroy the books, but being a book lover found myself unable to purposely damage them. Been wondering what I'd do if I found a signed copy of say Mein Kampf. Could I bring myself to destroy that? As much as I would like to rid the world of things like that, I also think keeping them serves a purpose in educating people about these things and why we should never let them happen again. Not that having them seems to be preventing people walking (or should that be goose stepping?), into the same mistakes. Seen a lot of stuff in the past year trying to paint Hitler as a socialist. Seems odd that he would invade the Soviet Union because he hated communism then.

Still all we can do is try our best to leave the world in a better place than we find it and rally against those who out of ignorance or malice would leave it worse.

Honey, if you are reading this I found a way to get on the forum despite me having removed my browser from my phone. I am the Queens engineer* after all. There are no problems, only solutions. 🤪

My departure has been delayed an hour so waiting in control right now. Be spending tonight at Gretna Green in a hotel, then tomorrow a hotel down at Brize Norton before travelling back up Monday. Since I get bored easily there may be a lot of long posts from me on here, musing about the transient nature of reality, how the laws of physics breaks down on the subatomic level and why this limits the development of our computer technology and all sorts of the kind of highly technical and philosophical stuff I post here regularly. 😆 Natch.

Got a book of Conan comic strips and a Michael Moorcock novel to read through as well as my phone, laptop and a notepad to try and keep myself interested.

*Not the only Queens engineer, there are a few of us but she does pay me and also paid for my training.

[Alex]

So two hours later I am still waiting to go. When people talk about military precision and organisation they really have no clue. Hmm, there is a boxing competition on camp in a few weeks. Might go for that.     Always been a fan of boxing.

[Trevor]

So two hours later I am still waiting to go. When people talk about military precision and organisation they really have no clue. Hmm, there is a boxing competition on camp in a few weeks. Might go for that.     Always been a fan of boxing.

My Dad was a boxer in his Army days: in his 70s, he knocked a guy cold with one punch after Dad had warned this person to stop hassling ladies in my building. 

[Alex]

Finally got to the hotel about 19:30. Had a nice meal and a few beers which made the drivers jealous since they can't indulge. Our journey southward will continue tomorrow morning. There is a base nearby and our trucks are spending the night there safely which means we don't have to spend all night guarding it.

My room is at one end of the corner while the two drivers are down the other end, on either side of the honeymoon suite.#

Guess they aren't getting any sleep tonight then.

For anyone who hasn't heard of Gretna Green, its a place you traditionally run away to to get married. Bit like Vegas only romantic and with less Elvis impersonators.

Leaving early tomorrow, got another 6 or 7 hours to go before our next stop and then after a second night in another hotel, we will head back up, spend a second night in this hotel and head home Monday.

[Alex]

Woke up around 4 this morning, so decided to get up early. Figured might as well have a long warm shower, followed by an improvised workout of push ups and sit ups. The bed was nice and comfortable but I have never been great with just lying in bed. If I am awake I'd rather get up and do something.

Heh, the werewolf song just came on. How did your class react to that theory about Toto's 'Africa' Indy?

My companions on this trip are two guys called Arran and Andy (so yeah, everyone on the journey has a name beginning with A, just like all the coolest kids). Arran is the driver of the lead truck (and the one that I am escorting). He is 25 and leaving the job in two weeks, so this is most likely his last big trip. He doesn't seem to like Scotland, and after a couple of hours of listening to him complain about it I decided to let him know all the stuff that p**sed me off when I was living in England, including stories of my assorted collection of nut job ex's from south of the border. He didn't seem to like that much, but took the hint and shut up. Then again, my ex's cover a fair selection of countries throughout the world, so I can call on a bunch of experiences for quite a few countries and continents if need be. The worst one did come from near Leeds though. Other than that we are generally all getting on ok. Andy is the other driver and is somewhere in his 50's. We all got together for a dinner last night. I introduced Arran to something techies do, the shiny liney pound challange. Basically you call a shiny liney pound and then tell someone they need to do something stupid to win it. He'd ordered a steak which came with a bucket of salad and another of chips. The steak was pretty big and I issued a challange for him to eat the whole lot.

Anyway, he is quitting the job so he can go spend more time back home with his family, several of whom don't seem to have long left in this world. I figure that is fair a enough reason to leave, although his home town he is returning to just happens to have a major site at it which he could request a transfer to, but if someone wants to leave the mob I find it hard to find reasons to persuade them to stay. You can do the same job and get more money in the real world. Our biggest benefit (the pension), was majorly nerfed and while it is still good, it isn't as good as it was before and was a major reason for people staying. Now we have experienced people leaving in droves and the higher ups seemingly can't understand why.

He failed miserably at finishing his dinner btw.

Restarting our journey at 07:30. I left the others last night while they were still deciding what route would be the best. Doesn't matter that much to me, just as long as we can get through it and be back home Monday.

Time to get some breakfast and finish prepping for the day ahead. Have a good Saturday.

[Alex]

I am considering writing an alternative history of WW2 considering the likelyhood of variations on the outcome if certain key events are altered.

[Alex]

Sitting in the cab travelling through northern englandshire, which is still to close to being France for my liking.

Cheese eating surrender monkeys.

The scenery is mostly green fields and road. The blue sky is slowly turning white as clouds drift in but for the moment it is a fine day and I am enjoying the sunshine.

[Svengoolie 3]

For any gamers out there, I found these in a charity shop or £10 a box today.






Most of the figures date from around the late 80's. Nice to find them unpainted and undamaged.

Yeah,  a lot of those figures in the top picture are probably warhammer 40,000 squats.  Go to a wh40k facebook page and offer them for sale there.