Well, it's finally here! 2008 has arrived!

Numpty is still with us, but (hopefully), he will be moving out this month. The wife and I haven't had the house to ourselves for nearly eight years now, and we need some serious "us time"!

Though it looks, financially, like we may have to rent out our spare-rooms, it's not an option that we're too keen on. We'll have to see how things go.

To those of you currently reading the blog from bonnie Scotland, hope the weather isn't causing too many problems (ha ha).

Have just heard on the news that domestic fuel prices are set to rise. No surprise there, then.
Seriously considering selling the house and contents and setting up home in the woods somewhere. Should keep the visitors down, and we can just burn more trees if we get cold! Eat wild fruits and rabbits. I think it's called survival, an interesting idea.

Have also heard that Northern Rock and it's bosses are safe as the Government plans, once again, to bail them out. I say "Fuck 'em". No one helps us out when times are hard, they just take our house away. Financial decisions made by some money-grabbing bastard in the banking industry have ruined thousands of lives, even to the point of people committing suicide. If I drove someone to suicide, I'd be up before the Judge for manslaughter. Why should it be any different just because you're a bank? The actions taken by these people cause untold suffering....they should be held accountable!

Thought you might like a poem

Ha ha it's here at last
Goodbye to the old, hello the new
Another long, hard year has past
I know this year my lottery win's due

So what does 2008 hold for us all
Maybe sickness, death and upset
Let's hope we can at least make it to Fall
It's started well..I haven't got MRSA yet

What with scroungers, immigrants and the like
All taking the piss with benefits and stuff
We'll have to trade in the Merc for a push-bike
After selling everything, we'll end up in the buff

It can't be that bad, I hear you all say
Oh no?..just wait till your mortgage deal runs out
It's happened in the States, it'll happen here one day
And then, trust me, my friend, you'll be the first to shout