doing exactly what it says on the tin- or not!

As a wheelchair user there is one thing i would not be able survive without-apart from my set of wheels and that is a taxi.. I know that there are buses that take wheelchairs and i use them but if i have to go somewhere for an appointment i take a cab because i know it will take me from door to door.

I have had to take two cabs in two days to get to important appointments and so i got a cab and the driver was less than complimentary about my stabiliser which stop me from tipping onto my back when going up a curb or something he started to complain about my wheelchair and its bloody - to put it mildly stabilisers because he would have to get out his ramp.
I could put up with this because its a common complaint but an incident today really got me going.
I was coming away from a job interview and went to a taxi stand to get a cab to take me home i thought i had found one i tapped on the window of a new minibus cab- in edinburgh as well as the london type cabs we have new kind of van things which take a wheelchair and 4 people quit comfortabley. they even have wheelchair stickers on thie side of them so you know it a good bet.

its a good bet apart from today- i saw the van type of cab so i approached it and asked the cabbie if i could hire it to take me home he said no because he was exempt from carryig wheelchairs. So i challanged him as to why he was driving a taxi designed for that purpose and he said he it wasnt his cab- which may be true but if he is genuinely exempt he should not be driving a cab like that before i could challange him more he drove off i am not a happy bunny!

you never thought it would happen

The world is in the grip of the credit crunch my job along with thousands of others went in the blink of any eye. If you had asked anyone 2 yeas ago i bet hardly anyone would have said  Lehman's and Woolworths would have gone under. The same could be said of Barack Obamas election to the presidency of the United States. His grand parents would have probably said it would never happen.

Last night i was watching quiz call on channel 5. Quiz call  is a program where you get a  topic such as films with tom hanks in them and then  people phone up and guess titles. they phone up on premium rate number of about $3 a minute  and not every one gets through but they are still charged.  Like having a kebab on the way home from the pub if you cant sleep u watch tv well i watch quiz call. As a result i am in shock! somebody actually won some money it never seems to happen.

i have now been unemployed for a grand total of 18 months but i feel i am on the home straight soon I will have a job but there have been times i have said to my self it will never happen!

Making history

How do you make history i wonder. well the next ten days is going to have a good go at it On tuesday Barack Obama will be sworn in as President of the United States of America. (who will be the first foreign leader to visit him remember  the clammer of world leaders who tried to visit george W  first, my money is on Mr Sarkozy). By the end of the month Kaka could be the the most expensive footballer with a total transfer fee of over £100 million and wages of a reported half a million  A WEEK i reckon he is try to solve the credit crunch himself!

I am making history as well no i havent solved the problem of climate change  or the credit cruch I am going to cook in my kitchen. Since I moved into the flat  i have been waiting for the council to complete adaptations  in. Well it is complete

So how do you make history well i will start by making chilli

a lost cause

What am i talking about dear reader. I will leave you guessing a little longer. Is it not the quest by Manchester city for Europe. It is not the rift between Kevin Pieterson or Peter Moores. It is me.

I went into the job centre this week for a 13 week check up- the baby is progressing well it now has toes. I gave them my CV as I was told too  and was told by the person- I am am too qualified to get a job from the job centre. I thought the point of this establishment was to help you find work but obviously not

So first the world economy gave up on me  now the job centre who next? suggestions very welcome

what do you look for in a song

 

Happy new year readers one and all- my mancunian friend i know will be waiting for this to appear on his RSS feeder, I am currently returning north from london following ten days of too much chocolate!

What do you look for when deciding if you like a song what factors go into your choice- is it who sings it, the musical harmonies or the lyrics.  My family and I are huge Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie Fans. As well as Blackadder they starred togeather in the fantastic Jeeves and Wooster Series based on the PG Wodehouse books. There is a great line in that where Hugh Laurie as Jeeves says " you know what I look for in a song Jeeves? a spot of Phiosophy something to make you think!

As well as Eating chocolate this festive period I have been doing some thinking. My first thought was 2008 for me was a rite off if i was it was a car i wouldnt even bother to find the form to get insureance money! 

My thought proscess was as follows. I have  spent to much time after the lehmans episode feeling sorry for myself. But it taught me two things 1 I can get jobs with anybody I want and 2 I have to find a job it wont find me.

Moving on from analysis of the situation like anybody should i thought about how i could improve upon it. its like voters at election time dont care what parties have done for you in the past- while thats important i know. its more what will you do for me now!

In 2009 with a  shrinking job market my timing could not be worse but i  know it will be my year. I will go into the year full of hope and instead of being picky about what i apply for i will just apply for anything thats going because I always look on the bright side of life.

You can get what you wish for

Its that time of year when politicians send out their Christmas cards. If they are anything like leo in the west wing you wont know who half of the recipients  are. Earlier this week i saw david cameron and his family in the paper  having the picture taken for the cameron card.. Cameron was saying 

In my view he is treading a fine line. I think he will end up  using the family and then asking for privacy. People know me as a labour man so it is indeed right that i mention the blairs  because they were accused of doing what cameron is.

Of course we want to know about him and what makes him tick but isnt david cameron the one voters can elect and not his family. If he does want to have them in pictures let them choose. I know they are very young so dont use them until they have a choice!

you know is christmas time when...,.

reader dear reader i would like you to think about something. what is a nintendo users favourite carol.. ( answers at the end of  the post no prize on offer i am a skinflint)

Its December the nights are drawing in. I have also opened the first few doors on my seasonal calender as my local supermarket calls them. but what makes it christmas time for me is not the christmas music or the rush of people in the shops or the movies on the tv ( the best one for me is miracle on 34th street) but it is the day the christmas radio times comes out.

In my house it created a buzz  because you could check out what to watch and when i know you can do every week but something about christmas made it different

the answer to the question is wii 3 kings