HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

To all . Tonight, for the first time in fifteen years myself and my better half are to venture out of the house for an hour or two on a new years eve. Back in about ten for a curry and see midnight in with the boys! Not really my thing in all honesty but I'll enjoy it anyway.

Some predictions!

* Football;

England to exit world cup early to France.

Sunderland to scrape to safety in relegation battle.

Newcastle to get promoted easily, and replace Chris Hughton with Mark Hughes.

Arsenal to win premier league title.

* Politics;

Hung parliament at general election. Record numbers of postal votes. Suspicious outcome.

Gordon Brown ousted as leader of Zanulabour. Alan Johnston to take over.

Rory Stewart, newly elected Con MP for Penrith, makes early impact. He will lead the party from about 2016

* Cricket;

England beat SA 2-0 in winter series. Best win abroad for forty years.

England beat Bangladesh, draw with Pakistan and travel to Aus where they win first test and start well in the

second. Liam Plunket being the latest Durham player to excell playing for England.

Durham win an astounding third CCC.

* World;

Governments around the world continue to ignore the threat of rampant wahadi islamism and contemplate their navels while chuntering on about climate change.

Britain hits the buffers and loses it's AAA credit ratings. Interest rates rise. Spending is slashed. Unions on the march.

Think that about covers it!

I wonder how long we will all be able to write this stuff without being observed, (oh and by the way, hello there you bloody creepy sod if you HAVE bumped into this innocent rubbish in the course of your observations), and how long before the means to avoid detection are perfected?

Just reading the press lately, and noticing their supine attitude towards Brown and co, not to mention our real masters, it makes you wonder; is the only real opposition out there on the net?

Always worth a visit to The Tap on matters of this kind, especially today's offering. We should none of us be asleep on this, but always assume the worst where politicians are oncerned.

Meanwhile back here, England are taking SA to the cleaners, although they may run out of time to force a win. But what a win it would be if they can do it!

In the back again.

Not being able to abide most of the stuff the brood are watching on the telly I'm in the back room , sitting on what is becoming "my sofa!".

Reading, using this thing, (spotify!), or listening to the wireless on my phones. Great really. I will re-enter about nine or so.

I'm putting this pic of Durham Cathedral on here , and will try to put another one on later and see if I can improve at all at this malarky.

Time has passed on the sharpish side since I started this. It's now the 24th. So HAPPY CHRISTMAS , and God Bless.

Defeat again..

Well it was!.

A year and a half on I'm talking about a football match! The defeat being Sunderland's third in four games and the continuing of a bad run. We may be in a bit of trouble, but it's a long season and hopefully we can stay up with a point or two to spare and as they say these days "move on". We'll see, but I hate the idea of changing managers every fortnight so I'd like to see Bruce be allowed to get on with it. That's what I think will happen , but I am old enough to be allowed pessimism.

Full house tonight . Our nephew is staying over and so he and our two are PS2ing it upstairs. They are pretty good together and seem to enjoy the rarity of the occasion. We will clean up over the next couple of days! Said nephew's father also around, (but at the local prem lodge thing) with his new fiancee. He doesn't seek or need my blessing in this but he has it and I'll let him know this before he scarpers tomorrow. I hope they are ok .

Copenhagen, to which I will return on another day, has ended amid a glut of ridiculous politicians claiming to have "saved the world". Steam coming out everywhere.

I feel better having started this stuff again and look forward to babbling on a bit more shore shortly.