January 31st, 2008 by olstar

Thats right folks, the original prankster has sadly passed away!

Tributes flooded in Thursday for television star and veteran prankster Jeremy Beadle who died Wednesday from pneumonia at the age of 59.

One of the best known faces on TV during the 1980 and 1990s, Beadle attracted viewers in excess of 15 million for shows like You’ve Been Framed, Game For a Laugh and Beadle’s About.

Born in Hackney, after school, he worked as an insurance clerk, music festival promoter, advertising salesman and assembly line worker.

His foray into television began as a writer and presenter of The Deceivers, a BBC2 history of swindlers and hoaxers, and Eureka, which told the stories behind everyday inventions.

In the last few years Beadle had been plagued by ill-health, having been diagnosed with leukaemia in 2005.

Source

I just cant believe it, a TRUE TV legend..

He will live on in the phrase “Watch out, beadle’s about” as that will ALWAYS be in the back of every 80’s kids mind.

RIP big J - you will be missed by all!

 Jeremy Beadle - 12/04/48 – 30/01/08

REST IN PEACE! 

January 29th, 2008 by olstar

Well i guess things are starting to look up for a change. The businesses are doing well, and things are looking bright for the future. Looking back on last year i think we quite literally making things up as we went along, we were learning every day, and even though its only been one year it seems almost second nature now to do what we now do day by day.

I am still struggling to focus at times, i sometimes feel under pressure and with questions like “how am i going to pay this bill..” running through my head. But i seem to make ends meet when its really needed.

Im really lucky to have the people around me that i have. My girlfriend Gemma is an absolute saint - i really dont know how she does it, but she puts up with me day by day and still tells me she loves me even though im clearly affecting her, and her life with my conquest to become some kind of successful internet entrepreneur.

Its the kind of situation where you start questioning what your doing - “who am i kidding, i can earn £250 a week doing some design job in some company and pay my bills” - then something stamps down on you and wont let you make that decision, and i think that is just the back of my mind taking over for a bit and not allowing me to throw away what we have, and are achieving.

When you have people to feed, and animals to look after, your priorities change (or at least they should anyway) and these people and animals become the most important things in your life because in different ways they depend on you, and feeling like you are letting them down, and making them unhappy is the worst feeling in the world.

But every time, that feeling comes over me and will not allow me to give up. It also makes me feel slightly more focused - and just makes me more determined.

By the end of this year, however i manage to pull it off - i will be able to provide a better life for my family, even if that means working 20 hour days 7 days a week - i will do it! Hey, at least it will give me time to grow my afro.

I have to go to bed now, as its late and i need to continue my quest tomorrow bright and early!

January 24th, 2008 by olstar

Some of you may remember a blog entry i made a while back about i hated starbucks and they they are a rip off - some people who view my blog disagreed..

Well now i have proof!

Starbucks is peddling the worst coffee at the highest prices according to a survey of the big three coffee houses on Britain’s high streets.

A report published today calculates that choosing the world’s largest coffee chain instead of an independent shop for your cappuccino three mornings a week will cost you £126 a year.

The Which? Magazine survey did not stop at lamenting the cost of a Starbucks, it also placed the global brand at the bottom of its taste test. It concluded that when it came to too much water in an Americano and a surfeit of froth on a cappuccino, “Starbucks was the worst offender”.

Source - Times Online

Ha, i knew it. Down with starbucks!

I told you emma!

January 23rd, 2008 by olstar

I have been with TMobile for about a year and a half now, and they have progressivly got worse and worse in the customer support department.

Ok, so i never pay my bill on time, and yes i have been cut off once or twice (or maybe 10 times) due to non payment - its not my bastard fault!

Do they think i ENJOY not being able to use my phone? NO! I am self employed, and dont get paid every friday like i used to - so sometimes im late paying?! Whats the big deal?

I am cut off at the moment, and this time they have turned off all incoming, outgoing calls AND disallowed any texts from getting to me. I recon i have really pissed them off this time haha. I has severly inconvenienced me due to not being able to call the people i need to call for my job and not being able to be reached by people who need me.

They should look after their customers more, be a bit more understanding to people in my position - AND they should allow me to lower my contract if i want to.

Instead they tell me that i need to be on that package cos of my usage (why do i have £100 or more’s worth of credit left on flext EVERY MONTH then?) and that lowering it would cost me more money!

They are getting scrapped in favor of a cool PAYG deal from 02 - top up £30 a month and recieve UNLIMITED texts.. Or top up less and recieve like 500 texts..

And if i cant pay, they wont cut me off or hasstle me on the phone - they just let me get on with it.

Tmobile suck, and will feel my wrath one day when i buy them out and shut them down.

Olmobile - the future

January 21st, 2008 by olstar

I was give 81 beano comics ranging from May 27th 1967, to March 6th 1971 - including the xmas edition from December 21st 1968 AND the rare issue 1363 where gnasher appears for the first time!

And i have no idea what to do with them! 

I was told to hang on to them as they will be worth a lot more than they are now in a few years - but will they?

I would of thought a comic that is over 40 years old would be rare enough, and probably worth the most its ever gonna be!

So who do i sell the to?

Im not putting them on eBay, as that is the home of bargains, not rare items.. So i have looked about for comic sales websites and i have found a few - but they are not very busy.

So i thought to use my blog to reach out to the world, and if anyone is missing any issues from the dates specified above -then give me a shout!

January 18th, 2008 by olstar

Hahaha, if you aint seen it, then get it watched. Human traffic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oprJ-K9DJlE

Hahaha, one of the best bits this is..

They wouldn’t be able to make a film like this any more, as it promotes ecstasy and highlights points that suggest X is actually safer than beer… So much truth, so little belief..

January 14th, 2008 by olstar

Thats right folks, the paint and the canvas came out again at the weekend, and Me gemma and bonnie chops created some more wonderful paintings for our house.

This piece is entitled “Progressively worse”

It was created by me, for our stairs at home.

The next piece was created by all 3 of us, we got the kiddy water based paint out, and splashed a load on the canvas, then got bonnie to walk over it We had lots of fun, and the end result was nothing less than a masterpiece!

I call it, “Organised chaos”

I have to say, the last one is my favourite of all time, as it makes me smile and giggle every time i look at it.

January 14th, 2008 by olstar

I was browsing the web looking for the biggest toaster i could find, to replace the piss-ant little 2 slice one that we have. I managed to find 4 slices ones, 6 slice ones.. and conveyor belt ones that could keep toast churning out faster than i could eat it!

I continued to browse, and found a site called Toasters.com - this site has to have the answers, right?

I stubmbled upon this amazing creation, that i quite simply must have in my life. It only has space for 4 slices, but you can cook two egg’s on it as well!

Back to Basics 4 slice toaster and egg poacher

Its only $65.99 which is only £33.71 in real money! I think thats what you call a bargain!

If Toasters.com see that i have linked to them, and wish to give me one of these i will be more than happy to forward anyone who enquires about my amazing new toaster to their website!

January 13th, 2008 by olstar

Some people have a dog for a fashion accessory, some have them because their kids wanted one and they didn’t, but the kids rules the house so they got one anyway. Me and gem got a dog, because we wanted one, we love dogs, and my mate’s dog was having puppies!

And since picking her up what seems like forever ago we have not looked back! She has been blowing us away with how fast she learns things. She can sit, give both paws, lie down, go to her bed and go and see who’s at the door if we ask her to. And she is 12 weeks old! That’s 3 months!

When i was three months old i wasn’t doing shit apart from dribbling and shitting in my pants. Its amazing to watch something turn from a tiny puppy who knows nothing apart from “people = fuss & food” and “stuff = good to play with” - to a inquisitive, playful, loyal, loving part of our family.

Here’s to bonnie chops!

For those that dont know, you can read all about her adventures and her quest to become the most famous dog in the world - here!

http://bonnie.dog-blog.co.uk

January 11th, 2008 by olstar

Now im no believer of the whole religion thing, I don’t really believe in the paranormal - although I would really really like to (im a kind of believe it when i see it kinda person) I don’t believe in acts of god, or miracles.. but what I witnessed was what I can only describe as just that.. a miracle!

I was making some toast to eat as i was a tiny bit hungry. I put the bread (yes i originally wrote toast and had to change it) in the toaster, and stood staring at it somehow trying to use the power of my mind to speed it up. At exactly the same time my dog ran into the lounge because she needed the loo. I ran after her and opened the door.. She went outside.. I waited.. She came back, and i let her in.

Shit, the toast!

I ran back into the kitchen expecting to see some burnt ass toast that had shot up and had fallen on the floor.. and i was greeted with a miracle!

Not only was the toast perfect in colour and toastyness, it had also pinged up and landed smack bang in the middle of the toaster! Balanced there on its side steady as a rock. I could not belive my eyes!

Wow!

Hahaha