All entries for Thursday 17 June 2004

The stresses and strains of England matches

Why do we put ourselves through it all? Why oh why?

I think the entire country (or at least those stupid enough to think it would work) left work at 4:30 today to try and get home a little bit early to see the England game. Only problem being the countries roads are not designed for the entire country to use at the same time.

My 11 mile journey home, usually a 30/40 minute slog in rush hour turned into a 1h10m nightmare!! 11 miles!!

Mind you, my journey was interupted with a bit of excitment. Someone pulled out in front of me from the right without even looking, thank god no one was coming. He then proceeded to race down the tiny stretch of road that was vaguely clear of traffic and ploughed though a red light, cutting up traffic as he went. Much to everyone's pleasure, the next car waiting at the lights that he cut up and failed to spot…a Volvo T5 motorway police patrol car :) hehehehehe. Amazingly the guy tried to run! Suffice to say he didn't get away. That made the journey so much more bearable.

So, having annoyed my better half with listening to the first half of the game on 5 live, I finally got home to watch the second half.

And after the stresses of the journey home, was it worth it…maybe, maybe not…I am coming to see why some people just don't care about the football. We are really not that good are we?

The 3 – 0 score line was not really deserved, but hey, I'll gladly take it.

: 17 Jun 2004 22:54 |  Comments (2) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

U2 – The Best of 1990 – 2000

Title:

The Best Of 1990-2000 (2CD+DVD)

Artist:

U2

ASIN:

B00006OYLF

Rating:

I'm a big U2 fan, and having bought the 1980 – 1990 album a few years ago, I couldn't resist the 1990 – 2000 album when it came out a while back.

It's a 2 disc album with great classic tracks such as One, Stay, Beautiful Day and Your Blue Room, but also lots of tracks I'd never heard and some great remixes.

Highlights for me are the Discotheque remix, Numb and the slow chilled North and South of the River.

Great stuff!

: 17 Jun 2004 11:17 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem