Fintan Ramblings

Reading this blog reminded me of the time I used to get weird texts and when you say your not interested they usually go away .

But as the last few years cameras are now on mobile phones as standard and of course my friends get new phones from their wives/girlfriends for xmas present
they will be transferring phone book onto new phone and when I get a text from them it comes up as a new number.

Usually straight after xmas I get odd pictures of places that I cant work out but most worryingly of all they send pictures of their cocks, well from what I see they are having a pee in toilet. Horribly they send a picture of their turds!!

And I get odd random pictures of places, usually pubs or what they are drinking saying, “bet your in the house watching tv we are getting a life etc.”

Id be texting back asking who they are as I knew it be my friends playing a trick but they wouldn’t say.. so what I said was if you don’t tell me who you are I will ignore the text..
By the end of January they have given up and reveal them selves (not literally) .

Google Analytics tells you everything you want to know about how your visitors found you and how they interact with your site see link for more info http://www.google.com/analytics/

I had a look at how people found my blog they were over 200 search terms so I only picked out the best below.
Words in bold are my thoughts..

how to lip-read|
Not easy but like most people who are born Deaf learn to lip-read so it’s kind of self taught

fix you skydigital box|
Oh dear your sky box broken that sucks

watch free movies for no more than a pound|
If you’re looking for free movies you won’t find it here but if its no more than a pound its not free is it?

itv homepage|
Oh dear someone search for ITV home and you ended up here.. So hello

turn off sign language from sky movies|
Can’t be done put up with it or switch to another channel

new deaf friend|
Ok some one wants a new deaf friend does it matter making friend regarding if they are deaf or not?

does being deaf make you disabled
Erm we are registered disabled so yes although I don’t class my self as disabled

nicenewcar any good|
Yes they certainly are 

telephone for deaf in the car|
Erm shouldn’t we be concentrating on the road?

couldn’t join deaf linux list
I wonder whys that? Did you enter email address in right? Check your spam filter for sign up process

lip reading one day courses
I don’t know if there are any and I don’t know if that has benefited anybody

sky adverts volume|
so ok .. is it loud or have you lost the volume button?

ryedale lug|
Sorry al (he is the mailing list admin and run the Ryedale lug) type in Ryedale lug and they ended up here lol

itv tv school programs for 2007
And you ended up on my site

york rail muesem|
A good place to go to if you’re into trains took my kids there a few times and enjoyed it.
Perhaps if the person had spelt museum right you wouldn’t have ended at my site

blog “alison bryan”|
Sorry Alison they ended up at my blog

fintan deaf|
Yep last time I looked

deaf chat group|
sign up here http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/deaf-uk-chat/

bsl shit sign deaf|
???

Annoying sign language guy during films
Ha ha I find this one funny. I suspect a hearing person wondering how to turn off and find it distracting but you cant turn it off see link http://www.skymovies.com/skymovies/article/0,,80620-1192393,00.html

sterry.me.uk
Waves to Kyle.. I guess Google listed my blog more interesting than yours ;-P

they find filthy deaf
I wonder what kind of answer they were expecting here??

people under the stairs
Is there?? Yes I know it’s a film or a hip hop group . Not watched the film and never heard of the group.. until now.

sky tv contract cancelling|
Is it because of the In-Vision sign language getting on your wick?

get ceefax on the internet
Funny enough you can http://www.ceefax.tv/ ,but its not the same sitting in front of computer

pleasure my wife uploads
Erm ok .. but you wont find it here.. Sorry to disappoint you.

where can i buy items for deaf stuff
What like? Hearing aids? I have a few broken old ones.. yours for £200.49p 

deaf for a day earmuffs couldn’t hear me
Well take them off then Jesus you need Google to tell you that?

sky tv box phone hack
This one seem to be popular could be the same person still trying to get the signing in-vision off?

what does the british government know about deafness?|
Not a lot …..

railway muesem york|
Again museum spelt wrong so you back here again huh?

deaf difficult to get a job|
Yeah tell be about it!!!

supervisor arseholes
Erm well they can be depends on what job your in.. But why they ended up on this blog I don’t know

sky extra channels hack
blimey looks like a problem sky has or is it the in-vision again?

do deaf people have orgasms?
What kind of stupid question is that??

I sent my friends and family link to a YouGov below taken from the site.

As a member of the YouGov Panel you will be invited from time-to-time to participate in surveys on topics ranging from politics to painkillers to pensions. Each time you take part in a survey, you will have your virtual YouGov account credited with cash amounts depending on the survey’s length, or you may be entered into a prize draw.
When you reach £50 in your account, YouGov will send you a cheque for that amount.

I understand that some of my friends think its all a con and you get nothing out of it well here is my proof that they do pay out.

Now why doesn’t this surprise me!!

Link to Guardian Newspaper

Don’t know why I will be watching it as I have seen it all before.
I hope somone will record it and post it on youtube for rest of world to see.

** edit**

I hadn’t noticed that the Guardian listed it under the “Social Care” section see Alison blog

I took Scott to Eden Camp and it was a good day out.
Eden Camp as originally a prisoner of war camp, but has been turned into a well-presented museum of modern history. Making use of 33 former POW huts, the extensive displays include a bomber ‘ops’ room, air raid shelters, and the Korean war. Special exhibitions are also held. Hurricane and Spitfire replicas support the many restored military vehicles and items of equipment on display
There are 33 huts and each hut shows you real items on display about the Second World War.
Although on the outside you assume it’s all about the 2nd world war, but some huts tell you about 1st world war and the present (gulf war)
To be honest it’s not really for kids unless they are into military stuff.
I find it annoying seeing kids running in and out when you’re trying to read on the board about the history of each display. Luckily that did not happen in all huts.
We got there at 12pm and when it was nearer to closing we had to rush through last 6 huts as we did not realise the time. So if you’re planning to visit better to go in soon as it opens

Photos we took are on flickr

We went to Whitby for the day (without the dog I may add). Whitby is a nice town and I have been there a few times. It has a famous son, Captain James Cook who was introduced to John and Henry Walker. The Walkers were prominent local ship-owners and Quakers, and were in the coal trade. Cook was taken on as a merchant navy apprentice in their small fleet of vessels plying coal along the English coast.
Climbed on board a ship called The Grand Turk
I am not into boats but the kids enjoyed themselves. Could not find out the history of the boat as you cannot relax with young children who may fall down hatches and the likes!

After that we spotted St Johns Ambulance, they were doing stuff to raise money. You had a choice of having a cut or bruise face make up. Euan didn’t want to have a go, Jared opted for a black eye and the make up was realistic. He was pleased with it.

He had fish and chips in a café and people kept looking and probably thinking that his black eye looks painful.
What’s funny about it that it looks if I had been hiding the damage when I said don’t forget your sunglasses.
Believe me if he has left any of his belongings our journey home would be hell.

Whitbys skyline is dominated by the ruins of St. Hilda’s Abbey, high on Whitby’s East Cliff. Spreading below Whitby, a maze of alleyways and narrow streets run down to the busy quayside. From the old town of Whitby, 199 steps lead up to the parish church of St. Mary, whose churchyard on Whitby’s East Cliff gave Bram Stoker the inspiration to write his world famous book, Dracula.

Thought it would take a while to get up there with young kids but it didn’t because I promised them ice cream once we get to the top.
Even though it was a warm day Whitby was quiet foggy and visiting the churchyard and abbey gave it an eerie effect. Followed by a foghorn every 5 minutes to warn ships that there are rocks nearby.

You could see for miles but due fog we did not see much and on the way down we used the hill instead of the steps visited some shops and then headed home

My friend Scott came to visit us for the weekend, on Friday 13^th and we decided to visit the White Horse.

It is a huge figure cut into the hillside of Sutton Bank overlooking the village of Kilburn on the edge of the North York Moors.
We did the usual what every tourist did took photos and stuff and climbed the steps to top we watched a few gliders jump from the top.
We must have been there half an hour at the top (making sure I’m holding on to my kids who are 5 and 3).
Scott was talking to me then I noticed Milo the dog was missing.

When we got near the edge we could see the dog trying to climb back up. The more he tried to climb, the further down he went. He got to about 12ft and stopped.
Now you hear stories about people being rescued on mountains and the dogs managed to climb up so I didn’t try and rescue the dog.

I text my wife to call mountain rescue or the gliders club, she rang back to say mountain rescue on way .
I took the kids back down to car park and waited for them to arrive.
Scott went back to spot were the dog was waiting for the rescue to arrive.

Scott texted me to say that the dog been found (he spotted a couple carrying Milo)
He was fine when I spoke to the couple who found him, they were out walking with their dogs, she said that someone climbed down and rescued the dog. I suspect it was her husband as she was from the Blue Cross UK. Animal Welfare Charity.

Nevertheless I took the dog straight to car and went straight home because I didn’t want any more drama after that.