Blackpool - 2nd RANT

OK, so my first RANT about Blackpool concentrated mainly on the fact that everyone was FAT, everyone SMOKED and everyone had HYPER KIDS.


I still stand by that RANT!!!


BLACKPOOL is the 'tackiest' place in the whole world (in my opinion).


It's also one of the most fascinating places that I've ever been too.


I LOVE BLACKPOOL!!!


Where else can you buy a large glass of wine for £3.30 and sit looking out to sea?  Where else can you buy a large fish & chips for £2.99.


Where else could 'Jeremy Kyle' broadcast his show from.....................  for the rest of his life???


Blackpool is so tacky; its actually stylish?!!!


A few months ago I watched '4 In a Bed' and it came from Blackpool and there were really snobbish people on it who said they would never, ever go to Blackpool.  The Blackpool hosts said that there was something for everyone.  And I thought.........  Oh yeah, get real, some of us like to have a bit of class in our lives???


But actually; there is something for everyone in Blackpool....................


I've just walked 24 miles of the 'Lancashire Coastal Path'.


I've not been up the Blackpool Tower cos I hate heights.  And I've not been to the Pleasure Beach because I hate heights.  And I've not been in any of the amusement arcades because I hate stuff like that.


............But I've walked for more than 24 miles.  And I've had a very cheap glass of wine in a beer garden in the sunshine and I've stayed in the most fabulous hotel.


And I know I'm a 'ranting old middle aged spinster'..................


.............BUT, actually BLACKPOOLS OK!!!


.............So if you're a walker or a biker or a hiker or a cyclist or a twitcher or a surfer or a swimmer or a horse rider or a runner or anything else.................  BLACKPOOL has something for all of us.


PS - It's still full of FAT smokers.  And a friend of mine has just done a bit of research and found out that something like 27% of Blackpool pregnant woman still smoke.  As I say................  'JK get yourself down here@.  LOL LOL LOL!!!!

Blackpool - 1st RANT

Not really sure if this is so much of a RANT, but an observation?

I’m in Blackpool for a couple of days......................  And seriously, everyone is FAT, everyone smokes, nobody has any teeth, and ‘Jeremy Kyle’ really should just broadcast his show from here.

OK so I’m sure that’s a bit of a ‘generalisation’...............  But seriously.............

................All the fat kids are wandering around with their fat parents and fat siblings and fat uncles & aunties.  All of whom have a cigarette in their hands.  And all I can hear anyone saying is................  ‘Can I have some chips, can I have a burger, can I have some ice cream, can I have some candy floss.’  Etc, etc, etc,  It’s 3.30pm in the afternoon for goodness sake.

And all I’m hearing is; ‘Can I, can I, can I???’

What has happened to our society?

Why do we no longer eat meals for breakfast, lunch & dinner.  (Or even breakfast, dinner & tea which was what happened when I was a child?!)

Everyone just seems to graze on ‘snack foods’ these days which I’m sure is why all these ‘fat kids in Blackpool’ are FAT??!!

................And they’re all waiting at the tram stops to get on a tram to take them less than half a mile down the road to MacDonalds  OK I don't actually know where they're going but I have seen a lot of them get off at the MacDonalds stop?!!

....................And seriously ..............................How do all these fish & chip shops survive?  How on earth do they make any money when they’re advertising ‘fish & chips for £2.99’??? And a lot of them are saying that kids can eat for free???

First impressions – Blackpool seems like the ‘tackiest place in the world’?!

But ho, hum, let’s not be too hasty.

Sometimes, ‘first impressions’ aren’t correct??!!

Breast cancer awareness month???

Get a life people!!!


....................So I've had breast cancer.  And I've been through the whole breast cancer scenario.  And I've had an operation.  And I've had radiotherapy.  And  4 years later I'm still on breast cancer drugs.  And I totally support 'Breast Cancer Awareness Month'.


But honestly??...............................  All this 'over the top stuff' is doing my head in.


I've survived.  And for that I'm very grateful.  A lot of other people have survived.  A lot haven't.  And that is desperately sad..................


..................I'm just not sure that all this focus on 'Breast Cancer' is the right route to go down.


Breast cancer seems to get sooooo much publicity.  There's 'moonlight walks', there's 'wear it pink' campaigns', there's 'fun runs', there's 'coffee mornings'.


Don't get me wrong - Obviously having breast cancer myself, I would love to find a cure for it, and I'm more than happy for everyone to be fund raising to find a cure.


However, there are hundreds of different forms of cancer and hundreds of illnesses that need funding.  And hundreds of people that need help.


..............And I'm just not sure how 'Breast Cancer' has made it into the spotlight?


Is it because it's a 'woman thing' and woman feel empowered to do something for themselves.  But lets not forget men can get breast cancer too.


Personally, I would like the cure for cancer to be universal.


If I had one wish in the whole wide world.................  I would wish for everyone who had cancer, (whatever kind of cancer), to be able to take one tablet and make it go away.


Wouldn't that be fabulous???

Get off the internet

This weekend I have had friends to stay.  I love having friends to stay.  Having friends to stay means we can go out and about and do all the stuff that I wouldn't normally do by myself.




However.........................




................Increasingly having friends to stay....................  doesn't actually mean that we will be going out and about and doing anything???




So............... my friends arrived at 8pm on Friday night..................  And by 8.10pm they'd accessed my wifi code and were connected to the internet and were busy checking stuff on ebay/facebook etc.




I actually think I might declare my home a non wifi area if friends want to come to stay again.


Just what has happened to real live friendships???


Why does everyone need to be connected to the internet 24/7???


And the other thing that really annoys me.....................  Visitors just seem to think that they can breeze into your house and automatically get the wifi code and 'connect' and do whatever they want on the internet.


.............. I don't have 'unlimited' wifi usage.  Why would I?  I don't spend hours downloading stuff and watching stuff on the internet??


..............So I end up paying extra for everything that my visitors are doing???  And yes........  it does annoy me.  I really don't think I should be paying for their wifi usage.  They come to see me.  Or at least that's what they tell me??  So why do they need to connect to the internet the minute they arrive???


I don't watch stuff on Utube, I don't download stuff, I don't do a lot of stuff that my house guests do.  I check my emails, I faff about on Facebook & Blogger and I do a few other bits& pieces.  That's it.


Every time I have friends to stay I end up paying more for my internet connection because my so called friends/family use up all of my data limit watching stuff on the internet.  And then I'm the one who ends up paying for everything that they're doing.  And why do they need to be doing any of it if they're on holiday??!!


It really does annoy me.


I'm seriously thinking of declaring my house a 'wifi free' zone when people come to visit.


..................But then I probably wouldn't get any visitors??????  Lol!!!


Having said that...........................  Do I really want visitors that just spend their whole lives on their ipads????