So today I think I joined either the sad group or the new front, I joined twitter not because I spend hours on the computer but as the one good news stories from admittedly a bad event that happened last week came from a twitterer first then I want to be in the loop.

I’m just a little tired of good news channels searching out the negatives not that the news isn’t bad but surly that’s in our face the real work should be to find the news that isn’t bloody obvious like Banks have tonnes of liquidity its confidence they are lacking so let’s stop trying to bleed the comparative good guys like Barclays and HSBC. Or dwell on the bad guys until we all stop listening MOVE ON. is there any more on that pilot and his cool crew? Which companies did well today, can we have an in-depth look at them. Rant over.....

State of the River Real fast
State of boat boats

• Little Edna (3-4person narrow boat 20ft) engine good heating still not working went out on her this last weekend with mates.
• Desmond (dory which we use to get to land) Working sounding good
• Marge (the boat we live on) Probably working but river running too fast so don't know
• Laser (neglected tatty yacht on the coast) just cost £2000 to fix and keep on mooring got to sail her this year.
• Shia Khan (2 man laser) Bloke is terrified of sailing this so we will try and sell it, no luck yet, which is odd shes a great boat in good shape, but we are not good at getting rid of boats.
• laser dingy (1 man laser) still ok at sailing club unsailed in 08
• Allie (old boat for crossing river) on nieghbours land
• Bluey the canoe damp but good not used recently
• canadian canoe needs some wood work a spring job.

Cats

• Bonnie 20 year old nagging old hag brings out the worst in us but we love her sort of
• Beaches 17 year old silver torte the queen who has us under her paw
• Nutty 3 yr old, insane half burmese, quite loopy bit of rat catcher
• Leo or Mr Ardo sane half burmese brother of nutty built like a rockwiller very controlled.