Although he's too shy to allow me to use a photo on the blog, Big Alan Finch our auditor is back today to carry out the annual scrutiny of the books. Alan spends a week or so poring over our figures and usually comes up with an end result that is not too far off the figure we first thought of. We always enjoy Alan's visits as he is one of life's true gentlemen even though he supports Everton and we are sure that everything will run smoothly again this time.
Speaking of Everton it was an interesting FA Cup draw this week and I'm looking forward to two derby games in a week. No doubt for the benefit of all the armchair supporters I will be traipsing to Anfield at some God awful hour instead of Saturday at 3 o'clock. I think it's time that the TV companies paid us for providing the atmosphere and some out of pocket expenses for messing up the weekends.I mean the matches wouldn't look too good on the screen with games played in front of vast swathes of empty seats and in complete silence. Which is what you get at Blackburn, Bolton, Middlesbrough and a few others already and it will only get worse with the credit crunch. I suggest a scale of discounts off the season tickets as follows, £10 for every 1pm Saturday kick off, £20 for Sunday at 2pm and £30 for Sunday at 4pm. And, as for Saturday at 5.25pm? Setanta should be paying us for turning up at that stupid time. Do they realise they are depriving supporters of the chance to watch Harry Hill? And what's more important? Football or Harry Hill? You know how to decide - FIGHT!!!
Meanwhile at the office we are busy getting into the swing of 2009. Orders are OK but I would be a liar if I said that they were up on last year and we need to keep an eye on how things go. With even the mighty M&S announcing 1,200 job cuts today it's obvious that nobody is completely immune from the current situation and it will be interesting to see how things go in the first month of the year. At least with Big Al here to advise us we should be able to keep the money situation under control.I am very pleased to see the growing numbers of UCDB sales. These under counter boilers are really fabulous products and twenty boilers with forty fonts have just been installed in a major new sports stadium due to open shortly. We hope to get some photos for future publicity.
Marion and I are back into the old routine tonight and are off to the pictures to see Yes Man. I hadn't realised until I searched for the above picture that the film is based on a Danny Wallace's true story. I really like Danny having been one of the few people to have actually watched and enjoyed Castaway on BBC in 2007. Max here in the office tells me that it is a good film so we are looking forward to it (and the obligatory meal at Chiquitos beforehand).
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