Following the successful show at Excel last week we are busy pulling all the loose ends together for the new products. We initially aimed to have them on the shelves for 1st March but we had too many orders to fulfil and we had a two week setback. However things are looking to be running well now and we anticipate the first units rolling off the production line towards the end of next week. We are busily writing up the new programming instructions which will allow the users to set the time that the boilers come on and switch off on a daily basis. They are pretty user friendly and the customers should find them easy to understand.
Yesterday I posted a video of Robbie Fowler on the blog with the comment that you should watch it and weep. This would be especially poignant to fellow Liverpool fans. Last night I watched Liverpool on my subscription to ESPN and wept. The spirit of Shankly is no more. The once mighty Liverpool who could always be relied upon to put in an effort even if there was no skill in the team have faded into a jaded and unrecognisable team of misfits and moaners. Apologies to Carragher, Mascherano, Reina, Kuyt and Kyrgiakos who still have the Liverpool work ethic and team spirit but you need all eleven to have it for things to work. I still have two season tickets but it's going to take a lot of persuasion to fill in the renewal form when it arrives a few days after the season ends. By the way lads, we play in red. Last night our passing suggested that we thought that we were playing in blue.
I went to the gym last night (not this one). The recent wedding and 21st parties and Hotelympia have left me overweight and unfit. This has been exacerbated by the need for a new hip which has kept me away from the gym. I managed to cycle for twenty minutes. As long as the saddle is at the correct height the hip moves perfectly but if it's set too low or too high the results are excruciating.
Mark Jones from Workhouse marketing sent me a copy of a press release about his son Tom's opening of a wine store in Whalley later this month. I suggested a headline of "Tom Jones To Open Wine Store In Whalley" fully knowing that Tom will have heard all the jokes about his swinging namesake before and Mark came back with a brilliant response in which he told me that he was off to Wales next week to visit the green, green grass of home (which is not unusual for him) but best of all if the weather was good he was going to take de lilo with him (groan).
Don't forget to get your ticket for this week's draw Mark
