tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84073950076804396232024-02-19T09:06:28.157-08:00The online home of jayman888jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-24672718248596525162014-12-26T03:39:00.001-08:002014-12-26T03:39:14.655-08:00The One Thing<p dir="ltr">Such a good Christmas present. And just at the right time. </p>
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<p dir="ltr">I will monitor sleep with a fitbit which I'll only wear in bed. </p>
jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-37851639623966351992014-12-23T23:23:00.001-08:002014-12-23T23:23:58.462-08:00Morning Rituals <p dir="ltr">This is how my first hour in the morning looks like. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Pint of water<br>
Aeropress Coffee with fresh beans<br>
Basic Yoga stretches whilst water is cooling<br>
Coffee and 30 minutes of non fiction reading<br>
Walk the dog <br>
Go for a run. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Normally from 6am to 7am. Every morning. </p>
jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-68241528359527627672014-12-23T14:53:00.003-08:002014-12-23T14:53:50.868-08:00Photon - a post about Travelling Light<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: 'Frutiger Next', Frutiger, 'Segoe UI', 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
Over the past 25 years I've accumulated a lot of things. </div>
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I moved out of my parents house when I was 21 and moved into a 2 bedroom maisonette. All I had was a TV, a stereo, some CDs, a load of records and a single bed. My mum bought me a couple of handmade 2 seater sofas as a moving in present. My little maisonette was very empty and sparce.</div>
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However it didn't stay like that for long. A series of girlfriends and improvements in my income soon had an effect on the contents of my life. I lived in that little maisonette for almost 10 years, it was my bachelor pad. I drank a lot in it, I smoked a lot in it and I shagged a lot in it. When I moved into my first proper house I needed to hire a truck and rope in 4 friends to help me move out.</div>
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My first proper house was a 3 bedroomed Edwardian Semi and huge compared to the maisionette. Knocked through lounge/diner, master bedroom, lodger's room and then my 'mancave' room. Huge garden too. It was an inappropriately sized house for my new wife and I but we soon filled it up with stuff.</div>
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We stayed there for nearly 10 years. The lodgers came and went, the house got renovated, garden remodelled, 2 young children came along and my 'mancave' room became a nursery. You know the rest. I started to earn a better than average income and spent all of it and then some.</div>
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3 years ago we moved to a bigger house. This time we actually hired a team of removal men to fill a lorry to drive less than half a mile to move us into our new house. We did no lifting or carrying. The lorry was jammed to the max and we even had pieces of hand made furniture that wouldn't fit in the new house.</div>
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When we started to decorate each room of this house we realised that we had so much stuff. We had moved things from house to house and hadn't even opened the boxes. My brother recommended a book called the '100 Thing Challenge' by Dave Bruno and my interest in simplifying my life and possessions started.</div>
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This is my journey, not my wife's or my childrens. I'm the Photon who's trying to shed his baggage and wanting to travel light. I'm setting the example for my family.</div>
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This blog will chart the journey and record the progress. I've already started but there's a long way to go. It's not easy flirting seriously with Minimalism with a wife and 2 children.</div>
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It's not easy when my profession is in the Advertising Industry where my main brief is to get people spending more money buying more stuff.</div>
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I hope you enjoy my journey as it unfolds.</div>
jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-41842152261101564602014-12-23T14:49:00.000-08:002014-12-23T14:49:33.612-08:00Hello...It's been a while eh?<br />
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So much has happened in my world since I last blogged here. I started my own business, left the rat race, spent more time with my kids and have been around the house more.<br />
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2015 will be the year I start to simplify my life and this is where I'll document it. I toyed with the idea of setting up a new blog however I'm quite attached to this one so I'll carry on using it.<br />
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I'm not sure how to manage the adverts that appear on the page so please bear with me. I started a blog on SETT called photon however the platform is closing so I've decided not to faff about with smaller blogging sites. So... Back to blogger.<br />
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I'll cut and paste the entries here.<br />
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Another idea is to be able to blog entirely from my phone and not use a computer. I started this blog many years back with a brand new MacBook, I still have it but it's running very slow now.<br />
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Anyhow, it's good to be back. If you read this, do leave me a comment and say hi.<br />
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Do not ever bother using Argos home delivery. I waited nearly 2 months for this product, they took the money when I ordered in October and I didn't hear from them again. Then I called after 6 weeks to find out what was going on. They then told me that the Mattress company had gone bust. So after some toing and froing we decided to still have the bed delivered and we would get a mattress elsewhere. Finally the bed was delivered last week but WITH a Mattress but without the Futon!!! I called Argos and they then said it was the Futon manufacturer NOT the Mattress manufacturer that had gone bust. And THEN we had to wait a week for the item to be collected. This has been an exercise in frustration. To add insult to injury they are still advertising the product online and apparently you can still buy it in certain parts of the UK. My money has still not been refunded yet!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was Fearne Cotton they wanted, not me. </div>jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-48301230916666908562011-02-23T08:51:00.001-08:002011-02-23T08:51:57.546-08:00Glenn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUMXrJJ-iXvGCpDDCzCsGE-LkR795pq3g44eX-SDXdUq03Qr-BkMCnL7XEMQzlWSDYqmsErkDn5rgok6OK1kw84QrDIi1M5Kw2c_bSI280tn19qrzj8aESMjdZRsxD_HtrlROHy1Yj1OI/s1600/IMG_0077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUMXrJJ-iXvGCpDDCzCsGE-LkR795pq3g44eX-SDXdUq03Qr-BkMCnL7XEMQzlWSDYqmsErkDn5rgok6OK1kw84QrDIi1M5Kw2c_bSI280tn19qrzj8aESMjdZRsxD_HtrlROHy1Yj1OI/s320/IMG_0077.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-50023066691031967942010-12-29T14:53:00.000-08:002010-12-29T14:53:53.125-08:00Shouldn't have gone to Specsavers!<a href="http://www.blipfoto.com/view.php?id=881124">http://www.blipfoto.com/view.php?id=881124</a><br />
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The link for the picture of my broken glasses is above.<br />
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I've be tweeting Angry Tweets all afternoon and have uploaded the above to Blipfoto, I need to write down what happened today and leave the emotion out of it. I won't be slagging anyone off, however I will be using names of all involved.<br />
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I went into town with a list of little post Christmas things to do 'sans' family. One of those jobs was to get my Black Jaspers adjusted because over time they have become a little loose to wear. So I went into Specsavers in Colchester and Arron (young lad, wearing glasses and a Mr Men T shirt) greeted me. I told him I needed my glasses adjusted so he took me over to sit down. Colin (Hope) manager and franchise owner of the branch came over and shook my hand and said 'welcome to our new shop' I've been a customer of Specsavers Colchester for well over 15 years so Colin and I know each other a little.<br />
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Colin and I had a little small talk whilst Arron checked my glasses and then got up to go over to a machine to heat up the frames. Colin was stood next to him. Colin saw that Arron had broken the frame and after a brief discussion he offered by way of compensation 50% off a new pair.<br />
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Call me 'churlish' if you like but I thought that I would be offered full repair or a full replacement 'no questions asked' because a member of Specsavers staff had broken my glasses. Colin made it quite clear that the deal he was offering was actually quite a good deal because my glasses were more than 2 years old and actually he was being very generous. I am a daily contact lens wearer and these glasses are worn a few hours in the evening so not 'old' and 'out of warranty' as he suggested. Whilst I understand that Arron did not deliberately set out to break my glasses I find it hard to accept that I need to 'buy' a new pair because Specsavers broke them.<br />
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Colin then mentioned that Arron should have given me the 'Specsavers will adjust at your own risk' warning before touching my glasses. I've been a glasses wearer for 30 years and I've never heard an optician say this to me. By Arron's own admission and agreed by Colin, Arron didn't issue the 'warning' before attempting to adjust my glasses. <br />
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I left the branch when we were no longer making any progress with the argument and I visited DandA and also Vision Express. Both of them said that if it had happened in their stores they would have either repaired or replaced, but certainly not offered to 'sell' me another pair. I went back to Specsavers to speak to Colin Hope again about this. He was still holding his ground on the 50% discount on a new pair and stated that the other 2 opticians were liars. (bit unprofessional)<br />
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So this is where we are. I went into Specsavers to get my glasses adjusted. They broke them and I have to buy a new pair from them at my cost. The 'compensation' offered of 50% off a new pair is no different to the advertised 2 for 1 offer so how is that actually compensation? <br />
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The Specsavers website has no section about complaints or customer service issues. All it has is a 'Contact Your Branch'. This is a problem when the branch is the problem. I have requested a 'contact' from the website so hopefully in the next 48 hours someone apart from the owner of the Colchester Specsavers will get in touch.<br />
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I'm back again, after taking some time off and being a bit lazy. I've been inspired by reading some wonderful blogs so here I am again. I suppose blogging is a bit like Twitter. It can take a while to 'find ones voice' and 'sometimes one can't be arsed' with it all. I'm not going to think of this as blogging, I'll pretend I'm writing a column for a really cool magazine that no one reads...<br />
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I've pulled out a couple of CDs from my stash. Artful Dodger is playing at the moment. It's been on repeat since 9.30am. Here's a little recap as to why I'm doing this little exercise. I've been listening to and buying music nearly all my life and I love love love music. However, I stopped strongly connecting new music to events and memories a few years back. The old stuff's fine, but nothing new. I'm certain that this coincided with the purchase of my first iPod. Too much music on tap, too much choice and not spending enough time listening to 1 thing. Sure, there's still the odd piece of music that I can hear that transports me straight back somewhere however I feel this is getting rarer and rarer these days with current music.<br />
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I'm revisiting every CD I own and writing about the feelings and memories it evokes. Sometimes it does nothing.<br />
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'It's All About the Stragglers' is one of those albums for me. I've had it playing now for nearly 4 hours now and I don't really get a sense of time or place from it. I know I didn't buy this, I'm sure it was from the insurance company after we were burgled. It's the only album of this genre I own. It's good though. Richly produced, clean, bright and bassy. I'm listening to it on my proper hifi in my office and it sounds quite fat and organic... Do you know what I mean?<br />
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My mate Ben called me earlier and I told him what I was listening to. He actually booked Artful Dodger a couple times to gig at his Uni a few years back.<br />
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I'm glad I pulled this out. It's definitely a HIFI cd. You need space to appreciate this kind of sound. The really annoying thing about this CD is that it has 99 tracks. 12 real ones, followed by 86 silent ones and then 1 last hidden track. What's the point? It's just annoying.<br />
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2 things you must know about this CD<br />
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1. Craig David's on it (not too annoying either)<br />
2. It's where 're re wind when the crowd say Bo Selecta' came from<br />
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It's 10 years old you know?! Blimey, that surprised me...<br />
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My last proper entry was my London Marathon 2010 entry in April and then I've totally stopped. I had a little looky at my blog and I'm going to make some time and start the music blogging again. I suppose I just don't want this blog to end up a 'dormant' blog.<br />
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One thing I have been doing everyday is blipfoto. This has given me the discipline to 'blog' everyday. So, I'll be giving it a go again.<br />
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Currently listening to the Beatles Red Album.<br />
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I've never read them before. <br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/10/1420.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/10/s_1420.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Notice the lack of work Blackberries, diaries etc... <br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-58952485083413868842010-06-05T09:10:00.000-07:002010-06-05T09:10:33.904-07:00A few Pictures from a bike ride today.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6V888pV7A3Gl_l8oX6CfjzuuEFghzk-pttbANfw4tCcO1v6Z_amIsqBFIX-p61kvu6589LhELPmtYULt2s62HI0Qlj3ct9JjxMObTKkranQNJULp0geKw0vVOC_LXYppQD8XQpMVv0bY/s1600/IMG_2439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6V888pV7A3Gl_l8oX6CfjzuuEFghzk-pttbANfw4tCcO1v6Z_amIsqBFIX-p61kvu6589LhELPmtYULt2s62HI0Qlj3ct9JjxMObTKkranQNJULp0geKw0vVOC_LXYppQD8XQpMVv0bY/s320/IMG_2439.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZymGH30dVBmmTY7_Phfn7XPJsW8IOIPmVxVAotqP_rq4uQBjEvjRhczvGafxyxTAQXMD1fsDQdlmQJvXBIttKLMsu1q0XD-YGC8_Db6yAhoeESHgj0eeFlAvT5kOwUY6Bh9fuaD-QKIn/s1600/IMG_2363.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZymGH30dVBmmTY7_Phfn7XPJsW8IOIPmVxVAotqP_rq4uQBjEvjRhczvGafxyxTAQXMD1fsDQdlmQJvXBIttKLMsu1q0XD-YGC8_Db6yAhoeESHgj0eeFlAvT5kOwUY6Bh9fuaD-QKIn/s320/IMG_2363.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbYu-HuRXewrF2kL_F8l0W1daw6wgzAsIDZ_EcPESOdu84Uo3o92f9P7iklh1Usc1LsWk8WyKIPSdYI3ndvj9NfheAglTsp4lLoxeehyphenhyphenVtr1yBqIZ6ds58SuJgmsxutX4uwV2pSwiyIjr/s1600/IMG_2371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbYu-HuRXewrF2kL_F8l0W1daw6wgzAsIDZ_EcPESOdu84Uo3o92f9P7iklh1Usc1LsWk8WyKIPSdYI3ndvj9NfheAglTsp4lLoxeehyphenhyphenVtr1yBqIZ6ds58SuJgmsxutX4uwV2pSwiyIjr/s320/IMG_2371.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0seof7n0r8EaTp36eL2PJFBDnT1x1vgqzYjGxdTdadusvMwt1biWAnTJ22g1wFnnp6HMD6OzfGK21b8fB-Q9MMepYdwW4CwyGNFK5Vo2ZmlFRtRf4lu-5D9FRx4mcEMUC1Sv6FT1HJnGq/s1600/IMG_2409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0seof7n0r8EaTp36eL2PJFBDnT1x1vgqzYjGxdTdadusvMwt1biWAnTJ22g1wFnnp6HMD6OzfGK21b8fB-Q9MMepYdwW4CwyGNFK5Vo2ZmlFRtRf4lu-5D9FRx4mcEMUC1Sv6FT1HJnGq/s320/IMG_2409.JPG" /></a></div>jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-89533482972196612612010-06-03T14:47:00.000-07:002010-06-03T14:47:14.409-07:00www.blipfoto.com<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Just over a month ago my twitter friend @lincolngreen tweeted a picture from a website called blipfoto.</span></span><br />
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This is the first one, a takeaway we owned in the early 70's.<br />
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This is the other one, late 70's to early 80's. I was scared of this house because it had a basement with tunnels. Also when we lived there there was no conservatory, just a carport with parking for only 1 car. The current owners have 3!<br />
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Next time I'm in the town again I'll go and find the other 2 properties and get pictures of them. It was really weird seeing these 2 places again after over 30 years.jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-69630330102588948702010-05-08T13:47:00.000-07:002010-05-08T13:47:06.222-07:00A few shots with my new camera<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmQBQv868ow6a2tIY3eEuS1wCi3xZA0IQqaRKLKfZfqZyA8ZTvjkONe5R8GuSl-pkhvzzHi01miEmLW-VnaiORY3-OPR_ryxZChA9OJ-3zY38eU6zEcD8f0RpVmU0i56dLbySz_I6_Kx8/s1600/IMG_0315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmQBQv868ow6a2tIY3eEuS1wCi3xZA0IQqaRKLKfZfqZyA8ZTvjkONe5R8GuSl-pkhvzzHi01miEmLW-VnaiORY3-OPR_ryxZChA9OJ-3zY38eU6zEcD8f0RpVmU0i56dLbySz_I6_Kx8/s640/IMG_0315.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I felt very nervous at this point and had to queue up for the toilets a couple of times. It was a cool morning with the treat of rain. I checked my kit bag into a TNT lorry and went for a wander. I saw a few other WELLCHILD runners and said hello but was on my own the whole time. My cousin, a seasoned Marathon runner had left to head up to Westminster to park up and then over to Docklands to meet the rest of my family. <o:p></o:p><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">A mass event like this has a controlled start so when you see it on the TV and the front runners run off the line on the gun, bear in mind that it can take up to 30 minutes for everyone to get through. It took exactly 16 minutes for me to cross the start line and my marathon officially started at 10.01am.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #888888; font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">The Cutty Sark was really the first point of the run when I was actually totally blown away by the public support. The crowds started to build from Woolwich Church Street at Mile 4 but when I got to Cutty Sark it was amazing. I was running beside Batman and Robin when a guy with a microphone and a camera crew jumped out and shouted<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">‘Batman and Robin, BBC! Can we get an interview?’<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">It was a lovely to see the family at this point and it certainly gave me a boost. The next big thing to happen on my marathon run was getting to Tower Bridge!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Word cannot describe what it feels like running along Tower Bridge on Marathon day. So I’m not going to try. Just imagine both sides of the bridge lined with people all cheering and shouting, running up Tooley Street and then turning right onto Tower Bridge. An absolutely incredible feeling.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I felt pretty good at the half way mark and from Mile 13 though to 15 was nice and steady. I remember running past the Gel Stop at 14 miles and finding the tarmac really sticky where all the runners has taken a gel pack and then thrown it. I had a little chuckle to myself at this point. My trainers were making a really funny squelching noise.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Getting on the Isle of Dogs at Mile 15 to 18 was a lovely personal point for me. My cousin, who had run the marathon in 2003 used to live on the Isle of Dogs and I have memories of watching the marathon here and waiting to give him a bag of gel packs as he ran past. The sun was beaming down at this point and as I ran toward Canary Wharf I could see Canada Tower and Citi Bank glistening in the sun.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">As I ran through Canary Wharf the crowds swelled again. I’d had a walk around Canary Wharf with my family the previous day looking to buy some sun block and it was practically empty. As I ran though it Miles 18 to 19 the streets where lined deep with people. I high fived Ricky Whittle just as the BBC let him go after an interview.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I looked at my iPhone as I exited Churchill Place and saw a text from my sister, which read ‘ McDonalds Billingsgate’ I called her as I ran down Trafalgar Way and within 2 minutes saw my family again. The massive banner with too many words, my wife, daughter and sister were there. My wife said ‘Read the Banner’ and ‘don’t stop, Richard Branson just ran past’. Confusing messages for a chap who’d been running for 19 miles. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I found out later that my dad was also somewhere at Billingsgate but had run off to try and video Branson in the Butterfly suit, thus missing filming me completely.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Poplar High Street Mile 20 to 22 the Highway was hard. I’d just seen my family again, I knew from Mile 20 to the end I’d be on my own. Mile 21 was probably the ‘Wall’. Not a massive ‘Wall’ however I’d only ever trained up to 21 to 22 miles so this would be the furthest I’d ever run. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">I was starting to go a little mad at this point. I remember advice my cousin had given me about splashing water on your ears to cool down. I collected a Lucozade Sport and splashed it all over my ears. I realised my mistake and had a sticky face for a while until I picked up water to wash my ears with. I also remember thinking how inconsiderate other runners were when they stopped and walked 2 or 3 side by side in the middle lane when runners like me wanted to get by. I just wanted to shout ‘move aside’. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Maybe my running ‘wall’ was just losing my happy positive thoughts about the day and getting really irritated. I remember still be jostled and having to swerve a lot, even at mile 21. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What snapped me out of it was catching up with Richard Branson dressed as a Butterfly. The crowd were going wild for him. I was soaking up his ricochets. I ran with him for a bit, managed to take a picture of him on my iPhone. I saw a person handing him something to eat and then someone else handing him a water to sip. The Billionaire Chairman of Virgin with ‘staff’ running with him. Fantastic, what a dude!!!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I suddenly realised if I ran off ahead I’d finish before Branson! So I did. Seeing and running with Richard for a bit really recharged my batteries.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Running along the River Thames from Miles 23 to 25 was hard; I was running at a faster pace. I ran nearer the barriers so more people would shout ‘Go Jay Man’. My legs and feet were hurting a lot by now. The crowds were amazing. I know it’s a Marathon cliché but it’s so true. They really do motivate you. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">My twitter friend @squiffa actually saw me at Mile 24.5 Tweets below:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">‘@BubblyNatz I have a lot of admiration for those who did run! Saw @Jayman888 running! It was a kind of tweet up even if he didn't know it!’<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"> ‘@Jayman888 Well done today! Spotted you running down the Embankment at about 24.5 miles! I am very impressed! Xx’<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Head down and sunglasses on running hard! I saw the 26 Mile marker and I knew it was nearly over. I saw the finish line and I pushed my pace to ‘mild sprint’ to the finish! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">What an amazing day. I loved every moment and every mile! I’m a marathon runner now! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I finished the 2010 Virgin London Marathon in 4 hours and 42 Minutes and I’m chuffed to bits with it! I’ve also raised nearly £2000 for Wellchild. Thank you everyone for your support and sponsorship. Thanks to Wellchild for giving me the opportunity to run for you.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sunday 25<sup>th</sup> April 2010 will be a day I’ll remember for the rest of my life.<o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></span></div></span>jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-90016253179187286982010-04-21T12:28:00.000-07:002010-04-21T12:28:07.609-07:00My Mate is selling his Renault Clio Sport 2.0I said I'd help my mate.<br />
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He's selling his Renault Clio 2.0 Sport. 05 Plate April, Black. MOT of 12 months. 43000 miles, 1 owner. Full Service History. 2 new front tyres. New discs and pads on the front, new pads on the rear. He's getting a company car now. He wants £6500.<br />
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If you are interested please contact me via twitter @jayman888 or via a comment on this blog. I'll put you in-touch with my mate.<br />
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Cheers<br />
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Jayjayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-56638042251185637632010-04-14T15:45:00.000-07:002010-04-14T15:47:22.653-07:00Raising more money for Wellchild and helping me stop wasting money on gadgetsFor those of you who don't know me and are new to this blog here's some background.<br />
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I'm running the London Marathon for the first time on April 25th and I'm raising money for Wellchild Sick Children's Charity. At the time of writing this post I've raised £1320.22 so far. Today I was blown away by a single donation from the Company I work for for £250. I work for an outdoor advertising company called Primesight in London. I've also had loads of donations from my Twitter buddies, family and friends over the last few months and the amount keeps going up. I'm humbled at the generosity of everyone who has sponsored me.<br />
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Last week, I noticed on my British Gas bill that I had been refunded £250 because I had been overpaying a direct debit for 12 months. The money had been credited to my 'Bills Account'. My first reaction was to start looking around for a new 'gadget' to waste the money on! Those who follow me on Twitter will remember the tweets about buying an iPad, iPhone projector, Sony eReader, New headphones, blah blah blah. All stuff that I don't actually need really.<br />
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I've decided to donate the money to my charity but to make it more fun I've had an idea that involves all of you reading this.<br />
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I've decided to take my iPhone with me during my run and will try to tweet, post a few tweetpics and also try and upload a couple of audioboos too. All of these will be seen on my twitter timeline.<br />
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What I want you to do is to help me get as many followers as possible. I'll set a minimum follower count target of 5000 by 9pm April 24th. I have over 1800 at the moment. If this target is achieved I will not hand my iPhone over to TNT in my secure kit bag on the morning of the Marathon. I'll take it with me and tweet my run. I've tweeted before when I've been running and I know it can be done. I've also used audioboo when I've been drunk so how hard can it be when I'm running?<br />
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You don't have to donate any money, all you have to do is retweet the link to this page and get your friends to follow me. ( If you want to donate you can too at www.justgiving.com/jayman888 )<br />
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My twitter name is jayman888 and the short link to this page is http://bit.ly/dxdH8Z<br />
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I'll tweet this link a few times everyday in the build up so you can retweet. You can always contact me via twitter where I'll be giving regular updates.<br />
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I'll follow everyone back who follows me. It'll be a really awesome experience on Marathon Day and I want to share it with you all and raise some money for my charity too. I'm nervous but really looking forward to it.<br />
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Look forward to your support.<br />
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Jay also known as jayman888jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407395007680439623.post-30949559278263290342010-04-13T15:44:00.001-07:002010-04-13T15:44:33.695-07:00Yep. A 'man bag'.My new bag <br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/13/1338.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/13/s_1338.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />I have a lot of stuff to carry about and I hate having pockets jammed full of keys, an iphone, a work Blackberry, change, wallet, sunglasses, pen, Moleskine, mints, spare contact lenses, eye drops, chewy, a book to read, business cards and a very small foldup umbrella. Oyster card, receipts, memorystick, camera, headphones and iPod.<br /><br />And all of the above doesn't include my work stuff which is a laptop bag with a bloody shite Dell in it. <br /><br />I'm sure I'm not the only fella who has to use a bag of some sort everyday. Am I? <br /> <br /> <br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />jayman888http://www.blogger.com/profile/06527361571843071565noreply@blogger.com1