phillip buchan

Name and Shame

2007-07-06T14:08:00.000-07:00

Further to my gripe about bad drivers, I have now found the street where they all live. I begin to wonder sometimes where some of these people get their licences from ebay or Tescos "Buy one get one free" offers.

The street where they live is Florence Road, I know this from helping a friend move into another accomodation. When doing this the parking was needing a little attention, I double parked and there was a car wanting to get passed. There was enough room to drive a double decker bus through the gap but no she was a jaguar and started to struggle through the gap so I moved and drove around the block. When I pulled up again, a man (so I am not been sexist) was trying to pull out and he had enough room to pull out and drive off. Instead he took two attempts to move out. So where do they get the driving licences from, not only that but Florence Road branches off the main road Wellingborough Road cars on that road drive so slow that you can not see 30mph.

Please will somebody do something about the bad drivers in Northampton and the entire area of London with commuter belt. This weekend is Sliverstone the only area you will see speed is on the race track as this weekend you see traffic jams from M1 to M40 for the whole weekend.

I am dreading going for a job transfer interview at Brackley on Monday as it will be the traffic that will make or break the journey.

Please if you are reading this and can do something about the traffic so that I can be a happy chappy.

This is what happened

2007-07-03T16:25:00.000-07:00

Testing out my mobile phone camera

Doesn't he look good

2007-07-03T16:24:00.000-07:00

I wonder what happened to him?

Hustings

2007-07-03T16:23:00.000-07:00

Two years ago I stood for County Council and this is me when I was pictured in the local press, the Northampton Chroncile and Echo the paper that never lets the truth get in the way of a good story.

Where am I in life and what is my vocation

2007-06-27T14:47:00.000-07:00

Greetings Blogreaders. I've just spent an evening celebrating my Bishops anniversary so that if I sound incoherent then it is because I have had a few.

I have sat and wondered after my Dad's Birthday what am doing in life and wondered what I am here for.

I have decided that I am here to make a difference to society.

What that means to you blogreaders might be something different to what it means to me so please comment on what it means blogreaders,

What is happening to this country?

2007-06-27T05:27:00.000-07:00

I've been a driver now for 15 years and am now concerned about the way people in Northampton drive.

When I was a driver in Hull I could make progress on the road as everybody else was making progress. Now we have a speed limit and people never stick to it, instead they drive slower. People cause congestion for no apparent reason. In Northampton roundabouts are major congestion points, worse of all traffic lights drivers take it that green is stop for a few seconds more. In my book green means go and you go on the g of the green.

When I passed my test all those years ago, I was asked to make progress what is the current story now blog readers? I even nearly failed as I was not making progress on certain areas of Hull. So tell me why is the country going so slow? Even in London if you have the chance to put your foot down they put a speed camera in that area which brings people down to a crawl again.

Coming up in my next thoughts is about Tony Blair. In the history books will he be called a good Prime Minister or one who like a firework was full of potential gave a lot of fizz but we were glad it was over. So give your comments blog readers so then I can comply a full non treasonable account of the 10 years he had as PM.

Where did it all go wrong?

2007-06-23T08:40:00.000-07:00

As you could probably make out blog readers that my life is not the ideal or least how I wish it could have been. Kasporov the chess player when he got beaten was asked where did it all go wrong and comedians have got him saying pawn to king four game one which is normally the first move.

So for me if I was asked the same question, where would I begin? I would say that it went wrong in a few places. First I think was crossing the road after a school trip when I got run over, this started all of the bullying at school which got worse throughout my school life and effected my mindset in making decisions throughout my school career and first door out I took to stop the bullying. At home if I had a Father that could listen to me, instead of pushing through what he thought was right for me, actually asking me what I thought was right for me even looking through my results and seeing what I was good at. It could have been possible that I would have stayed at school and gone to University when the degree was something of value.

However, that was when I was young unable to make a fully found decision. How can the government believe that at 13 you can make a proper decision that could effect the whole rest of your life? It is wrong of them to close off subjects then which now the government has learnt their lesson and have given students today a broader choice. The previous generation had the 11+, this made the decision which way of life the student takes the academic or the practical. A child may be not be academic at 11 but academic at 13 instead. This test does not give you that option to change.

I divert of the point, I think that if I took the academic route when the degree meant anything I then would not have the maturity to live life on my own and I may have lost all morality and slept my way through University and caught every STD on record maybe ones that could not be treated and spread it around the University. Then I wouldn't have had the long career I have always dreamed of as I would be dead.

I am glad to have done my degree when I did it, as I had the maturity to do it and keep my morality intact. It may have been nice to have had a little intimate female company but no female came close. I had female company but not intimate so I'm not that repulsive to any ladies that are reading this and wanting a one to one with the writer.

So if I'm glad that I had made the mistakes that I made before then what do I regret? I regret not getting the help that I needed when I needed it. The pieces of help that I needed and perhaps still need is how to be assertive and making my point clear to others. Because most of the people that I meet either take advantage or move on without me. I wished I had the talent to make my point and not be left feeling frustrated or taken advantage of.

The other part of me thinks that if I knew how to grieve properly, instead of moving on and seeing it come out other places instead. The first loss, that I really do think that if I dealt with it properly I would have been able to deal with losses better, was the death of my first Grandmother. (I say my first Grandmother as she was the first to go she was my Dad's mother, my Mum's mother was 4 years later) I think that if I dealt with this death better my relationship with others would have been as less intense as they were, for friends or even aquaintences. My relationships were as if my life depended on it. This intensity put people off and I think that if I dealt with the grief of losing my Grandmother first then the relationships with others wouldn't have ended so soon. I know that I can be pleasant to be around but back then as I was too dependent on others it put them off. (If you are reading this Blogreaders you know who you are)

If you have seen the film Sliding Doors you would know where this next part is leading to. If you haven't then I'm afraid that you need to read on. I believe that if I became more assertive, able to deal with grief better than I did then I would be in a better position than I am today.

Another area in my life I think could have been dealt with better was to have taken time out, from graduation to employment waiting for the one rather than the one right now. If I became more assertive and confident in knowing my own direction rather than been flexible into fitting were society needs me, employers would then see that I am employable.

This may be my longest blog entry but I had to get it off my chest and thank you blog readers for reading this latest entry as it may explain as to where I am in life. It may even help you blog readers to understand me.

Charisma and Staying Power

2007-06-13T14:45:00.000-07:00

As you can read from my previous entry blogreaders, I had a comment on my employablity rating. The rating as I see it is not good in reality as no employers are knocking on my door, because I lack strength and depth in the experience field except in McJobs such as Caring, Security and Driving anything that covers a normal driving licence.

Well employers if any can be bothered to read this, I will tell you what you are missing; those of you don't see that I have the charisma to try anything and the staying power to stick at a job. I think that these assets are not seen on a CV so how do you sell them any comments will be appreciated.

Today saw the end of the Alan Sugar Apprentice programme. He saw that their was a raw talent in the winner, which was good and fair play to the winner the runner up I think is going to be around for a little longer. Sir Alan with the greatest of respect to you, I believe that the runner up Christina would have given you loyalty. You Sir Alan have only made 50 million from 750 million this year if I had that I could have given you a better return in just putting it in the bank and still enjoyed 25 million to spend and invest in loss making ventures such as any football team lower than the Championship.

So to conclude, anybody who is reading this that wants to employ a person I am a graduate in Sociology and Politics able to turn his hand anything. So send me a comment on this site with your details and offer then I'll consider it.

Crisis in Confidence

2007-06-10T11:32:00.000-07:00

Greetings Blog readers, hope there are more of you now that my little brother have linked you up to me.

Have you ever wondered what is it all about. Life, Universe and everything (anybody who says 42 will die a horrible death) where we are going and what is the point in it all.

I have this week, wondered that very same point as a person who is qualified in a degree in Sociology and Politics. Why then am I as a graduate in a job as a support worker for people with learning disabilities? A job which I could have got when I had no qualifications at 16, if I did then I could have been in a higher job than I am now through the experience.

As an apprentice in today's society, it is not the qualifications that you have to begin with it is the experience. How can you gain the experience in the first place? You need experience to get a job and in order to get a job you need experience. When Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister, not much point in making this point to Tony Blair now he is on record saying that he is not bothered. (Red nose day sketch) That he takes on the point that I make to him people who have degrees deserve to get better jobs. Some people have been lucky and have them but the more people you give them to you de-value the degree.

If there is anybody reading this and is an employer please consider this, has the candidate a willingness to work and learn? If a candidate has this then you should employ them, should you have more than one person with these two points then you can go further in your interview points.

I have a degree with a willingess to work and learn new skills but have no employer taken my CV seriously yet? The answer is no.

If life is meant to be good for me then this plea will reach somebody who is meant to read it and give me a lucky break.

Supply and Demand

2007-06-09T06:23:00.000-07:00

Greetings Blog readers, it is like this the more hits I get on this site the more I will put on it. You can return as much as you like I want to see my statcounter go through the roof. Little brother has a site full of pictures and videos really worth a look. He has a statcounter on his site, send his through the roof also he can be found on www.ukjon.com. So I have loads of opinions and things in my head to get down on paper but I'm not putting it on this site until I have a demand for it.

Friday 1st June

2007-06-01T06:56:00.000-07:00

Greetings Blog readers from across the globe, I now know where you are reading me from after all I am a big brother.

Yesterday marked a key anniversary for me and did anybody remember it for me not even my mother. I was commissioned as a Eucharistic Minister 15 years ago yesterday and on the 7th June is 20 years since I was confirmed.

My little brother got married and his pictures are found on http://www.ukjon.com in Hawaii on line end of July. He and his wife Ann have other pictures on there such as the story of their engagement as well as other family affairs. He was telling me about you can google what to wear and engagements and his site will come up through that.

I can't think of anything else to put on this bit apart from give ukjon.com website a try and then at the end of July when he has got the wedding pictures on there. The raw data is a min of 5GB so you have been warned blogreaders.

This is Big Phil signing off and connecting you to www.ukjon.com till the next time blogreaders.

E Bay

2007-05-25T18:03:00.002-07:00

Hi there blogreaders. E bay is a wonderful website if you are looking for any bargains. eg USB hub $0.01. I have come into some money through nagging my bank into submission when they charge me over the odds for telling me I have no money in my account. Why do you need to pay £35 to a bank to tell them you have no money when you can do it yourself for free? I have also got some money from a phone deal coming to me as my current dealers have gone bankrupt. But don't tell my mother fellow blogreaders as I have spent more than the undisclosed bonus on ebay.

So if you read this blogsite and think what a good idea I have been charged over the odds by the bank telling me that I am broke why should I put up with this do it now. Please take this hint write it strong threaten everything. My fee for this hint is 5% of all of your winnings from the bank. Should you gain anything then email first before I give you any information that refers to my bank details as you know blogspots are in the public domain.

Disclaimer

2007-05-25T08:24:00.000-07:00

I need to put a disclaimer in here as I have had feedback from a fellow blog reader.

The opinions that I write about are my opinions at the time of entry and can change anytime. This blogspot like other blogspots are like diaries. i.e. You may be upset with someone one day and you write about them how you feel on that day. The next day you may have changed your opinion about them.

So if any names are mentioned and I speak about you in a wrong way then don't take it too heart as I have mentioned in my blogspot already blog readers that I am a fan of the Grumpy old men and women the thing which keeps the grumpies alive is to have a sound off about people. My opinions about the blog reader who didn't like been wrote about change daily. Some days are positive others are not.

Blog readers I know you are out there give some feedback as my counter is clocking up but my feed back is not.

Viewing figures shock

2007-05-24T03:43:00.000-07:00

Since I put the stat counter on, I have been checking to see how many people have read my spot and overnight recently viewing figures shot up.

So tell me what do you wish to know about me, ask me questions send emails to phillip.buchan@btinternet.com or do you wish you want to see what drops out of my head and onto the page.

So speak to me.

Updating me

2007-05-16T13:32:00.000-07:00

It has been very unusual of me to leave something alone for too long.

Since my last entry I have had yet another disciplinary, stood for the local elections and lost one more time. Had a crisis of confidence in my political life and come out of it with the view that I should stick with it then see how old I'll be when I am elected and re-elected. Thanks to the leader of the party he pulled me out saying that it took him 3 tries to get into Parliament that is 12-15 years and I was giving up after two. If I am 50 and still not in some form of council or parliament then I think I will give up but until then I will keep on going.

Work-wise I am still looking at something that would be more fulfilling it does not have to be financially it would help as society reads you on your bank balance not how happy you are in your life.

Should my blog viewers disagree with me then let me know.

The search still goes on for that perfect job and perfect woman.

Keep watching for any more updates

Stat counter on

2007-05-16T09:16:00.000-07:00

If I find that my blogspot has 3 or more hits on the counter then I will update my account. I will then keep it updated

Demand for the post

2007-02-14T01:27:00.000-08:00

If I get emails from two or more regarding this blogspot then I am taking my thoughts off the air. I will then fill my blog pages with politically correct garbage and I don't want to give you that! So if you are a reader then tell me you have my email on this site and then I will fill it with opinions that belong to me alone with political incorrectness. The person who created political correctness should be the first one to be hung when we bring it back. If I had the power then I would bring it back for that person and then ambolish it again.

How do PC people keep the minorities happy simply by upsetting the majority. Something wrong with statement maybe you readers can help me out.

Democratic Process

2007-02-13T16:06:00.000-08:00

When does it work? Does it work in reality anywhere? We have spent millions of taxpayers money on wars to change regimes that are, in reality, no different from our own. We have the church an elite elected dictator to govern the Catholic church in Rome. In public we have elected bodies on different systems and they can not organise themselves, yet alone organise our services and how we are going to pay for them.

The main deals are completed, at worst rehearsed, behind closed doors, if we lived in a democratic society we would have had the deal in the melting pot (better known in the chamber of Northampton Borough council) so that everybody can have a proper input to debating the budget solution.

I have just spent what should have been the Borough Council's biggest night watching comedy. Our great leader of the opposition (Leader of council in waiting) looked like he had just been doing DIY in his t-shirt and jeans. They say that presentation counts more than content but his content was good. Northampton the place where I have lived for 10.5 years now is going down hill. I have just slated my leader on presentation, anyway, to balance up the current administration had leaders looking smart all councillors looking smart but not one had logical things to say. The Conservative administration were not answering questions and only producing hot air in a heated crowded room, even the Mayor a Conservative sitting councillor was getting hot under the collar about how incompetent his party was.

If you wish to take part in the democratic process then you need to vote. The Borough council has the biggest impact on your life and the voter turnout is the lowest in all elections.

I know that compulsory voting is not the way forward but if the democratic process was carried out properly then the apathy party might not win an overwhelming majority each time.

If any body reads this then can they email me on phillip.buchan@btinternet.com for your comments.

Does anybody read this site

2007-02-07T14:44:00.000-08:00

Will somebody please let me know if they are reading this site as it would be nice to know.

Since my last entry, things have not been going very well. On the 4th January my Dad died, it was slightly expected but a shock at the same time. We knew that he wasn't going to get his full quota of 3 score and ten as people talk about but how much remained a mystery.

Not now, the business of closing his life was hard but had to be done. We wished to have a priest with us the whole time but with the shortage could only have one in an emergency as he was 87 and facing a heart operation.

So the reception of the body into the church fell to me been an appointed Eucharistic Minister, I drew on the experiences of other receptions that I had been to. It went really well, to the point that somebody came to me and said that was the best she has been to. Coming from her is quite a compliment as she has been to a lot of receptions, I do not wish to make it an occupation but hopefully no priest is looking at this and think of me when they wish to disappear for an evening leaving me with the reception to do.

Coming back home it has been unusual as I was growing in acceptance that my Dad was not going to see his full quota. My sleep pattern is all over the shop and is only just coming back into a routine one month on.

Anyway if anybody is out there and reading this let me know.

It might not just be me

2006-12-31T08:19:00.002-08:00

Having watched Grumpy Old man at Christmas, I discovered that I am not the only person who thinks they are on the right track and everybody else is wrong.

The moral of life is how you deal with it that counts. Everybody wants something different and not happy with who they are or what they have got.

Maybe to take into 2007 be who you want to be and not want others want you to be or for you to think what they want you to be. Just be you.

So if anybody from the BBC views this, I would like to say thank you to you and please could you put Grumpy Women and Men on all the time. If you haven't made enough doesn't matter repeat them that as it is the only programme that you can repeat and still be funny.

Year Review

2006-12-29T13:18:00.000-08:00

Is it me? Have I got it right and everybody else is wrong?

I work really hard in life and it gets me nowhere. I worked hard to aspire for great things when stressing over my degree. I was hoping for a better job than the one I have got, I was hoping for responsibility in life. A chance to settle down and have a family with a wife to love.

What have I been given a job that gives me stress and a friend who I have liked to be a girlfriend but she is wanting to change me too much and restrict my liberties. I have a parish priest that won't give me anything to do in the Church other than serve in the Church at mass times. I did offer my services to be a school govenor to get out of his hair and to satisfy my need to be of service to others in the way that I feel is most satisfying to me.

During this year I try my best to do the right thing by others, but all I get is people turning their heads the other way or the powers that be giving the jobs that I want to do to people who can not do the job any better than I could.

Next year I think that I ought to sign myself up to assertiveness classes and start to throw my weight around I have enough of it.

2007 the quiet man is going to turn up the volume and unlike Iain Duncan Smith I will get the volume knob turned in the right direction.

Gone is Phillip the loser, 2007 will see Phillip the winner.

After Christmas

2006-12-27T12:20:00.000-08:00

Another Christmas over, visited the family and back to Northampton. Had the most wonderful midnight mass at the Cathedral priests from all parts of the world and the Bishop packed church after that it was down hill. I worked on my own and worked Boxing day in the morning followed by a trip up to Derby to see the relatives which was the usual Christmas meeting and having that as a centre point to drop off presents for everybody else like a hub. I took Philippa up there, when she was there it was good but on the way back I begin to wonder. Will there be a way of get her to move on and accept me for me as I am not wishing to change me over night but gradual so that I don't notice it been done that is the secret of a good woman/potential wife.

Sunday 17th December 2006

2006-12-18T08:17:00.000-08:00

Today was dull full of work and pray during the day until the evening. Felt ok doing it then the evening came Philippa arrived and was again not giving out clear enough signals to whether or not she is wanting a relationship so that gave an uneasy night but I am good and friendly enough to work through the unease. Then back to the mundane work for the sleep in ready for the start of the early shift tomorrow.

Welcome to my blog

2006-12-15T07:48:00.000-08:00

Hello and welcome to my blog site this will be an interesting site to see it will have a varied amount of features, pictures and insite to what goes on in my very varied life.