This Blog has moved!
June 25, 2008 at 2:02 pm | In 1 | Leave a CommentI’d like to let everyone know that this blog has moved to the following address: http://www.aaron-bennett.co.uk The new site has loads more on it, including more family pics, pics of the pets, my resume, my projects, profiles and links and much more.
Come and see it today! — http://www.aaron-bennett.co.uk –
This site will remain here for archiving purposes, so that you can read the entires posted in the past, but will not be updated, as I have a new blog. However as I said, I am not closing this page down, just moving everything to the new site.
See you all there soon!
From the “Exposive Soaps” Department
June 18, 2008 at 11:28 pm | In East Enders, Soaps, TV | Leave a Comment
The Residents of Albert Square are shocked when an explosion rips through the square.
East Enders was truly explosive tonight, as Mad Mae is back and she wants revenge! She turns up at Dawn’s and is told to go away or the Police will be called. Dawn gets baby Sommer from the Vic and Mickey comes over to protect Dawn and Sommer, but is hit over the head with a crowbar. Mae locks Dawn and Sommer in the bedroom, then buts Dawn’s ankle. Dawn needs to get Sommer to the hospital, as she has suspected Meningitis, but Mae wont stop till she has Sommer.
Elsewhere, Abi does a runner and gets carried back by Jack, Lucy gets caught having a quiet shag in Ian’s bed, Ian and Lucy’s boyfriend end up in the stocks, in the Best of British Celebrations, Jane gets locked in the store room at the chippie, by Mad Mae, Cristian gets a punch from Ian, while Pat looses her ring and Bianca looses her rag!
Back to Mad Mae. Mae gets over powered by Mickey, who later collapses, Mae is in the kitchen, unwrapping Sommer’s birthday present, singing the Mocking Bird Song, when she lights a cigarette. The cooker had been left on and the kitchen is full of gas. The whole house explodes, leaving everyone in Albert Square shocked and confused about what happened.
The NHS did try to warn us, smoking does kill, litterally!
Incase you missed it, or just wanna see Mad Mae get blown up again, you can watch the moment before Mae blows hereself up. This video is from Youtube and can be viewed here.
However, I have found a leak on the Internet about Friday’s episode, so, I might as well spill the beans!
The residents of Albert Square watch in horror as the Miller’s house is engulfed in a massive inferno, while Mickey Dawn and Sommer are trapped in the burining building!
Upstairs in the house, Dawn’s clutching Summer, trying to wake Mickey up. He suddenly wakes, shocked and disorientated. Mickey tries to flee the house but Dawn can’t move because of her ankle. He considers taking Summer first, but Dawn begs him not to leave her.
Outside, a crowd has gathered and while the fire brigade are called, Mickey and Dawn are spotted in the window. Jase gets his ladder from the van, while Jay runs for some bolt cutters. Mickey worries when he realises that help isn’t imminent, but tries to reassure Dawn otherwise. As Ricky finds the kids, Mickey’s at the window with Summer and suddenly passes out as he’s holding Summer out of it. Jase rushes to catch her as she falls.
Vinnie opens out a Union Jack flag to catch Mickey and Dawn. After pushing an unconscious Mickey out of the window, Dawn stops responding… Jase tells everyone that he’s going into the house to get Dawn, but when Vinnie stops him in his tracks, Keith runs in wrapped in the flag…
Information Courtsy of: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps
So Enders was truely explosive this week. Stay tuned to find out what happens next…. The next episode is this Friday at 8pm BST on BBC1 and is repeated on BBC3 at 10pm BST. This is one of the most gripping storylines I have seen, even more gripping than the storyline with Stephen Beayle! 
Eastenders Official website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders
From the “Funny Photo” Department
June 14, 2008 at 11:13 pm | In Funny, Personal | Leave a CommentHi everyone,
I took this photo of Snowy and thought it might be good to post on my Blog. Hope you enjoy! I am off to bed, so goodnight folks!
BTW: I am running a caption contest on the above pic, so get commenting and come up with a caption!
From the “We got what we want Department!”
June 13, 2008 at 12:59 pm | In General, Personal | Leave a CommentOkay, finally the Council have got off their “fat arses” and actually decided to get their wallets out! The plumber has said that the toilet is broken beyond repair, due to the cistern bein cracked, so the plumber has gone to B & Q for a replacement. Will it be low level or high? Will we get 100% what we want? Who knows?
Watch this space for further updates
UPDATE: 17.30 BST
The Council have replaced the cistern with a plastic high level cistern that does actually flush, so that will do for us
From the Toilet Fiasco Department
June 12, 2008 at 6:56 pm | In Annoyances, General, Personal | Leave a CommentAs promised, I said I would keep you up to date with the failed sanitation problem at home. The Council Plumber did come out, but we didn’t get what we wanted. He was even clever enough to replace the broken part without having to remove it from the wall.
However, at 2pm, as the problem started again, the grooves that the flush handle sit on; wore away and so the flush handle falls into the cistern and you have to get up on the toilet pan to reset it every time. So this means that you can’t really flush the chain again, without causing serious problems to the toilet.
Also for Health and Safety reasons, we have had to remove the cast iron lid from the toilet. The reason behind this is, that when you pull the flush, the flush handle moves up, then it lifts the lid on the cistern, almost causing it to fall off on top of you. However, this problem happens before the flush handle falls into the cistern.
So Jackie will be off to the Council tommrow, to have yet another go at them. The cistern is damaged, so it is not easy to get the flush handle to stay on the spindle, it needs replacing, but try telling that to the Council! Will we ever get a new low level cistern? With the way the Council are acting, we doubt it, but one can only dream.
I’ll again, keep you posted on this one. I got to head over to Nan’s as I need to do my buisness and we cannot flush that kind of thing down our loo with a broken flush, so I’ll catch you all later!
From the Manual Flush Department
June 11, 2008 at 10:31 pm | In Annoyances, Funny, General, Personal | Leave a CommentDISCALAIMER: THIS POST HAS REALLY GONE DOWN THE PAN, AND I DO NOT HOLD ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PERSON FEELING FLUSHED!
Today was a right washout, as our toilet decided to pack up. I had just popped over to see Nan, come back and was approached by my landlady Jackie. She was in a right fluster.
“Aaron, can I borrow your mobile, I need to phone the council Emergency, the toilet wont flush and the flush handle has totally fallen off!”
So I lent her my mobile and she rang the emergency repairs people. Arther took me over Nan’s again, as I needed the loo and as I am not too mobile, I needed an escort. So, I did my buisness and came back, when the council bloke turned up. he fiddled and sorted it temporarly, then told us what to do if it goes again. He also told Jackie to go to the housing office and explain that we have no flush and that the old “high level” toilet is so anchient, that it needs replacing instead of repairing.
So…. people came and go, the loo was flushed a few times until….. The loo would not flush! So Jackie got me to look at it, I put the flusher back and asked someone to flush it. When flushed, the entire diapham and syphon mechinism came away, so the loo would not flush full stop. I battled to get it to go back in, standing on the boxing behind the pan, to put it right, but it would not have it!
(Above) Me putting my plumbing skills to good use, fixing the cistern. The light was very bright in the toilet, thus the sunshades!
Well, as jackie is going to the Council tommrow to get this sorted. I recon they will replace the toilet, as it is so old, it’s past it’ sell-by date. Also, to put the flush mechnism right, they will need to 1st switch off the water to the house, as the toilet comes straight off the rising main, then manually emtpy the cistern, by unscrwinng the flush pipe and holding a bucket underneath to catch the water retained in the cistern, then take the entire cistern off the wall, then replace the flush mechnism, then put the cistern back on the wall and finally switch on the water again.
Now the problem is, that because the cistern is actually almost at celing hight and that it is made of iron, this will be difficualt. Firstly, the cistern is made of cast iron, so imagine how heavy that is going to be! Secondly, because of the hight of the cistern, a enginner on a ladder could not easily replace the cistern. So in my eyes, it’s cheaper and more economical and also less labour, better in Health and Safety terms for the enginner and also better for everyone, if they rip the boxing behind the toilet pan out, move the pan forward ever so slightly and put a low level suite in there . However, our cat Smokie, will no longer have the window sill to herself as she likes to sit in the loo and smell the fresh air out the window. (I wouldn’t say the air in there is the most pure to smell 
)
We can only wait and see if the council can get off their lazy “arses” and actually replace something that likly was there since “Year Dot”. LOL, I bet it was there when Jesus was about, and I am sure he knocked on the door centries ago and asked:
“Sorry to trouble you, but I wondered if one of my disciples may releive himself?”
Then during the war, Adolph Hitler likly came round and asked:
“Erbärmlich, Sie zu belästigen, darf ich Ihre Toilette bitte benutzen?”
Then in 1950, the Queen most likly came round and asked:
“Oh, I wonder if one may powder one’s nose? Oh also do you have any Winalot for my Corgies?”
These flats have been here that long and have had that same toilet cistern since when ever the flats were built. (We recon the flats date back to pre war, as they have mega thick walls, which bends a drill bit, if you try to make a hole!)
We shall see, and I will keep you updated on this one. However, we are not totally stuck, we have a bucket of cold water on standby, as it is an ideal way to flush the loo! Just pour the entire contents of the bucket, (plain water that is) straight down the pan, thus washing away anything yuky that is sitting there. Ewwww!
I’ll keep you posted on this issue!
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