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See you all there soon!

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

Hi 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!

Okay, 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

As 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!    

DISCALAIMER: 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!

OK, I thought I would post this clip from Youtube of Andrew Johnson, who auditioned for Britain’s got Talent. Belive me, this kid should win! When this was played on ITV last Saturday, the whole country wept, this kid has a really good voice! He has been bullied because of the type of music he sings and he keeps on going! This kid has guts, he should win. He had the whole country weaping, with his fantasic singing.

The audienence on Britain’s Got Talent gave Andrew a standing ovation and what Amanda said is right, he could knock out all them bullies with his voice, he in my eyes is so brave, because he sticks to his guns and never gives up!

Keep it up Andrew, you can win Britain’s Got Talent! I will be voting for you!

Okay, I celebrated my Birthday in true style this year. My party was at Lucy’s Two on Friday Night and yes I did go overboard, by going in Drag. but it was fun and  good time was had by all.

On Saturday, I took myself to Blackpool’s ”Brightest and Gayist Club”:  Madi-Gras, which was fun. Stella wasn’t singing sadly, but there was some adult entertainment, which I got roped into and was a real laugh. Also, Capt. Ginger had all these dance tracks on and i felt compelled to get up and dance. There are a couple I want to have, so I am going to ask hm for the names of the tracks.

However, I did pop into Pepe’s, for a quick drink and had an even bigger laugh, but that’s another story….

Thankyou for all the birthday emails and IM’s, they were greatfully received. Hmmm…. I am no longer 24!

Finally, I would like to announce that Nemtex Radio is back! We have a new domain: www.nemtexradio.com and a new website underway. You can tune into my show (Nice ‘n’ Easy) from 11pm BST every day! You can also find out more about Nemtex on the website. www.nemtexradio.com is the URL.

Okay,  picture this, walking home from the Duke of York, in the Sainsbury’s covered carpark, walking slowly, the cold air hitting your face, when….. There is a blackout and the carpark goes pitch black. 2 seconds later, the Emergency Lights kick in and you continue walking. Is it a power cut, or was it just the lights?

Walking out of Sainsbury’s carpark, you can hear the sound of alarms, and you can see the passage at the side of the Library is pitch black. You walk through, keeping your hand in your pocket, incase anyone tries anything funny and walk onto Blue Boar Street to see the full extent of the chaos.

When I did walk onto Blue Boar St, all the traffic lights were out and Winchester Street was pitch black. I heard someone say that it was scary to use the 24 hour toilet, as it was so dark, you couldn’t even see the door. The roads were chaos, there was no order and police everywhere. Everyone had been booted from the pubs and clubs, due to there being no power and everywhere you looked, burgular alarms were sounding.

I called home to ask if the power was out, and guess what…. It was! I made it home, to have the torch shined in my face. I rang Southern Electricity and listened to the emergency bullitin message, which said that the entire city centre had suffered a major electrical fault and the city would be back online in 2 hours. So we lit candles, got torches and used the camper stove to make hot drinks. I jumped on MSN via my phone (which has now been sorted, but the Internet still doesn’t work very well) and finally the power was restored, after 45 minutes. I put the PC back on and bought it out of Hibernate, got back online and then we had a 2nd power outage, which lasted 30 seconds or so. (However, we blew all the candles out when the power was restored, so we had a rather big flap when we couldn’t see a thing) So once again, I put the PC back on and the power was fine ever since.

The area affected by the City Centre Blackout

In other news, Tuesday is my operation and I thank you for all your good luck messages and those of you that say you will be thinking of me when I am on the table. I don’t like  Anaesthetic, (Always gives me a fould taste in my mouth and the needles scare me) but I am sure I will be fine. I will take Ted for good luck, as he always brings me good luck! (He is sitting next to me, giving me the “Evils” at the moment! Bad Teddy!!!)

Finally, remember that it is Karaoke down the Duke tommrow night. If you misserd the live band tonight, you missed a really good night, as I am sure the girls will be there tommrow night singing some really great tracks. I shall be singing as always, so it aint to be missed! Karaoke is at 8.30 sharp, so come down and join Flaming Mary QUEEN of Scotts and of course the loverly Paul and Damian behind the bar!

 Anyway, I am off to bed, I can’t be sitting here typing all night, so I will say goodnight for now

Okay, Karaoke was brilliant down the Duke tonight, a real bunch of laughs.  I sang Roy Orbison Crying, Billy Idol Rebel Yell, Whitney Huston One Mioment in Time, Jenifer Rush, the power of Love and Abba, Money Money Money, which I made my own cover version of. I have posted the revised lyrics below:

 work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain’t it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
That’s too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn’t have to work at all, I’d fool around and have a ball…

Giro, Giro, Giro,
signed with a biro
From the DSS
Giro, Giro, Giro
I go to get my Giro
From the DSS
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had my Giro,
From the DSS

A man like that is hard to find but I can’t get him off my mind
Ain’t it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn’t fancy me
That’s too bad
So I must leave, I’ll have to go
To Las Vegas or Monaco
And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same…

Giro, Giro, Giro,
signed with a biro
From the DSS
Giro, Giro, Giro
I go to get my Giro
From the DSS
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had my Giro,
From the DSS

Giro, Giro, Giro,
signed with a biro
From the DSS
Giro, Giro, Giro
I go to get my Giro
From the DSS
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had my Giro,
From the DSS

Giro, Giro, Giro,
signed with a biro
From the DSS
Giro, Giro, Giro
I go to get my Giro
From the DSS
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had my Giro,
From the DSS

From the DSS!

It caused a few laughs down the Duke when I sang this, people know how bad the DSS (Department of Social Security) can be, when they screw people’s money about. Anyway I am off to bed, as I am tired; so nite nite.