The Joy Circuit

Nick Griffin, BNP and the BBC

Dave Wateridge — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:16:00 +0100

Whatever your political viewpoint the BBC have certainly shown their true colours in not be the impartial channel they say they are. Has any other political leader had such a biased audience and panel hand picked to attack them? Of course not.

All it seems to have done, once you get past the national papers creaming themselves over it, is raise sympathy for the party instead of alienating people to their cause

Credit Card

Dave Wateridge — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:14:00 +0100

Some little shite has cloned my credit card or somehow stolen it's details.

I am now without a card while Mint send me a new one.

They couldn't even use it somewhere glamourous, whos clones a card and goes shopping in WH Smiths!

New owners, again!

Dave Wateridge — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:04:00 +0100

Well it appears Sulaiman Al Fahims ownership of Portmouth maybe the shortest in history as it now looks like he is going to sell a "majority" holder to the Al-Faraj consortium that was put together by Peter Storrie.

Quite why he bought the club in the first place is beyond me when he clearly does not have the money for it

Worst ever !

Dave Wateridge — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:59:00 +0100

Start for a Premiership team.

Six straight defeats, we are surely going down

CSA!

Dave Wateridge — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:30:00 +0100

How can they honestly believe it cost £360 a month to support one child!!

Decorating

Dave Wateridge — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:25:00 +0100

I hate it

Just finished doing my bedroom and now trying to put everything back without making it look a mess again

Takeover complete

Dave Wateridge — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:09:00 +0100

After what has seemingly been the longest takeover saga in football history Portsmouth finally have a new owner in Mr Sulaiman Al Fahim.

Not convinced he has any real money to boost the team and it sure needs boosting at the moment even more so if we continue with the plan to sell Peter Crouch

HD and Blu-Ray

Dave Wateridge — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:56:00 +0100

Well once again it's time to catch up with modern technology, also called technolust.

Just bought myself a 19" Sony KDL-19L4000 HD TV and Sony BDP-S350 Blu-Ray player, in theory I can convert the player to accept my Region One DVDs as well.

Would have been nice to have a larger TV but 19" is about the biggest I can get in my room

Clearout time at Portsmouth

Dave Wateridge — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:28:00 +0100

As expected a number of players have gone.

The obvious ones like Jerome Thomas, Djimi Traore, Glen Little and Lauren went. Unfortunately Sean Davis also decided to try his luck elsewhere with Bolton looking to be the most likely destination.

Both Sol Campbell and Hermann Hreidarsson have been offered new contracts and hopefully both will sign as we are desperately short of number for next season

Portsmouth in new hands

Dave Wateridge — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:59:00 +0100

Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim has been confirmed official as having a bid accepted to buy the club.

He was head of the original group to buy Manchester City so not sure how his involvement in that effects us, will be interesting to see how much money he brings with him. I doubt we will be title challengers

Anniversary!

Dave Wateridge — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:26:00 +0100

It would have been my 21st Wedding Anniversary today, thank fuck I got let out when I did

First signing!

Dave Wateridge — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:21:00 +0100

Before the last season has even ended Portsmouth have made their first signing for next year.

Unfortunately nothing to get over excited about as it's Aaron Mokoena who didn't exactly set the world alight at Blackburn, and he's also another defensive midfielder!

Replacing Sean Davis maybe?

Newcastle relegated!

Dave Wateridge — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:16:00 +0100

Probably the best thing that has happened in this otherwise disappointing season.

Far too long have they had a high opinion of themselves and their worship of the so called messiahs Shearer and Keegan is laughable.

Still, a trip to Scunthorpe should be an experience for them

Korg 03R/W

Dave Wateridge — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:24:00 +0100

Well I went shopping for a Korg M1 and somehow managed to buy a Korg 03R/W which I finally got around to connecting up today along with the Roland A-880.

It's not a bad synth, just not sure it adds anything that the MU90R didn't offer me, maybe if I learn how to program some of this gear I may appreciate their value more

Women

Dave Wateridge — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:12:00 +0100

Is it just me or does everyone go on a downer when bumping into ex-gfs?

Portsmouth 3 v 1 Sunderland

Dave Wateridge — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:10:00 +0100

Well at least we finally got a good result for our last game at home.

Dire first half but an entertaining second one including a cameo from Linvoy Primus

Poker!

Dave Wateridge — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:44:00 +0100

After far too many attempts I finally won at poker, albeit it a split pot and a play-off for the tophy but it still counts.

Pity that the evening was once agained marred by arguments, really don't know why I bother playing sometimes

The return of ULTRAVOX!

Dave Wateridge — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:24:00 +0100

You know the feeling you get when something that was so great in the past turns out to be a disappointment when you see it again?

Well Ultravox were certainly no disappointment, from the opening bars of Astradyne to the encore of The Voice they were absolute perfection.

Must admit I never expected to see them again as a band but well worth the wait, hopefully they will tour again and maybe even some new material.

Well done Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Chris Cross and Warren Cann

League One

Dave Wateridge — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:49:00 +0100

The new home of Southampton Football Club

I shouldn't laugh, but I will

Southampton Football Club

Dave Wateridge — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:18:00 +0100

Not a usual subject for here but yesterday their "Parent Company" went into administration.

At the moment they are trying to escape a points reduction next season by using the argument it's the parent company and not the club itself in administration, how this works when the club is the PLCs only source of income remains to be seen.

Appears the League are meeting to discuss this so Southampton may not escape the penalties, as it stand they will not exist if they cannot find a buyer by the end of summer if not sooner.

I would be laughing if I wasn't worried Portsmouth could be heading the same way in the future, at least I have my Havant shirt

MIDI Cables

Dave Wateridge — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:55:00 +0000

After a lot of work I think I finally have all my MIDI cables routed and working.

Does appear that both the A-880 and the DACS are happy and even the DD-10 seems to be triggering correctly, time will tell

Portsmouth 0 v 1 Chelsea

Dave Wateridge — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:35:00 +0000

Average game, poor result, atrocious weather and and unfortunate meeting with the ex-girlfriend all made for a fairly dismal day out

AFC Wimbledon

Dave Wateridge — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:20:00 +0000

Well done to Havant for holding an impressive Wimbledon side to a 0-0 draw today, still don't look like scoring though!

An attendance of 1700 was very good, officially 800 were from Wimbledon but I would guess they had more than that. An extremely well supported non-league team!

Bloody MIDI!

Dave Wateridge — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:03:00 +0000

Spent most of last weekend rewiring all my gear, both MIDI and audio, and now I'm get odd or no data on MIDI.

Still not 100% sure whats causing it, bypass all the switches and everything works but pass it through the Philip Rees or the DACS and it causes problems. Think it is probably the Philip Rees 5x5 that is causing the problem but not sure which one.

I'm bidding on a Roland A-880 on eBay which, if I win, could replace one, if not both, Philip Rees boxes (even though it was the DACS I was looking to replace

Adams sacked

Dave Wateridge — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:59:00 +0000

Unofficial reports, well every paper, is saying that Tony Adams has been sacked as Portsmouth manager.

Not surprising given the bad form we are in albeit with some improved performances, if not results, in the last few weeks.

Odds on it being either Avram Grant or Alan Curbishley as replacement

Me and the FA Cup

Dave Wateridge — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Well it made an unexpected visit to my place of work today and I managed to get my self photographed with it.

Hopefully a good omen for the team!

Jermaine Pennant

Dave Wateridge — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:58:00 +0000

A bid accepted which would make him out first signing in January but he appears to want to stay at Liverpool, odd considering they don't want him

Matt Smith - Doctor Who

Dave Wateridge — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:02:00 +0000

No a name I know but glad they didn't cast a woman or overly camp actor which I was worried they would

FA Cup 3rd Round

Dave Wateridge — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:59:00 +0000

Well we kicked off the defence of our cup with a garbage display against Britstol City.

At least we didn't lose but another dismal display which does not bode well for the rest of the season, relegation is looking a possibility

Lassana Diarra leaves

Dave Wateridge — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:20:00 +0000

Lassana Diarra seals his move to Real Madrid for a club record fee, whether its the quoted £20M remains to be seen.

Cannot blame him for going in the slightest but a sad loss to Portsmouth