tears of magic

Today I did a bad thing. I made a woman cry.
She was cycling along a narrow pavement on her mobile, so I pulled her over (it is, after all, the only traffic power I have.)

When I told her she was going to get a £30 fixed penalty notice, she asked me to have a heart and began to cry. I then proceeded to discuss the fact that I do have a heart, that she had done something illegal and that we were only getting cold, wet and wasting time by discussing it.

She then asked if I felt good about giving her, an "innocent woman", a ticket. I told her that I didn't, but as it was my first ticket, I secretly did!

Timmy "FP-anyone caught will get a fine" Magic

political hob nobs

I was at on the train to Heathrow last Monday, on my way to see my parents for a few days. I was minding my own business and digesting the Metro when I looked up and saw the man sat next to me.

"Hello Mr Cameron" said I
"Hello!" said David Cameron MP

He was also at check-in at the airport and he was also on my flight.

On Tuesday, I was walking through Dublin city centre when I saw a man. A man with a beard. A man who looked like this



It was Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Féin.

Timmy "Two party leaders in two days" Magic

a rinker with rank

It's official - I have passed my probation as PCSO in the Metropolitan Police. I have my rank as of midnight! Exciting eh?

Timmy "34 years until retirement" Magic

heading in the right direction

I spoke to my old folks earlier in the evening and they informed me that they had been to Bangor (and yes, they did have a lovely time.)

Whilst they were there I was used as a sermon example, as my parents particularly like to use anecdotes from my younger days. This leads me onto another of my top tips, which comes from advice my dad gave me:-

"It helps if your eyes and your feet are going in the same direction"

Timmy "Now knows why he keeps falling over!" Magic

england got good again

BBC News reports on England's "historic" victory over the now not quite so mighty Australians in the Commonwealth Bank ODI Series.

Sadly as I no longer have Sky I couldn't watch it, but I did follow the score avidly on the Cricinfo mobile site.

Now, as I watch the highlights, it appears that the Aussies look tired in their game, perhaps as a result of the long winter of games very close to each other. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come, and that the absence of Warne and McGrath will have an effect on the side.

Roll on the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies!

Timmy "27 days to go" Magic

snow time for shopping at gap

So I was a day early with my snow related blog but didn't take any pictures today so won't do it again.

What I will do is tell you about my bargain filled shopping trip to Gap today.

Along with a colleague, I nipped into Whiteley's shopping centre to escape the cold and rain and visited the Gap store inside. There we found the super savings. I bought 2 t shirts and a jumper and it only cost me £6. Between us we bought seven items and only spent 11 quid! £2 for a jumper and 47p for pants! Well worth going to find some bargains!

Timmy "Cheaper than a charity shop" Magic

snowy college

Three more B&W photos of the College, taken during the snowfall last week







Timmy "Snowy Magic" Magic

7 men in a lift

Picture the scene - 7 men, weary after a day of work and a tough game of football, followed by 2 extra large pizzas. This was the start of it all for these 7 men - an ordeal they would remember forever.

The men, heavier than at the start of the evening, stepped into the lift. One man said "If the doors close and the lift goes 'clunk' then we are stuck!"
Then it came. The 'clunk'.

We were stuck!
We pressed the emergency button. Nothing happened.
We tried ringing someone on our phones. We had no signal.
We shouted and someone heard us. Hurray!

That person then called the Fire Brigade who came to rescue us. There was one nice fireman (who was somewhat ambiguous gender wise) and a firelady. Needless to say we were suitably embarrassed at having taken the lift DOWN 2 floors and then having to be rescued by a lady fireman.

Having said this, we all made it out safely with nothing but bruised egos and expended laughter muscles.

Timmy "Moving On Down" Magic