Happy New Year and Review
We shall shortly be saying farewell to 2006 and welcoming 2007.
It’s that annoying time of year when people inevitably consider what happened in the last 12 months and what the next 12 will bring
(edited at 16.50hrs)
I may well update this as I return and more things come to mind so any return visitors may want to read it again.
Firstly, I hope all that read this had a good year, I did personally, you’ll be pleased to hear, some high points below but in no particular order.
The summer was very enjoyable, probably the best I’ve had. Not working at all, out and about in the sun - all very nice.
A full year of being all but retired (18 months now) rarely working, if that’s what you can call it, more than 1 hour a day has been a joy.
Trying something I have never done before
Affiliate marketing and contextual advertising, boring, so I’ll say no more, but better than working for a living.
Walking, keeping fit and getting slimmer
This website. I bought the name rodcollins.com and wondered what to do with it. I thought I would try this just as a test ground to see the potential it may have in other areas of SEO and SEM.
I did not for one minute expect it to go the way it has or that it would become so popular.
It has now become something I genuinely love doing.
Going to Horncastle - fabulous !
Drinking and smoking - jointly my greatest pleasures and vices !
Building my garden fence! Went to town, built to engineering spec and tolerances - something constructive
Talking on the phone
Good food
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None really worth mentioning, quite fortunate really.
Everything seems to have gone as well as I could have reasonably expected this year.
I was going to do a list but it would be churlish, and as one of our regular posters mentioned a while ago - I should be more than grateful - wise words and indeed I am.
Well folks, I would like to:
I would especially send my regards and new year well wishes to:
My family
Old friends I rarely see
New friends and people I knew only for a short while
Our regular commenters
I thank everyone who has been nice to me this year, I’ve been well looked after, indeed spoiled, in various ways, by numerous people.
Happy New Year
Rod
Rod said,
December 31, 2006 @ 10:55 am
If you have any opinions on the year, highlights, lowlights or comments on the above please feel free to leave a comment
Regards
Rod
Rod said,
December 31, 2006 @ 4:24 pm
I have also just updated the Top Ten Most Viewed pages for the month of December, on the sidebar.
Witches of Eastwick said,
December 31, 2006 @ 6:43 pm
The Witches would like to send regards to :
short people we’ve known for ages,
tall people we meet now and again and like,
the Tuesday Philosophy tribe,
people we like but never see,
people we don’t like and unfortunately are forced to see regularly!
New Years resolutions …… to see more of the people we like who may or may not be short. To see a good deal less of the people who had nothing interesting to say twenty or so years back and still don’t.
To our dear friends on the other side of the planet who although far away, light up our lives with their genuine friendship and affection ……… the Witches are a multicultural and glamorous bunch!
We raise a glass to our families (who fall mainly into one of the above categories but we’re not saying which one!!), to all the regular contributors to this site, to the Coxeman (you gorgeous thing), Our Man in the Kitchen and of course the lovely Rod.
Cheers, WoE
Rod said,
December 31, 2006 @ 7:07 pm
WoE
great sentiments and I like the cryptic comments. As most are aware I too am a fan of the occasional line that only a few, or sometimes only one, person may twig.
Thanks for the outstanding contribution to the site, my general feeling of well-being and my stomach - it is appreciated.
Here’s to more of the same in 2007
Happy New Year
Rod
The Coxeman said,
December 31, 2006 @ 7:12 pm
Evening All !
Rod Damon here wishing you all a happy new year - make sure you all do something tonight I would approve of !
I send my regards to the following whom I’ve exchanged comments with on the site
WoE
Jordan
Ursula
Thong Chick
I suppose also to Rod Collins, the nancy-boy who runs this site and allows me luxury of posting as and when and what I like !
I send extremely bad wishes to that bird I met in Russia who gave me crabs this month - still better than radiation poisoning I suppose
Keep it Up Throughout 2007 !
The Coxeman
Our Man in the Kitchen said,
January 1, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
WoE,
Happy New Year-I’m happy now that the festivities are over and to quote a wise old sage’it’s as far away now as it will ever be’.
Hope your year is full of good things.
OMITK
Little Brother said,
January 1, 2007 @ 2:37 pm
Rod,
My highs and lows of 2006:
Highs: (in order of date)
1. Singapore
2. Consultancy work
3. Witches (in the flesh)
4. Newcastle birthday bash
5. Birth of my Godson
6.Motorhead Live
7. Collins family Christmas
Lows:
1. Doctor’s fees in Singapore
2. Full-time work
3. Getting shafted with the mortgage
4. New tyres and sensors
5. Customers/Staff/annoying questions
6. December/Xmas/Turkey/New Year
Rod said,
January 1, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
LB
a good list and indicative of a good year methinks.
As to the Singapore medical fees, you should have stayed in Lincolnshire, brought that on yourself.
In re the new tyres and sensors, wait till you have a major maintenance service or an MOT failure on your catalytic convertor !
Here’s to a good 2007
Witches of Eastwick said,
January 2, 2007 @ 11:48 am
Rod,
Although it will be a wrench to see them go, we do feel it’s time for a new set of Goldeneye presidential portraits. Unless it’s a Daniel Craig torso you’re displaying, we think it best to stick to your smiling face …. we were going to say best features, but if that went to the vote we could be waiting for some time for shots that only the Tate Modern would consider!
WoE
p.s. now you’ve reached this age, make-up would be acceptable to counteract the harsh lighting ….
Rod said,
January 2, 2007 @ 12:03 pm
WoE
Don’t start with the pictures again, you’ll set everyone off !
I don’t have any others so I would need to take new ones which presumably would look much the same.
I was just about to say what different pictures should I put up there but this will bring email requests from intimate brigade
I will pass on the make-up, only a bag will help me now
I’ll see about doing more pics if anyone has any artistic suggestions
Regards
Rod
PS, what’s up with the pics there ?
Witches of Eastwick said,
January 2, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
Rod,
Are we saying that teeth are out of the question? If it’s a new look we’re after then what about Jack Sparrow …… on the other hand, knowing what a gent you are, we’d probably opt for more of the Bertie Wooster with LB as a possible Jeeves. Failing all that, what about a studious portrait in an old bookshop setting with you dressed as Sherlock Holmes or some other detective of your choice. To cover the question of the existing photos …. well, they’re a bit Daliesque … so all you need is a melting clock and this site will also offer fine art! Do not underestimate the importance of these photographs especially if they are going to be included in your dating portfolio.
WoE
p.s. the Witches are leaning towards a full Samurai kit with some familiar geisha as eye candy…….we might have to lose the specs and get you on a rapid high fat diet beforehand …
Someone who will remain nameless but well travelled, has suggested a Don Quixote outfit complete with donkey and windmill ……
Some Like It Hot is our final suggestion, obviously not Marilyn, that would be ridiculous.
Little Brother said,
January 2, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
WoE,
Jeeves?-I’m no butler. Whatever next? My Ken to his Barbie? My beauty to his beast?
I want no part of it thankyou.
LB
Rod said,
January 2, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
WoE
I’d be happy with Jack Sparrow but only Johnny Depp and Keith Richards are cool enough to pull it off in modern times. I used to have the hair and earring for it once though !
There are already pictures of me suited and booted, so that will be repetition on the smart gent front.
As to the suggestion from the well travelled person, the words long walk and short plank spring, somewhat aptly, to mind
As I mentioned previously, any new pictures would look much like the others, so possibly fancy dress is the way to go ?
Hmmmmmmm……..
Best
Rod
PS, point taken on the smiling - next time I feel a smile coming on I’ll whip the camera out
Rod said,
January 2, 2007 @ 3:10 pm
LB
Jeeves?-I’m no butler
Relax, were we to be cast for the parts of Jeeves and Wooster I am sure you would get Bertie’s part with me, naturally, being Jeeves …….