What’s the Best 2010 Calendar ?
The run down to the new year is well and truly upon us my friends. Minds start to tune in to all things festive the planning for Mithrasmas and the New Year.
I fancied something a bit dirty . . . with girls on their hands and knees . . . you know the sort of thing
Sadly, I’ve been unable to find the Society for Lady Archaeologists 2010 Calendar so something else will have to do 
Your host could be well and truly swamped in his festive deliberations but first and foremost comes the choice of the 2010 calendar.
Long standing suffering readers will no doubt recall the cataclysmic event this time last year when I departed for the first time in two and a half decades of tradition and didn’t have a girlie calendar .
During that unpleasant episode in my life when I worked for a living they were all free gratis in the engineering department but sadly when I started my own business I also started having to buy my own calendars 
By-the-way, why do people say ‘Free Gratis’ isn’t that just saying ‘without charge’ twice ?
Going off on another tangent, given the vagaries of the postal system in relation to sending out invitations, I really should give some thought to the now legendary, for all the wrong reasons, Goldeneye Office Party !
But the tradition, content wise, continued until 2009 !
This year it’s been a Simpson calendar which has graced the Goldeneye Kitchen Wall and very good it’s been but perhaps it’s time to return to the fold . . . or is it ?
You’ll see the jaw-dropping Gemma Atkinson to the left, in the process of trying to hitch a lift to Lincolnshire no doubt, and she was a contender last year there’s countless others of course but perhaps I should hold firm.
What are the alternatives and who has produced the Best Calendar of 2010
I’m certainly open to suggestions
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Churches I have loved !
Gemma Merna Returns to Cleethorpes Beach
Lincolnshire Earthworks and DMVs (over 18s only that one)
The Temperance Society Tea Total Special
It could all go to democratic vote:
Girls or Gravitas ?
Annually Yours
Rod
Chris Keyworth said,
November 28, 2009 @ 10:24 am
A calender that tells you the weather on a specific day would be good, when ever i make plans it rains on my paraid, hmmmmmm, how do the weather forcasters get it soooooooooooo wrong……
regards
chris.
Rod said,
November 28, 2009 @ 11:39 am
I’d buy one of those !
I’ve given up on the weather forecasts - I just wake up now and look out of the window in the morning.
I’ve made, and indeed abandoned, too many days based on the weather forecast - always wrong !
Cheers
Rod
Amiguru said,
November 28, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
Rod et al,
Apologies for 24 hour furlough, didn’t manage to get on the ether at all yesterday. Long day at school yesterday, (Christmas Bazaar after work). Felt shattered, in bed by 8.30! Anyway, fully refreshed now and up for it……
Firstly, free gratis isn’t saying ‘free’ twice, that is just modern usage that gives that impression. Gratis in Latin means given out of kindness or favour. That would be the case if for instance a book dealer gave a supplier plenty of orders they may well, at the appropriate time of year send him/her a gratis calendar in recognition of the business put their way. Of course, they wouldn’t send him/her an invoice for it, (unless they were economically suicidal,) so it indeed would be free gratis.
Second issue:
Weather forcasts. Don’t watch the TV ones they are more of a presenter’s performance and too all embracing. If you want fairly reliable and focused forecasts which are updated hourly there is only one place to go……Metcheck:
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/HOME/
Just type in your intended location or postcode and all will be revealed. I use it to inform t’management what it is going to be like, prior to school trips and it is always reliable.
There are many features to the site and well worth browsing around. Fascinating watching lightning strikes moving through the country or checking the current weather in Woomera or Tibuktu. Do try out all the menu bullets on the left. It is a condensation of data from many different sources so is as accurate as you can get.
No longer under the weather,
le
N
Rod said,
November 28, 2009 @ 1:24 pm
Neville,
Long day at school yesterday
You’re very knowledgeable for a schoolboy, gives me hope for the youth of today
I like the ‘out of kindness’ Neville, just looked it up myself to further educate myself (not difficult)
That does put a whole new light on it - arguably you could do something ‘out of kindness’ or as a favour but not necessarily free of charge !?!
I did once try to learn Latin with the occasional telephonic part-time help of a good friend who was admirably versed in it . However him being MA Oxon I suspect the whole process was too painful for him !
So I Remain in Ignorance Yours
Rod
Amiguru said,
November 28, 2009 @ 2:48 pm
Rod,
Amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant lingua latina. I wouldn’t make any great claims as a linguist but if you can get a grasp of Latin you are half way to understanding most European and South American languages. There is no need to learn all the noun declensions or verb conjugations initially, just get a grasp on the roots and you are on your way.
N
le in decline…
Amiguru said,
November 28, 2009 @ 3:13 pm
Post scriptum
I think the Мишка calendar would be a good candidate for 2010.
http://magyar.mashkulture.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mishka_2010_calendar.jpg
Or, what about this one portraying mine host studying Latin?
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/get_latest_product_view.aspx?ProductNo=230018805&pr=February&showBleed=False
Tempus fugit,
le in decline…
N
Femme Fatale said,
November 28, 2009 @ 4:24 pm
Rod,
Perhaps you should make your own calendar!
It would give you something to do on these cold, dark, sober evenings
FF
xx
Rod said,
November 28, 2009 @ 4:52 pm
FF,
that’s a cracking idea - are you suggesting I feature in it ?
I could appear as Mr January wearing only my Ushanka hat
There could also be a lucrative retail opportunity here
Regards
Rod
Rod said,
November 28, 2009 @ 5:04 pm
how about this rather than the cafepress link?
Your host in typical repose !
Amiguru said,
November 28, 2009 @ 9:00 pm
Remarkable likeness Rod!
N
le
Little Brother said,
November 29, 2009 @ 7:33 am
Rod
love the picture, should be your web logo.
LB
Rod said,
November 29, 2009 @ 9:07 am
Ami & LB,
I like the picture too I put it together some years ago for another site I have.
It probably works better now in fact - the idea that a hot chick can’t wrag my attention away from a book . . .
Best
Rod