More Stuff

It's been a wee while since I posted on here ... most of my stuff has moved to http://www.myspace.com/petrovsplace but thought I'd copy some stuff on ere in case there's anyone out there!

Had an awesome time at the Keswick Convention this year - I was back working with ICC recording the meetings/seminars. Can't believe it was only last Saturday when I came home ... seems much longer ... funny how that happens sometimes ...time seems to stand still ... and on other occasions it flies by that fast that you've blinked and you missed it.

2 weeks in Keswick were amazing - had some seriously mixed weather ... but was reacquainted with some true friends ... and met some top quality new people. Found a second home in Rumours ... next year - we may just have to show the keswick karaoke kings and queens how it's done!

Came back feeling understandably flat ... missing people, and places etc. The hard realities of work soon brought me back to earth with a bump!

Met up with one of my mates from Church one evening - he'd been at New Wine and lent me a couple of CD's of seminars on Worship ... if I'm honest, they blew me away (which wasn't good - as I was drivin down the M62 at the time). Gave me a lot to think about - reminded me of the responsible and privelidged position I'm in ... came away feeling challenged, humbled, and a bit overwhelmed.

Really need to listen to it again with a pen and paper this time ...

Gonna have a scan of the Greenbelt seminars and see what interesting topics I can find ...

Til the next time...

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Information Release

Due to the increasingly deficient quality of driving in England nowadays the Department of

Transport has recently devised a new scheme in order to identify poor drivers and give good drivers and pedestrians the opportunity to recognise them whilst going about their daily business.

Examples of bad driving include:

· overtaking in dangerous places

· hovering within one inch of the car in front

· stopping sharply without prior notification of intent

· speeding in residential areas

· pulling out without indication

· performing U turns inappropriately in busy high streets

· under-taking on motorways (or weaving in and out of traffic)

· taking up more than one lane in multi lane roads

This list is not exhaustive.

For this reason as from the middle of May 2006 those drivers who are found to be performing such manoeuvres will be issued with flags to signify their complete inability to drive properly.

These flags will be white in colour with a red cross. The regulations state that these must be clipped to a door of the car and be visible to all other drivers and pedestrians.

Those drivers who have shown particularly poor driving skills will be required to display a flag on each side of the car to indicate their greater lack of skill and general lower intelligence to the general public. There will be some drivers who show such low regard for fellow road users that they will be required to display four flags – one on each corner of their vehicle

In effect the more flags seen displayed on a vehicle, the lower that driver’s IQ and driving ability.

Please circulate this to as many other motorists as you can so that drivers and pedestrians will be aware of the meaning of these flags.

Thank you

The Department of Transport.

A Rootin Tootin weekend

Well I have the pleasure of spending bank holiday weekend in sunny Southport - am off work tomorrow :) to help the guys from ICC set up at Roots then am there for the rest of the weekend recording (I think) - will find out more when I get there. From what I can gather it's a pretty big event, The Salvation Army basically seem to take over Southport - good on yer! As it's not far from Manchester I'm going to drive in and out every day. So that means an early start to morrow to get there for 9am so I'd better hit the sack. Will fill you in on the fun and games when I return ...

Manchester Passion

Well ... on Friday night I went with a bunch of mates into Manchester to witness the spectacle that was the 'Manchester Passion'. The event was screened on BBC2 and BBC3 - it was so exciting to find out that the - often criticised - BBC were staging the Passion play, set to the music of Manchester.

I've not managed to watch the recording of it yet - it'll give a different persepctive on things as we saw a lot of the stuff that was going on around the city on video screens.

Had a bit of a strange moment though ... as we were part of the crowd, we were called to 'free Barabbas' and 'crucify Jesus' - some of the guys we were with had a problem with this and wouldn't do it - and to be honest it got me thinking. I know in once sense Jesus chose to be crucified, but He did it becuase I sin.

I thought the ending was fantastic, with Keith Allen - who I thought played his role perfectly - giving the 'dummy ending' mocking the fact that the disciples had said that Jesus would come back to life. Then switching to the top of the town hall where Jesus proclaimed 'I am the resurection and the life' ... the perfect ending

From our company intranet...

Some essential truths

• A king size water-bed holds enough water to fill the average house 4 inches deep.
• A 3-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
• If you hook a dog lead over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 4-stone boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20 by 20 foot room.
• You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. A ceiling Fan can hit a baseball a long way.
• The glass in windows (even double pane) will not stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
• When you hear the toilet flush and the words "Uh-oh," it is too late.
• Brake fluid mixed with Domestos makes smoke. Lots of smoke.
• A six year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36 year old man says they can only do it in the movies.
• Certain LEGOs will pass through the digestive tract of a four year old.
• Play Dough and Microwave should never be used in the same sentence.
• Super glue is forever.
• No matter how much Jelly you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.
• Pool filters do not like Jelly.
• VCR's do not eject jam sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
• Rubbish bags do not make good parachutes.
• Marbles in petrol tanks make lots of noise when driving.
• You probably do not want to know what that odor is.
• Always look in the oven before you turn it on. Plastic toys do not like ovens.
• The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy.
• It will however make cats dizzy.
• Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.

Fibber!

A minister wound up the services one morning by saying, ''Next Sunday I am going to preach on the subject of liars. And in this connection, as a preparation for my discourse, I would like you all to read the seventeenth chapter of Mark''.

On the following Sunday, the preacher rose to begin and said, ''Now, then, all of you who have done as I requested and read the seventeenth chapter of Mark, please raise your hands.''

Nearly every hand in the congregation went up.

Then said the preacher, ''You are the people I want to talk to. There is no seventeenth chapter of Mark.''

Man that was a long week!

Although since summer, time has been flying (in general), the last week seriously dragged - perhaps it's the long dark days, perhaps it's being out every night since Thursday straight from work (can't be good leaving for work somewhere between 7am and 9.30am, and not getting back home until gone 10:30pm can it?!). Tuesday I had my PC technician hat on, and gave Si a lift with sorting with computer out. Didn't take too long so we got a chinese take away and then went to the pic's to see Lords of War and although this review aint the best - we thought it was an excellant film!

Wednesday, was the Martyn Joseph gig in Sale - have seen him loads of times - can't understand why he's not made it big really - an amazing lyricist!

Last night was an Altaer Night described as " A time of creative exploration into the Divine: expect the unexpected!" - had a great God time.

Then tonight was band no2 practice - Encore. Had the slightly strange experience of starting on trombone, then played keyboards (Livin on a Prayer-Bon Jovi!), sang (Somethin Stupid a la Robbie), then ended up on drums ... and before you ask ... no I'm not a drummer - well not a very good one :)

Gonna put the washing on in a bit, then go to bed - and lie in!

Before I leave you, here are a couple of photo's I took this week. We had a quiz night at Church tonight - and I was asked to take some pics of buildings etc in Manchester from weird angles - these are some from normal angles!

Enjoy...