Monday 28/02/2011

Its looking more and more likely that im going to have to go back to work, due to @sxyshell1981 back being all knackered up, and outside forces sticking there nose in !
I dont mind going back to work, apart from not having the whirlwind with me every minute of the day, but the question is what do i do ?
My options are :
A. get a job working nights (my body prefers night time, but would miss to much when sleeping)
B. go back to the sort of job i had before, working with adults with challenging behaviour and Autism. A job i loved, just had to many lazy arseholes working there.
C. get a very well paid part time job, then im not away to much.
D. do more sort of this stuff, but get paid for it. Then i can stay at home and make good money, (and i have looked into it, you can).
D is the best option by far, but can i do 3-4 of these a day ? and even get the work int the first place ? im going to take the rest of this week while Shelley is off sick to have a hunt around, have a look at some companies and decided on what to do.

Ive been trying to write this with Bedlam on in the background, and its taken ages. It is one of the best programmes on tv at the moment, you should watch it !
Thanks for reading
Offski .

7000th

Well i was going to do this for my 7000th tweet, but has per normal i got chatting and totally missed it, that and Twitter iPhone always gives you a different number when you check your tweet count.
Dedicating your milestone tweets is supposed to be a Twitter tradition, like #ff, some people do, some people don't.
The thing i enjoy with Twitter is that you can 'support' and talk to tweeters from all over the world, i 'support' tweeters that live in USA, Canada, Sweden and  Australia, and apart from the time delay its like there sat next to you.
So with that in mind this is dedicated to a few people with a reason why.
@sxyshell1981 my amazing girlfriend, the one who gave me the whirlwind and my life has i know it today, (although at the moment she has a bad back and wont listen to anything i say) :$. She is my angel eyes and always will be.
The tweets from abroad @Peter_Nielsen , @MalinVK and @pheapes all an absolute delight to tweet to.
The first 2 to tweet to me @Jim_Forman and @mrssturge , i really enjoy talking to both, its weird when you get your first @mention, well it was for me anyway ! its that moment when you realise that someone is actually reading your tweets.
These 3 ladies @jillygibb , @sharonstjohnny and @fionalthompson they make me smile so much and always a morning from them :)
And my last bunch @DC_Zol , @BanksyArt3 and @Big_Baffy who always comments.
I marked my first tweet of 2011, the number was 3467 and that was 57 days ago. I've just passed 7000, good going i think ?
@jojohedgehog and @SimonMolloy get a mention for just being them.
Right I'm off, will blog about more interesting stuff next time i promise.
Thank you for reading :@)

Twitter 2 the return

So i was in bed last night trying to drop off, when for some reason Twitter popped in my head ! so thought i would put down what i was thinking.
Friday's are always busy with #ff or #follow Friday to give it its full title. The one time a week when you promote you best follows and try and get more followers. Although the last very rarely happens, well not to me anyway (insert violin music here).
I always forget to say thank you for #ff mentions, and always forget to say 'hello' to new follows or followers. Its just me i guess.
And why did Twitter decided on 'follow' and 'followers', always thought it would be better as 'supporter' ? A lot less stalking aspect.
So things i do : i lie in bed and think 'shit forgot to say night to everyone', how long do you have to return a reply before there's no point ? i do all my #ff on a Thursday night and save them on my iPhone, and i hardly ever use the PC to access Twitter my iPhone does it all.
I 'support' some gems on Twitter, and find i can talk about different things with different people, from WWE with @ValkyrieSmudge who is fantastic to get on with and keeps me entertained for hours on end, to general chit chat with @WiltshireWalker who is also brilliant to get on with.
Of course there are a couple like @bambiontheice who has me in stitches with her accident prone life and @BridgetJonesX who likes to talk and flirt (we have had words about DM button and lack of use) who are a must follow.
I have had good feed back about my blogs and thank you all for reading and for your comments. Its just a weekday thing and it wont just be about Twitter i promise, and will try and mention more people has i go !
Right Offski, have a good weekend everyone. :@)

Twitter ! what i think.

For a start i can only do these when the Whirlwind has her afternoon naps, so bear with me.
Right then, the wonderful world of Twitter. Ive been on for about 18 months now, (although i only sent 3 tweets in the first 6 months), And to be honest i love it !
Its taken me ages to find the right sort of people to follow, but think ive cracked it now. I started off like most i would imagine following 'celebs', but very quickly realised that most are self centred and never reply to anything you tweet to them. So i started to follow normal people and never looked back.
There are so many interesting and funny people to tweet to, you just need to say hi and away you go. I came to twitter because i was getting fed up with facebook, all the friends and no-one wants to talk, or you get plagued with 'mafia wars' and frigging 'old mcdonalds farm' (or something like that). So i went to Twitter, created a crap profile and sent a tweet to @jasonbradbury from the gadget show. He didnt reply, but he did follow woohoo ! im not that bothered about all this getting has many followers as possible RT RT, but at the same time i understand you need some for Twitter to do what it was invented for, and that is spreading the word and sharing media.
Some of my favorite people that i follow are : the author @thatbloodymikey i found him by accident thanks to Dermot O'leary. He wrote Gypsy boy, a book that i love dearly, and after building up some courage i tweeted him, and he replied, and then followed back ! A very interesting and funny person to tweet with, and the second book is on the way soon too. This is his first book http://bit.ly/aFU0hg
The very talented jewellery designer @alyssajewellery i found her threw @suziperry and got chatting. I bought some earrings from her website for @sxyshell1981 for christmas, and emailed her to do a commission for shelleys birthday, We got chatting and have become quiet good tweet friends, and she makes some amazing stuff check out her website http://www.alyssa-smith.com/  
If you try to explain Twitter and how it works to a non-user, it comes out all nonsense and sounds like cyber stalking but we all know its far from that. Like ive said before its like having the worlds biggest phone and having everyones number to text to. Obviously there are some idiots that take the piss and of course the spammers but on the whole its a good thing to be on.
Just quick thank you to @simonMolloy for the gentle push into blogging :@)

My first !

So, I'm sat deciding what to put in my first blog ?!? Man Utd are on the TV in the background (I'm not a fan), and thought this was the ideal time to do one.
Think i will start by telling you a bit about me, so you know where I'm coming from. @richnank is me on Twitter. I'm very close to my 39th birthday or 30+9 has i call it and live in Huddersfield with my beautiful girlfriend ( @sxyshell1981 ) and our 3 kids, 2 boys (the brats) and our 18 month old girl (the whirlwind).
I'm a shy person till you get to know me and hide behind jokes etc to cover up insecurities.
Anyway enough !!
I've had the odd job over the years, from working has a specialized vehicle repairer and a lab technician to being a milkman and working with adults with challenging behaviour and autism has a support worker. I will blog about the support worker job next time,
Due to this wide range of jobs my mind is now a warped mass of nonsense, so i thought i would blog about it and pass on what its like to live in my head.
At this moment in time im a stay at home daddy, due to the Whirlwind having a rare disorder called MCADD, so i find myself with a bit of time on my hands and it seems i live on Twitter, which isnt a bad thing, or is it ?
Well i for one love twitter, if you follow the right sort of people it can be very enjoyable and insightful. If your lucky, you can find some Twitter gems from all walks of life and even small businesses like a jewellery designer ! Something else i will blog about next time.
Anyway thats my first blog.
I hoped you enjoyed !
If you would like to know more click the link and a full review is there  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/MCADD

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