Archive | January, 2008

Book Review: Eight Lives Down

CHRIS HUNTER

eight lives down Book Review: Eight Lives DownWho is the man that wrote such an incredible book? Major Chris Hunter is his name. Chris Hunter joined the British Army in 1989 when he was only sixteen years old. He was commissioned at Sandhurst at twenty-one and later qualified as a couter-terrorist bomb disposal operator. He served with various counter-terrorism units and during his eventful career deployed to various theatres around the world, including the Balkans, Northern Ireland, Colombia, Afghanistan and finally Iraq.

Chris Hunter is a legend in his own right and was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal by HM Queen Elizabeth II.

LET’S TRACK BACK A SECOND

In just 2 months I have read around 3-4 books, I am actually losing count. Two of those books were military based, the first being “3 Para” which I didn’t review and “Sniper One” which I did. Both books were tremendous, and it was really difficult to pick a favourite but finally managed to find Sniper One being the better written book. Don’t get me wrong, both of the books are terrific and definitely worth buying regardless.

So after two military books I was wondering if I should have a break and read something completely different just in case I managed to get myself a bit bored of reading about the same subject however one afternoon I picked up “Eight Lives Down” and started reading.

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Charlie Wilson’s War Review

WHO IS CHARLIE WILSON

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Charlie Wilson was a congressman, not a usual congressman but one who loved the high life of using his name and intrepid personality to get the things he wanted.

Charlie Wilson is best known for leading the support for the largest CIA covert operation in Afghanistan against the Soviets. In the summer of 1980, Charlie Wilson read an Associated Press dispatch on the wire that gave him information about hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing from Afghanistan in to surrounding countries. Notably the American Government were not paying much attention to this and Wilson contacted a member of the US Congressional Appropriates Committee and asked him to double the amount of money that was going into CIA Black-Ops.

CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR

The movie is portrayed as a true story of how the unusual congressman Charlie Wilson, a CIA agent called Gust Avrakotos, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman (who understood his job and the need to do it no matter what) and Houston socialite Joanne Herring played by Julia Roberts worked together to lead the largest, successful covert operation in history. (Not that it was that covert mind)

The effort of these three people consequently brought about the fall of the Soviet Union war in Afghanistan and ended the Cold War. The efforts also have caused some of the problems in that part of the world today.

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9 Funny Spam Emails

WHY DO THEY DO IT

For years now I have wondered why spammers spam. When I first ventured on to the internet back in the day I used to get spammed by everyone and everything, more so by shops that I would never buy a thing from. Over the years the spammers have seemed to become un-educated idiots sending out unsolicited garbage to people who don’t want to listen to their drivel.

Some people are still falling for the scams that these spam mails entail, come on people if someone is called Roger Digeridoo from flippin Nigeria and his Grandad made millions and it’s locked in a bank in the Ivory Coast do you think it’s true!!! Fair play to them, they are probably locked up in a box in the middle of a desert somewhere tied to a chair churning out the same rubbish into an email all day, every day but please the other million people and ME ESPECIALLY do not want your constant spam-garbage!

THE FUNNY TITLES

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I am not sure if people are trying to tell me something, but everytime I receive an email like those in my recycle bin I start to feel less of a man and have to seek Jen for a reassurance that everything is A-OK! Where do the spammers get such personal information!?

On a serious note, why on earth do the spammers just spam these days about bloody viagra!? Is it the best drug in the world to make money from?
I am sure it isn’t, so why waste time filling up my inbox with such turd! I am sure singing in the street, dancing round like a prat would make you more money.

MY REPLY TO SCAMMERS

I recently received a set of emails from a scammer who was looking to purchase a few of my domain names that I have up for sale, after a slight glitch in the guys English I thought I would begin corrective dialogue with this wretched little soul and things went a little bit like this…

? If you buy them both now for ?10000 I will provide you with the world renowned gummy bear juice with the domain names sent straight to your door. The Gummy Bear juice issues you with super bouncing power that you can use to scam other people with your profound Swahili antics! ?

Funny that he didn’t reply, I would have actually spent the £1.75 on a bottle of Ribena just to see him start hopping around like a mad-man thinking it was real.

Jen then received an email from a Roger Geewhiz who needed to get to his 850’000’000 dollars, and all of her personal details, a picture and a cheque from her to get the money released. We both had a bit of a giggle at how we could reply to the said scammer and came up with;

? I can only do this if I produce Gummy Bear Juice but I don’t have any… can you help me? Bonsoir. p.s. As a Teacher I feel the need to tell you that your English skills need addressing… I will be pleased to help you with this for a charge of 950’000’000 dollars per hour. I feel this is a reasonable amount due to the weak dollar or alternatively you quid quit the scamming that no-one falls for as we have more brains than you and your scamming friends have rubbed together and get yourself a REAL job, stop scamming the general public.
Best Regards Retard
Shanice Belingui
Your 4 Legged Sister from Shanghai ?

AN END NOTE

Please stop wasting your time and spamming me and everyone else, I only have so much time in the day to think of a story and reply to you! icon smile 9 Funny Spam Emails

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P.S. I Love You Review

WHO DOES SHE LOVE?

Hilary Swank plays Holly Kennedy, a smart and beautiful woman married to the love of her life, an Irishman called Gerry, played by Gerard Butler (Mission Impossible, 300). When Gerry passes away from a brain tumor it knocks the wind out of Holly, she doesn’t know what to do and is in total shock. This is until her 30th birthday when a cake is delivered from Gerry. Inside the cake is a recorded message from Gerry telling her to get out of her flat and celebrate herself. Gerry also explains that he will be sending her letters in the coming weeks and months delivered in a range of ways taking her on a journey, a journey that will inevitably let her life move on.

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Holly’s best friends Denise played by Lisa Kudrow (Friends) and Sharon played by Gina Gershon, as well as Holly’s mother played by Kathy Bates follow her throughout her journey of letters bringing more fun to the story.

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