Category: Lloyd’s Rants & Observations

I am so happy to be married to a lovely woman, Sharon, who means the world to me. Not only that she is so organised compared to me.She keeps me on the straight and narrow. I would be totally lost without her.

I discovered some time ago that I have ADD (attention deficit disorder) and whilst there are many benefits to this condition there are a few downsides. The main one not being able to complete a task!!

This is not good when you are trying to pack to move house.

We are moving to Bali, Indonesia and have decided to not take a lot, compared to when we moved to the UK and had a whole container of stuff to bring back.

We figure that we will get over to the new place and buy what we need and then bring over what we can’t find.

Nick nacks don’t mean much to us men and Sharon is pretty good too. Which is great as the shipping costs to Bali are not cheap.

So, just the essentials, computer, xbox, playstation and some clothes for me and Daniel. A little more for the girls 🙂

My problem is I am able to empty out all the cupboards but sorting it all out is beyond me. I know this sounds stupid but if you suffer with ADD you will know exactly what I am talking about.

I am sure I am getting worse with age. I think that ADD is being aided by the early onset of dementia as I forget everything. What was it I was meaning to say….

Another problem I have is hoarderitis. Now I am not sure that this is the correct terminology for the said disease but an affliction it is.

I cannot throw anything out. There was a program on the telly where the council went in to this guys house to empty it, as he collected so much crap you could not get into the house. Without Sharon I would be the same I think. With that in mind it is time to get out of the house for a while and let the whirling dervish get on with throwing things out. Oh how that pains me!!!

I just got back on a flight from Goa. It was with Thomas Cook. I was really against flying on a charter for such a long haul flight.

The girl in the TC office sold me on the benefits of the premium cabin plenty of legroom only 2 seats across. What the woman failed to tell me was that the seats were more like wooden benches with hard pointy lumps in them.

Traveling with one of the other scheduled airlines would have meant flying from Manchester Goa via Heathrow and Mumbai.

However after an 11 hour flight sat on a chair made for torture, I will take the longer more comfortable route next time.

How many other people must feel the same way as me?

No wonder the idiots are losing money and customers when they fail to provide the basic comforts required for an 11 hour flight.

How difficult can it be to put a cushion on the seat to keep my bottom pampered the way I like it?

Mind you the entertainment was great. And I don’t mean the drunk girls that got escorted off the plane in Goa by Police armed with machine guns either.

I have decided to completely renew my blog.

Not being so good at contributing to the site regularly I had been using an auto publishing plugin to update the blog.

As there is no realvalue to this I am starting all over again.

We are working hard on the new www.startsmartsystem.com which should be ready soon.

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