Wednesday, 9 March 2011

The Suspense Is Terrible! I Hope It Will Last. (Super Mario World)

Baby is in Newcastle!

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Parcel number: FWBE9048102GB
Status: In progress

Parcel tracks

Date Time Location Tracking Event
09-03-2011 00:22 Newcastle Depot Loaded to vehicle for delivery
09-03-2011 00:05 Newcastle Depot Received at delivery depot
08-03-2011 07:20 National Hub Received and processed
07-03-2011 17:22 Mitcham Depot Forwarded to delivery depot
07-03-2011 17:13 trailer Forwarded for processing
07-03-2011 15:35 Mitcham Depot Collected from customer

I had a friend who used to play a bit of super mario on his guitar between songs at gigs.




Super Mario tabs http://ukutabs.com/files/super-mario-bros.pdf

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

The Sexy National Hub

(Information provided by the Parcelforce website)

Our hubs

We operate a hub and spoke collection and delivery system with 53 depots across the UK feeding two state-of-the-art hubs in the midlands. One hub is for UK parcels and the other for International parcels.
Having invested millions of pounds in state of the art technology, our highly automated tracking and sorting centres make light work of all your delivery needs.

The National Centre


  • Covers 24,000 square metres and is a quarter of a mile in length
  • Designed to handle 58,500 parcels per hour
  • Processes more than 35 million parcels every year
  • State-of-the-art scanning technology offering 270 degree bar code reading stations
  • At peak times we take delivery of a fully laden vehicle every 45 seconds
  • On site learning resource centre adds to the development of our staff
  •  
According to Google Maps, the Parcelforce Worldwide National Hub is located at Siskin Parkway West, Middlemarch Business Park Coventry CV3 4PF 

And now it needs to get to my house. if it came straight here it could travel like this:

Driving directions to Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear NE6 5TY, UK

Suggested routes

  1. 1.
    3 hours 44 mins
    M1 and A1(M)
    210 mi
  2. 2.
    4 hours 35 mins
    M6
    257 mi
Coventry, West Midlands CV3 4PF
UK
1. Head northwest

0.6 mi
2. Turn right toward Stoneleigh Rd

0.2 mi
3. Continue straight onto Stoneleigh Rd

0.2 mi
4. Slight right at Coventry Rd

0.3 mi
5. Take the 3rd right onto Rowley Rd

1.2 mi
6. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Siskin Dr

210 ft
7. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto A46 heading to Leicester/M69/Nuneaton/M6/Coventry (E)/Coventry (N)/Binley
Go through 1 roundabout

3.0 mi
8. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A46 heading to Leicester/M69/Coventry (N)/Nuneaton/M6/Ansty

2.5 mi
9. Continue onto M69 Motorway

15.0 mi
10. At junction 3, exit onto M1 toward Nottingham

59.3 mi
11. At junction 32, exit onto M18 toward Doncaster/Hull

8.8 mi
12. At junction 2, exit onto A1(M)

8.4 mi
13. Continue onto A1

2.6 mi
14. Continue onto A1(M)

15.4 mi
15. Take the exit onto A1(M)

25.2 mi
16. Continue onto A1

23.0 mi
17. Continue onto A1(M)

34.4 mi
18. Slight left at A1 (signs for Newcastle/Gateshead)

4.8 mi
19. Exit onto A184 toward Gateshead/Newcastle (Centre)

1.4 mi
20. Take the ramp to Redheugh Bridge Roundabout

466 ft
21. At Redheugh Bridge Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Askew Rd/A184

0.7 mi
22. Slight left at Askew Rd

89 ft
23. Take the 1st left onto High St N/A167
Continue to follow A167

0.4 mi
24. Continue onto A167(M)

0.7 mi
25. Take the ramp on the right to A1058/Jesmond/B1600

0.2 mi
26. Merge onto A167(M)

440 ft
27. Continue straight onto Jesmond Rd/A1058
Continue to follow A1058

1.1 mi
28. Take the exit

0.1 mi
29. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Chillingham Rd/A188 heading to Heaton

0.2 mi
30. Turn left at Ravenswood Rd

0.2 mi
31. Turn left at Addycombe Terrace
Destination will be on the left

407 ft
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear NE6 5TY
UK

 Est. fuel cost: £37.94

In the meantime, let's watch Buster Keaton play the ukulele

Nobody Puts Baby In a Corner (Time of My Life)

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Date Time Location Tracking Event
08-03-2011 07:20 National Hub Received and processed
07-03-2011 17:22 Mitcham Depot Forwarded to delivery depot
07-03-2011 17:13 trailer Forwarded for processing
07-03-2011 15:35 Mitcham Depot Collected from customer


to me 08 March at 11:20
It's a leg!!

There is a big FRAGILE on it. And a HANDLE WITH CARE.

Sadly I didn't write 'Nobody puts Baby in a corner' on it.

Apparently it's been received at the National Hub. I don't know what that is, but it sounds sexy.


from me 08 March at 11:24
FRAH- GEE - LAY, must be ITALIAN!
that's brilliant, i wish you had written that on the case! maybe i will, or if i ever meet you you can write it :D
have you seen that film? it's hilarious.

Baby's at the National Hub --ohh sexy indeed! so i don't think it will come today. tomorrow maybe!

x
  



Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've had) The time of my life 
(Dirty Dancing)

Intro:
    G    Em7               F         F                   G
Now I've had the time of my life No I never felt like this before
      Em7           F           F
Yes I swear it's the truth and I owe it all to you
       G    Em7               F                            (12)
'Cause I've had the time of my life and I owe it all to you

Interlude: | G | G | F | F |

Verse 1:
          F                            F                                 G   |   G   |
I've been waiting for so long Now I've finally found someone to stand by me
           F                         F                     G   |   G   |
We saw the writing on the wall As we felt this magical Fantasy
         F                              F                              G   |   G   |
Now with passion in our eyes There's no way we could disguise it Secretly 
      F                                F                          G     G       
So we take each other's hand 'Cause we seem to understand The urgency Just remember

Bridge:
C          C         A#                  A#
You're the one thing I can't get enough of
C                C        Dsus4 
So I'll tell you something This could be love because

CHORUS:
G    Em7               F         F                   G
I've had the time of my life No I never felt this way before
      Em7           F           Dm7                   
Yes I swear it's the truth And I owe it all to you

Interlude: | G | G | G | G |

Verse 2:
With my body and soul I want you more than you'll ever know
So we'll just let it go Don't be afraid to lose control
Yes I know what's on your mind When you say "Stay with me tonight." 
Just remember

Bridge:
You're the one thing I can't get enough of 
So I'll tell you something This could be love because

CHORUS: 2x (l.a.)      

SOLO: | G | G | Fadd9 |Fadd9 | D | G | G | F | F | G | G | F | F |
        | G# A# C D D# F G |
                                 

G    Em7               F         F                   G
I've had the time of my life No I never felt this way before
      Em7           F           F   G  A  G  A  B                
Yes I swear it's the truth And I owe it all to you

CHORUS: 2x (l.a.)
 

FRAH-GEE-LAY - It must be Italian!

from me 07 March at 17:04
maybe tomorrow the postman will bring baby around! i can hardly wait! gahhhh x


to me 07 March at 18:59
Oh bummer! Has it not come today then?

It just missed the last post on Friday, so I'd bet on it coming tomorrow. Wednesday at the very, very latest. I know how you feel. I hate waiting for post. :( x

(p.s. it's wrapped up pretty good, and I apologise in advance if it takes an age to get into it! Keep a pair of scissors handy ;)


from me 07 March at 19:06
oh i'm not worried, as long as she gets here, waiting is part of the fun! we live in an instant society where everyone wants something NOW. Instant coffee, instant prints, instant gratification.

patience is a virtue, this is well worth the wait!

what kind of plectrum (if any) do you use for the ukulele? my friend says never use one at all. or just use a bit of paper. he used a maynards wine gum wrapper when he stopped by mine (:
x


to me 07 March at 21:02
Would you believe! I've found the tracking number!

FWBE9048102GB

^ Pop that in at http://www.parcelforce.com/portal/pw/home - looks like it'll be on it's way tomorrow with any luck!

I used a plectrum for about five minutes, and it's so much better with me' fingers. Or a long finger nail. x


from me 07 March at 21:26
how exciting, if we knew where that was exactly we could track her progress! they better be good to her, does it say FRAGILE in big letters all over the parcel. that reminds me, have a look at this:



:D

Monday, 7 March 2011

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

from me: 
i love your description of this 'sexy little beast'. i mostly play piano and synth but i got a ukulele recently and i love it, even though i'm just learning. mine is the mahalo cherry sunburst in the les paul style, i wanted a more traditional one but when i stopped in windows i tried quite a few and even 4 just like this one and it had the best sound so i took it. but would like a slightly better one, and the case of yours is so lovely and in a nice vintage style, and the ukulele is a lovely one, i've seen one like it in the shop, i think! also if i have two then when someone comes around we can both play one. so i'd decided to get another one on tuesday! how lucky is that (:
i'm a music photographer living in newcastle. i was wondering since you had such a nice little ukulele if you're in a band? and i will have to admit having a ukulele with a little character that has been played is a lot more  exciting than buying a brand new one.

tell me about it...where did you get it and when? there's a girl holding the case in the photo with an amazing skirt on. at least i think so! and do you name your instruments and if so what did you call this one?

to me:
Bizarrely enough, I was also more a piano and synth player before my uke-love began. I bought my first one rather randomly during a drinking session by the Thames two years ago! A cheapo blue Mahalo thing, but still lovely. I'd wanted one since I started messing about with guitars a couple of years before. They feel so good to play, such a sweet sound. I'd much rather pick up a uke now than a big old acoustic guitar. I find them great for ideas and sketches - I write mainly electronic music or short film scores in spare hours, and if I hit a block I pick the uke up and get messing! Perfect cure.

Sadly I'm not in a band. Oh, I wish! I'm a struggling actor (who does a bit of music... it stops them from sacking me if I'm doing both!). It's not anywhere near as cool or fun. And it's nowhere near as brilliant as being a music photographer! Do you have links on Facebook? I'll add you. I'd love to see your work! 

I was in a version of "Spring Awakening" early last year. There's a popular musical of it, but we did the play it's based on. During one of the rehearsal workshops, I brought the uke in with me. The director loved the idea, so it stuck. To be massively pretentious for a moment, I built the character around having this ukulele! He became this completely geeky Buddy Holly wannabe. It was great fun!

We took the show up to the Edinburgh Festival last year, so I 'upgraded' to the Kala (and the case) around June/July. It was bought online... the Southern Ukulele Store on eBay, I think. Because the show was set in the '50s, the Kala uke had the right classic look and sounded wonderful in the performance space. So, it hasn't been with me long, but it's seen some action.

At the end of the show, I was covered in white grease paint and stage blood to come back as a uke-playing, Chuck Berry-singing ghoul. 

Yes, it was mental.

The ukulele would be covered in the stuff after every performance, so I'd spend an hour post-show cleaning her up whilst the rest of the cast buggered off to the pub...! That's dedication. But the audiences preferred the uke over me, so she had to look her best! Quite right too.

Some people call her 'the best ukulele in the world'. I call her 'Baby'. It's not creepy. 

(It is a bit creepy)

from me:
baby is a wonderful name for a ukulele. first of all there's a song Yes Sir, That's My Baby that was in the film A Thousand Clowns (one of my favourites!) and they're playing that on the ukulele, the other reason is that's what he calls the girl in dirty dancing PERFECT.


C
Yes sir, that's my baby 
G
No sir, don't mean maybe  
G7                      C      C7
Yes sir, that's my baby now 

C
Yes, sir, we've decided 
G
No ma'm, we ain't gonna hide it 
G7                        C
Yes, ma'm, you're invited now 

C7                 F
By the way, by the way
G                               G7 
When we reach the preacher I'll say, 
C
Yes sir, that's my baby 
G
No sir, don't mean maybe  
G7                      C      C7
Yes sir, that's my baby now