Malcolm Glazer takes over Manchester United!

Malcolm Glazer has said that he will stick by Manchester United's players, supporters and management after launching a formal bid for control of the club. Glazer revealed that he now owned 71.8 per cent of the club and that his offer was unconditional.

It seems certain now that the American tycoon will take the club private again but in revealing plans for the future of United, Glazer said that he pledged to stick by the current set-up. So, it would seem according to newspaper reports that worrying times lie ahead for Manchester United fans, now that Malcolm and his son have made the move!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Driving!

Went for more driving retraining around the city of York! I drove around the whole of the city for two hours which was quite busy with tourists as Summer is fast approaching.

It is good to get back into driving, however I think the fact I had to wait eight years before being allowed to retrain, puts some of the people on ITV's programme on older drivers, having strokes etc. not now being allowed to drive into perspective.

After all it should be remembered that a lot of them never had to take a test, so maybe the time is right for making testing for older drivers compulsary! There is a relatively frequent public transport system for most people now!

After fifty years all our reaction times change as we grow older and wiser! However I thought the point the programme made about younger drivers being just as dangerous was equally valid, but at least they have to take a test of there driving skills before being allowed on the road! Sorry about the short rant but it is just something I believe in!

Firefox is still here!

Today I read an article on the BBC News website saying that Microsoft's biggest worry, should be the huge success of Mozilla Firefox, the open source web browser.

I think it is faster and more secure than Internet Explorer, it is the first browser to seriously challenge Microsoft's dominance. In just nine months Firefox has chalked up 50 million downloads, although some are admittedly upgrades.

Bill Gates has it on his Computer but he thinks it is just another browser, and IE [Microsoft's Internet Explorer] is better. However, personally I do think that Microsoft should be worried because when they bring out there new O/S they will not be able to include Internet Explorer as standard at least in Europe.

Does this mean that Windows and Office update will work on Mozilla, I don't know but I hope so, even though I do not think they will!

Tiger's prepare for championship!

Hull City are now preparing for Championship football after being officially promoted at the KC stadium yesterday, so lets hope they can have a succesful season next year! It can't really get much better than the last two can it as I personnaly think that Peter will have to do some team building next season as the Championship is a lot different from the lower Leagues!

I would also like to offer congratulations to Brian Laws and all his team across the Humber as Scunthorpe has achieved promotion from League Two, with the end of the season there should be a lot less football conversation on my blog from now on, which should maybe please some of my readership!

Election Result & Tigers start hunting new player's

Tonight, I went out to my local pub with friends, in it we discussed the outcome of the General Election both locally and nationally. Locally the Conservatives won once again, no change there as we have a lot of farmers and country folk in our area!

I also found out this evening that Hull City could also be ready to smash their club record transfer fee to sign Swindon Town striker Sam Parkin.

Swindon have received an offer for the 25-year-old which is believed to be in the region of £450,000. Now, that has fired speculation the Tigers have moved back in for the Robins hitman.

Manager Peter Taylor had a £250,000 bid rejected last June but has refused to rule out a move for Parkin this summer as he looks to bolster his squad for the Championship.

Voters decide on next government

Today is the day of the UK's general election and therefore I did my bit and went to cast a vote, however I am still not to sure how the election will pan out, we will just have to hope it is either Blair/Brown or Charles Kennedy as I think a vote for the Conservatives would be a very big mistake, just look at the things Michael Howard did in the past e.g. Poll Tax.

Maybe some voters can forgive and forget but not this one, especially after his performance under Maggie Thatcher! Even though after I say all this the Conservatives will probably still win as our Constituency has a lot of farmers and they only seem to be able to vote Conservative!

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Hull University Graduation Photographs and AGM!

Today I made a visit to Hull to have my MSc graduation photographs taken, so I have less to think about in July when the actual event takes place! It will be a whole year in June since I last saw the MSc cohort I completed the course with so I am looking forward to the event as I should get to see quite a few old friends!

Also, today it was the local Scout Groups AGM which I help with on a regular basis now I am back in Hornsea!

Liverpool (North) beat Chelsea (South)!

The Northern team won yet another football match against the Southern pretenders with the massivly expensive squad which was a good thing this evening!

However, Liverpool are set to face disciplinary action from Uefa after pitch invasions during tonights win. Could it be that Liverpool are now picking up the mantle of Northern Englands best football squad just as Chelsea have done down South!

I hope everyone is well and are enjoying themselves and the good weather at present, I know I am, in fact a strange occurence happened today my sister asked if she could borrow my tent, which is a phrase I thought I would never here, oh well!

Watched Dr Who the Movie!

Today I watched the Dr Who the movie which is set at New Years Eve 1999. Earth is about to run out of time. Returning home to Gallifrey with the remains of his arch enemy, the master the tardis is forced off course, plunging the Doctor into the middle of a street gang's gun battle in downtown San Francisco.

Critically wounded in the shoot out, the Doctor has to regenerate to save his own life. As the clock counts down to the start of a new millennium, the Doctors has to stop the master destroying all life on earth.

Overall, I thought the film was a good film to watch and would recommend it to all other viewers, but that is just my humble opinion and I have been waiting to watch it for five years as it is set a the dawn of the New Millenium!

I was also a bit worried to find out in the Telegraph today that there are no plans to make any more Star Trek series after the current Enterprise which is currently being televised, as people are not watching it anymore and they are maybe running out of ideas!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Now I am feeling tired so I shall say goodnight, sorry for such a short update this evening!