Andrew's blog.

Had to phone a customer to tell them the three shirts I was framing were ready to be collected.

Phone rings, woman answers.

Her:

Hello

Me:

Hello, could I speak to Mr Tattersall please?

Her:

Who?

Me:

Mr Tattersall.

Her:

There isnt any Mr Tattersdall here. There has never been any mr
Tattersall here.

Me:

Oh. This is (repeat number to her) isnt it?

Her:

Yes, but I assure you that nobody called Tattersall has ever
lived here. What is it with regards to?

Me:

Some shirts he was having framed. It's wellgate arts and crafts.

Her:

And it's Mr Tattersall?

Me:

Yes.

Her:

Oh. Because my husband has took three shirts for framing, but
his name isnt Tattersall.

Me:

Oh. Then perhaps I wrote the name down wrong. What is the name?

Her:

Tatterthall.

Me:

I'm sorry. I thought that was what I said.

Her:

No. You said Sall, but it's Thall.....there is a big difference
between a Sall and a Thall....

Me:

(Biting my tongue) Sorry.... well is he there?

Her:

No. he's out. I'll tell him you called.

Line goes dead...........

I haven't been for an interview in over 10 years....

I feel a bit nervous...

Not sure why, after all, its only a conversation isnt it, and I talk to people all the time.

Got to dig my suit out of the wardrobe and iron my shirt....

crossing all my digits.

Kissed any one of your blog friends? --- No
Been arrested? --- NO
Kissed someone you didn't like? --- No
Slept in until 5 PM? --- No
Fallen asleep at work/school? --- No
Held a snake? --- No
Ran a red light? --- No
Been suspended from school? --- NO
Experienced love at first sight? --- Yes
Totaled your car in an accident? --- NO
Been fired from a job? --- No
Fired somebody? --- NO
Sang karaoke? --- No
Pointed a gun at someone? --- NO
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? --- YES
Laughed until something you were drinking or eating came out your nose? --- YES
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? --- Yes
Had a close brush with death --- NO
Played spin-the-bottle? --- No
Sang in the shower? --- YES
Smoked a cigar? ---No
Sat on a rooftop? --- Yes
Smuggled something into another country? --- NO
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? --- NO
Broken a bone? --- YES
Skipped school? --- No
Sleepwalked? --- NO
Walked a moonlit beach? --- YES
Rode a motorcycle? --- No
Dumped someone? --- YES
Forgotten your anniversary? --- No
Lied to avoid a ticket? --- NO
Ridden on a helicopter? --- NO
Shaved your head? --- NO
Played a prank on someone? --- YES
Hit a home run? -- NO
Felt like killing someone? --- YES
Cross-dressed? --- NO
Been falling-down drunk? --- YES
Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? --- YES
Eaten snake? --- NO
Marched/Protested? --- NO
Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? --- NO
Puked on amusement ride? --- Yes
Seriously & intentionally boycotted something? --- YES
Been in a band? --- NO
Knitted? --- No
Been on TV? --- NO
Shot a gun? --- NO
Skinny-dipped? --- NO
Gave someone stitches? --- NO
Eaten a whole habenero pepper? --- NO
Ridden a surfboard? --- NO
Drank straight from a liquor bottle? --- YES
Had surgery? ---Yes
Streaked? --- NO
Taken by ambulance to hospital? --- NO
Tripped on mushrooms? --- NO
Passed out when not drinking? --- NO
Peed on a bush? --- YES
Donated Blood? --- YES
Grabbed electric fence? --- NO
Eaten alligator meat? --- YESNo
Eaten your kids' Halloween candy? --- No- I have no kids
Killed an animal when not hunting? --- NO
Peed your pants in public? --- No
Written graffiti? --- No
Still love someone you shouldn't? --- NO
Think about the future? --- YES
Been in handcuffs? --- YES
Believe in love? --- YES
Sleep on a certain side of the bed? --- YES

In 1858, a man named John Gray was buried in old Greyfriars Churchyard. His grave levelled by the hand of time, and unmarked by any stone, became scarcely discernible; but, although no human interest seemed to attach to it.

The sacred spot was not wholly disregarded or forgotten. For fourteen years the dead man's faithful dog kept constant watch and guard over the grave until his own death in 1872.

The famous Skye Terrier, Greyfriars Bobby was so devoted to his master John Gray, even in death, for fourteen years Bobby lay on the grave only leaving for food.

It is reported that a daily occurance of people from all walks of life would stand at the entrance of the Kirkyard waiting for the one o'clock gun and the appearance of Bobby leaving the grave for his midday meal.

Greyfriar's Cemetery in Edinburgh has a centuries-old reputation for being haunted. Its gruesome history includes use as a mass prison, headstone removal, witchcraft, bodysnatching, desecration, corpse dumping and live burial. In 1998 something new and inexplicable began occurring in the graveyard. Visitors encountered "cold spots", strange smells and banging noises.

They found themselves overcome by nausea, or cut and bruised by something they could not see. Over a space of two years, 24 people were knocked unconscious. Homes next to the graveyard wall became plagued by crockery smashing, objects moving and unidentified laughter.

Witnesses to these attacks ran into the hundreds. There were two exorcisms of the area. Both failed. The section of Greyfriars where the attacks occurred is now chained shut. The entity responsible has been named the "McKenzie Poltergeist". It has become one of the best-documented and most conclusive paranormal cases in history. The poltergeist is still growing stronger.

It is in the news today that the NHS are having money wories, and are going to be making job cuts.....

This is quite a worry, as I have a job interview on Monday at the Northen general in Sheffield!!

And a wonderful time was had in Edinburgh. It is a fantastic city, and didnt want to come home. Cant wait to go back again.

Pictures will follow shortly.....