Dave Thorp's Blog » Alex http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk The musings of Dave Thorp Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:53:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Merry Christmas http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:11:32 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=453 Yes it’s finally Christmas. Unfortunate but true.

Stuart and Alex are playing with their toys. Stuart is more interested in Alex’s toys though rather than his own.

Pictures will be uploaded later. Oh and in 13 hours time Nosty will have got another prediction right. There is no stopping this guy is there!

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/feed/ 0 I was right!!! http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/21/i-was-right/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/21/i-was-right/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:48:45 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=437 Well I was right as the great british public proved once again that they are sheep and will purchase any old tat simply because it came from the x-factor or other similar talent(less) contests. Jeff Buckley did manage to get to number 2 though (which lets face it is the equivalent to number one these days as Simon Cowell more or less reserves the number one slot months or even years in advance)

Shame on you all…. oh and next year please lock up your eight year old daughters so some decent music has a chance to top the charts!

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/12/21/i-was-right/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Stuart – The Aftermath http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/08/happy-birthday-stuart-the-aftermath/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/11/08/happy-birthday-stuart-the-aftermath/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:19:48 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=132 Last year I made a post on the old blog system basically giving people some home truths over their behaviour or the fact that they couldn’t even be bothered attending Stuart’s first birthday party. Until today that post has remained hidden and even now the fact it is on a legacy system not connected with the main site means many people wont view it.

So this week was Stuart’s second birthday. And what were the results of it?

His Nanna and his Auntie Karen attended and got him presents even though they were short on money (presumably the presents were also from his Grandad on that side)

His Grandma and his Grandpa Harry attended and got him presents even though his Grandma was seriously ill and on antibiotics.

So who does that leave….. well his Grandad on my side of the family. Who wasn’t invited since he lied about why he didn’t attend last year, and has unilateraly proven that he is more bothered about another mans kid than he is about his own grandchildren. You can count the number of times he has seen Alex on one hand and we’re still waiting for Alex’s birth present and Stuart’s second birthday present. Not really worth holding our breath now is it? A poxy buttie shop that amongst other things utilises child labour and a midlife crisis are much more important now!

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Both our children’s births have be marked by some event. In Stuart’s case it was fireworks and in Alex’s it was an earthquake. Does that make them special?

They’ll always be special to us!

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]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/09/13/side-by-side/feed/ 0 Child Trust Fund http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/07/04/child-trust-fund/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/07/04/child-trust-fund/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:42:11 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=341 Those with kids (or those in the know) will know the Government launched a new scheme a few years ago called the Child Trust Fund which gave a Government contribution and then allowed money to be saved into it

Both Stuart and Alex have these funds with the same provider with Stuart having £500 invested by the Government and Alex having £250 (so far… should get another £250 as well). The problem…..

The money is invested in a stakeholder fund. There are two types of fund stakeholder which is based on stocks and shares and a savings fund which is simply a savings account.

Due to the credit crunch and the various problems the economy is currently having unfortunately this means that both Stuart and Alex have lost money (Stuart has lost £90 so far and Alex in the four months of his life has lost £34).

So I guess what I’m asking is if anyone in the know could advise on whether to either

a) Keep the money where it is in hope the economy stabalises and the stakeholder funds actually start performing

b) Cut the losses and transfer the money into a savings based trust fund

Advise, or failing that stories on how other parents funds are performing appreciated

]]> http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/07/04/child-trust-fund/feed/ 0 New arrival http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/02/27/new-arrival/ http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/2008/02/27/new-arrival/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:18:38 +0000 Dave http://www.dave-thorp.me.uk/?p=305 I am pleased to announce the arrival of a new member to the Thorp family. On the day that the Earth shook, at 10:42am Alexander James Thorp was born weighing 7 lbs.

Pics will be posted when I have had some sleep!

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