New Carpet

Life takes over sometimes and this week we have had a new carpet fitted in our lounge.

To make things easier for the fitter we had to remove as much furniture as possible and I had to disconnect the TV from the Satellite Unit from the Blueray player from the DVD/Video unit that is not used very often any more. HD Cables piled up along with Scart leads and Power Cables as I stored the working boxes in the garage. Once the carpet was fitted we had to bring all the furniture back in and I had to carefully connect all the cables using the correct holes in the back of our unit that contains all the boxes. I am sure some of the items are on different shelves now but I was happy to see that upon checking ... ALL SYSTEMS GO ... we are connected up and I hope to get another ten years trouble free watching. What is the next up and coming "thing" that I will need to add? ... No, we already have a 3D TV and although it is a gimmick there are times when it is just great to turn the lights out and watch things emerge from the screen or disappear to the back of the box.

So, on top of that, we decided to buy the cats a play tower to try and keep them off the new carpet and I spent all morning trying to change the many parts into a complete unit, finding that some of the screw grips that the screws go into are missing. I have never seen these on sale anywhere so some of the platforms are not as tight fitting as they should be. So far the cats have only jumped on the unit to retrieve the treats that we placed there. It is sitting on its own in the corner.

And now the wife is exhausted and has gone off for a sleep I can focus on the football:

Arsenal have beaten Bournemouth 3-0 and I saw none of it. Maybe I could get back into watching Match of the Day?

Brentford travelled to Aston Villa and came away with a creditable 0-0 draw. I may give those highlights a miss.

Charlton Athletic managed to beat my league one pick Southend United by 2 goals to 1. Might be worth a look.

So after three matches we have one win, one draw, one defeat.

Exeter City were travelling away to Forest Green and I had half a mind to go (but we now have a cat stand). a 3-1 away win is very very good.

So the top level teams produced 2 wins, a draw and a loss.

Moving on to the non-league where I am gaining interest rapidly as it is still about the football and not about the money, Torquay United earned a 0-0 draw with Wrexham at Plainmoor. I am quite pleased that I did not bother with that one.

In the National League South Weston-super-Mare travelled about as far as they can to Essex where they drew 1-1 with Chelmsford City. Yes, I too remember being surprised when I found out that Chelmsford is a city, but I did support their Ice Hockey team for a season.

In the Southern League Premier Tiverton Town beat Hitchin Town 3-1 and I really must give Tiverton a visit soon. The rumours about the six toes and three eyes are probably not true after all.

In the Southern League West (note that it is no longer South&West) Barnstaple Town travelled to North Leigh and got beaten 5-0. ... Move on!

It gets harder to find results from the Western League onwards but thanks to the Buckland Athletic Twitter Feed I find that travelling to Longwell Green resulted in a 4-1 away win. Good news for the only one of my picks that I have seen live this season.

Exmouth Town are away at Stoke Gabriel but neither of their twitter feeds have been updated in a while. So obviously the result matters not to either team as they are not keeping their supporters informed.

Thus endeth my sermon for today.