I was considering saying something to him, at the risk of starting a rumpus that would hold the train up even more than it already had been (damp tracks or something) when his mobile rang and he started mouthing off a stream of high-octane swearing at the person on the other end, oblivious to the fact that there were young children in the carriage. He seemed to think he was in a soundproof bubble, if he was thinking at all.
Everybody pretended not to notice, until a young mum said to him, "Oi, you ignorant little sod, mind your language in front of my kids. And get your bleedin' feet off the seat while you're about it!"
And he said, "Sorry, missus" and put his feet on the floor.
Now, what really annoys me about this is the fact that it had to be a woman. Before I became a grumpy old man, confronting oiks was a man's job, and people could be shamed into behaving themselves with a few well-chosen words, man to man. Now it seems as if only women are entitled to display any balls at all. AAAAARRRGGGGHHH!!!
A couple weeks ago I was approached and asked if I was willing to quantify how well know I was on the web.... they call it your web footprint.
Being the HAM that I am.... after all my blog is shamelessly called wannabe I agreed to online form filling to help them correlate my on line fame.
Well when the people at QDOS first got back with me they gave me a rating of 1709, which meant nothing to me so off I went to the site and had rummage around.
Well after I compared scores with others I felt my score was too low so I wrote to them and sent them lots of links to my presence on the web. You see even my newspaper sells back copies to archival newspaper sites, so a reporter anywhere in the world if they had my name could access my web footprint.
Well QDOS got back to me and have since upwardly adjusted my score to
QDOS 3083!
Which means I'm more famous on the web than the Hairy Bikers!! (The Brits will know whom I talking about). In-fact a certain celebrity chef that goes by the name of Gordon only got a QDOS5154.
And talk
ing of Gordon have you seen this link?
http://www.littlegordon.com/
Hi
My name is Kevin Ashton,
I'm a chef and food writer from England
I wont bore you (at least now) with all my details but I do have some great chocolate recipes on my food blog.
Today I posted a blog about a man called Josef Zotter, and if you havent heard the name before you will.
He is considered one of the finest chocolatiers in the world.
If you like the find out why the rich and famous buy his chocolates then go and visit my blog.
He is such a magical character some call him The Real Willy Wonka of the chocolate world.
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If you like chocolate but don't who josef zotter is go and hang your head in shame.
But if you would like to find out about the man some call the Real Willy Wonka go and read the lastest post on my blog http://wannabetvchef.blog.co.uk
best wishes
kev
Hello Recipe Shop,
I do hope your members will come and take a look at my food blog, here's a link.
http://www.wannabetvchef.blog.co.uk
I'm a chef and food writer from england and having been cooking for over 30 years.
I've been lucky enough to cook for a lot of famous people around the world...I do you you will give me chance to cook for you.
Regards
Kevin
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Hello Healthy Eating.
Whilst I wouldn't say all of my recieps are healthy (fat wise), I would say all of my recipes are wholesome made from quality ingrediennts.
I'm a chef and food writer that believes it is very important for a recipe to work to win the confidence of the reader.
Come and take a look at my pages on VOX and then fasten your seat belt and take a look at my main food blog at this link http://www.wannabetvchef.blog.co.uk
Please leave a message to say you have stopped by.
Regards
Kevin
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Hi fellow foodies,
A few of you will know me but most wont.
I am a working chef and food writer from england and have blogged for about 2 years.
My pages on vox at the moment are samplers and tasters of what my food blog is about.
So go visit my main food blog at www.wannabetvchef.blog.co.uk
To find great tested recipes from my newspaper column with mouthwatering photos.
It has celebrity stories of the famous people I have met and cooked for including Queen Elizabeth II, American Presidents and movie stars.
I write stories about my tales of being in the biz (having cooked around the world for over 30 years)
Information about equipment and ingredients.
I chance to ask me food question you need help with
Important Food Stories that affect us all and what we eat.
Read about the Latest news on GM foods (why have so many Americans allowed the food to be so heavily surrplanted with GM crops where as Europeans are and have been more sceptical about this impotant issue.
Do you blindly feed your kids on foods full of additives then wonder why your kid is bouncing offthe walls? and misbehaving?
Join the passion and debate and read http://www.wannabetvchef.blog.co.uk
when you visit leave a message on my board
written by chef and food writer Kevin Anthony Ashton
member of The Briitish Culinary Federation
member of The Guild of Food Writers
I hope all my friends at Vox have been reading and following my wannabetvchef blog...because there will a test later!!!
Have you see the mouthwatering photograph I have added today to my photos here at VOX. If you want the recipes you'll have to go to http://www.wannabetvchef.blog.co.uk
I have lots of big news on the horizon about my writing assignment in France.
Read about how I partied on the greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior before it was sunk by the french secret service.
I'm also going to upload some of the newpaper articles written about me so keep reading.
In the next couple of weeks I will be blogging about my search for an agent, cus my manager says I need one.
Here are two great photos from my weekly recipe column in the Sunday Mercury
Go to the The food blog on the net now
take care
Kevin
on My QDOS