Handing in the badge

I have decided that I do not have the time to be a MOD for Entrecard anymore. I have so much going on with other things and no time to do the normal modding duties that I am meant to do. It is not just Modding forums it also involves modding websites and dealing with PMs and Emails. It has just got way to much for me to deal with ontop of my normal jobs. I can now spend more time helping people in need and thinking of new ideas for Entrecard

I think I would be best suited to being a normal Entrecard member and having less restrictions in what I can say.

i would like to thank Graham and Richard for their help and understanding through my times of need. I would also like to say sorry for not being able to put as much time into it as I would like to have.

A big thanks to the whole MODDING team! I hope to still keep adding to the community and help take Entrecard further.

This has nothing to do with Entrecard, it is just my personal life and time restrictions I have.

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‘Tramp’ in church was minister in disguise

I am not a religious man at all. I am open about being a Atheist but respect most religions and peoples beliefs. One of my favourite bloggers (Rebellious Arab Girl) has a old post about Honour Killings in the Islam religion which seems to always get some comments every month or so.  Since reading this post and following Monas blog I have changed many of my views on Islam and Arabs in General.

A lot of people think that I must be some sort of Devil Worshipper as I don’t follow the Bible, Koran or read L. Ron Hubbard’s stories. I just believe we are here, I don’t believe that some higher power has written any books or has any disciples do so. I do believe these books can offer some words of wisdom and can help people out of some hard times, but that is as far as it goes for me.

I came across this story in Todays papers which really made me smile. It shows how some people believe that if they just go to Church or your Mosques then all is forgiven and their GOD will think they are good people… But what they forget is if their GOD is real he is watching 24/7.

I do not believe in GOD… But I try my very best to be as nice to people as I can. The one thing I did learn at school was Respect, and that is something I always follow.

Read in FULL here.

Members of a church congregation received a shock when a “tramp” who wandered in off the street took off his wig and hat and revealed himself as their minister.

Former police officer the Rev Derek Rigby dressed in clothes from a charity shop and rolled around where his “dog had been” in the garden as part of his disguise.

The 51-year-old said he told the congregation and John Morris, one of the senior members and a lay-preacher who was taking the Sunday service, he would be arriving 20 minutes late at the Trinity Methodist Church in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, North Wales.

But instead of the expected arrival of the minister the congregation of around 70 saw a tramp walk in and sit down in the church.

Mr Rigby, who was a police officer for 15 years before he was ordained 20 years ago, said: “I was amazed that no one recognised me. I was quite close to some of them. Sitting next to some and they still did not recognise me.”

The minister, who had not shaved for three days, then stood up and revealed who he was. The charade was linked to the theme of the service which was based around the failure of the disciples to recognise Jesus Christ on the road to Emmaus after his resurrection.

Mr Rigby, who took up the post at the church in 2005, said: “When I walked in and revealed myself they (the congregation) broke into a round of applause.”

Speaking about the demonstration, he said: “It was interesting to see the different responses. It is the unacceptable face of charity.

“I had to walk about half a mile from my house to the church otherwise people would have recognised my car.

“I was not in the porch as people arrived for the service I was slightly outside the church.

“I had to scruff the clothes up and I had syringes – used for giving my dog medicine but without the needles in so they were safe.

“I waited until Sunday school had finished as I didn’t want to scare the children.

“I was behaving drunk but I was not noisy or rolling around. I sneaked into the porch where the disabled toilets are and stole some toilet roll.

“Then I went back in to steal a decanter and glasses at which point someone ran after me and took them off me. At that point I was invited in.”

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Jogging Tips anyone?

The last week I have been trying to get fit… This will be the first time in around 10 years that I have gone out of my way to keep healthy. The last time I did anything was when I was boxing at school and playing Football (Soccer for everyone else).

I have got one of them Heart Monitor watches and got myself some good running shoes… But its killing me! Within 20mins I am burned out and start worrying if ill make it home!

I have lost some weight already and I am also taking my vitamins and other things to help…

so do any of your keep Fit bloggers have any tips? I know the EC Community has a few of you.

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So busy this week!

Starting this week I have been on a fitnes program to try and get rid of my love handles and feel better about myself. Most of what I have been doing is running and jogging every morning, but soon I should be starting a boxing course. I was a good boxer in my school days and have always wanted to get back into it… I guess this is a perfect time now.

I have also been reading up a lot some subjects I shall be writing about in the next few weeks. It is amazing that no one else has tried to look into all the coruption in Social Services and Child Services! The amount of things that are kept hush hush is unbeliveble!!!

Most of my spare time is used in talking to some friends who I have been trying to help out with court cases. I am also looking into joining up with a big online company to try to do some work for sick children all around the world (Its not a 100% confirmed yet).

I just thought with all the e-mails I have been getting this is the best way to let you all know. I know I will be very very busy over the next few weeks so will not have much time to talk or spend time online.

Anyway, talk to you all soon! Catch me on Gtalk when you see me.

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Back to basics

I have been worrying about a lot of unimportant things the past few months… Maybe I have been doing this to take my mind of the things I should be thinking about, or maybe its just me getting used to the situation.

I have decided to go and do some homework and start a new chapter in my blog. I am going to try to reverse the tables on some people and organizations that are intent on destroying fathers and myself. Maybe this is just another way of taking my mind of my children and my ex… But I need to do something and why not do something useful for a change.

I have been talking to a lot of old friends the past few weeks and spent a lot of time debating changes in public opinions of fathers and what could be done to change them… I have also been doing some legal work for some friends and am in court the next few weeks for myself and some other people.

I hope to get back to my old fighting self and forget about all this stupid agro that some unimportant people have created for me…

So from next week expect the old 2007 version of Lee Doyle and expect some angry comments to start coming my way again.

P.s.

I will be very busy this week and the next. So please only email me if you need too! If you need help please use other contacts.

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My children are pawns in a never ending game

So much has happened to me over the years and it is really hard for me to see what my life used to be like. When me and Steph split up 2 years ago, it was a real hard time for me. I was without my children and lost everything I owned. I was lucky enough to have a amazing new partner who made dealing with things much more easy…. At first I did get to see my children from time to time., but it always had to have strings attached. I would have to go meet up with my kids with Steph and have dinner or have to go to our old house and pick them up. The only problem with these was it always turned into her getting upset because she would try to get back with me. This really did stress me out because if I said no I would not see my children and she would get mad at me and drag them away… But if i said yes it would split me and my partner up and Stephs new partner (Who she was living with).

My answer was always “I don’t know, I have to think about things” and that would normally get me out of things. But sometimes it was so hard because my daughter would love seeing me and her mum together… I never did get back with her and nothing every happened… It was just emotional blackmail that she used that still effects me to this day.

My children are worth the world to me (All of them), but it is not fair to just make a relationship work just for your children. I knew we would never work, and i had tried for a very long time.

To put children through breakups and fights is just wrong, it is best to remove the situation and try to work things out straight away. Steph was in a new relationship and so was I… So why destroy her new partners life and my new partners?

When I finally made it very clear that I would never get back with her she started to do many evil things. She would tell me to pick my children up from my Mothers house and when I traveled there (2hs journey) they would not be there… This was very emotional for me as I had waited maybe 2-4 weeks for this day… And she would give me no explanation apart from “Don’t call me” or “Stay at your mums and ill drop them off tomorrow” which she did because she did not want me to be with my new partner.

She would also threaten me with taking my children away from my mother… if i never did things she would say “If you don’t, your mum will never see your children again” which she knew would effect me as my mother has issues of her own. This would also effect my Sister who is very much attached to my daughter and also has issues. She always knew what strings to pull with me… She would build me up to days I would see my children and then drag them away from me… She knew I could do nothing because anything “I” did is seen as bad in the eyes of the law… But anything she does is not believed in the eyes of the law.

She would make up lies, attack me a number of times and not tell me where my children were even living. My daughter one day even told me “Mummy told me you died and would not come back” which broke my heart.

With the whole situation I am in right now (Which I cant do into right now) it has made me see that to protect myself I have to remove myself from the situation until I can change it. This is very hard to do as my children are on my mind 24/7 along with my partner (Who I can no longer see).

I can no longer watch most TV shows because they remind me of family life, I cant listen to much music because it reminds me of my partner, and I have to watch what I read.

My whole life is on hold till the day I get to see my children and am able to move on from this situation I am in and have no control over.

One thing I always ask myself is “Has this changed me for the better?”, and my answer is “I don’t know” because I would kill for this not to have happened as it has been hell… But I have learnt so much and become so much stronger from this…

The only thing that kills me everyday is I know my children are out there right now… Not that far away from me… getting older and wiser…

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Babbelfish Contest 2 - WIN 10,000EC!

10,000EC which YOU can win now!
Free to play!

Rules

• To take part you must either make a post about THIS contest OR post the above banner on your blog. Link back to to this page and you will be able to post.
• The first person with the correst answer wins (Will be judged by comment time and date)
• Winner/s will be judged by myself and my judgement is final
• If I decide two people or more should be winners then I will split the credits (This will only happen if 2 or more people give the answer around the same time)

How to play

The goal of this contest is to find out what my original untranslated text was. I have used Yahoo! Babbel Fish translator and put the original text into it. Then I have translated it into FRENCH and then back into ENGLISH and posted the results bellow. The person who translates it will win 10,000 Entrecard credits!

Your job is to find out what the ORIGINAL text was. Once you think you have the original text or close post it in the comments for this post. I will judge all comments and give clues and hints as to what you may have done wrong (Or right).

You can go through the comments and see what other people have used and use their errors to fix your own. All my clues and hints will be posted in comments so check!

This contest will last around one week. If we have a winner before that I will start a new one. Please drop your card in my Entrecard widget if your playing

If you would like to see the last contest and how it works please go here.

Text after translation!

“I hope to cuts has winner soon. Sour Please make you uses the translator ace it has big big help. I shall give has few clues to help you in the how section. This contest will Be has bit harder then the last one ace more appropriations are up for grabs. C not forget to follow the rules ace you would Be wasting your time!”

The ORIGINAL TEXT WILL BE POSTED ONCE WE HAVE A WINNER!

Now get playing!

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