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Right, now we've got the basics of hello and what is going to be going on within this blog sorted lets get down to business.

I have decided to build my own boat. I dont fancy buying one and after tinkering with lots of different ships and boat I thought "Why not?". I am going to be starting from scratch so I am going to design everything myself and we shall see how all that goes.

First off, I needed a name for this project. Normally naming something comes at the very end of the process but I decided that I wanted my project to have a name. So a friend and I sat there and we threw a few ideas around, but we couldn't really think of any. If anyone else has a good idea for a project name then let us know!

As I am still without a washing machine (Im being cheap and not buying on just  yet) I decided to go with a local company that does Laundry. Sounds great! £4 for all my clothes to be washed and ironed! Brilliant!
Well, some fella showed up at my door and asked for my clothes. I duly gave them to him and then made the mistake of asking for a receipt. "A what?" he asks! "A receipt" says I! "Oh we dont have those. People trust us!" Says he. Well I do apologise, but coming from Europe I trust nothing unless it is written down and signed by them and me. So I quickly wrote down what I ordered, how much of my stuff he was taking and signed it. Then we had the fun task of his name. "What's your name?" I asked, "I dont know" says he. Eh? You dont know your own name or is something getting lost in translation. So we bandied about for about 5 minutes playing the great name game and eventually he cottons on that I want HIS name, not his father's, brother's or cousins twice removed. His name. So we quickly write that down and then I ask him to sign it. Instead of signing it with a signature, he writes his telephone number. Ok, not bad, if my laundry doesn't reappear then at least I can call him, until I see his little smile as he writes it down. Urm, mate, Im not asking for a date, your signature here saying you have taken my laundry and how much of it you have taken and what your going to do with it! So with a smile and a wave he wanders off with my laundry saying "tomorrow. inshallah"....