Ross Hetherington

50 Cent - aka rapper Curtis Jackson, silver with cream interior. He is thinking about making it a convertible

Fat Joe aka Joseph Cartagena, sky blue. He bought it after the success of “Lean Back”.

Ben Affleck - silver. He bought it for then fiancee Jennifer Lopez. When the relationship broke up, she returned it — and he was photographed taking it to McDonalds

Christina Aguilera - white. Was used at her wedding in Napa Valley
 
David Beckham - silver. Bought for him as a birthday present by wife Victoria Beckham.

Johnnie Cochran - black on black, with the plate “JC JR”

Simon Cowell - ordered a Maybach. He then took a ribbing from Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear. He was in Hollywood, and his Bentley needed a service — they gave him a Phantom as courtesy car, and he loved it. He telephoned Rolls-Royce and found the Beverly Hills dealer had three in stock, including one with his preferred ‘piano black’ paint and triple black interior — black leather, black carpets and black lacquered wood dashboard. An hour later his Maybach order was cancelled, and he had ordered a second similar Phantom for London. He has a 100EX convertible on order for American delivery. When Cowell was Punk’d Ashton Kutcher pretended to have the car stolen.

Bishop E. Bernard Jordan - given to the prominent New York Bishop by former Run DMC rapper Reverend Run in March 2004, for saving his life

Jay Kay - black on black with piano black

Jay Z - white

John Kerry - black for the former Democratic presidential candidate: or more correctly, owned by his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry. Driving it in Detroit during his campaign brought derision from local auto workers

Brittany Murphy - after seeing one in a Snoop Dogg video

Shaquille O’Neal - silver

Nelly - Despite a trip to the customizer for new rims, Nelly felt his Rolls-Royce Phantom still lacked a certain discreet charm. So he had the interior totally re-worked in mink fur

Yohan Poonawalla - the Mumbai industrialist bought the first Rolls Royce in India, 2 years after test driving it in London. It was the first Rolls-Royce sold through a local dealer in 50 years — and included 103% local luxury tax

Gene Simmons - Lead Singer from the Legendary Rock Group KISS

Russell Simmons

Rev. Al Sharpton - Owns one after celebrating his 50th birthday in 2004.

Snoop Dogg - white. Used in one of his music videos

Sir Alan Sugar - black with cream interior. The known collector of specific Rolls Royce and Bentley cars has one as his chauffeured transport, which featured in the second series of The Apprentice

Donald Trump - basketball star Shaquille O’Neal purchased a white Phantom as a wedding gift for Donald Trump and his wife

Josh Towbin - Towbin Dodge Owner, Rapper and Star of A&E’s King of Cars and also owns one and was seen in the opening credits of King of Cars

Denzel Washington - bought it as a present for his 50th birthday

Stevie Wonder - in black, purchased by Oprah Winfrey as a “thank you” for singing her “Happy Birthday” on her 50th birthday

Stack Bundles Up and Coming Rapper

Sultan of Brunei - and his brother Jefri each purchased six bullet-proof Phantoms

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud - the Saudi is the fourth richest man in the world

Prince Abdullah - has loaned Michael Jackson a driver and one of his three Rolls Royce Phantoms, while the singer resides in Bahrain

Boris Johnson the brilliant, eccentric M.P is now Mayor of London. That is amazing, I think that guys great he is nothing like other M.P’s.

Good work Boris!

Yes, everybody knows that this project has been dwindling in pace for a good while now. It is mainly down to myself not being well enough to communicate with the suppliers - or themselves not giving me answers when I want it. Which is really really annoying. I have spent the time to build the website, the brand and its image which is now fading because I cannot produce what I want to produce. It is really really annoying.

Anyway I will produce a PDF to be release on the website about the companies plans for the future as it stands at current. This should be informative and allow people to see how it has progressed. I would to tell you right now that the product will be released at a confirmed date but this is just not practical at the moment.

On a lighter note, my coursework is getting finished finally which is good.

24 April 2008 the day of the NUT. Yes to most people I will be talking absolute garbage (something about NUT’s you say)  and to some I am talking about a serious moment in the UK education environment. As NUT are striking for the first time in 20 years and that is all because of the only thing that drives people - money, money, money, money (spoken like the guy in the Incredibles who clears up the mess.)

Like everyone else is in the same boat, but the main problem is can the government really afford to pay teachers what the require. With every public service stretched and the bloody waste of money 2012 Olympic Games in London. Yes, that is right, you will only get your pay rise if you go back in time and stop the bloody waste of money even being considered.

This post really has no relevance but it affected me so I might as well write a badly written post about it - see what you did to me you heartless English teachers - destroying my education (I do not take English at A level - so no need to squabble.)

“A smiling face is half the meal.”

Latvian Proverb

(First time a quote has had no name associated with it.)

As I have terrible circulation which means that I almost always have to wear gloves outdoors otherwise I am likely to get frostbite - as well as this I am somewhat allergic to ’small particle’ materials such as MDF (which is not fun when you have just covered yourself from working with a lathe). These gloves are a bit of a godsend for a person like me who has more and more carpentry jobs to do outdoors - these keep my hands warm but also still allow dexterity (e.g. holding nails.)

As well as this I have rather ‘un-manely’ hands being pretty small and slender - or as a builder would describe as scrawny. So I opted for the ‘Large’ version which is as small as they get, which actually fit my hands pretty snug; which is important when using power tools so your itty bitty fingers do not get caught and mashed up.

The actual glove itself is robust, with thick rubber and man-made materials gracing it. Allowing for you to grip pieces of wood, reduce splinters (which always put me off) and still makes you feel like you are not actually wearing gloves - important for the finer jobs. What Irwin do not advertise however, is that is has a ’sweat wiping’ piece of material located above to thumb to quickly and easily rub off the perspiration from building a bloody fence.

I am yet to use these on a project as of yet (due to illness) but when I do I will be sure to update with how they went as a product. First impressions however are that they are impressive and should be upto the job, keeping the bloody flowing (a priority for most humans.)

Below are a number of photos which I have taken (as stock photos are boring) - including the label information so you can see if you at all allergic to the gloves.

Materials:

•  30% Synthetic
• 25% PVC
• 30% Stretch Nylon
• 10% Terry
• 5% Neoprene

Well this is a sad way to start the 250th post at ‘RossHetherington.com’ - but the much loved presenter appeared to have died. Whether this is suicide has not be disclosed at current times - but even so, it is a sad event from children’s TV and the art world.

Update: Mark Speight was found hanging from the roof of a building adjacent to Paddington railway station (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7346909.stm.)

Extract from BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7345486.stm):

The body of a man, believed to be missing TV presenter Mark Speight, has been found in a remote area of London’s Paddington station, police have said.

Officers are treating the death as “unexplained” but have confirmed that the man had not been hit by a train.

Mr Speight, 42, disappeared last Monday, three months after the death of his fiancee, Natasha Collins, in the bath of the flat they shared in London.

Miss Collins’ mother was devastated at the latest news, her spokeswoman said.

She asked for Carmen Collins to be given time to grieve in peace.

The BBC released a statement saying: “This is very sad news and our thoughts and sympathies are with Mark’s family and friends.

“Mark was a hugely talented and very popular presenter for many years.”

So as my carpentry skills seem to be increasing, so do the jobs which I have to do. Ordinarily these types of jobs would be done by my very capable dad - but due to ever worsening health I am happy to do these tasks.

This task (which will be done next weekend) is one for my Nan (who I loathe) is to replace the rotten and fairly discusting old fence and hand rail on some steps. This will involve a load of new posts which will be concreted in (for once) and 2 rails along the side to make it easier for my nan. Then, after all the construction, I will place liberal amounts of wood varnish on it to make sure its sealed from the weather.

Its all experience I suppose.

“I’m a born-again atheist.”

By Gore Vidal

Over the last few weeks I have been producing a trebuchet for my Physics lessons. I am proud to say that my version (or be it a small version) of the famous Roman (might be earlier) war weapon is almost ready to fling tiny items hundreds of yards.

When I started it was just a pile of wood (well of course) but through my amazingly naff carpentry skills; I personally think that the project has paid off. For the first time ever, something made by me out of wood looks actually like what it is supposed to.

For the mass holder I used a coke can covered in duck tape for that authentic crude approach to trebuchets - as making a box is rather boring and time consuming. Lots of duck tape was used in other areas - cutting corners smartly. Although the main body of the trebuchet is nicely nailed and screwed in place I do not think my cutting of corners has affected the overall rigidity of the project.

Here are some photos, when I get it working tomorrow I will add the video: