A Century, Not Out!

Or some such malarkey, is often shouted about during the game of cricket.

Cricket I hear you say, What Ho. Cricket, where 12 men dressed in white costumes try to hit three little sticks with a small ball.
To defend the stick, another man also dressed in white attempts to hit the ball away with another fatter stick. The ball gets struck and the man then starts running about, waving his fat stick around.. A referee, also wearing white, but distinguished by wearing a trilby (Oh I say) points a bit and mumbles to anyone within hearing range.
The spectators meanwhile clap and gasp at appropriate points in the proceedings, but are clueless about what is happening before their eyes and how the score is calculated.

Interspaced with unintelligible language, such as Howzat!, googley, LBW and furnished with odd game rules to match.

That most quintessentially English of sports has been exported globally during a period of colonialism, so successfully in fact that the old motherland often gets thrashed by the teams from Australia, Pakistan,  Sri Lanka, India, New Zealand, and The Windies (not a remedy for indigestion, but the Caribbean..).

But before I rush off to get attired in my flannels, attach my leg pads, and grab a stout willow, I should stop and count to 100....
Yes, folks this is my hundredth post in Andrew's World.

A feat I never contemplated, it has happened slowly and regularly over time. It has evolved from an comedic online rant regarding my experiences on dialysis in Auckland, to a comedic online rant regarding my experiences post transplant plus a  the weekly indignant moan.

It has accompanied me along the path to transplant, operation, recovery and ongoing care, as well and the odd interjection about our pets and family events.
And now some stats:

As I write, this blog has had 11.654 views, the current daily average number of visitors is 100, the most popular posts were Breakfast at Tiffany's in April 2012, and Ra Ra Rasputin in May:

The most amount of traffic emanates from the US, then the UK, New Zealand, Ukraine, Spain and Canada. Continued greetings to one and all!

Interestingly the most popular method of browsing seems to be using Chrome, then Firefox, Safari and bringing up the rear poor unloved and almost obsolete Internet Explorer....

The blog is read on Windows PC 68%, Mac 16%, and then Ipads 10% with Iphone, Android and Blackberry bring up the rear.

So thanks to all who actively follow my blog, those who come back occasionally, those who stumble across it via Google and stay for a read and those who just search google and copy the photos for a variety of reasons. You are all welcome.

And as I close, another 13 visitors from the USA, Germany, and Malaysia have just dropped in.

Howzat!