Sunday 26 April 2015

On this blog, in this place, on 26th April 1994...nothing happened.

On this blog, in this place, on 26th April 1994...nothing happened.

Saturday 25 April 2015

Friday 24 April 2015

election crassness

So we have elections.The usually uncontactable, the learned representatives eager for a vote flirt outrageously with the everyday folk and propagate policies and utter deep and heart felt promises on every aspect which they feel will gain them a grubby endorsement.
They attack their social, class, economic, racial or establishment enemy with an unending torrent of verbose prose and loathing. Strange promises are made as babies (poor things) are kissed for the circling parasitic press photographers.

Monday 20 April 2015

Computers and cupholders

Computers are so wonderful with the connection to the internet and a myriad of functions. But most all important of all the cupholder. You know, the one that pops out when you press a button and then you have an automatic place to rest a coffee or tea!

Wednesday 15 April 2015

Put a wooden spoon across your pot of boiling water


This will stop the water from boiling over.

Draw on your shoe


If your ballpoint pen has stopped working, then try scribbling on the sole of your shoe. The friction from the robber should help get the ball rolling again.

Never use ice cubes in wine

Never use ice cubes in wine because ice cubes melt quickly and water down the wine. Instead, freeze some grapes and add them to your glass.

Large supermarkets

Large supermarkets have expess lanes, ten-items -or less, cash only options for paying for your groceries. It sounds good, quick and efficient. It looks good, short queues and neat and tidy. But beware, for there lurk problems. People try to pay for more than ten items, which delays things, or the staff at the till are new and in training which really slows things up. And how about people who try to pay by card and only then realize it is cash only.
Even worse are the self-service cashiers where many people need the assistance of staff to us ethe machines, and thus slow up the process greatly.

Sunday 12 April 2015

Kolacja u Głupca

Wonderful play and very funny, especially Pierre Brochant played by Piotr Fronczewski
Francois Pignon played by Krzytszof Tyniec.


A group of friends take it in in turns to invite and idiot to supper, so that they can be the unwitting victims of the superior wit and scorn of the spiteful hosts. By turns, in true comedic form, the idiot puts on a show, but in the end discovers the cruel idea of his horrible supper hosts. Krzytszof Tyniec is particularly funny as the idiot and steals the show.

 

 

Friday 10 April 2015

Considered most stressful in daily life

Considered  most stressful in daily life

1. Not being able to sleep (46 per cent) Drink tea, count sleeping bags, read, close eyes

2. Losing your keys (37 per cent)    Not a problem if you are neat and tidy

3. Being stuck in traffic when already late (35 per cent) Should plan your day with more care

4. Losing an important paper or document (33 per cent) Be more precise

5. Nowhere to park (32 per cent) Take public transport

6. Printer not working when you need to print something (31 per cent) Fix it yourself amd have it serviced.

7. Running out of battery on your phone whilst out (31 per cent) Charge the phone regularly.

8. Discovering you are out of toilet roll whilst on the loo (30 per cent) Keep the stock of paper in the toilet close to hand. Don't ignore when you see it has nearly finished!
 
9. Dealing with machine operated customer service (26 per cent) No solution!

10. Forgetting your bank card when paying for an item (25 per cent) Plan your life.

I used to sell furniture for a living.

“I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.

Les Dawson

What is small, red and whispers?

What is small, red and whispers?

A hoarse radish.

Grilled sandwich day

Apparently April 12th is grilled sandwich day. But as far as I'm concerned this high fibre, low fat super tasty snack is for everybody, everyday!

Exercise and coffee

Up early and exercise, cardio-vascular exercise, and feeling great. Followed by...coffee, the perfect accompaniment for a healthy lifestyle;-)

Thursday 9 April 2015

Oasis's Greatest Hits Full Album - Best Song Of Oasis

Science marches on

So according to the news, some poor bloke in Russia is so ill that he is considering a head transplant. A donor body is being sought! The rational and lovely doctor who wants to do this is from Italy. Who is crazier the head donor, doctor or the body donor?
And as the internet moves ever onwards we are, apparently moving towards the ''Internet of everything''. Everything can possibly be assigned an internet address, and even your fridge will know when you need more cheese.Why take away the pleasure of opening your fridge, to find the cheese has turned blue and that the yoghurt has evolved into a lower form of life. Why take the fun out of everything?

Wednesday 8 April 2015

In expert hands

The painter and decorator stood back thoughtfully, his hand cupping his chin as he ruminated deeply. Decision reached. His hand moved expansively to take in the rectangular shaped hole in the wall uncluttered as yet with a door.
''This is for the door'', he said.
Oh, to be in the hands of an expert.

Monday 6 April 2015

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (Official Audio)

Watch towers and progress

We are definitely looking back to the good-bad old days. Now towers, costing a pretty penny, are to be erected along the border between Poland and Kaliningrad and will be anything from between 115ft to 164ft and help monitor the 124mile long border using CCTV.
Us watching them, watching us, watching them once again! Maybe they will be eco-friendly with somewhere for the storks/bocian to nest.

Friday 3 April 2015

Blues Guitar: Mustang Cruising - Full Album (1 Hour of Guitar Blues Musi...

Moby Grape - Miller's Blues released this week in 1968

Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (with lyrics)

First released this week back in 1972. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

First released this week back in 1972.

Released this week back in 1994 Cluster One - Pink Floyd [HQ]

Technology

The world into which we are moving is ever changing, and at an increasingly rapid pace. For instance, what lay once within the realm of science fiction, namely force shields, may become a reality. Boeing have been granted a parent for a device that will deflect shrapnel and other debris form a blast near any vehicle fitted with this device.
Not to be outdone technologically, another big name company, this time Google, has announced the patent for a robot. So what is new about a robot, you may well ask. Well  in this case you will, so the sales patter states, be able to download the personality of a celebrity, or even a deceased loved one, into a big white and chrome shiny robot. The ramifications have as yet not been thgought all the way through on this idea, in my own opinion.
And lastly, those bright fellows in Japan have come up with a system, albeit still in its infancy, of sending electricity without the need for cables. This would enable places which are to far to reach due to econmoics, or because of geographical conditions, in reach of power and light. The technogical age is truly flying along and carrying us all with it.

Wednesday 1 April 2015

Great idea in food


EU states Polo mints cannot have holes.

This is crazy, the This regulation supposedly required that all producers of "tubular foodstuffs" delete the holes from their products. To satisfy the regulation, all the existing stock of Polo mints would be supplemented with a "EURO-CONVERSION KIT" containing twenty 7mm "Hole Fillers" to be placed inside each Polo mint. A "detailed instruction leaflet" would also be included. . To satisfy the regulation, all the existing stock of Polo mints would be supplemented with a "EURO-CONVERSION KIT" containing twenty 7mm "Hole Fillers" to be placed inside each Polo mint. A "detailed instruction leaflet" will also be included.When will the EU stop interfering in everything.

American scientists have produced the FatSox, designed to help people lose weight.

 American scientists have produced the FatSox, designed to help people lose weight. These revolutionary socks actually sucked body fat out of sweating feet, promising to "banish fat for ever." The American scientists of this weight-loss product, led by Professor Frank Ellis Elgood, explained that the socks employed a nylon polymer called FloraAstraTetrazine "previously only applied in the nutrition industry." As a person's body heat rose and their blood vessels dilated, the socks drew "excess lipid from the body through the sweat." After having sweated out the fat, the wearer could then simply wash the socks, and the fat, away.

Google are to announce the development prescription glass for car windscreens so the driver can drive without irritating spectacles and contact lenses.

Google are to announce the development prescription glass for car windscreens so the driver can drive without irritating spectacles and contact lenses.

Thomas Jefferson stated he would rather live in a country with a free press and no government, than in one with a government but no press.

Thomas Jefferson stated he would rather live in a country with a free press and no government, than in one with a government but no press. "The only security of all is in a free press," he wrote. "It is necessary, to keep the waters pure."

So true, so very true.

Bananas do not grow on trees, Fact, get over it and move on with your life.

Bananas do not grow on trees, Fact, get over it and move on with your life.

Strange but true, the first colour televisions were so bad that if you watched them for too long they became black and white TV's.

Strange but true, the first colour televisions were so bad that if you watched them for too long they became black and white TV's.

Hot cross buns were invented by Sir Francis Bun who first put a bun in the oven in 1542.

Hot cross buns were invented by Sir Francis Bun who first put a bun in the oven in 1542. In 1592, Queen Elizabeth I decreed that hot cross buns could no longer be sold on any day except for Good Friday, Christmas or for burials. They were simply too special to be eaten any other day. To get around this,  people baked the buns in their own kitchens. But if they were caught they had to give up all of the illegal buns on their premises to the poor.