On this blog, in this place, on 26th April 1994...nothing happened.
Sunday, 26 April 2015
Saturday, 25 April 2015
It is easier to catch an escaped horse than to take back an escaped word.
It is easier to catch an escaped horse than to take back an escaped word.
Very, very true!
Very, very true!
Don't undo your bootlaces until you have seen the river.
Don't undo your bootlaces until you have seen the river.
Okay
Okay
Mongolian proverb
A donkey that carries me is worth more than a horse that kicks me.
Cannot see any problem with this line of logic!
Cannot see any problem with this line of logic!
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!
Friday, 17 April 2015
“May the fleas of a thousand camels invade
“May the fleas of a thousand camels invade the crotch of the person that ruins your day. And may their arms be to short too scratch”
Kiesha Keenleyside
Albert Einstein
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what are we to think of an empty desk?”
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
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.
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
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
Les Dawson
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
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.
''This is for the door'', he said.
Oh, to be in the hands of an expert.
Monday, 6 April 2015
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.
Sunday, 5 April 2015
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Friday, 3 April 2015
First released this week back in 1972. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
First released this week back in 1972.
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.
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.
Thursday, 2 April 2015
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
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.
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.
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