Why that’s almost to the Moon and back.
Hold on, 40,000m is 40km is 24.8 miles
Now I don’t know how much of South East’s network already has ‘conductor rail heating’ But I would imagine over the whole network an increase of 24 miles is a spit in a bucket.
I wonder why they didn’t go with ‘and add 40,000,000mm of conductor rail heating’
Much like when they converted selling petrol by Gallons to Litres, If you turn it into Metric you can get away with any old bollocks.
The moral outrage is building as I click through to the story, letters to the Editor, Broken Britain, probably an immigrant / teenager / pikey. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE
and then.
Oh OK then. But still …
Bastard
I’m shocked and outraged I tell you, there may be some Native Americans who could possibly be offended by this and if they aren’t I'm going to find some and tell them they should be and then I'm going to DEMAND that all these writers be SACKED.
FISH and chips for just £1 had hundreds of customers queuing for up to three hours as a takeaway celebrated its first birthday.
They served up 2,000 fish, over a ton of chips and got through 28 buckets of batter.Fosters Fish and Chips shop put on the special promotion in Didsbury, Manchester.The fish and chip meal deal saved £4.75 on the usual price.
“We have to stop serving at 10pm. The queues were so big I had to tell people to stop queuing from eight.
One guy who queued for 45 minutes wanted a pie and chips – so we had to charge him full price.”
Woman hurt in Frinton parasol attack
A WOMAN was left with a bruised eye after being hit with a parasol in Frinton.
Then escalates to hats
Man pushes woman onto Tube tracks in trivial row over hat
Police are hunting a smartly dressed man who pushed a woman onto the tracks at a Tube station after an argument about his hat.
I mean what ever next, will we be reading about
Mob Beats Man to death for wearing brown in town
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A shoot of the cuffs to JuliaM for the Frinton story
I’ve never been a big fan of horses, sure I can appreciate them from a distance, they look good running especially when passing a winning post at 8/1, they are graceful and powerful, all the things that make prepubescent girls swoon (or at least the ones I knew growing up, I imagine the want of a pony is now replaced by want of Jimmy Choo’s or whatever Katie Price is selling).
Now a fear of large mammals is no bad thing, as Mark Wadsworth is ably documenting, cows can kill you on a whim. It is just self preservation.
Yet horses disturb me more than most other ‘domestic’ beasts, I don’t know what it is, maybe it is that their heads are too aquiline, almost raptor like. When they look at you there’s always seems to be a ‘knowing’ in the eyes, a ‘I could crush you in an instant, so don’t fuck with me’ look.
Now you may put this down to the nervousness of the city boy and it’s true I am a city boy through and through, I don’t like ‘the country’, it’s dark and it smells. I love my street lights, my paved roads, my 24/7 corner shops and lack of murderous wildlife.
“Oh pshaw Pavlov’s Cat” You say “You typical city boy, horses are lovely and gentle, my best friend is a horse, he wouldn’t hurt a fly.”
Oh really, are you that sure?
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Don’t seem so ‘crazy’ now, do I?
Pavlov’s Cat Almost Being Killed to Death (Again)
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Although all this horse is thinking is;
“I’ll happily go vegan if someone gets this fat fuck of my back”
(Authors Note: I have now lost weight since then)
[Ed. Note. Not that much, you’re still a fat fuck just not ‘that’ fat]
*Apologies to all those that now have The Osmonds in their heads for the rest of the day
Juror turns up at court in '21 today' sash...so judge lets her leave to enjoy her birthday
A juror was discharged four days into a child rape trial because she had booked a pampering session to mark her 21st birthday.
She had earlier caused a commotion in the courtroom when she took her seat with glitter in her hair and wearing a sash saying ‘21 today’.
This is four days into the trial mind, not the first day, she will have seen what people were wearing in court, so what on earth made this brain dead vacuous moron think this was appropriate dress for a court of law. Perhaps she thought ‘Well if the legal blokes and the Judge can wear those wigs and robes, I’m entitled to bling myself up for my ‘special’ day.”
That she was even allowed to take her seat beggars belief, surely it is holding the court in contempt? and warrants a severe admonishment at the very least, but then to be discharged because she had a ‘spa’ treatment booked, face/palm doesn’t come into it.
(However I am assuming the judge did this because he believed she would be worse than useless as a juror if the request was disallowed, better to get rid of her than keep her on the jury)
I’m afraid it is yet another sad example of our ‘me first, sod everyone else’ culture
NB: I have done jury service, on all occasions I was either suit & tie, or just trousers, ironed shirt & tie (gets hot in there). One young chap turned up in jeans & T-Shirt one day and was admonished by another juror to “Have some respect, we are making decision's about somebodies life here, this is serious business, treat it as such” He was suitably attired the next day.
It’s fish shooting time at the barrel that is The Daily Mail .
Once again both the writer (and picture sub) show a complete ignorance of flora and fauna combined with prose that would make even Disney blush*.
He ANT heavy, he’s my son: Mother shows her strength with a bit of child’s play
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Not to go into too much detail, if you want to look up more information on ants, there is a wealth of it. But just to point out, only the Queen Ant lays eggs and is protected at the heart of the colony. The majority of ants are sterile females with a few male drones to fertilise the queen kept in the nest. (you will see male ants outside the nest at certain times, they are the one that swarm on certain evenings here in the UK hoping to meet up with new queens,) So if anything it would be ‘daughter’
Nice pictures though. shame there doesn’t seem to a single accurate fact in the article
*Anthropomorphism – The attribution of human characteristics (or characteristics assumed to belong only to humans) to non-human animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as spirits or deities.
Whilst I am sure that to some it is on a par with getting a ‘Worlds Greatest …..’ mug on your birthday.
However I would still like to offer my congratulations to my personal favourites on the list.
And to those of them that are new entries as well. Well done you, absolutely outstanding and well deserved.
2 (6) Anna Raccoon
6 (7) Underdogs Bite Upwards
14 (13) Captain Ranty
16 (-) Autonomous Mind
19 (-) Ambush Predator
25 (-) Witterings from Witney
34 (-) Angry Exile
36 (-) Mark Wadsworth
38 (-) Longrider
It was also gratifying to see Orphans of Liberty steam in at number 13 a site that has only been up since December 2010, so well done as well to James Higham and Longrider for that.
Out of the 40 , there’s a lot of ‘Orphans’ well done all.of them also.
And todays Award for ‘No Shit Sherlock’ goes to The Committee on Standards in Public Life for its survey which found that there has been a.
'Steep' drop in public confidence in MPs, says watchdog
The percentage of people in England who think MPs are dedicated to working well for the public dropped from 46% to 26%.
That’s because we now see them as thieving, venal place holders out for the main chance.
The watchdog said it would be "strange" if the expenses scandal had not contributed to public unhappiness.
If I see something that, looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. The Committee on Standards in Public Life is not so sure.
Although it shows a "long-term decline in public confidence in those holding public office" since 2004, the report says that on many issues, the decline since 2008 has been even "steeper".
So 2004 about the time we realised Tony Blair had no clothes and when did Gordon become Prime Minister late 2007 wasn’t it?
Other findings included a drop in the number of people who believe MPs are competent, from 36% in 2008 to 26% in 2010,
It was that high?, they are competent only in stealing or spending OUR money
But only on "not taking bribes" did a majority of people - 67% - believe that all or most MPs exhibited that quality.
That’s because after ‘Cash for questions’ they realised it was better to loot from the inside and made it easier for themselves to do so and if it wasn’t for that pesky journalist they would have got away with it too. (They still do all right out of think tanks and banks when they leave though, funny that)
Still it’s only a survey and these things can be wrong after all 73% of respondents said Senior Police Officers were ‘Trusted To Tell The Truth’ although the survey was in January prior to Hackgate. so it might have dropped a bit by now.
I hate them all with a passion you can only dream of.
I know one shouldn’t count ones chicken before they are hatched, but it does look like that I am returning to the ranks of income tax paying serfs.
I had an interview last Friday. I do give a good interview, the majority of interviews I’ve had I have been offered the job (unless they were purely fishing expeditions). The primary interviewer had actually ‘read’ my CV and cover letter and saw beyond recent employment and asked pertinent and relevant questions. Also the 5 min presentation I had to give was a bit heart felt, so that didn’t hurt.
Like everybody I’m sure, I thought it went well, until I started second guessing myself on the way home; Was I too eager, too desperate, did I emphasise the wrong things, was I too cocky, did I bang on too long about my experience. You know the sort of thing.
I was told at the end of the interview that they had a lot of people to see and I would hear maybe at the end of this week, but probably the next.
So you wait for the call and in my case having had to start all over again too many times, you con yourself that it doesn’t matter, shit happens, but that’s not true.
So only on Monday last at 10;00 I answered the phone to an ‘UNKNOWN NUMBER’ . not a problem, as any one reading here will know I’m getting calls from Hospitals, Social Services etc. with regard to my Nan.
So when ‘Alison’* Introduced herself as '”Hello, this is Alison from XXXXXX, you interviewed with us recently,” my heart sank,“That’s it ,I thought “(I am a pessimist, I have been alive too long) This is a ‘thanks but no thanks’ call’"
But no, it was, “ We'd like to offer you the position of Training Executive based on the the terms discussed at interview. Would you like to accept?”
I was quite polite, instead of the ‘HELL YES!!!’ I wanted to say, I responded with a “That would be fine, thank you very much and I accept the offer”
So now I’ve had verbal confirmation and later email confirmation, but not as yet a contract, which will be coming soon, I’m told. The start date is dependant on getting the induction / training process in sync with the new hires, but should be ASAP.
I’m looking forward to it, it’s a job I’ve done before and know I can do well. It is slightly different as it is based at the users premises, so there is a fair bit of driving involved, but that's OK.
I also have to spend 4 weeks in Leeds over the initial training period, so I hope they hurry up, Winter is coming and I am a feared of wolves and the White Walkers.
Oh yes, once again from The Daily Mail
At least 100 burned alive after discarded cigarette butt sparks massive fire in Kenyan shantytown
Residents of the slum tried to scoop up the fuel from the burst pipe and sewer, but were set on fire when the petrol ignited after someone threw a cigarette butt.
I am not making light of the tragedy here, it is a terrible thing.
But this is just stupid, the Hollywood myth that you can explode petrol with a cigarette has been debunked so many times, you’d think this reporter would be embarrassed to repeat it.
Can You Ignite Gasoline With A Cigarette?
I’m not suggesting there’s any sort of agenda here, other than lazy, ill informed journalism, that would be crazy wouldn’t it?
Addendum:
It seems The Guardian don’t read their own back issues either.
The fire began without warning when a man tossed away a cigarette butt.
and yet the first ‘hit’ on the above Google search is
Todays top quotes
From BuzzFeed.com* on
So “artist” Daniel Edwards has drawn up plans for a Amy Winehouse bust at the behest of some British people he met on Facebook. It will apparently be made out of chocolate, pieces of a insane man's fantasy, and the sheer need to have 15min of fame.
Clicking through to the original piece leads us to
Anyone can just sit around drawing a statue of a topless, pre-implant Amy Winehouse made out of chocolate, but it takes a dedicated mental case to actually chisel into a Hershey bar and carve each protruding rib bone with your bare hands so Satan will stop living in your toaster. But this? This is just masturbating. Arthouse wankery into a solitary beret that’s later folded neatly into a hexagon and sold for $10,000 to some twatwaffle in Manhattan.
*If you don’t subscribe to Buzzfeed.com you should, it has lot’s of good interwebs stuff and pictures of cats
or
Terence
Hyperbole thy name is local newspaper. What you actually mean is, you’ll be a bit sad and the community will go ‘meh’
Still Local Councils eh, with their petty ‘rules’
A spokesman for Greenwich Council said: “The rules around keeping animals in council properties are clear and form part of tenancy agreements.
“Hens can be kept under certain circumstances that safeguard their well-being, avoid nuisance to neighbours and make sure vermin are not attracted.
“The keeping of cockerels is not allowed because they instinctively make noise which is not appropriate in built up environments and can cause a nuisance to neighbours.
“Following noise complaints we visited the property and Mr King was informed of the rules which mean that unfortunately the cockerel can not be kept at the property.
“We would like to meet with Mr King and help him come to a solution which provides a long term home for his cockerel.
“We are happy that the hens are being well cared for and we have no objection at all to them remaining at the property.”
Actually that seems a pretty reasonable answer/response to me.
So you can keep the hens, but I’m afraid it’s no more cock for you my lad..
There can’t have been a MSM source on Sunday that didn’t trumpet the headline.
60 Blimey, it must have really been kicking off. It’s only a bit further down you read
Later in the evening 44 people on a coach taking EDL supporters away were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.
So 44 out of the 60 were actually on a bus at the time, as Chief Wiggum would say
“That’s some fancy police work Lou!”
The BBC at least this time attempts to fill in some gaps, although the story is now a minor headline in the News/England/London section. (emphasis mine)
The coach was carrying 44 EDL members when it stopped in Mile End Road, Tower Hamlets.
About 100 Asian teenagers* then pelted it with bricks and stones, according to a BBC reporter at the scene.
Police arrested all 44 EDL supporters, who were travelling from a protest in Aldgate earlier on Saturday. A double decker bus was used to evacuate them.
Face/Palm
Want to see a video of the attack, it’s pretty clear, I expect they’ll be able to make some arrests now as they couldn’t at the time.
Youths Attack Coach Carrying EDL Supporters
A massive tip of the hat to Goodnight Vienna at Calling England
*This is very unusual for the BBC. I expect it to be changed later either to just ‘teenagers’ or the more usual ‘youths’
I have posted before on the woeful ignorance of The Daily Mail when it comes to firearms including both here and here.
But when it comes to frightening the public and reinforcing the PTB insistence on a disarmed public, even a group they seem to tacitly support can act to whip up ‘The Fear’ of the evil guns.
Lets have a look at this array of deadly weapons (click photo’s for bigger)
That to me looks like a gas powered air rifle.
On the left : An H&K MP5 almost certainly a replica, practically impossible to get in the UK (unless a policeman leaves one on the pavement)
On the right: An MP40 WWII vintage machine pistol, probably another replica , if not, it’s over 70 years old and not safe to fire (if you could get the ammunition)
Now these two could possibly be real, without a higher resolution picture it’s too hard to tell, odds are they are not.
On the right: an air rifle On the left: Another air rifle. Both perfectly legal still to own
OK that’s a gun agreed, but providing he has a firearms licence, perfectly legal to own and there is no law against posing like a prat in an unsafe manner (yet)
DM: EDL Flag posing with a gun
PC: EDL Flag posing with an air rifle
.22 Rifle Legal Shotgun: Also legal
Crossbow: Legal, anyone over 18 can buy one, dicks included
SA80: Standard issue to British armed services, if you look at the back drop this is probably taken at a recruiting stand at a fete or fayre, Where they let you sit in the trucks and hold the guns, fun when you’re 10, a bit strange when older. i.e it is not HIS gun.
Are you frightened yet by all those pictures of ‘guns’?
No then let us use our ‘words’ to ram it home.
‘chilling array of guns’ ‘array of deadly weapons.’ ‘a powerful looking rifle’ ‘with a scope mounted to the top.’ To the ‘top’ people imagine that (although quite where else you are supposed to mount a ‘scope’ I don’t know) ‘a grimacing figure ‘ ‘clutches a pair of handguns’ ‘slings two guns over his shoulders’ ‘a deadly shotgun ‘ ‘A terrifying haul of rifles ‘ (remember it’s 2 airguns and a .22, oooh terrifying).’another terrifying looking weapon is brandished’ brandished you see , not just held, brandished.
I would hate to be the writer and picture sub, they must have an attack of the vapours every time a Western comes on the telly.
