Flying Solo

Well hello again best beloved.

I know I haven’t been round much, but I have been lurking and commenting on occasion..

Unfortunately real life was to the fore over the last couple of months, if you’ve been reading I’ve had a lot of training to do, visits to T’North included and trying to cram new information into an already stuffed head.

On top of that for the past month I’ve been out ‘live’ on sites delivering training whilst being shadowed by various assessors, having paperwork checked etc. So any ranting, amusing hamburgers or animal attacks has had to take a back seat, I think I’m going to enjoy this job and didn't want to feck it up.

However, I got the nod Friday, that I am now deemed competent enough to represent the company and the training wheels were coming off.

So today was my first solo mission, with no assessor or manager looking over my shoulder, everything went fine, no problems and you are more relaxed when not being observed and everyone seemed pleased with the job I did.

It’s not quite over as probation finishes end of April, but some pressure is off

Now I could do with a drink , but that’ll have to wait till Friday, booked out all week now.

So whilst not back full time, hopefully as I get into the flow and various parts become routine, postings should increase a bit.

In the meantime, Ladies and Gentlemen

Tom Petty

Good Morning Valentine

“And Good Morning to you, now get my breakfast, biatch”

The only Valentine I’ll get today.

 

[Yes, the cat is named Valentine, she was named by the vet’s nurses after being handed in as abandoned on February 14th, 16 years ago and then adopted by us the same day]

When The Legend Becomes Fact, Print The Legend

So says the newspaper editor at the end of ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”

and so says The Daily Mail

If I remember correctly, this was most recently debunked on QI, but had been exposed as a false hood for many years before that.

But if any Daily Mail writers are reading this. Here we go again.

THE HITLER SNUB MYTH

One of many common myths invented and re-cycled by cretinous self-hating journalists is that at the 'Nazi Olympics', the German leader snubbed Jesse Owens by refusing to shake his hand.The reality is far different.

Hitler on the first day of the Berlin Olympics did indeed shake the hands of several successful competitors from Germany and Finland. It was a mistake made in good faith.That evening the German Chancellor received a message from Count Baillet-Latour, President of the International Olympic Committee. It was respectfully pointed out to the German Leader that as protocol required he was merely a guest of honour at the Games, he should congratulate all - or none, in public at least.

Adolf Hitler, in common with all other national leaders chose the latter as being the most sensible course. With 156 gold medals being awarded at various locations and times, it was not physically possible to congratulate every winner. Jesse Owens was not personally congratulated by Adolf Hitler; nor were any of the other successful competitors, white or otherwise .... at the request of the President of the I.O.C.

Something Wrong With This Picture

I just can’t put my trigger finger on it.

Denial not just a river in Egypt for the MSM , Govt. and the Police when it comes to talking about gang crime in London.

Although I suppose if they used a thumbnail that accurately portrayed the vast majority of gang crime in London, it would be seen as glamorising it.

Perhaps along with MONAs and YONAs , they are trying to introduce GONAs

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Hey Tiger, You’ll Only Be Hungry Again In An Hour

Tigers Attack Bus at Chinese Safari Park

JINAN, China - A group of Chinese tourists endured a wild bus ride through a safari park when they were ambushed by a streak of fierce tigers.

A ’streak’ of tigers? one second [puts on pedant hat and gets out The Boys Own Book of Collective Nouns for Groups of Animals]

Well what do you know, a group of Tigers can be a ‘Streak’  I however prefer an ‘Ambush of Tigers’ (not literally)

The group of 27 terrified tourists hid under seats when eight Bengal tigers attacked their bus at the Paomaling Wild Life Animal World in the eastern city of Jinan,

The tigers smashed the windows of the bus and chewed on its tires during the 20-minute ordeal, which took place Saturday.

Pretty frightening I think you’ll agree, an animal not known for cooperating , gangs up ( and I presume got tooled up, if they smashed the windows) all to attack a bus.

But wait, that’s not the really scary bit.

This is

To make matters worse, [Ed: It could be ‘worse’?] the attack happened in a spot with no cell phone reception. When the bus managed to reach the gate of the tiger enclosure, it was locked because the guard was off having lunch.

Mobile blind spot?  OK , Guard at lunch?, it happens, mans got to eat.

But both at the same time, too much of a coincidence , that is a level of planning that is scary

I was hoping we could just about cope with the ruminants, they are as dumb as soup (and a frequently made into.) these days they can barely close a road with a ‘suicide attack’

But when the Apex predators start cooperating and planning, we are, to use a a bit of rhyming slang, truly Donald Ducked.