Gale has returned to the Castle this morn and is howling at
All And Sundry, Dawn’s crack is obscured by vast cloudy things, his Maj has
decided that a warm, dry radiator is the better part of valour and the study is
void of computing vehicles for the last time.
Just returned from the stale bread, gruel and pussy food run
at Tesco, strangely all went well, they had everything I wanted on the shelves,
the one open checkout was clear and I managed to park close to the entrance.
Just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
The interweb thingy is popping in and out with more
frequency than Big Bleedin Brother appears on the box.
And:
Today is my first day of “retirement”, I have managed to
acquire enough loot to see me through to “proper giving up of work” and even
keep the butler on.
Which means sadly, that I may well be blogging more and even
visiting my fave blogs with the chance of leaving comments.
That’ll teach you.
According to the Prime Monster a new “popular capitalism” is
needed to improve the bonus culture of banking.
Dave will set out his vision in a speech that is due to call
for reforms to make capitalism more responsible.
He will argue that the Conservative agenda is well-placed to
usher in a new era of moral capitalism.
And will say that the Tories are naturally opposed to
monopolies and favour transparency in business as the best way to root out
unacceptable practices.
Though he will promise to act to ensure excessive pay is
tackled, he will insist on the benefits of free markets.
His address in London will come after Goldman Sachs
disclosed that its staff pay and bonuses for 2011 totalled almost £8 billion.
How stupid does he think we are? Old scraggy Thatcher came
up with the same thing back in the eighties, and look how well that went....
The Metropolitan Police spent more than £35,000 on 115,000
calls to the speaking clock in the past two years.
Staff also spent more than £200,000 calling directory
inquiries, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act showed.
A spokesman said “evidential and operational reasons” meant
that officers and staff, many of whom had no internet access, required the
exact time and contact details.
Staff spent a total of £16,879 calling the speaking clock in
2010-11, down from £18,402 the previous year. At 31p per call, that amounts to
almost 55,000 calls to find out the time last year, down from almost 60,000 in
2009-10.
Despite a Scotland Yard spokesman saying that the force was
“committed to reducing such costs wherever possible”, staff also spent £95,313
on directory inquiries in 2010-11, although that was down from £121,501 the
previous year.
“A huge number of our officers and staff will not have
direct access to the internet as they are not office-based,” said the
spokesman. “There are evidential and operational reasons for them requiring the
exact time and contact details.
Bollocks-so none of them have watches or smart phones then?
The World's largest video-game controller has been unveiled -- gamers
jump on buttons.
The
record-breaking device -- revealed at London’s Liverpool St station to launch
the Guinness World Records 2012 Gamers’ Edition -- measures 30 times the size
of a standard NES controller.
It was created by British Engineering student Ben Allen (23), who studies at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and took five months to make at an estimated cost of £4,000
Commuters even got to have a go on the 366 cm x 159 cm x 51 cm joypad which weighs 18 stone, but it took more than their thumbs… it requires at least two gamers to press the buttons by jumping on them.
It was created by British Engineering student Ben Allen (23), who studies at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and took five months to make at an estimated cost of £4,000
Commuters even got to have a go on the 366 cm x 159 cm x 51 cm joypad which weighs 18 stone, but it took more than their thumbs… it requires at least two gamers to press the buttons by jumping on them.
At least it will give the couch potatoes a bit of
exercise.....
The Indonesian
state railway company is taking drastic action to stop passengers trying to
catch a free ride -- by installing hanging concrete balls along domestic tracks
that will knock off anyone sitting on train roofs.
PT Kereta Api
Indonesia official Akhmad Suyadi said the preventative devices, known as Goal
Bola-bola (Goal Balls), consist of heavy concrete spheres suspended from a
frame like a soccer goal, the Jakarta Post reported.
Akhmad said the
balls would initially be set up at random intervals on the railway between
Bekasi and Tambun on West Java, adding that they would be installed by
Wednesday morning.
Despite the obvious
potential for injuries, Akhmad said the devices were being used to improve
safety and passenger comfort -- not to harm people.
Jakarta think they are Numptys?
A pub landlord in Barnsley has come up with a novel solution
to help customers avoid big queues at the bar.
Dave Barron has installed a customer operated beer
dispenser.
A swipe-card
machine that can be used to dispense beer during busy periods has been
installed at a South Yorkshire pub.
The machine enables
customers to pre-pay for four pints at a time in the Queen's Head pub, Hoyland.
Landlord Dave
Barron said customers must go to the bar to buy the pre-paid card so staff can
control its use.
Sort of defeats the
object.....
Two Austin women were taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in
Austin early Saturday morning after their car crashed into a tree.
The driver told police she was travelling west on Sixth
Avenue near the intersection of Seventh Street Northwest when she swerved to
miss a squirrel. She lost control of the 1998 Chevy Blazer, and it hit a tree
in someone's yard, according to Police Chief Brian Krueger.
The driver, 35, complained of stomach and abdominal pain
after the crash. She was cited for violating an instruction permit before being
taken to the hospital, Krueger said. The passenger, 31, was also taken to the
medical centre because her mouth was bleeding.
The women's names were not released.
The squirrel was charged with jayhopping.
That’s it: I’m orf to mull
the leap second
And today’s thought:
Angus
1 comment:
Mark Cameron is due to describe his thoughts about "moral capitalism" in a language on the economic climate. The pm is predicted to need increased visibility.
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