Damp, dingy and dismal at the Castle this morn, no post
yesterday, the interweb thingy went tits up-not sure why, it could have been my
“internet provider” or it could have been the sky water getting into the
underground cables.
And by the time it came back on at around 9 of the pm I
couldn’t be arsed to put digit to keyboard.
But it seems that the old fart has been accused of failing
to “practise what he preaches” after it emerged his own department has stopped
offering apprenticeships.
After claiming to be “very proud” of the Government’s
commitment to funding apprenticeships at a time when budgets are tight, it
turns out that his own Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is no
longer taking on new candidates on its own apprentice programme because of the
spending cuts.
Figures show the department had 30 apprentices just before
the Coalition came to power.
However, this more than halved to 14 over the course of last
year and there will be between six and 10 remaining from this year.
Useless tosspot...
Frightened postal workers have been banned from delivering
letters to one notoriously hazardous address after being repeatedly 'attacked'
by a three-year-old cat called Snowball.
Following a thorough investigation the Royal Mail has
stopped its workers from delivering mail to the address after labelling the
black and white moggy a 'health and safety risk'.
Despite being described as 'absolutely harmless' by owner
Ian Wilkinson, the UK's postal service said Snowball posed an 'unacceptably
high level of risk'.
Royal Mail said three employees suffered 'quite deep cuts'
after all being attacked by the 10inch tall feline.
Mr Wilkinson, 46, said he was shocked when he received a
letter from Royal Mail saying its workers would no longer be delivering mail to
his home in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
Royal Mail has insisted Mr Wilkinson will not receive any
mail until an 'alternative safe delivery point' has been put in place.
A spokesman added: 'There are around 4,000 animal attacks a
year on Royal Mail people.
'These attacks cause great distress and in too many cases
serious injuries.'
Pussy Post persons....
Hundreds of obscure
laws which date back as far as the 14th century should be swept away in a bid
to clear up the statute book, it has been claimed.
A joint report by
the Law Commission for England and Wales and Scottish Law Commission said there
are as many as 817 entire acts and sections of a further 50 that need repealed.
The oldest, dating
from around 1322, regulated how animals should be taken to pay the king’s
debts, including details on how they should be fed, cared for and sold, and
what livestock should be exempt.
The most recent
provision recommended for the scrapheap in the 19th Statute Law (Repeals) Bill
is a tax provision from 2010.
Examples of
redundant laws applied to Scotland include 16 acts passed between 1798 and 1828
to tax pints of ale, beer or bitter to raise funds for public works.
Or you could have-The abolition of imprisonment for debt
brought about by the Debtors Act 1869, further 16 old enactments which were
passed between 1798 and 1828 to tax pints of ale, beer or bitter brewed or sold
in certain parts of Scotland in order to raise funds for building roads should
also be scrapped, the report said.
* An 1800 Act to hold a lottery to win the £30,000 Pigot
Diamond after its owners failed to sell it because its value, "the equal
of any known diamond in Europe", was too great;
* Some 40 Acts relating to the City of Dublin
and passed by Parliament before Ireland was partitioned in 1921;
* A 1696 Act to fund the rebuilding of St
Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire of 1666;
* A 1710 Act to raise coal duty to pay for 50
new churches in London;
* A total of 38 obsolete Acts relating to
railway companies operating in British India and the wider East Indies.
Wearing armour in Parliament.
Keeping a whale from the
King
Beating a carpet in London
Hanging your washing across
the street
Minding a cow while drunk
Firing a cannon near a house
Starting but not finishing a
railway
Running a farm on your
doorstep
Eating the Queen’s Swans
One they should keep is: Knocking
and running (knock dahn Ginger)
And one they should lose is the 1799 income tax rip orf introduced
as a means of paying for the war against the French forces under
Napoleon.
Because I think that conflict is just about over now...
Buford, Wyoming, the nation's smallest town, will
lose its long-time - and only - resident on Thursday when the outpost along
Interstate 80 is auctioned off to the highest bidder.
The minimum bid for Buford, 10-plus acres with a
convenience store-cum-gas station situated between the capital city of Cheyenne
and Laramie, Wyoming, is $100,000 for a sale to take place in town at noon
local time.
Buford is one of two tiny Western towns to be sold
by owners whose spouses have died and whose adult children have moved on.
Pray, Montana, population 8, is on the market for
$1.4 million, a price realtors say is a steal for property just north of
Yellowstone National Park in the scenic Paradise Valley.
Both communities sprang to life amid Western
settlement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when railroads brought
people, supplies and prosperity to frontier towns, some of which failed to
flourish despite hype by land speculators.
At least there
won’t be any problems with neighbours....
And finally:
A wooden 1955 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing classic car has
sold for £5,000 on eBay, Hand-carved from wood and listed as being on sale in
the German city of Duisberg, the 1:1 scale replica comes with front wheels that
actually steer, The seats also look to be authentic and in keeping with the
original car’s style.
The dashboard and interior also appear to be very detailed
No MOT needed, but a woodworm check every couple of years
would be advisable...
That’s it: I’m orf to print a couple
of robots
And today’s thought:
Magic...
Angus
1 comment:
A joint report by the Law Commission for England and Wales and Scottish Law Commission said there are as many as 817 entire acts and sections of a further 50 that need repealed.
They can start with 1997 and go forward, then go back to ancient times.
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