Dawn’s crack was nice and clear at the Castle this morn, it
is a mere 88f in the master bedroom and a ‘cool’ 76f dahn in the kitchen and as
I sit here wearing my new shorts a nice cool breeze is caressing my knees.
His Maj has buggered orf to find somewhere cool in the
garden and since having the furnace “serviced” a few days ago I have no hot
water.
And Blogger is doing strange things to my ramblings...
It seems that the Piss Poor Policies Millionaires Club
Coalition has finally gorn and done it- Britain is in its longest double-dip
recession for more than 50 years, according to official figures expected today.
Analysts believe gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk by
about 0.2 per cent between April and June, its third consecutive three-month
period of contraction. That would be the longest double-dip recession since
quarterly records began in 1955 and is believed to be the worst since the
Second World War. The last, in the 1970s, lasted only two quarters.
Son of a .......Baronet and alien reptile in disguise George (what recession) Osborne defended the figures and is expected to point to Britain's low borrowing costs and to argue that the eurozone crisis is harming growth prospects in the UK.
The fact that the person in the street doesn’t have any money and is unable to buy things thus keeping “manufacturing” in the Gov rear exit seems to have completely missed what passes for a brain of the Bullingdon Bum Boy...
In the upper bit of the leaning tower of Westminster
As the unemployed exist on less than £70 per week Peers spent tens of thousands of pounds-worth of taxpayers’ money last year on paintings and other art despite the public spending squeeze.
Figures disclosed by Lords’ authorities’ show that in
2011/12 the House of Lords Works of Art Collection Fund spent nearly £175,000
on paintings and statues.
The amount spent is a 10-fold increase on the year before
when just £18,000 was spent on works of art
The haul for 2011/12 included a £7,500 portrait of
Viscountess Rhondda, by Alice Mary Burton, and a £25,200 House of Lords silver
centrepiece by Brett Payne.
The Collection also spent £8,500 on a bust of Prince Philip,
and a £5,000 watercolour by Robert Weir Allan of Queen Victoria’s Jubilee
Procession on Whitehall.
The largest sum - £108,000 - went on new art bought
especially for new peers’ offices at Millbank House in Westminster.
The collection has more than 8,000 works of art – of which
20 per cent are not on display throughout the House of Lords.
The earliest pieces in the collection date from the medieval
age, with “major holdings dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries” as
well as some modern art.
A spokesman for the Lords said: "“The House of Lords
works of art budget for purchases has been halved from £50,000 in 2010/11 to
£25,000 in 2011/12. There will be no grant in 2012/13.
“In September 2011 the House of Lords opened a large new
office block in Milbank House. A separate grant of £135,000 was provided to
purchase works of art for the new building.
I see we are still “all in this together”....
According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Scientists say the chances of developing type two diabetes could be 12 per cent lower for those who love cheeses.
Although high in saturated fat, it may be rich in types of the fat that could be good for the body, they believe.
The findings on the effect of cheese, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, come from one of the largest ever studies to look at the role of diet in health.
One reason why cheese lovers may be at less risk of diabetes could be that the fermentation process triggers some kind of reaction that protects against diabetes and heart problems, the researchers said.
Two snags:
1. The charity Diabetes UK warned against eating more cheese until the results were confirmed in other studies.
Dr Iain Frame, director of research, said: “It is too simplistic to concentrate on individual foods.
“We recommend a healthy balanced diet, rich in fruit and vegetables and low in salt and fat.
2. And I can’t afford to buy cheese anymore anyway....
At about 200 miles northwest of Shanghai, in China’s Jiangsu
province, London’s Tower Bridge was added to the replica collection of famous
landscapes from around the world.
This collection includes even the Sydney Harbour Bridge and
the Alexandre III Bridge.
In addition to these famous structures, there’s a Dutch-like
town in the area, complete with windmills and Dutch-style houses.
Often called as the “Venice of the East,” Suzhou is like a
second home to China’s Venetian tourists.
Even the “English-style coffee” that everyone loves so much
is available at the café at the top of the Tower Bridge.
The only thing that the Chinese Tower Bridge is missing is
the raising mechanism to let boats pass by. Otherwise, it looks almost
identical to the original one.
Ronderful...
Allegedly Greece's
largest maximum security prison won't get to keep its waterfall-adorned,
barbecue-equipped pool.
The Justice
Ministry on Tuesday ordered the destruction of a 7.4-meter (24-foot) long pool
in the yard of Korydallos prison's psychiatric wing, saying the structure was
built without permission and did not comply with health and safety standards.
The pool's
existence at the jail near Athens was reported by a newspaper Sunday. The
ministry said the structure, reportedly built last year, includes a small rock
waterfall and a poolside barbecue installation.
Greece's Prison
Officers Association said the pool was built using money the group raised and
was restricted to staff and inmates at the psychiatric wing. Korydallos houses
some 2,300 inmates, with about 300 receiving some form of psychiatric care.
Overcrowding at Greek prisons has worsened since the start of the country's major financial crisis in late 2009, according to the Justice Ministry and the prison officers association, due to a spike in violent crime and prosecutions for tax-related offenses.
Ah; the old Elfandsafety no pool ploy....
And finally:
All across our hot and sweaty land there lurks a veritable volume of naughty names.
We have:
Beaver Close, Surrey
Bell End, Worcestershire
Rimswell, East Riding of Yorkshire
Felch Square, Powys
Fine Bush Lane, Ruislip
Minge Lane, Worcestershire
Dick Court, Lanarkshire
Slag Lane, Merseyside
Hole of Horcum, North York Moor
Cockshoot Close, Oxfordshire
Spanker Lane, Nether Heage
Funbag Drive, Watford
Fanny Avenue, Derbyshire
Shitterton, Dorset
Lickfold, West Sussex
Ladygate Lane, Ruislip
Twatt - there's two! One in Shetland and another in Orkney
Cocks, Cornwall
Cockermouth, Cumbria
Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire
Friars' Entry, Oxfordshire
Fingringhoe, Essex
Crotch Crescent, Oxfordshire
Cumming Court, Gloucestershire
And my personal favourite:
Butt Hole Road, South Yorkshire
Don’t you just love Blighty...
And today’s thought:
Olympic dairy farm
Angus
2 comments:
Spanker Lane also has a pub called "The Spanker Inn".
Sounds like my kind of place AK:)
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