Massive amounts of lack of warm, monumental amounts of
atmospheric movement, more than enough skywater and miserly amounts of solar
stuff at the Castle this morn, you may be pleased to know that my “mellow”
period is now over and all is back to “normal” or not.
His Maj had a bit of a relapse over the weekend and I had to
take him back to the nice Vet chap yestermorn who gave him another “once over”
jabbed him with some anti inflammatories and antibiotics and shoved the
equivalent of a broom handle up his rear exit (his Maj not the nice Vet chap),
and sent us away with some bug killer that I have to “administer” either into
his Maj’s mouth or on his food.
U-turn Cam has assured Francois Hollande, the French
president, that he “fully” supports his government’s attempt to oust Islamist
militants in the North African state.
An “official spokesman” indicated that the UK could now send
more military assets to Mali.
Apparently “we” are ready to offer logistical, intelligence
and surveillance help to France, as well as troops for a proposed EU mission to
train the Malian army - although he has ruled out a
combat role for British personnel.
Downing Street reiterated that no UK troops will be put into
a combat role in Mali.
That’s nice: it must be recompense for all the help the
French gave us in the Falklands.....
Widow Brenda Caines, from Warsash was chased for a £97,000
debt which had grown from a £3,600 car loan originally taken out by her late
husband.
Phil Caines started
an agreement in 2004 for a 1998 Vauxhall Vectra with Yes Car Credit; returning the car when he fell behind on
repayments.
Yes Car Credit
closed and the debt was transferred to a purchasing company.
Shortly afterwards,
Mrs Caines remortgaged her home to pay for a new kitchen and added her
husband's name to the deeds.
She was unaware he
was in financial difficulty and about to be declared bankrupt.
Mr Caines died
suddenly in 2009 and his debt was transferred to his wife.
Go Debt, who bought
the debt from the Yes Car Credit and began pursuing Mrs Caines for the money.
By this time,
solicitor and trustee fees had seen the debt grow to £97,000.
The BBC's Inside
Out programme took Mrs Caines' case to consumer lawyers who, following months
of negotiations, managed to save her home.
Solicitor Dean
Dunham said: "a £97,000 fee on a £6,000 bankruptcy is not right”.
Mr Dunham has also
managed to reduce her debt to £20,000, including trustee fees of £10,000.
In a statement, the
trustee's office said: "Since being appointed in June 2010, the trustee
has taken every step to fulfil his statutory duties as sensitively as possible.
Go Debt declined to comment-now there’s a surprise, no
wonder Blighty is such a shit hole....
You could throw caution to the wind and treat yourself to a
nice bacon butty at the miserly cost of 150 squids, Made from rare breed bacon topped
with black truffle, it is finished with saffron and a dusting of real gold on
the bun.
The snazzy snack – dubbed
Bacon Bling – was created by restaurateur Paul Phillips, 41.
He got the idea from TV shows
about pimped-up street food in the US, where a New York restaurant sold a
hamburger for £2,839.
“I’ve never seen a bacon butty on these shows so I decided
to make one,” he said.
Now he hopes he will get into
Guinness World Records with the super sarnie, which is on the menu at
Tangberry’s in Cheltenham, Glos – with proceeds going to charity.
Piggin expensive though.....
15 women gathered at Jacquie Hagler’s house for a jewellery party when a gun wielding “intruder” burst in, "It's only a water gun," one attendee reportedly said, while brushing away the firearm allegedly brandished by Derick Lee, who entered the home wearing a ski mask and bandana across his face.
Witnesses say Lee then
held the gun to the woman’s head and announced, "I'm not joking, I'm going
to shoot someone, give me your money." He even showed the women some of
the bullets loaded into his gun before they could be convinced the robbery
attempt was real.
And the bible bashing ladies response:
"When I realized what was going on, I stood up and
said, 'In the name of Jesus, get out of my house now,'” Hagler told WJXT-TV.
And he said, 'I'm going to shoot someone.' And I said it again, real
boldly," Hagler continued. "Everybody started chanting, 'Jesus,
Jesus, Jesus,' and he did a quick scan of the room, and ran out the door as
fast as he could go."
Lee, 24, was arrested Friday night at his home and
identified by several of the jewellery party attendees during a police photo line-up.
He’s currently being held on a $200,000 bond.
Don’t mess with the “word” especially when there are fifteen
women chanting it.
Karl Baxter snapped up a bargain batch of 10,000 DVDs about
one of the world’s most famous sportsmen hoping for nice profit.
Unfortunately he is facing a £10,000 loss on the deal –
because the star he planned to cash in on was shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong.
Karl, 36, has been unable to sell a single DVD since the American confessed he used drugs to win his seven Tour de France titles.
Having bought the DVDs for £1 each wholesale, he hoped to sell them for £3. Now he has slashed the asking price to 30p, which would still leave him £7,000 out of pocket.
Karl, 36, has been unable to sell a single DVD since the American confessed he used drugs to win his seven Tour de France titles.
Having bought the DVDs for £1 each wholesale, he hoped to sell them for £3. Now he has slashed the asking price to 30p, which would still leave him £7,000 out of pocket.
Karl said ““I bought them at a good price for about £1 each
about four months ago”.
“The idea was to sell them in small job lots of 100 for about £3 each, so traders could go on eBay, Amazon, or car boot sales and sell them on. There was a slight amount of risk and a gamble because there was a suspicion, but he wasn’t admitting to it, so I put them on the website last week.”
“The idea was to sell them in small job lots of 100 for about £3 each, so traders could go on eBay, Amazon, or car boot sales and sell them on. There was a slight amount of risk and a gamble because there was a suspicion, but he wasn’t admitting to it, so I put them on the website last week.”
The Science of Lance Armstrong, made in 2006 by the
Discovery Channel, tells how Armstrong’s “winning strategies” were developed
and looks at technology cyclists can use to help them go faster.
Especially the kind of “technology” that comes in tablet
form.....
Members of an elite German military Guards battalion have been presenting
to the doctor with an unusual problem: man boobs.
Dozens
of soldiers in the Wachbataillon unit are said to be suffering from
gynecomastia, on the left side only, reports the German
Herald.
The problem is said to be caused in this case by the
repetitive slamming of heavy rifles into the soldiers’ chests during drills.
The action stimulates glands to produce hormones which lead
to growth of breast tissue. A positive diagnosis of gynecomastia has been made
in 74 per cent of cases where battalion members presented with concerns.
Director of plastic surgery at the military hospital in
Berlin, Professor Bjorn Krapohl, confirmed: "There is a very significant
link between the activity in the Guard Battalion and the development of the
breast on the left side.
"They need to change the way they drill. The constant
slamming of the rifles against the left hand side of the chest is clearly a
significant factor," he added.
Army officials are investigating and say they will modify
the drills if necessary.
Or they could invent half a bra for the Herr boobs.
And finally:
Comes the essential gadget for your culinary space-the
Kitchen “thing”.
Today’s thought:
Bacon rules
And today’s mellow melody:
Angus
No comments:
Post a Comment