Substantial amounts of solar stuff, sod all atmospheric
movement, mournful amounts of lack of cold and not even a dribble of skywater at
the Castle this morn, managed to oversleep until 8.30 of the am but at least
there be hot water in the pipes, turned out it was an air block in one of the
pipes and after a gaseous emission all is now well.
On the serious side-condolences to Reeva Steenkamp’s
family.
That’s enough of being serious.
Allegedly Oscar Pistorfius got even more pissed orf and shot
his girlfriend more than a couple of times.
And is appearing in court even as I write this.
The defence is expected to argue that Mr Pistorius is not a
flight risk and should be given bail.
All they have to do is confiscate his “blades” and he ain’t
going anywhere....
Auntie has published a list of what and where to avoid
(click on the link above), which is a bit pointless if they have all been
withdrawn.
Steve Redhead, 51, was hoping to land some carp fish but
became the catch himself after his lead weight snagged on overhanging branches.
He yanked his rod a couple of times to free the line before
the bulbous object suddenly flew 50 feet through the air and struck him in the
face.
Steve dropped to his knees and thought the object had just
grazed him at first until fishing friend Matt Barnes told him it was embedded
in his right cheek.
An ambulance was called and Steve, from Weymouth, Dorset,
was rushed to hospital to have the 50 gram weight removed.
Luckily, the weight didn't break his cheek bone or jaw or
damage any nerves.
Steve, who jet-washes wheelie bins for a living, was told
the item could easily have killed him had it hit him in an eye, throat or gone
through his mouth
After the accident, which happened at Walley's Carp Lake in
Osmington, near Weymouth, Steve was taken to Poole Hospital where he had 12
stitches.
Apparently the carp which Steve didn’t catch was “THIS BIG”
or it might have been “this big”...
A full size replica of Stone Henge was built by Mark Cline
of Enchanted Castle Studio in 2004, with the pieces in astronomically correct
positions. Lest somebody mistook it for the real thing, a sign at the base of
the hill cautions: "Please be gentle. It is foam, not stone."
Mark says he went to great pains to shape each 'stone' to
its original shape, fact-checking his designs and measurements with the man who
gives tours of Stonehenge in England. Each block is set into a hole in the
ground and anchored with cement. "I put a 2.5 inch pipe all the way
through each one down into the ground, like a nail holding it to the concrete.”
And, Mark adds hopefully, "It's non-biodegradable so it might last longer
than the original."
I do like an optimist....
Manfred Hofer, 49, from Willisau plunged into a stream when he nodded
off at the wheel was still asleep when rescuers pulled him out.
Apparently Manfred told police
the last thing he could remember was feeling drowsy at the wheel.
Investigators believe he was fast asleep as the car veered off the road, down an embankment and into the stream.
"He says he wasn't aware of anything else until he was woken by the rescue team," said a police spokesman.
"They thought he'd been unconscious but in fact he'd just been sleeping very heavily."
Paramedics say Mr Hofer is recovering from fractures in hospital.
Investigators believe he was fast asleep as the car veered off the road, down an embankment and into the stream.
"He says he wasn't aware of anything else until he was woken by the rescue team," said a police spokesman.
"They thought he'd been unconscious but in fact he'd just been sleeping very heavily."
Paramedics say Mr Hofer is recovering from fractures in hospital.
But at least he is sleeping
well....
And finally:
Allegedly the FBI is using a secretive new tool. The device,
which acts as a fake cell phone tower, essentially allows the government to
electronically search large areas for a particular cell phone’s signal—sucking
down data on potentially thousands of innocent people along the way. At the
same time, law enforcement has attempted use them while avoiding many of the
traditional limitations set forth in the Constitution, like individualized
warrants. This is why we called the tool “an unconstitutional, all-you-can-eat
data buffet.”
Recently,
LA Weekly reported the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) got a Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) grant in 2006 to buy a stingray. The original grant
request said it would be used for “regional terrorism investigations.” Instead
LAPD has been using it for just about any investigation imaginable.
In just a
four month period in 2012, according to documents obtained by the First
Amendment Coalition, the LAPD has used the device at least 21 times in “far
more routine” criminal investigations. The LA Weekly reported Stingrays “were
tapped for more than 13 percent of the 155 ‘cellular phone investigation cases’
that Los Angeles police conducted between June and September last year.” These
included burglary, drug and murder cases.
Wouldn’t work here in Blighty-the
signals are far too piss poor.
That’s it: I’m orf to update the sat-nav
And today’s thought:
Angus
2 comments:
Foamhenge - you have to admire eccentrics.
I do James I do:)
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