Loads of lack of cold, oodles of blue stuff above, not an
atom of wet stuff and several long white things across the atmosphere from big
silver birds with the vapours at the Castle this morn.
His Maj is still kidnapping amphibians and here is one he brought
me at 9pm, which he left in the kitchen and frightened the brown runny stuff
out of me when I turned the light on and it leapt across the floor...
All the problems in Millionaires Club Coalition Blighty are
dahn to 'lazy' baby boomers, five MPs who are all 40 or younger and entered
Parliament at the last election, are publishing a new book in which they say
that "lazy" Brits prefer a lie-in to hard work.
Due to be published on the eve of the Conservative Party
election, the book, called Britannia Unchained – Global Growth and Prosperity,
also criticises the "baby boomer" generation for seeking to raise
taxes for young workers to pay for their lavish pension pots.
Kwasi Kwarteng, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris Skidmore
and Elizabeth Truss describe British workers as among the "worst
idlers" in the world, and urge David Cameron to reform work places along
the lines of the Asian, rather than the European model.
In the book, the group also claim that the country is being
dragged down by support by baby boomers in their 60s and 70s for higher taxes
in order to fund their pensions and live in comfort.
Oh dear, it seems that Thatcher’s generation has inherited the
“it isn’t the governments fault” gene, and it is the old farts that make
policy-I wish I could....
Chinese beach-goers are covering up from head to toe in
morphsuits and face-kinis in a variety of colours and designs.
Face-kinis first appeared a few years ago made from
scraps of material found around peoples home.
The craze has hit the shores across Qingdao,
north-east China, and masks are being made to meet everyone’s tastes in a
variety of colours and designs.
My brain hurts.....
The Sphinx observatory is located at Jungfraujoch in
Switzerland at an altitude of 3,571 metres.
The observatory provides unique conditions for successful
research in various disciplines such as meteorology, astronomy, glaciology,
physiology, radiation, and cosmic rays.
When the Jungfraujoch station opened in 1912 (which is also
the highest railway station in all of Europe), Jungfraujoch became the number
one place for scientists to conduct research under conditions of high altitude.
At first the scientists worked in harsh conditions and lived in temporary
shelters. Eventually, the Sphinx observatory was built in 1937 to accommodate
eager scientists.
The Sphinx observatory is built on a steep cliff. The
mountain top has been tunnelled to fit an elevator which ascends to the
observatory from the Jungfraujoch train station. The main-part of the Sphinx is
used by scientists but for the tourists there is a metal-grate terrace
surrounding the building on all sides that provides a stunning 360 degree view
of the Great Aletsah Glacier, of the snow capped Alps, and of the green valley
down below. From the metal grating one can see 11,333 feet of abyss down below.
Sod that...
A Swiss company has
designed a pair of socks designed to be worn for walking without shoes.
The Swiss
Protection socks are designed to replace shoes altogether and make the user
feel barefooted.
They even have
spaces for each of your toes - in the same way fingers fit in a glove.
Designed by the
Swiss Barefoot Company, the ultra durable footwear is reinforced by PVC soles
which helps make them cut-resistant.
The Swiss company
believe the socks are ideal for people who like to go barefoot and could be
used for outdoor activities such as rock climbing.
Dieter Hesch, owner
of The Swiss Barefoot Company, said: "It took many years of technical
research and designing to create what we have now.
"I'm very
happy with it and I even think the Swiss Protection Sock could become
fashionable.
"We're also
working on a new sock design which we think people will be able to run
marathons in."
The socks come in
long and short sizes and are available for about £45.
Cheaper to buy shoes, I think the altitude is getting to the
Swiss....
Apparently a Salafist group from Egypt appears to be trying
to retract a post on Facebook that warned that eating tomatoes are
"forbidden because they are Christian."
The Muslim traditionalist group, calling themselves the
Popular Egyptian Islamic Association, apparently still finds tomatoes offensive
if they are cut in such a way that reveals the shape of a cross, according to
the Now Lebanon website.
Along with a photo of a tomato cut in half to reveal what
could be viewed as a cross, the group originally posted on Facebook:
"Eating tomatoes is forbidden because they are Christian. [The tomato]
praises the cross instead of Allah and says that Allah is three (a reference to
the Trinity).
According to a translation by Now Lebanon.
"[God help us]. I implore you to spread this photo because there is a sister from Palestine who saw the prophet of Allah [Mohammad] in a vision and he was crying, warning his nation against eating them [tomatoes]. If you don't spread this [message], know that it is the devil who stopped you,"
And finally:
Passengers on Air
France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough
cash to pay for more fuel when their plane made an emergency landing in
Damascus.
The plane, heading
from Paris to Lebanon's capital, diverted amid tensions near the Beirut airport
on Wednesday. Low on fuel, it instead landed in Damascus, the capital of
neighbouring Syria, where a civil war is raging.
An Air France
spokesman explained Friday that the crew inquired about passenger cash only as
a "precautionary measure" because of the "very unusual
circumstances." Sanctions against Syria complicated payment for extra
fuel.
He said Air France
found a way to pay for the fill-up without tapping customer pockets, and
apologized for the inconvenience. He wouldn't say how the airline paid, or how
much.
The Boeing 777, carrying 185 people, took off for an overnight layover in Cyprus then landed safely in Beirut on Thursday.
Surprised they didn’t
put the plane in reverse and fly back to France....
That’s it: I’m orf to eat some walnuts-just
in case
And today’s
thought:
Shit for brains
generation.
