Turned out nice at the Castle this morn, sunny, warm, dry
and calmish, looks like I may be forced to get the sun-lounger out later, orf
to what is left of the town when it opens to purchase a telephone socket after
I destroyed one with the Hoover-I must wear my glasses when doing ‘ousework.
Has done yet another U-Turn, this time over fracking,
because it will do little to cut bills or keep the lights on.
Allegedly industry
experts made clear at a meeting attended by senior ministers, including U-Turn
Cam and Ed Davey, the Lib Dem energy secretary that the UK's reserves were
smaller than first thought and could be uneconomical to extract.
Today Mr Davey
will publish the Government's long-awaited Energy Bill, promising that it will
bring down energy bills and secure future supplies.
Well frack me...
Has decided that we don’t have a drought anymore dahn ‘ere
in ‘Ampshire, instead we are suffering from environmental stress due to
rainfall deficit.
Which would distinguish small environmental impacts from
emergencies that require drought orders, according to the stressed Environment
Agency.
Ten days ago
drought status was lifted in 19 areas of south-west England, the Midlands and
parts of Yorkshire following persistent rainfall last month - the wettest April
on record. These areas are now considered to be in "environmental stress
due to rainfall deficit".
Areas across the
south-east and east of England remain in drought environmental stress,
with hosepipe bans in place.
Fuck orf.....
Barrack Obama has
been smashed and buried in concrete, well 198 misspelled mugs have.
The government made 200 of the mugs to commemorate the
president's planned visit to Australia in 2010, which was later cancelled. No
mugs were created when the American president finally made it to Australia last
year.
Only two of the mugs were
ever sold from the Parliament House gift shop, including one to the journalist
who reported that Obama's name had been misspelled.
"Due to the sensitivity
associated with the mistake that was made with the president's name, the last
thing we wanted was for the fragments to be found on a garbage tip
somewhere," said Bronwyn Graham, the Parliament House official.
Now there’s an idea......
The Porsche 918 Spyder can accelerate from 0-62mph in less
than three seconds, leaving most road supercars in its environmental dust.
But it is more economical than a Toyota Prius and its
emissions are so low it will be exempt from the London congestion charge.
The ‘plug-in hybrid’ will be capable of 94miles per gallon
making it twice as economical as a 1.6-litre Ford Focus. In comparison, a
Toyota Prius will do 72.4mpg while the greenest version of Britain’s biggest
selling car, the Ford Fiesta, manages 78.5mpg.
Its secret lies in its hybrid system where two electric
motors generate power alongside a 4.6-litre engine.
Snags-It won’t be available until September 2013. Just 918
will be made and it will cost £670,000.
Think I’ll stick to the dusty Honda.
A dog walker has
stumbled upon the corpse of an animal experts believe may have been a puma near
a Scottish beauty spot.
John Robertson, 50,
was walking his two dogs along a rural path in Cullen, Moray, with his wife
Pauline, on Monday when he found the remains of what appeared to be a cat the
size of a large dog.
Just metres from
the rotting corpse were the remains of what may have been its last meal – half
a dozen mauled seagulls.
Mr Robertson, from
Drybridge, Moray, said yesterday: “I was walking my two dogs on Monday morning
when we came across all these dead birds scattered about everywhere.
“I couldn’t believe
my eyes. I have never seen so many dead birds in one area. They were completely
mauled; they had their guts totally ripped out of them lying on the ground.
“Then a little
further on we came across a horrible rotting smell which was this big cat.
“It looks like it
has feasted on the seagulls and maybe it has fallen down the cliff nearby,
injured itself and just lay there till it died.”
But despite its
18-inch-long tail and its sharp teeth, Mr Robertson claimed the animal was a
cub.
He said: “If you
see its skin, its jet black and I actually think it’s a juvenile.
“I didn’t have a
tape measure on me to measure the tail, but I’m a builder so I have a pretty
good idea that it’s about 18 inches long, which is huge.
“I reckon it’s a
cub – its teeth are too clean and there isn’t enough damage to them, which
means they must be pretty new. If that’s a cub though, you can imagine how big
its mother would be.
“I’m sure we’ll
find out from the DNA tests what type of cat it is, but it certainly seems like
one of the big cats.”
Bob Wallace, an
expert with the Big Cats In Britain research group, is now studying the remains
to determine what Mr Robertson found.
While the cat is
not big enough to be an adult leopard or jaguar, Mr Wallace believes it is the
right size to be a cub.
He said: “If it is
a juvenile, it would have to be last year’s cub, as both leopards and jaguars
mate between January and March.
No wonder it is dead-have you seen what seagulls eat.....
And finally:
A photo of a loveable kitten taken by Roy McPeak at the
Highland Wildlife Centre near Inverness.
Badpuss is a Pallas cat, usually found in China and Tibet.
Bless....
That’s it: I’m orf to fish
for Robo-cod in the moat
And today’s thought for today:
Energy saving pussy:
Angus
