Much, much less lack of cold at the castle this morn, just
returned from the stale bread, gruel and his Maj’s food run dahn Tesco, two
weeks ago his fave grub cost £3.00, then last week it went up to £3.68, then
this Monday it was £4.00 and today it is £3.00 again...
I was going to post yestermorn after my visit to the tooth
puller, but I was so stunned that I couldn’t put finger to keyboard until now.
The long saga of the front “toof” has now reached epic
proportions, as you may know just before last Crimbo I broke a piece orf one of
my front “teef”, I went to the tooth puller in Jan, he decided that instead of
repairing broken tooth he would grind it dahn to the root and stick a “cap” on
it which he ‘printed’ out on his doo-dah.
The “cap” lasted 12 days, so I returned to have it refitted,
seven days later it fell out again and I swallowed it. Back to the Dentist, who
decided that I would have to have a plate with one toof on it-the plate made me
vomit, was loose and eventually broke after a while.
Went back again to the ten miles away dentist, after a very
long “consultation” with a junior, and probably the toilet roll he decided that
my bite was too strong for anything else than a nice “toof” implant which was
going to cost-wait for it-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED pounds, oh yes £2,5000 for
one biter.
After picking me up and reviving my poor old body he reiterated
the price and asked if I wanted to “go ahead” with the procedure.
Needles to say my reply was not in the positive, but I did
consent to a £50 ransom to have what are left of my pegs “hygienically cleaned”,
because apparently they don’t do scale and polishes anymore under the NHS
unless it is “clinically necessary”, and it takes too much time.
Why are we paying so much money into the NHS when all we get
back is private bollocks....?
The war on the motorist is a myth and fuel taxes should be
raised without delay, Pay as you drive road charging and congestion charging
should also be widely implemented to raise funds for public transport,
according to the Institute of Public Policy Research, which has close links to
Labour.
The IPPR urged the Chancellor to press ahead with future
fuel duty rises including 3p scheduled for Jan 1.
“Compared to users of public transport, there is no war on
motorists,” said Will Straw, the IPPR’s associate director.
“Rail and bus users have seen fares spiral out of control
while the cost of driving has actually fallen over the last decade.
Users of public transport rarely have an alternative, while
car drivers can switch to smaller and more fuel-efficient cars and cut out
non-essential journeys.
However the report was condemned by the AA. “Far from
raising fuel duty the Chancellor should continue to freeze it to help stimulate
the economy and lift some of the fuel burden from families and business.
A Government spokesman said: "The Government is
embarked on the biggest programme of rail improvements since the Victorian era.
"Rail fares make a vital contribution to delivering
these improvements. However, we are determined to bring get the cost of running
the railways down to allow us to end the era of above inflation fare rises.
"We have also rightly taken action to support motorists
at a time of high international oil prices. Pump prices are 10p a litre cheaper
than if we had proceeded with the planned fuel duty escalator."
Thanks for sod all-the cost of road fund license is up,
insurance is way up, MOTs are up and garages are now charging close to £150 per
hour for repairs...
It seems that said copper knob has been at it again, the
squaddy formally known as Henry has allegedly been displaying his crown jewels to
a young lady in a hotel room.
I refuse to show the pictures on the grounds that I don’t
want MI5 banging on the portcullis to take me to the tower but if you are in
need of a glimpse of copper knob click on the link over the picture, but I warn
you that if you are of a sensitive nature-DO NOT click on the link....
Allegedly 25 year-old tennis ‘sensation’ Maria Sharapova put
her legs on display while visiting the Hamptons.
Oh joy, I never knew that tennis players had legs.....
There is a Facebook page entitled badly stuffed animals.
The collection of bizarre taxidermy pictures has attracted
more than 12,500 followers.
It includes stuffed
animals in bizarre poses such as camel in a suitcase, a dog leap-frogging a
globe and a squirrel in a flasher mac.
The page also
features lots of animals stuffed by taxidermists who do not appear to have
completely mastered the art.
Love it.....
And finally:
An unusual species of rat that cannot gnaw or chew has been
discovered, which scientists say is a new step in rodent evolution.
The rodent, called paucidentomys vermidax has fang-like
upper incisors that are useless for gnawing and no back teeth.
The rat, which lives exclusively on earthworms, was found in
remote rainforest on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
It has a rat's tail, a long, thin nose similar to a shrew's
and its only teeth are incisors which are in the upper jaw and end in twin
points.
The genus name paucidentomys means "few-toothed
mouse" and the species name vermidax means "devourer of worms".
Seems logical...
And today’s thought:
No comment.
Angus
