Not a lot of solar stuff, even less lack of cold, not a
whimsy of atmospheric movement and nary a drop of skywater at the Castle this
morn.
Didn’t manage to find a place that had shops, free parking
and covered walkways yesterday, so I settled for a bit of a drive and a pub
lunch.
Them.
The ex chief lash has finally got
the hint and buggered orf to pastures new without admitting whether he said
the ‘Pleb or moron’ word.
About bloody time...
Alien reptile in disguise son of a B......aronet George
(why should I travel with the moronic plebs) Osborne has had to cough up 160
squids when he tried to steal a first class seat from Virgin (where’s my
franchise) chuff-chuff between Wilmslow
and the Smoke with a few of his ‘mates’.
He will of course claim the cost of the ticket on his
expenses and we will pay for it.
And U-Turn
Cam is not talking after avoiding
questions for the fifth consecutive day about a cache of private emails between
him and Rebekah Brooks.
He sidestepped five parliamentary questions over electronic
communications with Ms Brooks, the former News International chief executive,
that were not released to the Leveson Inquiry into media standards.
The Prime Minister also refused to release any further
information in reply to a letter on the same subject from Harriet Harman, the
deputy Labour leader.
Us.
Tens of thousands
of ‘plebs and morons’ are expected to march through London in protest against
the government's austerity measures.
Labour leader clone
B is among dozens of speakers due to address crowds in Hyde Park - where the
march ends.
Demonstrators want
the coalition to end public service cuts and instead create policies they say
can create growth.
Won’t make any
difference because “they” are not listening and never will...
Counterfeit ketchup
collaborators are being a bit saucy by buying bulk quantities of
traditional Heinz ketchup, transferring the condiment via large bladders into
individual containers labelled "Simply Heinz," one of the company's
premium recipes, then shunt the result off to unwitting consumers at a cushy mark-up.
Unfortunately the non top knob red stuff has got its revenge
by making the fake bottles explode, probably due to carb-hungry microbes that moved
in during the transfer and started building pressure inside a bottle as they
convert their feast into gas.
Doesn’t bother me I can’t afford Heinz, I have to make do
with Tesco.
Apparently organisers of the Scottish Conker Championships
have had to call off this year’s event at the last minute - due to a shortage
of conkers.
Efforts to find an
emergency supply of conkers for the event at Peebles, in the Borders, on
Saturday drew a blank.
The Borders Forest
Trust, which has organised the event for the last five years, said the move was
unavoidable due to the bad weather over the last few months.
Spokeswoman Louisa
Finch said: “The first championships were a real success, so we are saddened
that the event won’t be happening this year.
“Many horse
chestnut trees are bare this year or only have very small conkers which
wouldn’t have fared well in competition.
Maybe they could use frozen sprouts instead....
The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling some
half-million bottles of spray-on lotion after reports that a handful of people
have caught on fire after applying the product and coming in contact with an
open flame.
Energizer Holdings said Friday that it is pulling 23
varieties of UltraMist sunscreen off store shelves due to the risk of the
lotion igniting when exposed to fire.
The recall includes aerosol
products like UltraMist Sport, UltraMist Ultra Defense and UltraMist Kids.
A company spokesman said there have been five reports of
people suffering burns after using the sunscreen in the last year. Four burn
cases were reported in the U.S. and one in Canada.
More than 20 million units have been sold since UltraMist
launched in 2010, the spokesman said.
The problem appears to be caused by UltraMist’s spray valve,
which is over applying the product, Energizer said in a statement. As a result
the lotion is taking longer to dry, which raises the flammability risk.
“If a consumer comes into contact with a flame or spark
prior to complete drying of the product on the skin, there is a potential for
the product to ignite,” the company said.
So no smoking or cooking, or barbeques, or.....
In the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan, near the 350 person
village of Derweze, is a hole 328 feet wide that has been on fire. For 38 years
it has constantly been active. This hole is known as the Darvaza Gas Crater or
the "Gates of Hells" by locals, the crater can be seen glowing for
miles around.
The hole is the outcome not of nature but of an industrial
accident. In 1971 a Soviet drilling rig accidentally punched into a massive
underground natural gas cavern, causing the ground to collapse and the entire
drilling rig to fall in. Having punctured a pocket of gas, poisonous fumes
began leaking from the hole at an alarming rate. To head off a potential
environmental catastrophe, the Soviets set the hole alight. The crater hasn't
stopped burning since.
Looks like my rear exit after a curry....
That’s I’m
orf to sniff a teenager
And today’s thought:
Second class travel
Angus
