Seasons of mist and bugger all else at the Castle this morn,
the wevver is like U-Turn Cam-thick, wet and cold.
Just returned from the Monday moan dahn Tesco and I can’t
believe that “I can’t believe it’s not butter” has gorn up from one squid to
one squid and 30 pees to one squid and 80 pisses (which they are taking).
And his Maj has been practising his hunting...
And members of a Yorkshire golf club gave her more than
several answers.
The question was-"When I say the word 'politician',
what do you think?"
Answers included “Liars, Selfish, Insincere and Self-seeking”.
And to prove that Gloria isn’t self-seeking and selfish she
decided to ask the same question on Twitter using the hashtag #whydoyouhateme. The Tweets
are “interesting”.
Here are a few more “impressions” of Politicians:
Arrogant, inept, out of touch, posh pillocks, tosspots,
wankers, overpaid, underworked, unelected, useless, waste of air, clueless,
greedy and bumholes...
The above are of course purely my personal interpretation of
those who want to prostitute themselves to “public service” and I would like to
point out that no first class rail passengers were harmed in the production of
this item.
Having said that, looking at Gloria’s picture-I would.....
Pippa Middleton (under 30-just), has admitted that she is
still coming to terms with her celebrity – and the focus on her figure – that
followed the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last year.
In a new book, she writes: “It is a bit startling to achieve
global recognition (if that’s the right word) before the age of 30, on account
of your sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom.
“One day, I might be able to make sense of this.
"In the meantime I think it's fair to say that it has
its upside and its downside. I certainly have opportunities many can only dream
of – but in most ways I'm a typical girl in her 20s trying to forge a career
and represent herself in what can sometimes seem rather strange
circumstances."
Miss Middleton makes her comments in Celebrate: A Year of
British Festivities for Families and Friends, a party-planning guide based
on her experience with her family’s business, Party Pieces.
It was reported that the deal for the book, with publisher
Michael Joseph, was worth £400,000. It includes seasonal recipes, as well
recollections of her childhood, including Bonfire Night and playing conkers.
"We all used to get really competitive," she
writes.
"The trick was to paint clear nail varnish on the
conkers to make them very tough and less likely to break – outrageous cheating
of course!"
A company is
offering a tour of the network of brothels used by prostitutes plying their
trade in 18th century Edinburgh.
The night time tour
for over-18s is based on a long-forgotten book, Ranger’s Impartial List Of Ladies Of Pleasure, published in 1775, which
offers a candid appraisal of 50 of the city’s prostitutes and helpful notes on
where to find them.
Information
includes the women’s names, ages, the condition of their teeth and their
temperament.
Now an actress,
posing as Miss Watt, a prostitute described in the book as being of middle
size, with light brown hair and good teeth but rather surly tempered, has put
together a one-hour walking tour featuring some of the 117 brothels that
operated along the Royal Mile.
They include the Old Town’s most popular house of
ill-repute, in Barry’s Close, which attracted clients from the nearby court and
law offices who could slip in unnoticed through an entrance at the foot of a
flight of stairs off Parliament Square.
This Lady is about 21 years of age, of the middle ƒize,
light brown hair, good teeth, but rather ƒurly in her temper eƒpecially after
the glaƒs has gone merrily round; notwithƒtanding of this, ƒhe is not a bad
companion, as ƒhe can ƒing many very fine ƒongs. She is alƒo miƒtreƒs of her
profeƒƒion; and it is ƒaid, before ƒhe would ƒleep alone, ƒhe would rather pay
a clever fellow for to do her buƒineƒs, as love is her ƒole delight.
Well “f” me, wonder if I will need a passport to go on the
tour before long?
A street artist's attempt to bring colour to a back lane in
the CBD is in a bit of
bovver, the wall off Banks Place Geelong had
originally been painted by Joel Macartney about six months ago, but had been
tagged and vandalised earlier this month.
Last weekend
Macartney and some friends painted three fresh panels of similar-styled street
art. On Wednesday this was painted over by a council contractor, leaving a
blank wall.
City CEO Stephen
Griffin said some street art had been removed from part of Banks Place this
week after unauthorised graffiti on top of earlier artwork.
He said a noted
local street artist had carried out the initial artwork about six months ago,
with permission from council and the owner of the property.
Mr Griffin said
that in recent weeks there had been unauthorised and extended artwork applied
on top of the original design, and this had been removed by council contractors
after they checked the status of the alterations and extensions.
He said the council
had been involved in further discussions with the artist over the past few
days, and there was a possibility the artist would be undertaking some new
work.
Think I prefer the blank wall....
Allegedly a study of psychotropic drug levels in ambient air
from eight Italian cities found background levels of cocaine, cannabinoids -
the active ingredients in marijuana - nicotine and caffeine in every urban
centre.
Turin had the highest concentrations of cocaine, says Angelo
Cecinato at the Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research in Rome.
Meanwhile, Bologna and Florence had some of the highest cannabinoid levels,
which Cecinato attributes to the large student populations in the two cities.
The drug concentrations are much too low to have an effect, though (Environmental
Pollution, doi.org/jhk).
And there was me thinking Italian drivers were naturally
bonkers.....
And finally:
When it comes to chainsaw carving, one Belfair man is a cut
above the rest.
He uses all tools of the trade to create masterpieces, but some say it's what he's working without that makes his carvings truly remarkable.
He does it all with one arm.
"I saw what he was doing, and I thought people have got to see this," says one neighbour.
"It takes a lot of drive," says another. "He just wrestles these pieces around like they're nothing."
It's been said the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our soul. And when Jerry Tallman is at work, that dust is flying high. Six hours a day, six days a week, he's at his Belfair shop, where his steel-toothed chainsaw carves each contour.
"You can shape that grain any way you want," he says.
Jerry will be the first to tell you it's a demanding job - working the wood with one arm missing.
He shrugs through exhaustion because he loves his work - even if he doesn't have all his tools intact.
"I can still feel my arm," he says. "I can open and close my hand - just it's not there."
He uses all tools of the trade to create masterpieces, but some say it's what he's working without that makes his carvings truly remarkable.
He does it all with one arm.
"I saw what he was doing, and I thought people have got to see this," says one neighbour.
"It takes a lot of drive," says another. "He just wrestles these pieces around like they're nothing."
It's been said the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our soul. And when Jerry Tallman is at work, that dust is flying high. Six hours a day, six days a week, he's at his Belfair shop, where his steel-toothed chainsaw carves each contour.
"You can shape that grain any way you want," he says.
Jerry will be the first to tell you it's a demanding job - working the wood with one arm missing.
He shrugs through exhaustion because he loves his work - even if he doesn't have all his tools intact.
"I can still feel my arm," he says. "I can open and close my hand - just it's not there."
And before you ask; no he didn’t cut his arm orf with a
chainsaw, he was hit by a tree on his shoulder while “logging”, and I was on
the ground. Just that quick." he recalls.
The nerves were pulled from his spine. Doctors left his arm there for five years before amputating. Then it was back to square one.
The nerves were pulled from his spine. Doctors left his arm there for five years before amputating. Then it was back to square one.
Bit of an ‘armless hobby though....
And today’s thought:
Angus
