Vanishing skywater, verbose atmospheric movement, Volumous lack
of warm and not a lot of solar stuff at the Castle this morn, just returned
from the stale bread, gruel and his Maj’s food run dahn the stables (Tesco), so
far this week his food has gorn from £3 to £3.68 per box but if I buy two boxes
I can pay £3 each, likewise his Dreamies have gorn from £1 to £1.34 but if I
but three packs I can pay for two and get the third one “free”, no bloody
wonder Blighty is so ballsed up, you are going to need a PhD in maths just to
get your shopping before long-if they haven’t removed everything from the
shelves in case ‘Orse bits are involved.
It seems that some of those who “rule Britannia” are going more than a bit gaga, MPs will be able to access a mental health clinic within Parliament which is being set up to deal with the rising number of politicians approaching doctors about depression and anxiety.
And to prevent Mental MPs from losing their seat on the gravy train on Monday Parliament gave final approval to the Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill, which scraps a law that says MPs automatically lose their seats if they have been sectioned for more than six months, as well as a rule allowing company directors to be removed because of mental illness.
And just to jump the queues for the poor, struggling knobheads “officials” have approved £25,000-a-year funding for the specialist treatment centre which will run alongside conventional GP services.
The body which oversees MPs’ working conditions has agreed
to fund treatment such as cognitive behavioural therapy from specialists at St
Thomas’s hospital.
A consultant psychiatrist is available at Westminster to
diagnose mental health problems and referral for in-patient treatment will also
be available, the Commons Members’ Estimate Committee decided.
Which may explain why we are so deep in the brown runny
stuff.....
Cops are
circulating an image they believe a break-in suspect took of himself with a
photocopier -- during the break-in.
It happened very
early Sunday at Dan Murphy Ford on Bankfield Rd. in Manotick Ottawa.
The man got in to
the dealership by prying open a door -- which triggered the alarm system.
He made off with
some items, but police have not said what was stolen.
Investigators
believe he photocopied his face and left it behind.
He's described as
white with facial hair and was wearing a toque with a football logo on it.
Anyone with
information is asked to call Ottawa Police robbery detectives at 613-236-1222
or make an anonymous tip to Crime stoppers at 613-233-TIPS (8477).
Tips leading to an
arrest or a charge, qualify for a cash reward of up to $2,000 -- enough to buy
a photocopier.
Or a ski mask......
“Experts” have apparently discovered a “new” species of Owl
that whistles instead of the usual terwit-too-woo, although the owl has been
known for at least a century, it has only now been recognised as a new species.
Previously experts had confused the bird, with
brown and white feathers and big golden eyes, with a similar looking owl.
Its official name is Otus jolandae but scientists
are giving it the common name Rinjani Scops Owl.
Two members of an international team independently
recorded the signature whistle in 2003.
Ornithologist George Sangster, from the Swedish
Museum of Natural History, said: "It was quite a coincidence that two of
us identified this new bird species on different parts of the same island,
within a few days of being on the island
Yeah-after a century....
Texas chocolatier Andrea Pedrazza has created what can only
be considered the perfect (allegedly) Valentine’s Day gift for the ladies –
chocolate high-heels.
Master chocolatier Andrea Pedrazza pours the brown goodness
into plastic high-heel moulds and decorates them with gourmet ingredients to
make them look as realistic as possible.
Her most popular creations are chocolate Christian Louboutin
shoes which sell for $35. To recreate the designer’s signature red soles, the
food artist uses red ganache. Available styles include simple colours, zebra or
cheetah print and polka dots, so men wanting to gift their wives with their
favourite shoes for cheap are bound to find something they like.
Glad I am foot loose and fancy free...
And finally:
Allegedly nearly 450 British military drones have been lost
in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Ministry of Defence has disclosed for the first
time the five Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems used in the conflicts and
the number that have perished due to pilot error, technical faults or the
undesirability of retrieving them from hostile areas.
The MoD released details of the UAV incidents under the
Freedom of Information Act, conceding that their operations were “viewed by
some as contentious and there is therefore strong public interest in being as
open and transparent as possible” about their use.
The figures show the military has lost one Reaper drone since
2007 – it is the only UAV that carries Hellfire missiles as well as
surveillance and intelligence-gathering equipment. The drone, which has not
been replaced, cost £10m.
There have been nine losses of another large UAV; the Hermes
450 Eight of the £1m aircraft were lost in Afghanistan and another in Iraq. The
surveillance fleet has halved in size because of the incidents.
The UAV to suffer most is the Desert Hawk 3, a small hand-held
UAV used by the army: 412 have crashed or been lost in the last five years.
British forces have been using other mini-UAVs, the Black Hornet, and the
Tarantula Hawk, in Afghanistan; 25 of them have perished during operations. The
Black Hornet is the latest piece of UAV equipment to be deployed in the
conflict. A mini-helicopter, it is equipped with a camera which gives troops
video and still images.
Soldiers use it to peer around corners or over walls and the
images are displayed on a handheld terminal.
A periscope would be much cheaper and you can’t hear it
coming...
Today’s thought:
The anti-depressants are working then.
And the last mellow melody for a while
Angus
