Usual lack of warm, just as much solar stuff, quite a lot of
atmospheric movement and gallons of evaporated skywater at the Castle this
morn, just returned from the stale bread, gruel and his Maj’s food run dahn
Tesco, the place was awash with interweb robots and one actually managed to
crash into me while I was stood still trying to choose which flavour Dreamies
to purchase for himself.
And I have finally finished the antibiotics for my
toofache...
We think that we become old farts at 59 years, two months
and two weeks; government researchers interviewed 2,162 Blightyites to
determine this crucial “fact”.
And allegedly the age of no longer being young starts at 40
years, eight months and two weeks.
On average, women think old age starts at 60 years, four
months and two weeks. Men think it starts at 58 - potentially because they tend
to live shorter lives.
Those under 50 say old age begins staggeringly early - at
just 46. But for those over 50, they say it begins at 62-and-a-half.
Those living in council housing say old age begins five
years earlier than those who own their homes.
And the unemployed say middle age begins a huge nine years
earlier than those in full time work.
Men believe they stop feeling young early than women do, at
38-and-a-half rather than 42 years and nine months.
Among 16 to 24-year-olds, this marker of middle age begins
at 32. The over-80s believed that for them it began at 52 - just two years
after the youngest group believed old age begins.
A spokesman for the Department for Witless Pillocks said
“the disparity in perceptions” of ageing showed “the potential for age
stereotypes to be applied in very inconsistent ways".
Who pays for this bollocks in this age of austerity-oh yes;
we do....
Film classification chiefs have seen "a spike" in
the number of people complaining about a controversial film portraying Jesus
and his disciples as gay men - even though it does not exist.
The British Board of Film Classification's (BBFC) senior
examiner Craig Lapper said there was a "constant issue" with rumours
that a movie version had been made of a controversial play called Corpus
Christi.
The play, by Terrence McNally, is set in modern-day America
and deals with issues including gay marriage but has never been made into a
film.
Mr Lapper said: "I think it was a bit of an internet
hoax several years ago suggesting a film was being made of the play in which
Jesus and his disciples were portrayed as homosexuals, and I can remember
replying to people concerned about this blasphemous film back in the late
1990s.
"And this year again, for whatever reason, there was
another spike in people writing to us to insist that we ban this terrible
blasphemous film. We just had to write back and say, 'This film doesn't
exist'."
The BBFC received six complaints about it in 2011 and
another two queries this year, with complainants often asking them to ban the
film on the grounds it is blasphemous and offensive.
Eight whole complaints in two years, staggering...
US basement hacker Rob Flickenger has “invented” a
20,000-volt Tesla
coil lightning-blasting Nerf gun.
After brushing up on his physics using online MIT courses,
Flickenger, through trial and error, setup the interior circuits.
"I'd switch it on, and nothing would happen, so I'd
switch it off. Then I'd switch it on again and set something on fire," he
told Popsci.com. In the end he used the transformer from an old television --
the current from an 18-volt lithium-ion battery flows through a circuit series
over and over again, doubling the power each time. It then flows into a Cornell Dubilier capacitor bank,
which stores it until it reaches 20,000 volts -- at this point, the current can
jump between two tungsten wires, creating a spark (this part is housed in
porcelain and a computer fan is fixed nearby to make sure it doesn't get too
hot). The current jumps from one wire to the next, then feeds through to one
coil (insulated high-voltage wire), then the next (plumbing pipe wrapped in
copper wire). This process induces a magnetic field, which in turn creates an
electrical field at the gun's nose and finally, the bursts of electric blue
lightening.
It took him nine months to build and was made using cheap
everyday objects like old cans, an old TV and a lithium-ion battery from a
drill. The total cost came to around $800 (£500) and, after nine long months
tinkering away at it, Flickenger debuted the lightning bolt gun at his wedding
reception.
Bet that went with a
bang.....
Timmy the sheep
thinks he’s a dog. He even sleeps in a kennel and goes for walkies.
Timmy was rescued
by farmers Samantha and Eric Perry after being orphaned when he was just few
days old.
He bonded instantly with the couple’s dogs while being bottle-fed at their home in Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire.
He bonded instantly with the couple’s dogs while being bottle-fed at their home in Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire.
Samantha, 42, said:
“Timmy definitely thinks he’s a dog – he always has.
“His favourite food is dog biscuits. When we take the dogs for a walk, he thinks nothing of coming along with us.”
Timmy, who is 18
months old, was brought up with Yorkshire terrier Poppy, Shih tzu Daisy-May,
terrier Tyson, Jack Russell Sapphire, and Jack Russell cross Barney.
Now weighing 200lb, he has a new pal, Pandora, a tiny Chihuahua.
Samantha said: “He is great with her and all the other dogs. The fact that he thinks he’s a dog just adds a little eccentricity.”
Now weighing 200lb, he has a new pal, Pandora, a tiny Chihuahua.
Samantha said: “He is great with her and all the other dogs. The fact that he thinks he’s a dog just adds a little eccentricity.”
I’d rather add a little mint sauce....
And finally:
According to the owner, this pile of bits is worth a million Dollars, Antti
Rahko's scrap metal stretch limo, the Finnjet, was insured for a million for
its trip to star in the recent Essen Motor Show in Germany - and will likely
have a similar asking price when it goes up for sale shortly.
Rahko, a former chauffer from Finland now living in the US
state of Florida, spent 10 years building the Finnjet from scrap parts grafted
onto a platform from two Mercedes-Benz 300TD station wagons.
It stretches over eight metres long and weighing in at 2.78
tonnes - and just in case that size isn't enough to catch your eye - the
bizarre behemoth sports 86 lights, 36 mirrors and two natty jet engine housings
containing the exhausts.
It ain’t what you ask for it-it’s what you get for it that
counts...
That’s it: I’m
orf to find a Giant Panda (just in case the toofache comes back)
And today’s thought:
New SAS squad formed....
Angus
