Oodles of sky water, mixed in with thunder at the Castle
this morn, his Maj has been out to do his business and is now curled up on my
lap with steam rising from his soaked fur.
The study is 50/50 with defunct do-dahs, and at 187 miles on
14 and a bit litres of go juice the Honda is doing 57 and a smidge to the
imperial gallon, all I have to do now is raise the cash to put another twenty
squids worth in.
U-Turn
Cam and the rest of the Piss Poor Policy Tory tosspots warned that they
might demand Britain's exemption from European employment protection laws as a
condition for any treaty change needed to help save the euro.
Education Secretary, Michael Gove,
said he would like to see regulations governing "whom we can hire, how we
can hire and how long they work" taken away from Brussels.
He added: "I would like to see
a change in this Parliament... We need to win [back] more [powers] and that
process will require careful negotiation."
But, the Prime Minister's official spokesman said later that
neither Mr Cameron nor Mr Gove were speaking for the Government on the issue.
?????
Letting go of a single balloon
deliberately will now get you in trouble with Sunshine Coast Council after it
approved a raft of new laws including regulation of balloons and dogs in dining
areas.
In
a shock move Mayor Bob Abbot back-flipped on his feelings about dogs in cafe
and supported the motion, instead tabling his concerns in a document because he
didn't wish to be 'disrespectful'.
In front of
a packed gallery, Division 12 Cr Lew Brennan put forward a motion to remove the
balloon law because he said it was 'meaningless'.
Nice to see that they are concentrating on the important
things.....
Authorities in Southern California say they rescued a man
stuck inside a hollow tree trunk by following the sounds of his screams down
into a creek bed.
The Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/rLUnFV) reports
that Orange County sheriff's deputies found the man stuck up to his chest
inside a narrow hole in the trunk, which extended about four or five feet
underground.
The newspaper says fire-fighters took about 90 minutes to
free him once they found him Tuesday morning.
Lt. Roland Chacon says it's unknown why the man climbed into
the hole near the base of the tree.
Because he’s a stumpy Numpty of course.
Used-car
dealers in Japan are sitting on hundreds of vehicles contaminated by high
levels of radiation from the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima earlier this year.
And some
unscrupulous salesmen are disguising this fact by re-registering and selling
them to unsuspecting customers.
One vehicle
in particular is "so radioactive that sitting inside it for two hours a
day will expose the occupant to more than the Government’s recommended maximum
dose over the course of a year".
A car
dealer who bought a contaminated vehicle told the paper: "I decontaminated
repeatedly after the test, and retested the filter of the air conditioner, the
wipers and tyres, replacing them thoroughly, but the radiation level dropped
only to 30 microsieverts
per hour. I decided to sell the vehicle in Japan because I couldn’t afford to
lose the money."
Vehicles
that emit radiation higher than 0.3 microsieverts an hour are banned from
export.
Harbour
authorities barred 660 cars last month because they exceeded the limit.
Channel Five's
motoring show Fifth Gear wanted to see what would happen in a head-on collision
at120 mph, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Organisers refused
to use expensive crash test dummies and instead opted for cheaper mannequins
for the experiment.
The complex
operation saw engineers from MIRA setting up a winch which would thrust the
Ford towards the wall using 16 times the pulling power of a Bugatti Veyron.
As the contraption
was activated, the Ford Focus hurtles towards the concrete wall and is
obliterated on impact.
Within just 60
milliseconds, the car went from 120mph to 0mph with the mannequins subjected to
forces of up to 400g.
Ellie Pearson from
road safety charity Brake praised Fifth Gear for carrying out the test which
demonstrated the potential risk of high-speed driving.
She said:
"Modern cars are capable of reaching immense speeds and it is important
that people realise how dangerous high speed driving is.
"This footage
demonstrates the utter destruction of a high speed impact and hopefully anyone
who sees it will think twice about their speed the next time they drive."
Go on-click
the link; it will make you cringe.
And finally:
Being naked really is good for your skin, according to
research released today.
According to a leading dermatologist, naturists who exposed
their bodies to the elements whatever the season, were found to be more aware
of their skin’s needs.
Nearly half (45 per cent) applied sun protection every day, 82 per cent examine their skin for any abnormalities on a regular basis and eight out of 10 naturists feel that wearing natural fibres such as cotton provide comfort for their skin.
The research carried out by Comfort Pure, showed that those who prefer the fully clothed route do not give their skin the same level of care as naturists, with only a third using fabric softeners to leave clothes soft on skin.
54 per cent of naturists that took part in the study feel very confident about the look and feel of their bodies, compared to only 1 in 10 of their fully clothed counterparts.
Nearly half (45 per cent) applied sun protection every day, 82 per cent examine their skin for any abnormalities on a regular basis and eight out of 10 naturists feel that wearing natural fibres such as cotton provide comfort for their skin.
The research carried out by Comfort Pure, showed that those who prefer the fully clothed route do not give their skin the same level of care as naturists, with only a third using fabric softeners to leave clothes soft on skin.
54 per cent of naturists that took part in the study feel very confident about the look and feel of their bodies, compared to only 1 in 10 of their fully clothed counterparts.
And today’s thought: If you have to choose between two evils
. . . pick the one you've never tried before.
Angus
