Not much vertical movement on the lack of cold liquid metal
gauge, no sign of solar activity, even less atmospheric movement and after
oodles of skywater during the dark thing, not a jot of wet stuff.
Spent a while yestermorn putting coloured stuff on the loo
walls and ceiling with my new “super duper” paint pad thingy:
According to the blurb on the box-
“It paints ceilings effortlessly”-only if there is someone
on the other end of the handle.
“Uses less paint”-true
Does not splatter-true, it just deposits great globs of
coloured stuff on the floor.
Cuts in to “awkward to reach corners”-Nah, not unless said
corners are perfectly square (which none of mine are).
Another problem was that the pad thingy kept falling out of
the holder and like a slice of buttered bread always lands wet side dahn, and
putting it back in was more that a bit messy.
Great for doing the walls, as long as you don’t use it on
the corners (keep a brush handy for those), and put dahn a dust sheet, and don’t
forget to put your wellies on.
Another hint-do not use “non drip” coloured stuff-use the
old fashioned runny paint-it works much better.
But what I did found out was that it was perfect for
painting doors, if you can keep the pad in the holder you can paint both sides
of a door in abaht ten minutes, and it gives a nice smooth finish with no brush
marks.
More hints from Angus the decorator over the next few
days...
Liam (soon to be the ex shadow Work and Pensions Secretary)
Byrne, said cuts to the welfare budget would have to be found because Labour
would inherit a "dog's breakfast". Ed Balls, the shadow Chancellor,
would look at every element of spending, he said and suggested that a Miliband
government could target universal benefits such as the winter fuel allowance
and free bus passes for pensioners.
Mr Byrne said: "There's been a balance in the welfare
state between universal benefits and targeted benefits. And I'm afraid that as
part of Ed's [Balls] zero-based review, that balance has got to be looked at
(including “universal benefits” for old farts).
But “The Labour leadership” slapped down Liam’s faux pas; a
senior source rapidly disowned the comments. He said: "You should be in no
doubt as to our commitment to universal benefits. We believe it gives everyone
a stake in the welfare state."
The issue of scrapping means-testing universal benefits paid
to older people is highly sensitive – not least because of the number of
over-65s who vote.
You bet your arse knobhead...
Hospitals are failing to come clean over mistakes that
result in serious harm to patients, for fear of being sued.
Some patients or their families are waiting over a year
before being given any formal explanation of what led to a “serious incident”,
researchers at Imperial College London have found. Some are never told.
They discovered that “fear of litigation” and “worry of
being accused of malpractice” are among the most important reasons why NHS
trusts are failing to hold open disclosure meetings with patients or their
families.
A fifth of trusts only hold such meetings in a minority of
cases, according to the research, which was based on an online survey sent to
almost 400 patient safety managers. Only 209 responded.
In addition, two-thirds of trusts said they typically held
the first of these meetings more than three months after the internal
investigation had finished. Trust investigations often take months (or years, or
in some cases decades) to complete.
While nine out of 10 trusts had a “board-approved” policy on
open disclosure and awareness was high, the researchers concluded that
“progress is slow and that some trusts have simply failed to recognise the
importance of this issue”.
Although trusts are meant to tell patients or their families
what led to a serious incident, there is no legal requirement for them to do
so.
Peter Walsh, chief executive of the charity Action Against
Medical Accidents said: “This report underlines the desperate need for a
statutory requirement for a duty of candour.”
No surprise there then, after spending three and a half
years trying to squeeze the truth out of Grimly Dark Hospital regarding “Ms” death,
and failing miserably my advice is-forget the “complaints procedure” just sue
the buggers, and most importantly-refer the no mates medics to the GMC, because
if enough people do that eventually even the Piss Poor medical regulator will have
to act despite the old boy’s club and covering each other’s arse.
Polish police have released a photo fit of the prime suspect
in a bank robbery - complete with his ski mask disguise.
The image -
released after a £10,000 bureau de change hold up in Gronowo - shows only the
suspect's brown eyes.
And then detectives
accidentally released the name of their sole witness, who had only agreed to speak
to them if he could remain anonymous.
"We haven't
excelled ourselves this time," admitted police spokesman Tomasz Stawarski.
A western Nebraska man is accused of assaulting his wife
with a sandwich.
The Scottsbluff Star-Herald says 50-year-old Larry Spurling,
of Melbeta, is charged with disturbing the peace. According to the arrest
affidavit, Spurling's wife called 911 late Sunday and reported he pushed her
down during an argument and rubbed a sandwich in her face.
The newspaper says court documents don't detail the
ingredients, but a deputy found several pieces of lunchmeat on the carpet
outside a bedroom and some pieces of bread in the bedroom.
Ah the old luncheon
meat assault ploy.
“Microbial alchemy is what we’re doing – transforming gold
from something that has no value into a solid, precious metal that’s valuable,”
said Kazem Kashefi, assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics.
He and Adam Brown, associate professor of electronic art and
intermedia, found the metal-tolerant bacteria Cupriavidus metallidurans can
grow on massive concentrations of gold chloride – or liquid gold, a toxic
chemical compound found in nature.
In fact, the bacteria are at least 25 times stronger than
previously reported among scientists, the researchers determined in their art
installation, “The Great Work of the Metal Lover,” which uses a combination of
biotechnology, art and alchemy to turn liquid gold into 24-karat gold. The
artwork contains a portable laboratory made of 24-karat gold-plated hardware, a
glass bioreactor and the bacteria, a combination that produces gold in front of
an audience.
Brown and Kashefi fed the bacteria unprecedented amounts of
gold chloride, mimicking the process they believe happens in nature. In about a
week, the bacteria transformed the toxins and produced a gold nugget.
I did that this
morning, or maybe it was the curry I had last night...
And finally:
The East Providence Animal Control Centre is looking for the
owner of a dog that survived being inadvertently transported about 11 miles
from the Taunton area in the grille of a Toyota sedan.
According to William Muggle, animal control supervisor in
East Providence, the driver of the Toyota was travelling about 50 mph on Route
44 near Segregansett Country Club on Sept. 20 when the dog — a white female,
believed to be a poodle-mix — ran into the road.
Muggle said the driver then hit the brakes, and after not seeing the dog anywhere in the roadway, continued along Route 44 into Rhode Island believing he had not struck the dog with his vehicle.
Upon coming to a stoplight in East Providence, the driver was alerted to the dog being wedged in the front of his car by another driver on the road.
Expelius?
That’s it: I’m orf to
hand back some Quasar gasses
And today’s
thought:
I knew FirstGroup
had their figures wrong
Angus
