Quite a lot of lack of warm, not a lot of skywater, even
less atmospheric movement and nary a glimmer of solar stuff at the Castle this
morn, Blogger and IE are still conspiring to stop me putting photos into this
piss poor blog and his Maj has discovered the joy of lying underneath the
radiators in an attempt to maximise his heat rating.
The “experts” at the Met thingy have issued a yellow 'be
aware' warning for snow and ice across the whole of southern England, the
Midlands and Wales on Saturday.
Apparently Around 1-2cm of snow could fall across London and
the South West on Saturday morning, before the wintry showers head further
south towards Southampton and the South Coast.
The East Coast is also likely to see a covering, while
northern areas such as Lincolnshire and Yorkshire could see as much as 5-7cm.
Temperatures are expected to plummet to as low as -9C in the
early part of next week with widespread frosts forecast for the weekend.
This means of course that if “they” are actually correct and
more than a metric millimetre settles on the ground then the whole of Blighty
will grind to a halt for at least four days.
Makes you proud.....
A bit of two day old news:
Members of Parliament believe they deserve a pay hike of
one-third – with nearly 70 per cent believing that they are underpaid for the
job they do.
Conservative members of Parliament on average would like a
£31,000 increase in their basic salary – to £96,000 a year – while their Labour
counterparts feel they deserve a £12,000 hike to £77,000, according to an
anonymised survey carried out by the Independent Parliamentary Standards
Authority (Ipsa). MPs are currently paid around £65,000 a year.
Yeah right: Now let me see, the average-ish salary increase
for those lucky enough to have employment is about 1-2 percent, the increase in
benefits for those not striving is going to be 1 percent.
I reckon that a 1.5 percent increase in our money that is
given to Members of Piss-poor-arliament is a fair increase-don’t you?
Apparently an 18th
century cannon was found loaded with gun powder and a cannon ball Friday during
a routine cleaning at the Central Park Conservancy.
Residual gun powder
was spotted after a piece of rust was removed from the cannon, exposing the
cannon ball, New York City Police said. Authorities were summoned to remove the
gun powder and make the cannon safe for public display. The cannon came from a
British Royal Navy Ship, the HMS Hussar, circa 1763 to 1780.
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said "We silenced British cannon fire in 1776 and we don't want to hear it again in Central Park,"
I think that about
sums up the USA’s attitude to us Brits...
An allegedly
intoxicated tree trimmer dangled 40 feet off the ground for nearly two hours
Monday evening before rescuers were able to get him down from of a Eucalyptus
tree in a heavily wooded, residential area of Brentwood.
"We were
concerned about his condition because he seemed lethargic and once we got him
down, we found that he had consumed a significant amount of alcohol from a
bottle of tequila that he had in his work belt with him," said Battalion
Chief Brian Schultz with City of Los Angeles Fire Department.
Thirty-two fire-fighters responded to the scene and used
ropes, a harness and 35-foot ladders to rescue the tree trimmer, according to
Erik Scott with LAFD.
Good job it wasn’t in broke Blighty-there would only have
been an old fart with a loft ladder available.....
A pants calendar of men posing in their underwear with
classic 1970s cars is proving an unlikely success in Germany.
The pictures - featuring male models of all shapes and sizes - show some classic bodywork has aged better than others.
One bearded model poses in a pair of baggy brown Y-fronts, holding a chainsaw, as he stands beside a classic Audi Quattro.
Another model in the £25 calendar is seen posing proudly in front of a Volvo Amazon while wearing skin-tight leopard-skin print trunks.
Creator Janet Schurmeyer, from Wuppertal, says she and a photographer pal dreamed up the calendar as an antidote to traditional poses of semi-clad women draped over curvy sports cars.
"We only use men - most of them are our friends - and they are often not wearing the most attractive underwear, whatever it is they feel comfortable in" she explained.
The pictures - featuring male models of all shapes and sizes - show some classic bodywork has aged better than others.
One bearded model poses in a pair of baggy brown Y-fronts, holding a chainsaw, as he stands beside a classic Audi Quattro.
Another model in the £25 calendar is seen posing proudly in front of a Volvo Amazon while wearing skin-tight leopard-skin print trunks.
Creator Janet Schurmeyer, from Wuppertal, says she and a photographer pal dreamed up the calendar as an antidote to traditional poses of semi-clad women draped over curvy sports cars.
"We only use men - most of them are our friends - and they are often not wearing the most attractive underwear, whatever it is they feel comfortable in" she explained.
"There is a minimum age of 20 years for the cars. For
the men it is 18," she added.
If you must you can see the calendar HERE
Come on guys, we Brits could do much better than that.
A pensioner has
been cleared of registering a dummy to stand in a local government election.
• Renee Slater
entered a mannequin called Helena Torry into Aberdeen council elections last
year
• Case dismissed on
technicality - Presiding Officer says he “will have no hesitation” in referring
similar cases to police
Renee-Margaret
Slater went on trial accused of entering a mannequin as a candidate in last
year’s city council election in Aberdeen.
The 64-year-old lodged the name of Helena Torry on
an official nomination document and delivered the paperwork to the returning
officer at the city town house.
The former Labour councillor went on trial facing a
charge under the Representation of People Act 1983 earlier this week. But
yesterday the pensioner was cleared because the sheriff ruled that the charge
was not relevant to the case.
Defence lawyer Gregor Kelly argued that the charge
against his client related to parliamentary elections and local government
elections in England and Wales. And Sheriff Peter Hammond upheld the submission
that his client had no case to answer.
Following the hearing, Ms Slater said: “I just want
to thank the people who helped out, the friends of Helena Torry who raised the
funds for it. I couldn’t get legal aid.
“She ended up with a personality, and certainly has
more charisma than some politicians.
Hear! Hear! And we wouldn’t have them whingeing about how
poor they are....
That’s it: I’m orf to
dismantle the asteroid shelter
And today’s thought:
A note for U-Turn Cam-hopefully
Angus
