Loads of lack of warm, little atmospheric movement, less
solar activity and lean amounts of skywater at the Castle this morn.
Going to “do” the last bit of splashing coloured stuff on
the vertical bits, some of the high horizontal bits and low flat bits this
weekend, the ladder is out and I have a parachute and safety net at the ready.
Motorists are putting off essential maintenance on their
cars because of the rising cost of driving, a survey has discovered.
Eight per cent of people admitted to delaying essential car
maintenance, and 37 per cent to ignoring strange engine noises and dashboard
warning lights. 47 per cent delay tyre replacement until the tread is at or
below the legal minimum, and 22 per cent who do not replace brake pads. The
result, if taken across total car ownership, is about one million cars on the
road with unsafe tyres and brakes, said Halfords.
The survey also revealed that in order to save money 27 per
cent of people said they had switched from main dealerships to independent
garages.
Dangerously interesting...
This: younger men are more likely to be able to bake a cake
than change a tyre, a survey has revealed.
The poll in
a survey carried out for JCB Toughphones showed that one in five men under 24 admitted they had never gotten
their hands dirty doing DIY tasks.
It revealed that only 15 per cent knew how to jump-start a car, 17 per cent to change a tyre and only 28 per cent said they could change a plug.
But it appears the younger generation feel much more at home in the kitchen with over 70 per cent knowing how to bake a cake.
Those in the 25-34 age group fared marginally better but were similarly useless compared with older men.
Men aged 45 and older were much handier with "manly" jobs, with three-quarters of men over 55 knowing how to tackle more challenging tasks such as wallpapering.
It revealed that only 15 per cent knew how to jump-start a car, 17 per cent to change a tyre and only 28 per cent said they could change a plug.
But it appears the younger generation feel much more at home in the kitchen with over 70 per cent knowing how to bake a cake.
Those in the 25-34 age group fared marginally better but were similarly useless compared with older men.
Men aged 45 and older were much handier with "manly" jobs, with three-quarters of men over 55 knowing how to tackle more challenging tasks such as wallpapering.
Interestingly dangerous...
A 1971 Fiat 500 L once owned by Prime Minister David Cameron
is being auctioned on November 17.
The fully restored car has been estimated at between £8,000
to £12,000 by Silverstone Auctions and will go under the
hammer on November 17 at the Footman James Classic Motor Show at the NEC.
It was bought by pre-U-Turn Cam in 1998 as a surprise
birthday present for his wife Samantha. The Cameron’s covered only about 1,000
miles in the 10 years that they owned the diminutive Fiat, which has a 499cc
twin-cylinder engine.
The car comes with supporting paperwork confirming the prime
Monster’s ownership, including a signed letter from him on House of Commons
headed paper.
Piece of seventies Italian shite....
Nursery school teacher Melanie Minnie was pulled over by police in South
Africa after they spotted her and more than a lot of kiddlies in her motor
heading for a burger bar.
Officers found a total of nineteen passengers under the age
of consent- Six children were found in the car’s boot, at least three were on
the front seat and the remaining 10 piled into the back.
The toddlers were
eventually removed from the car, all unharmed.
Ms Minnie told
police she was in the process of ferrying a second car-load of youngsters back
to the nursery.
Apparently, another
12 children had already been bundled into the Clio.
She was fined just
over £100 after admitting she overloaded the motor for the bizarre trip
What a cupid stunt...
Welsh bachelor Gareth Lloyd, 49, has avoided a jail term
after making nearly 6,000 phone calls in three months saying his manhood was
stuck in household objects including a jam jar and a vacuum cleaner.
The court heard an extensive search was launched to track
down the nuisance caller.
Lloyd, of Bryn y Coed, Holywell, made 5,800 calls from an
unregistered pay-as-you-go mobile phone between February and April.
BT traced the number but police could not find him.
He was only caught when his number came up on another mobile
phone police were analysing.
Lloyd admitted making calls which caused annoyance,
inconvenience and needless anxiety, and making calls which were grossly
offensive.
He was given a 12-month community order after pleading
guilty to three charges under the Telecommunications Act.
That guy needs a proper hobby....
Word that a giant eyeball
had washed up on a South Florida beach has created a buzz on the Internet and
in the marine biology community.
The huge, blue
eyeball may have come from a deep sea squid or a large sword fish, said Heather
Bracken-Grissom, an assistant professor in the marine science program at Florida
International University in Miami.
A man found the
eyeball while taking a morning stroll along Pompano Beach just north of Fort
Lauderdale. He contacted state wildlife officials, who took possession of the
softball-sized eyeball.
Allegedly the
eyeball's lens and pupil are similar in shape to that of a deep sea squid. She
noted that a deep sea squid's eyeball can be as large as a soccer ball and can
easily become dislodged.
The mystery likely won't be solved until testing on
the eyeball is completed at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in
St. Petersburg.
Well, eye’ll be buggered....
And finally:
Comes this interesting piece of info
Click on the pic to read the item
Missed out again....
That’s it: I’m orf to illuminate
a manuscript
And today’s thought:
She can change my oil anytime she wants
Angus
