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Cigarette packaging – Oz

Last evening the conversation moved to the new legislation enforcing ‘plain’ cigarette packaging in Australia.

Plain packaging? How do retailers and customers distinguish the different brands we thought?

Well then, a little research this morning established that the boxes are anything but plain, they have graphic pictures and warnings on them (too shocking in my opinion to present to you on the main page here, but I’ve included a pic on the next page.)

It appears that the brand name is relegated to the lower ½ inch or so on the front of the pack.

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That’s not a cat…..

THIS is a cat. For scaling purposes that cake tin is the standard size of an old double-layered Rovers Assorted biscuit tin and everything else is normal, including the gap between the worktop and the wall cupboards. He owns some friends of ours and I took the photo.

A dog’s life

This picture adorned the front page of my daily read yesterday, I thought I’d share.

End of the world or Armageddon or what?

According to the Mayan calendar the world will end on 21st December. If this is the case, why am I worrying about my outfit for son’s wedding on 23rd?

According to some others what will happen is not so much the end of the world as the end of the world as we know it. This would presumably mean the wedding breakfast couldn’t be cooked if there’s no electricity.

Read here

I wish these people would get their stories straight, though I realise the Maya are not around to be consulted. If they are correct, there are some characters who will find themselves at the Pearly Gates clutching a tin of sardines and looking rather foolish.

I think I shall concentrate on my finery.

Zuma Fish & Chips ad

I’m not quite sure whether our national broadcaster refused to flight the ad or if it was withdrawn by the agency, whichever, it has been in the news recently and stirred quite a controversy!

Beautiful

Natalie Wood.

July 20 1938- November 29 1981.

Rotten luck

Of all the rotten luck!

The driver of this bus was early for his shift, he parked under (perhaps) the shade of the flyover waiting for his slot to open at the terminus, there he was, minding his own business when…. Continue reading “Rotten luck”

Guy Fawkes Innocent – New Evidence

Government records disclosed after a four hundred year embargo prove that Fawkes was innocent of any wrongdoing. He was in the cellars conducting an audit of tally sticks which showed that members of parliament had been abusing their prerequisites.

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Just a quick reminder to all budding photographers

Having just got back from a trip to see son and daughter-in-law in the good ol’ US of A for Thanksgiving celebrations, courtesy of Tricky Dicky’s nice new Airbuses, I would just like to remind you that December the 1st is rapidly approaching.

This means the deadline of the latest photo comp is coming up. There are already some really good ones, but don’t let that stop you from submitting your masterpiece!

https://charioteers.org/2012/10/29/photo-comp-34-autumn/

“A totally impertinent question”

Quoth Lord Patten of Barnes, CH, PC, yada yada, today when questioned by a Commons Select Committee about his daily duties as Chairman of the BBC Trust. Now I have to admit that I’d be a little miffed in the present climate of expenses abuses and second home flipping with a MP taking a holier-than-thou attitude, but I worked in the private sector all my life and Patten has had his snout in the public purse himself since day one and has never, as far as I can ascertain, ever generated any wealth for anything apart from Chris PLC.

Listen, Tubby, maybe the question came from an unfortunate source, but your response was absolutely bang out of order – a bit like B grade ‘celeb’ Liz Hurley referring once to “civilians”, i.e. us, the taxpaying general public. We pay your salary, Chris, baby, and we have a right to know how it is spent, so get over yourself.

Oh, Celtic, my fur’s gone all frizzy again.

OZ.