Category: General

First Name

Now I know why I need the Chariot. If your e-mail service didn’t work in the last hour – you can blame me. I wouldn’t be one bit surprised if the e-mail I’ve just blasted to my electricity supplier burnt the system to a cinder…

For some reason, not at the moment ascertainable, Bearsy put the electricity account in his name. I have a query on the bill, but due to *!*!* Privacy laws I cannot get an answer to that query. I have explained on the phone and by e-mail – and all I’ve got is the ‘Standard Reply’: Bearsy must contact them directly and make me an ‘authorised’ person … I have asked whether the electricity company will accept ‘my’ money to pay the bill that I’m not allowed to query… Well, we all know the answer to that. Continue reading “First Name”

A male fairytale

Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, “Will you marry me?”

The Princess said, “No!!!”

And the Prince lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and banged skinny long-legged big-titted broads and hunted and fished and raced cars and went to naked bars and dated women half his age and drank whiskey, beer and Jack D and never heard bitching and never paid child support or alimony and banged cheerleaders and kept his house and guns and ate spam and potato chips and beans and blew enormous farts and never got cheated on while he was at work and all his friends and family thought he was frikin cool as hell and he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up.

The end.

Dewani appeal decision

Anni Dewani

Two High court judges have ruled that the extradition of Anni Dewani’s husband, accused by South African authorities of masterminding the murder of his wife be temporarily halted. (DT article here)

They haven’t upheld the appeal but temporarily halted it.

Members may recall that on the 10th August, 2011 District Judge Howard Riddle approved the extradition request a decision subsequently approved by The UK Home Secretary (Theresa May.)

It was decided by the High Court judges that Shrien Dewani is too unwell to stand trial, he is apparently suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD.) They added that  it was plainly in the interests of justice that he should be extradited “as soon as he is fit” to be tried.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Anni’s family, still no finality.

Meanwhile, Shrein remains locked up in some nuthouse somewhere or other, I view it as a self imposed life sentence, his life must be an absolute misery at the moment, far better for him to recover, go to Cape Town and end the matter one way or the other.

Cheers Bearsy!

Well mate. I’m not sure where you are right now but here’s wishing you and the Mrs a good day and hoping you can join me for a pint next time.

For your information Boadicea, this picture was taken in the Snug Bar at the Half Moon Hotel, Herne Hill, South London last Saturday. My dad met an old school friend and we did a pub crawl, ending up at Dulwich Village at the Crown and Greyhound. Earlier in the day Continue reading “Cheers Bearsy!”

What sort of Wuck Fits are they

honestly I despair at the morons that ruining (not running) this country. Some idiot minister announced that with petrol tanker drivers going on strike we had better stock up. Result, empty petrol stations and long queues at those with fuel.

As for stocking up it is illegal to hold more than 5 gallons (I think that’s the amount) it shows the powers that be are on another planet.

What are the criteria for being a politician@?

Stupid

dishonest

liar

no idea of life

sycophantic

Any others?

 

 

An odd exhibition

On Monday night I watched a documentary on Channel 5 entitled “Inside Titanic”. It was horrifying to learn all the shortcomings of the vessel, where appearances had taken precedence over basic  safety.  To send the SOS signal the captain had to get an officer to run from the bridge to the Marconi room some distance away. There was no communication between the powerhouse of the ship, the boiler rooms, and the Chief Engineer in his engine room.  So when water flooded in to the boiler rooms,  the engineers were told to proceed at half speed, thus forcing even more of the Atlantic into the vessel.  We all know about the bulkheads that did not run all the way up to the ceilings because that would have spoiled the layout of the corridors.   Water pouring over the top of these bulkheads contributed to the even swifter demise of the ship, as did the long straight corridor that ran the entire length.  The captain wanted to keep his ship on as even a keel as possible to enable the life boats to be lowered quickly and safely, but this was not feasible.

I remember that when we sailed on the France, it was at times necessary to go up or down from one deck to another to get from bow to stern.  One lesson learned.  One night the engines stopped and this woke us up. We learned next morning that the captain had had to change course because of iceberg warnings. It was a year when the bergs came farther south in the Atlantic than usual. According to reports, however, when the Titanic stopped its engines, passengers did not wake up and the crew had to wake as many as possible and get them on deck in their life-jackets.

In view of everything wrong about the Titanic, I cannot understand why Belfast is hosting an exhibition to demonstrate how wrong its shipbuilders got it, at the cost of hundreds of lives.