Egyptian Protestors Defence Equipment …….2011

I have no idea where this originated, but it gave me a smile this afternoon.

It was very encouraging that the Egyptian army was sufficiently disciplined not to attack the protestors, unlike the Iranian regime which has been hanging at least one person a day since the beginning of this year…happily, we’ll never know how effective this armour would have been! Continue reading “Egyptian Protestors Defence Equipment …….2011”

Polls: For Bearsy

I’ve misplaced your e-mail address, Bearsy, but wanted to bring to your attention when setting up the poll for the 4th Photo competition, in the process of posting its link as a comment under that blog, it seems to have chosen Charioteers.org as my website, when quite clearly it is Boa’s. Have you any idea if this is what happens when you run a poll on a particular blogsite, or should I change it to coldwaterjohn.wordpress.com as my blog site? I am uncertain whether that will cause it to disappear altogether or not..

Cheesy romance and cheesy footballs

Being the kind of person who celebrates at the drop of a hat – Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, Easter, Groundhog Day, Talk Like a Pirate Day etc etc I always do something to mark St Valentine’s Day. Continue reading “Cheesy romance and cheesy footballs”

The Immortal Memory

In bygone times, we male Jocks tended to go just a wee touch Neanderthal at this time of year. Not, of course, that this is a bad thing, if hmb happens to be looking in. Personally, I blame it on the long, dark nights, the need to step up the fat content of our diet even higher than usual in order to get close to feeling slightly less than cold and the Six Nations tournament with its inevitable realisation that we are doomed, yet again, to contest the wooden spoon with the Italians. Continue reading “The Immortal Memory”