Flood Aftermath

We have been regular visitors to the North Lakes area for years. On our most recent visit a few weeks ago we took a trip to the coast and visited Workington, Whitehaven, Silloth and Cockermouth.
Workington like so many places these days had a rather frayed round the edges look about it but it had a [...]

Children in Need

I wrote about it here a year ago.
I will of course contribute a few quid to the charidee for it no doubt helps some very worthy causes.
I just think it’s a sad day in a supposedly civilised society when office staff and civil servants have to behave like complete tubes in public to highlight the [...]

Heartening News

In April 2008 I wrote about the news that drinking whisky can protect you from cancer

This morning in this article on the BBC I find that “Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests.”
I’m waiting for a survey which tries to [...]

Unsurprising Headlines of the Day

Commonwealth/Olympic Games Short of Budget
(Insert name of currently unemployed football manager) Flattered to be Linked With Scotland Job
Smith Linked With Scotland Job
Colin and Justin/Jordan/Samantha Fox say “(Insert vacuous rubbish here)”
Jedward (that’s enough headlines – ed.)
On other pages:
Bears Defecating Habits Continue to Centre on Wooded Areas
Pope Confirms He Is Roman Catholic
One Legged Man Swims in a [...]

Haud Me Back!

It’s not often this blog turns to the Sun for inspiration but I spotted this in yesterday’s scan of one of my staff’s copy (I only read it for the football!)
This is brilliant. “I’ve got my car keys here but what did I do with the antidote?”
A SUBSTANCE said to give the feeling of booze [...]

Middle Class Shoplifting

Interesting article in this morning’s Telegraph:
(The middle class) are responsible for a surge in the crime to new heights, the annual study by the Centre for Retail Research for retail security company Checkpoint Systems found.
The average shoplifting ‘bill’ now tops £80, while shoplifting has risen by 20 per cent in the last year to £4.88 [...]

Going to Hell in a Handcart

Last night before the gig, I was passing some time in a Helensburgh hostelry. Readers will know that this blog does not watch any Saturday night telly, lest it is confronted with any of  the various retards who pass for entertainment on these “talent” shows that pollute the airwaves at that time.
Because something called X [...]

Boxing Day

To be honest, this blog isn’t really a big fan of the boxing.
Having said that whilst growing up in the seventies I was hooked on the fabulous Ali fights with Joe Frazier and George Foreman and later would follow Marvin Haggler and the like. I haven’t been interested much since.
However this week I have been [...]

Random Pictures

Range of Options?

Having made the joke yesterday, only after that did I realise just how serious the situation at Rangers is. Only when a Scottish secretary by the name of Jim Murphy broke off from negotiations, to persuade the pope to come over for a visit, to highlight the cultural importance of Rangers FC did it become [...]