Idiot Drivers - Monday 20.12.10

Coming back from the Turn Around House in a blizzard, I found myself in a small convoy.

We dribbled along at no more than 5 miles an hour; less usually. I could walk at this speed - most of us can! 

I know what you're thinking, Better safe than sorry, given the conditions.

Well, here are the conditions.

WET, SNOWLESS TARMAC. 

HOW DO THESE PEOPLE GET THROUGH THE DRIVING TEST?

I wondered if, at this speed, we'd end up snowed in, instead of getting to our destination as quickly and safely as possible.

Just thought I'd get that off my chest : /

Walk On The Wild Side - Sunday 19.12.10

Our walk was BUZZED by this jet. No wonder we're having such unseasonal weather.

In this era of mass, global communication, I asked myself, 

How many of those passengers NEEDED to be up there?

A Sign Of Wastefulness - Sunday 19.12.10

This BLOODY SIGN has been annoying me for a few years.

For a start pretty much EVERY INCH OF THE UK IS 'PRIVATE' with rights of way here and there, so that us plebs can travel from place to place. Why state the

BLEEDIN' OBVIOUS?

AND ANOTHER THING:

WHERE DOES THE FOOTPATH GO?

A SIMPLE, MASS PRODUCED, YELLOW ARROW WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE HELPFUL AND MUCH CHEAPER.

Please tell us what we don't necessarily know, not what we all know.

No wonder we're having to shut libraries and youth clubs. Our priorities are skewed.

Frost INSIDE our window Thursday 9.12.10

HELL FIRE AND BRIMSTONE 

this aint!!

In fact this is freezing INSIDE of our living room window, showing that Jack Frost has graced us with a visit.

These days some famous people, who are famously keen to stake a claim on their humble origins, keep banging on about, how, when they were kids, they were so poor that, in winter, they always had frost inside their windows . They shamble on about getting up on freezing mornings and washing (yep, not showering/bathing - no such fripperies in those days), all without the aid of that modern safety net - 

CENTRAL HEATING.

Welcome to my world, famous people.

WELL KIND-A

Our curtains are very heavy. The cold stays out there and the heat in here - just as it did in their day. Once the curtains are opened, the ice melts from the window pain and becomes the scourge of the modern home, condensation. We do have central heating, but use it very little - woodburner and a very small house = amazingly cosy.

Even when we have the lovely double glazing and shutters fitted, we will have condensation and I'll keep my condescension for those attention seeking slummers who demand our sympathy.

PRATS 

LOL