Haven't been on here for a while...I have had a really heavy cold, not man flu...couldn't have been man flu because I didn't go to bed and just lay there dying.
After I was over the worst of it I decided to take my little one down to the local park to fly his helicopter that he had for Christmas, (he hasn't been able to fly it before as the weather hasn't been good enough).
Anyway there we are stood in the middle of the rugby pitch, we put the helicopter on the grass, and yaaaayyyyy we had lift off for about 15 seconds then I crashed it....So I had a 5 year old looking at me and saying"Your not very good are you!!". After that it wouldn't take off again. so now I have it on charge and am hoping that it will once again soar into the air, and this time hopefully for longer. Maybe he would be better with the controls.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Monday, February 02, 2009
Well the snow has fallen over parts of the UK ...and guess what ....YES roads and schools even airports are closed( or were for a while)..... WE haven't had much here so the school will still be open.
I remember when I lived in Germany for a while...they got on with it, the snow falling didn't stop them ...why oh why can't the Brits???
I phoned to school to be sure they were open and was told by a teacher..."yes we are open, but...if it starts snowing be prepared to get a phone call and come and collect your child/children, you can send them if you want it's up to you"...as at the time it was snowing I didn't send them...It's okay me walking two miles in the snow to get them but can you imagine them walking home.....
I remember when I lived in Germany for a while...they got on with it, the snow falling didn't stop them ...why oh why can't the Brits???
I phoned to school to be sure they were open and was told by a teacher..."yes we are open, but...if it starts snowing be prepared to get a phone call and come and collect your child/children, you can send them if you want it's up to you"...as at the time it was snowing I didn't send them...It's okay me walking two miles in the snow to get them but can you imagine them walking home.....
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Will we grind to a halt again???
Today is Sunday and it's freezing outside. They have forcast snow for tomorrow...if it does snow then the school won't open( or if it snows when the kids are in school we will all get phone calls to tell us to go and pick them up) as this country grinds to a halt when the white stuff begins to fall.
The village I live gets cut off from the outside world if we have more than 2" of the stuff, so people will start panic buying in the local shops, all the bread and milk will go, and the shops will start rationing it......me I keep dried milk in the cupboard, and I have a bread maker and all the stuff I need to make my own...but that is beside the point, why does this happen everytime we have a bit of the white stuff...it's not as though the powers that be haven't been warned this weather is on the way..can't they just prepare for it. Of course they can't that would be to logical.
The village I live gets cut off from the outside world if we have more than 2" of the stuff, so people will start panic buying in the local shops, all the bread and milk will go, and the shops will start rationing it......me I keep dried milk in the cupboard, and I have a bread maker and all the stuff I need to make my own...but that is beside the point, why does this happen everytime we have a bit of the white stuff...it's not as though the powers that be haven't been warned this weather is on the way..can't they just prepare for it. Of course they can't that would be to logical.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Is this his future?????
I'm sat here watching my 5 yr old play with his Thomas Train set, and I began to wonder what his life will be like when he's an adult living in the uk...
He'll be able to access the internet through broadband anywhere in the UK. Although he won't be allowed to own a PC save energy and all that.
He won't be able to eat in his own house, it will be communal food halls, just to make sure no one eat anything that is bad for them and can cause obseity. Although the powers that be will be able to.
He won't be allowed to have transport of his own, he will have to use communal transport, global warming and all that, although the powers that be will have their own.
He won't be able to grow his own food, that will be done in state run farms, just to make sure they are the right size and shape.
He will only be allowed to wear clothes that are recycable.
He will only be allowed to have lights on at certain times, we need to save power you know.
He will not be able to exercise for longer than half an hour each day, the co2 the body puts out when exercising is bad for the enviroment.
All cows will be kept in one place so the co2 they give out can be harnessed and put to good use.
It will be a society of don't do as I do do as I tell you.....
For those who think this can't happen....don't hold your breath....
He'll be able to access the internet through broadband anywhere in the UK. Although he won't be allowed to own a PC save energy and all that.
He won't be able to eat in his own house, it will be communal food halls, just to make sure no one eat anything that is bad for them and can cause obseity. Although the powers that be will be able to.
He won't be allowed to have transport of his own, he will have to use communal transport, global warming and all that, although the powers that be will have their own.
He won't be able to grow his own food, that will be done in state run farms, just to make sure they are the right size and shape.
He will only be allowed to wear clothes that are recycable.
He will only be allowed to have lights on at certain times, we need to save power you know.
He will not be able to exercise for longer than half an hour each day, the co2 the body puts out when exercising is bad for the enviroment.
All cows will be kept in one place so the co2 they give out can be harnessed and put to good use.
It will be a society of don't do as I do do as I tell you.....
For those who think this can't happen....don't hold your breath....
Friday, January 30, 2009
Every home will have.....
Gordon Brown has said that every home, school doctors surgery etc will have broadband by 2012.
Hey what does it matter that thousands are losing their jobs and homes every month, just so long as everyone has got broadband.
I saw on the news that one school in London said they couldn't teach without the internet...All the pupils were sat facing a big screen watching it...bit like using the internet as a babysitter while the teachers did what?????
When I was in school there was no internet, we used books, pen and paper..did research in the library from books. Then again we knew how to read and write before we left school, hey maybe I'm old fashioned but I believe in the three R's.
What happens if you don't want broadband in your house are they going to make you take it? Say you don't have, need or want a computer in your house maybe it will go something like this.....
Knock on door
HH (Householder) Yes can I help you?
BBF(Broadband fitter) Hello I have come to connect you up to broadband.
HH But I don't want broadband.
BBF Sorry, the Government has said every home must have broadband.
HH I don't have a phone let alone a computer.
BBF Don't have a computer??, what do you do with yourself in the cold dark nights.
HH I read books
BBf Books what are they?
HH Eh you what?
BBf Only joking I know what books are, but that is old fashioned and you can read lots more on the internet.
HH No thanks, I like reading books
BBF Sorry but I have to install this
HH I'm not letting you in
BBF That's okay, I'll let myself in when you go out, I'm allowed to do that you know I am also food police.
HH But I'm living in a tent, on a traffic island in the middle of a main road, where are you going to put it.
BBF Tell you what, you apply for planning permission the extend your tent 5 inches and I will put it out here,
HH planning permission to extend my tent..your kidding..
BBF No you are not allowed to extend any dwelling without planning permission. While I'm here I will check out your food stores as well, make sure you have nothing illegal like full cream milk etc.
HH Go away.
BBF Nearly finished installing it, I will be gone soon
HH This is pointless.
BBF This is the Governments way of making sure every home has has the same opportunity.
HH Why not use the money to create some jobs, or lift people out of poverty, give to the NHS or schools.
BBF Just doing my job mate, not my job to tell the Government what to spend tax payers money on.
After the BBf has gone the HH goes down to local travel agents and books a one way ticket to the moon .....only to find when he gets there that Gordon has got there first and is installing broadband ............
Hey what does it matter that thousands are losing their jobs and homes every month, just so long as everyone has got broadband.
I saw on the news that one school in London said they couldn't teach without the internet...All the pupils were sat facing a big screen watching it...bit like using the internet as a babysitter while the teachers did what?????
When I was in school there was no internet, we used books, pen and paper..did research in the library from books. Then again we knew how to read and write before we left school, hey maybe I'm old fashioned but I believe in the three R's.
What happens if you don't want broadband in your house are they going to make you take it? Say you don't have, need or want a computer in your house maybe it will go something like this.....
Knock on door
HH (Householder) Yes can I help you?
BBF(Broadband fitter) Hello I have come to connect you up to broadband.
HH But I don't want broadband.
BBF Sorry, the Government has said every home must have broadband.
HH I don't have a phone let alone a computer.
BBF Don't have a computer??, what do you do with yourself in the cold dark nights.
HH I read books
BBf Books what are they?
HH Eh you what?
BBf Only joking I know what books are, but that is old fashioned and you can read lots more on the internet.
HH No thanks, I like reading books
BBF Sorry but I have to install this
HH I'm not letting you in
BBF That's okay, I'll let myself in when you go out, I'm allowed to do that you know I am also food police.
HH But I'm living in a tent, on a traffic island in the middle of a main road, where are you going to put it.
BBF Tell you what, you apply for planning permission the extend your tent 5 inches and I will put it out here,
HH planning permission to extend my tent..your kidding..
BBF No you are not allowed to extend any dwelling without planning permission. While I'm here I will check out your food stores as well, make sure you have nothing illegal like full cream milk etc.
HH Go away.
BBF Nearly finished installing it, I will be gone soon
HH This is pointless.
BBF This is the Governments way of making sure every home has has the same opportunity.
HH Why not use the money to create some jobs, or lift people out of poverty, give to the NHS or schools.
BBF Just doing my job mate, not my job to tell the Government what to spend tax payers money on.
After the BBf has gone the HH goes down to local travel agents and books a one way ticket to the moon .....only to find when he gets there that Gordon has got there first and is installing broadband ............
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Food Police
I'm sat here watching the news and they are on about banning 15 year olds from drinking..... errrrr silly me I thought the law in the UK was you had to be 18 to drink....then again with the government that we have got you never know where you are with them, they may have lowered the drinking age and just not told anyone....
Seems we are also going to have food police now as well, who will have 24 hour training lol ....can you imagine it....there you are sat in your house and there's a knock at your door...
FP(Food Police)-Hello we have come to inspect the contents of your fridge cupboards and bin.
HH(Householder) Well I really don't want you in my house go away.
FP. We have the power to enter your house and do this without a warrent, without a judge saying we can.
HH. What? Are you saying you can enter my house at anytime you want to see what food I have.
FP. Yes the Government have given us these powers.
HH.To just look and see what I have?
FP. Yes and to tell you about sell by dates and best before dates
HH. Well I already know about them go away.
FP. No we are coming in.
After entering the house and inspecting the fridge and cupboards, the FP sit you down with food that they say is bad for you, that they took out of your fridge etc.
FP. You can't eat this it's chocolate and that can cause obesity, you had two blocks of cheese and too much is bad for you, you mustn't have full cream milk, those yoghurts are not low fat ones. This cream caks says eat on day of purchase so that has to go as well
HH but I was going to eat that later I only bought it today
Fp No sorry it's bad for you
HH This is stupid...
FP We are doing our job, you may keep all the friut and veg that we saw although we are taking these bananas and cucumbers as they are too bent...you must buy straighter ones
Hh Your nuts. I grew those cucumbers myself.
FP Then we will have to inspect those that you are growing, if they are bent like these then they will be confiscated.
Hh shakes head in bewilderment
Fp We also looked in your bin...you cannot throw out any food in that...you have to have a slop bucket under your sink for all food that is not eaten. then it will be collected on the due collection date for non eaten food ...remember to seperate it all though, meat in one veg all in seperate buckets for each item , non cooked in another one all seperated of course.
HH You have got to be kidding me....how often will all that be collected?
Fp Once a month.
HH My house will stink...I'm not doing that.
Fp We have the power to fine you £1000 pounds per item in your bin if you don't, and £1000 per item that has not been seperated properly.
HH Get out of my house, leave all my food behind as well, your nuts all of you.
FP no we can't do that, we are also issuing a fine because you have insulted the humble nuts that grow on trees , that's racism against nuts.
HH Get out.
After closing the door on the FP the Householder logs on to the net, and makes plans to escape from the nanny state that is now the UK....
Seems we are also going to have food police now as well, who will have 24 hour training lol ....can you imagine it....there you are sat in your house and there's a knock at your door...
FP(Food Police)-Hello we have come to inspect the contents of your fridge cupboards and bin.
HH(Householder) Well I really don't want you in my house go away.
FP. We have the power to enter your house and do this without a warrent, without a judge saying we can.
HH. What? Are you saying you can enter my house at anytime you want to see what food I have.
FP. Yes the Government have given us these powers.
HH.To just look and see what I have?
FP. Yes and to tell you about sell by dates and best before dates
HH. Well I already know about them go away.
FP. No we are coming in.
After entering the house and inspecting the fridge and cupboards, the FP sit you down with food that they say is bad for you, that they took out of your fridge etc.
FP. You can't eat this it's chocolate and that can cause obesity, you had two blocks of cheese and too much is bad for you, you mustn't have full cream milk, those yoghurts are not low fat ones. This cream caks says eat on day of purchase so that has to go as well
HH but I was going to eat that later I only bought it today
Fp No sorry it's bad for you
HH This is stupid...
FP We are doing our job, you may keep all the friut and veg that we saw although we are taking these bananas and cucumbers as they are too bent...you must buy straighter ones
Hh Your nuts. I grew those cucumbers myself.
FP Then we will have to inspect those that you are growing, if they are bent like these then they will be confiscated.
Hh shakes head in bewilderment
Fp We also looked in your bin...you cannot throw out any food in that...you have to have a slop bucket under your sink for all food that is not eaten. then it will be collected on the due collection date for non eaten food ...remember to seperate it all though, meat in one veg all in seperate buckets for each item , non cooked in another one all seperated of course.
HH You have got to be kidding me....how often will all that be collected?
Fp Once a month.
HH My house will stink...I'm not doing that.
Fp We have the power to fine you £1000 pounds per item in your bin if you don't, and £1000 per item that has not been seperated properly.
HH Get out of my house, leave all my food behind as well, your nuts all of you.
FP no we can't do that, we are also issuing a fine because you have insulted the humble nuts that grow on trees , that's racism against nuts.
HH Get out.
After closing the door on the FP the Householder logs on to the net, and makes plans to escape from the nanny state that is now the UK....
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