On September 3rd a Vauxhall Frontera 4 X 4 appeared half-way up Mount Snowdon in Wales, stopping some 365 metres from the summit. It confused
Month: September 2011
Iain Dale gets it right about Liverpool being ghastly
Most people in the North-West won’t have heard of Iain Dale before. He’s not a leftie or a hat tipping sycophant going on and on
Sunrise at Mesa Arch
It takes a damn good view to take my breath away. This is absolutely stunning. It was taken by Sharon Thomas who said of it,
Goldman Sachs rule the world not Governments
Ok. Wow! Now then, this is a fascinating piece of broadcasting history. It’s a financial trader telling the stark and gloomy truth. If you’ve not
The mobile phone is killing real life experiences
Why doesn’t anybody actually watch anything any more? I mean, once upon a time one sat at the cinema or theatre and allowed the director
Faster than light neutrinos
My favourite joke of the moment is: “We don’t allow faster than light neutrinos in here” said the bartender. A neutrino walks into a bar.
Are you a Vet?
These pictures tell a story without words… A German tourist jumped into the freezing water and braved being swept away by the strong currents to
Blimping over Liverpool
There’s a place high on hill in Everton, North Liverpool that is part of Everton Park that you can walk or drive to. You can
Does the X Factor encourage racism?
Talent shows on television. Do they encourage racism? Let’s look at the X Factor ‘talent’ show, but we could equally be looking at any or
I’ve seen the future and it’s very cold
So, just as we didn’t need any more bad news, the really bad news is coming. The really bad news is the really bad weather
Analogue clocks are favoured by mad people!
I am not alone in not being able to understand these round things with shapes and a few numbers on that are supposed to tell
Wind farms should be as free as the wind
I live near the sea. When I look out from my house over the sea, to the left of my view I see a huge
Religious people want to fiddle with your sex life
Let’s talk about sex. It would be fairly reasonable to say that you are obsessed with sex. We all are, so don’t worry about it.
Don’t trust those who want to carbon tax us!
There is something fascinating about the debate over Global Warming, or as it’s been rebranded, Climate Change. What is most fascinating is the polarisation, and
A message to the United States of America
To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II In light of your immediate failure to financially manage
2 Up 2 Down
Back in 2008, it was great fun watching ‘2Up 2Down’ the pretend group singing in Peter Kay’s pretend ‘Britain’s Got the Pop Factor… and Possibly a
Honest sex
I’ve long been sympathetic to people who are into strange and unusual sexual practices like swinging. I don’t know this woman, honest I’m not a
The day the muggers won
Mugger caught admiring what he’d stolen A few years ago I was wandering home at just before Midnight when a rather concerned lad in his
Radio North Sea International, the voice of terrorism?
Radio anoraks are so easily led and have been fodder across the years for some pretty outrageous ripping off and false beliefs. To this day,
Equality or Not?
So… a lot of the job application forms, mainly those put out by the politically correct luvvies that run the public sector, suggest that applicants
9/11
So many articles. So many words. So many thoughts. So many lives destroyed. The tenth anniversary of something – anything – else probably wouldn’t cause
Big Polish-only Family Picnic
This is an interesting poster. The only ‘English’ on it is “Big Family Picnic”, plus the name of the major attraction and park in Southport
Wowed by Oooh-boon-chew
I rediscovered an old yet surprisingly powerful desktop PC which had been cast aside because it had Windows Millenium on it and the thought was
Translations to English in England
I keep seeing adverts in my local paper for Interpreters. Somebody, I think it is either local government or the NHS or someone like that,
Let’s make ‘Grassing’ cool
‘Grassing’ is good. No, honest, it’s good to be a ‘grass’. It’s only those who are doing something wrong that want you to believe that
Incompetency based Competency testing
Imagine, if you will, that you can sing. You want to take this further and so you apply to the X Factor. The day of
Statue of David returning to Italy
A bit of cultural news for a welcome change, here via England’s England. Well, it appears that after a two year loan to the United
Tie means a Lie so you Buy
Body language is a funny thing. Through it, you can supposedly tell all you want to know about a person. But there are some people
Big Brother is the new crack cocaine
So, here we are in a Britain with kids wandering aimlessly around in packs. These bored, restless and feral latchkey kids are going out and
The real science trashers
This article was written by Dennis Byrne, originally published via the Chicago Tribune here. Today I am writing about religion. Specifically, about those who worship
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