Hubble Worth All The Trouble
This week the papers have been full of remarkable images taken by the newly refurbished Hubble telescope. It’s taken a while and no doubt cost a bob or two. But apparently all the effort has been worthwhile.
According to NASA, they prove the mission carried out by astronauts in May to service Hubble was [...]
Panama
Whichever way you look at it, the Panama Canal must be one of the greatest investments. On a par with the USA purchasing Alaska from Russia perhaps. But the thing about the Panama Canal is that it offers a short cut that effectively misses out all of South America. Not good news [...]
September 8, 2009Two on the One Show
I cannot be the only one intrigued by the One Show on BBC? Every day an amiable (but miserable-looking) Brummie and an Irish girl try and brighten up our evenings with a host of little stories and semi-topical features. They are joined by a stream of non-entities and wannabees of varying degrees of [...]
September 8, 2009Should sewage be served warm or cold?
It’s enough to make you feel sick. Apparently an outbreak of norovirus which struck down more than 500 diners at Heston Blumenthal’s award-winning Fat Duck restaurant was caused in part by raw shellfish which may have been contaminated with human sewage, an official report concludes.
The “culinary alchemist” temporarily shut the three Michelin star [...]
Airline Bomb Plotters Locked Up
It’s rare indeed for some event on the news to deeply affect us all for years. But the guilty verdicts handed out to some home-grown extremists with a penchant for knocking airliners out of the sky with soft drink bombs has certainly caused angst to all of us many times.
Only a few weeks [...]
Ant & Dec Scoop Unknown Tele Awards
I see from the news today that those loathsome Geordies that seem to infest any crap television show on ITV have won some awards. The allegedly popular telly presenters picked up a hat-trick of prizes at the event at London’s Dorchester hotel, including Best Entertainment Show for Saturday Night Takeaway and an Outstanding Contribution [...]
September 5, 2009Protesting against Stansted protestors
If, like me you live near Stansted airport- you live with the constant threat of unwanted noise pollution. Not from planes I hasten to mention, but from protestors knocking on my door wanting me to sign some pointless bit of nonsense. You see I believe Stansted Airport os a superb amenity. And [...]
September 4, 2009Always on the phone
The trouble with being self-employed is that you really should be available day and night. This means being available on the telephone at any time. You never know when someone might need you.
Sod’s law inevitably means that you will be needed at the most inconvenient times. That’s why it pays [...]
Millionaire’s secret is a secret no longer
Interesting snippet of news today that one of the alleged millionaires in that hideous TV programme ‘The Secret Millionaire’ turns out to have about £30million less than you and I. According to the BBC today, a Nottingham businessman who featured in the TV series Secret Millionaire has been declared bankrupt. So much for [...]
September 4, 2009Management Consultants take hack at NHS
How many of us who have seen the lack of care given to our elderly under the NHS would like to badvise the government in pithy terms on how best to sort out the NHS? I see from the news today that some men and women at suits at an expensive management consultancy grabbed [...]