QUOTE OF THE DAY. TRIPPS ORIGINAL

[PanBiker]

I'm fairly sure of the reason but it makes no sense to make chocolate products in one of the hottest places on the planet! Apparently its the fragility of the new offerings, the ice cream vendors don't like them as the majority are busted in the boxes before they actually open them.

[Stanley]

"Health Secretary Steve Barclay has admitted not all the 40 new hospitals promised for England by 2030 will be brand new. He told the BBC the pledge covered a "range" of building work. Refurbishments and new wings are also included in the figure. Mr Barclay also acknowledged that some of the hospitals originally promised would now be completed after 2030 but a total of 40 projects would still be finished by that date. Pressed over whether a refurbishment could be considered a "new" hospital, Mr Barclay told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme: "If it's a new wing, a new facility, a women's and children hospital for example as part of a wider compass... what matters to you as a patient is whether the facilities are state of the art, whether they're new."
Another Tory 'pledge' officially bites the dust. I don't think any of us will be very surprised.

[Tripps]

Going through my data base of clippings and found this. Having binged on intellectuals Howard Jacobson, Clive James and Germaine Greer et al last night, it seems appropriate to mention. I am currently conflicted regarding my understanding of things in general. This has reassured me a little, and improved my mood.

The whole problem of intellectual "mid-wittery" is summed up in the following quote attributed to Aldous Huxley -

“The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which the non-intellectuals have never stirred.”

[Stanley]

I think that's the first time I have ever understood anything Huxley has said. I agree with him and have always operated on the bleeding obvious level...... I call it logical but am probably wrong.....

[Tripps]

" Your call is important to us, please hold until it is no longer that important to you"

[Stanley]

Exactly.....

[Tripps]

Princess Eugenie gives birth to baby boy named 'Ernest George Ronnie'. He will be another son, and a brother for 'August Philip Hawke'.

The newest member of the royal family, who will be known by his title Master Brooksbank, is 13th in line to the throne, and in an effort to level down will move the Duke of Edinburgh ( not sure who he is at the moment) down to 14th place.

Also James Mountbatten - Windsor, Earl of Wessex is now two places below an oik called 'Ernie'. I can't get Benny Hill's "the fastest milkman in the West" out of my mind.

[Stanley]

I wonder who the 'Ronnie' is they are giving a nod to....?

[plaques]

We have spent £Billions leaving the common market and turning our backs on Europe and yet our royalty is promoting Kraut names like Mountbatten (Battenberg) . What was wrong with House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha? rolls of the tongue nice and easy.

PS Price Edward = Duke of Edinburgh

[Tripps]

I wonder who the 'Ronnie' is they are giving a nod to....?

That would be Major Ronald Ferguson

He came from Dummer in Hampshire don't you know, and was a polo man.

[Stanley]

Ah! Fergie's dad. Thanks for explaining that David. I somehow knew it wouldn't be connected to snooker!

[Tripps]

"Cllr Tom Whipp added: "We are not against development of the site in general, it is a brownfield site; but they just need to build on the bit that doesn't flood. Even if the houses were raised on stilts (in that part), the house owners would need a canoe to get to work."



Contains a rarely seen semi colon too. . . .

[PanBiker]

Thats the former Barnsey Mill site. Not content with the 150 or whatever houses on the mill footprint the developers want to add another 100 or more on the green field beyond which is a natural flood plain. The Local Plan no longer calls for that many houses anyway. Of course there are no plans to enhance local infrastructure such as schools, doctors, health centre etc.

[Stanley]

Silly me! I thought that the capacity of the local infrastructure to carry the increased burden would be mandatory in deciding on approval.

[Tizer]

Contains a rarely seen semi colon too. . . .

The semi colon is now what plant hunters would classify as `rare but locally abundant'.

[Tripps]

Local Gumtree advert -


"This excellent electric piano has been played only a few times, due to child refusing to practise."

Ad ID: 1459803577

[Stanley]

My mind can construct a very entertaining scenario behind those few words. Well done that child!

[Tripps]

Headline in a national newspaper -

"Foreign nationals locked up by the Home Office win record £42.2million in compensation for illegal detention - with many successfully claiming the government was too slow to deport them"

[Stanley]

Intrigued, I found the article. It became clear then that this was over five years, last year it was £12.7million but still too much. I agree totally with this statement;-
Alp Mehmet, Chairman of Migrationwatch UK, said: "How absurd. Vile criminals are able to use every legal device to game the system and thwart removal only for the courts to find in their favour and fine the government, i.e. the taxpayer, for failing to throw them out. Have we gone completely mad?'

[Tripps]

From the writings Dr Thomas Sowell -and my own recent personal experience.

"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."
- Thomas Sowell

[Stanley]

I agree entirely......

[Tripps]

As usual I've been reading lots of stuff on the Interweb thingy today.

With no particular target in mind - there's lots to choose from - this came to mind.


"I wish I was as sure about anything as they are about everything "

PS Actually it was Neil Oliver the Coast man.

[Stanley]

I know the feeling David. In a similar vein I always have this at the back of my mind:-
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken.

[Tripps]

I have long been a big fan of HL Mencken. I doubt that will come as any surprise.

Looks like I'm not the only one who thought Neil Oliver had over reached himself. I found this last night -

neil oliver.jpg

[Tripps]

One way of looking at the situation -

If something is REALLY harmful, you don't carry on doing it.
If someone says it's OK to carry on doing it if you pay me £12.50,
It is NOT REALLY harmful but a way of raising money.