OneGuyFromBarlick

Latest reports are that the Aardvark and a couple of Meerkats died in the blaze.

That's sad. When I posted a humorous comment I'd thought the only problem was an escaped aardvaark. It was only later that I heard more details.

The news gets worse. . .

Four meerkats that were 'killed' in a fire at London Zoo were brothers.
Robbie, Norman, Billy and Nigel are still missing and are presumed dead, Dominic Jermey, director general for the Zoological Society of London, said today. Misha, a nine-year-old aardvark, died in her sleep after suffering from smoke inhalation, an initial post-mortem has found.

An alternative version is that she burned to death. That was the coroner's verdict on my son in law Harry when his lungs were found to be full of smoke after the Jandakot plane crash.....

Tripps wrote: ↑24 Dec 2017, 19:34 Robbie, Norman, Billy and Nigel are still missing and are presumed dead, Dominic Jermey, director general for the Zoological Society of London, said today.

At first I thought Dominic Jermey was a reference to two more meerkats. It must be difficult to distinguish between staff and inmates at the zoo.

To misquote Bismarck '" Leaving the EU is like committing suicide for the fear of death".

plaques wrote: ↑25 Dec 2017, 12:48 To misquote Bismarck '" Leaving the EU is like committing suicide for the fear of death".

Interesting. I've just seen a Daily Mail front page where they're criticising people like me who want to stop Brexit. My response would be "If you saw a man about to throw himself off a bridge wouldn't you try and stop him?"

In one of the Richard Dawkins debates with Creationists one of the replies was "if you were choking would you prefer someone to carry out the Heimlich maneuver or pray for you?"

I regard criticism by the Daily Mail as a badge of honour......

Reading a Terry Pratchett novel. One scene is set in the market place of a desert town and a man is wandering amongst the crowd selling snacks from a tray. One of his delicacies is `long-past-their-sell-by dates'.

They usually taste better......

"Mrs May said the health service is better prepared than ever before, during a visit to Wokingham today."

After cancelling all elective surgery for the next four weeks - a move Jeremy Hunt said was evidence of better planning this year, since patients had been given more notice of the cancellations than last year.

Good grief - how can anyone say stuff like this?

I may have to redefine my definition of 'spin'.

I had the same reaction David. "Safe in our hands".

Tripps wrote: ↑03 Jan 2018, 19:39 Good grief - how can anyone say stuff like this?

The Emperor's got new clothes!

Two quotes that spring to mind.....
"Liar liar pants on fire"
"Man is the most invasive species on the planet"

A cartoon in one of today's newspapers shows lemmings jumping off a cliff and one of them is saying `I got promoted in the reshuffle'.

Ha It would be great if it was all of them.

Dream on.......

From Bob's Bits...
`My family got the first TV on the block in 1950, a 16” Magnavox with a “color converter” attachment that never functioned (except occasionally in electrical storms).'

From the Guardian - I just crossed Jamaica of my 'to do' list.
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"Jamaica Constabulary’s force police commissioner, George Quallo, told the Jamaica Information Service 335 murders were recorded in St James Parish in 2017, almost twice as many as the other parishes."

A friend of mine was murdered in Trinidad Tripps. Sensible move! See THIS for a report of Lynette's death. She worked at Granada and lived in Altrincham when I knew her.



Lynette visiting at Addingham in 1987. A lovely woman, such a shame.

Re. the TVs, does anyone remember the huge magnifying lens that were popular at one time for the small TV screens?

I've been going through my 'cuttings' in my digital scrapbook - I like this one -

Quote from either Socrates or Eleanor Roosevelt. Take your pick.

Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.

"America First!" D Trump Esq.

A bit stark? To put into context . . .


President Donald Trump has told global finance leaders he will always put the US first when it comes to trade, but "that does not mean America alone". "The US is open for business," he said in his inaugural address to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday.