I've been having issues getting into the blog recently, I've been having to upload from my phone. Now I've managed to get it sorted from my new computer So fingers crossed.
Some pics from last weeks canal walk, that's a long story in itself, but I wont bore you.
In the last week I've seen three police issue CCTV images of wanted men.
The problem is the quality is so bad two of the three images are impossible to identify. The third is so bad it's hard to tell it's even a human being.
Seriously where are they buying cameras this bad?
You can buy 50mp mobile phone cameras for a few hundred with the new phone. CCTV cameras cost thousands of pounds. Who makes the lens? Coke bottle factories?.
I really don't see the point of asking the public help to identify an image so bad the subject wouldn't even recognise himself.
A light plane made an emergency landing in the US after a patch on the wing fell off. The patch was to repair damage to the leading edge of the wing. Admittidly the patch was only a temp fix, but I do wonder how secure it was if it fell off as the aircraft took off.
It's more a serious question than a joke. How did us oldies survive? Your wondering what I'm talking about. It's the nanny state.
This week I've seen loads of stay home, pull your curtains and hide under the sofa, the suns coming out, as it does in summer and it's going to get hot (as it does in summer) Why for Gods sake? Other hot countries dont panic every time they see the sun.
As well as the oh my God your going to fry and die warnings, we've now got Welsh Water saying theres going to be a water surge due to hot weather. That means people are going to use more water.
Of course they are you twats, tthe collection of village idiots that passes for the government has been issung panic warning for weeks about the heat. Oh my God your all going to die unless you hide in the fridge and drink 20 gallons of water a day.
The problem is it's all bollocks to control the people, keep them afraid and you can pass any law you like.
So every summer it's oh my God your goung to burn, and every winter it's of my God your going to freeze to death. Of couse the Whithall aseholes didnt care enough to let old age pensioners have a winter heating allowance, while they claimed their water bills and heating off the taxpayer as expensise.
This brings me back to how did the old people survive? I mean us oldies are still here after 70 years of summers and winters, 60 ish of those with no warnings telling us to hide behind the telly every time the suns comes out from behind a cloud.
So heres my REAL advice. Cover your head and wear sunscreen in the hot weather, drink plenty, but dont go mental, you can wash out the salts in your system by drinking gallons. This is why soldiers took salt tablets on hot climates, a packet of salted crisps and a banana will be great for the sodium and potassium you sweat out.
Then go and enjoy yourself, somewhere with shade is also a good idea, if you start to overheat you can cool off in the shade..
I've mentioned the Airbus issue with smoke or the smell of burning before on here. This time a more serious incident has happened. This smoke in the cockpit resulted in the crew donning oxygen masks and making an emergency landing. As far as I'm aware there were no injuries. The cause hasnt been released yet.
I've also mentioned before the somewhat risky names used by some airline companies, this week a plane operated by Ikarus Luftsportclub Schleißheim eV crashed killing 4 people. The name is my concern. Icarus (the English spelling) was a person from Greek mythology.
He was "famous" for being the first person using wings made from feathers and wax to die, the myth goes he flew too high and the waz holding the feathers melted.
I just wonder at the logic of naming a flight company after someone who supposedly died in an air accident? Maybe it's just me, but it's a bit like naming a ship HMS drowning....
Interestingly the British AAIB conducted an examinination of Icarus accident (just for training as I understand it) them came to the conclusing the wax melting want the cause. As the tempreture gets colder as you go higher they determined the wax wouldnt have melted but suffer from brittle fracture of the cold.
The full story is a lot more interesting as many odd aspects of the original story actually fit what would happen if the incident was real. Which makes me wonder how a myth would get the details right when written around 1500 BCE.
Some stupid driver has "taken out" the no entry sign at the end of my sterrt, I didn't hear a thing, but there is building work and noise going on, so one more bang wouldn't be noticed.
Shot on my phone as I was traveling light to the bakery for cakes.....
