Sunday, September 7, 2014
Court Colman
Court Coman is a big manor house type place near Bridgend, I've been there three days on the trot now so I feel I know it fairly well, the staff are friendly and made me very welcome, the hotel and grounds are very nice. It is a bit off the beaten track but well worth a visit, even if you do come close to battering someone... like I did Sunday, still I managed a bit of self control (not like me really?) heres a few pics of the place.
Well done Neath Port Talbot council
Well done Neath Port Talbot council, you've done a cracking job of wasting money and making life more miserable for the poor bastards who live near the town centre.
What an blindingly stupid idea to close of the motorway junction to the M4 in Port Talbot. First off you didn't close the really dangerous exit off that crosses the old road (A48) Oh no!, you closed the one onto the motorway instead.
Despite the local people getting up a petition against it you still went ahead and closed it anyway, remember your elected by the local people to represent them, not to ignore them.
Then you spent the local peoples money building a big steel barrier across the junction (to make bloody sure it stays shut.
Even worse theres now four men and two lorries sitting there for four hours a day just to close the barrier and move the cones, what a fucking stupid waste of the people your supposed to represents money!.
The locals now have to use the old A48 at peak times, which is now congested..... thats the reason they spent £2 million a mile to build the bloody M4 in the first place morons!
What an blindingly stupid idea to close of the motorway junction to the M4 in Port Talbot. First off you didn't close the really dangerous exit off that crosses the old road (A48) Oh no!, you closed the one onto the motorway instead.
Despite the local people getting up a petition against it you still went ahead and closed it anyway, remember your elected by the local people to represent them, not to ignore them.
Then you spent the local peoples money building a big steel barrier across the junction (to make bloody sure it stays shut.
Even worse theres now four men and two lorries sitting there for four hours a day just to close the barrier and move the cones, what a fucking stupid waste of the people your supposed to represents money!.
The locals now have to use the old A48 at peak times, which is now congested..... thats the reason they spent £2 million a mile to build the bloody M4 in the first place morons!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
France needs British help.... Again!
It seems the French government has asked for British help in dealing with the immigrants in Calais, obviously they can't be bothered to do the job themselves, and it's easier to let someone else sort out the hard jobs for them ( same as world war two then)
Perhaps we should ask the Germans to go in and sort things out, after all they did a pretty decent job there last time, and they know the way. And between you and me I suspect they will deal with the immigrants in their own way...... Nuff said I think!
Perhaps we should ask the Germans to go in and sort things out, after all they did a pretty decent job there last time, and they know the way. And between you and me I suspect they will deal with the immigrants in their own way...... Nuff said I think!
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Hi visibility jackets
The idea behind the hi-vis jacket was a good one, workmen in dangerous places put them on and you could spot them easily. That worked.... Well until now that is.
You see the problem is the jackets no longer stand out, back in the day they were the only fluorescent stuff around so the showed up easily, now sadly everybody cashed in and bloody 'dayglow' yellow is everywhere. Every other person is wearing them, bus drivers for example... if you can't see the bloody bus your never going to see the driver lets face it!
The trouble is so many advertising signs, drinks bottles and every other persons with a hi-vis jacket has diluted the effect, we no longer really see the jackets, they just merge into a background of 'dayglow' yellow/orange, so the effect and the whole point of wearing them is lost.
To be honest I'm more lightly to notice someone not wearing a bloody hi-vis jacket these days!
You see the problem is the jackets no longer stand out, back in the day they were the only fluorescent stuff around so the showed up easily, now sadly everybody cashed in and bloody 'dayglow' yellow is everywhere. Every other person is wearing them, bus drivers for example... if you can't see the bloody bus your never going to see the driver lets face it!
The trouble is so many advertising signs, drinks bottles and every other persons with a hi-vis jacket has diluted the effect, we no longer really see the jackets, they just merge into a background of 'dayglow' yellow/orange, so the effect and the whole point of wearing them is lost.
To be honest I'm more lightly to notice someone not wearing a bloody hi-vis jacket these days!
Monday, September 1, 2014
Ashya King
Young Ashya Kings parents are now being held in a Spanish jail, apparently charged with neglect for taking him away from medical treatment Curiously the hospital had already told parent they could do nothing for the boy, which raises the question of what treatment was he taken away from? and if the hospital were doing nothing either, why are they not in court for neglect? Double standard here methinks!
Cree Skyray king 8500 lumen torch (review)
Cree make a range of Skyray king torches, all feature the cree T6 led, they come in 3-4-5-6 and 7 led configurations, this is the 6 led version review.
The torch is a little smaller than a can of coke, but about the same weight as near as I can tell, so a little too heavy for carrying comfortably in a pocket. My tester came without any instructions so it took a little while to figure out the odd battery layout.
The torch uses 4 18650 batteries, curiously all with the positive terminal pointing up (counter intuitive to me) it will also work with just 2 batteries (more on this later)
The torch feels quite solid and sturdy, it doesn't feel like it would break easily, it has the same sort of serrated front bezel (like most cree torches) called the DNA catcher for self defence, it's not as sharp or as pronounced as some. but this torch has some weight behind it, I certainly wouldn't like a smack in the face from it.
The torch has 4 settings, high, medium, low and if you hold down the button for 2 seconds strobe.
Light output is simply awesome! theres no other way to describe it, the torch throws a lot of light a good way but also has a good spread as well, tons of light to see where your going or search the countryside for something.
My tester has a slightly 'warm' light compared to most led torches, but when I put on my car headlights on full beam they looked dim and yellow by comparison to the torch.
With one of these taped to your car you could drive home no problem if your lights failed, although you might blind a few other motorists.
Using with two batteries. I wasn't aware the torch would work with only two batteries, while charging the batteries I put in the two charged ones while I waited for the other two, then I accidentally pressed the button while looking at the torch (all too easy) the result was temporarily blinding myself, we're talking minutes not seconds here as well. Do not look at the torch when it's on or shine it in someones face you will blind them temporarily, and I don't like to think what prolonged close exposure would do, nothing good I suspect.
You can buy these torches from around £15+ on ebay, for that kind of money this is a lot of torch, and a heck of a lot of light. There is a brighter 7 led version which is claimed to be over 9000 lumen's. I'm told that the more leds the more the spread of light, so the 3 and 4 led versions have a much more pronounced beam (many claim the 4 led is the best compromise) if I can get hold of one I'll do a comparrison.
The torch is a little smaller than a can of coke, but about the same weight as near as I can tell, so a little too heavy for carrying comfortably in a pocket. My tester came without any instructions so it took a little while to figure out the odd battery layout.
The torch uses 4 18650 batteries, curiously all with the positive terminal pointing up (counter intuitive to me) it will also work with just 2 batteries (more on this later)
The torch feels quite solid and sturdy, it doesn't feel like it would break easily, it has the same sort of serrated front bezel (like most cree torches) called the DNA catcher for self defence, it's not as sharp or as pronounced as some. but this torch has some weight behind it, I certainly wouldn't like a smack in the face from it.
The torch has 4 settings, high, medium, low and if you hold down the button for 2 seconds strobe.
Light output is simply awesome! theres no other way to describe it, the torch throws a lot of light a good way but also has a good spread as well, tons of light to see where your going or search the countryside for something.
My tester has a slightly 'warm' light compared to most led torches, but when I put on my car headlights on full beam they looked dim and yellow by comparison to the torch.
With one of these taped to your car you could drive home no problem if your lights failed, although you might blind a few other motorists.
Using with two batteries. I wasn't aware the torch would work with only two batteries, while charging the batteries I put in the two charged ones while I waited for the other two, then I accidentally pressed the button while looking at the torch (all too easy) the result was temporarily blinding myself, we're talking minutes not seconds here as well. Do not look at the torch when it's on or shine it in someones face you will blind them temporarily, and I don't like to think what prolonged close exposure would do, nothing good I suspect.
You can buy these torches from around £15+ on ebay, for that kind of money this is a lot of torch, and a heck of a lot of light. There is a brighter 7 led version which is claimed to be over 9000 lumen's. I'm told that the more leds the more the spread of light, so the 3 and 4 led versions have a much more pronounced beam (many claim the 4 led is the best compromise) if I can get hold of one I'll do a comparrison.
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