Thursday, February 5, 2015
Police resources, don't make me laugh!
For years the various police across the country have been complaining about being short of manpower and money to police properly, give us the resources to tackle crime they say over and over again.
Well here's one use of money and resources that makes little sense in view of what they are saying It involves lots of large HGV lorries each with two police officers, one armed with a video camera, each lorry is backed up by two police motorbikes and a police car. Their target, ISIS terrorists?, armed robbers?, drug smugglers?, No they are after motorists who are using their mobile phones or not wearing seat belt. No really thats what they are after.
I mean come on, five police officers, a lorry, two bikes and a police car to catch someone for using their phone while driving? Have they totally lost their senses? How in Gods name can this be a reasonable cost effective use of both manpower or resources.
My suggestion, why not give each lorry two helicopters and an eight man SAS squad as well as the cars and motorbikes just in case the motor-terrorist gets a bit hacked off at being stopped by half the police in his county for using his phone while driving.
So next time an old lady is stabbed, or your house broken into and it takes plod three days to come out, don't be too supprised, they are all after that dangerious terrorist the motorist! As usual.......
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Some black and white photos
For a change I thought I'd set my camera to black and white and add a red filter, then go and shoot some pics.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Urban survival kit.
Now an urban survival kit isn't the same sort of thing as a normal survival kit, it's not intended to keep you alive in the wilds of the Welsh coast... It's more designed to make life easier (and maybe safer) in the wilds of London.
1. Bottle of water. Handy if your stranded and it's hot.
2. Multi-tool. For all those little jobs that turn up.
3. Electricians neon screwdriver. The one that lights up to tell if the power is on, handy for changing a plug etc.
4. A few plug fuses.
5. Insulating tape or duck tape, for repairing pretty much anything.
6. Chemical light sticks. The ones you bend to make them light. Get ones that will give a good light for several hours. Handy if your stuck in a power cut or the tube breaks down (it does happen)
7. Dust mask. Get one thats designed for fine dust, this is if for either building collapsing dust or possible chemical attack
8. Safety goggles (see above)
8. A small first aid kit, just a few plasters, anti-septic wipes and a small dressing and surgical gloves (non-latex).
10. Shoelace, a spare for your shoes or boots.
11. Spare battery for your mobile phone, these are cheap off places like Amazon and Ebay. You could be stranded and need to keep in touch.
12. Cash, keep some real money in case the power goes down, a credit card is great but if the power goes out or the the card system dies your screwed without cash.
Finally... A waterproof poncho, one of those thin cheap ones you get at concerts/events to keep you dry if you get caught out in the rain
Now this stuff will pretty much vanish if you have a backpack or laptop bag, and it will almost certainly come in handy at some pont... even if it's just for changing a fuse!
What is wrong with some people?
Beth Garvey 17 and Alex Groth 18 were refused entry to the British Natural History Museum in London.... Because they were dressed in onsies! A Pokemon and a Dinosaur to be exact, they were allowed in after taking off the onesies, although they did face a security search, the museum staff said they had had trouble with people in fancy dress before. Personally I say well done Natural History Museum! I'm buggered if I'd have let them in at all. Bloody onesies! Silly bastards more like.
Then we have three French holiday makers who were deported from Cambodia (and banned from re-entering for four years) for taking nude selfies at the Angkor buddest temple, a monument. I wonder why they got deported? Frankly I think they were lucky not to get jailed, silly sods.
And then we have... well where do I start? A sick Twatter... errr sorry Twitter troll from Leeds has posted pictures of a toddler battling life threatening cancer and added funny captions. The pictures were taken from the childs parents social media site. I doubt poor Riley Hoult 23 months old finds cancer funny though, nor do his family, friends, or indeed most normal people.
Personally I hope someone finds the moron troll responsible and shows him or her the error of their ways. Now I'm not for one minute suggesting violence...... Lets just say I'd like five minutes alone with the troll... and they wouldn't enjoy the time as much as I would thats for sure.
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Survival kit putting it all together and whats in the tin.
Well here we go.
1. The survival tin (old tobacco tin.
2. One sided razor blades (or craft knife blades)
3. Birthday cake candles (the ones that re-light) handy for fire starting)
4. Compass
5. Whistle
6. Wire saw
7. Pencil and paper (the paper also wraps the wire saw)
8. Lifeboat matches (or ordinary non-safety matches if you can't get the lifeboat ones)
9. Small fishing kit (you can leave this out if you like, I just happened to have this from an old issue kit so it goes in)
19. (should be 10) sterile needles (again ordinary needles are fine)
11. Condom, as a water carrier
12. Water purification tablets (you can get these at camping stores, they are not expensive)
13. Flint and steel fire striker (these can be bought cheaply on ebay etc) this one has a part hacksaw blade as a striker so you can cut with it as well.
Not shown here are a few antiseptic wipes and a couple of small plasters. Tape up the tin with a few turns of insulating tape (leave a tab so you can open it with cold wet hands) and ideally pop it in a ziplock bag, more waterproofing and a water bag if you need it. Job done!
Add in a small penkinfe, a small torch and battery and a cheap lighter in your pocket and maybe a space-blanket or bivi-bag in another pocket and that just might come in handy one day.
1. The survival tin (old tobacco tin.
2. One sided razor blades (or craft knife blades)
3. Birthday cake candles (the ones that re-light) handy for fire starting)
4. Compass
5. Whistle
6. Wire saw
7. Pencil and paper (the paper also wraps the wire saw)
8. Lifeboat matches (or ordinary non-safety matches if you can't get the lifeboat ones)
9. Small fishing kit (you can leave this out if you like, I just happened to have this from an old issue kit so it goes in)
19. (should be 10) sterile needles (again ordinary needles are fine)
11. Condom, as a water carrier
12. Water purification tablets (you can get these at camping stores, they are not expensive)
13. Flint and steel fire striker (these can be bought cheaply on ebay etc) this one has a part hacksaw blade as a striker so you can cut with it as well.
Not shown here are a few antiseptic wipes and a couple of small plasters. Tape up the tin with a few turns of insulating tape (leave a tab so you can open it with cold wet hands) and ideally pop it in a ziplock bag, more waterproofing and a water bag if you need it. Job done!
Add in a small penkinfe, a small torch and battery and a cheap lighter in your pocket and maybe a space-blanket or bivi-bag in another pocket and that just might come in handy one day.
Survival kit part 5 light
Now survival kits tend to be pretty small and torches tend to be pretty big, so we have a slight conflict here.
As some of the streets and paths where I live are not lit, I pretty much always carry a torch, Ok if I'm popping down the shops at noon I probably wouldn't bother to take a big torch, but a little torch lives in my pocket more or less all the time.
My torch of choice these days is a Cree T6 (I've reviewed it here before) for a pretty small torch it packs a lot of light, a zoom head that will throw a square beam (don't ask) 50+ meters and all the light you could want to find your around at night. It does have a drawback for a survival torch in that battery life on full power is around an hour or so, and it uses a 18650 battery so you can't buy them in normal shops.
Perhaps a better option for a survival torch is the Cree Q5, this is smaller and gives a lot less light, still plenty to find your way around at night though. Battery life is a few hours, and the big bonus is it runs off a normal AA battery, cheap and easy to get and carry a spare. Ok it doesn't have different modes or a zoom head, but if you just want to find your way down off a pitch black hillside it'll do the job (really I've done it).
By the way if you are still using the old fashioned type torches, you really should check out some of the new LED type, you'll be amazed at how bright some of these things are compared to the old torches, even good ones like the old Maglites.
A keyring torch is a good idea too, chances are you'll have it with you all the time, Ok battery life is crap and you'll struggle to find your way about with it, but it'll give you some light to see what your doing.
A candle can be handy too, at one time I had one in my kit. you could use it for light, or helping start a fire some people suggest you can eat them, that's maybe Ok if you have a tallow candle but not recommended with normal candles. If you do carry a candle wind some fine wire around it, it might come in handy for something later and takes up no space that way.
As some of the streets and paths where I live are not lit, I pretty much always carry a torch, Ok if I'm popping down the shops at noon I probably wouldn't bother to take a big torch, but a little torch lives in my pocket more or less all the time.
My torch of choice these days is a Cree T6 (I've reviewed it here before) for a pretty small torch it packs a lot of light, a zoom head that will throw a square beam (don't ask) 50+ meters and all the light you could want to find your around at night. It does have a drawback for a survival torch in that battery life on full power is around an hour or so, and it uses a 18650 battery so you can't buy them in normal shops.
Perhaps a better option for a survival torch is the Cree Q5, this is smaller and gives a lot less light, still plenty to find your way around at night though. Battery life is a few hours, and the big bonus is it runs off a normal AA battery, cheap and easy to get and carry a spare. Ok it doesn't have different modes or a zoom head, but if you just want to find your way down off a pitch black hillside it'll do the job (really I've done it).
By the way if you are still using the old fashioned type torches, you really should check out some of the new LED type, you'll be amazed at how bright some of these things are compared to the old torches, even good ones like the old Maglites.
A keyring torch is a good idea too, chances are you'll have it with you all the time, Ok battery life is crap and you'll struggle to find your way about with it, but it'll give you some light to see what your doing.
A candle can be handy too, at one time I had one in my kit. you could use it for light, or helping start a fire some people suggest you can eat them, that's maybe Ok if you have a tallow candle but not recommended with normal candles. If you do carry a candle wind some fine wire around it, it might come in handy for something later and takes up no space that way.
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