44 years in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Now some of you might think that is quite a long time to work for one company. As I will explain in a later post it became too much to continue and stay sane.

Imagine if you can, it is the Year of our Lord, Nineteen hundred and sixty five. Time 0900, 13th september, Venue, Poplar Technical college. (Anyone who started on that date also has my commiserations).

Here I was, a callow youth, about to depart on a career that I really knew nothing about. Except that ships and engines would be involved. I was an Engineer Cadet, decked out in my smart new blazer with the company badge on the breast pocket. Anyway that induction day passed in a turmoil of having the Syllabus explained, tour of the college, numerous form filling (Even then there was paperwork), buying stationary in the shop, and a myriad of other things that I can't remember (I did warn you that it was 44 years ago). I had arrived in the adult world.

Mind you the subjects I was going to have to learn sounded a touch disconcerting.

Applied mechanics: I thought they worked on cars
Applied heat: Mmm, I'm going to learn to use matches
Electrotechnology: Wiring up plugs?
Engineering drawing: Oh bother. Knew I should have paid more attention in art.
Chemistry: Why?

Anyway, that was day one.

Two years on.............................................

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Acidification of the Sea

First we had Global Cooling

Then were all going to die of radiation from the hole in the Ozone layer.

Then we had Global Warming

Next came the general scare of Climate Change

Now I hear that the seas are all turning to Acid.

This becoming bloody ridiculous. It appears they don't really care what they try to scare us with, just so long as we're kept in a perpetual state of fear.

Acid Bollocks from the BEEB

Climategate. The Timeline

Very good post analysing those CRU leaked E mails, by John Costella on his website.

Welcome to my analysis of Climategate, the climate science scandal that has already eclipsed Watergate in terms of its global political ramifications.

Climategate began on November 19, 2009, when it is believed that a whistle-blower leaked thousands of emails and documents central to a Freedom of Information request placed with the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. This institution had played a central role in the “climate change” debate: its scientists, together with their international colleagues, quite literally put the “warming” into Global Warming: they were responsible for analysing and collating the various measurements of temperature from around the globe and going back into the depths of time, that collectively underpinned the entire scientific argument that mankind’s liberation of “greenhouse” gases—such as carbon dioxide—was leading to a relentless, unprecedented, and ultimately catastrophic warming of the entire planet.

It here at his site, Assassinationscience.com

It's a long read but worth it.

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Thought that might get your interest. I'm going to do a few posts on this outfit in the near future.

But not tonight.

RFA

We are guilty. Burglars welcome.

So according to the Home Office we are the guilty ones.

The public is warned not to leave themselves open to thieves and burglars in a new advertising campaign today.

Around one-third of burglaries are carried out when windows and doors have been left open.

The Home Office campaign also highlights the danger of personal theft when mobile phones and other items are on show.

Can I buy a gun Please?

SatNav, weapon of mass destruction.

I really believe there are fuckwits out in the wild, that are just trying to find more funding or plainly love banning things.

Fears that sat-nav devices may pose a risk to motorists follow research which showed that 78 per cent of crashes were caused by driver inattention.

Now psychologists at Lancaster University and Royal Holloway, University of London are to examine what they described as the "potentially dangerous effects of 'SAT NAV' in-car navigation systems."

Absolute Bollocks. I find using a satnav helps me concentrate on my driving, rather than having to look through the over abundance of distracting road signs, that have sprung up in recent years.

Sat-nav systems have also been held responsible for drivers suddenly swerving or turning.

I suppose the wife map reading and telling me that I have missed the turn would be better.

I just miss the turning and the Satnav re-routes me. The wife would be screaming at me to do a U turn.

Oh, and of course as I stated, we will be paying for the research.

All is quiet

My wine lake is nearly empty. I've been drunk out of house and home.

I expect that, that fake charity, Alcahol concern, to be hammering on my door tommorrow. Bollocks to them.

Not only that, I'm not sure the car will make it under the weight of empties, to the bottle bank.

Bah Bloody Humbug

Mr FE has now been forced out into the Kitchen as he refuses to watch the Christmas edition of Eastenders. God, I hate children. Please take them away. Santa has a lot to answer for. Can I lump him in with politicians and string him up with piano wire as well?

The Morgan spiced rum takes the pain away.

Ah, Christmas.

All is well in FE's household. Apart from the favourite niece having to be cooked a medicinal bacon and egg sarnie this morning to cure her hangover, all has gone well. Lunch has been consumed with copious quantities of alcohol, presents exchanged, and now everyone is dozing off whilst watching a typical xmas movie.

FE is imbibing a very fine Calvados and is feeling very mellow at the moment.

Merry Christmas to one and all.

And finally. A song that says it all

My favourite carol.



H/T to Subrosa