Jobsworth alert, Ducky

It's about time this sort of thing stopped.

A mother has been fined £75 for feeding ducks in a park with her toddler son.

Vanessa Kelly had taken 17-month-old Harry on his weekly visit to the to feed ducks when she was approached by a council warden.

The reason being given that it would attract vermin. It certainly did that.

I really am losing the will to live when I read articles like this. Bloody jumped up little Hitler.

Read it for yourself if you don't mind high blood pressure.

Ministers to shelve Internet snooping plans

Ministers have shelved plans to collect details of all text, e-mail and Internet communications until after the general election.

That it was even contemplated in the first place, given labour's disastrous knack of losing data, in recent years beggared belief.

Full article in Yesterday's Times

Please make them stop

As far as I can see from reading this article it doesn't pay you to report anything to the Police anymore.

Mary Cooke, 27, was visited by police after she called 999 to report that she had nearly been run down by a speeding car.

This is what could happen if you do.

Days later, Mrs Cooke received a letter from Staffordshire County Council, warning her of a potential 'referral' for her unborn child. In addition, the council contacted her midwife.

What did she do?

She hadn't finished decorating her hall!

How on earth does it now become a crime? Are we going to have a "decorating officer squad" knocking down our doors for the crime of the wrong colour offense, or the "plumb squad" arresting us for the offence of Showering too long, liable to drain the water pipes"

I give up. What the hell has happened to this country?

Home sweet home

Mr & Mrs FE had the whole brood down last night for the local fireworks display. It was a superb night and everyone drank too much. As much as I love my kids, I'm rather pleased to reclaim my armchair. Kids are for Christmas, not for life.

PS. Drinking a medicinal single malt to recover.

Lest we forget. A pittance of time.

On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a drug store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the store’s PA asking customers who would still be on the premises at 11:00 AM to give two minutes of silence in respect to the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us.

Terry was impressed with the store’s leadership role in adopting the Legion’s “two minutes of silence” initiative. He felt that the store’s contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable.

When eleven o’clock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the “two minutes of silence” to commence. All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect.



H/T to Terry Kelly

And bye the way, my ship was featured in one of the scenes.

To be, or not to be, an Executor

When you get to my age, more often or not, family get togethers seem to revolve around funerals.

In the last three years I have arranged funerals for my Twin Brother and my Mother. I'm now having to organise the funeral of a favourite uncle. All these are taking their toll on this blogger. More so this one than the others. The son and the daughter in law live some distance away and have asked me to make the arrangements. However the arrangements have to be adjusted to suit both parties, who have differently polarised views as what should be carried out at the service.

One wants me to be a cheap skate and design the order of service myself, the other wants a proffesional printer to be used. The tightrope is narrow, believe me. Still, I'll get there in the end.

The main problem, as highlighted in the headline, is being the Executor of the will. If my uncle had no assets it would be easy. However he was a man of means and had substantial assets. I've just got up off the living room floor, which is the sorting office for the 1000's of documents that I've retrieved from his apartment. Trust funds, share certificates, bank accounts, you name it.

Oh well, I suppose I'll get there in the end, but I could do without this. Exscuse the profanity, but I just want to fucking enjoy retirement in peace.

Moral of this derranged missive: If someone asks you to be their executor.Tell them to fuck off.

PS Thankyou for your kind words Mummy longlegs

A short interlude

Blogging will be light for the moment. I unfortunately have a funeral to arrange.

Mugged during torture

I've just been fleeced.

Went to the dentist last week and submitted myself to the tender ministrations of the hygienist. (I think they train them in Guantanamo).

Having been out of the country for long periods, I've ended up as a private patient. The cost though is taking the Michael. £125 for an hour's worth of torture is surely not right. Even taking in overheads of say £25 per hour for anaesthetics, rent, rates, etc, how can they justify their charges?

For an average day that would work out at £800 per day, £4000 per week, £192,000 per year.

Does anyone know how to enroll in this well paid torture profession?

guess what? I've got the High Priest, His Holiness the Dentist, tommorow.

Wish me luck. If I do not return here then ....................................

'NOT GUILTY' MOTORISTS FACE COURT COSTS

Drivers acquitted of motoring charges will pay costs under new government scheme

They're really out to screw us any way they can.

Could you afford to fight an unfair ticket?

New regulations set to come into force later this month will see motorists forced to cough up court costs - even if they're found not guilty or acquitted of motoring offences.

The government-inspired change to the current set-up - where drivers get costs refunded if they're innocent - is being implemented to save cash, in spite of fierce opposition from legal and motoring groups who were nominally 'consulted' before the new policy was drawn up.

According to the Ministry of Justice, the age old principle of 'the loser pays' has been costing the government too much money. As a result the new rules make it clear that in future drivers will have to foot the bill for clearing their name. According to The Taxpayers Alliance, that equates to 400,000 people, or one in four of those who challenge a ticket.

Now the Conservative party has joined the last ditch effort to derail the changes, and campaigners are looking for more signatories to a petition on the Number 10 website. We're off to go and sign the petition ourselves, and you can find out more by reading the press release below, that was issued by the Association of Motor Offence Lawyers today.

YOU CAN SIGN THE PETITION HERE

H/T to Pistonheads

Alcohol Focus Scotland.

They've changed their poll now to:

"Should alcoholic drinks show the calorie content on their packaging?"

But the dozy twats have left the original answer from the last poll.



It's here.