Just had a look at my stats. Why would a load of stamp collecting Germans be interested in this post?
I’m not sure that I see the connection between Christmas lights and postage stamps. Oh well, never mind. I’m sure it will come to me eventually.
UPDATE: Now the French have turned up.
1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
6. Why does “slow down” and “slow up” mean the same thing?
7. Why does “fat chance” and “slim chance” mean the same thing?
8. Why do “tug” boats push their barges?
9. Why do we sing “Take me out to the ball game” when we are already there?
10. Why are they called “stands” when they are made for sitting?
11. Why is it called “after dark” when it really is “after light”?
12. Doesn’t “expecting the unexpected” make the unexpected expected?
13. Why are a “wise man” and ” wise guy” opposites?
14. Why do “overlook” and “oversee” mean opposite things?
15. Why is “phonics” not spelled the way it sounds?
16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?
17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?
21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren’t we clean when we use them?
25. Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?
27. Christmas – What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?
I’ve written before on how much renewable energy is becoming the most expensive form ever.
It looks even worse than I thought when I read this:
The UK has doubled its efforts to check the spiraling cost of offshore wind. A UKERC report published in October noted that in the last five years costs in the offshore wind sector have escalated dramatically, with capital costs doubling from approximately £1.5m/MW to over £3.0m/MW in 2009. The report noted that, as of June 2010, capital and energy costs peaked at approximately £3.0m/MW, or £150/MWh. Through funding, new test facilities and initiatives to flush out the most innovative ideas to address the costly challenge of deepwater, far shore wind, the UK hopes to curb these costs.
It looks like we are shovelling more than just snow at the moment. £50 notes by the look of it.
Though it does look like one of the moneygrabbers is having trouble.
This year Vestas, the world's leading turbine manufacturer, posted first and second-quarter losses and cut its 2010 earnings outlook as customers delayed orders. In October, Vestas announced that European market growth in 2011 would "not live up to Vestas’ expectations", prompting the company to consider closing down of a number of factories, primarily in Denmark, where its says costs are highest.
Anyone want to buy some carbon?
Scam artists from around the world, capitalizing on lax regulations at the Danish emissions trading registry, have made off with an estimated $7-billion over the last two years, according to Europol.
H/T to Financial Post
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It looks like the war against smoking and having a higher BMI has started in my area.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wh1n0/South_East_Today_06_12_2010/
Starts at 1:10 mins in.
The laughable thing is that the hospital the reporter is standing outside is one of the worst Hospitals in the country.
The silly old Christmas Duffer forgot to look. That’ll teach him to eat all my mince pies, drink my sherry, and block my chimney last year.
Is there a skyway code anyone?
Just back from visiting Master FE in the frozen norths of Durham.
Whilst in the South of the country we had our fair share of snow which is now melting, not so ooop North.
When I left the son’s road, it was still four inches of packed snow and still bitterly cold. Some reports say that it might take till the new year to clear.
But then again we’re bound to get a quick snap of global warming to clear it away so I’m always being told.
Am I being too cynical?
I’ve dug out the path to the garage four times, to enable passage to the freezer.
I’ve de-snowed (Is this a new word?) the car twice.
I’ve cleared the drive twice. (Using the slave labour of Mrs FE).
Run out of milk.
Run out of bread ( I could have killed the couple who came out of the local shop with eight loaves this morning. I hope they are all stale by tomorrow morning).
My gas and electricity dials are turning faster than a whirling dervish on heat.
The only consolation is that I’ve enough booze and fags to last me through the night. (The booze and fag police won’t be able to get through the snow).
Ho Hum, could be worse I suppose.
In the spring I intend to experiment in adapting the lawnmower into a snow blower.
