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Time to Rescue the Moors and Uplands from Greedy Anihilation
Because I have what is essentially a gun dog (although it doesn't work) and I drive a country type vehicle, people could be excused for accusing me of being two faced in my rant against the greedy bastards who are raping the moorlands and uplands in pursuit of the handsome cash that morons will pay to shoot a waddling grouse. Greed has engulfed this 'sport' leaving no wildlife left. The near extinction of hen harrier is what has grabbed the ...
Johnson to Bring Back the Maxi to Rule the Roads After Brexit
The Austin Maxi 1750 should be brought back into production with immediate effect after the Brexit vote dozens of Conservative MP's, former ministers led by Boris Johnson and an aide to the Queen say. The Maxi was launched by British Leyland in 1969 with the last model rolling off the Longbridge production line on the 8th of July 1981, the year of the Royal Wedding, Botham's Ashes and all other things that sent us victorious, happy and ...
Harry Heads off to University
It was quite poignant that the day when summer was, at an instant, transformed into autumn, turned out to be the one I said goodbye to Harry as he begins the next exciting chapter in his life. Of course, Harry is heading to Bournemouth University not Afghanistan, but after I dropped him off and the sun began to set to the west, a tear did roll down my self-indulgent cheek, courtesy of the combined emotions of pride, sadness and indeed, a ...
Churchill – The Thug Who Challenged a Bigger Thug?
When the new plastic five pound note came out this week, adorning the face of Winston Churchill, there was a minor backlash from some of those who have studied the life of Britain's wartime leader who led Britain and the allied forces in the desperate fight against Nazi occupation. Here was one quote I read: "Shame it has the fat, port-swilling racist pig on the back!" That took me back a bit, as even though I have read the about the ...
Did Thomas Crapper’s Products Have a Design Flaw?
It's amazing what you can find on the internet these days, it really is an educational tool that would is way beyond the realms of what we could have dreamed of 20 years ago. For instance, this week I got caught up in the world of defecation after watching a video posted on Facebook that appears to suggest that we have been releasing our 'daily digestive transits' in the wrong fashion for the past 150 years or so. As if often the case, as ...