Definite lack of warm, indefinite amounts of skywater, a
whimsy of atmospheric movement and sod all solar stuff at the Castle this morn,
the wet stuff is that nasty fine drizzly thingy that gets into all your nooks
and grannies, but I did catch a snatch of Dawn's crack yestermorn.
The itches have finally gorn, the diabetes thingy is well
under control and his Maj has discovered the joy of waiting for me to wash the
kitchen floor and then dashing in through his "smart" cat flap and
leaving muddy paw prints all over the place.
Been in the garden most of the week, putting up fences,
concreting in posts, repairing the back gate, moving stepping stones and having
a general fettle.
Also been watching the Ice Cold Olympics, really nice to see
a load of young maniacs going about their business and enjoying it.
The Ukraine thingy is still dragging on and has been the
"most important story" according to the BEEB and the rest of the
media, lovely, really don't give a Porpoise's plums, have a think about
Northern Ireland, Afghanistan and Iraq; what interests me more is:-
The case of a diabetic patient who died at Stafford Hospital
has "wider implications" that mean a judge needs "time to
reflect" before sentencing the NHS Trust, a court has been told.
Gillian Astbury, 66, lapsed into a coma after nurses failed
to give her insulin and died at the hospital in April 2007.
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust admitted health and
safety breaches.
Mr Justice Haddon-Cave told Stafford Crown Court he would
reserve sentencing of the trust to a later date.
An inquest in 2010 ruled there had been a failure
to provide basic care.
Bollocks, this has been going on far too long, let's see a
few "managers/CEO's" slapped in prison for corporate manslaughter...
When a vending machine refused to give Robert McKevitt from
Iowa in the USA his choccy bar, he decided to attack it with an 8,000lb (3,628kg) forklift.
Apparently the Forkin Numpty was overjoyed when two extra
bars dropped into the tray but his joy
was short-lived after he was eventually fired for inappropriate use of the
company' property.
'That machine was
trouble,' the 27-year-old said.
'They fired me, and
now I hear they have all new vending machines there.'
Life's a Twix.....
Allegedly Chris Moyles claimed to be second-hand car dealer to avoid tax on £1 million, Moyles, 40, was one of the BBC’s highest-paid stars as the presenter of Radio 1’s Breakfast Show when he joined the scheme run by NT Advisers, whose initials stand for “no tax”, in 2007.
He filed a self-assessment tax return that claimed he had “engaged in self-employment as a used car trader” during the year to April 2008.
The broadcaster said finance charges he had incurred through his involvement in the second-hand vehicle business meant he suffered a loss of more than £1 million, which he sought to set against his other tax liabilities.
The top rate of income tax at the time was 40 per cent, meaning he could have avoided paying £400,000.
After investigating his case, HMRC rejected the loss claim, leading the former BBC star to launch an appeal before a tax tribunal along with two other wealthy men who had also used the Working Wheels scheme.
Moyles did not give evidence to the tribunal but submitted "a very brief and rather uninformative” witness statement that made it clear he had entered the scheme “for no purpose other than to achieve a tax saving”, Judge Colin Bishopp said.
Oh dear; what a shame.......NOT....
Or not....
Cannabis and cookies is turning out to be a winning recipe for some
enterprising Girl Scouts.
Lexi Carney, 8, set up shop outside the TruMed medical marijuana
dispensary in Phoenix Saturday, where a day earlier she sold 76 boxes of the
popular cookies in just a couple of hours, Arizona's 3TV reported.
Lei's mother, like Carney's, accompanied her child, and told the East
Bay Express she feels it's perfectly safe.
"There's always a security guard and cameras everywhere," she
said.
Neither of the girls' scout troops commented officially on their
business ventures, but in Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal, the
Girl Scouts posted a statement on their Face book page condemning the practice
of selling outside any "adult-oriented business."
Oh well, that's alright then...
And finally:
Back in November 2013, Christina Ricci decided to put
her entire body in her fridge. She shared the picture via
Twitter, and in the blink of an eye started an Internet phenomenon called
"riccing." People pose for pictures while squeezed
into a confined space, such as the inside of a cupboard, oven or refrigerator.
I'd be happy just to find some food in my fridge...
And today's thought:
Angus
