Normal mutterings

7 August

At long last it looks like the work on our block is one. We even had our windows cleaned this morning, well, they splash render/plaster on them, so why shouldn’t they clean. Mind you, I was very keen on the guys doing it; they seemed very surely and seemed to be arguing with each other a lot of the time. The scaffolding is coming down at the front and our gable end. Being the nosey sod I am I went out to have look at how they were doing and one of them was sat down drinking a bottle of water. A discussion was going about if they could get it all on the truck they had and maybe thought that they should come back on Monday. As long as it’s all down and we get the side gate closed I shall be happy.

So many films and telly shows adapted from books are seen as not being as good as the book. Well, for my money, The Return of the Rings is t’ther way about. Part of the problem film makers face is trying to make the film show the book in a good light without betraying the writers work too much, if at all. The full book can’t be filmed anyway, after all, the old saying of pictures and words come to mind. I have enjoyed the Rings book trilogy overall, but #3 seems over bloated to me, with too many thees and thous and so on. The film on the other hand is much more enjoyable. Here we go again folks, it’s all subjective and there are as many views on this as viewers.

Right now we have three Sony DSLRs and one Nikon DSLR and a lot of lenses that are not being used. This morning I have sorted out Jan’s old Alpha 330 and a load of the lenses and they will appear on Ebay later this evening. We are keeping Jan’s A58 and Kile’s A350 and a couple of lenses, and of course my Nikon gear. Finding the gear was enough, finding the software and instruction book was a bit of a challenge though. Anyway, they are there ready for parcelling up and weighing ready for the listing.

So another tory tainted company has failed. Why are so many companies owned/run by tories go down the tube I wonder? One tory I know here in Dorktown has run at least three businesses in to the ground. In one of them a young man was a partner and he is still feeling effects of the failure. So why do these clowns think they can run the country? The Yanks have the same problem with the republicans don’t they. Donald Trump is aiming to become the next US President. What a disaster that would be. The little I heard of him on the news earlier commenting on Mexican immigrants was so bigoted it’s unbelieve. WWII was fought over another man who had similar views about Jews.

Does the world need another man with such extreme views? I suggest not. OK, I’m English and some could say that it has nothing to with me, and to a point they are right. But the USA is strong these days that they have an effect on everyone in the world. That makes it everyone’s business, even if we have no direct way of influencing the voters of the 50 states.

Anyway, enough of that …

Today’s photo … 

A tree in the round.

Today’s funny …

After getting all of the Pope's luggage loaded into the limo (and he doesn't travel lightly), the driver notices that the Pope is still standing on the curb.

The Pope was standing beside the car. "Excuse me, Your Eminence," says the driver. "Would you please take your seat so we can leave?"

"Well, to tell you the truth," says the Pope, "they never let me drive at the Vatican, and I'd really like to drive today"

"I'm sorry but I cannot let you do that. I'd lose my job! And what if something should happen?" protests the driver, wishing he'd never gone to work that morning.

"There might be something extra in it for you," says the Pope.

Reluctantly, the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind the wheel.

The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the airport, the Supreme Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 105 mph.

"Please slow down, Your Holiness!!!" pleads the worried driver, but the Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens.

"Oh, dear God, I'm gonna lose my license," moans the driver.

The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches, but the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and gets on the radio.

"I need to talk to the Chief," he says to the dispatcher.

The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he's stopped a limo going a hundred and five.

"So bust him," said the Chief.

"I don't think we want to do that, he's really important," said the cop.

Chief exclaimed, "All the more reason!"

"No, I mean really important," said the cop.

The Chief then asked, "Who ya got there, the Mayor?"

Cop: "Bigger."

Chief: "Governor?"

Cop: "Bigger."

"Well," said the Chief,"Who is it?"

Cop: "I think it's God!"

Chief: "What makes you think it's God?"

Cop: "He's got the Pope for a limo driver!"