30 August
2012
I set the
Virgin box to record the opening or the Paralympics last night. It was time to last 3hs 30 minutes but it was
over running by quite a bit. The
recording stopped at the 3h 30m point just after the start of the last part of
the show started. So we missed a good
deal of it. Sad really, the first part
was pretty good. We could of course
could have sat and watched it but by 8.30 I was so tired that I sat trying to
read a book on macro photography and kept nodding off. That's why I tried to record it. Never mind eh.
There was no
silly bs involved with sending that lens back.
As soon as I had explained what the problem was Paul (guy on t'ther end
of the line), arranged for FedEx to come and collect it. Now we will have to wait tomorrow for the new
one to arrive here. I've been playing
with the macro lens and it's pretty good so far. All I need to do now is get the papers filled
out and sent off for my £30 cash back from Sony for the lens ... very nice.
There are
two stories in today's News that might
be of interest. The first one is about a
rise in shoplifting offenses committed by under 16's in the town centre. Over the school summer holidays the number of
arrests has increased. The cops are
saying that any offenders caught will be treated in the same way adults are. That means that they will be given a slap on
the wrist and a cuppa and biscuits to get over it. No wonder there is so much thieving going on.
The second
story is about a man in North Warwickshire who was arrested for one offence but
had his computer taken by police at the time of his arrest. We are not told what the original offence was
however. Examination of the computer resulted
in the finding of 20 images of young naked boys. The images were from 2006 and the man claimed
he hadn't looked at them since his computer had died in 2006. If it had died he couldn't look at them could he.
A number of things concern me about this one. The man has been given a 3 year community
order, has to pay £85 in prosecution costs and ordered to sign the Sex Offender
Register. Is that fair sentence I wonder?
Those images must show serious sex abuse
of boys; I would have expected a custodial sentence over this no matter how old
the images are.
But I am also
concerned that cops can search a house and remove items that have nothing to do
with the reason for the arrest in the first place. How many of us can honestly say that we are
completely innocent in everything we do.
OK, we might not be paedophiles but we all have secrets that we would
prefer to kept quite - even if it just pinching a few sheets of A4 paper for
our own use. The American justice system
doesn't allow charges to made following discovery of evidence found in
following up on other charges. The
Constitution is regularly shredded by shrewd defence lawyers and this is one of
the results from such and case. It seems
to me that we all have to be very careful these days.
These two pretend
coppers ...
were snapped in Llangollen a few months ago. I can't remember why we went up there that
day. It was the day we went to Llandudno
and saw the Olympic Torch thingy. The A5
goes straight through Llangollen so we stopped for look around and to try to
get shots of the river and hopefully a dipper or two.
Funny time
...
A young man married a beautiful woman who had
previously divorced ten husbands.
On their wedding night, she said "Please be gentle, I'm still a virgin."
"What?" said the puzzled groom. "How can that be if you've been married ten times?
"Well, husband #1 was a Sales Representative; he kept telling me how great it's going to be.
Husband! #2 was in Software Services; he was never really sure how it was supposed to function, but he said he'd look into it and get back to me.
Husband #3 was from Field Services; he said everything checked out diagnostically but he just couldn't get the system up.
Husband #4 was in Telemarketing; even though he knew he had the order, he didn't know when he would be able to deliver.
Husband #5 was an Engineer; he understood the basic process but wanted three years to research, implement, and design a new state-of-the-art method.
Husband #6 was from Finance and Administration; he thought he knew how, But he wasn't sure whether it was his job or not.
Husband #7 was in Marketing; although he had a product, he was never sure how to position it.
Husband #8 was a psychiatrist; all he ever did was talk about it.
Husband #9 was a gynecologist; all he did was look at it. !
Husband #10 was a stamp collector; all he ever was lick? God I miss him!
But now that I've married you, I'm so excited! "Good," said the husband, "but, why?"
"You're a Tax Man...... This time I JUST KNOW I'm gonna get screwed !
On their wedding night, she said "Please be gentle, I'm still a virgin."
"What?" said the puzzled groom. "How can that be if you've been married ten times?
"Well, husband #1 was a Sales Representative; he kept telling me how great it's going to be.
Husband! #2 was in Software Services; he was never really sure how it was supposed to function, but he said he'd look into it and get back to me.
Husband #3 was from Field Services; he said everything checked out diagnostically but he just couldn't get the system up.
Husband #4 was in Telemarketing; even though he knew he had the order, he didn't know when he would be able to deliver.
Husband #5 was an Engineer; he understood the basic process but wanted three years to research, implement, and design a new state-of-the-art method.
Husband #6 was from Finance and Administration; he thought he knew how, But he wasn't sure whether it was his job or not.
Husband #7 was in Marketing; although he had a product, he was never sure how to position it.
Husband #8 was a psychiatrist; all he ever did was talk about it.
Husband #9 was a gynecologist; all he did was look at it. !
Husband #10 was a stamp collector; all he ever was lick? God I miss him!
But now that I've married you, I'm so excited! "Good," said the husband, "but, why?"
"You're a Tax Man...... This time I JUST KNOW I'm gonna get screwed !
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