23 March
2013
We got up
this morning to around 5" of snow and at 10.55 it's still coming. It's very fine snow though and the wind is
blowing hard making it come down at a pretty steep angle. Somewhere locally there will be some large
drifts built up. Whatever, we're not
going anywhere today and will stay in where it is warm and comfortable. One of the neighbours has been going round
asking if anyone wanted any shopping done.
That is a nice thought and shows just how these blocks of flats are so
friendly and helpful. Neighbourliness is
not dead and buried!
Confusion
reigns yet again in Jaronland after I decided to update my three year old
Blackberry for a newer model. Now I have
to get used to all the bits n bobs that have been added and to learn how to use
them. One thing I have been disappointed
with however, is that I have a few memo files on the old which I can't puzzle
out how to transfer to the new one. We
both thought that by keeping the same phone number and using the same SIM card
all my files would transfer with it ... oh dear ... ... ... I'll sort it out eventually.
For some time
now there has been a lot of concern about Coventry City FC. The current owners are SISU, a hedge fund management
company. They owe £1.4 million in unpaid
rent to the Ricoh stadium owners. By the
looks of it SISU is trying to pull a fast one to avoid paying up. I think that by now if I had money invested
in SISU I would be looking to get it out.
There certainly seems to be something wrong there. Whatever it is it's not doing the football
club any favours at all. I'm thinking
that there may be a lot of fans thinking that the move from Highfield Road to
the Ricoh was mistake. The club actually
owned that ground!
Do you fancy
eating road kill animals? No, neither do
I; you don't know how long it has been lying there or if it died as crossed the
road and not hit by a vehicle. However, in
Montana there is a new permit system coming in to effect which will allow
someone people to recover the dead animals and use them for food. Only in the States eh? Well, maybe not if you think about it. Look at the horse meat incident here in
Europe at the moment. How could anyone in
Montana know if the joint of venison they have just bought is from a genuine
source or a road kill? It's not my idea
of a nice Sunday roast dinner.
Today's
Telegraphy leads with the ongoin Coventry City story, which seems pretty obvious really. The In The Courts column list 21 cases; eight
of the defendants were found guilty in their absence and five more were in court
again for failing to attend the community/unpaid work they had earlier been sentenced
to. That seems to me to show a lack of
respect for the Law. Many reformers say
that community work orders are a better option than fine and jail time. I have to disagree there. The figures in today's paper shows it to be
working and the idea that they don't turn up in court for a case is pretty
disrespectful in my view. No wonder the country
is in such a mess!
I saw this
couple ...
as they walked towards me in a different part of the town centre and
couldn't believe my eyes. That is a red
and white dressing gown that woman is wearing.
Some people just don't have any pride do they!
Funny time
...
Took my sick
dog to the vets today. The vet looked at me and said " Say ahhhhh". I
asked "Are you crazy? There's nothing wrong with me". He replied
"I know, but your dog just died".
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