Fires, gangs and guns again!

11 October 2013

There's two telly progs I really like and try to get to see them whenever I can.  One is BBC's Panorama and t'ther Tonight.  Last night's Tonight was a shocker for me for a couple of reasons.  The first one is that three yobs thought it acceptable to carry guns around London and not only that but to use them quite indiscriminately.  Those regular readers will know what my thoughts on guns are!  The yobs missed their intended target but his a five year old girl instead.  Although the girls is making progress it is slow and she still might not be able to walk properly again unaided. 

The courage being displayed by the girl should be enough to shame the yobs I would have thought, but no, they are appealing their conviction.  There's no shame and no sense responsibility there.  This in itself is quite shocking but what shocks me more is that there are groups, or gangs of such young thugs walking around our cities with no thoughts about anything but themselves and gang loyalty.  Where does that leave us as a society?  And how much worse will things be when this current crop have kids of their own?  It's quite frightening really.  No town is safe from these thugs and that's why Jan and I don't go out to town at night very often and when we do we get taxis both ways. 

If there is one thing I fear more than anything else, its fire and even more so when it's deliberate!  The thought of it makes me shiver.  I think of the Philpot case where so many kids died and the more recent incident in Leicester where four people died.  Both of these were arson.  Today the News carries yet another suspected arson report.  Luckily no-one was hurt this time and the fire was limited to the kitchen in the house.  I wonder just how many people have to die in fires before arsonist stop playing with fire. 

It's Friday and we are due to pick up Kile for the weekend later for the weekend.  We'll take him for a MacDonald's today seeing as we won't be taking him out this time.  We're off the Blackpool on Monday and we don't really fancy a trip out on Saturday as well as driving north on Monday.  He'll be OK with that though.  But do please remember that blogs will be fewer than normal next week. 

Today's photo ... 

Another fungus we found at Fishers Green last Saturday.

And the Sage has spoken again ...

Rep staying in hotel goes to the bar, he sees a beautiful woman sitting alone having a drink.  He introduces himself & soon they are getting on famously laughing & joking all evening.
He was amazed when she told him that she was 72 as she was elegant beautifully dressed & looked no more than 50 at the most. They drank & talked & laughed some more.
During the conversation she told him that she had two daughters in her late 30s who lived nearby. Then she asked him if he had ever indulged in a threesome with mother & daughter.
This was right at the top of his list of fantasies, when he recovered his wits & replied no. She said that this was his lucky night. Wow one of his dreams coming true.
He drove her back to her house, she unlocked the door & led him inside his heart was pounding. Then she shouted up the stairs.     MUM ARE YOU AWAKE.