Silly season begins

30 October

The crazy season has begun. Last night we sat watching a DVD we bought on Thursday, Mankind’s Last Stand, not a bad DVD but Jan wouldn’t want to watch it again, but a three quid we’re not complaining. Anyway, while it was on we heard the fireworks going off outside somewhere. It really is past time these things were banned for public sale. There’s a greater amount of noise growing against the open sale these thinks. One particular photo I was a dog who picked up a lighted firework and had it go off in his mouth; not a pretty sight at all.

Another craze is that of Chinese lanterns. Yes, they look good as loads of them float off into the night. Photos are taken, and later shared, but no concern is given to where they end up. Not so long ago CCTV cameras caught one landing in a waste processing plant. Within a few minutes a small blaze had begun among the waste awaiting sorting. Pretty soon a major incident was declared as the fire got out of control. It took many days for the fire to be properly extinguished.

Lucky no-one was injured that time. Not so the burns on the head of a horse after one landed on it. Farmers are paying the price when these things come down and cause their life stock to panic, run off in the dark blundering into trees, ditches, rivers – the list is endless. Burning haystacks and hay barns happen fairly often these days. At one time it was thought that the internal heat causes some of them, but how many are now caused by one of these lanterns coming down on or near such a store? We will never really know.

In the past our government has bent over backwards to protect the farming industry. They are the real reason that we still play silly sods with the clocks twice a year after all. So why haven’t they acted to protect them over fireworks and Chinese Lanterns? Maybe a back hander somewhere along the line? Again, we will never really know.

Back handers … hmmm … I wonder … The US is not far off election day. At the end of it there will be a new President and a lot of new faces in congress and the senate. But what doesn’t change? What always remain in place after the election? Here in the UK we call it the civil service, the long standing and long suffering blames carriers when it all goes pear shaped. These men and women are the one who have the real power in government. They are the ones who shape policy based on the promises made by politians. They are the reason that so many of our laws are drafted in such a weak state that the old coach and six can be driven through them.

It’s not that these are thick or stupid either. Oh no, they wouldn’t got where they are if they were. No, it’s because they are the wheelers and dealers. I firmly believe that if they personally might lose out somewhere along the line, they work to ensure that things are drafted so they don’t. So much for Queen and Country hey!

Enough of all that … Today’s photo …

Twycross chimps.

Today’s funny …

What are baby witches called?
Halloweenies.