tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55837195177247703642024-03-20T10:11:40.297+00:00Glaswegian GeordieThoughts (hopefully not too many rantings) from an exiled Scot in the North East of EnglandBGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-51439791998644622552013-11-25T09:25:00.001+00:002013-11-25T09:25:19.070+00:00Brian Edwards's invitation is awaiting your response<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;" width="100%" bgcolor="#F4F4F4"><tr><td align="center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;border:solid 1px #DFDFDF;-moz-border-radius:0px;-webkit-border-radius:0px;border-radius:0px;" bgcolor="#DFDFDF" width="100%" class=""><tr><td width="98%" valign="top" align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;border:solid 1px none;-moz-border-radius:0px;-webkit-border-radius:0px;border-radius:0px;border:none" bgcolor="#DFDFDF" width="545" class="responsive"><tr><td width="98%" valign="top" align="left"> <!--Logo--> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <table width="1" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class=""><tr><td><div style="height:10px;font-size:10px;line-height:10px;"> </div></td></tr></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> <img src="http://s.c.lnkd.licdn.com/scds/common/u/img/logos/logo_emails_trans_98x24.png" alt="" border="0" height="24" width="98"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="1" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class=""><tr><td><div style="height:10px;font-size:10px;line-height:10px;"> </div></td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- Gray Bar --> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;border:solid 1px #FFFFFF;-moz-border-radius:0px;-webkit-border-radius:0px;border-radius:0px;border:none;background:#333" bgcolor="#333333" width="100%" class=""><tr><td width="98%" valign="top" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <table width="1" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class=""><tr><td><div style="height:10px;font-size:10px;line-height:10px;"> </div></td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;border:solid 1px #FFFFFF;-moz-border-radius:0px;-webkit-border-radius:0px;border-radius:0px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%" class=""><tr><td width="98%" valign="top" align=""> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="20"><table width="20" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class=""><tr><td><div style="height:0px;font-size:0px;line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr></table></td> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;" width="100%"> <tr><td height="20"><table width="1" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class=""><tr><td><div style="height:20px;font-size:20px;line-height:20px;"> </div></td></tr></table></td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <strong>Brian Edwards</strong> would like to connect on LinkedIn. 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How would you like to respond? </td> </tr> <tr><td height="15"><table width="1" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class=""><tr><td><div style="height:15px;font-size:15px;line-height:15px;"> </div></td></tr></table></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%"><div style="height:1px;font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #DDDDDD;"> </div></td></tr> <tr><td height="20"><table width="1" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class=""><tr><td><div style="height:20px;font-size:20px;line-height:20px;"> </div></td></tr></table></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;" width="100%"> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial;" width="100%" valign="top"> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/e/ezdqcq-ho6vv2uv-1k/doi/18077098495/_aBFqWjj/gir_54116200781_0/eml-comm_invg-b-accept-reminder/?hs=false&tok=3gUWH4PXB_bS01" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: bold; 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Mountain View, CA 94043, USA<table width="1" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class=""><tr><td><div style="height:1px;font-size:1px;line-height:1px;"> </div></td></tr></table></div> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> <img src="http://www.linkedin.com/emimp/ezdqcq-ho1t1tl4-2l.gif" style="width:1px; height:1px;"/>BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-63769972358327895822010-04-22T04:43:00.001+00:002010-04-22T04:43:25.645+00:00laurent houe<a href="http://www.vaca-loca.biz/home.php">http://www.vaca-loca.biz/home.php</a>BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-18891347861354427202009-09-19T14:20:00.002+00:002009-09-19T14:27:39.272+00:00I am what I am.<div face="verdana"></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 68);font-size:13px;" ><div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 1em;">This post isn't my own work. I found it in a Twitter friend's blog <a href="http://twitter.com/peewii">http://Twitter.com/peewii</a>. She didn't know the author either.<br /><br />Congratulations to all people who were born in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!<br /><br />First, we survived being born to mothers who either smoked and/or drank whilst they carried us and they lived in houses made from asbestos. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw eggs, liver and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer. Then, after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint.<br /><br />We had no child-proof lids on medicine bottles and when we rode our bikes we had no helmets or safety gear and often rode with no shoes on our feet.<br /><br />If we were lucky enough to ride in a car we didn't wear a seat-belt and there were no air-bags.<br /><br />We drank water from the garden hose.<br /><br />Take-away food was limited to fish 'n' chips; there were no pizza places, McDonald's, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">KFC</span>or Subway.<br /><br />All the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open at the weekend and guess what? We didn't starve.<br /><br />We shared one drink between 4 friends, drank from the same bottle and didn't die! We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner shop for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Toffos</span>, gobstoppers, bubblegum or even a naughty banger with which to blow up frogs.<br /><br />We ate cakes, white bread, real butter, fizzy drinks loaded with sugar but never gained weight because we were always outside playing. During the summer holidays we would leave home in the morning and play out all day. No-one was able to reach us and as long as we were back when the street lights came on we were <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ok</span>.<br /><br />We'd spend hours building go-carts from old bits of pram and then ride down a hill only to discover we didn't have brakes but it didn't matter. We build tree-houses and dens and played in river beds. We didn't have<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Playstations</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Nintento</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Wii</span>, no video games,<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">DVD's</span>, hundreds of channels on TV, no<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"> internet</span> or chat rooms. We had friends and we went outside to find them.<br /><br />We fell out of trees, got cut, broke teeth, sometimes broke bones and we didn't sue anyone.<br /><br />Only girls had pierced ears.<br /><br />We ate worms and mud pies and didn't die. And the worms didn't grow into monsters in our bellies.<br /><br />Easter eggs and hot cross buns were only available at Easter.<br /><br />Sports teams at school had trials and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that! Getting into the team was based on MERIT!<br /><br />Teachers used to belt us with tawes and board dusters and bullies always ruled the playground.<br /><br />The idea of a parent bailing us out if we got into trouble was unheard of - they sided with authority.<br /><br />Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids.<br /><br />We had freedom, failure, success, disappointment, responsibility and we learned how to deal with it all.<br /><br />So if you were born in those decades above, congratulations! How brave we were!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;font-size:17px;" > </span></div></span></div>BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-72051862329350739372009-05-04T17:28:00.002+00:002009-05-04T17:34:23.460+00:00Everyone's Entitled to an OpinionGordon Brown was persuaded to surrender his instinctive socialist ideals for the free market policy of New Labour. Where are we now?<br /><br />What would Britain be like today if, during this extended period of mass economic and social migration, post 911 and 7/7 terrorist threats , a more right wing, reactionary government had been in power?BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-61123493303673538962009-02-20T21:29:00.002+00:002009-02-20T21:38:28.195+00:00The Big Picture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SZ8g7suiFwI/AAAAAAAADWo/wtyR0bhWp6g/s1600-h/p38_17993427.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SZ8g7suiFwI/AAAAAAAADWo/wtyR0bhWp6g/s400/p38_17993427.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304995096056436482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="bpMore">People walk past a boy playing marbles in the street in Rawalpindi , Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)</span></span><br /><br />This is from a site I can't recommend enough. The <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/">Big Picture.</a> It's part of the Boston Globe and it's a unique, regularly updated collection of professional photo journalism from the professional photo press (not just their in-house). It's presented in subject oriented packages, but in a non-judgmental straightforward way that is oddly effective. Check it out. The above example is very humbling, but it's not all gloom and doom.BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-16746551176979585242009-02-15T17:26:00.004+00:002009-02-15T17:30:03.253+00:00Bergen - 1st ImpressionsA dozen or so pics illustrating <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/brianbge/sets/72157613790294801/">1st impressions</a> of my visit to a new city and country for me. I'll try to describe my non-visual impressions soon.BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-47677794143954639172009-02-05T22:27:00.005+00:002009-02-05T22:53:38.668+00:00Sully the hero<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SYtomUHM0OI/AAAAAAAADS8/CDVeitzCG5E/s1600-h/sulley_clap_474362a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SYtomUHM0OI/AAAAAAAADS8/CDVeitzCG5E/s320/sulley_clap_474362a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299444393974747362" border="0" /></a>Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's conversation with Air Traffic Control was just covered on the news.<br /><br />This man's instinct was to choose the Hudson River to try and land his plane. This was simply based on choosing anywhere that wasn't metropolitan New York. He probably thought he was going to his certain death, but he had done all he could to keep the death toll down. We know he displayed extraordinary technical skill in the safe landing he achieved, but it's the humane, moral fibre he showed that overshadows it.<br /><br />I'm incredibly impressed with this man's humanity. The word is invariably overused, but not in this case: A hero!BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-57360441522528112982009-02-04T23:30:00.000+00:002009-02-04T23:31:22.311+00:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SYolJ_UThCI/AAAAAAAADS0/jAbqw0Udzkc/s1600-h/b25_17212209.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SYolJ_UThCI/AAAAAAAADS0/jAbqw0Udzkc/s400/b25_17212209.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299088765100459042" border="0" /></a>BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-40565419055831334082009-02-01T23:12:00.001+00:002009-02-01T23:12:34.831+00:00David Attenborough & the BBCIn my travels I've yet to see TV that comes within miles of British TV. Tonight's 'Tree of Life' with David Attenborough was up there. It's not only the quality of the programme but the scheduling as well. Who else would have the balls (or the savvy) to put such a show in the prime Sunday night slot on the main channel, BBC 1? Long may it be so.<p align="right" ><a href="http://www.shozu.com/portal/?utm_source=upload&utm_medium=graphic&utm_campaign=upload_graphic/" target="_blank" ><img src="http://www.shozu.com/resources/messages/logo_blog.gif" alt="Posted by ShoZu" border="0" /></a></p>BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-20389273416099395882009-01-31T20:44:00.001+00:002009-01-31T20:44:03.122+00:00A History of ScotlandOver and above the excellent account of Scotland's history by Neil Oliver, the production and the photography and scenery is awesome.<p align="right" ><a href="http://www.shozu.com/portal/?utm_source=upload&utm_medium=graphic&utm_campaign=upload_graphic/" target="_blank" ><img src="http://www.shozu.com/resources/messages/logo_blog.gif" alt="Posted by ShoZu" border="0" /></a></p>BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-967311625249420272009-01-31T17:51:00.002+00:002009-01-31T17:58:48.147+00:00Looking Back at OurselvesWhilst stopped at a red light in the outside lane, have you ever signalled to go right at the last minute or even after the light has gone green and therefore misled the traffic behind you to their obvious annoyance?<br /><br />You've only done this once in your whole life, haven't you? And it was because your plans changed at that moment, and therefore your route as well.<br /><br />So ... instead of getting frustrated and angry when caught behind the f***ing w****er of a driver who should learn to f***ing drive, just consider that this is their one and only time for this last minute change of mind .... and the world will stay a happier place.BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-37910502772468156322008-11-01T20:46:00.004+00:002008-11-01T21:03:29.937+00:00Undeserved creditHave you ever tried your name in a Google Image search? Assuming you're not called David Beckham it's worth a go. You may be pleasantly surprised.<br /><br />I've just done it and the first choice is a picture of a guy I know, but it's not me. I even know who took the photo, but that wasn't me either.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SQzBikn1-qI/AAAAAAAAB24/en_haT9VoUk/s1600-h/CIMG0830.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SQzBikn1-qI/AAAAAAAAB24/en_haT9VoUk/s320/CIMG0830.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263794864179772066" border="0" /></a><br />This is the picture:<br />It was a finalist in a BBC Scotland photo comp for rugby pics. The caption credited the Cartha QP stand-off for administering self treatment during a tour match in Canada.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SQzDG89DO5I/AAAAAAAAB3A/XUAPTKtcNio/s1600-h/Cartha+Toronto+June+05+106.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 198px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SQzDG89DO5I/AAAAAAAAB3A/XUAPTKtcNio/s320/Cartha+Toronto+June+05+106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263796588698090386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The credit is due, not to me, but the stand-off's colleague that day as seen here:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you like to see someone suffer, here's another shot of the poor bugger!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SQzDsDIxS4I/AAAAAAAAB3I/OdnKk6wQrKo/s1600-h/Cartha+Toronto+June+05+105.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 169px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/SQzDsDIxS4I/AAAAAAAAB3I/OdnKk6wQrKo/s320/Cartha+Toronto+June+05+105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263797226013019010" border="0" /></a>BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-66648858033286068812008-10-31T23:26:00.004+00:002008-10-31T23:42:58.759+00:00Speedy Boarders and Air-RageHow stupid do you feel when your conned by the airlines, especially the budget airlines with their special offers of "speedy or priority boarding". I believe they've even managed to get mugs to pay for this "privilege". Let's examine what you get for your money:<br /><br />You're standing on a boiling hot bus, or in a queue to go into a tin tube designed for people tied to seats. But for 20 to 30 minutes it's full of bustling humanity, bags hitting you in the face. You can't go to the toilet. You can't get a drink. You can't use your phone. You can't play your iPod, your games console or whatever. You can't use your laptop. You can't even open your newspaper, let alone read it; AND the air conditioning just can't cope (if it's on at all).<br /><br />I, on the other hand, am in an air conditioned lounge, seated with unlimited leg-room, with toilets, phones, and access to drinks etc. quietly, un-stressfully reading the paper until the optimum time to board.<br /><br />They won't go without me and you won't get there before me.<br /><br />More worryingly, I've witnessed agression turning into violence caused by the frustration felt by some passengers that feel that they have been cheated by people "jumping" the queue, or otherwise gaining an unfair advantage. What advantage?BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-77948094900287346492007-12-13T00:06:00.000+00:002007-12-16T00:45:06.151+00:00People: Jeremy Austin - Times OnlineAn extract from today's Times which needs no further comment from me.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3037205.ece">People: Jeremy Austin - Times Online</a>: "— Despite Christian Voice losing its attempt to bring a private blasphemy prosecution against Jerry Springer – The Opera , Stewart Lee, the show’s co-creator, says that he is not going to write any more satirical religious shows because theatres are too scared of prosecution. “I can’t afford not to be paid for years and years of work on the whim of idiots,” he told the free-speech group Index on Censorship. Which sort of means the “idiots” have won."<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Cobject%20width=%2213%22%20height=%2213%22%20classid=%22clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000%22%20codebase=%22http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0%22%20allowNetworking=%22internal%22%3E%20%3Cparam%20name=%22allowScriptAccess%22%20value=%22sameDomain%22%20/%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22FlashVars%22%20value=%22resourceID=3626875&flp=true%22%20/%3E%20%3Cparam%20name=%22movie%22%20value=%22http://static.last.fm/webclient/inline/3/inlinePlayer.swf%22%20/%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22quality%22%20value=%22high%22%20/%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22bgcolor%22%20value=%22#ffffff%22%20/%3E%3Cembed%20wmode=%22transparent%22%20src=%22http://static.last.fm/webclient/inline/3/inlinePlayer.swf%22%20quality=%22high%22%20FlashVars=%22resourceID=3626875&flp=true%22%20bgcolor=%22#ffffff%22%20width=%2213%22%20height=%2213%22%20name=%22inlinePlayer%22%20allowNetworking=%22internal%22%20allowScriptAccess=%22sameDomain%22%20type=%22application/x-shockwave-flash%22%20pluginspage=%22http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer%22%20/%3E%20%3C/object%3E%20%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.last.fm/music/Carpenters%22%3ECarpenters%3C/a%3E%20%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93%20%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.last.fm/music/Carpenters/_/They+Long+To+Be+Close+To+You%22%3EThey%20Long%20To%20Be%20Close%20To%20You%3C/a%3E"><br /></a>BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-72996051402175448372007-12-13T00:03:00.000+00:002007-12-13T00:03:36.339+00:00Jonathan Creek actor Alan Davies 'bit tramp’s ear' in tussle after friend’s funeral - Times Online<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3037185.ece">Jonathan Creek actor Alan Davies 'bit tramp’s ear' in tussle after friend’s funeral - Times Online</a>: "Best known on screen for his curly mop of hair and faux-idiotic demeanour, Mr Davies, a vegetarian, was accused of sinking his teeth into Paul McElfatrick outside the Groucho Club in Soho, Central London, last week"<br /><br />This is an extract from today's Times. WTF's the relevance of ", a vegetarian," ?BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-68447154309223626022007-11-28T10:18:00.001+00:002007-11-28T10:18:50.267+00:00Great Toilet Seat DebateImagine your designing the toilet for a public unisex situation;<br>train, aircraft, restaurant for example. What would you specify as the<br>default seat position? Up or down? The one that almost guarantees that<br>it does'nt get covered in piss? (Well men's piss anyway).BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-44704251935630482842007-10-17T22:57:00.000+00:002007-10-17T23:01:28.723+00:00British Royal NavyThe recent TV advert for the Royal Navy that features an IT Operative whose "punch line" is "sometimes I just switch it off and on again" .... On a nuclear submarine that could start Armageddon. Paints a wonderful picture of our professionalism and competence, I don't think!BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-80670053764315035592007-10-14T12:42:00.000+00:002007-10-14T12:42:28.018+00:00Favourite Bumper Stickers<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;" lang="EN-GB">Thought I'd share my selection from recent Bumper Sticker lists:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;" lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-GB">Suburbia: Where they tear out the trees and name streets after them.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-GB">The last time politics and religion were mixed, people were burned at the stake.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-GB">The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-GB">Every time you open your mouth, some idiot starts talking.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-GB">The control key on the keyboard does not work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-GB">Say "NO" to drugs. That will bring the prices down.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-GB">To err is human, to moo bovine.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-GB">Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Rap is to music as Etch-A-Sketch is to art.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-16800168236064849982007-09-30T12:13:00.000+00:002008-11-13T09:10:21.266+00:00Wales<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/Rv-TDbh7KhI/AAAAAAAABTc/WBljiG8M9Dw/s1600-h/Fiji+wing+Vilimoni+Delasau-745752.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/Rv-TDbh7KhI/AAAAAAAABTc/WBljiG8M9Dw/s400/Fiji+wing+Vilimoni+Delasau-745752.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115969388855110162" border="0" /></a></p>I know Scotland's performance was poor and the result a cliff hanger, but Fiji made it a cracking weekend!BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-26372394325873018832007-09-30T12:08:00.000+00:002008-11-13T09:10:21.365+00:00Scotland v Italy - St Etienne<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/Rv-SIrh7KgI/AAAAAAAABTU/I2HCLP5Xi4s/s1600-h/29092007318-704520.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/Rv-SIrh7KgI/AAAAAAAABTU/I2HCLP5Xi4s/s400/29092007318-704520.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115968379537795586" border="0" /></a></p>The stadium was almost full with the official number 34,701 .... and I was the one. Well if I hadn't been there it would have been 34,700 wouldn't it?BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-14913029023980500252007-09-18T17:36:00.000+00:002008-11-13T09:10:21.508+00:00What make is this?<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/RvANDTkrWhI/AAAAAAAABTE/kxEm0pihdvg/s1600-h/11092007306-001-701203.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/RvANDTkrWhI/AAAAAAAABTE/kxEm0pihdvg/s400/11092007306-001-701203.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111599927510391314" /></a></p>Came across this unusual model in Jesmond. Don't know what it is.BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-14603611719788653782007-08-24T22:06:00.001+00:002008-11-13T09:10:21.648+00:00Gems<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/Rs9WxL3J7SI/AAAAAAAABSc/K_dIEdBUdqE/s1600-h/6638caaaffdb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhlYBXiV6Xw/Rs9WxL3J7SI/AAAAAAAABSc/K_dIEdBUdqE/s400/6638caaaffdb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102392305831767330" border="0" /></a><br />Cracking photo .. just stumbled upon it ... another really good site for "oddities" that is really worth checking out if you like that sort of thing: <a href="http://www.oddee.com/">Oddee</a>BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583719517724770364.post-46380723986219299702007-08-20T18:59:00.001+00:002007-08-20T18:59:56.602+00:00Day at the Races<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianbge/1170329533/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1036/1170329533_fd12cfb422_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianbge/1170329533/">Day at the Races</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/brianbge/">brianbge</a> </span></div>Had a pretty good day at Newcastle Races on Friday. Had three winners in a row all at pretty good odds.<br clear="all" />BGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06238340833488075963noreply@blogger.com0