Do Either Poland or Greece Want To Win?
This has not been the greatest game of football and I would suspect, if Russia or the Czech republic get their act together, they’ll get some points from this pair.
After all, all we’ve had here is two sendings off, a missed penalty, another which should have been given , one goal each and very little else.
There’s just four minutes left, so on current form, I suspect it’ll be one goal each at the end.
What Do You Do With Urban Foxes?
There’s a story in the Standard about foxes plaguing a smart part of London. Here’s what Brent Council said.
When contacted by residents, Brent council said it did not have the funding to deal with foxes but hoped to serve a legal notice on the owner of the property to remove the vegetation.
The council claimed it could leave itself open to prosecution if it moved the animals.
Craig Johnstone, of the council’s Public and Animal Health Team, wrote in an email: “Dealing with foxes is quite a specialist field. It’s not that simple to just trap and relocate them.
“Doing this could leave us open to prosecution as releasing a fox into another area (countryside) could cause the fox unnecessary suffering.”
A farmer friend of mind has had urban foxes dumped on his land. As they have never had to hunt and have just scavenged, they are rather lost and get very hungry. He’s even seen them begging round his tractor, whilst he sits there eating his sandwiches for lunch.
They should be humanely destroyed.
Everybody Needs a Dry Cleaner
Mohamed Mahamoud Sheik thought that and has now opened a shop in Mogadishu in Somalia, as reported on the BBC. He is quoted as saying.
When they read ‘Somali Premium Laundry’, they say, ‘wow, is this a real laundry?”
If there was an international business award for the most outrageous start-up he should win it.
Good luck to him!
A Bus in an Brighter Shade of Red
This bus had been painted in a rather odd shade of red or more likely orange.
An Orange Bus
It is being use to advertise Ed Sheeran
A Modern Bus On An Old Plate
These two pictures show a modern Wright Bus on an old plate
I would say that the umber 361 CLT was probably issued originally about 1960, for use on a Routemaster.
Where Are The New Buses for London?
They have been rather conspicuous by their absence of late and I whave been wondering they are either being retrofitted with some new mod or have been busjacked for the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Perhaps, HRH is turning up on a 38 bus, as after all it goes round the back of Buck House.
Today though, I saw LT2 and LT6 at the Angel, so it must just be the reverse of coincidence, that I haven’t seen one for a few days.
The Olympic Torch is Now On The Red Button
This is so much better. And doesn’t use all that bandwidth on the Internet.
I wonder why it’s now available.
Ben Macintyre on the Alawites
If you wonder what’s going on in Syria, an article in The Times today, by Ben MacIntyre gives a very sound and fearful insight into the world and history of the Alawites. One quote from the article follows.
Many fear the fall of Assad will give rise to wholesale retribution.
Everybody who wants to make a statement about Syria, should read this article. If you can’t get hold of a copy, at least read the Wikipedia article.
I doubt that we’ll ever get anywhere with Assad and this bunch.
Ed Milliband Admits He Looks Like Wallace
It’s all here in the Daily Mail.
I suppose it could be worse, if looked like some other cartoon characters.
At least Peter Sallis, who voices Wallace, went to the sane school as I did, Minchenden in North London.
Exploitation of White Girls “is Asian problem”
The headline of this report comes from a piece from the front page of The Times and is based on quotes from Nazir Afzal, who is the Chief Crown Prosecutor in North West England.
He also says he will not turn a blind eye to crimes in any community.
I totally agree with that last statement and The Times and their reporter Andrew Norfolk is to be congratulated on their coverage of the subject. I suspect that the paper doesn’t go down too well in Pakistani communities.
The Anonymous Widower 