Be Careful What You Tweet
Sally Bercow has dropped herself into it, by a tweet, that she meant to be conversational and mischievous. It’s all here on the BBC.
I might criticise people on this blog, but I’m very careful in criticising them only on subjects that are very much in the public domain and not just innuendo or gossip.
In some ways, I’m more likely to be sued not by a celebrity, but by some quack, who is promoting some scientifically-incorrect, who are I show the error of their ways.
Woolwich Attack Incredibly Hard To Stop
This was the headline on this story on the BBC.
It’s so true.
I once met a senior police officer, who told me that a lot of knife crimes in his experience happened, after someone had a row and lost it. They might run into the kitchen at home and grab the first thing that was handy, such as a knife from a block in the kitchen, which we all seem to have these days. As he said, his mother only had one small knife on display, which she used for everything, with the carver for the Sunday joint safe in a drawer. My mother was the same.
It’s just too easy to get hold of a lethal weapon.
Obviously, this wouldn’t have been a factor in the Woolwich killing, but it is too easy to get hold of dangerous weapons as so many cases show.
So This Is Summer!
I took this picture this afternoon.
So This Is Summer!
It was one hell of a hailstorm.
LT12 On Test
I was on Tottenham Court Road today and saw New Bus for London number LT12.
I’m surprised that the registration numbers aren’t in the same sequence as the first nine.
I talked to a lady waiting for a 24 and she was enthusiastic about the arrival of new buses on a route she often used.
Completing Kings Cross
I took these pictures this morning, as they were completing Kings Cross station.
The new Great Northern Hotel looks particularly impressive.
Should Crossrail Go To Reading?
According to this article on the BBC, a Reading councillor is wanting Crossrail to terminate at Reading rather than Maidenhead.
It has always struck me, that Reading as a bigger town might be a better terminus. If Crossrail terminated there, it would also be easier to get to Heathrow from the West Country and Wales, although plans are in place to allow direct trains from the west into Heathrow.
But then I haven’t got access to the passenger numbers and costs.
I suppose you could also make arguments for the terminus of Crossrail to be on a large Park and Ride on the M4.
But then you could probably make arguments for the two eastern terminals to be stations other than Abbey Wood and Shenfield.
Dishwasher-Safe Coasters
I was at the Clerkenwell Design Week today, when I saw some glass coasters that gave me an idea. Why can’t we have dishwasher-safe coasters? I have a messy office because, I tend to drink masses of tea all day. My late wife, always complained about the state, with tea stains everywhere.
My Current Dirty Coaster
The picture shows the one, I’m using at the moment. Pristine it isn’t!
So I went to John Lewis, arguing, if anybody would have them, they would. I found these by ashortwalk, which although, the main material will stand up to a dishwasher, the cork pads won’t.
Coasters From ashortwalk
I should say that the research I did at CDW, indicated that many would like dishwasher-safe coasters. The office market could be bigger than domestic.
A real Crime-Solving Lawyer
This story, which is all over the media, shows how to solve the theft of an iPad.
The West Midlands police seemed to be as useful as a chocolate tea-pot.
Spam From H & M With An Italian Unsubscribe
H & M just crossed themselves of my list of shops to use! Not that I actually have done!
I just got spam from them and when I unsubscribed it was all in Italian.
Hopefully, it’s the last I’ll hear from them!
The BBC Plugs A Dinosaur
The BBC is doing an outside broadcast from the newly-rebuilt Whiteley Village shopping centre near Fareham.
It may be what market research says what is needed in the area and what the major chains of shops, I don’t use, want, but it is rather a dinosaur, in that after my visits to One New Change and Trinity in Leeds, I believe that something more in tune with the modern world is emerging. The trouble with these two new in-city shopping centres, is they are difficult places to park the 4×4!
But then your life improves substantially, when you ditch your vehicle!
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