The Anonymous Widower

Aberdoom

Not my name for it, but a Scot, who I’ve known for years.

But just look at this.

It must be one of the most remarkable weather pictures, I’ve ever seen.

September 25, 2012 Posted by | News | , | Leave a comment

Why No Flooded Prisons?

In all the rain we’ve had lately, I can’t remember any cases of prisons being flooded.

Does this mean that we are more careful where we site prisons than new homes?

Surely the same rules should apply.

September 25, 2012 Posted by | News | , , | Leave a comment

Wobbly Carrot Amnesty

The Times reports today, that because of the dreadful weather, the supermarkets are relaxing their standards for vegetables. The Times calls it a wobbly carrot amnesty.

Where is Esther Rantzen when you need her?

August 31, 2012 Posted by | World | , , | 1 Comment

Upper Street Was Quiet

I know, it’s a bank holiday, but Upper Street was unusually quiet.

Upper Street Was Quiet

You couldn’t say Carluccio’s or Waitrose were busy either.

And now it’s started raining.

As I’ve said many times before, when I become the dictator, bank holidays will be the first thing to get banned.

August 27, 2012 Posted by | World | , , , | 9 Comments

God Gives Her Verdict On Romney

It would appear that God is throwing everything she can at Tampa to try to stop the Republican Convention picking Mormon Mitt as their Presidential candidate. Read all about it here.

August 27, 2012 Posted by | News | , , , | 1 Comment

They’re Playing Water Polo At Wembley

The Rugby League Cup Final is being played in atrocious weather at Wembley.

They’ve also called off the Sunderland Reading football match, as the ground is waterlogged.

And it’s only August!

August 25, 2012 Posted by | Sport | , , | 1 Comment

A Bad Day For Living Alone

Today is probably not going to be a good day. It’s going to rain all day and the football is in Blackpool, the town with the streets paved with vomit.  I suppose the heavy rain forecast for the cess-pit of the Lancashire coast, will clean it up a bit, but it’s not the weather to visit a town without any gluten-free food.

So I’ll just stay here and listen to the radio in between watching the football on Sky.

I can’t even go to bed, as I don’t have a lady to make it more comfortable.

At least with the cafe opposite, I can go there and have a coffee in between the rain showers.

I think I’ll look for a matinee at the theatre. At least, I can catch the 38 bus from round the corner direct to Shaftesbury Avenue.  Singing in the Rain anybody?

August 25, 2012 Posted by | Sport, World | , , , | 1 Comment

Lightning Strikes On Aircraft

They had a piece on BBC Breakfast this morning, about lightning strikes on aircraft, showing how that if there was a layer of metal fibres woven into the carbon fibre, the aircraft skin didn’t collapse.  They did show what happened if a lightning bolt hit the lab teapot.

But there was no mention in the piece of Michael Faraday, who would have course realised the solution, as he did all of the original work and invented the Faraday cage in 1836.

All metal aircraft are in effect, appropriately-sized Faraday cages and this work in Cardiff, is just repeating the process for carbon fibre aircraft.

July 18, 2012 Posted by | World | , , , | Leave a comment

Waitrose Extend Summer

Waitrose are changing their summer opening hours.

Waitrose Extend Summer

Could this e due to the bad weather.  all the staff this morning at the Angel were feeling the cold.

July 16, 2012 Posted by | World | , , | Leave a comment

The Times Calls For Summer

The Times in its third leader makes a passionate and heartfelt appeal for summer. Here’s the last couple of sentences.

Let us make our position crystal clear: we are against this weather. It must stop raining, and soon. The British climate is supposed to be unpredictable. At the moment, it is anything but. If sustained sunshine is too much to ask for, most of us would settle for a little bit of fickle.

Let’s hope it’s campaign is as successful as the one it had recently to change the adoption laws.  But does the jetstream have a subscription to the paper?

On the other hand, at least most of us can still laugh at the weather.

July 14, 2012 Posted by | News | , | Leave a comment