tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74647105273715553692024-03-12T22:51:30.587-07:00Transmission LinesSometimes we shrug our shoulders and carry on and sometimes we need to stand up and be counted. Sometime the world needs a kick in the backside. Sometimes we just need to make each other smile.Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-1826564153641366242014-10-09T01:55:00.000-07:002014-10-09T01:55:11.049-07:00Radical Terrorists or an Army of Spies <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Imagine a terrorist organisation. This organisation might be
seen as a threat to the security in a great number of nations. Rumours abound
but in reality this terrorist organisation only exists in the minds of two
radical students who probably would have grown out it by the time they left
university. The Americans are worried so the CIA sends a couple of agents to
infiltrate the group. Unbeknown to the CIA, Home security and the FBI have also
sent agents as infiltrators. The UK’s MI5, French DRCI, Finish SUPO, Danish FE,
Czech BIS, and Israeli Mossad also infiltrate the group. None of the agents
know that the other agents are anything other than members of this terrorist
cell. Those keeping watch on the group see that the threat seems to be growing;
they are recruiting more and more members. As the level of paranoia rises more
and more security agencies send people to infiltrate the group. Canadian,
Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese Kuwait, South Africa, Norway and Spain send
agents. Australia, New Zeland, Norway and Qatar are not far behind. The group
keeps growing but the original two students have discovered girls and are
working hard for their degrees. To them their radical dreams are all but forgotten,
but the infiltrators feel they need to prove themselves to the others in this
expanding group. Small acts of terror are carried out as proof of their
seriousness and loyalty. As time goes by these acts need to be made more and
more audacious to impress the others in the group so the infiltrators are
trusted by the organisation. What we now have is a large terrorist organisation
where almost everyone is a spy, so is highly trained and has access to almost
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funds. In reality the whole thing is a non-entity but is just as
dangerous as a real group of terrorists.</div>
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Think it sounds far-fetched?
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has happened in the past, is
happening now and will most certainly happen again. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-1469721413194857582014-08-17T00:10:00.000-07:002014-08-17T00:10:26.051-07:00Magpies and Shiney ObjectsThis week the BBC and various other press reports that "Magpies do not steal trinkets and are positively scared of shiny objects." <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28797519">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28797519</a><br />
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I for one know this simply is not true or at least was not true, they do or at least did like shiny things when I was a lad. When I was a child I observed Magpies nesting in a tree that I used to climb. The Magpie's nest was always full of bits of tin foil and other shiny oddments. On one occasion I caught a Magpie trying to take or at least peeking away at a small mirror on my bedroom windowsill. <br />
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When I was a child everyone had their milk delivered to the doorstep by the milkman. A well observed habit of various birds was to peck open milk bottles to get at the cream. It was a favourite trick of Blue Tits, but on my early morning paper rounds I often saw Magpies, Starlings and Sparrows following their example.<br />
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I suspect that the Magpies associated shiny with food and tried to take that food back to the nest. Bearing in mind that the foil off chocolate and sweets might often contain traces of food and along with the milk bottle thing it is hardly surprising that an intelligent bird like a Magpie should display such behaviour.<br />
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This behaviour in Magpies was no doubt a learned rather than a natural thing and maybe due to the lack of milk bottles on doorsteps and the somewhat improved cleaning methods use in our streets, since I was a child, has been unlearned by successive generations of the birds.<br />
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The so call scientific tests with only 64 observations is such a small sample as to be insignificant. To be of any use there would need to be several thousand observations in Magpie colonies in different parts of the country, but then what would be the point. Sorry BBC, sorry DR Sheppard - Myth not busted. <br />
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Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-69724073833386984892014-02-10T12:48:00.001-08:002014-02-10T12:48:47.478-08:00<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Identity
theft is on the increase. First my bank inform me my financial details
have been compromised and now my insurance company tells me someone has
been sacked for selling my details too. I am getting so paranoid I have
to see photo ID every time I look in the mirror just in case I'm not me.</span>Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-30662350935048236332013-01-19T12:14:00.001-08:002013-01-19T12:36:46.161-08:00GB2FLB - Jan 2013 SOS radio week<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Dave
MW6NTG operating GB2FLB run by Flintshire Raynet Group for SOS radio
week in the Flint Lifeboat station. Helen GW7AAU is logging. Dave is a
'white stick operator' and this is his first time operating on HF.
Pretty good for his first try I think you will agree, but he is a
professional radio presenter on Calon FM in Wrexham North Wales.</span></span></h5>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord
Turner, the head of the Financial Services Authority thinks Britain's tradition
of free bank accounts is wrong and we should be paying the banks for looking
after our money. Can somebody tell me what is actually free about free banking?
They have our money, because very few companies will actually pay their workers
in cash these days and so we have no choice, they then lend us our own money at exorbitant interest
rates and pay us sod all for giving them the money in the first place. At one time we actually got interest on our savings,
but now it is all used to finance big banking frauds and big bonuses for those responsible
for those frauds. It is time the banks got their houses in order and started
remembering that it is their customers who are both their investors and their
biggest asset. I am no socialist, but it is time the big corporations, bankers
and politicians are reminded just who put them where they are today; the
general public. Personally I would set up a guillotine in Thread Needle Street
and then heads would really roll, but until the revolution starts just remember banker is spelt
with a capital W.</span>Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-79771374116731035882011-12-27T02:16:00.000-08:002011-12-27T02:16:38.022-08:00Three films I have been waiting forThree films I have been waiting for... No 1 Ridley Scott's Prometheus<br />
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Three films I have been waiting for... No 2 Peter Jackson's The Hobbit<br />
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Three films I have been waiting for... No 3 Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises <br />
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Also out this year... Chronicle / Sherlock Holmes - Game of Shadows / The Raven / Hugo. 2012 looks like a good year for films.Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-91046438022938774192011-11-01T10:05:00.000-07:002011-11-01T10:07:01.926-07:00Never ever buy gift vouchers.Never ever, ever buy gift vouchers or book tokens. 30% of gift vouchers are never cashed. Most gift vouchers have an expiry date of between 6 and 12 months, but if the retailer who issues them has old stock they can be expired before you walk out of the door.<br />
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I was treated like a criminal because I tried to use £50 worth of gift vouchers I won in a competition in work. I was trying to spend them before they expired. After spending hours on the telephone I was told that because of fraud I needed to write a letter to get issued new vouchers.<br />
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Most issuers of vouchers don't do refunds or replace expired vouchers. This is corporate theft as far as I can see. I had £20 of vouchers from Capital Bonds that were short dated. I did not know where I could spend them until it was too late. When I contacted them I was told "We don't reissue or honour expired vouchers". We need a change in the law or at least someone to make a test case.Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-52330434397430305612011-07-10T06:44:00.000-07:002011-07-10T06:45:15.719-07:00Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html">Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles" </a><br />
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Yesterday I had an A4 card through the door telling me I had mail with underpaid postage. It would cost me £1.19 and I had to collect it from the sorting office. So I drive five miles only to find it is a Christmas card. Why I ask is the post not enough? Due to a small diamanté jewel on the card it would not fit through their slot. So what do I want with a Christmas card for in the middle of January? I told them to stuff it where the sun doesn't shine.<br /><br />So be warned if you send Birthday or Christmas cards with badges or are a little thicker than normal it needs to be posted as a large letter. A normal 1st or 2nd class letter needs to be less than 5mm. Not that 5mm means anything to half the population who where raised on Imperial measurements and who measures their letters before sending anyway?<br /><br />The GPO is so screwed, if only there was an alternative like electronic mail. We could call it email for short. I think I will refuse to send anything through the mail in future if I can help it. <br /><br />So if you sent me a Christmas card in a gold envelope with a small diamanté jewel on I never got it.<br /><br />Where have all the <a href="http://discworld.wikia.com/wiki/Clacks">Clacks towers</a> gone?Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-61324434528693467522011-01-05T09:20:00.000-08:002011-01-05T10:46:23.351-08:00Tax Rises Fund Criminal ActivitiesSo VAT is 20% and it stinks. I don't really blame the present government for the rise, that was brought about by the mess left by the last lot. I do however think it is the wrong move on so many levels. In a faltering economy it is going to slow growth and plunge us headlong in to a true recession. Even those with a good income are already crippled by 40% income tax, local taxes in the form of rates and insanely high taxes on fuel for both our homes and cars, then there is road tax and so on. You are not safe with money in the bank these days either. Because interest rates are so pathetic prices are rising faster so you just loose, loose, loose. Whenever a country gets in to this sort of mess the way out is to start a war and it would not surprise me if this time it did not erupt on our own streets. I am quite afraid that if someone does not get a grip of things soon then all hell will break loose. Modern communications mean the people are the press and they cannot gag us all. When the riots start the word will spread faster than has ever been seen before.<br /><br />Hopefully I am being too pessimistic about things and we will not see a civil war in the streets of the UK in 2011, but what is unavoidable is a growing black economy. If you can avoid paying income tax by going "Underground" and sell your goods VAT free you can be making a profit of at least twice what you could as a legitimate business. One can see the attraction.<br /><br />I already know of businesses on the edge who have offered to service my car, supply tyres or electrical goods for cash in hand, no VAT. If I visit people I know who live on council estates I often see the visitors they get selling cigarettes and booze smuggled in to the UK from door to door. The higher the taxes go up the more people are tempted to buy from these criminal types, for that is what they are. They may start out as doing what they have to to make ends meet but at some point they cross the line between what is tax dodging and what is downright criminal. So effectively by increasing tax the government is funding criminal activities.<br /><br />Tonight the price of <span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search"><em></em></span></span>Diesel is up at my local petrol station from £1.24 per litre to £1.31 so a full tank of gas now costs me £107.83. When the <b></b>1973 oil crisis was in full swing my father complained that it cost him just under 10 shillings to fill up, that is 50 pence in today's money or a 21,566 % price rise in 38 years. If we look at the average UK wage in 1973 as being £38.10 then the average wage in the UK today would be £819,508.<br /><br />Crisis what crisis? We are on the Titanic and we are not about to hit the iceberg we have already hit it.<br /><br />Hang on it may be a bumpy year.Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-3843121748072993222010-12-23T05:45:00.000-08:002010-12-23T06:28:15.834-08:00A few bad jokesA few bad jokes but not quite as bad as those in Christmas crackers...<br /><br />It was Thursday and the Booblie Oobulie bird was sitting in his favourite tree when he spied a Boa Constrictor passing by. "That's a big worm" he thought "I'll have that for my tea!" He flew down and tried to attack the snake, which crushed him and swallowed him whole.<br /><br />The moral of this story is ambition can be a good thing but an over estimation of your abilities can get you in trouble.<br /><br />...Or maybe "He should have gone to Specsavers."<br /><br />I was in a bar the other night waiting for my pal Louis when a short wrinkled guy came in wearing a Parka. As we stood at the bar waiting to be served he told me he was an Eskimo. His name was near impossible to pronounce but said "Everyone calls me Ig." Just then my friend walked in and I was able to introduce them. "Ig, Lou!" I announced. <br /><br />An officious looking man walked up to a woman who was breast feeding. "Mrs Walker" he said "I know breast is best but you cannot feed your son here." "But" she protested "that woman is feeding her baby." "Yes Mrs Walker" said the man "but Johnny is 25 and you are freaking out the other passengers on the bus."Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-51748815795182994812010-12-19T19:04:00.000-08:002010-12-19T20:07:39.805-08:00The Scandal of Unsorted the MailGreat Britain already has one of the most expensive postal systems in the world particularly when one takes in to account income levels. Royal Mail continues to deny that fact by saying stamp prices for letters weighing up to 100g are among the lowest in Europe. The price of a first-class stamp will rise by 5p to 46p in April and a second-class stamp will cost 36p, an increase of 4p. Posting a large letter will also become more expensive, 75p ,up 9p, for first-class and 58p, up 7p, for second-class mail.<br /><br />Why the hell do we even have a second class service when sending a first class letter to an address in the same town can take over a week? Personally I have been keeping track of my mail and I very rarely get mail other than on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I may get some mail on Fridays but until this week I have not had anything on Monday or Saturday since forever. So imagine my surprise when I was woken a 08:30 on Sunday morning by a Royal Mail delivery, it was a parcel that needed signing for.<br /><br />So why is Royal Mail so crap? There may be a clue in the conversation I had with a postal worker the other day. This chap told me he is working overtime doing extra rounds. "Some off the guys are going out three times a day" he said "but my bag is not even half full because no-one is being given overtime on the sorting side." Apparently the sorting office is floor to celling but there is little or no sorting going on. It is not just the Christmas post that has caused this. I was told that the condition has been like that for months. For anyone familiar with the TV adaption of Terry Pratchett's book 'Going Postal' the Royal Mail is rapidly becoming the Ankh Morpork Post Office, but Royal Mail has no Moist von Lipwig to pull them out of their rapidly spiralling swan dive in service.<br /><br />The latest news is Royal Mail had announced they are to commence evening deliveries to try to catch up with the backlog caused, they say, by the bad weather. So now not content at waking me up on a Sunday morning they want to disturb my evenings tucked up by the fire too. I am sure the postmen and women are looking forward to working sixteen hour shifts as well.<br /><br />There is one good side to the price rises; Direct mail services are facing price rises of up to 19%. Hopefully that will cut the crap coming through our mail boxes. Why do I get half a dozen mail shots a week from Sky television when I have it already? How the heck can a local Indian Restaurant afford to send me their menu three times a week? Never mind recycling to save a tree, if we banned direct mail services we could save a whole forest every week. If the postal workers did not have to deliver this junk we might have a postal service that works and one we did not mind paying for.Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-5027144254213128802010-10-31T14:24:00.000-07:002010-10-31T15:08:12.226-07:00Dark Knight Rises<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegiRdx7VkR1Zj3MaDgNIT07BpQRS0s7r49E7Enj1iyVBNBYXE2xWejj2aBP6bAbKb3-Wp7-OmzQiouMnaJ_9tkySzLU_6a9L0gh97Lizh9wfY5BUuu9MZbkXil_n3UmEKv7lbeWbBybV1/s1600/Batman.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534334851105352226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 95px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegiRdx7VkR1Zj3MaDgNIT07BpQRS0s7r49E7Enj1iyVBNBYXE2xWejj2aBP6bAbKb3-Wp7-OmzQiouMnaJ_9tkySzLU_6a9L0gh97Lizh9wfY5BUuu9MZbkXil_n3UmEKv7lbeWbBybV1/s200/Batman.gif" border="0" /></a>Details are emerging of the third Batman movie by Christopher Nolan, it will be called 'The Dark Knight Rises' . In an interview with the Los Angles Times Chris says he is not ready to reveal the villain of his 2012 film, but it will not be the Riddler. He has also previously revealed it will not be Mr Freeze. You can read more <a href="http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/27/christopher-nolan-reveals-title-of-third-batman-film-and-that-it-wont-be-the-riddler/">here.</a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Personally I was looking forward to Nolan's working of the character after the brilliant playing of the Joker by the tragic Heath Ledger. Turning the Joker from the camp clown of early incarnations to something resembling Dr Hanibal Lecter on acid would I am sure have made the latest adventure of the Dark Knight even darker. I would have liked people to leave the cinema trembling and scared to walk in the shadows, which is more like what reading the graphic novels alone in the dark felt when you were thirteen. </div>Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-50881653234440732082010-08-05T11:25:00.000-07:002010-08-05T11:35:25.707-07:00Comedy Awards 2010 *** VOTE Ed Byrne ***<span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2010 *** VOTE Ed Byrne *** <a href="http://bit.ly/mm-comedy-god" class="tweet-url web" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/mm-comedy-god</a><br />There are so many good comedians out there who you could vote for but I am voting for Ed Byrne. Ed is out there on edge between mainstream comedy and alternative yet manages to pull it off without resorting to the gutter. Vote for him this time, he might be 'Byrned out' by next year.<br /><br />Fosters lager - for when the real beer has run out.<br /></span></span></span>Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-14433495410898670792010-08-04T07:52:00.000-07:002010-08-04T09:04:41.269-07:00Twitchers in a Twitter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUrHtG5Rry5nN9E5IkjnykqViWzGu5wmbX3X7GXUr32fgR1AawuDU6kZ79nDW29PEtN88PMpfO5Hpp57gXpH2te3yXMlon8PqtMvFjKn9FOw26cvdT_MFQjuaU4MnBaX6Jc8PMsweBZBR/s1600/Purple+Gallinule.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUrHtG5Rry5nN9E5IkjnykqViWzGu5wmbX3X7GXUr32fgR1AawuDU6kZ79nDW29PEtN88PMpfO5Hpp57gXpH2te3yXMlon8PqtMvFjKn9FOw26cvdT_MFQjuaU4MnBaX6Jc8PMsweBZBR/s200/Purple+Gallinule.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501584047216571938" border="0" /></a>Bird watchers are one of a number of hobbyists who have taken the Internet to their bosoms and used it to its full advantage. They are perhaps second only to radio amateurs who use spots via what is know as the DX cluster to keep each other informed of where the action is. Bird watchers use a variety of Internet alerting systems via mobile telephones and email to tell each other when a rare bird is spotted in the wild. In fact Twitter was made for what folk these need.<br /><br />Not surprising then when Balderton Brook in nearby Saltney suddenly became the most popular destination in Wales as information was Tweeted, emailed and sent by text that a rare bird had been spotted. The Purple Gallinule, also known as a grey-headed swamp hen, which is a type of Moorhen from the marshlands of France and Spain and the lily beds of Asia had not been seen in Wales for at least 100 years. Chester Zoo was informed but they denied it was one of theirs as did various local collectors. The bird was around for three days and by Sunday there where fifty or so Twitchers with there scopes, binoculars, cameras and other optical equipment trained on the little bird, but it did not seem to perturbed. That lead to a rumour that although this bird was not ringed it might be an escapee from some colection or other.<br /><br />A local <a href="http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/90473/flintshire-councillor-comes-up-short-with-readers.aspx">Councillor</a> and renowned nut case was interviewed by the local press about the bird and said “Why has it come here? Because it likes Saltney!” When are they going to get that man a straight jacket is what I want to know. Surely even a bird brain does not go to Saltney because they like it? I mean what is there to like? Except maybe a rare bird or two.<br /><br />Unfortunately for the Twitchers the bird had not come as they hoped from India but had escaped from a collector. Apparently two of the birds escaped from an aviary three weeks ago. One returned but the other was missing. The owner arrived and easily recaptured his prize much to the disappointment of the onlookers. The RSPB were on hand and once he had proved to them it was his bird they let him take it away. What a pity since this is the most excitement since 1786 when the brothel burnt down and naked ladies of the night ran out in to the street causing much amusement amongst the young men of the town and red faces all around.Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-18972897190843141702010-07-30T12:35:00.000-07:002010-07-30T12:44:23.541-07:00Predator EscapesDon't cinemas want my custom? My son's and I were going to go and see the new movie 'Predators' on Thursday night, but when my eldest called to book tickets he was told that the only showings during the week were at 23:30 hours and that they were not in 3-D. If we wanted to see it at a sensible time and in 3-D we would have to go Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Due to my work pattern I cannot make those showings so I guess I will have to either buy the DVD or wait until it is on Sky TV. <br /><br />My original post about Predators is <a href="http://transmission-lines.blogspot.com/2010/07/predators-cult-classic-or-cheap-rip-off.html">here</a>.Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-81860880575298154912010-07-24T06:50:00.001-07:002010-07-24T07:28:38.173-07:00American McGee's Alice is back<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="viddler" height="265" width="437"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple_on_site/df83a63b"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="fake=1"><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple_on_site/df83a63b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="fake=1" name="viddler" height="265" width="437"></embed></object><br /><br />Be afraid, be very afraid because eleven years after the original American McGee's Alice is coming back and it should be more twisted and scary than ever. I can't wait. Unfortunately I will have to, as it is not due out until next year.<br /><br />The rumours started when <a href="http://twitter.com/thewhiterabbit">Thewhiterabbit</a> Tweeted, "Follow me and stay tuned for a major announcement from the mad world of Alice today!" Thewhiterabbit's Tweet was then retweeted on the official EA Twitter, leaving Alice fans desperate to know more.<br /><br />The official website is now up with screen shots and more teasers <a href="http://www.ea.com/alice">http://www.ea.com/alice </a>and there is even a Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/alicemadnessreturns">http://www.facebook.com/alicemadnessreturns</a> so it is all true. Now all we have to do is wait for the nightmare to begin.<br /><br />The game info on the Alice website reads:<br /><p> <span style="font-style: italic;">Eleven years ago a horrific fire took Alice’s family from her and left her terribly burned—and her mind terribly scarred. Afterwards she was confined to Rutledge Asylum, struggling to come to terms with her demons by slipping into her fantasy world of Wonderland. Now, after ten years, she has finally secured her release--yet she still bears the heavy psychological burden of that tragic event.</span></p> <p style="font-style: italic;"> In <em>Alice: Madness Returns</em>, Alice is released from the asylum to a London psychiatrist’s care. As nightmarish hallucinations continue to haunt her and invade her reality, she seeks to understand her torment in order to recover herself. Her mind in tatters, she is unable to resolve the fear and neuroses prompted by her strange memories, dreams, and visions. Her relocation to London seems only to add to their number and intensity.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;"> Perhaps she’ll do better in Wonderland. She always has. She travels there, seeking what the “real” world can’t provide: security, knowledge, and the truth about the past. But in her absence, Wonderland too has suffered. Something has gone horribly wrong, and now a great evil is descending upon what once was her beautiful refuge. </p> <p style="font-style: italic;">Can Alice save Wonderland—and herself—from the madness that consumes them both?</p>Follow the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EntBFYOPIcE">White Rabbit</a>!<br /><br />One pill makes you larger<br />And one pill makes you small<br />And the ones that mother gives you<br />Don't do anything at all<br />Go ask Alice<br />When she's ten feet tall<br /><br />And if you go chasing rabbits<br />And you know you're going to fall<br />Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar<br />Has given you the call<br />Call Alice<br />When she was just small<br /><br />When men on the chessboard<br />Get up and tell you where to go<br />And you've just had some kind of mushroom<br />And your mind is moving low<br />Go ask Alice<br />I think she'll know<br /><br />When logic and proportion<br />Have fallen sloppy dead<br />And the White Knight is talking backwards<br />And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"<br />Remember what the dormouse said:<br />"Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head"<br /><br />White Rabbit by Jefferson AirplaneSteve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-30819498140717959882010-07-22T15:10:00.000-07:002010-07-22T16:02:26.056-07:00Rage Against The Mayo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2jyFB9I9ZDdRMthq7IJ1a9n3XFRR5W9UfdWaAJDqcA0W-Vwnd51Wdzex8kC5aD8geMtXrbIrHYRCPHunLWZHXRHN6hf-EQ_5h7mPa1UKPAT7g1n4KbR5ANdrW11oOz4EACLKhGawstAl/s1600/nomayo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496869725935003250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 147px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2jyFB9I9ZDdRMthq7IJ1a9n3XFRR5W9UfdWaAJDqcA0W-Vwnd51Wdzex8kC5aD8geMtXrbIrHYRCPHunLWZHXRHN6hf-EQ_5h7mPa1UKPAT7g1n4KbR5ANdrW11oOz4EACLKhGawstAl/s200/nomayo.jpg" border="0" /></a>Mayonnaise (often abbreviated to mayo) is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk and either vinegar or lemon juice, with many options for embellishment with other herbs and spices. The stuff you buy in the shops also contains tons of salt, preservatives and sugar. Mayonnaise has frequently been the source of mass food poisonings due to the use of raw egg yolks full of salmonella bacteria. If not properly refrigerated even bacteria free fresh mayo goes bad extremely quickly. We are told that most people should avoid eating more than one or two eggs a week and that while the white is good for you the yolk is an evil cholesterol bomb. So can someone please explain to me why every ready made sandwich maker in Britain has stopped using butter or margarine and started to spread their bread with the potentially lethal concoction that is mayonnaise? I absolutely hate mayo and even if I did like it I would think twice about eating it at all outside of my own home where I know how it has been kept. Just what is wrong with a decent bit of butter? Just to rub it in these ready made sandwich makers sometimes supply "Mayo Free" versions, but these consist of dry bread, which is usually stale on both sides. I know I should try not to eat from service station refractories, but needs must. Sorry to moan but I have had enough of the dodgy pasties, sausage rolls and pies too.Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-82827468161126028392010-07-19T00:37:00.000-07:002010-07-19T01:49:48.637-07:00Lodewicus Theodoru Oosthuizen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3H4IQdhk1lAyduj-s-rSf54Rt30Y4Oe8eaXIVrbQKem45dW2poSqNB6oQliBLSBPJv3eFgBk9-mRL3A_BejUyKmAMiUQDy6Hx7CCndn9VGaqZdyrTMYW7DI8rGhhRp5CkMdmA0xg54wu/s1600/St+Andrews.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3H4IQdhk1lAyduj-s-rSf54Rt30Y4Oe8eaXIVrbQKem45dW2poSqNB6oQliBLSBPJv3eFgBk9-mRL3A_BejUyKmAMiUQDy6Hx7CCndn9VGaqZdyrTMYW7DI8rGhhRp5CkMdmA0xg54wu/s200/St+Andrews.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495536790925112658" border="0" /></a> Lodewicus Theodoru Oosthuizen what a name! What a worthy champion. Well done Louis, well done South Africa. That was a nice 92nd Birthday present for Nelson Mandela and a great touch from Louis to mention it in his winners speech. Somehow the final round of the Open seemed a bit of a foregone conclusion and maybe a bit of an anti-climax, but it never really is. Every shot counts and it was brilliant to watch a man that seemed to have nerves of steel enjoying his final round like he was just out for a knock about with his mates. That was certainly some of the neatest driving I can remember watching. Everyone wanted to see him get loads more birdies and the field to give him something think about but they failed and he played the percentages, and did what was necessary. The mark of a true champion.<br /><br />I was disappointed that Paul Casey could not rise to the challenge. Maybe he too was playing the percentages and waiting for Louis to make mistakes, but the mistakes never materialised. I hope we see Paul win a Major soon, he has the talent and a Major win could just be the confidence booster he needs to become an unstoppable force in golf.<br /><br />If Rory McIlroy doesn't win a Major in the next five years I will be most disappointed. Rory has talent by the bag full and seems destined for big things. After his amazing 63 in the first round he came in with a torrid 80 in the second but that did not stop him putting in two more excellent rounds in the difficult Scottish weather. If the weather on Friday had been better I think we might have seen this young man taking the Claret Jug.<br /><br />South Korean amateur star Jin Jeong was for me the highlight of the championship. It was just a pity that we did not see more coverage of his progress on TV. Jin is the British Amateur Champion after his win at Muirfield last month. I would really like to see him match this weekends performance with a similar one at the Masters next year, before he turns professional.<br /><br />Some new golfing stars worth watching, but it is always such a pity watching your old golfing heroes playing like amateurs. The weather made things difficult for everyone but somehow you expect the older guys to be able to cope better with the conditions than the young ones, but a lot of them never even made the cut. Maybe they have lost the hunger for the fight or maybe they are just no longer good enough but it doesn't matter we still love 'em.<br /><br />My thanks to everyone involved for providing a wonderful weekends entertainment. One tip to the BBC though; Cut the build up and show the golf. Golfers out at 6:30 and coverage started at 9:00 yet it was after 10:30 before we saw any live golf.Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-32926028166660411542010-07-12T12:43:00.000-07:002010-07-12T12:43:01.440-07:00British Gas Advice FailBritish Gas managing director Phil Bentley says: <em>'Religious buildings are particularly well suited to solar power as they tend to have large south-facing roofs which receive direct sunlight for the main part of the day.'The energy giant has calculated that churches, mosques, synagogues and other religious centres could make savings of up to £5m a year on their electricity bills by using power generated from their own solar panels, and cut CO2 emissions by around 42,000 tonnes.</em><br /><br /><strong>FAIL</strong> - Sorry but the idea is almost a complete none starter because most of Britain's religious buildings are listed by National Heritage and it would be illegal to make the modifications required to install such systems. When they will not let you install secondary double glazing in such buildings then they are not going to give permission to installing solar panels that would effect the buildings look completely. Bear in mind a great many of these buildings where constructed in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">sixteenth</span> and seventeenth centuries. One of the biggest problems in this country is we have powerful figures like Mr Bentley who cannot think a problem through, but most of them are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">politicians</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/07/british-gas-urges-churches-to-go-solar-220290/?sms_ss=blogger">British Gas urges churches to go solar - Which? News</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/">http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/</a>Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-85696467180593970702010-07-10T07:00:00.000-07:002010-07-10T08:14:25.293-07:00Predators - Cult classic or cheap rip off?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgRSNVwRPLPakxKbG8_yNSJjfDJ_rlmCIBZYAk0nk93GT7S-Q1e0mpeDP_76DBQTdyzpstC7yRhbckRTDQfMz_gZeIZfu12OZD1gjLRVTSlb9G7vH4tjiEa-pQFWI99LmwMB4IaDoJXpn/s1600/predators-reboot-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492295742589699842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 118px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgRSNVwRPLPakxKbG8_yNSJjfDJ_rlmCIBZYAk0nk93GT7S-Q1e0mpeDP_76DBQTdyzpstC7yRhbckRTDQfMz_gZeIZfu12OZD1gjLRVTSlb9G7vH4tjiEa-pQFWI99LmwMB4IaDoJXpn/s200/predators-reboot-1.jpg" border="0" /></a>When I saw they were making a new Predator movie I was filled with mixed emotions. The first <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/">Predator</a> with Arnie playing Arnie was as near a masterpiece as comic book sci-fi had ever been before. It maybe does not hold a candle to some of what we have seen since but I loved it all the same. The second movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100403/">Predator 2</a> was enjoyable but predictable and the acting was that of a television pilot, but still good enough for me want to own it on DVD.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370263/">Alien vs Predator</a> was the movie I was hoping for but was so short if you blinked you missed it. It was quality but it left me feeling cheated, just like I had just had a nice juicy steak but there were no vegetables, pepper sauce, fries or onion rings. I hoped <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758730/">AVP Requiem</a> would be the chocolate gateaux and cream that I missed in the first movie, but it was a damp squid and not even worth £3.oo for the DVD from the bargain bin. The only reason to own it was for completeness.<br /><br />Up until AVP Requiem I thought that the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/">Alien</a> movies were far superior and a couple of them are still up there in my top 100 movies. Even the worst of them was better than Predator II. I however feel that the Predator potential for engaging sequels had been missed. If the quality of the second movie had matched the first then this new movie might not have been so long coming.<br /><br />It is therefore that I await <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424381/"><strong>Predators</strong></a> with a mixture of excitement and impending disappointment. Having been bitten by AVP Requiem at the checkout I will not be queuing at the cinema or buying it when it comes out on DVD unless I have it on good personal authority for my sons that it is up to scratch or I have seen it on TV and think it is worth adding to my collection.<br /><br />The reports are good so far. <a onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-1/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0004778/';" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004778/">Adrien Brody</a> plays a darker version of the Arnie type character with a good few more brain cells. Lots of stupid mistakes that we have seen in similar action movies are avoided such as people running out of ammunition when there are weapons and ammo lying there from fallen comrades and the commandos act like soliders rather than frightened school girls. <a onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/castlist/position-6/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0000401/';" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000401/">Laurence Fishburne</a> should be okay and the producer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001675/">Robert Rodriguez</a> studied at the feet of <a onclick="(new Image()).src='/rg/find-media-name/media_strip/images/b.gif?link=/name/nm0000233/';" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/">Quentin Tarantino</a>. The director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030735/">Nimród Antal</a>, who's name sounds like an anagram, is someone I don't know and I have never seen any of his movies. Lets hope he is not the weak link.<br /><br />There are always going to be lots of people who don't get this movie and it was never going to be very cerebral but I am hoping for a fast and furious romp that I can sit back and enjoy without engaging the brain to much. I expect a chill out and an adrenalin rush and not a "why did I bother watching that crap?" moment. Cult classic or cheap rip off? We will have to watch it to see.Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-34798221865463892262010-06-29T00:24:00.000-07:002010-06-29T02:09:06.627-07:00Top Gear Returns<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDf54GGBiuT80vthAbw6fvFpR4C3Q6Li8IcIYm0U7jufg6sDPcbdzeD-qsy7Vz6ySF6ch_zQnZAtYff-WWhyphenhyphenUxfd5Nt05qpGxfnY9T5DACgUlD1XyNqjrE_b5pmIpDCdVRIW2IkdFzfML/s1600/Reliant+Robin.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDf54GGBiuT80vthAbw6fvFpR4C3Q6Li8IcIYm0U7jufg6sDPcbdzeD-qsy7Vz6ySF6ch_zQnZAtYff-WWhyphenhyphenUxfd5Nt05qpGxfnY9T5DACgUlD1XyNqjrE_b5pmIpDCdVRIW2IkdFzfML/s200/Reliant+Robin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488119427229636418" border="0" /></a>Loved the new episode of Top Gear last night (27/6/2010), but the thing with the Reliant Robin made me laugh my socks off and scared the hell out of me at the same time. As former a motorcyclist a lot of my mates had the damned things and I had lifts in them from time to time. I always felt quite scared going around a corner in a Robin, but if I realised then how easy they were to roll I would never have got in one. The problem is that they sort wallow in to a corner like a boat and as Jeremy Clarkson proved if you did not have a passenger to use as a counter weight a right hand turn could prove disastrous. Of course he was deliberately turning it over but even the Reliant enthusiasts admitted you could turn them over without trying.<br /><br />The most scary thing I ever saw with a Reliant Robin was on the M6 Weaver Viaduct near Runcorn. I was coming back from a caravan rally on a very windy Sunday afternoon, it had been a long and difficult tow due to extremely high winds. I had experienced more than a few moments on the journey and had seen two caravans that had lost it on the route. I was travelling south west in the inside lane and the wind was coming from the north. The Robin was travelling up the hill in the inside lane going in the opposite direction. As the Robin reached the apex of the bridge a strong gust lifted it completely off the ground, spun it 360 degrees and deposited it in the outside lane almost alongside me. By the time the driver had regained control he was facing the on coming traffic. He was luck not to have been in the path of anything else at the time. As he disappeared in my mirrors he was turning around the right way. I often wondered if that guy ever drove that thing again after he got it home. <br /><br />Read a review of the first show of the new series in the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7858246/Top-Gear-BBC-Two-new-series-review.html">Telegraph</a>Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-34892662161174459452010-06-27T07:46:00.000-07:002010-06-27T09:50:19.364-07:00The Edge plays with Muse at Glastonbury - Wow!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbjutuoCxLqJH8dSTLUMe_nocHzdBxECvF7Oi5AZL7tg4nLmfMSrdf9gufyRZFJcjNsIPnPpzuBuIj2MesxB7njJT1uxV4MQ9cd8GvmbG7jtZuFvGtgL6Lo_157H6L0k6JmKcedn8Wp62/s1600/Muse+2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbjutuoCxLqJH8dSTLUMe_nocHzdBxECvF7Oi5AZL7tg4nLmfMSrdf9gufyRZFJcjNsIPnPpzuBuIj2MesxB7njJT1uxV4MQ9cd8GvmbG7jtZuFvGtgL6Lo_157H6L0k6JmKcedn8Wp62/s200/Muse+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487492461656519554" border="0" /></a><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">The Edge plays with Muse at Glastonbury - Wow! </span></span></span><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content"><a href="http://bit.ly/bGVKov" class="tweet-url web" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/bGVKo</a><a href="http://bit.ly/bGVKov" class="tweet-url web" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">v</a><br /><br />Last night after an extremely busy couple of weeks and a manic weekend we slumped on the sofa and settled down to watch <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808151/">Angels and Demons</a> which is Dan Brown's follow up to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/">The</a></span></span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/"> Da Vinci Code</a> starring Forest Gump himself Tom Hanks. Once you suspend the belief that Tom is no where near how Dan Browns hero is described (or you imagine) in the books this film is much closer to the book than The Da Vinci Code ever was. Unfortunately this results in a film that is so much like the previous one it is like Deja Vu all over again, which is a pity as I think this one would be better if you haven't seen the first one or indeed read the book. It also lacked a bit of breathless dashing around that would have been necessary if the storey had taken place in the time frame it did. All that said it was an enjoyable hour and three quarters.<br /><br />By the time the film was over I was ready for bed but just needed one last drink, which took the form of a large ice cold Sangria. While I drank my cool beverage I flicked over channels on the TV and found the Muse at Glastonbury. This was <a href="http://muse.mu/">Muse</a> at their live best and wild horses would not have dragged me away from the idiot box while they played. Saying they were awesome was not only a cliché but a serious understatement. Muse are the Mega Group of their generation and on a par with the best bands of all time; Led Zeppelin, The Who, Queen, Pink Floyd and audio subthe rest. They are definitely in a league above the bands of their generation.<br /><br />If I have one criticism of Muse it is that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bellamy" title="Matthew Bellamy"></a>Matthew Bellamy's wonderful lyrics are almost indecipherable most of the time when they are televised live. This did not effect my enjoyment as, like the crowd at Glastonbury, I knew every word off by heart, but Helen was straining to understand. This partially because of Matthew's unusual singing style and the affects added to his vocals, but also due to the limits of television recording systems and the bandwidth of the audio sub-carrier. However Helen made a comment I agreed with that Muse are almost an instrumental band and the lyrics are effectively just another instrument in the mix.<br /><br />I was blown away and then they brought the Edge on stage and did U2's 'Streets with no name' which would have been the icing on the cake, had they not finished with my favourite Muse track '<a href="http://muse.mu/discography/singles/25/knights-of-cydonia/">Knights of Cydonia</a>'. 'Knights of Cydonia' was the third single to be released from the album '<a href="http://muse.mu/discography/albums/3/black-holes-and-revelations/">Black Holes and Revelations</a>'. It was well worth staying up for and although I was yearning to be there I was probably better where I was sat in front of the TV with a perfect view and not surrounded by sweaty bodies miles from the stage. However for those who were there it was probably worth the price of the ticket just for Muse alone. Such a pity U2 could not make it after they were forced to pull out when Bono suffered a back injury. I wonder if the Gorillaz, who took U2's spot have ever played to such a disappointed and unreceptive audience, most of which got bored and drifted away halfway through their set?<br /><br />Word on the street is this has been the best Glastonbury in its forty years. Something to do with the weather? Unfortunately two people died of heart attacks, which suggests either the festival was too exciting for them or the heat was too much or the drugs were too cheap or all three. Still if you have to go it might as well be while you are having a great time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jun/27/muse-glastonbury-2010-review">http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jun/27/muse-glastonbury-2010-review</a><br /><br />BBC iPlayer - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sz067/Glastonbury_2010_Muse/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sz067/Glastonbury_2010_Muse/</a><br />Available until: 1:59am Sunday 4th July 2010Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464710527371555369.post-20805236802515017512010-06-17T10:08:00.000-07:002010-06-17T10:43:21.764-07:002011 Range Rover RevealedI cannot allow myself to get too excited because I will not be buying one but the new Range Rover which is due out in September has been revealed and it is quite tasty. More Diana Rigg than Angela Jolie, more down to earth style than Tomb Raider flash. It has that cool superiority that is Land Rover and a new underlying sophistication that just adds to that go anywhere confidence.<br /><br /><object style="background-image: url("http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/aQxFlCfK380/hqdefault.jpg");" height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aQxFlCfK380&hl=en_GB&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aQxFlCfK380&hl=en_GB&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Read more at <a href="http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/253282/2011_range_rover_revealed.html">AutoExpress</a> , <a href="http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Range-Rover-2011-first-pictures-and-new-engine-details/">Car Magazine</a> , <a href="http://www.carkeys.co.uk/news/2010/june/17/17413.asp">Car Keys</a> and <a href="http://www.lro.com/news.php?sid=585&page=1">Land Rover Owner International<br /></a>Steve GW7AAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401775686818128774noreply@blogger.com0