I'm at home now after a hard day at work, but what a horrible journey home on congested, dark roads. So here is my message to the driver I followed on the slow journey home. Oi you - when you come to a halt, how about using your handbrake and take your foot off the foot-brake. Then I won't be blinded by your impressivly bright high-level brake lights.
While we're on the subject of road-users, how about all you simple-minded souls who never turn your front fog lights off. Hey buddy, what are they called - "Fog Lights". That means when it's foggy you can turn them on so your lights penetrate the fog better. They are not "Rain Lamps" or "Nice Clear Evening Lamps", nor are they "Lamps I keep on all the time because I'm thick, inconsiderate and don't care about anyone else, Lamps". Turn them off please so you do not penetrate my anger threshold. Otherwise await PC Plod to tell you to turn them off with a £30 fine for an encouraging reminder.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Hard frost last night.
Did I speak too soon. There was a hard frost last night. Everyone has woken up to frozen windscreens. This would have been the day to make huge profits on ice scrapers, as we all forget where we put them when we used them last. Best of all, those of us who had a cold - well, it's gone now. Brilliant!
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Coughs and Colds
Why is the weather so good?
The UK is now entering stage one of climate change.
It's November, and still warm, no overnight frost yet. There are so many of my friends with colds and flu just now. And the reason? It's too warm, and the bugs are not getting killed by a cold snap.
What a load of tosh. Why do people still blame the weather for colds and illnesses. They are viruses, not caused by warmth or cold. They are minute organisms that live in our bodies and pass around through other bodies.
Take this scenario. Bob has a cold - the virus is in his system, he coughs and splutters and his germs are in the air, and they quickly find another body to infect. So Bob passes his cold on to Sue, then Sue to Dick, then Tom, and so on.
Where in this process does the cold virus get exposed to sub-zero temperatures and start kicking up the daisies?
The UK is now entering stage one of climate change.
It's November, and still warm, no overnight frost yet. There are so many of my friends with colds and flu just now. And the reason? It's too warm, and the bugs are not getting killed by a cold snap.
What a load of tosh. Why do people still blame the weather for colds and illnesses. They are viruses, not caused by warmth or cold. They are minute organisms that live in our bodies and pass around through other bodies.
Take this scenario. Bob has a cold - the virus is in his system, he coughs and splutters and his germs are in the air, and they quickly find another body to infect. So Bob passes his cold on to Sue, then Sue to Dick, then Tom, and so on.
Where in this process does the cold virus get exposed to sub-zero temperatures and start kicking up the daisies?
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