leccy ciggies and whatever and wherever

So being sick I was watching a lot of television, how come we have adverts for those electronic cigarettes I saw at least two one so full of high tech this and that the vaping bit is a last minute add on also supposed to impress you with the technology involved in the electronic cigarette no doubt?

Then there are the number of adverts where they are using the words, whatever and wherever repeatedly and not just one advert I reckon three different products at least. Same script writer or trendy words???????

Go for three get one, shop local eh...

Well yes I'm still here despite being laid low by something nasty in early December and still I'm not right or back working but slowly getting better.

Anyway on to other things some catching up. Went into Cambridge, well Newmarket Road superstores to be honest, on Sunday 2nd Jan to buy three items, a vacuum cleaner, a very simple camera and an office chair. Research done before left stuff in stock according to web pages. With the vacuum its why we went there and not the usual supplier whose website said none in stock, shall come back to that later.

Into a well known electrical store  with stores all over for the vacuum and simple camera to keep in my pocket for work. Finds camera and buys, should have listened for heavenly music as it all went downhill from there, finds the vacuum and tries to buy, you have two the webpage says. Off goes young lad, comes back sheepish look on face ten minutes later, ahem, webpage is not right we havn't got any, hmmnn.

So off to store two another national chain , look for office chair and find, but hang on its not got the adjustment suggested, ask manager, they used to have! And so we left, not impressed and with only one out of three items.

Back home, while I'm looking at the camera Elaine is phoning the Cambridge branch of usual shop where there web pages say nationally they have none, oh that model I will just check says the chap on the phone, we have four in the warehouse here. So one is bought and it arrived by post today, as did the almost identical office chair I found later on while surfing the web.

Is there a moral, dont buy anything!

Had a rough night last night this strange dream

I had a rough night last night, couple of things keeping me awake, firstly the aches resulting from a muscle I have upset in my back that been causing me gip for the past few weeks, secondly though, am I really a terrorist sympathiser because I dont want us to bomb Syria.

And then the dreaming started and what a dream, there he was standing up in parliament going on about how many armed men there were in Syria that just needed leading but there will be no British troops on the ground, and then hes going on about no one loves him or thinks him powerful and how she never had that trouble, as he rubs the well worn postcard in his pocket. He would teach them.

The next day a camel disappears from London Zoo and is taken to Q's workshop at MI6 to be fitted with Fire and Brimstone missiles on either side of the saddle. Next a letter and a large package arrive at the family home. She the long suffering looks at them what on earth is he up to now?

She opens the letter and looks, what on earth changing his name! to what! Then she looks in the larger package. Is there something he isn't telling me as she pulls out what looks at first glance to be a dress. Thats it she says and phones him at work, not now he says I will tell you later, all I will say is they will all worship me and follow me for ever, she would be proud. Just then the doorbell rings theres a delivery at the backdoor, nudge nudge a special delivery, as a camel with various bits attached to its saddle and a stool tied to its tail is led into the garden.

What did mummy say she says, she could remember what she said when she found out about the pigs head. When he got home she sent the children to bed and sat him down where she could question him. Now whats going on? Dont you see he said it will work it will be brilliant. Whats this? she says showing him the letter, this name change to Margaret. She would be so proud. And this she says holing up what she now realised was a robe of sorts.

I have said darling havnt I that no british troops will fight in Syria and the folk fighting there need a charismatic leader, that is me I will go and lead them she would be so so proud of me.

Me Margaret of Arabia.

And then I woke up and shivered, NAH, it was only a dream from my pained body wasn't it!

Bombing Syria my thoughts

So some of the politicians want to bomb Syria, to benifit who I wonder.

Why I think we shouldnt;

Civilians get killed because ISIS hide among civilians.

There are already too many planes flying around and bombing Syria, some of the countries involved have said that already when Russia began to get involved. It would have to be worse if we got involved wouldn't it?

If the Americans, the French and others have been bombing Syria for ages and still ISIS are strong, what difference can we make, are we so good?

What about troops on the ground I heard some general this week thinks that ISIS can be defeated in a couple of weeks. Where have we heard such stuff before eh, WW1 etc etc. ISIS will melt away to come out when our troops or others have gone by just as in Iraq and Afghanistan for starters, they dont fight in uniform and obey rules of engagement.

Yes we do perhaps need to join the fight against ISIS but lets please use some intelligence and common sense, there are other ways of defeating ISIS widely discussed in the media who are finding out more and more about them. Our armed services will fight as they are directed, but they are not there to be politicians playthings or reputation builders.

Have you ever wondered about the state of the UK's birds

If you ever just stand out there in your garden and the street and take a bit of pleasure in the call and activity of the birds around you, have a look on the internet for; The State of the UK's Birds 2015.

You could try looking at the websites of the BTO or the RSPB, go on have a look and if you are not concerned at what you see you are a braver than me. The situation for farmland birds is to my mind dire, and other groups are faring badly as well.

The problem is of course birds are the thin end of the wedge, other animal/wildlife groups such as reptiles and plants are also faring badly and we are supposed to love wildlife in this country.

Walk outside again and listen to those birds or watch them feeding, then think what if they were not there, what would you think would it mean anything to you. To me it would mean the loss of a very important part of my soul.

We should all be worried and asking why and what can we do.

Its a small world, connections, and carers

Worked in two gardens today then went to the funeral of a lady I had worked for for a few years.

Then during the readings the interesting stuff began. She was related to Parry who wrote Jerusalem which was sung at the funeral. Its a short hymn and more well known perhaps with that great organisation the WI although there are very few groups who sing it now whatever anyone thinks.

Really touching at the funeral was that one of the livein carers who is Polish and had gone home after the death flew in specially for it, afterwards she said to me that she could now smile when thinking about the lady who had died, she had been with her when she passed away. Bless her.

So then I go home thoughtful, get the car unloaded and start on the days paperwork still pondering how small a world it is, theres a message on my phone, it from a WI.

good driver bad driver answers please which one would you be

So I was driving into Cambridge to work in a few gardens.

On the way in Quy in the distance I saw a delivery driver put on his hazard lights and stop on the opposite side of the road. He gets out walks to the front of his van and scares a pigeon off the road that was just sitting there, never expected that from a red van delivering car parts EU it was and I thinks well done that man.

Onto the A14 traffic at a slow crawl again, get almost to the Milton slip road and at the last minute with the sliproad lights obviously on green an artic  just a bit closer guns it up the slipway and over the still green lights then down the other sliproad back onto the A14, he was driving the lorry like he was driving a small car throwing it all over the place. Whoopee Ive jumped ahead of a few other cars and lorries they must have been thinking, I hope the load wasn't fragile.

Which was the good driver and which the bad? And back to the question in the title which driver are you and which one is a complete prat.