Ban ammo, nobody has a constitutional right to own that.

Driving to the display we bought tickets for I caught site of something white out of the corner of my eye and turned to see a barn owl keeping pace along side the car, just a few feet away. Brilliant, I've actually seen a few barn owls round Sandy way but then thinking about it on my travels in the local area I do see a lot of disused barns/farm ( Read more... )

I'm having a weird and quite bad attack of hayfever/rhinitis today. Never fun that; sniffing and sneezing and living with a tissue strapped to your face, that said out of not wanting to involve other in my mucus I try and keep the noise down, but that is only possible to a certain degree.  What I don't need at this point is some smug little tosser ( Read more... )

Huzzah !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10280831.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8249020.stm

"This is a commonsense approach and what parents would rightly expect," he said, adding that the rules would make of the world's most advanced systems "even more rigorous"

Well f*ck you, I'm a parent and I think this is absolutely ( Read more... )

I have been away from PCs so sorry if anyone has tried to get in contact, we'll be back to normal service soon.

Meanwhile I will be grumpy, I'm tired and dislike New Year's Day.

This year will be better planned. Expectan assault on your collective diaries soon...

Yes, you CAN do the running man to 'In Dulchi Jubilo'

Anyone got a portable digital radio, are they as good as they claim to be signal wise or like digital TV are they prone to locking and vanishing because they don't like the fact that it's raining or the colour of your telly ( Read more... )

I am an uncle, Sister had a little girl this morning.

In some ways being an uncle feels weirder than being a dad!

Anyone interested in ID/data-sharing issues might wish to take part in this:

A consultation on the use and sharing of personal information in the public and private sectors has been launched by the Ministry of Justice. The consultation document contains a questionnaire for your views on data sharing (see www.justice.gov.uk/publications/data-sharing- ( Read more... )