After the Columbine shootings, when a couple of teenagers in black overcoats strolled through their school shooting people with guns, other schools took steps to prevent copycat incidents by banning guns black overcoats. (Really!) This week a Korean boy in a combat vest made a video of himself and strolled though his school shooting students, […]
Entries from April 20th, 2007
Stuffed!
April 20th, 2007 · Comments Off on Stuffed! · Life, Work
All the normal people at work have plans for the weekend. The younger ones might be out clubbing tonight, others might be going out for a meal. Over the weekend there will be shopping trips, family days out, going to the football, etc. I spent tonight stuffing 750 letters into 750 envelopes, and will spend […]
Tags: Elections
Its not all doom and gloom
April 20th, 2007 · Comments Off on Its not all doom and gloom · Life
Sometimes you get the feeling that the whole country, if not the whole world, is going to the dogs and everybody is bad – its a natural consequence of bad news being more newsworthy and getting reported more. Today I had a bit of a feel-good moment though. I was in Somerfield in Broadfield, in […]
Tags: Shopping
Housing and the Tories
April 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Politics
I somehow missed it when it was originally posted in October, but Omar has a fine report on the goings on in Hammersmith and Fulham. With housing being such a major issue everywhere andCrawley Labour party making it the major plank of our election campaign, its a good time to be reminded of the fundamental […]
Megan’s Flaw
April 20th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Politics
Trying to discuss anything even slightly related to paedophiles is a risky business. When something like Megan’s Law, or even our diluted version of it, comes along it is hard to criticise it without being accused of encouraging criminals or being somehow anti-parent or soft on crime. I already had my reservations about the whole […]
Surrey Hospital Petition
April 20th, 2007 · Comments Off on Surrey Hospital Petition · Politics
Last night we went out in Tilgate delivering UAF leaflets. There were 10 people who turned up and in little more than an hour we covered about half the ward. We could have done more, but I wanted to save some leaflets for Furnace Green.
Tags: Crawley Hospital·Elections·Food·Medicine/Health·Tilgate
Saw x3
April 19th, 2007 · Comments Off on Saw x3 · Life
For the last three nights Jayne and I have been working our way through the three Saw films. The trilogy starts quite nastily and gets progressively more nasty as it goes on, with the third film being literally unwatchable in parts. I loved it. It was like being a kid again, hiding behind the sofa […]
Yawn
April 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Yawn · Life
There is a shop opposite work called 'The Sleep Depot' Sometimes I am so tempted to go in and ask if they could sell me a couple of hours.
Tags: Shopping
Road safety
April 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Road safety · Life
On Monday night at 10:30pm one the town’s few speed cameras was set on fire and destroyed. It is at a location where plenty of children cross to get to school. Nine-and-a-quarter hours later, on Tuesday morning, a 14-year-old girl was run over crossing the road on the way to school. The two events are […]
The election count
April 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on The election count · Politics
This week we had the usual business with the council wanting names of our counting agents and guests at the count. For some reason this always winds me up. It is because they are so stringent about it I think. In the past we have had letters stressing that you will not be allowed in […]
Tags: Elections
