Posted on February 21, 2009 by rb73
Not many people are lucky enough to have a Hero and a Father rolled into one…
I haven’t written much about the greatest man I ever knew – simply because if I start I fear that I would not be able to stop. As such I hand over to the tribute from The Times.
This report, a [...]
Filed under: Family | Tagged: air crash, aircrash, comet, de havilland, dh 110, farnborough, fred jones, RAE, Roayal Aircraft Establishment, vixen | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 17, 2009 by rb73
Are you sitting comfortably – This is a big one.
The biggest yet.
Okay – I warn you now that this one will be controversial.
If you bring it on yourself, then you have no-one else to blame.
If you couldn’t help what has happened – then you have every right in the World to say your [...]
Filed under: Rant | Tagged: agency, airport, armed services, bmw, contractor, cowley, emergency services, goody, houses, jade, mini, motorway, noise, polution, Rant, tepmorary, workers | 10 Comments »
Posted on February 16, 2009 by rb73
http://creativefreedom.org.nz/blackout.html
Join The New Zealand Internet Blackout to protest against the Guilt Upon Accusation law ‘Section 92A‘ that calls for internet disconnection based on accusations of copyright infringement without a trial and without any evidence held up to court scrutiny. This is due to come into effect on February 28th unless immediate action is taken by [...]
Filed under: General Interest, Rant | Tagged: Black, black out, national party, New Zealand, section 92A | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 10, 2009 by rb73
Combining my pre and post US election rants into one article:
Guns, Booze, Cars, Education …. and the X-Factor…
Enjoy (or sleep)…
I wrote this before the US elections – It was in response to some of the thoughts and rants a few Americans were having at the time.
The 29th October in 1919 saw America start prohibition.
Why on [...]
Filed under: General Interest, Rant | Tagged: 1919, alcohol, booze, bush, cars, education, election, firearms, guns, obama, Rant, rifles, thatcher, Volstead | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 7, 2009 by rb73
When I was going through my childhood years I was lucky enough to have some of my best friends on the same street. One such friend was a girl who lived across the road from me. We did all the things kids would do – although some things stick in my memory… Like playing “Colony” [...]
Filed under: Fitness, Friends | Tagged: action medical research, axbridge, bike, colony, cycle, gracelands, jennifer, london, mayor, paris, paul simon, sponsor, trottman, zx spectrum | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 6, 2009 by rb73
I was sent this by a good friend of mine and I had to share it! Many thanks Irosh Peiris!
Why Men Don’t Write Advice Columns
Walter’s Agony Column.
Dear Walter,
I hope you can help me here. The other day, I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. [...]
Filed under: Friends, humour | Tagged: agony, car, counselling, funny, humour, husband, joke, love, vacuum, wife | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 4, 2009 by rb73
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
No, really. Ha ha.
Remember this?
How about this?
Well… here we go again! After my eventful trip out on Monday in the snow and idiots, I had to call the car lease company up.
It is a company car, so everything has to be done through MASTERLEASE – and [...]
Filed under: Family, General Interest, Rant | Tagged: berlingo, car lease, flat, Idiots, Ling, Masterlease, Mill Lane, Mill Lane Fiat, mulitipla, new job, numpty, recovery, redundant, resignation, snow, tyre | 1 Comment »