Sitting here in Tallinn enjoying some much needed rest I was flicking through BBC News to see if anything was happening in the world when I cam across one of those headlines that makes a jarring sound in your head when you read it because some words just do not belong...
That was one hell of a bang …
Video capturing the moment the Texas fertiliser plant went boom yesterday reportedly killing at least 70 and, if the video is anything to go by, probably many more. From CNN : On Wednesday evening, a fire at the plant suddenly exploded with a huge, deafening bang,...
Video Interlude – Putin gawping at bristols …
The Russian President's face is rather amusing in this video clip at around 8 seconds when the Putin and Merkel press conference gets gatecrashed by a pair of topless protesters : _ _ I am not sure whether he was getting ready to fend the woman off or cop a feel...
Pictorial Interlude – Skills with a forklift and a special offer …
As I enter the final week of too many hours at work, a couple of snippets which caught my eye. Firstly, whoever is driving the forklift seems to have been spending more hours practicing tricks than doing anything useful - impressive none the less : And a special offer...
Compare and contrast – warmist alarmism of 2000 vs snowbound reality of 2013
A reminder of what we were warned of back in 2000 from the infamous Independent article - it is still online but a bugger to get to load so here is the text I grabbed a couple of years ago : Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past Britain’s winter ends tomorrow...
Does your car need a little more oomph? How about 147.1 liters and 10000 horse power?
Having always been fascinated by mechanical things, this one caught my eye rather quickly : It started life as a Russian 42 cylinder diesel radial engine putting out around 4000 hp and used in Soviet missile boats which had three of these beasts installed : As it...
When a BBC headline looks more exciting than it actually is …
The following headline on the BBC News landing page caught my eye in a "what on earth will they research next" kind of way (honestly!) : Only to be somewhat disappointed by the actual article : Scientists say they have published the most detailed brain scans "the...
You have two cows …
Via ZeroHedge, I have seen similar ones before but I think this is the best one yet (click the image to see full size version) :
Pictorial Interlude – When minimum alcohol pricing doesn’t work, beer will only be available in this HM Government approved size …
I think you will wear out your finger trying to open the cans faster than it evaporates from your glass ...
Video Interlude to annoy the bansturbators – tobacco cat …
Smoke stealing kitty amused me somewhat :