How People's Minds Work

I was supposed to meet someone today to let me in to see a building, after a while with no one showing up I asked my office to find out where he was. I was then told his explanation was:

I saw him, asked if he was Ross and he said "no" and then drove off.

It didn't occur to him that the person saying he wasn't me, was not in fact me.

Age Is Just A Number- Just Like Braking Distances.

Yesterday I was in a crash on the A14, I was stationary in a line of traffic when someone went into the back of me at high speed writing off my car and his. No one was seriously hurt. The driver of the other vehicle somehow hadn't seen me until he was about 30 metres away despite it being a clear day on a straightish road, for reasons which soon became obvious.

He was born in 1921 and like most 92 year olds he could hardly see past the end of his car.

Had he seen me five metres later I could have been badly injured or killed which brings me to my point- people past a certain age should have to undergo medicals once in a while to make sure they are still physically capable of driving.

A ninety two year old might well have taken his test seventy five years ago- it is senseless for someone to be assumed to be competent in handling a powerful piece of machinery on the basis that they could control a much less powerful machine some time before World War 2.

I'm Back

Well that was a nice break.

As You May Have Noticed....

Posting has been very light.

This is because I've had a lot of work on and just don't have time to blog much.

This is going to remain the case for a few more weeks.

Plus my new favourite website to contribute to is this, but I can't link to my account as you would all think I'm scum.

I will probably be a bit more active on Twitter next week though.

Back To Twitter.

For about 10 days in February 2010 I was on Twitter before giving it up. I'm going back in as I think I understand it better now.

Web Security

Is it worrying that when using a public computer that I've previously used before, my log in details are saved from the last time I used it?

Posting Even Lighter Than Usual

I haven't posted since Monday and probably won't again until next weekend.

This is because I'm not in the mood because I am having to have my dog put down next week. He's been ill for a couple of months but until last weekend I thought he would recover.

I suppose if you don't have a dog it is hard to understand why anyone would be so upset ( that isn't an insult or a judgement just a statement of fact) and if you do there isn't much need to explain.

Damned Internet

Lost my internet connection on Saturday, good thing nothing major happened between then and now.

Apart from the death of the world's most evil man and all that.


Normal sporadic service will be resumed now.

Self Pity Week

Since Tuesday I've been ill with 'flu and it really isn't nice. Blogging will remain light until every part of my body doesn't ache.

Lacks Polish

I decided my shoes were looking decidedly grubby and needed freshened up, so I went out to buy some polish. So I went to the recently opened polish shop on the high street and to my astonishment not only did they not sell polish or any shoe cleaning paraphenalia- most of the staff didn't even speak English!

If this is what the British service industry has come to then I despair, I really do.

Genuine Conversation

This is a conversation I had with a younger friend a month or so ago:

Her: I don't like Gays

Me: Er.... but you have sex with other women, or have done in the past, isn't that a bit gay?

Her: That's different.

Jokes To Be Re-Used

Last week I was at a halloween thing and talking with a bunch of people one of whom was dressed as Death, complete with a cloak and a scythe. The conversation got round to how death can have sex given that he's just a skeleton ( yeah alcohol was involved) my observation was that as Death's touch is fatal sleeping with him would would basically be like having sex with Freddie Mercury.

Of Mice & Men

My mouse is currently broken, which is one of the main reasons blogging has been light- it's almost impossible to cut and paste links without a mouse. I'll post a few random anecdotes that don't require any cutting and pasting in the meantime.

Writers Block

Sorry.

My Compass

I take the Political Compass thingy once every few years. My current score is:

Economic Left/Right: 6.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.33

Feel free to enter your scores in the comments.

Hit The Road

I spent 8 hours on the motorways yesterday and I now have a strange craving for Yorkie bars and a desire to murder prostitutes.

Still Here

Just can't think of anything at all to write about.

Anyone know any good jokes?

I Have A Dream!

My dream was quite macabre though, in it somebody had left a bear tied up in the street and everyone was avoiding it. All except this delightfully friendly Afghan hound who wanted to be best friends with the bear and started licking its face. At this point I couldn't watch so I walked away knowing full well what was about to happen, something which was confirmed when the Afghan started yelping in fear as the bear turned on it.

So what does my dream mean? Am I frightened that somebody I know is getting too close to something dangerous? Is a bear just a bear? Do I secretly want to sleep with close relatives?

Strange Day

I saw an old headmaster of mine today with his wife who was also a teacher. I hadn't seen either of them since leaving the school back in 1990 when I was ten years old. I recognised him instantly even though he is 70 now, although I only recognised her because she was with him. I didn't approach them but they looked at me as though they thought they half-recognised me. Then we went our separate ways after a brief moment of reconnecting with a time that is now gone.

The Big Society

I have almost no idea what it is or whether it is a good thing, so if you do know what it's about do let me know.