Hell&related Stuff

So I've been wanting to visit Mottisfont Abbey for ages. Now that I have wheels and it's only about fiften miles away one day during the week was going to be penciled in.
Imagine my suprise when 'The Sunday Times' announced a freebie offer of one free visit to a National trust property, for next weekend. I duely invested heavily, £2.00, in a copy and by doing so have saved £6.00 on the entrance fee and got enough newspaper to read for the rest of the week . Whoo-Hoo.....result.

If you're a stately home type person or even just a stately person, get to the newsagents pronto.

As I was about to do the last batch of scones my electronic kitchen scales told me that my battery was low. Yesterday, when I went to weigh out the flour for a pizza base, it just flashed nonsense at me. I've made the base loads of times so could estimate it Ok.

This morning I visited the thriving metropolis that is Southampton in order to buy replacement batteries, (2 required). The general price was £2.95 each, £5.90 for the pair. No way, the scales only cost £8.99.

Returning to 'Dennypoos Acres' I fired up the computer, went on Ebay, entered batteries, noted that there were 29,742 listed and prepared for an amount of sifting. Non required at all. Before I even entered the battery type, I noticed the page had loaded and right at the very top was the one I required. Listed as CR2032 blister pack X5, manufacture Sony, Buy now price...£1.31, postage free.

Whoo-Hoo

Dennypoos says..............Ebay, you know it makes sense.

It gets worse. Ive just read this:

But Mr Straw said: "Biggs chose not to obey the law and respect the punishments given to him, the legal system in this country deserves more respect than this.

So we imprison people for a lack of respect.

Straw continues:

"Mr Biggs chose to serve only one year of a 30 year sentence before he took the personal decision to commit another offence and escape from prison, avoiding capture by travelling abroad for 35 years whilst outrageously courting the media," said Mr Straw.

So it's because of the media paying him loads of dosh for his story eh? Perhaps they should be in gaol as well?

Shamefull.

...from TheDinnerLady:

...this bit of information delighted me. Well the headline did. I start spitting feathers when yet another bit of our English heritage and tradition gets whipped out from under us like the proverbial rug. So to learn that our language will remain English made me happy.
Here's what I read....

During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst place....

...to be British.

I have to say that at the moment, I am ashamed to be British. The reason for this state of play is the current treatment of Mr Ronald Biggs.

It seems farcical that in a country, famed for it's sense of fair play, revered throughout the world for it's justice system, admired for it's stand on human rights, that we now insist on incarcerating a sick seventy nine year old man for the duration of his life.

Let us not forget that in 'The Great Train Robbery' driver Mills got a severe beating. But, let us not forget that at no time was Biggs accused of this. He was just a member of the team, a career villain, but strictly second division.

The 'crime' for which he is now being held is not one of armed robbery but one of having the audacity to escape and the much more heinous crime of putting two fingers up to authority, of living high on the hog, courtesy of the British media.

This is not the justice of which we Brits are so rightly proud. This is vengeance. This is politicking of the lowest kind.

Dennypoos................ will now retire to the garden, to pootle, in the hope that this may remove the stench of political shenanigans from himself.

I thought there was going to be a problem as I was down to my last two homegrown strawberries:

...but then I found:

...three punnets for a quid. (not pretty, all one size, all the same ripeness, supermarket types).

And I thought:

...Sod it! I'll go the whole hog, berries, whipped double cream, home made scones and just to make sure my cholesterol intake is mega, clotted cream ice cream.

Dennypoos.....................mmm lovely brittle arteries.

I was watching some Glastonbury stuff and couldn't help noticing how, now that Rossi's got rid of that stupid ponytail, he looks like Mc'enroe.

Found on the NHS job site:

Job Reference: 746-CC693
Job Title: Administrator
Area of Work: Saucepans
Employer: Southampton City PCT
Department: Community CAMHS
Location: Southampton
Salary: £13,233 - £16,333
Job Typeermanent Staff Group:Administrative & Clerical Pay Scheme:Agenda for change Pay Band:2 Working pattern:30 hours

Administrator for Saucepans?????????

Have I gone through the wormhole, am I having a groundhog day, is there anybody out there, will I wake up soon?

Dennypoos..........had previously thought himself to be a bit odd at times, now thinks he is comparatively normal.

So, there I am watching the surly scot demolish some no-hoper guy when my attention is drawn to one of the ballboys. This one is a young girl, who for her age is well developed in the upper torso region,(if you get my drift).

The commentator spoke thus,"...well, they're pumped up and ready for action...". It transpires that he was refering to the guys who put the covers on the court when rain threatens.

Do you know, I never even saw them lurking in the background.

Dennypoos.............would like to come clean and say that this isn't the girl concerned, but just illustrates my point. This fine example of a ball-boy was photographed at the Madrid open, where they decided to use models to move the players balls around the court.

One of my better pictures of this year