Well its been a while and I have to confess the reason is this. Its so hard to think of what to write. Give me a blank page and free license to imagine and I can knock up a story in no time but to blog about things in general is so friggin hard.
Luckily for me the great unwashed, left wing sheep and tabloid zombies have been on the rampage this weekend thus giving me something to rant on about.
To anyone that was breathing over the weekend you've probably heard about the march in the centre of London campaigning about the government cut backs. People demanding the government rethinks its strategy for reducing the national deficit.
To start with, Ed Milliband (opposition leader, labour party) gave a speech to a few that had gathered early on about the march and compared it to the protests against apartheid in South Africa and the suffragettes who as we know campaigned to get women the vote. How he could draw parallels between these and Saturdays march is beyond any rational and intelligent human being. But this is the guy who gained control of the Labour party by using Union backing when the rest of the party members wanted his brother to run the thing, so I guess he had to make a show in support of the afore mentioned unions.
He then went on to say that those campaigns led to governmental changes and so Saturdays march would also lead to change. What he conveniently forgot to mention was that twice as many people marched against the Iraq war when his party were in control and they still ignored the people so glass house, stones, kettle and teapot come to mind. He should really think twice before opening his mouth next time.
The march was to try to get the government to change their policies and use alternative means to reduce the national debt and it was this angle that Mr. Milliband used as the basis for his public address. However there was one thing sorely missing from his entire speech, a viable alternative. Or any alternative for that matter. You see the problem is that his party got us into this mess and now that they have lost control of the country and the Tories are having to deal with it and take all the flack he and his left wing honchos get to make a loud noise in protest but when you take away all the waffle you realise that that is all that they are doing. Making a lot of noise, because they know (though they will never admit it) that there is no alternative. David Cameron has said that there is no plan B this is it, and while the Labour party are making a lot of noise the one thing they are not doing is providing a plan A never mind a plan B. But the left wing brain dead have been convinced by the Labour party and half the tabloids that the Bankers are to blame and the Tories should hit them hard, leaving everyone else alone. The problem here is the bankers did cause some of the problem but the majority of the debt was run up by years of Labours bad spending habits. If the government was to listen to the loud minority (though they believe themselves to be the voice of the majority) and did hit the banks hard then all they would do is move their headquarters to another country leaving Canary Wharf a ghost town and providing London and the rest of the UK with thousands of freshly unemployed. Not to mention the big void in tax contributions, after all it might annoy people that some bankers get huge bonuses but think of the amount of tax they pay on these bonuses.
And so the Unions led the march on Saturday and for a while all went well but then.....
A breakaway group started trashing buildings, shops, banks and offices. Causing thousands of damage and terrorising staff, the public and tourists alike. They have said that they will cause disruption to the royal wedding also and if they do then I firmly believe that the police should use the water cannon closely followed by tazer guns. Now that is something I would pay to see. Let the young couple enjoy their special day and the people enjoy being a part of it.
After all the dust had settled Boris Johnson, Mayor of London said that Ed Milliband was probably quietly pleased that violence and vandalism did break out during the march as it gets the march and campaign against the cut backs more publicity. And probably gets it more floor time in the house of commons as well. The Labour party have demanded he retract his comments and apologise for what he said. Personally speaking I don't think he should as he is right. The Labour party will be loving it, they will probably be talking about it for the rest of the year, and most people know this so Boris stick to your guns.
Needless to say this wasn't the first protest against the cut backs and they have already said it wont be the last but if people want to waste their time then let them. if they want to go on naively thinking they can change things then go on why not march. I just hope it rains when they do, and if the police decide to use heavier tactics with the trouble causers then good. I'll be happy that they did.
At the end of the day, when the dust settles, the government must hold firm and not give on this. The country can not afford it and while people may struggle a little for a while, our children will be better off by a long shot and that's whats important. And lets face it, this is England, no one is going to starve and die. They may not be able to afford that 50 inch TV, might have to settle for a 40 inch instead. Oh what hardship.
The voice has spoken.....
Till next time....
Monday, 28 March 2011
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
To Term-a-nator or not to Term-a-nator that is the question
But first off tell me what the hell is a Nator and why would we want to term it. (Just how do you do that anyway)
I am referring to the news that the Austrian Oak Arnold Spankanugget himself has decided he would like to get back into acting now that his stint as the Governator is over. Personally I welcome this as he is, despite his natural lack of acting skills, a powerful presence on the big screen. The question on every ones (read that as an army of fan boys out there) lips is...... Wait for it....
Will he return to the Terminator franchise?????
Honestly, does any one (read that as those outside the fan boy fraternity) really want this. Lets face it the guy may still be tall and have a great stare but he's 64 years old whats he gonna do? Play an ageing father figure sent from the future to collect pensions from the past while helping John Conner come to terms with the loss of his mother and pet dog in the same week. All the fan boys are clamoring for him to play the great cyborg once again but what could he possibly do that he hasn't done before. In the first he was the hunter, in the second the protector and again in the third. And just how could they improve on the TX from the third movie, he needs a strong adversary but this one will take some beating, we've had just about every combination of killer/protector cyborg you can think of not forgetting (once again) he's old. If they did opt to go for the cyborg from the future sent to the past angle again then there's also the question why use the T800 (Arnold) model when there are all these far more advanced machines.
Some are saying that he could play the guy who the T800 was modelled on but this, despite being touched upon in the 3rd film, is in contrast with the timeline of robotic advancement set out in the first film. In the Terminator Reese states that the first Humanoid Robots were covered in rubber skin ('easy to spot' I believe he tells Sarah) It was the next model that was covered in skin. So the T800 wasn't created until the war had started. This doesn't mean they couldn't correct the mistake by addressing the issue in another film. Arnold could have been a resistance fighter captured by Skynet and used as a template for the T800 in order to have the very first one infiltrate the resistance without anyone noticing until its too late. Though just how you would get by the complete lack of emotion in expression and voice is another matter. But even this would be a mistake as the entire franchise has moved on since Arnold's involvement.
In short, Arnold don't do it. Move on to less active but still the same type of rolls as before. The ageing tough guy standing for what he believes without having to lift the biggest gun in the country to do it. Just like Eastwood has done for the last 10 years or so. Follow the Eastwood plan and you could still be in business 20 years from now.
Talking of tough guys I happened to stumble upon a John Wayne film during my lunch break today and it reminded me why I never really liked the Duke. The film was The Conqueror, widely regarded as his worst film and it's not so hard to see why. The guy had a hard time saying anything with emotion in any film but the script in this mess was a schoolboy attempt at something like old English Shakespeare. It destroyed the Duke within a couple of words. The guy strutted his stuff in his usual fashion while wearing a Fu Man chu moustache and fake eye brows. The best bit of makeup was the guy playing a Shaman (John Hoyt, don't worry if you've never heard of him neither had I) In every scene he looked like he had been peeling a bag full of onions while smoking some real heavy shit. But all this is secondary to Big Johns handling of the script which reminded me of Arnold's few lines in the first Terminator. Monosyllable and lacking in any emotion whatsoever, only thing is Arnold meant to do it. Does this mean Arnold is a better actor than the Duke was. No, we have to give the Duke his dues, he did good in a few films. When he wasn't being a racist, bigot and blind obeying all unquestioning patriot (read that as idiot)
So to wrap it all up today I would like to propose a new film for Arnold.
The Khaninator
A killer cyborg is sent from a future where good taste rules, to the past to eradicate all sins committed against movies. His first mission is to go back to 1956 and stop John Wayne from making The Conqueror. What he doesn't know is that John Wayne is really a Cyborg sent by a resistance group trying to bring back bad taste cinema in all its glory for people to enjoy while getting drunk with their mates. The real John Wayne is being held in a prison cell somewhere in the future.
All together now. Du Du Du De Du (Terminator music! Get with it people)
Till next time
The voice has spoken...
I am referring to the news that the Austrian Oak Arnold Spankanugget himself has decided he would like to get back into acting now that his stint as the Governator is over. Personally I welcome this as he is, despite his natural lack of acting skills, a powerful presence on the big screen. The question on every ones (read that as an army of fan boys out there) lips is...... Wait for it....
Will he return to the Terminator franchise?????
Honestly, does any one (read that as those outside the fan boy fraternity) really want this. Lets face it the guy may still be tall and have a great stare but he's 64 years old whats he gonna do? Play an ageing father figure sent from the future to collect pensions from the past while helping John Conner come to terms with the loss of his mother and pet dog in the same week. All the fan boys are clamoring for him to play the great cyborg once again but what could he possibly do that he hasn't done before. In the first he was the hunter, in the second the protector and again in the third. And just how could they improve on the TX from the third movie, he needs a strong adversary but this one will take some beating, we've had just about every combination of killer/protector cyborg you can think of not forgetting (once again) he's old. If they did opt to go for the cyborg from the future sent to the past angle again then there's also the question why use the T800 (Arnold) model when there are all these far more advanced machines.
Some are saying that he could play the guy who the T800 was modelled on but this, despite being touched upon in the 3rd film, is in contrast with the timeline of robotic advancement set out in the first film. In the Terminator Reese states that the first Humanoid Robots were covered in rubber skin ('easy to spot' I believe he tells Sarah) It was the next model that was covered in skin. So the T800 wasn't created until the war had started. This doesn't mean they couldn't correct the mistake by addressing the issue in another film. Arnold could have been a resistance fighter captured by Skynet and used as a template for the T800 in order to have the very first one infiltrate the resistance without anyone noticing until its too late. Though just how you would get by the complete lack of emotion in expression and voice is another matter. But even this would be a mistake as the entire franchise has moved on since Arnold's involvement.
In short, Arnold don't do it. Move on to less active but still the same type of rolls as before. The ageing tough guy standing for what he believes without having to lift the biggest gun in the country to do it. Just like Eastwood has done for the last 10 years or so. Follow the Eastwood plan and you could still be in business 20 years from now.
Talking of tough guys I happened to stumble upon a John Wayne film during my lunch break today and it reminded me why I never really liked the Duke. The film was The Conqueror, widely regarded as his worst film and it's not so hard to see why. The guy had a hard time saying anything with emotion in any film but the script in this mess was a schoolboy attempt at something like old English Shakespeare. It destroyed the Duke within a couple of words. The guy strutted his stuff in his usual fashion while wearing a Fu Man chu moustache and fake eye brows. The best bit of makeup was the guy playing a Shaman (John Hoyt, don't worry if you've never heard of him neither had I) In every scene he looked like he had been peeling a bag full of onions while smoking some real heavy shit. But all this is secondary to Big Johns handling of the script which reminded me of Arnold's few lines in the first Terminator. Monosyllable and lacking in any emotion whatsoever, only thing is Arnold meant to do it. Does this mean Arnold is a better actor than the Duke was. No, we have to give the Duke his dues, he did good in a few films. When he wasn't being a racist, bigot and blind obeying all unquestioning patriot (read that as idiot)
So to wrap it all up today I would like to propose a new film for Arnold.
The Khaninator
A killer cyborg is sent from a future where good taste rules, to the past to eradicate all sins committed against movies. His first mission is to go back to 1956 and stop John Wayne from making The Conqueror. What he doesn't know is that John Wayne is really a Cyborg sent by a resistance group trying to bring back bad taste cinema in all its glory for people to enjoy while getting drunk with their mates. The real John Wayne is being held in a prison cell somewhere in the future.
All together now. Du Du Du De Du (Terminator music! Get with it people)
Till next time
The voice has spoken...
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
A month of movies and games
Hello world, yes it's me again the mighty voice of the great divide coming to you live from deep within.
I know it's been a while but what can I say. First Christmas, then New Year and since then I've been busy blowing things up and raising havoc on the PS3 that my lovely wife got me for Christmas. Well she likes to take credit but I don't for one minute believe her, I mean if she got me it then what did Santa get me?! Anyways if any of you out there are on the PlayStation Network then look out for me (Voice from Abyss) drop me a line, say hi if you will, or say low if you wont??
Now back to business.
What movies have I seen over the past few weeks...... A lot!
Avatar.
I'm still trying to figure out why this travesty of a movie made so much money. Its over long, its cliched, the story is an old tired over used one and none of it made sense when you actually gave it any thought. To put it simply, typical James Cameron.
As for the 3D, well I saw it on TV so there was no 3D but this merely proved that the only reason it packed people in was because of the 3D. Without it the film amounted to nothing. And as for JCs ravings about how 3D is meant to be well he just believes his own hype. The film was full of pointless camera shots that were put in just to show off the 3D. It reminded me of the old 3D movies from years ago when someone would point something at the camera for no reason than to make the audience go WOW. A tired and cheap trick used since the dawn of 3D. So you see the whole thing is just a tired old cliche that's very pretty to look at.
Defiance
Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber star in this WW2 effort as brothers who lead a group of Jews into a forest to hide from the Nazis. A true story told very well and thoroughly enjoyable. I recommend it to all. It's all the more important to see when you realise that the story was kept secret by the brothers for many years, just wanting to get on with there new lives in America after the war. I have nothing but praise for this one so go see it now.
Kick Ass
Fantastic, if you like your humour on the dark side and you wont get offended by a 12 year old girl saying the C word then I heatedly recommend this. Nick Cage stars as the real super hero of the movie training with his daughter (brilliantly played by Chloe Moretz) fighting along side him. Meanwhile a nerd, tired of a life of suffering at the hands of bullies decides to fight back, disguising himself as (pretty useless) super hero Kick Ass. A great film with a well rounded cast comprising of no real weak points.
If you can laugh at a guy wearing metal wings jumping off a building and crashing onto the earth with his fall cushioned only by a parked car then this is the film for you.
Predators
I have one thing to say about this film. If you liked the first one then see this as this is the sequel we have spent many years waiting for. It certainly helps wash the taste of those appalling Alien/Predator movies from our mouth's.
And now something new from me. As I mentioned above I'm currently involved with a PS3 so here goes my short list of games I would recommend.
Bioshock 1 + 2
Excellent FPS games, based in the underwater city of Rapture in the first one you play a guy who's plane crashes into the waters above the city and you're only chance is to venture into the city where you must fight for survival. To aid you in journey you not only have an arsenal of weapons but also some genetic plasmids that alter you're DNA to allow you to shoot electricity and fire, amongst other things, from your finger tips. On your way through the city you will encounter Big Daddies, these are hulking big guys who have been genetically altered to protect little girls, known as Little Sisters. They wear old style diving suits and carry huge drilling rigs on there arms or rivet guns and mines. But you must fight these guys as the girls carry the only thing that allows you to buy new genetic plasmids, Adam. A drug that the girls collect from the dead of Rapture.
In the second game you play one of the afor mentioned Big Daddies, waking up from a decade long coma you must travel through the city looking for the Little Sister that you were genetically bonded to ten years previously.
Both great games that I highly recommend.
Well that's all for now so it is with great sadness that I bid you all a fond farewell and well....
Till next time.
The voice has spoken.
I know it's been a while but what can I say. First Christmas, then New Year and since then I've been busy blowing things up and raising havoc on the PS3 that my lovely wife got me for Christmas. Well she likes to take credit but I don't for one minute believe her, I mean if she got me it then what did Santa get me?! Anyways if any of you out there are on the PlayStation Network then look out for me (Voice from Abyss) drop me a line, say hi if you will, or say low if you wont??
Now back to business.
What movies have I seen over the past few weeks...... A lot!
Avatar.
I'm still trying to figure out why this travesty of a movie made so much money. Its over long, its cliched, the story is an old tired over used one and none of it made sense when you actually gave it any thought. To put it simply, typical James Cameron.
As for the 3D, well I saw it on TV so there was no 3D but this merely proved that the only reason it packed people in was because of the 3D. Without it the film amounted to nothing. And as for JCs ravings about how 3D is meant to be well he just believes his own hype. The film was full of pointless camera shots that were put in just to show off the 3D. It reminded me of the old 3D movies from years ago when someone would point something at the camera for no reason than to make the audience go WOW. A tired and cheap trick used since the dawn of 3D. So you see the whole thing is just a tired old cliche that's very pretty to look at.
Defiance
Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber star in this WW2 effort as brothers who lead a group of Jews into a forest to hide from the Nazis. A true story told very well and thoroughly enjoyable. I recommend it to all. It's all the more important to see when you realise that the story was kept secret by the brothers for many years, just wanting to get on with there new lives in America after the war. I have nothing but praise for this one so go see it now.
Kick Ass
Fantastic, if you like your humour on the dark side and you wont get offended by a 12 year old girl saying the C word then I heatedly recommend this. Nick Cage stars as the real super hero of the movie training with his daughter (brilliantly played by Chloe Moretz) fighting along side him. Meanwhile a nerd, tired of a life of suffering at the hands of bullies decides to fight back, disguising himself as (pretty useless) super hero Kick Ass. A great film with a well rounded cast comprising of no real weak points.
If you can laugh at a guy wearing metal wings jumping off a building and crashing onto the earth with his fall cushioned only by a parked car then this is the film for you.
Predators
I have one thing to say about this film. If you liked the first one then see this as this is the sequel we have spent many years waiting for. It certainly helps wash the taste of those appalling Alien/Predator movies from our mouth's.
And now something new from me. As I mentioned above I'm currently involved with a PS3 so here goes my short list of games I would recommend.
Bioshock 1 + 2
Excellent FPS games, based in the underwater city of Rapture in the first one you play a guy who's plane crashes into the waters above the city and you're only chance is to venture into the city where you must fight for survival. To aid you in journey you not only have an arsenal of weapons but also some genetic plasmids that alter you're DNA to allow you to shoot electricity and fire, amongst other things, from your finger tips. On your way through the city you will encounter Big Daddies, these are hulking big guys who have been genetically altered to protect little girls, known as Little Sisters. They wear old style diving suits and carry huge drilling rigs on there arms or rivet guns and mines. But you must fight these guys as the girls carry the only thing that allows you to buy new genetic plasmids, Adam. A drug that the girls collect from the dead of Rapture.
In the second game you play one of the afor mentioned Big Daddies, waking up from a decade long coma you must travel through the city looking for the Little Sister that you were genetically bonded to ten years previously.
Both great games that I highly recommend.
Well that's all for now so it is with great sadness that I bid you all a fond farewell and well....
Till next time.
The voice has spoken.
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Nazi's, Pastors, Titans and Mini's. Oh, and the kitchen sink.
Well hello again my curious visitors.
First off let me tell you how absolutely devastated I was after the final of X-factor. How will I go on without my weekly dose of total crap. Oh well, life must go on. Lets face it there's a lot of crap still on the old box for me to gas on about so I'm sure I will survive, I just need to find something to slate week after week. As for how the show ended, if you don't already know, let me give you a run down of how it all went. Teeny rap queen Cher was kicked out on Saturday (at last) leaving Rebbecca, Mat the Hat and One Direction. On Sunday we lost the x-product One Direction first (thank god) then the talented Rebbecca came in second leaving the equally talented, but totally lacking in charisma, Mat the Hat to take first place. Will he get Christmas number one, hopefully not. Last years winner was held of by Rage Against The Machine after a stonking online campaign. Fingers crossed the same will happen this year. I doubt it though as we would have heard something about it by now.
Talking of things been in the Christmas music charts is it only me that is totally stunned by the number of awful Cd's been released this year for Christmas. Over the past couple of weeks we seem to have been bombarded by musical nonsense. We have the Chelsea Pensioners, the Choir Girl, Aled Jones (who dragged him out of the bottom drawer) and tonight Ive seen the icing on the musical cake. The Barbie album!! Who buys this stuff, somebody must do, otherwise they wouldn't release these things. I think we seriously need to find out and give them psychiatric help.
Now onto more serious things. The English Defence League or EDL for short. Otherwise known as Idiots.
These are a bunch morons who became disillusioned with the BNP (British Nationalist Party) so have created a new banner under which they can elevate their moronic policies to a whole new level of ignorance. Earlier this week it was reported in the papers that they had invited Pastor Terry Jones over from the states to talk at a few rallies. Now I'm sure some of you remember the controversy earlier this year when the Godly? Pastor Jones wanted to hold a burn a Koran day on the anniversary of 9/11. No prizes as to why the EDL invited him over then. Now I know as, I'm sure you do, that the EDL aren't exactly the religious type so their intentions are not to listen to Pastor Jones' religious talks they're just interested in the controversy and publicity of his racial opinions. This is just a publicity stunt and nothing else. Luckily the British Government has stepped in and are in the process of stopping his visa application. I get the feeling that this isn't going to be the end of the EDL and Pastor Jones saga.
Also this week there was a bomb attack in Stockholm by a lone suicide bomber who came from our own fair island. The media started asking questions about why it seems that so many of the worlds terrorists originate from these shores, what makes the young Muslims of this country such easy targets for radicalisation. One thing that seems obvious to me is the lack of patriotism generated in today's society. The government has spent years telling us we can't fly the Union Jack or Georges Flag as it could be racially offensive. We don't get St Georges day off work or even celebrate it officially and yet local government and the London assembly spend money every year celebrating other countries events like St Patricks day. We as a society are told that we should be guilty of the empire and the only thing that ever gets said about the days of Empire is all the slavery. The young kids growing up in England no longer have an identity as its been beeten out of us all for years. We've been reduced to a nation without an identity and all this leads to kids growing up finding they have nothing to belong to except violent gangs and religion. An immigrant child growing up here knowing that they don't belong to the culture of their parents find that they are denied the identity of being an English man as every thing that is English is regarded as culturally offensive by the left wing powers that be. This makes for easy pickings for the extremist elements of Islam. A great shame for a once great country.
Movie time....
Yes its that part of the Blog where I tell you good folks of any films Ive seen recently on Blu Ray.
The Clash Of The Titans (2010)
The remake of the legendary Ray Harry Hausen's last film is an odd thing. They've taken a basic story of argumentative Gods playing with the minions of Earth and turned it into a loud non stop mish mash of an overly effects laded movie. From one scene to the next we have nothing but constant CGI monsters. Every scene was over laded with pointless effects. Take the temple of Medusa for instance, layer upon layer of ruined temple zig zagging all over the place on a multitude of levels. WHY? All they had to do was give us a basic Greek temple and a decent fight and the audience would have been happy. Instead its just too much thrown into to the mix. Like food, too many ingredients can spoil the taste. This film had everything including the kitchen sink in every scene. Not to be watched if you're wanting some good enjoyable entertainment. However if its just a pizza and (lots of) beer then it could fit the bill.
Italian Job (1969)
What can be said about this classic. Its got everything (in a good way not like above) humour, car chases, Minis driving through sewers and the great Michael Cain. And who could ever forget what became one of the greatest endings in film history.
Buy it, watch it, enjoy it.
And with that its time for me to leave you once again.
The Voice has spoken.
Till next time.....
First off let me tell you how absolutely devastated I was after the final of X-factor. How will I go on without my weekly dose of total crap. Oh well, life must go on. Lets face it there's a lot of crap still on the old box for me to gas on about so I'm sure I will survive, I just need to find something to slate week after week. As for how the show ended, if you don't already know, let me give you a run down of how it all went. Teeny rap queen Cher was kicked out on Saturday (at last) leaving Rebbecca, Mat the Hat and One Direction. On Sunday we lost the x-product One Direction first (thank god) then the talented Rebbecca came in second leaving the equally talented, but totally lacking in charisma, Mat the Hat to take first place. Will he get Christmas number one, hopefully not. Last years winner was held of by Rage Against The Machine after a stonking online campaign. Fingers crossed the same will happen this year. I doubt it though as we would have heard something about it by now.
Talking of things been in the Christmas music charts is it only me that is totally stunned by the number of awful Cd's been released this year for Christmas. Over the past couple of weeks we seem to have been bombarded by musical nonsense. We have the Chelsea Pensioners, the Choir Girl, Aled Jones (who dragged him out of the bottom drawer) and tonight Ive seen the icing on the musical cake. The Barbie album!! Who buys this stuff, somebody must do, otherwise they wouldn't release these things. I think we seriously need to find out and give them psychiatric help.
Now onto more serious things. The English Defence League or EDL for short. Otherwise known as Idiots.
These are a bunch morons who became disillusioned with the BNP (British Nationalist Party) so have created a new banner under which they can elevate their moronic policies to a whole new level of ignorance. Earlier this week it was reported in the papers that they had invited Pastor Terry Jones over from the states to talk at a few rallies. Now I'm sure some of you remember the controversy earlier this year when the Godly? Pastor Jones wanted to hold a burn a Koran day on the anniversary of 9/11. No prizes as to why the EDL invited him over then. Now I know as, I'm sure you do, that the EDL aren't exactly the religious type so their intentions are not to listen to Pastor Jones' religious talks they're just interested in the controversy and publicity of his racial opinions. This is just a publicity stunt and nothing else. Luckily the British Government has stepped in and are in the process of stopping his visa application. I get the feeling that this isn't going to be the end of the EDL and Pastor Jones saga.
Also this week there was a bomb attack in Stockholm by a lone suicide bomber who came from our own fair island. The media started asking questions about why it seems that so many of the worlds terrorists originate from these shores, what makes the young Muslims of this country such easy targets for radicalisation. One thing that seems obvious to me is the lack of patriotism generated in today's society. The government has spent years telling us we can't fly the Union Jack or Georges Flag as it could be racially offensive. We don't get St Georges day off work or even celebrate it officially and yet local government and the London assembly spend money every year celebrating other countries events like St Patricks day. We as a society are told that we should be guilty of the empire and the only thing that ever gets said about the days of Empire is all the slavery. The young kids growing up in England no longer have an identity as its been beeten out of us all for years. We've been reduced to a nation without an identity and all this leads to kids growing up finding they have nothing to belong to except violent gangs and religion. An immigrant child growing up here knowing that they don't belong to the culture of their parents find that they are denied the identity of being an English man as every thing that is English is regarded as culturally offensive by the left wing powers that be. This makes for easy pickings for the extremist elements of Islam. A great shame for a once great country.
Movie time....
Yes its that part of the Blog where I tell you good folks of any films Ive seen recently on Blu Ray.
The Clash Of The Titans (2010)
The remake of the legendary Ray Harry Hausen's last film is an odd thing. They've taken a basic story of argumentative Gods playing with the minions of Earth and turned it into a loud non stop mish mash of an overly effects laded movie. From one scene to the next we have nothing but constant CGI monsters. Every scene was over laded with pointless effects. Take the temple of Medusa for instance, layer upon layer of ruined temple zig zagging all over the place on a multitude of levels. WHY? All they had to do was give us a basic Greek temple and a decent fight and the audience would have been happy. Instead its just too much thrown into to the mix. Like food, too many ingredients can spoil the taste. This film had everything including the kitchen sink in every scene. Not to be watched if you're wanting some good enjoyable entertainment. However if its just a pizza and (lots of) beer then it could fit the bill.
Italian Job (1969)
What can be said about this classic. Its got everything (in a good way not like above) humour, car chases, Minis driving through sewers and the great Michael Cain. And who could ever forget what became one of the greatest endings in film history.
Buy it, watch it, enjoy it.
And with that its time for me to leave you once again.
The Voice has spoken.
Till next time.....
Friday, 10 December 2010
I've seen things you wouldn't believe.
First off let me explain the title of today's little rant. I couldn't think of a title but while I was trying my favorite line from any Bond film popped into my head. No Mr. Bond I want you to die! This was going to be my title but then I realised why not use a line from the film I'm watching. So I did. Maybe you recognize the line, maybe you don't. Read on and all will become clear....
As is common this time of year people are out celebrating Christmas with their friends and colleagues, my lovely wife is no different. So here I am, alone, keeping the house company while my little girl sleeps in her cot. One Chinese take away later and I'm ready to explode in a mess of noodles, rice and curry sauce. But before I do let me mention the film Ive spent the evening enjoying. Yes its movie time....
Bladerunner
That sci-fi classic from 1982. There's nothing much to say about this legendary film that hasn't all ready been said. Stunning visuals, great Vangelis sound track and the ever reliable Harrison Ford. Not forgetting the great Rutger Hauer and solid support from one of the guys people constantly say, 'What have I seen him in before, hes been in loads of films.' I'm talking of course of Brion James.
A class film that, if you haven't seen (maybe you've been living under a rock on Mars), you should go out and see right this minute.
The only thing that is a little out of place in this film is the year. Its meant to take place around 2019 but the world didn't advance as quickly as the makers thought it would. Just like the old sci-fi films when they thought we would be walking on Mars by 1990. A little bit too confident in the progress of science I think.
The film get a 10 out of 10 from me.
The Chinese I had while watching, it gets an 8
Now onto more serious stuff.
During the protests by the great unwashed (that's students to you and me) that took place yesterday 11th Dec. things took a real turn for the worse. Rioting, violence and most shockingly an attack on a car carrying Prince Charles and Camilla. Now if you read my earlier posts you will know exactly how I feel about raising student fees. DO IT! For too long parents have relied on the state to provide for their kids and it's time it stopped. Make the parents do what they should have been doing from the start, making provisions for their children's future. But I digress, back to the subject at hand. When will the British police start to use that tried and trusted method of crowd control, the water cannon. They use it in loads of other countries around Europe so why not here. For too long the country has treated everyone with kid gloves, it's gotten so bad that if the police so much as shout at some one there's a public enquiry into why and compensation paid to the person that got shouted at. Only today I heard a story of a street preacher that was spouting biblical bull about gays being evil and going to hell so the police arrested him. Rightly so you may say, he shouldn't be allowed to preach hateful rubbish in public but wait. This is England, he was awarded £4000 compensation because the police kept him locked up for 4 hours. Can you believe it? So what hope have we of the police being allowed to react with necessary force when a riot kicks off, no hope at all. So these thugs and hooligans go unpunished. The shameful thing is that they probably weren't even students but so called professional protesters that have never worked, live off the state and yet spend their life protesting against it. Left wingers obviously, they have to be as its the left wing that provides them with the means to never have to get off their rears and work for a living.
As for the idiots that attacked Prince Charles car. They should be rounded up and thrown in prison for treason. I'm not a blind royal worshiper with Charles and Diana plates, mugs and spoons all over the place but I do support the monarchy. They are important to this country, its bussiness', its tourism and above all its history and they need to be protected from morons like these. I hope this country is never over run by the left wing militant morons that think of the monarchy as a bunch of leeches. If we ever lose our throne then it would be a sad day for England indeed.
Long live the Queen and long live our future King!
Now onto my favorite subject at the moment, yes you guessed it (drum roll please)
The X Factor.
Yes the papers have been full of conspiracy theories regarding Simon Cowells show.
If you read my last post you will know that Mary was given the boot by the judges at the weekend in favor of keeping the Teeny Rap Princess in the show, I'm referring of course to Cher. As I stated last time I believed that it should have gone to deadlock and reverted back to the public vote in order to keep it fair. Now the reason why the judges didn't allow that has become clear, Mary had more votes. Yes you heard me, the great Irish hope had more of the public on her side than Cher did. So if it had have gone to deadlock then it would have been bye bye Cher. Now you know as well as I do that would never have been allowed to happen. There was no way on Earth that they could market Mary like they can Cher, shes exactly the kind of product that Mr. Cowell is looking for. Shes not gonna win but you can guarantee that you wont have seen the last of her once the show ends. They are gonna milk this cow for all its got, One Direction and Cher are gonna be Simon's pet projects. After all if you've been paying attention to the show then you will have noticed the constant audience conditioning going on regarding One Direction. Every week, at least 4 or 5 times people will refer to the X-Product as the next big boy band. Like everything in life, you say something enough times and people will start to believe it. By the time the show ends One Direction will be the next big boy band without even releasing a record because the audience have been told they are for the last several weeks. As Yul Brynner said in the Ten Commandments, 'So let it be written, so let it be done.'
One last thing before retire to bed.
It was reported that Al Qaeda had threatened to attack that most important of government and military targets, Coronation Street. Yup, you read that right. The 50 year old soap opera broadcast a totally live show the other night and the morning before the show the papers were full of this supposedly true threat by Bins lot. That has to be the most shallow and transparent attempt at drumming up some publicity for a TV show I have ever heard of. Your a major global terrorists group, you've flown planes into buildings, blown up tube trains and buses. Your engaged in gorilla warfare with allied troops but you want to up the terror threat a little so what do you do? Attack a long running soap opera. Get a grip.
Unfortunately you know there are people out there that will have believed every word of it and been on their hands and knees praying for the safety of the cast.
Well that's it for now, its time I opened another can of beer. Cheers.
The voice has spoken.
Till next time.....
As is common this time of year people are out celebrating Christmas with their friends and colleagues, my lovely wife is no different. So here I am, alone, keeping the house company while my little girl sleeps in her cot. One Chinese take away later and I'm ready to explode in a mess of noodles, rice and curry sauce. But before I do let me mention the film Ive spent the evening enjoying. Yes its movie time....
Bladerunner
That sci-fi classic from 1982. There's nothing much to say about this legendary film that hasn't all ready been said. Stunning visuals, great Vangelis sound track and the ever reliable Harrison Ford. Not forgetting the great Rutger Hauer and solid support from one of the guys people constantly say, 'What have I seen him in before, hes been in loads of films.' I'm talking of course of Brion James.
A class film that, if you haven't seen (maybe you've been living under a rock on Mars), you should go out and see right this minute.
The only thing that is a little out of place in this film is the year. Its meant to take place around 2019 but the world didn't advance as quickly as the makers thought it would. Just like the old sci-fi films when they thought we would be walking on Mars by 1990. A little bit too confident in the progress of science I think.
The film get a 10 out of 10 from me.
The Chinese I had while watching, it gets an 8
Now onto more serious stuff.
During the protests by the great unwashed (that's students to you and me) that took place yesterday 11th Dec. things took a real turn for the worse. Rioting, violence and most shockingly an attack on a car carrying Prince Charles and Camilla. Now if you read my earlier posts you will know exactly how I feel about raising student fees. DO IT! For too long parents have relied on the state to provide for their kids and it's time it stopped. Make the parents do what they should have been doing from the start, making provisions for their children's future. But I digress, back to the subject at hand. When will the British police start to use that tried and trusted method of crowd control, the water cannon. They use it in loads of other countries around Europe so why not here. For too long the country has treated everyone with kid gloves, it's gotten so bad that if the police so much as shout at some one there's a public enquiry into why and compensation paid to the person that got shouted at. Only today I heard a story of a street preacher that was spouting biblical bull about gays being evil and going to hell so the police arrested him. Rightly so you may say, he shouldn't be allowed to preach hateful rubbish in public but wait. This is England, he was awarded £4000 compensation because the police kept him locked up for 4 hours. Can you believe it? So what hope have we of the police being allowed to react with necessary force when a riot kicks off, no hope at all. So these thugs and hooligans go unpunished. The shameful thing is that they probably weren't even students but so called professional protesters that have never worked, live off the state and yet spend their life protesting against it. Left wingers obviously, they have to be as its the left wing that provides them with the means to never have to get off their rears and work for a living.
As for the idiots that attacked Prince Charles car. They should be rounded up and thrown in prison for treason. I'm not a blind royal worshiper with Charles and Diana plates, mugs and spoons all over the place but I do support the monarchy. They are important to this country, its bussiness', its tourism and above all its history and they need to be protected from morons like these. I hope this country is never over run by the left wing militant morons that think of the monarchy as a bunch of leeches. If we ever lose our throne then it would be a sad day for England indeed.
Long live the Queen and long live our future King!
Now onto my favorite subject at the moment, yes you guessed it (drum roll please)
The X Factor.
Yes the papers have been full of conspiracy theories regarding Simon Cowells show.
If you read my last post you will know that Mary was given the boot by the judges at the weekend in favor of keeping the Teeny Rap Princess in the show, I'm referring of course to Cher. As I stated last time I believed that it should have gone to deadlock and reverted back to the public vote in order to keep it fair. Now the reason why the judges didn't allow that has become clear, Mary had more votes. Yes you heard me, the great Irish hope had more of the public on her side than Cher did. So if it had have gone to deadlock then it would have been bye bye Cher. Now you know as well as I do that would never have been allowed to happen. There was no way on Earth that they could market Mary like they can Cher, shes exactly the kind of product that Mr. Cowell is looking for. Shes not gonna win but you can guarantee that you wont have seen the last of her once the show ends. They are gonna milk this cow for all its got, One Direction and Cher are gonna be Simon's pet projects. After all if you've been paying attention to the show then you will have noticed the constant audience conditioning going on regarding One Direction. Every week, at least 4 or 5 times people will refer to the X-Product as the next big boy band. Like everything in life, you say something enough times and people will start to believe it. By the time the show ends One Direction will be the next big boy band without even releasing a record because the audience have been told they are for the last several weeks. As Yul Brynner said in the Ten Commandments, 'So let it be written, so let it be done.'
One last thing before retire to bed.
It was reported that Al Qaeda had threatened to attack that most important of government and military targets, Coronation Street. Yup, you read that right. The 50 year old soap opera broadcast a totally live show the other night and the morning before the show the papers were full of this supposedly true threat by Bins lot. That has to be the most shallow and transparent attempt at drumming up some publicity for a TV show I have ever heard of. Your a major global terrorists group, you've flown planes into buildings, blown up tube trains and buses. Your engaged in gorilla warfare with allied troops but you want to up the terror threat a little so what do you do? Attack a long running soap opera. Get a grip.
Unfortunately you know there are people out there that will have believed every word of it and been on their hands and knees praying for the safety of the cast.
Well that's it for now, its time I opened another can of beer. Cheers.
The voice has spoken.
Till next time.....
Sunday, 5 December 2010
Planets, Footballs, Gods and Popstars.
Watched an interesting documentary today about that most stunning of globes, the one they call Saturn. On it they showed pictures taken by a probe a while back, amazing images of the rings and moons. It got me thinking about the weird and beautiful things that exist out there, and I'm not talking of ET's underpants (though I'm not sure how beautiful they would be, suppose Eliot would like 'em')
I'm talking of the amazing running rivers and vast lakes of liquid methane on Titan, or the huge jets of dust and gas from the moon Enceladus helping form one of Saturn's rings. These are just two of the many moons (there's over 60 of them) orbiting our second biggest planetary cousin. But look beyond Saturn, beyond our own solar system, even out of our galaxy and there are wonders beyond what we could have ever imagined.
This led me to think about that great subject, religion, or should I say God?
If we are to believe what the book tells us then everything including us was created within the same week and we were the main focus of it all. Making us comfortable, subservient and grateful. Everything was made for us, to serve us, nourish us, keep us warm and sometimes creep up on us and kill us!?
If that is the case then what the hell is everything else for? Why create the other planets never mind other galaxies. Whats it all for, to give us something to look at? Come on! If we were the one and only focus of our lord and master then why do we not look up and see nothing. Why don't we just see a dark sky and the sun through the day (we have to keep warm so I suppose the sun would have to be there) Why make stunningly colourful gas clouds in galaxies so far away that we would have to spend years travelling to them to see them in person? If God wanted to make the sky pretty for us then why not just put them a little bit beyond the moon. They've been there since time began did God think to himself, 'I know what I'll put something nice a brazillion light years away for when my sheep invent the telescope.' Only for the Vatican to call Galileo a heretic!? It just doesn't compute.
And while are on the subject of God should I get real down and dirty? Why am I even asking, of course I will, it's me!
Back in the day of old when Joseph and Mary were around it was expected of a Jewish man (in this case Joseph) to be married by the time he was 18 and be a father by the time he was 19. There were exceptions but this was the general rule. Mary on the other hand would be eligible for marriage from 12-12 and a half. She could have been sold to another Jew as a slave (nice policy) but once again the rule of thumb was around 12 to be married. Now there is some confusion as to whether they were married at the time of the immaculate knock up or just engaged but regardless of this isn't the fact that The big guy in the sky knocked up one of his followers women mean that he broke one of his own commandments. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors house, wife, slave, ox, donkey, bedside lamp, lawnmower or sugar bowl.
Talk about do as I say not as I do! Mind you they were not really neighbors were they? More like master and slave so maybe this makes it OK.
But back to the knocking up bit. Given the facts above, God would have had to have knocked Mary up while she was around 12 - 14 (may have taken a couple of years to find a husband. After all she may not have been the best looking girl around) This means the big G man knocked up a school girl by today's standards. Making him, to give it the accepted media term, a pedophile monster. Not very nice is it. Isn't that rape of a minor by today's laws?
So next time you read about some guy getting locked up for having sex with a young girl just remember, is he really a monster or just following Gods example. For me it's easy, I'm not religious so just lock the guy away. But for some one who believes in the, so called, good book its got to make you at least pause for thought for a while. If you have any morals that is.
Now my usual Crap Factor (sorry X Factor) report.
Mary is out! Leaving Mat the Hat, Rebbecca, Teeny Rap Queen Cher and the X Product - One Direction.
Now Mary and Cher faced off in the knock out at the end and, as you will have guessed by the opening statement, Mary lost. This is because Cher (predictably) sang a song that she would never sing in her life if her skin didn't depend on it. She was criticized on Saturday for singing the same type of songs so what does she do when shes in the knock out. She changes her game. this wouldn't have been so bad if she didn't say to the audience on Saturday that she is what she is and didn't want to betray who she is (or words of that effect) Then on Sunday she does just that. I'm shocked that the judges didn't see through this extremely shallow ploy. It should have gone to deadlock and turned over to the public vote at least that way it would have been fair to Mary. During the Extra Factor show afterwards all the calls from the public were by people who admitted to voting for One Direction. Is it just me or does this seem just a little bit too much of a coincidence. After all isn't One Direction the product put together by the X Factor producers. Things are really starting to smell and it isn't my underpants (maybe its ET's)
One last note...
We lost out in the World cup bid for 2018 to Russia of all places. They don't even have a national pitch, so they've been saying on the TV, and America lost out to QATAR. They don't even allow women to show skin or people to drink in most places, how the hell are fans meant to enjoy them selves? Especially the women, all covered up in 40 degree heat!! Not to mention the country isn't even as big as Wales! I've been saying for years that the World Cup is decided by cash not games and most people didn't believe me. Maybe now people will finally realise that football stopped been a game when the money got big, now its a business and how are things decided in business? BY MONEY!
That's it for now, so I bid you farewell and goodbye. But remember, if you think there's something under your bed. There probably is.
ME!!
The Voice has spoken.
Till next time......
I'm talking of the amazing running rivers and vast lakes of liquid methane on Titan, or the huge jets of dust and gas from the moon Enceladus helping form one of Saturn's rings. These are just two of the many moons (there's over 60 of them) orbiting our second biggest planetary cousin. But look beyond Saturn, beyond our own solar system, even out of our galaxy and there are wonders beyond what we could have ever imagined.
This led me to think about that great subject, religion, or should I say God?
If we are to believe what the book tells us then everything including us was created within the same week and we were the main focus of it all. Making us comfortable, subservient and grateful. Everything was made for us, to serve us, nourish us, keep us warm and sometimes creep up on us and kill us!?
If that is the case then what the hell is everything else for? Why create the other planets never mind other galaxies. Whats it all for, to give us something to look at? Come on! If we were the one and only focus of our lord and master then why do we not look up and see nothing. Why don't we just see a dark sky and the sun through the day (we have to keep warm so I suppose the sun would have to be there) Why make stunningly colourful gas clouds in galaxies so far away that we would have to spend years travelling to them to see them in person? If God wanted to make the sky pretty for us then why not just put them a little bit beyond the moon. They've been there since time began did God think to himself, 'I know what I'll put something nice a brazillion light years away for when my sheep invent the telescope.' Only for the Vatican to call Galileo a heretic!? It just doesn't compute.
And while are on the subject of God should I get real down and dirty? Why am I even asking, of course I will, it's me!
Back in the day of old when Joseph and Mary were around it was expected of a Jewish man (in this case Joseph) to be married by the time he was 18 and be a father by the time he was 19. There were exceptions but this was the general rule. Mary on the other hand would be eligible for marriage from 12-12 and a half. She could have been sold to another Jew as a slave (nice policy) but once again the rule of thumb was around 12 to be married. Now there is some confusion as to whether they were married at the time of the immaculate knock up or just engaged but regardless of this isn't the fact that The big guy in the sky knocked up one of his followers women mean that he broke one of his own commandments. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors house, wife, slave, ox, donkey, bedside lamp, lawnmower or sugar bowl.
Talk about do as I say not as I do! Mind you they were not really neighbors were they? More like master and slave so maybe this makes it OK.
But back to the knocking up bit. Given the facts above, God would have had to have knocked Mary up while she was around 12 - 14 (may have taken a couple of years to find a husband. After all she may not have been the best looking girl around) This means the big G man knocked up a school girl by today's standards. Making him, to give it the accepted media term, a pedophile monster. Not very nice is it. Isn't that rape of a minor by today's laws?
So next time you read about some guy getting locked up for having sex with a young girl just remember, is he really a monster or just following Gods example. For me it's easy, I'm not religious so just lock the guy away. But for some one who believes in the, so called, good book its got to make you at least pause for thought for a while. If you have any morals that is.
Now my usual Crap Factor (sorry X Factor) report.
Mary is out! Leaving Mat the Hat, Rebbecca, Teeny Rap Queen Cher and the X Product - One Direction.
Now Mary and Cher faced off in the knock out at the end and, as you will have guessed by the opening statement, Mary lost. This is because Cher (predictably) sang a song that she would never sing in her life if her skin didn't depend on it. She was criticized on Saturday for singing the same type of songs so what does she do when shes in the knock out. She changes her game. this wouldn't have been so bad if she didn't say to the audience on Saturday that she is what she is and didn't want to betray who she is (or words of that effect) Then on Sunday she does just that. I'm shocked that the judges didn't see through this extremely shallow ploy. It should have gone to deadlock and turned over to the public vote at least that way it would have been fair to Mary. During the Extra Factor show afterwards all the calls from the public were by people who admitted to voting for One Direction. Is it just me or does this seem just a little bit too much of a coincidence. After all isn't One Direction the product put together by the X Factor producers. Things are really starting to smell and it isn't my underpants (maybe its ET's)
One last note...
We lost out in the World cup bid for 2018 to Russia of all places. They don't even have a national pitch, so they've been saying on the TV, and America lost out to QATAR. They don't even allow women to show skin or people to drink in most places, how the hell are fans meant to enjoy them selves? Especially the women, all covered up in 40 degree heat!! Not to mention the country isn't even as big as Wales! I've been saying for years that the World Cup is decided by cash not games and most people didn't believe me. Maybe now people will finally realise that football stopped been a game when the money got big, now its a business and how are things decided in business? BY MONEY!
That's it for now, so I bid you farewell and goodbye. But remember, if you think there's something under your bed. There probably is.
ME!!
The Voice has spoken.
Till next time......
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
As I'm sure most of you know its white out side and London has ground to a halt. Not as bad as last year, the buses are still running, but there's a boat load of disruption. From schools closing to people driving like an old woman on the verge of death. So, as usual, I've got something to say about it all. Don't I always!
First up....
The schools.
Why the hell are they closing so easily? I'm guessing it's a staff thing, some staff wont be able to get in as they will have to travel a few miles, but why don't they prepare for this. I mean lets face it, winter doesn't exactly creep up on us from behind a bush now does it. The schools should employ a policy where by the staff shortage in winter can be covered by volunteer parents. They don't have to teach the kids just supervise them while they play games, watch DVDs or read books. Anything to keep them occupied while there. This would allow a countless amount of people to actually go to work instead of having to take time off to look after their kids. This would also stop the domino effect caused when they close down unexpectedly. The schools close so parents have to take time off, some of these parents have jobs looking after other kids in nurseries and other such places so the parents of the kids they look after also have to take time off. It just keeps on going. These parents may hold keys for the office or run small business' employing a few people and now these people cant do their jobs. The schools closing causes a massive problem and it's high time the government stepped in and did something about it.
Now to people who have no idea how to drive in snow.
People should be forced to take lessons in fake snow conditions to prepare them for the real thing simple as that. That way at least traffic could move at a near to normal pace and not just stop like it frequently does. As for those of the fairer sex that drive massive 4x4's and yet get scared driving through a gap big enough to drive a tank through and have no idea how to park the things, well, just take the bloody things off them and make them drive minis. They are dangerous!! This morning I pulled over to let a 4x4 pass but when it reached me the woman inside was too afraid to squeeze through the space even though it was big enough for a Hummer. So there I was in the ice and snow trying to shuffle my car further into the gap to let this incompetent woman pass. And when she did there were snails in snow shoes over taking her. Its a 4x4 for Christs sake, it could drive up the side of Everest and she was worried about slipping on an inch of snow. I wish this was just a one off but unfortunately we all know there are thousands of them out there all as bad as each other.
And finally the trains.
Now can somebody tell me how a train weighing several tonnes can be stopped by a couple of inches of snow. I mean come on, one carriage goes over the snow and its gone never mind the six to ten carriages most trains are made off. What the hell are the train companies playing at. I could put a model train set out in the garden in an inch of snow and it would plough it's way through without a problem. Its a friggin train!!
These things hit people and barely notice, they can drive over large stones without a hic and have you seen the damage when two of these suckers hit each other? KAPOW!! That's one hell of a mess. I've seen movies where they plow there way through cars and trucks and yet one inch of snow and would you know it, hey presto, they magically stop. Tony Scott has a new film called Unstoppable starring Denzel and Chris Pine where they have to stop a runaway train (also see Voight and Roberts in the aptly titled Runaway Train) it looks like a non stop action fest but they could have made it a lot easier by sprinkling a bit of fluffy snow on the line and the train would have come to a grinding halt in no time. To quote a friend of mine from across the pond 'the weird thing is' in the Voight movie the runaway train was actually travelling through a boat load of snow and ice. All this without a driver, wow, maybe that's what the train companies should do! Sack the drivers as they obviously cant handle snow, just like some car drivers. Maybe it's genetic, we should sponsor some research to see if all these crap snow drivers are somehow from the same bloodline!
And with that so ends today's rant.
Remember if its snowing outside, don't use it as an excuse not to go to work, just get off your rear end and make your way in. And if you find the school has closed for the day then instead of moaning about it think of it as a gift. A day to enjoy being with your kids, get out their, build a snowman and throw a few snowballs. Let it bring the inner child out of you.
One final word...
When you go to bed tonight leave a set of instructions by your bed just in case you wake up forgetting how to breath, being deads a bummer. I know I tried it once, had to have a week of work. Luckily, after a few paracetamols, I got better.
The Voice has spoken.
Till next time......
First up....
The schools.
Why the hell are they closing so easily? I'm guessing it's a staff thing, some staff wont be able to get in as they will have to travel a few miles, but why don't they prepare for this. I mean lets face it, winter doesn't exactly creep up on us from behind a bush now does it. The schools should employ a policy where by the staff shortage in winter can be covered by volunteer parents. They don't have to teach the kids just supervise them while they play games, watch DVDs or read books. Anything to keep them occupied while there. This would allow a countless amount of people to actually go to work instead of having to take time off to look after their kids. This would also stop the domino effect caused when they close down unexpectedly. The schools close so parents have to take time off, some of these parents have jobs looking after other kids in nurseries and other such places so the parents of the kids they look after also have to take time off. It just keeps on going. These parents may hold keys for the office or run small business' employing a few people and now these people cant do their jobs. The schools closing causes a massive problem and it's high time the government stepped in and did something about it.
Now to people who have no idea how to drive in snow.
People should be forced to take lessons in fake snow conditions to prepare them for the real thing simple as that. That way at least traffic could move at a near to normal pace and not just stop like it frequently does. As for those of the fairer sex that drive massive 4x4's and yet get scared driving through a gap big enough to drive a tank through and have no idea how to park the things, well, just take the bloody things off them and make them drive minis. They are dangerous!! This morning I pulled over to let a 4x4 pass but when it reached me the woman inside was too afraid to squeeze through the space even though it was big enough for a Hummer. So there I was in the ice and snow trying to shuffle my car further into the gap to let this incompetent woman pass. And when she did there were snails in snow shoes over taking her. Its a 4x4 for Christs sake, it could drive up the side of Everest and she was worried about slipping on an inch of snow. I wish this was just a one off but unfortunately we all know there are thousands of them out there all as bad as each other.
And finally the trains.
Now can somebody tell me how a train weighing several tonnes can be stopped by a couple of inches of snow. I mean come on, one carriage goes over the snow and its gone never mind the six to ten carriages most trains are made off. What the hell are the train companies playing at. I could put a model train set out in the garden in an inch of snow and it would plough it's way through without a problem. Its a friggin train!!
These things hit people and barely notice, they can drive over large stones without a hic and have you seen the damage when two of these suckers hit each other? KAPOW!! That's one hell of a mess. I've seen movies where they plow there way through cars and trucks and yet one inch of snow and would you know it, hey presto, they magically stop. Tony Scott has a new film called Unstoppable starring Denzel and Chris Pine where they have to stop a runaway train (also see Voight and Roberts in the aptly titled Runaway Train) it looks like a non stop action fest but they could have made it a lot easier by sprinkling a bit of fluffy snow on the line and the train would have come to a grinding halt in no time. To quote a friend of mine from across the pond 'the weird thing is' in the Voight movie the runaway train was actually travelling through a boat load of snow and ice. All this without a driver, wow, maybe that's what the train companies should do! Sack the drivers as they obviously cant handle snow, just like some car drivers. Maybe it's genetic, we should sponsor some research to see if all these crap snow drivers are somehow from the same bloodline!
And with that so ends today's rant.
Remember if its snowing outside, don't use it as an excuse not to go to work, just get off your rear end and make your way in. And if you find the school has closed for the day then instead of moaning about it think of it as a gift. A day to enjoy being with your kids, get out their, build a snowman and throw a few snowballs. Let it bring the inner child out of you.
One final word...
When you go to bed tonight leave a set of instructions by your bed just in case you wake up forgetting how to breath, being deads a bummer. I know I tried it once, had to have a week of work. Luckily, after a few paracetamols, I got better.
The Voice has spoken.
Till next time......
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