Back from a secret mission?

My American Blog pal Scargosun has returned after aeons of not posting anything.

Welcome back!

Were you on some secret under cover mission for Barack O?

It's an early train for me now...more soon.

All fine and canine...

This one's for my brother really, just in case he is watching Blog BS5 while he is away!

I took his dogs for a walk today in rural Herefordshire and they were in The River Wye quicker than little exocet missiles! My other brother and I took great delight in their unending delight in leaping into the river to retrieve sticks and lark about making a splash! Our Mother was in two minds as to who was sillier - dogs or sons.

Get out of bed!

It's an early start for a working week, and this was the sort of incentive to get out of bed this morning, although I suppose I was the stripey one!

I have a local-ish day today and will be in BS5 this evening but then it's a few days in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and North Wales.

This week I will be in England but I will have one brother in Malta and the other in Hong Kong.

Audi doodee

I have been at my folks' house Friday night into Saturday as it's the last time I will see my bro' before he flies home to the far east. A good time was had by all and on the way home I saw this....I will buy one later if I win the lottery!

Sunny as you like here in BS5 and a local bbq awaits!

Baby, I was born Tehran...

It's Election day in Iran today and I reckon that's worth a Blog post.

My pal Winsto' was a stickler about Iran in the War and insisted it be referred to as Persia. He wasn't just being anachronistic but took the sensible precaution that someone might mis-interpret Iran for Iraq and bomb the wrong place. Sensible chap that WSC.

Anyhow, 65 years later it's Election day. 

Now I reckon that Mahmoud Afterdinnerspeaker is a bit on the mental side, and if he is replaced by a more moderate chap such as the former PM, then it's game time and my pal Barack O will swoop in for some dialogue.

Top stuff.

And those Iranian women are often a bit foxy....you see it's not just constant sharp political analysis here at BS5.

Friday Spaceship action!

This morning I had an email from Berkley University in Californi- aye-aye asking me if I was in any was dissatisfied with SETI@home, a screensaver service that downloads data in your own PC's idle time.  Have a look at that highlighted link above!

I had switched this off over 10 months ago for no particular reason. The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) @home downloads a data packet from radio telescopes and your PC analyses it and sends it back to the University; in this way Berkley has millions and millions of PCs at its disposal to analyse radio data. 

If the bit you return contains that magic message from Aliens getting in touch for a Friday pint, hey presto, you become world famous.

I have now reinstalled it!

Squeeze it from the bottom!

Yesterday I came home across London, which I always enjoy. 

I hadn't really been paying attention to the Tube strike as it's beyond the radar of BS5, but of course yesterday it was bang on for my route home.

As it happened the chap who checked my ticket at Sandy (home of the good fast-train vid') suggested I alight at Finnsbury Park and take the Victoria line to Oxford Circus where I could hop on the Bakerloo and head for Paddington. I took his advice and as far as my journey went, there might as well have been no strike at all.  A 3pm train from Paddington which was very empty indeed unlike the usual cattle train I catch a couple of hours after. All in all it was not bad.

Today I am on the train to Exeter St David's to meet a new Deputy Mgr in one of my Stores and to see how he is getting on in his first week. I woke at 5 and I am ready for energetic work.  And then it's the weekend!

Oh - on another point, happy birthday to my friend and Vicar Debbie...

Top van action!

Today I am larking about in this van! This is a rare departure for me as my employer is very into the carbon footprint way of thinking and much of my to'ing and fro'ing is by train, not in itself a bad thing at all.

Anyhow, the van arrived on Friday night ready to go on hire for me this morning from 7. The list of bashes, scrapes, dings, dents and issues with the van is longer than the hire agreement. Anyhow, I have to hop over the bridge to Wales, fill it with retail fixtures and then come back to BS5.

Tomorrow I am off down the M4 and around the M25 to unload it all at my head office in Bedfordshire....which reminds me, I need to sort out a train ticket home as I am on a one way hire.

I have my 3 month appraisial this week so I might just need a train ticket one way. We shall see.

Cabinet maker.

Caroline Flint has thrown a wobbler and resigned, seemingly because she did not get a senior Cabinet position.

I reckon she's just pissed about that and is masking it with her 'window dressing' line.

She seems to be saying that GB only wheeled her out at Cabinet meetings because in effect she's a fit looking bird and brightens up the Cabinet.


What's the issue, Cazza?

I am not sure I understand but if you want to guest edit Blog BS5, drop me a line.

Barack O.

I put in some early work today but  now I am pausing to watch a pitch perfect Barack O and his speech in Cairo yesterday - top stuff and I rather like his Koran quote, 'Be conscious of God and speak  always the truth' - not so far removed from the other big book at all, which makes wars over it all a bit daft. If you believe in that sort of thing, I mean.

Here's Barack O with the A-rabs the day before that...

Wall

After a good few days away and a brief evening at BS5 last night, this was the very pleasant scene of relaxation on getting back from the London train (which was hot, heaving and laden but fast at least).

My wall is a fine place to sit after it has warmed up in the sun all day, and I sat there with some cold beer, pizza and red wine. Nearly fell asleep after eating but managed to hold out a bit!

Right now I am waiting for a call from 10 Downing St - I think I might get Home Secretary.

Total Drama!

At last I got a very smart fast train vid'!

The station nearest to my head office is on the line from Kings Cross to Peterborough and it is awash with fast trains. I was there this week and as ever when I am , other folks from work are about and it's a bit hard to indulge my (minor) spod side. However on the way home yesterday I was on my Jack with 9 minutes to wait for a train and this happened....

You know you love it.

I may blog about politics soon...much as I dislike this Gov't I think they should stick with Gordon Brown and show a bit of integrity - they did make him leader a year ago and they'd implode next year if they change now. And that Hazel B' is a shrill waste of 4 feet ten!