Month: April 2011

An absolutely fantastic day today. There’s many who support the Royals, many who don’t. Prince William added his own spin onto the events and it certainly made Britain look fantastic. Here though is one picture taken which should raise a smile, no matter what your opinion on the Monarchy… :) Read more →

This guy bagged his spot for the Royal Wedding last night. His name is John Loughrey and you can see him waiting for Wills and Kate. He’s a fully-fledged nut-job by the look of it. Here he is again in 2008 with “Diana” written on his face, and he’s here in 2007 (picture 11). He aappeared back in 2004 too.… Read more →

I use Diesel. When the Budget was announced it cost £1.41 per litre at my local garage. The government reduced the fuel duty by a penny, making it £1.40. This morning it’s £1.48 per litre – that’s only a month since the budget. It’s gone up more than a penny per week. At this rate it will be £2 per… Read more →

A little bit of fun for you… ;) [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr04FBKPS9E’] Read more →

The compensation culture has now resulted in some councils painting around obstacles on paths and even marking out where pedestrians should be walking. Where there’s blame, there’s a claim… Link – BBC News Read more →

So America, you can’t play online poker because it’s against the law, but there’s guns everywhere, so 6-year old kids can take them to school. Mental. Read more →

When you’re having a bad day, just have a think about the pilot or pilots involved in this mistake. It was all captured on camera and is on the BBC website. “Whoops” doesn’t even come near to describing it. Link – BBC News Read more →

Just spotted this on Will Ferrell’s Twitter account. Epic :) Read more →

Twitter gets a lot of stick. A lot of rubbish is tweeted, a lot of stuff doesn’t make any sense and it’s usually so mundane that you wander why anyone would want to read it, let alone write it. However, as a customer service tool it sometimes shows which companies put the effort in. A few weeks back we went… Read more →

Speeding is bad, but now “most Police forces” have adopted a practice of just giving “speed awareness courses” to people doing less than 10% over the limit plus 9mph. This effecively means that if you’re caught doing 86mph on the motorway you won’t get any points – you have to pay for a course telling you that you should slow… Read more →

I did a speedtest last night on www.speedtest.net. I got this result… Same test, same server, a minute or two later… Read more →

I received this item of spam this morning. Just give some guy a call and he’ll come around with a big bag of cocaine. Just as long as you don’t mind handing cash over to someone in Afghanistan.. Read more →