tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168754002024-03-13T15:56:11.427+00:00Angry SteveThis is a collection of thoughts and statements about things that annoy me. I am a big, angry man. Hear me roar, or piss off and give me peace.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-37028432902816732842011-12-21T19:51:00.002+00:002011-12-21T19:56:14.323+00:00One in seven kids takes a drink<a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/one_in_seven_children_drinking_regularly_1_2017665">The Hootsman</a> reports that one in seven of our beloved children (won't somebody think of the children?) are drinking alcohol regularly.<br /><br /><blockquote>“A young person receiving the average British pocket money of £5.89 can buy eight litres of cider containing almost 34 units of alcohol – more than enough alcohol to kill them. That’s why minimum pricing is so important.”</blockquote><br /><br />Here's a thought... How about enforcing the existing Licensing Act (Scotland) and throwing the book at those selling to underage folk - which is already illegal?<br /><br />Ach, it'll never catch on. It's enough to drive you to drink...Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-36086355752063518282011-08-03T23:41:00.004+00:002011-12-21T19:51:10.892+00:00Tesco Ergo SumTesco.<br /><br />Bastards.<br /><br />I was just at (my formerly local) Tesco to pick up some odds and sods for dinner, which I did in about 5 minutes, and then I went to the checkouts.<br /><br />I went to the left, which is where the checkouts used to be, to find they were all closed. I went to the right, and only found self service things. I went straight on and found nothing.<br /><br />Self service it is then.<br /><br />This makes me sad.<br /><br />After more or less successfully scanning a bunch of stuff, swearing at the till, and then flagging down a member of staff to un-break the till, I asked why there weren't any humans serving...<br /><br />Now, please don't think that I don't know how to work a till. When I was a mere PFY (Pimply Faced Youth) I worked in Iceland (the shop, not the country) and was crap at stacking shelves, but blisteringly fast and accurate at making the tills beep, and taking money off folk. Tesco, by having only self service tills open is doing PFYs out of work, and annoying people who know how to work tills, but due to how shockingly shite the self service tills are, require operator intervention every other item.<br /><br />I am sorry tesco, but you are quite simply a bunch of bastards.<br />Get folk back on the tills!Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-12811887946767132482011-07-21T16:39:00.003+00:002011-07-21T16:55:32.313+00:00Bloody Minded Wankers 1 SeriesYes, the BMW. Once driven by morons, now made by morons.<br /><br />On my recent anger management break to Mallorca, my pals rented a 1 series BMW. Nice enough wee car, manual, four wheels, air con... and some sort of bloody green hippy engine cut out to save the planet when you're waiting at lights.<br /><br />Auto Start-Stop they call it.<br /><br /><blockquote>"When you next come across a stop sign or red light, or join the end of a traffic queue, it won't bust be your car that comes to a rest. Auto Start-Stop automaticall switches off your engine whenever you're stationary and in neutral, saving fuel and cutting CO2 emissions. Simply depress the clutch and the engine restarts automatically."</blockquote><br /><br />Lovely sentiment, but it can get to fuck.<br /><br />Sat on a hill, about to turn onto a roundabout, handbrake on, clutch depressed, in to neutral, engine turns off, just as it's being put into gear... FUCK! Now you automatically try to restart the car, but pressing the ignition button of course turns the fucking car off. So you now have to start the car again, wait for another gap in the traffic, just for this fantastic thing to cut the engine again. Bastardos!<br /><br />Yes, there is a wee button that switches this "feature" off, but since the hire company thoughtfully blagged the manual for the car, we had no way to figure out how to permanently switch this feature off...<br /><br />I'd be surprised if this sort of eco-ass-hattery hasn't caused a few crashes.<br /><br />And in other news, despite this, it was a lovely holiday. I ate a little octopus. Tapas there is so much better. Almost as if they invented it or something.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-47390529281230599572011-06-22T19:20:00.002+00:002011-06-22T19:25:46.716+00:00Authoritarian much?Some Labour (quelle surprise) MP has called for the ban of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13875513">smoking in cars</a> carrying children. Why not go the whole hog and ban adults from smoking in their own homes you authoritarian cunt!<br /><br />Or perhaps smokers should be banned from having children at all - it's for their own good!<br /><br />For the record, the old boy smoked when I were a lad, and it really stunted my growth. (I'm 6'8", have no allergies, am not asthmatic, and am certainly not tolerant of this sort of bullshit).<br /><br />Any other minutiae of our lives you'd like to organise for us?Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-60343416740030039762011-05-05T10:21:00.003+00:002011-05-05T10:28:30.319+00:00Politically activeIf I had been truly politically active today, a bunch of politicians and their sycophants would be hanging from lampposts.<br /><br />Instead, I just went to the polling station. Interesting how there was nobody there to harangue the proles.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-61874408201464204242011-01-09T18:30:00.005+00:002011-01-09T18:55:55.322+00:00Wall bingo will break backsYou all know the game - put your card in, type in some numbers and see if some money comes out of the machine - that's wall bingo.<br /><br />Recently, however, it has become increasingly difficult to play wall bingo due to the machines being lower to the ground than a snake's belly in a wagon rut.<br /><br />After being at a cash machine with a friend - who also happens to be tall - I remembered I was going to have a rant about this wonder in accessibility that is breaking my back.<br /><br />Cash machines these days are installed at a height where people who are 3 foot high can operate them, which sadly means that for anyone over 6 foot, they have to stand back from the machine (where's the privacy gone) duck down to try to see the screen - and if the screen has one of those privacy things, chances are you'll end up squatting whilst squinting to get the angle right so the screen doesn't appear fuzzy... All the while, hoping someone doesn't walk in to you or mug you because you're right in the middle of the thoroughfare. I am all for inclusiveness - but when there are two machines side by side, they both tend to be far too low to use comfortably.<br /><br />I've found an ergonomic solution to this though. <br /><br />- I just push the buttons on the machine with the end of my cock.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-86100222196531685932010-12-29T11:44:00.003+00:002010-12-29T11:48:38.312+00:00Freezing FogWhen you are driving a fog and road spray coloured car, perhaps you would like to put your dipped headlights on, you fucking cretin. Then we might actually be able to see you.<br /><br />Also, when the fog isn't there any more, and visibility is up to several hundred yards, turn your fucking fog lights off, the conditions even when at their foggiest weren't really bad enough to merit fog lights anyway.<br /><br />This has been a public service announcement.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-53213990167036625572010-12-13T23:12:00.001+00:002010-12-13T23:13:47.547+00:00FacefriendsSo, you apparently have 35 friends in common with me.<br /><br />Sorry, you're still a cunt, and I wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-58921687656783369182010-12-12T14:32:00.002+00:002010-12-12T14:44:05.492+00:00Prime MoverWhat's the point of Amazon Prime?<br /><br />I had a free trial of Amazon Prime, which is the fast shipping whatsit from amazon.com, not some tribe from South America... I, of course, forgot to cancel the damned thing and have ended up paying for a year of the service. When it kicked off, it was a good idea - I could get stuff couriered to work the following day, and everything was fabulous... When I could no longer get stuff delivered there, I thought, that's fine, I'll have them send stuff to the house...<br /><br />I've ordered a bunch of stuff which is sent either courier next day, or Royal Mail special delivery - both of which require a signature on delivery, even though I have a perfectly good letter box that wee packets of DVDs and CDs can be put through safely and securely. So I now have two packages being returned to Amazon. Clearly, they're fuck all use being sent back to Amazon, since I am still after the aforesaid items. The one item that arrived safe and sound was an Amazon marketplace purchase, which came first class a day or two after I had ordered it. Clearly, that's the way forward.<br /><br />In short, Amazon Prime is a waste of money, and I am an idiot for paying for it. I've made sure it's not set to auto-renew though - I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a service that is essentially completely useless unless you're at the delivery address all the time.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-53482881454165077402010-11-28T23:20:00.002+00:002010-11-28T23:34:58.207+00:00Never seen snow beforeHere in Scotland we have just uncovered a new concept in rain. It's like rain, but colder. It's not quite as cold as hail. It's a bastard halfway house called snow.<br /><br />Clearly, we've never seen it before, since when it fell from the sky, the entire city stopped.<br /><br />Today, I arranged to go for lunch at the <a href="http://www.smws.com">society</a>. I walked to the west end to meet my pal, and then find a chariot to take us there... Half way along George Street, I finally found one. In the hackney conveyance all was not rosy, as we braked suddenly on the slippery roads, going down Leith Walk, due to some fucking idiot walking out in front of the cab. Somehow, we didn't slide - I don't really understand why, given the typical grit coverage from the City of Edinburgh Cuntcil.<br /><br />People seem to lose all sense of physics when snow happens.<br /><br />One morning last year while I was walking to the station to go to work, I get to the Tollcross junction just as the lights were changing - the driver coming down Lauriston Place was driving as if conditions were perfect. I hated to break it to her, but they were not. I saw that the vehicle was traveling quite fast, and thought to myself - fuck me, I'm going to get killed if I walk across the road in front of that - and so I stood where I was. The driver duly braked when they would have braked when conditions were normal, then she fishtailed all the way down to the lights. The expression on her face was hilarious. "How can the laws of physics let me down in this way" her face said. Bless.<br /><br />Actually, it was more of a "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU........slide sideways.......UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!" Which would have concerned me, had I not been stood behind a robust traffic light pole.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-3597746971672264632010-05-24T11:49:00.002+00:002010-05-24T11:52:15.530+00:00Unite says the strike would have been suspended if perks were restoredOh really?<br /><br />Oh really?<br /><br />The perk mentioned by <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10145177.stm">Auntie Beeb</a> is that staff pay 10% of the normal fare. That's 10% of, not 10% off, just to be clear.<br /><br />Get back to work you shower of workshy gits.<br /><br />Unite will soon reap what it has sown when BA gets humped by the strikes, the economy and the ash, and sacks the lot of the workshy staff.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-26739255673329759452010-01-29T10:47:00.003+00:002010-01-29T11:06:15.449+00:00Email address pARSErs on web formsI am fed up with people doing stupid things when checking email addresses on web forms. Apparently other <a href="http://haacked.com/archive/2007/08/21/i-knew-how-to-validate-an-email-address-until-i.aspx">people</a> are too...<br /><br />The main thing that really gets on my tits is this...<br />+ is an allowed character in an email address, for example:<br /><br />bob@example.com (is an email address)<br />bob+randomthing@example.com (is the same email address with a +randomthing tag which helps people filter their mail appropriately, and saves people creating different email aliases for things.)<br /><br />Far too many web forms do utterly stupid "sanity" checks on the email addresses entered, and are just wrong.<br /><br />Stop it you fucking morons, read the <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.4.1">RFC</a>. It is the RFC that tells us what makes an email address acceptable or not, not whatever magical idea just popped in to your head. They're called standards for a reason.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-68315839847144366552010-01-07T11:34:00.004+00:002010-01-07T11:37:46.487+00:00Edinburgh council roads surveyOh go on... Tell them what you think of their services...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/Council/Council_Business/Council_consultations/Current_consultations/CEC_road_services_survey">Road Services Survey</a><br /><br />Give 'em both barrels!<br /><br />The survey broke a couple of times for me yesterday evening, but eventually it seemed to submit my results (probably to the bit bucket).Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-41243221751824926492010-01-05T22:19:00.004+00:002010-01-07T11:34:08.082+00:00Bullshit bingo<a href="http://news.scotsman.com/news/3700-elephants-found--in.5955052.jp">The Hootsman</a> tells us a rather amusing story of <a href="http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/">bullshit bingo</a> throughout the country.<br /><br />Please remember to play along at your own place of business.<br /><br />When I was working for a .com in Texas, I recall they had a penchant for using such bullshit as "reduction in force" for sacking people. "going forward" was a particular favourite of the marketroids. We even had a mention of "family jewels" rather than what I hope they meant; "crown jewels".<br /><br />More recently, I have been exposed to such crap as "webinar", "leverage", and "do the needful".<br /><br />Tell people at your place of work to say what the fuck it is they mean.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-53744746824201416612009-11-21T14:29:00.003+00:002009-11-21T17:08:51.237+00:00Scotrail ticket machines are ScheidtDo you see what I did there?<br /><br />I was in Stirling the other week, and on Monday was trying to leave.<br /><br />At the station, they had two folk on the ticket desks, both occupied, and a queue of 3 people. War and Peace was being dictated at the right hand desk, and since I thought that given I had the exact change, I would rattle some money through the <a href="http://www.scheidt-bachmann.com">Scheidt & Bachmann</a> ticket machine that was also in the ticket office...<br /><br />I managed to get it to accept four out of the six pounds (and ninety pence) required.<br /><br />After a few futile attempts at getting the heap of Scheidt, heh, to accept my money - all the usual tricks were tried - topspin, backspin, coins in fast, coins in slow... No joy. I had to rejoin the queue, and purchase a ticket at the desk.<br /><br />What's the point of these machines if you can't get your ticket on time to get your train? surely being at the station nearly ten minutes before the departure, and not at peak time either.<br /><br />Also, the user interface of the machine leaves a lot to be desired... I don't want a few default offerings (usually returns, or tickets to useful places, I want to tell the machine where I am going, and it offer me some fares. Just like you do when you speak to a conductor. A single from Stirling to Haymarket please. Simple. Gaaaaaah!Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-62042164948140810342009-10-09T09:26:00.007+00:002009-10-09T09:37:20.182+00:00The war of the rosesIf I find whoever is picking roses from the bushes in my front garden, I'll stick their head on a spike.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g6nakDvd-G0&hl=en&fs=1&start=373"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g6nakDvd-G0&hl=en&fs=1&start=373" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />If they would at least not damage the rest of the bush by tearing the flower off the stem. Idiots.<br /><br />But hey, at least it's the second flowering of the year. What? I can still be angry and grow roses at the same time. Oh fuck off.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-39982503751029857392009-10-02T10:30:00.004+00:002009-10-02T10:41:08.128+00:00Puritans and BoozeI had the pleasure of visiting my home from home, The <a href="http://www.smws.co.uk/">Scotch Malt Whisky Society</a>, on Friday of last week... As a member of the society, I do visit both The Vaults and Queen Street, but on this occasion, I was in Queen St.<br /><br />A very pleasant evening was had by all, although, when we came to leave and were considering purchasing bottles of whisky we found we could not due to these new puritanical licensing laws...<br /><br />At 21:59 apparently I am a reasonable human being, mostly in control of my faculties, and they are allowed to sell me whisky by the bottle to add to my <a href="http://www.waroffice.net/smws.txt">shelf</a>.<br /><br />At 22:00 however, I become a drooling moron, and am unable to buy a bottle of fine single cask single malt. They'll still serve me whisky by the dram, of course.<br /><br />Which utter fucking moron came up with this new law? Clearly not someone who is a member of the society, or someone capable of holding their drink without making a complete and utter cunt of themselves.<br /><br />I would like to take these puritans to the society, feed them fine whisky, excellent food. Show them we can behave ourselves. Then I'd like to hang them from a lamppost with piano wire the following day. Bastards! Can't they just leave us alone?Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-67437079560441170132009-09-25T08:08:00.002+00:002009-09-25T08:14:41.949+00:00GBL is paint stripperOnce again we see the <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Legal_party_drug_GBL_has_destroyed_my_life&in_article_id=743626&in_page_id=34">spin</a> peddled about so called party drug GBL.<br /><br />By calling it GBL, rather than its more common name, paint stripper, we shroud this chemical in mystery, and allow ourselves to pour pity and sympathy rather than scorn upon the people who use it "recreationally".<br /><br />I use this substance recreationally - when I am doing some good old fashioned DIY in my house. Classifying it as a controlled substance is the most hilarious thing I have heard in a long time - does that mean my suppliers - B&Q and Homebase will be jailed for stocking PAINT STRIPPER?<br /><br />I have as much sympathy for people consuming this as those who rummage under their sinks and drink drain cleaner.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-56536062899993810662009-09-22T19:05:00.004+00:002009-09-22T19:29:31.808+00:00When Paris Hilton was just a hotel...I was at the gym today. It's on the site that I work at, and so it is a bit of a sausage-fest at the best of times. To reduce the boredom, and provide background noise, some music channel or other is on the telly. It's council telly.<br /><br />The music was interrupted to show some sort of guff... Adverts I thought. I should be so lucky.<br /><br />We were confronted with two vacuous blondes on a bus, with small dogs. Not useful small dogs. Annoying small dogs. The sort that yap, and / or hump your foot with monotonous regularity.<br /><br />We were treated to footage when one of the dogs shat on the floor of the bus.<br /><br />I thought to myself, this can't get much worse. And the next time I looked up at the telly - I found out just how wrong I was.<br /><br />We now see the silly tarts in a nursery of some sort, and we then see an infant having its nappy changed (by one of them).<br /><br />Who the fuck wants to see that at 17:00 on a music channel.<br /><br />Thankfully I had my cans on, and was listening to some classic house music from the mid-to-late 90s so I didn't have to listen to any of this.<br /><br />Wasn't life better when Paris Hilton was just a hotel?Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-74121156738373087752009-09-09T21:34:00.002+00:002009-09-09T22:32:21.774+00:00Dumfries shenanigansSo, I was in a car with some chaps, and we were driving to Cardoness Castle at the weekend. We were involved in a road rage incident. I wasn't driving either, which makes it all the more amusing.<br /><br />So, we pull out to overtake some slow moving person, and all of a sudden there's a guy right up our arse. As it were. He was driving a white VW Golf... I suppose it was a combination of our car not accelerating like normal due to there being 4 of us in it, that and the Golf driver having a heavy foot and being a twat.<br /><br />So, he's behind us flashing his lights, and gesticulating wildly. We complete our overtaking manoeuvre, pull in, and he drives past (I do believe our driver and the chap in the golf exchanged some looks, words, and some hand signals) then pulls in in front of us, and starts pointing at the left hand side of the road. This goes on for a few hundred yards.<br /><br />So, me, being in the passenger seat, made the well known sign of the wanker (clearly visible, obviously) and asked the chaps in the back if this guy was in his right mind.<br /><br />So the chap slows down, and is indicating left, inviting us to stop and have a discussion with him.<br /><br />We then speed up, and pull out to pass him as he is starting to enter a deceleration lane... At which point he sped up, pulled back on to the road, and gesticulated some more, waved at the left hand side of the road some more, then evidently got bored and drove on. (Driving like a cock as he went).<br /><br />Should we have stopped and had a frank discussion with the man? I can't help but think that would have been an interesting moment when the 4 of us got out of the car...Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-23828875323455899082009-09-09T21:11:00.003+00:002009-09-09T21:30:19.313+00:00Tram tweeter twatter<a href="http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Tram-bosses-employ-dedicated-39tweeter39.5630006.jp">The Hootsman</a> tells us that TIE, the Edinburgh Tram (singular) people, have employed a "a dedicated "<a href="http://twitter.com/EdinburghTrams">tweeter</a>" to lead an online PR offensive".<br /><br />Well, can't be any more offensive than TIE and Edinburgh cuntcil flushing millions of pounds down the drain on a tram that people DO NOT WANT.<br /><br />He amusingly comments in The Hootsman that people should search for "Edinburgh Trams" on facebook - Amusingly enough when I did that, I found a collection of anti tram groups!<br /><br />Oh well, better luck next time, and while I remember... Get a real job!Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-7406682904668206342009-08-28T10:56:00.007+00:002009-08-28T11:11:18.241+00:00Scottish Roundup MeetupSo I was the Pleasance last night with a few other Scottish bloggers, which was nice... There were a few new faces and a few old faces - it was great to catch up with folk. It was also amusing to find out just how small a world it is again :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5i9r4X7SzQQSRcpScKwCqFMzUcjj7jdVIR95uK6yxSyjmP2p36Fl-zcp-Y7GXsGQulKSBEjLJ_G89jQhyphenhyphensHwF3FaP50WAxl8BTQ0sIvR1Vt-ygCx24ZZSL1DQ9MkMlsMcus/s1600-h/IMG_0484.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5i9r4X7SzQQSRcpScKwCqFMzUcjj7jdVIR95uK6yxSyjmP2p36Fl-zcp-Y7GXsGQulKSBEjLJ_G89jQhyphenhyphensHwF3FaP50WAxl8BTQ0sIvR1Vt-ygCx24ZZSL1DQ9MkMlsMcus/s200/IMG_0484.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374967167243648594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Other than the occasional shower, and flyer, it was a very pleasant evening with lots of things being discussed - from politics (meh) to the future of the roundup to who was getting the next round in...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdjsZJD6Uikm4lLfHa4FTcd2DM40MK5z1To64JXAEvVqMZ5zHqizbFF1qwNX6SQKv1VBtgVf1fUr-b37RCRt-huJzac4ESJpenFUCNUBCSx7IQJMQyLJ2UXrU03CJifGhzHs/s1600-h/IMG_0488.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdjsZJD6Uikm4lLfHa4FTcd2DM40MK5z1To64JXAEvVqMZ5zHqizbFF1qwNX6SQKv1VBtgVf1fUr-b37RCRt-huJzac4ESJpenFUCNUBCSx7IQJMQyLJ2UXrU03CJifGhzHs/s200/IMG_0488.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374967520962374258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I am thinking we definitely need a caption contest for these... Now, is that a hand being waved, or am I getting flipped off here?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5oB7isKNyVc2LhBCK5cu8hHtlQ8WuCoPRiZCEt_GhVGV2lFp_YsZhHrWEJw75fgoRpgB2wMOW5mP2ut1KEjl_Lf3CXtKblqDetTAGDfAJkzp-_edSBjqZNBfQ7vHYHFzLhQ/s1600-h/IMG_0491.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5oB7isKNyVc2LhBCK5cu8hHtlQ8WuCoPRiZCEt_GhVGV2lFp_YsZhHrWEJw75fgoRpgB2wMOW5mP2ut1KEjl_Lf3CXtKblqDetTAGDfAJkzp-_edSBjqZNBfQ7vHYHFzLhQ/s200/IMG_0491.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374968252546651490" border="0" /></a><br />I can just imagine something outrageous being said here, the reality is probably some random political witterings... Shame...Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-57483355675042401062009-07-29T10:17:00.003+00:002009-07-29T10:45:46.343+00:00Bin laden?The <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8173344.stm">Beeb</a> tells us that Edinburgh cuntcil is now 4 weeks behind on bin collections in the city.<br /><br />I can see the point of the refuse collection specialists (binmen) - if they're having to do overtime all the time, then surely the cuntcil should change the routes / hours of work and base salary so they don't have to work overtime or so much overtime just to do the "normal" job. It's just dumb, but then it's just typical of government contracts, isn't it?<br /><br />So now we are in the position where the cuntcil is paying a private firm to do what their own workers should be doing...<br /><br />Here's a suggestion for my fellow residents of Edinburgh:<br /><br />Stop paying council tax, and overthrow the council.<br /><br />We can do this better ourselves.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-81199682304552639992009-07-28T11:03:00.003+00:002009-07-28T11:15:47.403+00:00BrewDog Burbling...<a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Extra_strong_18.2%25_beer_slammed&in_article_id=709879&in_page_id=34">The Metro</a> this morning has a wee article about a (probably exciting) new offering from BrewDog - the 18.2% "Tokyo" beer. (Which I haven't tried yet)...<br /><br /><blockquote>A 330ml bottle of Tokyo , made by BrewDog, contains six units of alcohol, which is twice the recommended daily limit.</blockquote><br /><br />Would that be the entirely made up limits that we found out were all lies in <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article2697975.ece">2007</a>?<br /><br />Of course, the <a href="http://fakecharities.org/pages/posts/alcohol-focus-scotland107.php?searchresult=1&sstring=Alcohol+Focus+Scotland">fake charity</a> Alcohol Focus Scotland is quoted as saying something dreary about how we're all doomed.<br /><br />What would we do without all this nannying? Perhaps taking some personal responsibility? But that would do the nanny types out of their public funded jobs, which would not do.<br /><br />Godzilla wouldn't stand for it, and neither should we! Get the piano wire and a locate a robust lamppost!<br /><br />I for one welcome our new beery overlords!Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875400.post-90693561400618927972009-07-16T12:49:00.005+00:002009-07-16T14:12:56.911+00:00Attack of the Evil Terrorist Photographers!Via <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/15/tall_photographers/">The Register</a>, a chap got arrested for taking pictures of <a href="http://monaxle.com/2009/07/08/section-44-in-chatham-high-street/comment-page-1/#comments">Chatham High Street</a>.<blockquote>"Alex Turner was taking snaps in Chatham High St last Thursday, when he was approached by two unidentified men. They did not identify themselves, but demanded that he show them some ID and warned that if he failed to comply, they would summon police officers to deal with him."</blockquote>We are seeing <a href="http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Icy-reception-for-snapper-at.4773713.jp">more</a> and <a href="http://freedomandwhisky.blogspot.com/search?q=The+attack+on+photography">more</a> of this sort of <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7351252.stm">nonsense</a>, with jumped up officious little twats in the police harassing people in the street and abusing their power. <br /><br />I am with the Anonymous Coward on TheReg, who suggests:<blockquote>"Someone should start a twit/book campaign for a national "photograph the police" day, if everyone is doing it, they can't stop us all"</blockquote><br /><br />All this CCTV around these days, and when that chap took a photo, the police claimed to feel threatened. Well boo-fucking-hoo. And then the police wonder why people don't trust or respect them!<br /><br />There's a reckoning coming.Angry Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03833530546886122812noreply@blogger.com1