Making the news today....

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

10 minutes ago, Silverhooker said:

I've gone out of my way over the years to not use Amazon and support local and national business where possible I've sometimes paid a little, and only a little, more for things but the thought that i'm supporting real people and their families more than compensates.

Same here,  our local tool shop does a pretty good job of price matching small machinery purchases.  Having had trouble with deliveries in the past, having it delivered to the shop, unboxed, set up and a call when ready to collect (plus after sales if required) is well worth the couple of £s difference from spending hours online trying to shave £10 off the price. 

[Khriss]

Always support yr local businesses if possible. They have families.  K

[TIMON]

playing Rambo...

A botched attempt to topple the regime of Nicolás Maduro with an invasion using fishing dinghies has ended with two American mercenaries in jail and eight people dead, the Venezuelan government has claimed.

State television showed two dishevelled men, named as Airan Berry, 41, and Luke Denman, 34. Both are understood to have served in the US special forces. They were among 13 people the government says were captured following two landings by small boats along Venezuela’s Caribbean coastline.

“They were playing Rambo. They were playing hero,” said President Maduro, referring to the Hollywood action film series.

Shame it didn’t work...... it’s way past time that narco-criminal was removed..

[Khriss]

... but he does have a lovely singing voice thou  K

[Johnsond]

9 hours ago, Craig Johnson said:

if you look closely, you can see the broken hook almost hit the cab as the jib falls backwards

Definitely a colossal FU for sure and not like a top line manufacturer like leibher to get it that wrong, hook failed at 2600t on a test lift combine the whip back and the fact the vessel was heavily ballasted to compensate for the lift ended up with the jib coming over the top of the crane etc etc. I see the first of the jackets have arrived in Nigg manufactured in UAE to be shipped here 100 of them ??. Such a disgrace that a UK firm could not have done the work with the resultant benefits to this country and for that matter why are we letting overseas firms benefit from a Uk wide resource etc etc . I despair at the people running the show at times.  Before anyone says about cost etc I’ve seen ship and fab yard conditions in the Middle East and the predominantly foreign workforce etc. UK taxpayers will end up lining pockets of a foreign company yet again. Pretty much a common occurrence within the renewables industry. 

[Johnsond]

Watching Bloomberg this morning and an article came up ref the EU expansion plan possibly being put on hold. If there ever was any doubt about the EUs primary function as an aid to big business and corporate needs the following statement would maybe point to its true function. 
“The six hopefuls in the continents south are ideally placed to become a supplier base for European companies seeking to reduce their reliance on China, according to the European bank for reconstruction and development”.  

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

A light news day locally:

 

 

[timbernut]

Keeping it light hearted:

Loud Fart Gives Away Suspect’s Hiding Place To Nottinghamshire Police Following Chase - UNILAD

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A fugitive who attempted to evade police by hiding himself in bushes managed to – quite literally – blow his own cover with a loud fart. The wanted man, whose identity remains unknown, had fled into a wooded area close to Harworth, Nottinghamshire, in the early hours of May 7 with officers in hot pursuit. …

[Mark J]

[Squaredy]

So what a mess we have here in Wales now following BoJo's broadcast this evening. 

 

People living in England can (from Wednesday) drive to wherever they like, sunbathe, relax in the sun, presumably have a kick around with a football, or a cricket bat.  Here in Wales, we are still locked down indefinitely.  We can leave the house more than once, but not drive anywhere to walk or exercise.  So people living in (for example) Ross-on-Wye can drive to Brighton beech, or the Lake district and have a lovely picnic, but if they head half a mile west and cross the border into Wales, they could be turned round and fined.

 

I am going to ring my brother now for a chat - he lives in Bristol, so I guess he will be going back to playing golf weekly as long as it is in England....

 

I hope the leader of the Welsh Assembly (or whatever they call themselves these days) has the sense to align the rules urgently, or we are going to have a right confusing mess, and possibly much resentment.  What is even more annoying  is that BoJo seemed to set all the rules initially, even in Wales, and we all received our BoJo letter telling us what to do, yet now it appears he no longer has a say in Wales. 

 

I am not saying either message is wrong, I just think it would be sensible to be consistent!