Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Monday, 29 December 2008
Spot the mistake...
Can you see the error in this map?If so, leave a comment!
Yay! Another milstone
1,000 posts today
Saturday, 27 December 2008
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
Monday, 22 December 2008
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Monkey made up at both ends
I just had a comment from Vivienne, "Arent' these the monkeys that have a "protruding" bum? (Couldn't think of any softer way to say that!)" So, the answer is, Yes! Have a look, the mandrillus sphinx is coloured at both ends.
They have got bloody big teeth too.
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Saturday, 13 December 2008
Random Cat Pic with a purpose
Now that I have moved house, I left my Hello Kitty with the kids. I miss her and as of last Sunday, I was adopted by a cute little black girl off the street, she followed me home from the bar. She has been named Gaby by the neighbours and is about the same size as the one above. I will have pics to post of Gaby next week. It's nice to have a kitten again.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
I HAVE been promoted...
The boss gave me a new plastic cup for my coffee today, no more disposables for me. Now the whole office has gone GREEN.
So not only do I have my own drawer in the Executive filing cabinet,
BUT my own coffee cup as well.
Things are looking up!
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
I think I've been promoted
The course I work at is too small to have an Executive Bathroom, there is instead an Executive Filing Cabinet in which I have been awarded a whole drawer to keep my personal belongings.
Do you consider this a promotion?
To me - From me - With Love
I got into the Christmas spirit today. My boss gave me a bonus, so I went Ho Ho Ho, braved the throngs in the city (boy it was really crowded) the blazing sun and headed off to the shops and bought myself a snazzy little digital camera. Not an expensive one, a fun one, I derserve it!
To Me, From Me,
With Love
With Love
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Monday, 8 December 2008
Another Successful Day - My Sunday
I consider that yesterday was a great success, I planned to to absolutely nothing;
I was successful,
I did nothing!
Saturday, 6 December 2008
Friday, 5 December 2008
Treated like a Mushroom
Here I am sitting at work, wondering about things.
I get treated like a mushroom...
...kept in the dark & fed on bullshit!
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Christmas Shopping
I have just been out on the stairway having my customary midday cigarette (yes, I know I'm a bad boy). The day is hot, about 28ºC, the sun is strong here in Rio de Janeiro, but the streets are full of people doing their Christmas Shopping. Mums and Dads with kids in Santa hats in tow all on the hunt for presents.
I'm not there. I don't have to buy anything because I have all the presents I need already and I haven't been in a toy store since last January.
I will do my shopping for next year the same way as I did it for last year. Hit the January after Christmas sales. I save heaps, the shops aren't so crowded and I am not competing for my purchases. I take the presents home, store them above the wardrobe and forget them until next Christmas Eve, when I wrap them and have them ready for Christmas morning. So much easier.
Asked again
On the bus home last night...
Small boy climbs onto the seat beside me, "Are you Santa Claus?"
"No, I'm just his older brother, Juan." My standard reply to this question (search my blogs for the origin of this story).
"How did you know my name?"
"My brother knows everything," I said not revealing I had heard his mother chastise him earlier.
"Wow!" he gasped. "What am I getting for Christmas?"
"That's a surprise, you just be a good boy and you'll see."
I didn't have to be Santa Claus, I had just made his day; he met Santa Claus' brother on the bus!
Monday, 1 December 2008
Liverpool and Manchester Railways c.1830
The Liverpool and Manchester, opened in 1830, was one of the first to rely also entirely upon steam traction, and one whereon traffic was reckoned as important as, if not more important than, goods. Accommodation was provided for first-, second- and third-class passengers, and our picture illustrating one of the earliest first-class carriages on the line clearly shows how the earliest designs were based upon the traditional style of a stage coach. The experienced coach builders were called upon to provide railway carriages, and one can readily imagine the 'Traveller' carriage as three stage-coach bodies in one.The principal difference between road and rail coaches is that in the latter no accommodation was provided for outside passengers -- somewhat naturally, in view of the smoke and sparks emitted by the early locomotives; but tradition was continued in that outside seats were provided for the guard, and luggage was loaded on to the roof. This latter practice was combined for many years on railways; but it became recognized as a source of considerable danger, in that sparks from the engines could lodge among the various packages and cause fires. The earliest railways had no station platforms as we know them today and passengers had to clamber up from ground level by the rather primitive steps. As crinolines were still in vogue at the time of the earliest railways, climbing up must have been something of a feat for the ladies.
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