What bemused you today?

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Speed limits set at 40mph, with other signs interspersed saying "Fog - Slow Down"

They are posted for the lowest common denominator amoung us, like the aforementioned Moped operator. 

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WBMT?  You guys are getting pounded with snow. North, East and West of me is getting pounded with snow. I'm looking at what the Weather people like to call a 'trace'. A dusting really. It's just so odd to watch the TV reports.

[Oldboy]

WBMT?  You guys are getting pounded with snow. North, East and West of me is getting pounded with snow. I'm looking at what the Weather people like to call a 'trace'. A dusting really. It's just so odd to watch the TV reports.

Ah! Now we know where it came from! 

[Oldboy]

Here's a video to make you smile. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEBLt6Kd9EY&feature=player_embedded

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Here's a video to make you smile. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEBLt6Kd9EY&feature=player_embedded

That's just down the street from where I grew up.

[SimonW]

Poor things. I'm glad the clip showed it ending well. (It did make me smile.)

Simon

[Graham]

  Bless 'em!

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I've started getting Oriental (Chinese?) spam. I mean, even with nicknames used my name is in Western Alphabet and I think, recognizeably Anglo. What a waste of bits and Bytes.

[Oldboy]

I've started getting Oriental (Chinese?) spam. I mean, even with nicknames used my name is in Western Alphabet and I think, recognizeably Anglo. What a waste of bits and Bytes.

Is that classed as a takeaway? 

[krennon]

WBMT...
Walked into Kingston at lunchtime.....haven't done it for a while, we have one of the recently refurbished Jessops in Kingston, the refurb seemed to consist of cutting the shop in half from a double unit to a single unit and having the staff standing around like members of the public so you're not sure if they are staff or customers.....and hey presto what has opened in the other unit next door that used to be part of Jessops.....
A JACOBS bang slam next door to the point that Jessops have put a sign in the window saying if you can find the same product cheaper within a 10 mile radius they will price match......Had a look in the Jacobs window and although I am a Sony user I was drooling somewhat at the Canon 500mm lens Jacobs had although at over £5000 that's an expensive piece of glass (looked like a mini rocket launcher as they had it on a tripod and angled up at about 45dg) Never used Jacobs so don't know what they're like but will have a look at some point just to check them out....

[Oldboy]

I brought lots of camera stuff from Jacobs including D200 and D3 plus various lenses.

The local weather forecast on the BBC. On Thursday evening she warned for heavy snow on Saturday, this morning it's we aren't expecting heavy snow on Saturday but we're not sure, so the weather warning remains in place! 

[Graham]

     The Jacobs in Derby is like one of those old fashiond sweets shops...full of tempting stuff. Also the staff there know their stuff.
     Only problem for me is that they no longer do part exchange and so in the last 12 months or so they've lost out on about £5,500 worth of my business.
     I went to the local LCE who do part exchange  and so.....Well, you get the picture.
                                       Graham.

[Oldboy]

You know things are bad when this happens! 

http://news.aol.co.uk/weird-news/story/heavy-snow-stops-santas-sleigh/1473912

[Hinfrance]

Why is Huhne going to build 10,000 more useless wind turbines?

Just looked at the UK grid data and see that wind is currently producing 17mw (out of 54476mw demand), or because it is so little, effectively 0.0% of demand. Nuclear and coal are running flat out. This is because stationary anticyclones are not at all uncommon in the coldest of weather when demand reaches its peak. So not only will you chaps have to pay for another 10,000 white elephants, but you'll also have to pay for some real power stations, which you will have to keep running all of the time for when the wind stops blowing.

If you want a laugh (or a cry) look HERE

We have some turbines here in France, but thankfully there are not very many and they are little more than a sop for the watermelons. 85% of our electricity comes from nuclear (and indeed some 1.5% of yours is coming from French nukes as I write).

[Oldboy]

85% of our electricity comes from nuclear (and indeed some 1.5% of yours is coming from French nukes as I write).

We were world leaders in Nuclear and developed the fast breeder reactors, but due to the lack of foresite by different governments who failed to invest in it, we now rely on the rest of the world to supply our power. Even worse, these same governments sold off all out utilities companies for short term gains.