Happy Birthday America

Family OTW wish America a happy birthday and wish we could be present to celebrate. P.S. could you lend us your constitution?

A crying shame.

Every British casualty in Afghanistan is a great loss and for the respective family a tragedy.Every casualty in one of the Viking vehicles (and others) is not just tragic but criminal and somebody needs to be held responsible.For once it isn't just our military hating nulabour government acting in it's usual parsimonious fashion but the fault too of our army commanders. The M.O.D. and Army higher ups only wish to procure equipment suitable for fighting sweeping mechanised operations more suited to cold war Europe (not totally without merit) and not ungainly anti mine vehicles that will protect the troops now.The wars we fight now are it seems the wars of the next decade and as such our troops need equipping with the already tried and tested vehicles currently in use by other in theatre nations...our lads deserve the best...right now.

Seconds out,round 1.

Articles like this really appeal to my sense of humour and justice,it's just a pity that it doesn't happen more often. You only have to look at the two gentlemen in question to see that one is a man and the other is....well, metrosexual is I suppose the contemporary description but in my youth, nancy boy,fairy ,puff would have been applicable,in fact they still are.

(pic shown above is of Liverpool legend Dom Volante)

Sleepy

The sleepy little girl in the picture celebrated her one month coming out party today (Chinese family tradition)....well I should say all the assembled adults did, as she decided to sleep through the whole event. Plenty of dim sum,Peking duck and other old favourites were enjoyed, washed down on a rather muggy day by some much needed cold beer, another wonderful east meets west combination...much like my latest daughter!

Boys toys.

I have spent way too long online in the last few weeks gathering info for my forthcoming large restoration/renovation project. I have looked at ornate ridge tiles,oak doors,Gothic architrave,travertine tiles,plaster coving,lead hoppers,lime mortar...well you get the idea. Some of the articles I am looking for have come down in price and some such as Georgian chimney pots are scarily expensive.One of the first things on my buy list however is the garden tractor pictured...I hate and I do mean hate,mowing lawns and so I buy a house with acres of the bloody stuff. I am hoping the John Deere will make it easier and perhaps even enjoyable, although it does look if I am honest, a little silly?

Says it all.

On healthcare,energy taxation and all his socialist dreams the shirt pictured (taken from maggies farm) sums up everything I feel about Obama...funny too.

King of pop is dead.

I would just like to state before the orgy of Jacko worship gets under way that I never ever liked a single record by the man and had no time for the freakshow that constituted his life...king of pop my arse....carry on now.

Set them free.

Coming from a family in which I was surrounded by strong opinionated women I have always been fascinated/horrified by the phenomenon of the burka. I know all the pathetic arguments put forward in its support (sex objects etc) all of which originate from the retarded menfolk of these poor benighted women and not from the actual women no matter who claims otherwise.If women in backward hellholes choose to live life in a fabric prison then there is not much I can do about it but my own country is another thing altogether. Much like ducking stools and punishing 'witches' by burning this form of female abuse has no place in a modern society...away with it!

Wee Beastie.

Whilst visiting potential new house with Architect on Saturday we came across the little creature above taking a rest on the stairs...the women folk were not amused.

One down,one to go.

My search for a new house in England is finally over and not a moment too soon. The house is bigger than I wanted but does have land and more importantly cottages,coach house and gate lodge in need of major restoration. The house seems to date from late 1700's with a mid Victorian addition complete with lots of architectural mysteries to solve....all in all a fantastic place with enough work to keep the chaps and I busy for several years to come,something that I will heavily blog once the legal stuff is finished and I get to start work.Now I just have to find a suitable Californian property,negotiate as good a deal as we did here and I can happily work away till I drop...lovely stuff!

Scallies.

We are either very honest...or very very lazy, you decide.

Jam tomorrow ?

My Damsons seem to be coming along nicely...Princess OTW too!

Happy Birthday your Queenyness.

It is Queen Liz's official birthday and I can only presume Phil the Greek has bought his missus a suitable gift. I know the Queen has to be rather circumspect in her criticism of whatever govt of the day happens to be destroying what is nominally her country,but perhaps just for once maybe she could give Brownie a nudge in the direction of the exit and give her subjects the best birthday gift ever. Come on Liz...get your best Queen outfit on and give that shifty little turd of a prime minister a good talking to...you know you want to!

Once a nazi,always etc

I have been reading over the last few days an alarming amount of pro BNP mail and postings on many of the websites and blogs I regularly read. I understand peoples disenchantment with the Britain of today but it escapes me as to why somebody would agree with the BNP. I am a classic rightwinger, free market,small government,patriotic and a believer in individualism...not socialism or any form of statism. The BNP are to me just another bunch of socialists with a happy sprinkling of pro green eco craziness,compounded with a thinly disguised racist streak.My family is a mixed family and we are foremost British, I need no lessons in patriotism from admirers of Hitler and his pan European followers....repatriating my family is something the BNP believes in....not going to happen with my family folks as I'm not a peace loving guardian reading social worker...ubermensch my arse.