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    Were has summer gone this year, with all this rain we've been having up here... the dreaded midges have just got bigger and bigger lol !!!!! 

     
     
     
     
     
    17 August 08:07:37 | Add a comment | Read comments (11) | Permalink | Blog it

    Inverkip

    INVERKIP LOSES GREEN BELT LAND 

    Well  four years on the villagers of Inverkip have lost there battle to stop the deregulation of the green belt land behind the village of Inverkip for housebuilding. Over a thousand people signed a petition of no confidence in our local councillors for approving the deregulation of this green belt land for housebuilding needless to say they are no longer our councillors the villagers voted them out at the last election but to no avail the developers got there way and have moved in with there heavy equipment and have started destroying the land for housebuilding. The woodsmen have started cutting down the trees. gosh all the little birds that lived there are flying all over the place not knowing whats going on or where to go, the sika deer that sought refuge in these woods were last seen on the A78 road dodging in and out of the traffic in there haste to get away  goodness knows were they are now. We've had a considerable increase in the number of bats we have flying about at night which I think has got to do with the felling of the trees, and as for barney the Owl who has lived in these woods for years he is no where to be seen ! the only creatures that seem to be coping with it all at the moment is the Grey squirrels as they dodge in and out of the felled logs. So this is progress ? all that's happened is that a beautiful piece of land has been destroyed for to build houses on, whilst there is other land in the area crying out for housing development !.

     

     

    14 August 11:08:21 | Add a comment | Read comments (4) | Permalink | Blog it

    Computa

    A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

    House" for instance, is feminine: "la casa."   

    "Pencil," however, is masculine: "el lapiz."    

    A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?"  

    Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether
    "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun.

    Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

    The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the feminine gender ("la computadora"), because:

    1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
    2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
    3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
    4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

    (THIS GETS BETTER!)

    The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ("el computador"), because:

    1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
    2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
    3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
    4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

    As Usual The Women Won !!   

     

     
    12 August 18:14:52 | Add a comment | Read comments (4) | Permalink | Blog it