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The day’s Podcast is always an interesting journey with the story of the day’s music over the years…..and there are some very interesting stories about the music of the day.1969, The Monkees set a new record when their second album, ‘More Of The Monkees’ jumped from No.122 to the top of the US chart. The album then stayed in pole position for eighteen weeks.

It’s a bit nippy but the skies are blue and we are very lucky as it’s freezing in many parts of Europe. I bet I’m not the only one who finds it difficult to accept the theory of global warming when it’s this cold. I have seen the pictures of ice falling into the sea and I’m sure on a very hot day this will happen. Doesn’t it all freeze up again in the cold weather. Everywhere else is freezing and record low temperatures are being recorded so how come we never get the information that the ice caps have filled up again?

Even though we have a definite chill wind in the air the stalwart Brits are on the beach at Benidorm sunbathing Some have their little tents. Some have their windbreaks. Others ware walking past me without their shirts on and with their flip flops giving the sound of the soft shoe shuffle. I, in the meantime, have my woolly jumper, leather coat and scarf. In their demonic eyes I can almost see the word wimp printed as they look at me almost in disbelief. Yes, mate. I’m cold. I’m freezing cold and I’ll bet you’re from Scotland. No wonder Brave Heart had a good following. I’ve just had a good chat with Don Woods and he tells me they have been as low as -16 in parts of the UK and cars have been skidding around everywhere. I do not miss that climate one bit. I didn’t even like it when I was young. I hated playing rugby and football in extremely cold weather…..

 

 

 

The Day’s Events 11 February

1752 – The Pennsylvania Hospital opened as the very first hospital in America.At last

1808 – Judge Jesse Fell experimented by burning anthracite coal to keep his house warm. He successfully showed how clean the coal burned and how cheaply it could be used as a heating fuel. This proved he was being paid to much as he had money to burn

1812 – The term “gerrymandering” had its beginning when the governor ofMassachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, signed a redistricting law that favored his party. It’s never be practised since!

1858 – A French girl, Bernadette Soubirous, claimed to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary near Lourdes. It’s part of my faith and we need something to believe in.

1878 – The first U.S. bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, was formed.

1929 – The Lateran Treaty was signed. Italy now recognized the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City. Good

1937 – General Motors agreed to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union, which ended the current sit-down strike against them. We  need good trades unions

1943 – General Dwight David Eisenhower was selected to command the allied armies in Europe. He was a commanding figure

1945 – During World War II, the Yalta Agreement was signed by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin. (Today in World War II History)

1958 – Ruth Carol Taylor was the first black woman to become a stewardess by making her initial flight. How could anyone have had a problem with this?

1968 – The new 20,000 seat Madison Square Garden officially opened in New York. This was the fourth Garden. It was being prepared for Michael Jackson concerts

1975 – Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to head a major party in Britain when she was elected leader of the Conservative Party. She was the best man for the job

1979 – Nine days after the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Iran (after 15 years in exile) power was seized by his followers. You could see that one coming

1982 – France nationalized five groups of major industries and 39 banks. Personally, I think this is shown in the patriotism of many French people

1984 – The tenth Space Shuttle mission returned to Earth safely. Good

1989 – Rev. Barbara C. Harris became the first woman to be consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal Church. I can accept this

1990 – Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity. Brilliant news

1990 – In Tokyo, Japan, James “Buster” Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson in the tenth round to win the heavyweight championship. Strange business Boxing

1993 – Janet Reno was appointed to the position of attorney general by U.S. President Clinton. She was the first female to hold the position. Well done

2000 – The space shuttle Endeavor took off. The mission was to gather information for the most detailed map of the earth ever made.

2000 – Great Britain suspended self-rule in Northern Ireland after the Irish Republican Army (IRA) failed to begin decommissioning (disarming) by a February deadline. Bad news

2006 – In Texas, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a campanion during a quail hunt. This inspires confidence!

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The day’s Podcast is always an interesting journey with the story of the day’s music over the years…..and there are some very interesting stories about the music of the day. 2004, Diana Ross was sentenced to two days in jail after pleading ‘no contest’ to a drink driving charge.  Ross was arrested in December 2002 after tests indicated she was twice over the drink- drive limit.

 

 

 

It’s sharp and a bit nippy in the shade but we are very lucky because we have a clear blue sky and sunshine. Elsewhere the picture is certainly not the same. Britain has anything up to -10º and Spain has some very cold places as we are quite a land mass on the Iberian Peninsular.

Britain’s economy has been sidelined for the moment as there are far more pressing problems like the England football team. The FA have undermined their manager and made his job situation very difficult. It is almost impossible to impose discipline in a team when you have been undermined as a manager. Whether or not John Terry is actually guilty of racial abuse is no laughing matter and nor is the danger of condemning a man before he is found guilty. This is yet another example of the arrogance and inadequacy of English national football management. If I were Harry Redknapp I would not touch the job with a barge poll. The only successful outcome would be to emulate the feat of Spain and become the World Champions. I cannot see enough quality in the national scene to achieve this.

It’s Sir Berks’ birthday over in California and we all send our love. Berks is an example to all. At the age of 86 he can still put on a fantastic Vaudeville show and all this with two replacement knees. He might drive up to 100 miles to do the show and he loads his equipment in and out of the car into the bargain. He is aided and abetted by his fabulous wife, Arlene, who is as solid as a rock in helping him put on the show as his technical assistant and DJ. They defy the laws of aging. Good luck to both of you and keep up your inspirational work.

A new court ruling could see the introduction of a ‘fat tax’ for obese air passengers in Britain.

Two disabled passengers just lost their cases – Christopher Stott v Thomas Cook and Tony Hook v British Airways – after the wheelchair users sued when they were not able to sit next to their carers on board a flight, resulting in ‘embarrassing’ incidents. Source

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La Nucía, February 09, 2012

 

Dear resident,

due to the great success of the last visit to the Central Police Station of La Nucía, we have organised another guided tour. Our main aim is to inform our residents about the different facilities of the Local Police: the surveillance and monitoring control room for telecommunication, supplied with a complex and modern system of cameras (a total of 51 surveillance cameras and 16 OCR, License Plate Recognition devices, have been installed along the roundabouts, the urbanisations and at other strategic points, which operate 24 hours a day). You will see the indoor shooting range, a gym etc… The chief of the Local Police will answer personally any question or doubt you might have.

Our first visit (in the Spanish and English language) will be on Wednesday, the 29^th of February at 11.00 hrs. Meeting point: in front of the Local Police Station, next to Repsol Petrol Station in La Nucía.
There will be a second visit on Wednesday, the 7^th of March in the Dutch and German language,  at 11.00 hrs.
If you, or any of your friends or relatives, are interested in this visit, please send us an E-Mail to eventos@lanucia.es, indicating your names and which day you will come. I am looking forward meeting you at the police station for this exciting visit.

Kind regards,

Bart Gommans, Councillor for Foreign Residents, Urbanizations and the Town Hall Extensions

Extensión Administrativa, C/ Barbados 1,  La Nucía.
Phone number: 966875410.

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Fairytale...

Once upon a time there lived a king.The king had a beautiful daughter,the PRINCESS.But there was a problem. Everything the princess touched would melt.No matter what;metal,wood,stone,anything she touched would melt.Because of this, men were afraid of her. Nobody would dare marry her.The king despaired. What could he do to help his daughter?He consulted his wizards and magicians. One wizard told the king,’If your daughter touches one thing that does not melt in her hands, she will be cured.’
The king was overjoyed and came up with a plan.The next day, he held a competition. Any man that could bring his daughter an object that would not melt would marry her and inherit the king’s wealth.THREE YOUNG PRINCES TOOK UP THE CHALLENGE.The first brought a sword of the finest steel.
But alas, when the princess touched it, it melted.The prince went away sadly.
The second prince brought diamonds.
He thought diamonds are the hardest substance in the world and would not melt.But alas,once the princess touched them, they melted.He too was sent away disappointed.
The third prince approached. He told the princess,’Put your hand in my pocket and feel what is in there.’The princess did as she was told, though she turned red.
She felt something hard. She held it in her hand.And it did not melt!!!The king was overjoyed. Everybody in the kingdom was overjoyed.!And the third prince married the princess and they both lived happily ever after.Question: What was in the prince’s pants?M&M’s of course.They melt in your mouth, not in your hand.

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These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

ATTORNEY:  What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?

WITNESS:     He said , ‘Where am I, Cathy?

‘ATTORNEY:  And why did that upset you?

WITNESS:     My name is Susan

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ATTORNEY:  What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?

WITNESS:     Gucci sweats and Reebok
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ATTORNEY:  This myasthenia gravis , does it affect your memory at all?

WITNESS:     Yes.

ATTORNEY:  And in what ways does it affect your memory?

WITNESS:     I forget..

ATTORNEY:  You forget?  Can you give us an example of something you forgot?___________________________________________

ATTORNEY:  Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?

WITNESS:     We both do.

ATTORNEY:  Voodoo?

WITNESS:     We do..

ATTORNEY:  You do?

WITNESS:     Yes , voodoo.

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ATTORNEY:  Now doctor , isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep , he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?

WITNESS:  Did you actually pass the bar exam?____________________________________
ATTORNEY:  The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?

WITNESS:      He’s 20, much like your IQ

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ATTORNEY:  She had three children , right?

WITNESS:     Yes.

ATTORNEY:  How many were boys?

WITNESS: None.

ATTORNEY:   Were there any girls?

WITNESS:      Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?____________________________________________
ATTORNEY:  How was your first marriage terminated?

WITNESS:     By death..

ATTORNEY:  And by whose death was it terminated?

WITNESS:     Take a guess

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ATTORNEY:  Can you describe the individual?

WITNESS:     He was about medium height and had a beard

ATTORNEY:  Was this a male or a female?

WITNESS:     Unless the Circus was in town I’m going with male._____________________________________
ATTORNEY:  Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?

WITNESS:  No, this is how I dress when I go to work

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ATTORNEY:  Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?WITNESS:     All of them.. The live ones put up too much of a fight.

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ATTORNEY:  ALL your responses MUST be oral , OK? What school did you go to?WITNESS:     Oral…

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ATTORNEY:  Do you recall the time that you examined the body

?WITNESS:     The autopsy started around 8:30 PM

ATTORNEY:  And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?

WITNESS:     If not, he was by the time I finished

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ATTORNEY:  Are you qualified to give a urine sample?

WITNESS:     Are you qualified to ask that question?______________________________________

And last:
ATTORNEY:  Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?WITNESS:     No.

ATTORNEY:  Did you check for blood pressure?

WITNESS:     No.

ATTORNEY:  Did you check for breathing?

WITNESS:     No..ATTORNEY:  So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?

WITNESS:     No.

ATTORNEY:  How can you be so sure, Doctor?

WITNESS:     Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

ATTORNEY:  I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?

WITNESS:     Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

 

The Day’s Events 10 February

1763 – The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. In the treaty France ceded Canada to England. They’ll never forget

1840 – Britain’s Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha. They were a dynamic duo

1863 – In New York City, two of the world’s most famous midgets, General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren were married.

1863 – The fire extinguisher was patented by Alanson Crane. Great idea

1933 – Primo Carnera knocked out Ernie Schaaf in round 13 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Schaaf died as a result of the knockout punch. This set Boxing back many years

1962 – The Soviet Union exchanged capture American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for the Soviet spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abel being held by the U.S. This is one of these events which have stayed in my mind

 

1981 – The Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino caught fire. Eight people were killed and 198 were injured.

1990 – South African President F.W. de Klerk announced that black activist Nelson Mandela would be released the next day after 27 years in captivity. At the time I was playing a track called FREE NELSON MANDELLA

1992 – Mike Tyson was convicted in Indianapolis of raping Desiree Washington, Miss Black American contestant. No comment

1997 – The U.S. Army suspended its top-ranking enlisted soldier, Army Sgt. Major Gene McKinney following allegations of sexual misconduct. McKinney was convicted of obstruction of justice and acquitted of 18 counts alleging sexual harassment of six military women.No comment

1999 – Avalanches killed at least 10 people when they roared down the French Alps 30 miles from Geneva.

2005 – North Korea publicly announced for the first time that it had nuclear arms. The country also rejected attempts to restart disarmament talks in the near future saying that it needed the weapons as protection against an increasingly hostile United States. This country seems to always have these sort of posturings

2009 – A Russian and an American satellite collided over Siberia.

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The weather in Europe is awful. The weather in Spain is bad but here we are in Benidorm with beautiful sunshine and clear blue sky. I know we are very lucky.

I was never a fan of Sven nor was I a fan of the appointment of Capello. I am amazed that so many in the media seem unable to realise that Capello is quite right to say the FA have been wrong to take away the captaincy from Terry. Please don’t think for a minute that I am suddenly becoming a Terry fan as the whole affair has been badly handled. No man is guilty until it has been proven that he is guilty. I think the FA had the right to consult their manager and ask him to suspend the captain with the explanation to the public that it is in the better interests of the England FA to distance themselves from what Terry might have done. However, even if this had been done it might well have been perceived to be their judgement on the affair. Nobody is coming out of this looking competent. I will also add that I am delighted Harry Redknapp was cleared and he would be the best man for the job. However, I feel he owed loyalty to Spurs for standing by their man and giving him time to defend himself. Don’t be surprised if Mouriño becomes an outside choice! There’s also Rafa Benitez without a job. At least they both speak English.

A cat died and went to Heaven. God met her at the gates and said,’You have been a good cat all these years.Anything you want is yours for the asking.’ The cat thought for a minute and then said ‘All my life I lived on a farm and slept on hard wooden floors. I would like a real fluffy pillow to sleep on.’ God said, ‘Say no more.’ Instantly the cat had a huge fluffy pillow.A few days later, six mice were killed in an accident and they all went to Heaven together. God met the mice at the gates with the same offer that He made to the cat. The mice said, ‘Well, we have had to run all of our lives: from cats, dogs, and even people with brooms! If we could just have some little roller skates, we would not have to run again.’ God answered, ‘It is done.’ All the mice had beautiful roller skates.
About a week later, God decided to check on the cat. He found her sound asleep on her fluffy pillow.. God gently awakened the cat and asked, ‘Is everything okay? How have you been doing? Are you happy?’
The cat replied, ‘Oh, it is WONDERFUL. I have never been so happy in my life. The pillow is so fluffy, and those little Meals on Wheels you have been sending over are delicious!’

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Coming back from another recent EC summit in Rome, various European leaders were forced to take the train due to a strike by Swiss ATC controllers; sitting together in the same compartment, travelling through the Swiss Alps, were Sarkozy, Cameron, Merkel and the young and very attractive female Irish foreign minister. The train goes into a dark tunnel and a few seconds later there is the sound of a loud slap.  When the train emerges from the tunnel, Sarkozy has a bright red, hand print on his cheek. No one speaks, everyone is extremely shocked and embarrassed.
Angela Merkel thinks: Sarkozy, not able to help himself, must have groped the Irish girl in the dark, and she slapped his cheek.
The Irish girl thinks: Sarkozy, not able to help himself,  must have tried to grope me in the dark, but missed and fondled Merkel and she slapped his cheek.
Sarkozy thinks:  Why me? That perfidious Cameron must have groped the Irish girl in the dark knowing that I’d get the blame for it and she slapped me… the English bastard.
And Cameron thinks: I can’t wait for another tunnel, so I can smack that little French shit again.

Would You marry Again?
A husband and wife are sitting quietly in bed reading when the wife looks over at him and asks the question….
WIFE: “What would you do if I died? Would you get married Again?”
HUSBAND: “Definitely not!”
WIFE: “Why not? Don’t you like being married?”
HUSBAND: “Of course I do..”
WIFE: “Then why wouldn’t you remarry? ”
HUSBAND: “Okay, okay, I’d get married again.”
WIFE: “You would?” (with a hurt look)
HUSBAND: (makes audible groan)
WIFE: “Would you live in our house?”
HUSBAND: “Sure, it’s a great house.”
WIFE: “Would you sleep with her in our bed?”
HUSBAND: “Where else would we sleep?”
WIFE: “Would you let her drive my car?”
HUSBAND: “Probably, it is almost new.”
WIFE: “Would you replace my pictures with hers?”
HUSBAND: “That would seem like the proper thing to do.”
WIFE: “Would you give her my jewelry?”
HUSBAND: “No, I’m sure she’d want her own.”
WIFE: “Would you take her golfing with you?
HUSBAND: “Yes, those are always good times.”
WIFE: “Would she use my clubs?
HUSBAND: “No, she’s left-handed.”
WIFE: — silence –
HUSBAND: “shit.”

The Day’s Events 9th February

1870 – The United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. The bureau is officially known as the National Weather Service (NWS).

1885 – The first Japanese arrived in Hawaii. The first Japanese what?

1895 – Volley Ball was invented by W.G. Morgan. Good bloke

1895 – The first college basketball game was played as Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9-3. I take it the Porkers were a pig breeding centre.

1900 – Dwight F. Davis put up a new tennis trophy to go to the winner in matches against England. The trophy was a silver cup that weighed 36 pounds. This is a major tennis trophy

1932 – America entered the 2-man bobsled competition for the first time at the Olympic Winter Games held at Lake Placid, NY. The Jamaicans were still practising

1942 – The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II.

1950 – U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists. This was the beginning of “McCarthyism.” We only read about this

1953 – The movie “Superman” premiered. Great movie

1960 – The first star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was for Joanne Woodward. It must be an amazing feeling to be awarded such an accolade

1969 – The Boeing 747 flew its inaugural flight.

1971 – The San Fernando Valley experienced the Sylmar earthquake that registered 6.4 on the Richter Scale.

1971 – The Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth after mankind’s third landing on the moon. Great stuff

1975 – The Russian Soyuz 17 returned to Earth.

1997 – “The Simpsons” became the longest-running prime-time animated series. “The Flintstones” held the record previously. Bart beat Barney….

2001 – “Hannibal,” the sequel to “Silence of the Lambs”, opened in theaters.

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1964, On their first full day in New York, The Beatles (minus George who had a sore throat), went for a photo-opportunity walk around Central Park. Extra police were called in to keep fans away. Later in the day The Ronettes interviewed the band for radio.

I was fascinated by an item on the BBC this morning. A young lady works as a truck driver and there is a very small percentage of lady truckers in the UK. I think they said it was 2%. This young lady had trained to become a ballet dancer and things went wrong. Her mother, another very unusual case, was a lady truck driver and also a driver trainer. She encouraged her daughter to go into the business of truck driving. The mother told us a funny story about a large trucker she was training to reverse the huge truck into a parking space. The driver was finding things a bit difficult and asker her, as his trainer, whether she knew how to do it and could she do it!

Our weather is beautiful today with wall to wall sunshine and around 10 degrees. Elsewhere around the Iberian Peninsula things are not so good as another icy blast descends from the east. We always get a few icy blasts around this time of the year. It kills the bugs but is a shock to the system. I think I will also blame it on any typing errors as my fingers won’t do as they’re told this morning!

Three-times Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, pictured leaving his Pinto (Madrid) home on Monday, has been banned from racing for two years and stripped of his most recent title after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found him guilty of a doping offense at the 2010 event. Contador’s ban is effective from August 5, 2010, when he was provisionally suspended after being informed of the positive test, leaving him free to return to competition on August 5, 2012.

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Mexican Oysters
A Texan stopped at a local restaurant following a day roaming around in Mexico.
While sipping his tequila, he noticed a sizzling, scrumptious looking platter being served at the next table. Not only did it look good, the smell was wonderful.
He asked the waiter, ‘What is that you just served?’
The waiter replied, ‘Ah senor, you have excellent taste! Those are called Cojones de Toro, bull’s testicles from the bull fight this morning. A delicacy!’
The cowboy said, ‘What the heck, bring me an order.’
The waiter replied, ‘I am so sorry senor. There is only one serving per day because there is only one bull fight each morning. If you come early and place your order, we will be sure to save you this delicacy.’
The next morning, the cowboy returned, placed his order, and that evening was served the one and only special delicacy of the day. After a few bites, inspecting his platter, he called to the waiter and said, ‘These are delicious, but they are much, much smaller than the ones I saw you serve yesterday.’
The waiter shrugged his shoulders and replied, ‘Si, Senor.  Sometimes the bull wins’

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BRIAN O’SULLIVAN A man walked out to the street and caught a taxi just going by. He got into the taxi, and the cabbie said, “Perfect timing. You’re just like Brian” Passenger: “Who?” Cabbie: “Brian Sullivan. He’s a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happen like that to Brian Sullivan, every single time.” Passenger: “There are always a few clouds over everybody.” Cabbie: “Not Brian Sullivan. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star and you should have heard him play the piano. He was an amazing guy.” Passenger: “Sounds like he was something really special.” Cabbie: “There’s more. He had a memory like a computer. He remembered everybody’s birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order and which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Brian Sullivan, he could do everything right.” Passenger: “Wow. Some guy then.” Cabbie: “He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic jams. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them. But Brian, he never made a mistake, and he really knew how to treat a woman and make her feel good. He would never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too. He was the perfect man! He never made a mistake. No one could ever measure up to Brian Sullivan.” Passenger: “An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?” Cabbie: “Well, I never actually met Brian. He died. I’m married to his F****ing’ widow.”

The Day’s Events 8th February

1587 – Mary, the Queen of Scots, was executed. No messing about in those days

1802 – Simon Willard patented the banjo clock. I prefer a watch

1904 – The Russo-Japanese War began with Japan attacking Russian forces in Manchuria.You tend to think that would be like a Kami Kaze exercise of the first degree but they were fierce fighters

1910 – William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America. Gin gan goolie….

1922 – The White House began using radio after U.S. President Harding had it installed.This ensures the staff don’t sleep on the job?

1924 – The first U.S. execution to make use of gas took place in Nevada State Prison.Horrible

1952 – Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the British throne. Her father, George VI, had died on February 6. Keep it in the family….maybe there is no viable alternative?

1963 – The Kennedy administration prohibited travel to Cuba and made financial and commercial transactions with Cuba illegal for U.S. citizens. They started it by bringing Russia’s missiles to the front door

1974 – The three-man crew of the Skylab space station returned to Earth after 84 days.Brave guys

1985 – “The Dukes of Hazzard” ended its 6-1/2 year run on CBS television. They never did manage to open the car doors

1999 – In Sri Lanka, 23 rebels were killed in fighting with Sri Lankan forces.

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The day’s Podcast is always an interesting journey with the story of the day’s music over the years…..and there are some very interesting stories about the music of the day.1981, John Lennon was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Woman’, an ode to his wife Yoko Ono. It was Lennon’s third No.1 in seven weeks after his death on December 8, 1980

I don’t like this time of the year. It is always seemingly full of gloom and doom. The weather is too cold for my liking and as it upsets travel more people get fed up. At least down here in the South East of Spain there is a bit more sunshine generally that can combat SAD. Those who do not suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder will not relate to what I am saying. There is a tendency to feel down if not depressed and it is now taken seriously by the medical profession. It wasn’t that long ago that this was not the case and people were told to snap out of it and make yourself feel better. There are things you can do to help yourself. You can try and go out for a walk and get some fresh air. However, this is not possible for everyone. If you feel trapped in your living conditions then try and get as near to fresh air and sunlight as possible. If you are only able to watch TV then be selective about what you watch. The news is generally depressing and there is enough violence in many of the programmes to last you a lifetime. What else can you do? Make a nice phone call and try to find a cheerful voice to have a positive chat. Try to avoid anything negative. Another thing you can do is read a nice book or magazine or listen to music that cheers you up. You can also try and wear bright clothes. In a general side….always look on the bright side of life and remember…..you’ll not be the only one feeling bad.

WEAKENING EURO ATTRACTS SPANISH PROPERTY INVESTORS

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 12:52 PM PST

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While visiting the United Kingdom, Winnie Mandela was invited to a cocktail party which was also to be attended by Margaret Thatcher.
When Winnie saw the ex-prime minister on the other side of the room, she barged past everyone, spilling the drinks of several invited guests on the way.
Winnie elbowed her way to Maggie, stood brazenly in front of her and declared,”I hear they call you the Iron Lady!”
“I have been referred to by that name, yes,” replied Maggie, peering down her nose at the impudent upstart.”And whom, may I enquire, do I have the honour of addressing?” asked Maggie icily.
“I am the iron lady of South Africa!” bragged Winnie, waving her fist in the air.
“Oh, yes,” replied Maggie dryly. “And for whom do you iron?”

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PARAPROSDOKIANS: “Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.”

“Where there’s a will, I want to be in it,” is a type of paraprosdokian.

1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list.

3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good Evening,’ and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.

9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.

11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.

12. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, ‘In case of emergency, notify:’ I put ‘DOCTOR.’

13. I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.

17. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

18. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

19. Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

20. There’s a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can’t get away.

21. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure.

22. You’re never too old to learn something stupid.

23. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

24. Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.

25. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

26. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

27. A diplomat is someone who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip.

28. Hospitality is making your guests feel at home even when you wish they were.

29. I always take life with a grain of salt. Plus a slice of lime, and a shot of tequila.

30. When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.

Events 7 February

1882 – The last bareknuckle fight for the heavyweight boxing championship took place in Mississippi City. Then they started saving up to become more civilised and use gloves!

1893 – Elisha Gray patented a machine called the telautograph. It automatically signed autographs to documents. Did we know about this?

1904 – In Baltimore, a fire raged for about 30 hours and destroyed over 1,500 buildings.This sounds pretty awful

1913 – The Turks lost 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli.

1922 – DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace offered 5,000 copies of “Reader’s Digest” magazine for the first time. This is one great little magazine-worth going to the dentist’s!

1936 – The U.S. Vice President’s flag was established by executive order.I had no idea he had his own flag

1940 – “Pinocchio” world premiered at the Center Theatre in Manhattan.Are you sure?

1941 – The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Frank Sinatra recorded “Everything Happens to Me”. I’d love to have been there

1943 – The U.S. government announced that shoe rationing would go into effect in two days.You could only buy one shoe at a time

1962 – The U.S. government banned all Cuban imports and re-export of U.S. products to Cuba from other countries. It was their own fault. Whose idea was it to allow Russian missiles on the US doorstep?

1974 – The nation of Grenada gained independence from Britain. We’ve still got their television

1977 – Russia launched Soyuz 24.

1984 – Space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart made the first untethered space walk. That is seriously brave…Major Tom to Ground Control stuff

1985 – “Sports Illustrated” released its annual swimsuit edition. It was the largest regular edition in the magazine’s history at 218 pages.I can’t think why

1985 – “New York, New York” became the official anthem of the Big Apple. Then start spreading the news

1986 – Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country. 28 years of family rule ended…….and in 1991 – The Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide was sworn in as Haiti’s first democratically elected president. It took A WHILE TO SORT THIS OUT

1999 – King Hussein of Jordan died. His son was sworn in as king four hours after the announcement that his father had died. None of this democracy nonsense….keep it in the family

 

2003 – Nootka Sound, Sandra Bohn was cited for petting a killer whale under the federal Fisheries Act. She was later fined $74.This sounds a bit fishy but you can always rely on the scales of justice

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Editor’s Pick Quotes by Great-Quotes.com

My father taught me how to be a man — and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble-maker, but rather, trouble-shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants. - Kevin Smith, 1970-present

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”

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The day’s Podcast is always an interesting journey with the story of the day’s music over the years…..and there are some very interesting stories about the music of the day. 1965, The Righteous Brothers started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Phil Spector produced ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’. The song was also No.1 in the UK for the duo who were not related in any way

Everywhere you look this morning you find people struggling against the white stuff. I mean the snow. This is no laughing matter as people are dying with the cold. The management of Heathrow has been criticized for cancelling planes too early but I would suggest they have learnt from last year’s debacle. Personally, I think it is better to know in advance that the plane has been cancelled rather than travel to the airport and be disappointed and inconvenienced.

Here, the weather is relatively clement although in the north and east of Spain there are areas where the snow has hit hard. The roads are as bad as in England and people are greatly inconvenienced.

You know it’s difficult to really speak correctly when your rage is near boiling point……Here is someone who has got to that stage and put is down on paper. I’ve read it before but it’s still funny…Please excuse the language in the letter but it is truly in context..

This, apparently is an actual letter received by the UK PassportOffice.

Dear Sirs,
I’m in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believethis. How is it that Sky Television has my address and telephone number andknows that I bought a bleeding satellite dish from them back in 1977, and yet, the Government is still asking me where I was bloody born and on whatdate.

For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand? My birth date you have on my pension book, and it is on all the income tax forms I’ve filed for the past 30 years. It is on my National Health card, my driving license,my car insurance, on the last eight damn passports I’ve had,on all those stupid customs declaration forms I’ve had to fill outbefore being allowed off the plane over the last 30 years, and all thoseinsufferable census forms.
Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother’sname is Mary Anne, my father’s name is Robert and I’d be abso-xxxxing-lutelyastounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!!!!!!

I apologise, I’m really pissed off this morning. Between you an’ me,I’ve had enough of this bullshit! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my x xxxing address!!!!

What is going on? Do you have a gang of Neanderthal arseholesworkin’ there? Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don’twant to dig up Yasser Arafat, for shit sakes. I just want to go and park myarse on some sandy beach somewhere. And would someone please tell me, why would you give a shit whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, you’d be the last xxxxing people I’d want to tell!

Well, I have to go now, ’cause I have to go to the other end of thepoxy city to get another xxxxing copy of my birth certificate, to the tuneof £30. Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spotto assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day??Nooooooooooooo, that’d be too damn easy and maybe make sense. You’drather have us running all over the fuckin’ place like chickens with ourheads cut off, then have to find some arsehole to confirm that it’s reallyme on the damn picture – you know, the one where we’re not allowed tosmile?! (bureaucratic xxxxin’ morons) Hey, do you know why we couldn’t smileif we wanted to? Because we’re totally pissed off!
Signed
An Irate Citizen.

P.S. Remember what I said above about the picture and gettingsomeone to confirm that it’s me? Well, my family has been in this countrysince 1776 ………. I have served in the military for something over 30years and have had full security clearances over 25 of those years enablingme to undertake highly secretive missions all over the world………. However, I have to get someone ‘important’ to verify who Iam- you know, someone like my doctor – WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PAKISTAN !

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Please take a minute or two to watch this video of a lesser known part of the 9/11 attacks in America. This shows something I had not seen and just shows how many wonderful people exist in this world. This is almost the American equivalent of the D-Day landings in Europe and I wonder why we haven’t seen this video before. These guys were heroes. Here’s the video.

Events 6 February

1778 – The United States gained official recognition from France as the two nations signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris. The French could see the US had potential

1843 – “The Virginia Minstrels” opened at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City. It was the first minstrel show in America. UK had a fabulous Black and White Minstrel Show

1899 – The U.S. Senate ratified a peace treaty between the U.S. and Spain. I think Spain also spotted the US potential

1900 – The Holland Senate ratified the 1899 peace conference decree that created in international arbitration court at The Hague. It is needed

1932 – Dog sled racing happened for the first time in Olympic competition. Can you believe this…was the final Greenland v Iceland by any chance?

1937 – K. Elizabeth Ohi became the first Japanese woman lawyer when she received her degree from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL. What an achievement

1952 – Britain’s King George VI died. His daughter, Elizabeth II, succeeded him. Sorry butI don’t believe in such succession ….nothing to do with gender but just ask why does it happen and is it fair?

1971 – NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon. Which was nearest the pin?

1985 – The French mineral water company, Perrier, debuted its first new product in 123 years. The new items were water with a twist of lemon, lime or orange. I’ve read a lot about water….kidology is involved

1987 – President Ronald Reagan turned 76 years old this day and became the oldest U.S. President in history. I don’t think enough respect is given for his achievements

1999 – King Hussein of Jordan transferred full political power to his oldest son the Crown Prince Abdullah.  …….keep it in the family

1999 – Excerpts of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky’s videotaped testimony were shown at President Clinton’s impeachment trial.

1999 – Heavy fighting resumed along the common border between Ethiopia and Eritrea.Always an area of contention

2000 – Russia’s acting President Vladimir Putin announced that Russian forces had captured Grozny, Chechnya. The capital city had been under the control of Chechen rebels.It was weird the way the USSR broke up

2000 – In Finland, Foreign Minister Tarja Halonen became the first woman to be elected president. Well done

2000 – U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton formally declared that she was a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat from the state of New York. She has proved to be terrific…

2001 – Ariel Sharon was elected Israeli prime minister.

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Editor’s Pick Quotes by Great-Quotes.com

My father taught me how to be a man — and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble-maker, but rather, trouble-shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants. - Kevin Smith, 1970-present

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it. – Cullen Hightower, 1923-2008

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The day’s Podcast is always an interesting journey with the story of the day’s music over the years…..and there are some very interesting stories about the music of the day.1962, The Beatles played two shows, one at the Cavern Club at lunchtime and in the evening at the Kingsway Club in Southport. This was the first time Ringo Starr appeared live with the group after drummer Pete Best became ill

It’s a lot brighter today and, although you must keep on the move, I think it is a little warmer. Judging by what I saw on the Spanish TV this morning, I would say we are very fortunate. I’ve just walked along the seafront at Levante, Benidorm and it is really nice. I don’t know whether it’s my imagination but there seemed to be a huge amount of walking sticks about! It does tend to make you feel really thankful for what you’ve got but it is a sad fact of life that the walking wounded seem to come to Benidorm in February. They all seemed happy and there was a quietness about the place as people took their constitutional early in the morning. Here are some signs I’ve been sent…..

Sign over a Gynecologist’s Office: ”Dr. Jones, at your cervix.

In a Podiatrist’s office: ”Time wounds all heels

.At a Car Dealership: ”The best way to get back on your feet – miss a car payment.”

On a Plumber’s truck: ”We repair what your husband fixed.

On another Plumber’s truck: ”Don’t sleep with a drip. Call your plumber.

On a Church’s Bill board: ”7 days without God makes one weak.”

At a Tyre Store ”Invite us to your next blowout.”

On an Electrician’s truck: ”Let us remove your shorts.

In a Non-smoking Area: ”If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action.”

On a Maternity Room door: ”Push. Push. Push.

At an Optometrist’s Office: ”If you don’t see what you’re looking for, you’ve come to the right place.”

On a Taxidermist’s window: ”We really know our stuff

.On a Fence: ”Salesmen welcome! Dog food is expensive!

Outside a Car Exhaust Store: ”No appointment necessary. We hear you coming

In a Vets waiting room: ”Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!”

In a Restaurant window: ”Don’t stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up.

In the front yard of a Funeral Home: ”Drive carefully. We’ll wait.

RADIATOR SHOP: ”Best place in town to take a leak.”

An old guy was in Morrisons the other day, pushing his cart around, when he collided with a young guy also pushing his cart.

He said to the young guy,  “Sorry about that.  I’m looking for my wife and I guess I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going..”
The young guy says, “That’s OK.  It’s just a coincidence.  I’m looking for my wife, too.  I can’t find her and I’m getting a little desperate.
The old guy said, “Well, maybe we can help each other.  What does your wife look like?”
The young guy says, “Well, she is 24 years old, tall, with blond hair, green eyes, long legs, big boobs and she’s wearing tight white shorts, a halter top and no bra.  What does your wife look like?”

The old guy said, “Doesn’t matter.  Let’s look for yours.”

 

HEALTH MINISTER VISITS CALPE

A meeting with the Minister of Health, Luis Rosado, and the mayor of Calpe, César Sánchez, was scheduled to take place on Saturday morning to discuss the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has killed three British pensioners and left another 15 being treated in a hospital in Benidorm.

A UK based holiday company, that specialises in holidays for mature guests, said that those who had died had been staying at the Diamante Beach Hotel in Calpe.

The department of health confirmed on Friday that the number of people suffering from symptoms of pneumonia related to the outbreak had risen to fifteen.

LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY REDUCED

Members of a young socialist group of Almoradí have criticized the town council for poor management of facilities in the library.

The group states that their bank of eight computers was reduced to just one, the WiFi connection doesn´t work and the printing and scanning facilities are so poor they are unusable.

In addition to providing the full function of the facilities, the group also want opening hours to be extended to allow them to study for exams.

BURGLARY SUSPECT ARRESTED

Local Police officers in Alicante have arrested a 32 year old man on suspicion of a burglary, after he was found inside a store, wearing a backpack in which he was carrying hammers, files, screwdrivers, gloves and a hat, as well as damaged locks which officers believed were from the doors to the building he was in.

The store owner alerted the police, who were quick to attend the scene, catching the suspect inside. He tried to flee but was apprehended and taken into custody in Alicante.

SANTA POLA CAMPER VAN CLAMP DOWN

The town council of Santa Pola has announced a crack down on camper vans and caravans that many feel are an eyesore on the environment when they congregate in areas which are not designated camp sites.

All political groups agreed unanimously on the notion that will see fines of between 100 and 1,500 euro for vehicles which are parked in places for longer periods of times than the acceptable length of time. In most places, the maximum allowed time for any vehicle to park is 48 hours. Vehicles will have to leave the area completely after this time or will be in violation of the law.

LONG LIVE LOVE

In addition to providing a big screen display for messages of love, the city council of Torrevieja has announced a unique element to their build up to the celebrations of St Valentine´s day, by offering a prize to the oldest married couple resident in the city.

In order to submit an application to win the couple must be registered residents of the city and be able to provide photocopies of their family and marriage documents. The winners will then be celebrated at a gala dinner on the evening of February 14th at the CMO centre for residents of the third age.

SpanishVida: http://www.theleader.info/article/32759/

Events 5 February

1782 – The Spanish captured Minorca from the British. The British were sunbathing

1783 – Sweden recognized the independence of the United States.Big deal!

1861 – Samuel Goodale patented the moving picture peep show machine. Then he visited a few piers to sell it

1900 – The U.S. and Britain signed the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, which gave the U.S. the right to build a canal in Nicaragua but not the right fortify it. Doesn’t this sound a bit pretentious?

1924 – The BBC time signals, or “pips”, from Greenwich Observatory were heard for the first time. They are broadcast every hour. They are a comfort when you are in a different land

1953 – The Walt Disney’s film “Peter Pan” opened at the Roxy Theatre in New York City.
Disney movies, music and books. Great childhood memories for most of us

1962 – French President Charles De Gaulle called for Algeria’s independence.Tres bien

1982 – Great Britain imposed economic sanctions against Poland and Russia in protest against martial law in Poland. Good

1997 – Switzerland’s “Big Three” banks announced they would create a $71 million fund for Holocaust victims and their families. This was a very good move

1999 – Mike Tyson was sentenced to a year in jail for assaulting two people after a car accident on August 31, 1998. Tyson was also fined $5,000, had to serve 2 years of probation, and had to perform 200 hours of community service upon release. I liked him as a boxer and wanted him to do well until he started showing the other side to his character

2003 – U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the U.N. concerning Iraq’s material breach of U.N. Resolution 1441. We are still living through the aftermath

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Editor’s Pick Quotes by Great-Quotes.com

My father taught me how to be a man — and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble-maker, but rather, trouble-shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants. - Kevin Smith, 1970-present

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it. – Cullen Hightower, 1923-2008

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The day’s Podcast is always an interesting journey with the story of the day’s music over the years…..and there are some very interesting stories about the music of the day. 1975, American jazz, blues, songwriter and saxophonist Louis Jordon died aged 66. Known as “The King of the Jukebox”, between 1942-1950 he scored eighteen No.1 singles and fifty-four Top Ten hits on the US R&B chart

The weather is brighter today and the cat seems to be getting better. Tinker has been suffering from something he’s ingested and it is a good time to remind animal lovers that there are the dreaded Processional Caterpillars about. These are horrible creatures that spend a long time in a cocoon in the pine trees where they are taking the goodness from the tree before they drop and form a procession looking for their next tree. On no account must the animal go near them as they have very fine hairs which will immediately attack the respiratory system of the animal. If adults become victims there are also pretty horrendous results. I had one friend who unknowingly kicked a cocoon and then found himself with an ulcerated leg for three months. Anne, my wife, swept them away and found herself with a pretty inflamed rash on her neck for several weeks. The only way to get rid of their nesting cocoon is to…..BE VERY CAREFUL……get it down to the ground and burn it.

Here’s a Spanish word for the day

emplear em-pleh-ar’  (verb)

to use, to spend; to employ; to find a job

EXAMPLES

1. Puede emplear cualquier color que quiere.You can use whatever color you want.
2. Esta compañía emplea más que 200 trabajadores.Two Travelling Angels…….. this one will make you think twice! I was sent the following…….

Two travelling angels………. stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.  The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in themansion’s guest room.
Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a holein the wall and repaired it.. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied,  ”Things aren’t always what they seem”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, butvery hospitable farmer and his wife.  After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angelssleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest.  When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer andhis wife in tears.  Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead inthe field.  The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how couldyou have let this happen?The first man had everything, yet you helped him, she accused.  The second family had little but was willing to share everything, andyou let the cow die.. ”Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied.
“When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there wasgold stored in that hole in the wall.  Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share hisgood fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it.”  ”Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed, the angel of deathcame for his wife I gave him the cow instead.  Things aren’t always what they seem.”   Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don’t turn outthe way they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust thatevery outcome is always to your advantage. You just might not know ituntil sometime later…

Events 4 February

1783 – Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America. Roles have since been reversed

1789 – Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States. By George!

1824 – J.W. Goodrich introduced rubber galoshes to the public. I used to have a pair of them

1904 – The Russo-Japanese War began after Japan laid siege to Port Arthur. It seemed ridiculous that Japan was the aggressor

1936 – Radium E. became the first radioactive substance to be produced synthetically.This is beyond my brain and it seems to have been a good commercial proposition that the world has used for war

1945 – During World War II, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a conference at Yalta to outline plans for Germany’s defeat. Three great names

1948 – Ceylon gained independence within the British Commonwealth. The country later became known as Sri Lanka. Britain used to import large quantities of tea from Ceylon. Is that still happening?

1957 – Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc., of New York, began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine weighed 19 pounds. They were wonderful machines which are now almost extinct

1968 – The world’s largest hovercraft was launched at Cowes, Isle of Wight. These were very interesting when they first came along

1976 – An earthquake in Guatemala and Honduras killed more than 22,000 people. What awful statistics

1985 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s defence budget called for a tripling of the expenditure on the “Star Wars” research program. I don’t think everyone was sold on the validity of this project

1993 – Russian scientists unfurled a giant mirror in orbit and flashed a beam of sunlight across Europe during the night. Observers saw it only as a momentary flash.

1997 – President Milosevic of Serbia apparently surrendered to the will of his people

1998 – In northeast Afghanistan, at least 5,000 people were killed in an earthquake that measured 6.1 on the Richter Scale. Dreadful

2000 – Austrian President Thomas Klestil swore in a coalition government that included Joerg Haider’s far-right Freedom Party. European Union sanctions were a result of the action.

2003 – Yugoslavia was formally dissolved by lawmakers. The country was replaced with a loose union of its remaining two republics, Serbia and Montenegro.

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Editor’s Pick Quotes by Great-Quotes.com

My father taught me how to be a man — and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble-maker, but rather, trouble-shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants. - Kevin Smith, 1970-present

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it. – Cullen Hightower, 1923-2008

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The day’s Podcast is always an interesting journey with the story of the day’s music over the years…..and there are some very interesting stories about the music of the day. 1959, 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tourbus.

It’s easy to overlook the fact that many people on the planet are still enjoying the legacy of Buddy Holly. It is very easy to overlook how young he was but his story is a fascinating on and I hope I have captured the atmosphere of his success and lifetime on the podcast I created as a tribute to him.

Our cat Tinker is not too well at the moment. He gets these fur balls which he normally coughs up eventually but I think he’s got a bit more than a fur ball. We have to keep our eye on him. Fortunately, next door we have a lady, Patricia, who is particularly good with cats and she is helping us look after him. It’s as bad as having children again!

Like most others I was unable to understand the ferocity of the disturbance that killed so many people at the football match in Egypt. I would have thought the young fans would be thrilled to watch their matches in a new political era but it would seem that, once again, the game of football has been a forum for such atrocious behaviour. The power of football is very misunderstood by many of its critics and for such a simple game its power is far reaching. I think the very least of its influences is to have played its part in creating the terrible mess the financial systems around the world are witnessing. If a footballer is worth 250. 000 pounds per week and a prime minister is worth 250.000 pounds per year I offer this one fact as a reason why we’re all in a mess. Throw in a few bankers and politicians and dodgy agents and I’ll leave the rest to your imagination!

Here’s the proof we do have snow on the Costa Blanca. This is the mountain at the top of our road…..

I was sent a stack of Tommy Cooper jokes the other day…We’ve seen them before but they might cheer up an odd person!

Phone answering machine message – ‘…If you want to buy marijuana, press the hash key…’

A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only Clingfilm for shorts. The shrink says, ‘Well, I can clearly see you’re nuts.’

I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn’t find any.

I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him 50 quid that he couldn’t reach the meat off the top shelf. He said,
‘No, the steaks are too high.’

My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in.

I went to a seafood disco last week and pulled a muscle.

Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly.. They lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can’t have your kayak and heat it.

Man goes to the doctor, with a strawberry growing out of his head.
Doc says ‘I’ll give you some cream to put on it.’

‘Doc I can’t stop singing ‘The Green, Green Grass  of Home’
‘That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome.  ’
‘Is it common?’
‘It’s not unusual.’

A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet. ‘My dog is cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for  him?’
‘Well,’ said the vet, ‘let’s have a look  at him’
So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then he checks his teeth. Finally, he says, Im going to have to put him down.’ ‘What?  Because he’s cross-eyed?’
‘No, because he’s  really heavy’

What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.

So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says  to me ‘Can you give me a lift?’
I said ‘Sure, you look great, the world’s your oyster, go for it..’

Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. There are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them.  It’s either my mum or my Dad, or my older brother Colin, or my younger brother Ho-Cha-Chu.  But I think its Colin.

Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, and the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen. It said, ‘Parking Fine.’ So that was nice.’

A man walked into the doctors, he said, ‘I’ve hurt  my arm in several places’
The doctor said, Well don’t go there anymore!

Events 3 February

1488 – The Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Diaz landed at Mossal Bay in the Cape, the first European known to have landed on the southern extremity of Africa. Those were the dias my friend

1690 – The first paper money in America was issued by the Massachusetts colony. The currency was used to pay soldiers that were fighting in the war against Quebec. Money is at the root of all evil

1783 – Spain recognized the independence of the United States. Hola

1815 – The world’s first commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland.Wasn’t that the Edam Project?

1869 – Edwin Booth opened his new theatre in New York City. The first production was “Romeo and Juliet”. Edwin, Edwin, Wherefore art thou?

1916 – In Ottawa, Canada’s original parliament buildings burned down.

1917 – The U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, which had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. Well they were likely to sink US shipping

1941 – In Vichy, France, the Nazis used force to restore Pierre Laval to office. Don’t mention the war

1945 – Russia agreed to enter World War II against Japan. They had old scores to settle

1966 – The first rocket-assisted controlled landing on the Moon was made by the Soviet space vehicle Luna IX. Well done…..but sometimes I ask myself why!

1969 – At the Palestinian National Congress in Cairo, Yasser Arafat was appointed leader of the PLO. Very distinctive headgear made him famous worldwide

1972 – The first Winter Olympics in Asia were held at Sapporo, Japan.

1984 – Challenger 4 was launched as the tenth space shuttle mission.

1989 – South African politician P.W. Botha unwillingly resigned both party leadership and the presidency after suffering a stroke. Your health should always come first

1998 – Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker. She was the first woman executed in the U.S. since 1984. Oh Dear!

1998 – In Italy, a U.S. Military plane hit a cable causing the death of 20 skiers on a lift.Dreadful

2010 – The Alberto Giacometti sculpture L’Homme qui marche sold for $103.7 million.How do we arrive at these figures for works of art? If it’s in the public domain then it’s a lot of money to tie up from the public purse.

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My father taught me how to be a man — and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble-maker, but rather, trouble-shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants. - Kevin Smith, 1970-present

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it. – Cullen Hightower, 1923-2008

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The day’s Podcast is always an interesting journey with the story of the day’s music over the years…..and there are some very interesting stories about the music of the day. 1962, The Beatles played their first professionally organised gig outside of Liverpool at The Oasis Club, Manchester. The group’s set started with their version of ‘Hippy Hippy Shake.’

The weather is a lot colder and we have a sprinkling of snow on the mountains. This is nothing compared with the extremes being suffered elsewhere and even on the BBC news I was watching cold alerts and the preparations to help the elderly. It does seem strange that we can get these sharp bursts of cold weather the day after sitting in the sun down in Benidorm. My brain also finds it more difficult to accept the concept of global warming on a day like this.

I have just been disciplining myself to watch the Spanish television which, in terms of language skills, takes me out of my comfort zone. Remembering our son Andrew is working in the UK as the boss of a branch of a Spanish company I was interested to see a programme about Spanish exports. The company in the film was from Teruel and was a family company making goat’s cheese which they were exporting to China, Japan and several other countries. The one salient point that came from the programme was the necessity for the use of English as a common denominator when doing business.

I had an absolutely absorbing day yesterday and found myself with a head full of Spanish verbs trying to get out and be used. I really had a bad day with the tenses and I’m going to blame the cat as he’s been off colour and I have been worrying about him! If you have been having a bad day I’ve put this link in for you to escape to a little bit of really good music! Please don’t go just yet. You can always finish the blog first!

You might have noticed that I have been resurrecting some really funny stories and today is a Burns special. …….Prince Charles is visiting an Edinburgh hospital. He enters a ward full of patients with no obvious sign of injury or illness and greets one
The patient replies:

“Fair fa your honest sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin race,
Aboon them a ye tak yer place,
Painch, tripe or thairm,
As langs ma airm.”

Charles is confused, so he just grins and moves on to the next patient. > The
patient responds:

“Some hae meat an canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat an we can eat,
So let the Lord be thankit.”

Even more confused, and his grin now rictus-like, the Prince moves on to > the
next patient, who immediately begins to chant:

“Wee sleekit, courin, timrous beasty,
O whit a panic’s in thy breasty,
Tha needna start awa sae hastie,
Wi bickerin’ brattle.”

Now seriously troubled, Charles turns to the accompanying doctor and asks
“Is this a psychiatric ward?”

No,” replies the doctor, “this is the serious Burns unit.”

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A friend from the UK sends the following for us to ponder over….taxpayers will again receive another ‘Economic Stimulus’ payment.

This is indeed a very exciting program, and I’ll explain it by using a Q & A format:

Q.  What is an ‘Economic Stimulus’ payment ?

A.  It is money that the government will send to taxpayers.

Q. Where will the government get this money ?

A.  From taxpayers.

Q.  So the government is giving me back my own money ?

A.  Only a smidgen of it.

Q.  What is the purpose of this payment ?

A.  The plan is for you to use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.

Q.  But isn’t that stimulating the economy of China ?

A.  Shut up.

Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the U.K. economy by spending your stimulus cheque wisely:

*  If you spend the stimulus money at Asda or Tesco,  the money will go to China , Taiwan or Sri Lanka .

*  If you spend it on petrol,  your money will go to the Arabs.

*  If you purchase a computer, it will go to India , Taiwan or   China .

*  If you purchase fruit and vegetables,  it will go to Mexico , Honduras and Guatemala .

*  If you buy an efficient  car,  it will go to Japan or Korea .

*  If  you purchase useless stuff,  it will go to Taiwan .

*  If you pay your credit cards off, or buy shares,  it will go to management bonuses and they will hide it offshore.

Instead,  keep the money in the UK by:

1)  Spending it at car boot sales,  or

2)  Going to night clubs,  or

3)  Spending it on prostitutes,  or

4)  Beer or whisky or

5) Tattoos.

(These are the only UK businesses still operating in the U.K. )

Conclusion:

Be patriotic – go to a night club with a tattooed prostitute that you met at a car boot sale and drink beer day and night.

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HOSPITAL GETTING BETTER

The Torrevieja Hospital has announced that it has joined an international network that integrates the most advanced medical centres in the world.

“The Advisory Board” is an organization dedicated to research and advisory experience and encompasses more than 3,000 hospitals and healthcare organizations around the world. Professionals have the ability to access a wide world of information and research on strategy, best practices and productivity to improve hospital life.

ARRESTS FOR IRON THEFT

The Guardia Civil in Alicante have arrested six men, all believed to be of Romanian origin, accused of a crime of theft, after they were caught cutting iron beams from the roof of a warehouse in Villena.

The men, aged between 23 and 43, only carried out the work in the evening, which raised the suspicions of investigating officers. After checking with the owner of the building, they found that the work was not approved and have now sought criminal case against the men who they found had forced their way into the premises to carry out the theft.

MUM AND SON DRUG RING SMASHED

A 47 year old woman and her two sons aged 23 and 26, all of Czech nationality, have been arrested in Alicante accused of cultivating and distributing cannabis at their home in the city centre, where a greenhouse has been dismantled and 320 marijuana plants, eleven kilograms of the drug, 600 euro in cash and numerous tools and instruments for the cultivation of cannabis were seized.

In addition, those arrested had been fraudulently using a power supply from outside their property, not paying for their electricity being used.

The family will be put before the courts facing a range of fraud and drug related charges.

PAY MORE FOR YOUR LEMONS

The president of the group of Valencia citrus growers, José Barrés Gabardá, has asked that all farmers have a unified approach and increase the prices of the fruit, to avoid recent losses incurred as some farmers were unable to compete.

Some farmers have been giving fruit away, as they were unable to afford to package and sell the fruit due to the lower prices across the sector.

The president also stressed that “we need to revive citrus consumption in foreign markets and continue to undertake promotion, marketing communication and enabling a better position for the distribution of citrus fruit”.

SpanishVida: http://www.theleader.info/article/32744/

Events 2 February

1536 – The Argentine city of Buenos Aires was founded by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain. We have Mendoza supermarkets near us

1653 – New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, was incorporated. Anything to do with apples

1848 – The Mexican War was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty turned over portions of land to the U.S., including Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. The U.S. gave Mexico $15,000,000 and assumed responsibility of all claims against Mexico by American citizens. Texas had already entered the U.S. on December 29, 1845. When I visited California it felt very Spanish in parts and I enjoyed that ambience

1848 – The first shipload of Chinese emigrants arrived in San Francisco, CA. This is why they have the oldest chinese population group in the world outside of China

1863 – Samuel Langhorne Clemens used a pseudonym for the first time. He is better remembered by the pseudonym which is Mark Twain. Great writer

1878 – Greece declared war on Turkey. This is partly why Cyprus is still divided

1880 – The S.S. Strathleven arrived in London with the first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia. There was always something about NZ lamb. Was any of that included in this shipment?

1892 – William Painter patented the crown-cork bottle cap. Now this has been well used

1893 – The Edison Studio in West Orange, NJ, made history when they filmed the first motion picture close-up. The studio was owned and operated by Thomas Edison. It’s quite obvious really but I hadn’t thought about this before

1945 – U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill left for a summit in Yalta with Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Great minds think alike?

1946 – The first Buck Rogers automatic pistol was made. Bad

1962 – The 8th and 9th planets aligned for the first time in 400 years. God knows how they work these things out!

1971 – Idi Amin assumed power in Uganda after a coup that ousted President Milton Obote. This guy helped the world understand the word despot

1980 – The situation known as “Abscam” began when reports surfaced that the FBI had conducted a sting operation that targeted members of the U.S. Congress. A phony Arab businessmen were used in the operation. Wasn’t this also called Candid Camera?

1989 – The final Russian armored column left Kabul, Afghanistan, after nine years of military occupation. Nobody ever wins in Afghanistan so why is the west still bothering in 2011?

1990 – South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela. He kept his word

1999 – Hugo Chávez Frías took office. He had been elected president of Venezuela in December 1998. This is a strange man and never strikes me as being a world leader