My peregrinations

Flew back from Al Ain yesterday and was delighted to find on boarding the plane that the awfully nice check in girl at Dubai International Airport had moved me from an ordinary aisle seat to row 37 and one of those very generous leg room seats by the big emergency exit two thirds of the way along the plane. Praise Emirates yet again.

 

There were lots of Scouts (Boy Scouts when I were a lad!) on their way to the Jamboree being held in Chelmsford just now. They were from the Philippines and Kuwait and there were 30 or 40 of them altogether. When I got to Heathrow, however, I came across 60 - 70 more, all from the USA this time. Good to see! Be prepared!

 

Following the shock I got on entering the on board toilet near my seat, I thought I should really hurtle back out and shout at the rather large chap who had just left the loo to ask, 'Oi! What did you do in there?' That way, I pointed out to everyone that he did something very smelly and secondly for those following me, that I didn't do it!!!

 

I want to say that we are a disgrace as a nation. After the Glasgow fire bomb incident of just the other week, you may be aware that anyone dropping anyone else off at an airport in the UK must park their car in a short stay car park ... they aren't doing that and no one is stopping them stopping their vehicles as near to the terminal as possible, blocking roads and pavements so no one can get through until they've dropped off whoever it is they have unloaded. It's chaos, probably worse than ever before.

 

DW

To elect or not to elect

It's already becomining interminable.

 

Gordon Brown has been Prime Minister of the UK for around three or four weeks and already there have been many, far too many, articles on the television and radio asking whether Brown will call an election this year ... or not. Then they ramble on and on about why he should and why he won't. Then, as on today's BBC Radio 4 Today programme, they bring on "experts" who spend ages saying. 'Well, he might but then again, he might not.' So helpful. Not

 

We all need to emigrate because this will not stop until someone is able to say 'See, I knew I was right'!!

 

DW

Disgraced cyclists and high temperatures

The Shame of their Shame

 

Given my links with Kazakhstan I was really pleased to see that the winner of two stages of Le Tour de France was from Astana in Kazakhstan. I was gutted for the country to see him going home in disgrace following an illegal blood transfusion. When will these sportsmen learn:

 

Your compatriots feel the shame of your shame

You will get caught

 

High Temperatures

 

I see a lot on the news at the moment about blisteringly high temperatures in Central and Eastern Europe. I am currently in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi and as I came back from work at 2100 hours today, the temperature was 38 degrees C ... imagine the daytime temperature. Do you hear anyone going on about it here?

 

How to look after a Thumb Drive

 

Was it three years ago that I bought my first thumb drive? You know, those little USB things that can store massive amounts of data in something the size of something very small. I started its life by leaving it stuck into a computer. Handily, someone responsible found it and had it put away safely for me. Well, I used that drive until recently when I gave it away ... bought a new one last week with 2 Gb of space. Happily using it until last night when I left it in a computer lab that all and sundry might use. I realised early today when I'd done and called the man I'm working with there and he found it and put it somewhere safe for me.

 

What is it with me and those thumb drives do you think?

 

DW