Fudge seemed particularly
soppy this morning. He was unusually quiet yesterday afternoon and
evening as well. I'm told that after I left for work he was sick. I
hope he's not the next one in the family to be going down with cat
scratch fever. Perhaps he too needs ointment.
Mind you, I expect it was
the lamb bones he crunched up last night (or the sauce they were
covered in) that disagreed with him. His guts were ripe this morning,
as were mine. Which was nice for us both (!)
It was cold when I got
into my car this morning - minus five degrees. That's chilly. My
usual trick of pouring cold water onto the windscreen failed at that
temperature because the cold water froze and made the ice worse.
Perhaps I should try adding anti-freeze or washing up liquid to the
water? I need to work something out - it took quite a while to clear
the car of ice today.
I had a quick look on
Facebook this morning. A teacher of my acquaintance was having a
minor rant about a
news item. It's been suggested that teachers' pay rises might be
linked to the teacher's ability as judged by the success of their
students. Apparently teachers see this as a bad idea. I'm not sure I
agree. After all a salesman's pay is related to how good he is at
flogging his wares. Footballers who don't score goals get the
heave-ho. What's the difference?
And on the news on the
radio was an article about a company called "Golden Spike"
who are hoping to offer commercial
flights to the moon within the next ten years (for those who
can afford it).
Interestingly the radio
focussed on the legal aspects of such a venture. Apparently space is
somewhat anarchic. All of humanity's laws only apply groundside or in
low Earth orbit apart from a few which were made in 1967 and aren't
really applicable any more. There are now people who are making a
career out of space law. Surely going to the Moon is a far bolder
venture than legalistic quibbling?
Also flying, but not
quite so high, are unmanned drone aircraft which are being used more
and more to obtain quite stunning
aerial photographs. Whilst no one denies how spectacular the
photos obtained are; there is a growing feeling that these photos
might be invading people's privacy. So much so that here are calls
for legislation about such aerial photography. There are those of my
loyal readers who attach cameras to kites to obtain scenic shots. I
wonder how they might be affected by this? If kite fliers had a
national body then this national body might look into the matter, but
I doubt the BKFA will be interested.....
Today was rather dull...
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