As I scoffed my brekkie
today I surfed the net and that most volatile of fluids boiled. It
would seem that the police have exceeded the expectations of even
their fiercest critics by cautioning a ten year old girl that marking
out a chalk hopscotch grid on the pavement constitutes causing
criminal damage.
Over the years I've
pointed out several such instances where police officers blow trivia
out of all proportion whilst ignoring far more serious issues. I
can't help but feel that being a police officer is a serious
business. And I also can't help but feel that anyone wanting to be a
police officer probably isn't the sort of person who should have that
responsibility. Perhaps we might select our police officers in the
same way that we select jurors? People might get called up to do the
job for a year or so. Everyone would get a go at doing the job.
Perhaps this might just give more nutters a free rein, but the
current system leaves a lot to be desired.
"Daddies Little
Angel TM" soon arrived with Sid and we
took both dogs for a walk. Today we explored and found a new picnic
area near Park Farm. Amazingly some pikeys had sawn the back off of a
bench. Cleanly sawn it and then sanded it too. What was that all
about?
Once home I took the
ingredients I'd bought yesterday and made my peanut brittle. I'm not
entirely sure that it's turned out right, but once cooled I put it
all into the fridge to set. I hope it worked. Time will tell - it
always does. I then spent a few minutes doing more of my psychology
course. It's an interesting course and the speaker is very keen and
enthusiastic, but so far he has said a lot without actually saying
anything.
And so to the cinema. The
astro club had been invited to put on a show to entertain the punters
going to see the new Star Trek film. In all honesty we did a
brilliant show. Lots of telescopes to see, a solar scope with a sun
to look at. The public were entertained; several showed interest in
joining the club. And I met so many people that I knew who were going
for an evening out - ex colleagues, people who knew me but I didn't
know from Adam; even Morgan and Jose were there seeing the new Iron
Man film (!)
The cinema had also asked
the sci-fi club from the University if they might like to come along
in Star Trek costumes. In years gone by we'd done this with a turn
out of dozens. Five of them turned up. Only five. Mind you one had a
rather impressive chest which (in all honesty) kept me
entertained for much of the evening.
After skiving off for a
few minutes for some McTea with Stevey and the Rear Admiral, we
enjoyed the last of the sun. The evening did get very cold very
quickly. We packed up, and I very nearly came home then. We'd been
offered free tickets to the new Star Trek film, but I had an early
start in the morning and I'd seen trailers for the film. In all
honesty the trailers made the film look terrible and I had no
interest al all in seeing the show. But I stayed - after all it was a
freebie.
I was glad I stayed. The
trailers were nothing like the film. The film was really good. It
worked as a film on its own merits, but there was loads of continuity
for the sad trekkie-types to pick up on including references to Dr
Bashir and Malcolm Reed (if you paid attention). The 3-d
effects worked well.
It was just a shame it
finished so late as I did rather have to rush away at the end...
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