Archive for December, 2009
Dec 30th by Ian under Materials and Construction
The post title is a book title by Joe Moran, not finished it yet but can still recommend it to you folk interested in our roads’ history. This author is not dilatory when it comes to detail, it is crammed with it. I did have to point out through his blog spot that a central reservation is a central reserve, mere pedantry I know but how often can you correct a University lecturer?
Hope he doesn’t read this as I will no doubt have made several grammatical errors.…
It’s
decorative, particularly on trees
land smoothing, blanketing
mouldable, a plaything
represents Christmas to those of us in the north
is like breaking a spell when you are the first to walk on it
Cornices, don’t be the first !
Is easy to shovel
puts superior smiles on 4 x 4 drivers
brings neighbours together, in mutual car shoving, complaining and snow moving
increases wellie sales
Increases bird numbers and variety to your feeding table
makes it very important to feed and water the birds
makes driving “interesting”
bonus time for gritter drivers
nice for a couple of days…….
add …
Well how were 192 countries ever going to agree? the developing world had their hand out and the developed world need to look after their economies, this, that puts money in the hand of the developing world. I never liked the stance of the G77′s Sudanese chairman, I heard a long interview with him on the BBC’s world service, and he was clearly educated, erudite, and entrenched in his views. Anyway he doesn’t matter, as he represents the nations with the hand out, those of you who have read most of my posts will remember the “golden rule” he who …
Pictures today of Gordon Brown kitted up with all the protective gear in Afghanistan, well why not give him a taste of what the troops have to endure by sending him out in less than the best vehicles that they have, to Helmand province. Be more than his defect eye that would be half shut and shut. And the great perpetrator of our entry into the illegal war in Iraq, Mr Middle East peace maker, Mr Tony Blair, is making blaa blaa about WMD’s I would have found another reason to invade, he declares, this dictator (Saddam) bombed and gassed …

