November 23, 2009
by Strangely
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No Problem The towns of Workington and Cockermouth are now effectively isolated because all the bridges are down, washed away in the floods. However, they are ONLY bridges, and bridges can be made and rebuilt. The problem is the lack … Continue reading
September 24, 2008
by Strangely
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Actually, I don’t count Redhill as part of Somerset – it’s really part of Bristol, with all that entails… Family flee neo-Nazi rally Nazi comments caught on camera When I saw the headlines last night, I thought, “surely some exaggeration”. … Continue reading
February 19, 2008
by Strangely
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German police get a disc with heaps of dodgy dealings data on it. Zumwinkel, boss of Deutsche Post (and DHL), is first to be caught for non-payment of 1m Euros in tax and for syphoning the money off to a foreign bank.
His pay without bonuses, shares, pension supplements etc is well over this figure.
Why do they do it, people like this? It’s like stealing sweets from a sweet shop – when he could buy the sweet shop any time he likes! Continue reading