Hello Dear Reader. I awoke this morning with back ache, poo. I am guessing I must have slept ‘funny’, by that I mean in an awkward position, not that I was telling jokes the whole night. Anyhow, I am shuffling around slowly, and all of my plans for today have been put on hold.
A report examining the use of new technology in the UK has revealed that t’internet use is higher in rural areas than urban ones, although country folk are still more likely to use dial-up connections. I’m guessing this is due to BT’s reluctance to upgrade rural exchanges . . . in this village we had to have an organised campaign before they would let us have broadband, and I would think that smaller places would find it difficult to get enough signatures to persuade them that it was worth their while financially. It seems a shame that so many are missing out on the benefits of a fast connection simply because a large corporation wishes to make even more profit.
When did you last see a hedgehog? It seems the prickly but cute creatures are in decline. Help to track their population by visiting Hogwatch.org.uk and recording any sightings. If you haven’t seen any in the last year or so, they want to know about that too.
BTW not only is John Prescott the world’s most unlikely womaniser, he also seems to have a pretty huge ego. Last night Mr Blogs informed me, that some time ago, Two Shags declared Marlon Brando the ideal choice to play him in a film about his life. Quite why anyone would wish to make a film about him in the first place is a bit of a head scratcher, but the idea the JP identifies with Brando is even more puzzling. Here in the Blogs; household, the consensus was that Les Dawson would have been a far more believable option.
Listening to: The Archers
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Well as long as the back ache isn’t due to John Prescott!
That story is difficult to shift from my mind and disturbing on so many levels.
The other day he was in the papers regarding his new keep fit regime, supposedly to show us he is a serious political contender (cue more Marlon Brando). But now I suspect he was tipped off the affair story was about to break and really the training was so he could escape Pauline and her rolling pin.
I hope your back is improving today.
I used to have hedgehogs running amok in my garden, but they have disappeared for some time. I used to work for a wildlife hospital and so my garden shed was always filled with them overwintering until they were fit enough to be released. The majority that we got were either poisoned with eating slugs that had eaten slug pellets, or had lost limbs through people using strimmers.
John Prescott… Ugh!!
LOL No, Two Shags wasn’t involved, thank goodness. I also have these hideous images which pop into my head whenever it is mentioned. They are something akin to the weird fantasy scenes in Alan Partridge, urrrgh, not nice.
Yip, I agree, Pauline looks as though she could wield a mean rolling pin, and he’d definitely need some training to out run her.
Yes, my back is better, thank you
The injuries from the stair incident are not so good 
Wow, working for a wildlife hospital must have been a great job, well in some respects. I suppose st times it could be upsetting. Thanks for alerting me to the danger of strimmers. I knew about slug pellets, that was factor in my decision not to use them, but I had no idea about the problem with strimmers. We often get hedeghogs in the garden, so I’ll have to keep an eye open when I’m using ours.