[BITList] God almighty

[FS]

hugh,
the picture you paint is scary
frank

On 6/11/2010 3:37 AM, HUGH wrote:
> Two items from today's Herald to cheer you up.
> During the fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of 4 anglers on Loch 
> Awe, the Deputy Leader of a Fire Station said that he had completed 
> his basic training in water rescue (it's all in compartments now), but 
> that only entailed throwing out a rope.  The rules forbade him 
> actually to enter the water. These firemen had heard the cries for 
> help of the anglers.  Other excuses for doing nothing were heard from 
> other experts in other fields.
> We are told the average household in Scotland throws out £430-worth of 
> food every year, so bins for waste food are to be introduced, at the 
> discretion of local councils.  We already have a black (general), a 
> blue (recycling) and a brown (garden stuff) bin.  We don't throw out 
> food unless its bread to the birdies, hence we don't put it in a bin - 
> we eat the effing stuff.  However, an empty food waste bin will be 
> viewed with suspicion by council jobsworths, indeed, it could well 
> result in a "fine" of £200 under anti-terror legislation (I'm not 
> making this up), the inference (obvious only to these cretins) being 
> that the waste food must be in the wrong bin.  I look forward to it.
> Hugh.
>
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