The Amazing Adventures of Alanowski

Sorry for not updating recently, but a few things have conspired against me managing it. The first was my raw laziness, something that has managed to follow me all the way across the world. The other is something that those living in Scotland would perhaps not believe:

The last few days have been extremely wet and hot. A lot of lightning and thunder have been around to give a bit of excitement to the whole thing, but it's still been wet. During the 3 day wetness my internet connection went down at my house, I figured it would just be a minor glitch, so went on into school early to write some nonsense and send some other nonsense. It turns out the internet was down there also, I asked what was going on and got a colleague to call the company to see what the problem was. It turns out that the service was down because 'it is raining'.

This got me to thinking; what if the service for such things were affected in the same way in Scotland? Businesses would have to take whole days/weeks off from normal work due to the weather, having to go back to pre medieval mallets and anvils (or something like that, I can't remember there not being computers but the history I imagine contains a lot of goats wandering the streets).

Korea doesn't have a word, or words, for 'health and safety'. Now those of you that have to deal with some of the ludicrous seminars on how to lift an empty cardboard box, and how not to stab yourself in the face repeatedly with a biro, will find this idea quite appealing. You shouldn't. Walking down the street you find yourself tripping over cables laid out to power one of the many inflatable signs to promote beer/singing rooms/hairdressers/dog shops that litter the street. There is one street round the corner from me that is particularly bad in that they couldn't be bothered cutting the paving slabs to fill the small void left between others so they just put them in standing up; thus providing ample comedy relief (a la You've Been Framed) for those sitting in the Cafe right beside it.

So to sum up - Never try and move a large TV on your own, you could drop it on someone's face (that person having just tripped over a badly laid paving stone).

I'm on holiday as of a few hours time so will be away for a wee while, try not to break my webber site. The quotes are now no longer on the war theme (although war films are still films so don't discount them). Hope that everyone is well that deserves to be well.