By Christopher Isherwood:
The Common Cormorant or shag
Lays eggs inside a paper bag.
The reason you will see no doubt
It is to keep the lightning out.
But what these unobservant birds
Have never noticed is that herds
Of wandering bears may come with buns
And steal the bags to hold the...
apologies if this is elsewhere on the forum but I couldn't find a link.
This petition is for the Borough Council to discuss and call a referendum regarding Stafford Hospital services - see:
http://193.25.117.136/stafford/Sign.aspx?Pet=54
Given the UKIP leaders dubious past statements about privatising the NHS, and the pressures on hospitals in this part of the world, UKIP wouldn't be getting my vote if I lived in Stoke
I'm a Mac user and have a continuous backup running to an external drive using Time Machine. I also keep backups of all (non financial) documents in Dropbox.
I phoned VM accounts yesterday and a credit for 5 days loss of service is now showing on my account. Things seem to be working much better this morning, so... fingers crossed!
Nowadys most charity shops seem to pulp anything that isn't a "best seller" or a coffee table book. I'd suggest talking to a book seller - there is a new place opened up at Wolsey Bridge - the chap there seem to know his business.
Staffordians might be interested in this video which I created. It shows Radford Meadows over the course of Jan 16 to Jan 17 and the changing water levels over the course of the year:
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