A wee joke for youse

A wee wummin goes intae the butchers, who is standing with his back against a small electric heater, she looks at the display case of meats and says " is that yer ayrshire bacon?" the butcher reply's "Naw! just heatin ma haunds!!!

Nothing continues to happen

I'm discovering that it is a hard call to write a riveting blog about M E. The brutal truth is that for most of the the time, not much happens. I've been in a foggy dazed place ever since returning from Edinburgh on Tuesday. I had a bit of a false dawn on Wednesday, overdid things, and have been paying for it ever since.

Having a chronic condition can be very boring. It's not a dramatic, flashing blue light telegenic situation. It couldn't be further away from "ER". Life just grinds on.

Edinburghers take note

I just found a survey of Nottingham tram users, who seem to be a very happy bunch.

"Tram Passengers Now Even More Satisfied

A survey carried out in the autumn of last year has found that passengers continue to be extremely satisfied with tram travel in Nottingham. There has also been an increase in the number of people who support plans to introduce new tram routes.

For the fifth year running a comprehensive survey was carried out among NET tram passengers to gauge customer satisfaction, awareness and usage of the tram system in Nottingham.

Around 1400 people responded to the independent survey commissioned by Nottingham Tram Consortium, through on-tram questionnaires between 7am to 7pm over a period of a week, and telephone surveys with the general public along the tram route.

The results reveal an overall satisfaction with the tram service of 92%. Satisfaction levels with the experience on-board the trams and at the tramstops both increased compared to previous years as did satisfaction with the NET website."

So, look forward with confidence, Auld Reekie, delirious happiness is only a couple of years away.

Headingley

I though I'd spend a day listening to the cricket. As a Yorkshireman, I consider Headingley to be a spiritual home, and memories of Willis and Botham putting the Australians to the sword years ago still warm the memory.

However, the rosy glow didn't last long. England's batting hardly lasted for as long as it takes to say "England Batting Collapse". Then it got even worse. The ineptitude of England's batting paled in comparison to the utter cluelessness of the bowling. The slender England score was overtaken for the loss of only one Aussie wicket as the bowlers persistently bowled short and seemed unable to learn from their mistakes as the ball flew to the boundary in all directions.

Ponting's just got himself out , but it's all too late, I fear.

Iain Anderson - Radio Scotland

I can be seriously disgruntled with the BBC. I am especially annoyed when they feel the need to do things like send thousands of well-paid employees on freebies to Glastonbury whilst unwaged citizens like myself are compelled to pay their exorbitant licence fee under the threat of criminal prosecution. Similarly, it seemed that they sent their entire newsroom payroll to Washington for the US Presidential inauguration, for no discernible reason.

However, they do manage to get a lot right, and Radio Scotland, except for its moronic over-devotion to football at weekends, is a good example.

Iain Anderson's late night music programme is always a joy, and I commend it to you. And - in the 21st century, you can hear it at any time, anywhere in the world, through the miracle of the electric interweb thingy!

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John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt

The video is a bit unnecessary - but there's some great guitarwork here.