BMI rubbished once again & nice weather now

I've wittered on about my distrust of BMI (Body Mass Index) but here's a proof that how its administered is rubbish

This body builder was told to lose weight and exercise more.  Not that im a body builder but I was told the same when I was 2lbs overweight using its height to weight ratio!
Although the NHS quote at the bottom of the story acknowledges that some sports people"can be wrongly classed" the diagnoses in this case shows a lack of professionalism on the part of the nurse methinks - - -






At last! the government "says" it is going to make it easier to penalise Telemarketing companies

You know the type of thing, you sit down to dinner and "there go's the phone" Its silent when you pick it up but then on comes the "salesperson" not trying to sell you anything of course etc,etc.etc.
The stats are impressive in the story over 120k people complained to Information Commissioners Office between April and November last year! No doubt there are countless k's more who just couldnt be bothered to complain. Lets hope theoutcome is a success. - - -

The result of the RSPB annual January garden birdwatch are out and this link has some poarticularly nice pics on it of our top 11 species.

Interesting to note that the Blackbird numbers are down dropping the bird from 2nd to 5th but experts point to the mild winter meaning they can get food in the countryside rather than needing to feed in gardens - - -




Closer to home
The rather unsettled weather has petered out just now and we revelled in some "Spring Sunshine" yesterday

Here Sally sits on the new garden furniture which i must point out was "a bargain" .  Well if you look at the B&Q alternative it is. Theirs is £260 more than we paid.  Ok there's a coffee table with it but no "free" weatherproof covers so I reckon that evens things out - - - I might add the cups of Tea in the pic were soon replaced by alcohol! - - -

No doubt this afternoon we will adopt a similar garden "pose" if the weather forecast rings true.

Today we are off to the Tansley car boot sale.  We aren't regular car boot "attendees" but go once every year.  That satisfies our curiosity for another 12 months!
After that if the weather hold i will probably go and check our logging site and collect some more wood for our store.  It wont be long before I will be felling again - - -

I forgot to add this "snippet" when i was working my last set of shifts

Matlock "Sainsbugs" is situated in an old quarry and one of the car parks back directly onto the old quarry face.  The colleagues in the Petrol Filling Station noticed 2 blokes climbing up the netting covering the rock the other day.  By the time the duty manager got there they had realised they were being watched and descended quickly to speed off in a car! - - -






Enjoy the day
Follow this link to see  our weather website

Or this one just to see  the streaming birdfeeder cam