Slim if you change your bacteria & The Heron is unjustly accused!

Quite an interesting story from the BBC about changing the bacteria in your gut will help you lose weight

the idea is backed up by some startling facts from a research project in China.  One participant is said to have lost 51kg in 6 months!  - - - worth a read - - -




We in the UK seem to follow the trends set by the Americans here's one I hope we dont follow!

The pic is of a bloke called Christopher Lewis who admittedly refilled his lunch drink without paying for it, the refilling thing is another Americanism that we have not yet picked up!. He was spotted by "A Federal Police Officer" who really went to town and the upshot was a $525 dollar fine and he also lost his job because he had a criminal record.  Apparently this type of thing is not uncommon in the USA where people are classed as, "guilty while doing nothing" .  The story quotes this type of Police behaviour is a "growing stain on our society" Common sense only came into play when the man "refused to plead guilty" and the local media got hold of the story! - - -

Our own Police are afraid of the dark, well down in Ashford in Kent at least.

A criminal was seen stealing articles from parked cars and the Police were called.  The Police arrived and a chase ensued but was then stopped because it was "too dark".
Ashford has a policy of switching off the street lights to conserve energy.  A police spokesperson said, "A figure was chased but due to the light switch off it was almost impossible for officers to search the area effectively" - - - Why don't they carry torches if they know the street lights might not be on?  - - - 




Closer to home
It has now become clear that we had "Unjustly accused the Heron" of stealing our biggest Koi in the pond!

Here is the unfortunate fish! Having refilled the pond we decided not to replace the surrounding stones because we wanted to raise the level a little.  We also did not switch on the UV lighting one of the filters because you don't need it until the water and sunlight start to produce the algae which clouds the water.
Deciding yesterday to switch it on I uncovered the switch box which is behind the filter only to be looking into the eyes of a large dead Koi!
The fish had jumped out of the pond and then wriggled its way behind the filter box only to expire a short while later! - - -
Today's job, even in the rain is to replace the stones! - - -
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