Mikes weather bits & Photo Blog: World Cup woes & A spot of lunch methinks

With the world cup starting Friday "there maybe trouble ahead" if England bid to stage it again

Gary Lineker no less! says that maybe we should sacrifice our world cup bid, by encouraging "officials" to stand up to the FIFA president over corruption claims.
Its all to do with Qatar being the World Cup venue for 2022 which Gregg Dyke in an interview with Sky Sports apparently hinted at corruption allegations

Mayor caught dumping dog poo

Great story about the effectiveness of home CCTV.
The pic is from a video of the Mayor of San Marion California. Dumping a bag of dog poo he found onto a neighbours property.
I cant imagine why if it wasn't his dogs poo why he picked it up in the first place although the story hints at there being bad blood between the neighbours. Lots of people have home CCTV - - - a sign of troubled times I guess - - - not a fan myself - - -

Whenever I see poeple with elaborate "on display" tattoos i always wonder if they ever regretted having them done

Here is one such person Bidisha a Journalist writing in the Guardian describes her "Sleeve Tattoo" as "socially legitimised self harm". Rather a colourful way of describing it.
Inspired some way no doubt by David Beckham and his tattoos many youngsters now "sport the sleeve tattoos"
Her description in the article of attending an NHS clinic at 80 may raise a smile though.
This is another story where the last line of the piece says it all. Bidisha enquired about having it removed and the doctor said - - - - well click on the link and read it - - -

The weather still dominates the news media, well we are British after all and talk of nothing else! lol

Northern Europe though had a tremendous strom yesterday with hailstones as big as Golf balls although the ones in the accompanying video to this story look more like cricket balls! - - - worth a look at the vid

The Express can always be relied upon for a good headline

here's on form Tuesday claiming the "Tomato pill" can save your life

Although today the "wonder pill" of a few weeks ago is now being called into question.

Closer to home
The day looks fine so its off for a bit of logging before a spot of lunch at The Grouse

The murmurings from the Fun Factory (Matlock Sainsbugs) are still about the Labour Matching troubles! I had thought it was all cut and dried but there is still more "work to do" apparently. This is short hand for doing someone elses job as well as your own I think! lol Ah well I shall see what is really going on when I start my shift pattern tomorrow

The blubells have been removed form the garden, - - - it only seems a couple of months ago we were pointing out there tiny shoots poking above the soil