Mikes weather bits & Photo Blog: No! come on its a shit drink! & cool loggings

The pic shows an "infusion" which looks a little, well, herbal to say the least and at best! i suppose it is. Its made from animal droppings. The Metro article explains the "excrement water" drink was prescribed by a "skillful folk doctor" in China's Hunan province after conventional medicine failed to tackle a patients lung cancer.
20 local households are following the "skillful folk doctor's" instructions to collect sheep and cow manure where they dry it or cook it and then use it for the "drink" - - - I think this is taking herbal medicine to a "new frontier" or its just the "doctors" way of getting his own back maybe!!!! Come on! its a shit drink! - - -

Never really thought about this not having ever been a regular overtime worker . Your employer pays you the basic rate but then pays you overtime rate when he needs the extra resource, which in a lot of cases is "all the time" A bit of a con really - - - the article explains that holiday pay then should include the overtime pay. - - - sounds good to me - - - howls of derision are coming down from the employers but the breadline employee story included makes it look "only fair". On a personal level the overtime rate paid by sainsbugs is the same as the basic rate, no time and half or whatever. I shy away from doing any at all - - -

People who need to urinate are less likely to believe in free will says this Metro story. who doesn't pee then hold up your hands?
Obviously a slack day to come up with the theory for this group of social scientists - - - No! hang on the theory is proven. As usual the funny bit is in the last 2 paragraphs of the piece - - - try reading it - - -

The weather has been kind of late

and Tuesday I did a bit of logging, it was one of those crisp sunny days which makes you appreciate the pleasant working conditions

you can see the profile of my work area getting narrower as i approach the end of it.

I managed to capture this pic the other day showing the sun not far off leaving the valley at 14:33! during the course of the year its noticeable how the location of the "leaving" moves along the ridgeline, to the right until June 21st then back again until December 21st

Oh dear, "little man" leaves me a load of feathers for me to clean up

and re-discovers what that pillow and mat are for that have been in front of the fire all summer

We are almost clear of the "bonfire" parties with only the weekend to survive to see it off. At the shop people were aghast that we didn't have any "bonfire toffee" but a couple of customers did mention "I cant find it anywhere". In this sales driven world i fear our masters have already moved on to "christmas"

The xmas "big event" is already taking off in the shop as demonstrated yesterday by my "betters" The day was a continual round of "oh Mike when you have a minute" requests, to fill this shelf that shelf or top up that display. The interruptions to my "routine" cancelled out my break completely, this however meant that i could clock out half an hour early so hey ho! nothing lost there then!