Mikes weather bits & Photo Blog: UK Moon landing!? & cats in circles

The headline to this BBC story is UK to "Lead Moon Landing" funded by public contributions - - - ahem - - - i dont want to put a dampener on this bit, I think you'll find the Americans did this in 1969, lol
One of the key personnel in the project quotes that "I really hope that it has the same effect as Rosetta that so gripped the world" Mmmmm - - -

Doom and gloom in Buffalo, an area of New York as it gets 5ft of snow in one go!
The video along with the short story is worth a watch though. it appears to have been shot from one of those drones i blogged about recently - - -

Another snow story but this time its about why so many people die shifting the stuff
lots of data and facts to mull over - - - people over 55 are urged not to do it because its considered so dangerous - - - personally if it weren't for the over 55's on the terrace I live on the snow just would not get cleared - - -

This is funny why do cats sit in circles is the theme. Apparently if you make a circle out of almost anything on the ground your cat will go and sit inside it. Vasrious theories are expounded in the story but it boils down to one thing no-one really knows why they do it - - - My theory is the story is just a ruse to get us all to try it with our felines - - - I tried it earlier with Little Man - - - result? he just looked at it and then at me as if to say "and what is that all about?" - - -

Well well nearly finished the brush clearing. I managed a couple of hours Tuesday and am almost at the end of the patch. Todays weather looks like it might be kind so i shall finish it off

I then need to get this and another similar pile cut down to firewood size and covered before the seriously wet winter weather hits us.

Down at the Fun Factory (Matlock Sainsbugs) things are not going too well. Yesterday (the last day of my current shift pattern) there was much grumbling from as small group of colleagues. On enquiring what it was about it turns out they had worked until 01:30 that morning to get "their bit sorted" and were now back in the shop at 10:00 for an 8 hour shift. Methinks Anarchy! might hit before xmas - - -

Just before i knocked off a minor manager, please understand that this is merely a title! "lets call him John, was collecting cardboard from part of my isle which has jams/spreads in. He made a comment about how many times I had "dressed" that particular display and i answered in the negative. "Not a team player then?" was his pithy remark, I wandered up to him and reminded him that i was at least 30 years older than him and had "gone through" all that bull-shit! - - - I must admit to not being affected by the corporate brainwashing that go's on and find it slightly amusing when things like this are "trotted out" in the name of "leadership" - - - its sad and unfair though that "these people" have such a profound effect on some of my younger colleagues that they have eventually driven them from the job- - -