All the news of course is the death of Prince Phillip at age 99. Mostly a controversial character and certainly not a ‘yes man’ but I suspect he was probably an asset to the royal family. The BBC has received more than a few complaints over its coverage of the event. All programmes cancelled and endless archive stories about HRHs and what they might and might not have done. A bit of a pain in the derriere for those viewers who don’t have Netflix or similar.
More importantly Friday was also my youngest daughter Sam’s birthday. We had a nice little get together in the garden and lovely Alice baked a delicious three tier cake. We’ve decided to wait until next week when the shops are due to open before I buy a present and then we can have a lovely girly day out.
The UK has given over 39 million Covid vaccinations so far and nearly 7 million were second doses. The first one ever in the UK was given on 8th December so we’re averaging four million per month, not bad that man. However not all countries are doing as well. In the Philippines punishment for breaking Covid rules are harsh. A man decided to pop out to buy some water after their 6pm curfew. He was caught by the police and made to do 300 squats. He managed to get home afterwards but was in agony and later had seizures which led to his death. Other punishments include being locked in dog cages and being made to sit in the midday sun. I visited Manila once and found the poverty and living conditions of many there extremely unacceptable.
A dad was in the dog house this week after he went to collect his daughter’s pooch from the pet parlour where it had been groomed. He only picked up the wrong dog and took it home much to his daughter’s horror. Sort of thing I might do especially if the animal had had a good hair cut. I think he did it on purpose because the dog was called Gucci, poor man was probably embarrassed.
There’s been a mini snow storm in the Greater Manchester area which caused an eleven vehicle pile up on the M60. I’m happy to report that there were no injuries. Reports say that we can all expect more snow and colder weather for the next few days although local weather forecast here in Bournemouth doesn’t agree. We’ll have to wait and see. Other reports say we can look forward to a mini heatwave towards the end of the week. Don’t hold your breath, the shops are opening and outdoor dining so it’s bound to rain.
In South Carolina a hunter killed a 12ft crocodile (or maybe it was an alligator). He wanted to make Gator sausages and then have it stuffed so sent it off to be butchered etc. The taxidermist found some interesting stuff inside including dog tags proving that it had eaten several dogs. They can make some good hot dogs with those sausages. Hey people, let’s be careful out there.