You Lie!

Honda have apparently, somewhere, released the statistic that the production of a new car produces 840kg of CO₂, a figure which roundly stamps upon the accepted wisdom that Greenpeace used to comment favourably upon which was that if you must drive a car, drive your car into the ground; because buying a new one uses much more energy than replacing it with a new one.

( You LIE! You scummy car companies... )

When things go wrong

It went wrong a lot last week, really it did. It was insanely busy, perhaps even dangerously so, even with full numbers we were run off our feet. Amazingly, New Year's night was seriously not-that-bad. Busy, yes. But not like every night following. People can't drive in cold weather, I've noticed that. I've known for a long time people in Britain seem unaware of dangers like black ice, or just plain old ice, when one would think "Hrm, it's cold and it's winter, perhaps I should drive a little more carefully on this ungritted road". I knew that people here have difficulty understanding that snow makes stopping difficult (and indeed, at times, starting), but the number of 'hit by car skidding on ice' 'hit wall after skidding on ice' 'hit barriers after skidding on ice' 'RTC: Collision with another vehicle, skidding on ice''s, that we saw was quite astonishing.

I was actually sick, too, so was being fairly ruthless in my Triage, because when your Triage nurse has a temperature of 38.2C she's not inclined to feel sorry for you having 'a bit of a cough for a few days'.

( ...but anyway )

Apologies for the spamming, but I'm (planning to be) busy

So, yes, sorry for the inconsiderate post-spam, but I've been so tired this last week that I've not been able to post anything. This has, of course, been annoying for me because most of the things I wanted to talk about have gone from my head. You've got one work related post, I think there were going to be four or so, but can't even recall what they were going to be about.
( And the spam continues... )

Anyhow, despite my desire to lie on this sofa and repeat yesterday's impressive TV feast* (I watched 6 episodes of Blackadder, and one of Homes under the Hammer), I really should get up and move and do stuff. What with the list getting longer by the day, and my effect on it so-far having been minimal.( Read more... )