Wednesday 22 May 2013

Minus one,plus two

Overcast and cool again. To save space in future blogs I'll start with "ditto" if the present weather trend continues.Yet again it took a kindly neighbour to point out I had presented the wrong rubbish bin for collection, not uncommon for me.We put out green (recycling) bins one week and black (landfill) bins the next etc.etc. I thought it was green bin week but in fact it should be black bins.They have now been swopped. In reality it makes very little difference as landfill goes to landfill in the UK whilst most recycling goes to landfill in India or China. Exceptions are some cardboard and paper, but we have insufficient capacity to deal with it all, and glass which goes to France as again we have insufficient capacity here. Still. it makes most people think we are saving the planet and gives them something positive to think of instead of the negatives including deforestation, concreting over countryside, planting endless square miles of rubber and palm oil plantations, wiping out tiger populations for useless medicines, whale populations for no reason at all and producing/storing deadly nuclear waste because we don't know what to do with it, overfishing and polluting oceans, the list is endless. But we're all happier for doing our bit.
I am in the process of deleting one tablet (happy pill) but seem to have gained two (new anti fit and anti acid indigestion caused by the former), but overall seem to be on the right track I think, but watch this space.
The reason Tardis Two lists to starboard is apparently because she was levelled with ballast before they fitted the heavy multi-fuel stove on one side. We're told it is relatively easy to fix but even easier to avoid in the first place, but I suppose it is a learning curve. After all MCC have only built in excess of 200 boats so far. In comparison BMW have produced millions of cars without indicators. No contest.

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