Avast Behind! (not you Madam)

A Pirate walked into a pub, and the barman said "We haven't seen you for a while, you look terrible"
The Pirate said "I feel absolutely fine"
"What about the Leg?"
"Ah a cannon ball took it during a bit of a battle" said the Pirate.
"And the Hook?"
"Well as we boarded a prize ship, one of the crew swung a cutlass and took my hand off!"
"Well what about the Eye patch?"
"Simple" said the Pirate, one day at sea, I looked up just as a flock of seagulls was flying by, and one of them pooped in my eye".
You don't lose an eye just because a seagull poops in it" said the Barman.

"Ah" said the Pirate, That was the first day I had the hook"

Newton and Ridley's

Just had a very interesting day working as an "Extra" on the set of Coronation Street, spent the whole day in the legendary "Rover's Return" filming a wedding reception. Of course it was Gail and Joe's wedding (Helen Worth and Reece Dinsdale). This should be aired around Christmas / New year. You have to look out for a dark green fleece, as I am sure my right arm will appear in at least one shot. As for the rest, who can tell.
As a matter of interest, the beer they pull from the pumps as Newton and Ridley's, is some form of shandy. Drinkable but only just - very, very sweet lemonady drink which goes flat in minutes, they have a lady who spends her whole time topping up people's pints so that they look like fresh beer.
An interesting day all in all. amazed to see how they actually get so many varied shot in such a small area. For stage crew members, the whole thing is a box set, all clipped together, so to get the cameras in any position, they simple take a wall out, or put a wall in to make the scene complete, and with special clips (a modern day variation of roping and cleating) a scene change can be done in seconds.
Lets drink a toast to the bride - fourth time lucky? - I think not................

Epidemics

I am not too concerned about Swine flu. But I think there is a cause for concern.
3 years ago - Chinese year of the Cow saw us with Mad-Cow disease.
2 Years ago - Chinese year of the Bird and we had Avian Flu.
This year - Chinese year of the Pig and we are suffering from Swine Flu.

Next year is the Year of the Cock! Anybody else worried?

"Motor" Home

This one is for 'Marie and Rex - Travels with a motorhome' (see link at the bottom of the page) When their Carbon footprint becomes too large driving a big diesel engine all over Europe, they may consider the new device pictured. I can just picture them taking turns to pedal.