Another day of extreme weather conditions in the UK and once again chaos ensued. Admittedly the wind was gusting continually for around five hours which in turn brought trees down, roofs were peeled away from buildings and at least one person was killed by falling debris, but as a nation we never seem to be able to cope with any type of weather condition whatsoever. I have never seen rain like it though...........it was horizontal and as it hit my garage doors it doubled back on itself and looked like a large wave at the seaside. I swear I spotted Toto from the Wizard of Oz hurtling past in his basket. Despite all the drama outdoors, my friends celebrated the safe arrival of their son so something good did come out of the day after all.
On my return home on new year’s eve I had to pass along a high street with around six pubs, all of which were kicking out for the night. The total ignorance by some of the revellers of the prospect of motor vehicles being near them was incredible. One scantily clad, rather the worse for wear female sauntered across in front of me without a thought for anything other than joining her drinking buddies on the other side of the street. Had I not been driving very slowly and keeping my wits about me she would have become a bonnet mascot (albeit sitting at a very jaunty angle as she was struggling to remain upright). I fail to understand the attraction of spending oodles of money getting bladdered, run the risk of getting killed then spend the night in the bathroom (or slumped in a doorway) feeling rather the worse for wear. Bonkers if you ask me............okay, I am teetotal and have no objection to people enjoying a social drink, but why do some people have to take it to the extreme? In any case how do they afford to do it night after night?
Four days into the new year and I have already lost count of the number of murders in the UK reported by the media. What has happened to our once great nation that makes it acceptable to kill a person instead of resolving issues? The once bustling and safe cities now have no go areas; young and old people are afraid to venture outside; violence is a way of life passed down from generation to generation; thieving is an acceptable way to feed and clothe families and anyone who dares to confront the undesirables is either battered or laughed at. Why do people from all walks of the community feel a need to carry knives in the same way the rest of us pick up our car keys and mobile ‘phones before we walk out of the door? I find it disturbing to hear primary school children make a joke about carrying a knife when they get to secondary school as apparently it is ‘cool and everyone else will be doing it’............for goodness sake, what sort of society is being created? So many parents say their child is unaffected by the various games they play on their wide range of consoles, but I beg to differ. In these games the characters can be ‘killed’ but often reappear later in the game thereby giving children a warped sense of reality and they presume if someone is killed in real life they will soon be up and running around again. Would you let your 7 year old watch adult movies? No...........well why buy them a 15 or 18 years rated game? Something needs to be done fast in this country to reverse the current downward spiral we are on. Let us all do our bit to put the GREAT back into Great Britain.........it is long overdue.
Either that, or will the last person to leave please turn the light off?
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