Forty people were injured when a bull leapt over barriers at a Spanish bullring and ran amok among spectators.
Three people were in the emergency ward after being trampled when the bull escaped the ring in Tafalla, northern Spain yesterday.
Video footage showed the bull landing in the stands among hundreds of spectators after jumping high enough to clear both the 1.5 barriers around the ring and a narrow alley where the bullfighters and officials stand.
Some spectators tried to keep the bull still by holding it by its tail, while others hurled capes and missiles, causing it to charge. The bull that was eventually captured and no doubt slaughtered.
This happened during an event in which people try to provoke the bull to charge them.
The bull had already jumped twice into the alley surrounding the ring.
A 47-year-old man who it is said was gored in the back and was among half a dozen spectators taken by ambulance to the hospital at Pamplona, home to the San FermÃn bull runs.
The accident comes amid an intense debate in Spain about bullfighting, which was banned by the north-eastern region of Catalonia last month.
These people quite happily go to watch the poor creature being tormented, and then start screaming when this bull turns on them.
These people call themselves civilised, yet quite happily participate in this barbaric (what they call) sport.
I’m ashamed that even people from here in the UK go to watch this.
These people deserve everything they got.
Thursday 19 August 2010
Tuesday 17 August 2010
Is everybody going crazy
A teenager who was meant to be preparing for a job interview instead spent the morning in court.
Having been caught in a supermarket stealing 30 cans of drink. He was apprehended outside by the security guards.
Bear in mind, he had previous convictions for shoplifting and handling stolen goods.
In court he said to “be honest there was no excuse for what I did. I was bored“.
The Magistrates gave him a 12-month conditional discharge.
Does this make sense.
How many times do you hear this story, these people go out and commit these crimes, the police put in god knows how much time catching them, only for the local magistrates to slap them on the wrist and let them go.
Can anyone wonder why on earth this country of ours is like it is.
It seems to be that the only person they care about at the time is the criminal, it’s about time somebody tore up the rule book and let someone with common sense re-write it.
It does make you wonder about today's society, and where it’s going. You only have to look at the Gunman Raoul Moat case.
After what he did, people still think he is a bloody idol, how the hell do they come to that conclusion.
Can somebody tell me?
Having been caught in a supermarket stealing 30 cans of drink. He was apprehended outside by the security guards.
Bear in mind, he had previous convictions for shoplifting and handling stolen goods.
In court he said to “be honest there was no excuse for what I did. I was bored“.
The Magistrates gave him a 12-month conditional discharge.
Does this make sense.
How many times do you hear this story, these people go out and commit these crimes, the police put in god knows how much time catching them, only for the local magistrates to slap them on the wrist and let them go.
Can anyone wonder why on earth this country of ours is like it is.
It seems to be that the only person they care about at the time is the criminal, it’s about time somebody tore up the rule book and let someone with common sense re-write it.
It does make you wonder about today's society, and where it’s going. You only have to look at the Gunman Raoul Moat case.
After what he did, people still think he is a bloody idol, how the hell do they come to that conclusion.
Can somebody tell me?
Saturday 14 August 2010
Traffic Wardens
Don’t you just love them, I’ve never been able to work them out.
The busiest road in the town, a couple of cars parked, both on the yellow lines, and the warden looks at them and walks on past.
Another time, a ferocious looking female traffic warden slaps a ticket on one poor woman’s car and because when after buying the ticket and closing the door, the draught blew her ticket off of the dash board and onto the floor, even after explaining what had happened, and my wife confirming it, this yellow peril still issued the ticket, you couldn’t make it up!.
Another time in a large car park on our beach, one poor man and his wife parked the car, the nearest machine is the other end of the car park, which I must say is quite large.
He and his wife go off to get the ticket, guess what, when they get back to the car, hey presto, you’ve guessed it! they have been booked.
Would the traffic warden listen to there explanation, nope! He had issued the ticket, and if you did not like it. appeal!
You read about some of these idiots slapping a ticket on a hearse, even the mayors car parked outside the town hall.
I’m waiting to hear of one booking a road sweepers cart because it’s on the yellow lines, I’m sure it’s going to happen sooner or later.
It honestly makes you wonder where their brains are.
To be fair, there are some decent ones, like when the wife and I went into town and I parked in a bay by the meter, I was just getting the ticket when this warden called out, he had seen me getting out of the car, I suffer with bad hips, he came across and said, “you should not be having to buy a ticket, with your disability you should have a blue badge” that warden was the most considerate I have come across.
If they were all like that, wouldn’t it make them more bearable.
The busiest road in the town, a couple of cars parked, both on the yellow lines, and the warden looks at them and walks on past.
Another time, a ferocious looking female traffic warden slaps a ticket on one poor woman’s car and because when after buying the ticket and closing the door, the draught blew her ticket off of the dash board and onto the floor, even after explaining what had happened, and my wife confirming it, this yellow peril still issued the ticket, you couldn’t make it up!.
Another time in a large car park on our beach, one poor man and his wife parked the car, the nearest machine is the other end of the car park, which I must say is quite large.
He and his wife go off to get the ticket, guess what, when they get back to the car, hey presto, you’ve guessed it! they have been booked.
Would the traffic warden listen to there explanation, nope! He had issued the ticket, and if you did not like it. appeal!
You read about some of these idiots slapping a ticket on a hearse, even the mayors car parked outside the town hall.
I’m waiting to hear of one booking a road sweepers cart because it’s on the yellow lines, I’m sure it’s going to happen sooner or later.
It honestly makes you wonder where their brains are.
To be fair, there are some decent ones, like when the wife and I went into town and I parked in a bay by the meter, I was just getting the ticket when this warden called out, he had seen me getting out of the car, I suffer with bad hips, he came across and said, “you should not be having to buy a ticket, with your disability you should have a blue badge” that warden was the most considerate I have come across.
If they were all like that, wouldn’t it make them more bearable.
Wednesday 11 August 2010
Newcomers that want to change things
I was born in this seaside town of Hastings and brought up in the Older part of the town, Old Hastings or the Old Town as we refer to it!
The Old Town is a fishing quarter and has been since the year dot.
Now we all know that associated to a fishing industry are seagulls, these are a part and parcel of life, more so in a seaside town with a fishing fleet.
Well I can understand people moving from the smoke to live by the sea, But! I can’t understand why the hell they do it and then do nothing but complain and moan about the seagulls.
They even go so far as to call for them to be culled. Alright we know at times they can drive you mad, especially when you have just washed the car (we all know what happens then) but why the hell do they move to seaside towns like this in the first place, surely a little country village away from it all or at least to a seaside town that does not have a fishing industry.
Years ago we had the same problem, we had motor cycle speedway meetings once a week, the track was around our local football clubs pitch, and well attended it was. It was that is until opposite the football stadium they decided to build bungalows.
What happens, people from London decide Oh! Hastings it’s a nice place, lets move there.
When two roads of these bungalows are all occupied, you’ve guessed what happens, haven’t you!, they get together, lobby the council, complaining about the noise from the speedway opposite, and hey presto! Get the speedway closed down.
Just look at the small country villages, people buy a second home their knowing it's a country village, then what do they do, complain about a cockerel crowing.
What do they expect in the country cardboard cut-outs instead of real animals.
For gods sake why don’t they when they come and look at a property, take the time to look around and find out what might annoy them, then they can make up there minds to look elsewhere.
The Old Town is a fishing quarter and has been since the year dot.
Now we all know that associated to a fishing industry are seagulls, these are a part and parcel of life, more so in a seaside town with a fishing fleet.
Well I can understand people moving from the smoke to live by the sea, But! I can’t understand why the hell they do it and then do nothing but complain and moan about the seagulls.
They even go so far as to call for them to be culled. Alright we know at times they can drive you mad, especially when you have just washed the car (we all know what happens then) but why the hell do they move to seaside towns like this in the first place, surely a little country village away from it all or at least to a seaside town that does not have a fishing industry.
Years ago we had the same problem, we had motor cycle speedway meetings once a week, the track was around our local football clubs pitch, and well attended it was. It was that is until opposite the football stadium they decided to build bungalows.
What happens, people from London decide Oh! Hastings it’s a nice place, lets move there.
When two roads of these bungalows are all occupied, you’ve guessed what happens, haven’t you!, they get together, lobby the council, complaining about the noise from the speedway opposite, and hey presto! Get the speedway closed down.
Just look at the small country villages, people buy a second home their knowing it's a country village, then what do they do, complain about a cockerel crowing.
What do they expect in the country cardboard cut-outs instead of real animals.
For gods sake why don’t they when they come and look at a property, take the time to look around and find out what might annoy them, then they can make up there minds to look elsewhere.
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Animal cruelty
Why is it that nearly every day you open a newspaper you read about some mindless cruelty to an animal.
What kind of pleasure does some sick-head get out of it, is it that the animal is usually of the defenceless kind, a cat, a rabbit etc. and they haven’t got the guts to try doing it to another human.
These people are really the threat to society, If they can do this what sort of parents can they be.
Any children they have then grow up with the dregs of society for parents, what chance do they have,.
Half the problem lies with the law, they get caught, come up in front of some magistrate or other that is so out of touch they could have got away with murder.
It’s about time that the law on animal cruelty was overhauled and really harsher sentences handed out, if they had owed their rates in most cases they would have got a harsher sentence.
You hear of them being banned from keeping a animal for a ridiculously short time, they should be banned for life.
When they catch the mindless scum they should let the pets owner have a while with them.
Give me just ten minutes with them, I promise you they would not ever think of doing it again.
What kind of pleasure does some sick-head get out of it, is it that the animal is usually of the defenceless kind, a cat, a rabbit etc. and they haven’t got the guts to try doing it to another human.
These people are really the threat to society, If they can do this what sort of parents can they be.
Any children they have then grow up with the dregs of society for parents, what chance do they have,.
Half the problem lies with the law, they get caught, come up in front of some magistrate or other that is so out of touch they could have got away with murder.
It’s about time that the law on animal cruelty was overhauled and really harsher sentences handed out, if they had owed their rates in most cases they would have got a harsher sentence.
You hear of them being banned from keeping a animal for a ridiculously short time, they should be banned for life.
When they catch the mindless scum they should let the pets owner have a while with them.
Give me just ten minutes with them, I promise you they would not ever think of doing it again.
Social websites
One of the things that drive me mad is when you join a social web site you are bombarded with invitations to join this group or that group.
Surely we can browse through the groups and decide for our selves which ones we would like to join.
It’s not so much the being invited, it’s when you reject one it keeps coming back at you.
I find it tedious and a waste of time having to go through one by one rejecting them.
If only they all followed peoplestrings initiative and had a reject all button it would make life a lot easier.
With some of them I have lost count of the amount of times the invitation has come back.
It’s got so much so that I now do not bother to reject them at all. I just leave them to accumulate and now and again browse through the group section to see if there is any particular one that I would like to join, ones that interest me and I know that I will participate in.
I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but then we are all entitled to our own opinion.
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Surely we can browse through the groups and decide for our selves which ones we would like to join.
It’s not so much the being invited, it’s when you reject one it keeps coming back at you.
I find it tedious and a waste of time having to go through one by one rejecting them.
If only they all followed peoplestrings initiative and had a reject all button it would make life a lot easier.
With some of them I have lost count of the amount of times the invitation has come back.
It’s got so much so that I now do not bother to reject them at all. I just leave them to accumulate and now and again browse through the group section to see if there is any particular one that I would like to join, ones that interest me and I know that I will participate in.
I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but then we are all entitled to our own opinion.
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