This is the weblog of Brian Curd. A lot of it is written on the spur of the moment and any benefit you gain from it is worth exactly what you paid!
A quick search for the prices charged for soft drinks came up with the following at http://www.ciao.co.uk/sr/q-coca+cola: Coca-Cola – between £ 7.98 & £ 24.11 Coca-Cola (Diet) – between £ 8.73 & £ 24.11 These prices are for 24x330ml cans but they show such a wide variation that it is obvious the market isn’t price sensitive. Consumption [...]
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On Saturday 28 March 2009 at 8.30pm, people, businesses and iconic buildings around the world will switch off their lights for an hour – World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour. The WWF want a billion people around the world to sign up and switch off their lights for one hour. If they achieve their billion people [...]
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Filed under: Astronomy, Hobbies, Isle of Wight, Politics, Scams
Yesterday was mad: A man was jailed for having a crash in his truck A man was jailed for flushing somebody’s heroin down the loo Captains of two nuclear submarines went unpunished for bumping into eachother Tony Blair was given $1 million for being a great leader I think I’ll get my coat……
There is a lot of noise being made about the proposed windfarm at Cheverton Down. The main complaint seems to be about the visual impact on the area, but to my engineering eye, wind turbines look rather pleasing. They certainly appeal rather more than this: In all its glory this is the latest Red Funnel [...]
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Filed under: Isle of Wight, Photography, Politics
Click on the logo to visit http://www.axethebeertax.com/, they have 5 basic demands of our government: To stop plans to increase beer tax by up to a third To enforce existing laws – not create new ones – to deal firmly with irresponsible drinkers and premises To end the irresponsible promotion of alcohol in supermarkets, pubs [...]
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Filed under: Home, Isle of Wight, Politics, Scams
Driving around our Island, you can’t help but notice the number of pubs that are boarded up or at best short of customers. Earlier in 2008 we were told that those who didn’t like smokey old bars would flock to them when smoking was banned, that appears not to have been the case and the [...]
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I suppose this is a case of severe cold war paranoia – the BBC website has a very interesting section about the underground complex beneath Corsham in Wiltshire – take a look at it here. The very fact that all this has been revealed must now mean I can freely talk about going there many [...]
Just spotted this quote on the BBC site: “Public money is limited and it is the government’s responsibility to ensure it is not unduly diverted from supporting the delivery of frontline services” Baroness Ashton Information Rights Minister. This is to do with suggested changes to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act which is our only [...]
Today the BBC is reporting that MPs will be eligible for £10,000 each which they can spend to develop websites to boost “public understanding” of parliament – Full report. Well listen up guys; we already do understand it and we’re not that impressed! Search UK Google for “How parliament works” and you get about 16,200 [...]
