Cultured Views

Some things you cannot insure for…

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Anyone who has seen the news reports of yesterday’s horrific plane crash in Madrid would be thinking just how on earth these things manage to occur in the first place. It breaks your heart to know that those people were all just starting out on a nice holiday; many probably sitting in their seats with the same pre-takeoff jitters that most of us experience and yet convincing themselves that planes don’t just crash that easily. I know because I do exactly the same thing - I am a nervous flyer and sit with white knuckles throughout the entire flight.

We all know that before we go off on holiday to have all our travel documents, our travel medical insurance and our plans all organised and in place. But how can you be prepared for something as unexpected as this…?

The most important things we tend to overlook; telling those close to us that we love them, resolving an argument, bringing closure to a long held conflict. I know that we cannot all live each day with the assumption that each day could be our last…but maybe tragedies such as this serve to remind us about what is really important in life.

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Gary Glitter no longer sparkles

While the farce concerning Paul Gadd alias Gary Glitter continues in the airports of south-east Asia can no-one come up with a simple way to deal with this piece of vermin…?

I can!

The Vietnamese Govt have deported him back to England; he refused to board his Heathrow-bound plane at Bangkok and through the usual loopholes associated with the British Home Office - which only ever seem to serve the needs of criminals and terrorists - Mr Glitter has been able to travel on a new passport. He decided he did not wish to return to the UK (too humiliating and he knows what lies in store for him there) and so refused to board the plane.

Now he is en route on another plane to Hong Kong as his human rights dictated he could not be forced to board the plane to the UK. But the Chinese have said they don’t want him either. Don’t blame them!

Let’s cut this nonsence right now. Why not turn the bloody plane right around and divert it to Heathrow…while he is on it and unable to escape?

Don’t expect any pictures of the creep here…

Fatal Aircraft disaster in Madrid

While on the subject of flying spare a thought and some prayers for those people whose family and friends were among those killed today when a Spanair plane crashed during takeoff at Madrid airport. The plane was filled with tourists all off to holiday in the Canary Islands. Just ordinary, hard working folk taking a break for a few days. Men, women and children.

Just shows you how precious life is…

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Anyone read latin…?

I was reading a story on a news site today - a rather tragic story regarding a baby girl killed by her own father…all too common these days it seems.

Included in the last passage of the story was this paragraph:

“Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.”

I assume this is latin and means something…anyone able to decipher this…?

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