why I like cats and being a Civil Servant

Four  men were bragging about how smart their cats were.                   The  first man was an Engineer,   The  second man was an Accountant,   The  third man was a Chemist, and   The  fourth man was a Government  Employee.  To  show off, the Engineer called his cat, "T-square, do your stuff."   T-square  pranced over to the desk, took out some paper  and pen and promptly drew a circle, a square,  and a triangle.  Everyone  agreed that was pretty smart.   But  the Accountant said his cat could do better. He  called his cat and said, "Spreadsheet,  do your stuff."  Spreadsheet  went out to the kitchen and returned with a  dozen cookies. He divided them into 4 equal  piles of 3 cookies.  Everyone agreed that  was good.  But  the Chemist said his cat could do better. He  called his cat and said, "Measure, do your  stuff."  Measure  got up, walked to the fridge, took out a quart  of milk, got a 10 ounce glass from the cupboard  and poured Exactly  8 ounces without spilling a drop into the  glass.  Everyone  agreed that was pretty good.    Then  the three men turned to the Government Employee  and said, "What can your cat  do?" The  Government Employee called his cat and said,   Coffee Break, do your stuff."   Coffee Break  jumped to his feet.......              Ate  the cookies........   Drank  the milk........  Sh*t  on the paper....  Screwed  the other three cats.......                                                                                                                                  Claimed he injured his back while doing  so......                                Filed  a grievance report for unsafe working  conditions.......   Put  in for Workers  Compensation..................and   Went  home for the rest of the day on sick leave...........                                                     AND  THAT, MY FRIEND IS WHY EVERYONE WANTS TO WORK  FOR THE GOVERNMENT!!                                       And finally : How does a Civil Servant wink? Answer      : They open one eye

crossing the sea

"You can't cross a sea by merely
staring into the water."

Inverted Jenny

NO it's not me standing on my head !

The Inverted Jenny (also known as an Upside Down Jenny or Jenny Invert) is a United States postage stamp first issued on May 10, 1918 in which the image of the
Curtiss JN-4 airplane in the center of the design was accidentally printed upside-down.


It is probably the most famous error in American philately. Only one pane of 100 of the invert stamps was ever found, making this error one of the most prized in all philately.

nice pictures.....

time waits for no man

Ecological London :~)

look closely !!

photo fans.... watch this space

The Madeira holiday photo's will be online soon............

and HERE they are

blogging from the cradle to the grave

 

then and now

I love old photographs. When I look at old photo's I can't help but wish for a more simpler time. A time before the internet, before cell phones, before social networking. This is a tad  hypocritical since U work in IT and am a blogger. Bit  "I would trade it all to live and raise children back in the 40's or the 50's. I feel life was a bit more innocent, there was privacy, the times seemed safer and pure. People were more respectful. I like that.... Anyway i came across photographer irina werning recently and her "back to the future" project. She loves old photos and is obsessive about recreating them today.


And here are a couple of my own !

Ann and I in 1962 on a log in Knebworth Park                 And again in 2008 in Abbey Wood

On the beach in 1957                                                                    and 2008