Andy Ramblings

Yep, there are quite a few things that annoy me, but #1685 is an upgrade on #1364 which is loud people on mobile phones, there is nothing worse for an evesdropping person when you can only hear one side of a conversation.

It's people with mobile phones anywhere. People who maybe deaf, or more likely haven't found the volume button on their new phone. It's likely to be that one that has a big + and - on it, it may have the added Vol text over it. Yep, that one, you have you finger on it.... Anyway, it's those people who tend to have to yell down the phone in an over excitable way.

Your asking, so what's new for #1685 that #1364 doesn't have? It's when the user of the phone decides to use the 'activate loudspeaker' function, not only do you now have to put up with the loud and exiteble user, you now have to put up with the person at the other end...

Had to put up with this while I was in the supermarket queue this afternoon waiting for the cashier to speed up. The thing was, I would hear the whole conversation even above my MP3 player. Now I really feel sorry for all those who can hear correctly and will not be using an MP3 player to muffle the sound. It was awfull.

Some people should just not be allowed a mobile phone, if they do, then they should have to go through some mobilephone etiquette.

There that's my rant of the day over...

For many years it was a yellow triangle, with a sort of, what looked like a fan in the middle. This was/is of course your usual radiation sign. The one you wee when you go to get an X-ray. It's not very optrusive. It kind of frendly in a, you know, I'm dangerous, but just be careful when you see me around kind of way. The folks at the International Atomic Energy Authority seem to think that the old yellow triangle is getting a but too friendly and need to change it.

The new symbol is being launched today by the IAEA and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to help reduce needless deaths and serious injuries from accidental exposure to large radioactive sources. It will serve as a supplementary warning to the trefoil, which has no intuitive meaning and little recognition beyond those educated in its significance.

Source

Ok, that was the old one, the new one is below....

Are you going to be happy seeing that in your local Hospital? you know, for nuclear examinations... ya, right Doc, you inject me with that stuff and I'll run a mile! My hair will drop out and I'll Diiieee? Well, I see some explaining will need to be done...

These photos where taken the other day, when the sun was beaming down over London. Yes, it was cold, but the sky was as clear as anything, but the again, if I was further away, I might have seen all the smog.

So, here's the pictures, slightly modified, but the colours are all there.

Yes, it's something some of us love, but most of us dread. I didn't really like them that much, but then I didn't have the wisdom of Wally from Dilbert. Wally, you see, always manages to find a way out of getting work done. He lives on nothing but coffee, so is always a wake, but a bit idle, or working hard to appear to be idle. On would could say, if he  were to put the same amount of work in to real work, that he puts into  trying to be idle, he would , I guess be one of the most productive people in the Dilbert office.

So, I present you with Wally's work appraisal.

So, when you have your next work appraisal, think of that oneliner.
I can only say that Scot Adams is a genius!

So it's the rugby 6 nations time again. For the english Johnny Wilkinson is finally back in the team. He was/is their key player and can do no wrong, so it appears according the to the BBC. In fact I would hazard a guess in think that most sport pundits think he is a rugby God or something. Not that I can complain, he plays well, but lets not forget, past results are not a good predictor of what will happen with future matches.

Ireland are out to win the 6 nations, I do hope that they do, they haven't had a grand slam win since, well, a loooong time ago, longer than England winning the world cup, infact it was in 1948 of all years.

Enough about the Rugby, What about the famous Johnny Wilkinson is the way in which he takes his kicks, he, you know has this thing with shaking his butt,  Kinda like this, see pic.

So what's this about the Wilkinson effect then, I hear you ask? Look no further than the image below...

There you go, say no more!