Back.

 Well. 

Been bloody ages since I was here. 

Since 2009. 

Both parents died

My beloved dog Bob had died. 

I’ve retired. 

And am nearly 60 

Alan's World of Things & Stuff: Jublees

Alan's World of Things & Stuff: Jublees: The jubilee, all the fuss and palaver and street party carry on. Nowt happened here, It was a wash out! The internet, well what I generally ...

Jublees

The jubilee, all the fuss and palaver and street party carry on. Nowt happened here, It was a wash out! The internet, well what I generally see of it i.e. Facebook & Twitter was awash of people having a go at each other. Which is all healthy stuff in a land of free speech etc. But as usual a few nasty comments rear their ugly heads!
We inherently are are critical and argumentative beasts, and each one of us has a different tolerance level. That's why wars happen, otherwise we'd be a pretty "hippyish" loving bunch of folk, and the planet would be over-run with our offspring due to this over-affection, hee-hee!
So lets all enjoy the extra holiday, those who have the time off, and if you are complaining about the crap programmes, gan oot and do summat else!

Smiths

Panic on the streets of London
Panic on the streets of Birmingham
I wonder to myself

a few thoughts

My first image of a "riot" was a picture, depicted on the back of this album, and at a tender age I basically didn't have a clue what a "riot" was or involved.
Now this weeks events, started to ring bells, from what I saw on telly, I don't think i saw a riot, I saw looting and destruction. I am not gonna harp on about disengagement from society and lack of cohesion with one's community and alienation. I just wondered what these people actually thought about themselves as individuals, not as a collective, but as THEMSELVES. We are not bees, we all have thought's and minds of our own, and of course peer pressure is strong at a certain age, but we all do have a personal sense of right and wrong, and of course then you get into the psyche of the criminal mind and the boundaries of right & wrong, but this country isn't full of failures, we have talented people, artistic people, and obviously people who wish to express themselves. (Looting becoming the new X-Factor?). So try a bit of the old punk ethic (yes The Clash had CBS backing) but try a bit of Do It Yourself approach, be constructive, we don't want to lose the right to protest, we don't want a police state, all the tools are there, Crass used photocopys TODAY you have the internet! I'd like to see something positive come out of all of this, and not just a generation of people demanding consumer goods and designer gear, it'd be nice for fresh British talent to emerge again and not some talent show wannabes.
By the way, a few things i notice, riots/disturbances usually occur during summertime, and as one of the great british pastimes Cricket, rain stopped play, nature's very own water cannon. May have to forgoe my atheism for a short while.