I’m I shocked? I’m I appalled? Not in the least …… human nature is a tricky thing, mixed with power, often a complete disaster. Having said that I might cry if Caroline Lucas has been doing a big expenses fiddle, but apart from that.
Stephen Fry has said it best: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8045040.stm
MPs expenses ker-fuffle
May 12, 2009 at 11:57 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: mp expenses, caroline lucas, stephen fry
Greenpeace on Kingsnorth
May 7, 2009 at 3:43 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: ccs, clean coal, coal, kent, kingsnorth
In my backyard, but in EVERYONE’s global backyard: ladies and gentlemen, I give you the horror that is Kingsnorth
Let there be light: or hot water….
May 7, 2009 at 7:41 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: hot water, kent peg tile, shower, solar hot water
We’ve finally gone solar! Well we did in Feb, but it has taken rather longer than I thought to get round to posting it (slap hand, will do better in the future, promise!).
So: pics!!!!
Starship Enterprise of control panels. Not sure what it does, except scare small children and prophesies the future in a weird Morgan Freeman style voice.
Up go the panels. Apparently the view was great from up there. I took their word for it.
All done and very shiny. And yes, there is one tube missing, ‘cos it broke….. to follow soon they assure me….
So does it work? Well yes, as long as you only shower and wash up in the evenings – which is fine. And yes the showers are very hot, not luke warm, so its all good. And we light the fire if there isn’t enough……
There. Posted – so stop nagging!
Lost post – solar alarm clock incase you are wondering
May 6, 2009 at 10:09 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: blue angel, solar alarm clock
Wrote a lovely piece about my rather lovely solar alarm clock, but it got eaten somehow (the post, not the clock).
If memory serves me I said something like:
- gosh, not as daft as people on facebook were cruelly saying when I had problems getting it to work (all sorted now now – and no, putting it outside wasn’t really the problem, but thanks for the input!)
- nice not to have another gadget in the house eating power (reference to my old sony clock alarm) and zapping my head at night with electricity I dont need to use.
- and, er, it works, doesn’t make loud ticking noise near my head and glows when I hit the button at the top – nice!
http://www.thesolarcentre.co.uk/products/Solar_Alarm_Clock_Silver_Black-168-2.html
