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No Doom But Definitely Gloom

caldrail

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It all seems doom and gloom right now doesn't it? Gaza is being demolished, Russia is sulking over gas supply, high street stores are closing, businesses laying off workers, predictions of three million unemployed by next year. Even my blog is draped in despair these days. Well, I won't have it. So, in order to lighten the mood, for the first time in blog history I will now... *click* ... Huh?.... Who turned out the lights? Oh no, my PC is dying. All I've got left is a small blue dot on my monitor fading away to nothingness... yes, it's another electricity cut. The second in a week.

 

Now somewhere in this house is a torch. Ok, I know I left my dinnerplate on the floor, so I don't want to step on that.... Something just fell on the carpet... Ah, my headphones. Negotiate the living room obstacles... Ouch. That was the coffee table.... At last, I've found the door. Now along the hallway, find the bedroom door and... *bump*... Found it. Somewhere in this stygian mess I call my bedroom is a torch... Aha! Got it!. Now downstairs and try the trip switches to avail. Back uopstairs and find my mobile phone... There it is... Now find a telephone number for the electricity company... I feel like James Bond, searching through paperwork in a filing cabinet by torchlight.... Number... Where's the number?.... Got it.

 

"This number will be charged at your normal rate" Says a female computer. No kidding. And I thought phones were free. Come to think of it, why are automated reply services always female?

 

"Please wait to speak to an operator." She said. I waited, and within ten seconds a human operator answered "Hello?"

 

Hi. I've got a power outage.

 

"I see sir. What registration is your car?"

 

Pardon? Car registration? What do you need my car registration for?

 

"You've called Fixit Rescue Service Sir."

 

Groan. Wrong number. Sorry.... Try again Caldrail....

 

Heart Warming Interlude

An eight year old boy with an artifical leg has just been given custom made gloves to enable him to play football as a goalkeeper. Custom made by an international supplier of sportswear no less. It's a heartwarming story but unless the lad is given some thermal undies, I suspect he'll freeze to death waiting for his mates to kick the ball his way.

 

Back to Rushey Platt

Tell you what, lets try this number before my torch goes dead.... Hooray.... Mr Electricity was very polite and concerned that I wasn't going to freeze in the next hour whilst the repairman sped to my rescue. Is he kidding? I've been freezing to death for a week now.

 

Diplomacy of the Week

President Sarkozy, the secret identity of superhero Captain France, is telling us that a deal to end Israel's gaza offensive is not far away as he persuades Syria to pressure Hamas to stop goading Israel. Obviously he's got more rockets than Hamas.

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docoflove1974

The theory being spread over here is that Israel figured it had to do something about Hamas whilst Dubbya was still at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, that Mr. Obama wouldn't tolerate such shenanigans. I dunno about this...it's possible, I guess. Sometimes I wonder if things are so childlike as that...occasionally my wonderings are proven to be accurate.

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caldrail

Sounds unlikely. Israel is belligerent by nature and fed up with missile attacks. Although some people think Israel is a US puppet, I really can't see it, they're too bullish, though they do listen to the americans. If they have politcal concerns over their actions, its focused at home or the surrounding middle east, not who sits in the White House.

 

I understand Lebanon has got itself embroiled in this affair now, probably by Hamas or sympathisers operating on their territory.

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docoflove1974

Yep...Hezbollah and Hamas are kindred spirits, and they figured that if Isreal's tied up with the happenings in Gaza, then Hezbollah could do a little rock throwing of their own. I'm not saying that Israel is a sleeping giant, but they sure as hell aren't meek sheep. They've proven this before, and are in the process of proving it now.

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caldrail

And of course Hamas is only too pleased to get Israel into trouble, which was the entire reason for firing rockets. Using the population of Gaza as human shields is a tactic arabic nations have been using for some time for no better reason than the propaganda victory it creates when the other side unwittingly kills civilians dropping bombs on a military target. Israel though knows full well the civilians are there, but since Israel regards them as harbouring Hamas activists, it feels justified in collateral damage to ensure the safety of its own populace.

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