A chicken farmer goes into a pub a orders a glass of champagne and sits at a table next to a woman also drinking champagne. The farmer said to her " I'm celebrating". The woman replied "Me too" The chicken farmer asked "Why?" and the woman replied " After all these years of trying I am finally pregnant. " The chicken farmer congratulates her and the woman asks why he is celebrating.The chicken farmer said " I'm a chicken farmer and after years of being infertile my hens are finally laying eggs". The woman asks "How have they suddenly just started laying eggs ". The chicken farmer said " I changed the cock" The woman replied "It's funny you should say that".
There is another thread where differing opinions are, to a degree, right but my right is righter than their right, right?
Two Brits died in collision with a boat, on a motorway. Not a joke. Two British tourists died and nine were injured last night in Cartagena (Murcia) when a boat with four engines fell off a trailer on the highway that connects La Manga with Cartagena and caused a multiple accident: The Civil Guard is investigating whether it was a drug boat, which could be loaded, which is why both the driver and the occupants fled the scene at high speed, leaving the boat in the middle of the highway. The deceased were surprised by the boat in the middle of the road, and were unable to avoid the accident, while other drivers, when trying to do so, their vehicle rolled over several times. Source: https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/cart...ehiculos-autovia-manga-20241116223636-nt.html
After all the rain that has fallen, in the Valenciana region, the authorities have now issued accede red warning for……………wildfires. The map of our region of the Comunidad Valenciana "went red" again over the weekend...NO...Not this time for the risk of storms and rain, but for the increased risk of wildfires! Its weird that it can swing from one type of warning to another, but it has. The restrictions on lighting bonfires etc are now in full effect, and the emergency services are advising that people should call 112 if they see the slightest wisp of smoke in the countryside. More on Fresh Radio Spain, Monday 8-10am.
Although… https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/?intent=121 https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate/science/global-temperature-records
Oh don’t get me wrong . I totally get that the world is getting warmer . I just prefer the term Climate Change , I think it just covers every thing a little better .
It's true that exercise helps with decision making. I went for a run this morning and decided never to do that again.
Just finished watching a 2 part documentary on the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami (can't believe it's been nearly 20 years since that dreadful day). It's just aired on Channel 4. A very moving and humbling watch. It's well done where survivors share their stories and memories - very bravely I might add.
I live on an Island in Thailand and am a survivor of that Tsunami. Terrible day actually a terrible few months. I saw the best in people on that day and also the worst. I was lucky to survive, but I lost friends and Family on my wife’s side. I could tell much more but it would need to come with a PG warning. Needless to say the weeks after the event were not much better and the stench of death is something that you cannot forget. The only saving grace on that day was that the Tsunami hit us around 10am, so most people were awake and we had quite a bit of daylight to help us regroup and rescue those that we could. If it had hit in the early hours of the morning or in the evening it would have been even worse than it was.
It's very difficult to find the words to respond. First of all I'm very sorry to hear you lost friends and family that day. I have so much respect for people who are willing to share their stories - I always think it's important to remember just how devastating that day was. I was at secondary school at the time and someone in my year lost their dad. They never found his body either so they didn't even get closure or get to say goodbye. I did my degree in Environmental Hazards and Disaster Management and I studied this Tsunami as part of it. Hopefully the installment of an early warning system and knowing what's coming will prevent a tragedy of this magnitude ever happening again. In 2004, sadly it had the perfect storm of ingredients to maximise the devastation and my thoughts go out to all affected as the 20 year anniversary approaches.
Thanks Tom. Yes you’re correct it was a perfect storm of events that day. No one even considered a Tsunami could happen in Thailand, but we are very aware now. As you say an early warning system has been put in place and a lot of siren towers are dotted about in the high risk areas but I’m not sure how many are still operational. They used to test them regularly but not so much if at all where I live, that being said the the majority of the large earthquakes originate around Indonesia so we have a bit of time to see how things are developing and wether there is a Tsunami risk. Another factor in the huge amount of deaths were I live is that a lot of people stood around just gapping at the sea as it quickly disappeared instead of running for high ground and when it did return the buildings were not constructed particularly well so a lot of injuries resulted from debris especially corrugated metal roofing. Now at least the new buildings are substantially better built. Unfortunately though the main hospitals and other medical facilities are still located on the beachfronts so no lessons learnt there. I was lucky but just like your friend a lot of people lost family and never found their bodies.
Which island are you on, @viking saint? I have walked around a lot of the Thai islands and you are spot on about the hospitals. Sea views, the lot of them! What a life you must have, on the bright side. Hopefully, there won't be any more tragedies on that scale.
