I detest animal cruelty, and that includes blood "sport", so imagine my delight at seeing what happened to this stupid matador. As a firm believer in making the punishment fit the crime, what can be sweeter than seeing this animal abuser with holes in his body caused by the animal he has been tormenting?
You look at the photos and see the spears and sword which this reprehensible individual has stabbed the bull with, and see the blood running down the poor beast's shoulder, and you think "serves the bastard right".
Hopefully, Israel Lancho will never set foot in a bullring again.
Friday, 29 May 2009
Monday, 4 May 2009
Make the punishment fit the crime
As an animal lover, who owns a cat, i was disgusted to read about this disgusting attack on two kittens by "children" in New Zealand.
The two little bastards (I make no apology for calling them bastards, indeed I think it is too good a term for them) cut off the feet of two kittens and then laughed as they left the poor creatures outside an animal shelter.
It is hoped that the bastards and their parents, if they knew what their bastards were doing, face prosecution for animal cruelty.
However, I know of a better punishment for the bastards - the words "fingers and toes", "cut off", "knife" and "scissors" come to mind. I always believe that the punishment should fit the crime, and would lose no sleep if the bastards and their parents were made to suffer in the way that those poor kittens did.
The two little bastards (I make no apology for calling them bastards, indeed I think it is too good a term for them) cut off the feet of two kittens and then laughed as they left the poor creatures outside an animal shelter.
It is hoped that the bastards and their parents, if they knew what their bastards were doing, face prosecution for animal cruelty.
However, I know of a better punishment for the bastards - the words "fingers and toes", "cut off", "knife" and "scissors" come to mind. I always believe that the punishment should fit the crime, and would lose no sleep if the bastards and their parents were made to suffer in the way that those poor kittens did.
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Aeroplane classroom
How I envy the children at this school. When I was at school, our classrooms were the usual, boring type!
For an aviation enthusiast, going to school in a British Shorts 360 airliner must be sheer heaven!
For an aviation enthusiast, going to school in a British Shorts 360 airliner must be sheer heaven!
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Birthday at Byland
Byland Abbey in North Yorkshire
It was my birthday on Thursday (16th April) and so we decided to have a day out somewhere. I had always liked the look of Byland Abbey and so, once we found out that we could catch a bus there, decided to have a visit.
We caught the bus to Helmsley, a wonderful market town which has better shops than Scarborough (as the North Yorkshire market towns always do!) and had dinner in a small cafe which specialised in hot chocolate (the chocolate here is very good!) but today we had smoked salmon panini, with a salad and cracked black pepper crisps accompaniment.
We then caught the bus to Byland Abbey, a 20 minute ride from Helmsley through very nice countryside and got out first sight of the Howardian Hills. It was the first time we had been that way through Ampleforth and Wass and onto Byland Abbey.
Byland Abbey is a very distinctive monument, and once had a huge rose window at the front. In my opinion it is the most beautiful monument in North Yorkshire, if not in England. It belongs to English Heritage.
It was a cold, windy day, and this did spoil the visit somewhat, but I still managed to take 56 photos at Byland! Opposite the Abbey is the Abbey Inn, which has a lovely-sounding menu but we did not eat here. I would like to head out that way again and eat at the Abbey Inn.
Friday, 10 April 2009
There's slow - and then there's Firefox
I have three browsers installed on my computer - Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox. My preferred browser is Opera, but today I decided to load up Firefox.
What a stupid idea - Firefox takes an age to start, runs slowly and pops up irritating messages about needing a "Quicktime plug in" (even following advice on this issue has not made the slightest bit of difference to this most stubborn and appallingly slow of browsers).
Firefox is always raved about but I have no idea why. I have put up with the little quirks of several of its incarnations but the latest version is the slowest program on my computer. I don't mind other Mozilla programs, such as Thunderbird e-mail, but Firefox is the biggest load of crap to ever be installed on a computer.
What a stupid idea - Firefox takes an age to start, runs slowly and pops up irritating messages about needing a "Quicktime plug in" (even following advice on this issue has not made the slightest bit of difference to this most stubborn and appallingly slow of browsers).
Firefox is always raved about but I have no idea why. I have put up with the little quirks of several of its incarnations but the latest version is the slowest program on my computer. I don't mind other Mozilla programs, such as Thunderbird e-mail, but Firefox is the biggest load of crap to ever be installed on a computer.
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Pets Undercover
The title of this post is the same as that of a very interesting programme shown on ITV 1 last night. It was part of the regular "Tonight" series of reports, and featured the rising costs of veterinary treatment and vets who charged for treatment that animals don't need, just to rake in more money. It was very interesting because we had exactly the same problem with a vet a few years ago.
Our Labrador had a fit one afternoon (I know what a fit looks like, as we had an epileptic dog in the past). We called our local vet, and someone came out to check the dog.
Our dog was then hospitalised overnight, put on a drip, had blood tests and when we collected him next day we were given heart medication and anti-inflammatory drugs for arthritis, as well as the obligatory antibiotics which every pet owner now seems to be lumbered with whenever they visit their vet for anything other than the annual boosters!
We read the details of the heart medication which we had been charged for, and the list of symptoms it was supposed to treat did not apply to our dog. He did not cough, was not breathless and was generally physically fit for his age - and he did not have any arthritis.
We were not happy with the crap we had been fed by this particular vet, so we went for a second opinion, which confirmed what we knew - our dog was not arthritic and did not have any heart problem.
The dog's behaviour started to become what I can only describe as "weird" - he would stand and stare at walls and he started to "forget" his house training. We went back to the vet, who told us the dog was "going a bit gaga!"
I had looked at my copy of "Black's Veterinary Dictionary" (I had always wanted to be a vet) and our dog's symptoms pointed to a brain tumour. Still this "gaga" idea persisted, until one day in February 2006.
Our dog had two fits in quick succession, and ended up unable to move properly. We called the vet out, and thankfully this time saw a new one. She told us that the problem was most likely to be a brain tumour, and the only kind course of treatment was to put the dog to sleep there and then, which we agreed to. We have since lost all faith in the veterinary profession.
Read about the programme here.
Our Labrador had a fit one afternoon (I know what a fit looks like, as we had an epileptic dog in the past). We called our local vet, and someone came out to check the dog.
Our dog was then hospitalised overnight, put on a drip, had blood tests and when we collected him next day we were given heart medication and anti-inflammatory drugs for arthritis, as well as the obligatory antibiotics which every pet owner now seems to be lumbered with whenever they visit their vet for anything other than the annual boosters!
We read the details of the heart medication which we had been charged for, and the list of symptoms it was supposed to treat did not apply to our dog. He did not cough, was not breathless and was generally physically fit for his age - and he did not have any arthritis.
We were not happy with the crap we had been fed by this particular vet, so we went for a second opinion, which confirmed what we knew - our dog was not arthritic and did not have any heart problem.
The dog's behaviour started to become what I can only describe as "weird" - he would stand and stare at walls and he started to "forget" his house training. We went back to the vet, who told us the dog was "going a bit gaga!"
I had looked at my copy of "Black's Veterinary Dictionary" (I had always wanted to be a vet) and our dog's symptoms pointed to a brain tumour. Still this "gaga" idea persisted, until one day in February 2006.
Our dog had two fits in quick succession, and ended up unable to move properly. We called the vet out, and thankfully this time saw a new one. She told us that the problem was most likely to be a brain tumour, and the only kind course of treatment was to put the dog to sleep there and then, which we agreed to. We have since lost all faith in the veterinary profession.
Read about the programme here.
Saturday, 7 March 2009
Coma - book vs film
At the moment I am reading Coma, a brilliant medical thriller by Robin Cook.
I've read the book a few times, and find it interesting with the right amount of mystery and suspense. Today I watched the film version of Coma, and noticed that there are differences with the book.
The main difference is that in the book, the main character, Susan Wheeler, is a medical student about to start a surgery rotation in a top Boston hospital. In the film, Susan Wheeler is an established doctor at the Boston Hospital. The book features her growing relationship with Mark Bellows, a surgery resident at the hospital who is partly responsible for her training. In the film they are already linked.
As well as changing some of the character's names (for instance, the Chief of Surgery in the book is Stark and in the film it is Harris - Harris is the Chief of Anaesthesia in the book) the initial character in the book - eventual coma victim Nancy Greenly - is first encountered by Susan Wheeler in intensive care after suffering an anaesthetic complication - in the film Greenly and Wheeler are best friends since school.
The film would have been better had it stuck more rigidly to the book - featuring the encounter in the medical school accommodation block with the hitman and the main character being a medical student instead of an established doctor - but overall it is a very watchable film.
I have read several books by Robin Cook - Brain, Contagion, Acceptable Risk, Vector and Shock.
For me, Shock was most like Coma. For Jefferson Institute read Wingate Clinic.
I aim to read more Robin Cook books in the future. The medical aspect makes them very interesting.
I've read the book a few times, and find it interesting with the right amount of mystery and suspense. Today I watched the film version of Coma, and noticed that there are differences with the book.
The main difference is that in the book, the main character, Susan Wheeler, is a medical student about to start a surgery rotation in a top Boston hospital. In the film, Susan Wheeler is an established doctor at the Boston Hospital. The book features her growing relationship with Mark Bellows, a surgery resident at the hospital who is partly responsible for her training. In the film they are already linked.
As well as changing some of the character's names (for instance, the Chief of Surgery in the book is Stark and in the film it is Harris - Harris is the Chief of Anaesthesia in the book) the initial character in the book - eventual coma victim Nancy Greenly - is first encountered by Susan Wheeler in intensive care after suffering an anaesthetic complication - in the film Greenly and Wheeler are best friends since school.
The film would have been better had it stuck more rigidly to the book - featuring the encounter in the medical school accommodation block with the hitman and the main character being a medical student instead of an established doctor - but overall it is a very watchable film.
I have read several books by Robin Cook - Brain, Contagion, Acceptable Risk, Vector and Shock.
For me, Shock was most like Coma. For Jefferson Institute read Wingate Clinic.
I aim to read more Robin Cook books in the future. The medical aspect makes them very interesting.
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