Obvious

 Good morning. I've been thinking about this for a long time. If they are going to welcome people from all around the world to land on our shores, put them up in hotels, give them three meals a day, give them cash to spend, give them a phone, why would you then ship them back out to where they came from. It's not going to happen.

Accepting immigrants is a long term arrangement. They say we need more younger people to do the work, pay taxes, to pay the pensions of older people. But our new guests are not allowed to work, so what are they supposed to do all day? Why would you want to work anyway when you get everything free. 

So, there are thousands of young men wandering the streets with no ambition to do anything, no prospects to better themselves, and no inclination to integrate into our British ways. 

But there is one way that these young men can ensure that their position to stay in the UK is guaranteed. All men need sex. They all have sexual urges. I know that is a sweeping statement, and yes there will be some who can control themselves. But there will be a lot who cannot. So what do they do? Strike up relationships with each other, or take the obvious route and chat up younger naive girls. To guarantee a permanent home in the UK they just have to get a girl pregnant. So obvious. 

I have a video uploading. It will appear later today. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Building a business.

Hello. If anyone is thinking of selling their wares at a craft fair, village fete, or agricultural show, this is me at my Mr Puss stand which I took around the country to mainly cat shows, and other events. 

It's not enough to put a cloth on a six foot table, and lay your goods out on that. To create an impact you need to add height. I built a step frame for the mugs and small ornaments, and covered it in red velvet. You also need something to hang things on. I transported my stock in those stackable plastic boxes, and used them at the back of my pitch to support two poles which I attached cross bars to, with heavy duty clips and D clamps. Perfect for clothing and bags. If you have electricity take a couple of small directional lamps.  

A six foot table is not really big enough. You can put some boxes at the front, cover them with a cloth and put stock out there. If there is plenty of room either side you could take a small table and place it at the side, but don't upset the person next to you by encroaching on their space. If you are alone you need to make friends with your neighbour in case you need to go to the toilet for a few minutes. Can you watch my stall while I go to the ladies. 

If you are selling small high value items try not to place them too near the front of the table. Keep them further back so you can keep your eye on them. 

This was my weekend job when I was a self employed lorry driver. It was a business so I had an accountant. I enjoyed it. Nothing was handmade, everything was bought in from wholesalers. During busy times I was working seven days a week. It all had to stop when sales were dropping due to people not having any spare money. The cost of the pitch was more than my takings were. You can't run a business like that. At least I still had an income from the driving. 

If you fancy doing something like this give it a try, though it probably isn't the right time at the moment. 

It's been a lovely day in the garden today. Let's hope we get more sunshine.

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Ghostly !

 Is anyone watching Jeanlouis Reels on facebooook? Photo's and short videos keep popping up here. Don't know who is posting them. They are mostly short videos of a man with orange batons waving his arms to guide an incoming aircraft to it's parking place. He is usually covered head to toe in black. Only his torso is visible when he puts on a high viz vest.  He jumps about and makes the whole job fun. He said he loves his job, and it shows. I am sure he has other duties to perform.

Now there are other aircraft shots being added to the channel. I particularly like this one.  

And this one. 

WOW. Amazing photography.

Stunning. 

I took Mickey to the vet this morning. He stopped eating. It has happened before, twice. Each time the vet gave him an injection and he perked up again. Now he has had a third and I have to monitor what he eats and how much. Apparently he has an incurable condition which causes him pain, that's why he stops eating. He can have more injections as long as they are a month apart. If they no longer work then the vet may prescribe a stronger pain killer. He is such a gentle and sweet boy.

This afternoon I set off for a walk and wondered if I should turn back. It was so cold, even though the sun was out. The wind whipping across the fields was making my eyes water and my nose dribble. I stuck it out and carried on. I had extra clothing in my rucksack which I had to put on. 

Now Mayze wants a cuddle. She has been out in the garden all day. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Introducing Charlie

Good morning. I have accumulated quite a substantial amount of naysayers on my blog. They berate me for exploring different media channels in pursuit of information about what is going on. That is fine by me, everyone has an opinion. Those who look for confrontation here would do well to do their own research in social media, and instead of spitting feathers on other people's blogs, they would be better to start their own blog. I have to add here, that some blogs have turned into cess pits for haters. They wallow in misery together. 

Anyway, while looking for information I have recently come across Charles Veitch. He posted this video 15 years ago and now has 528k subscribers. 

I have posted his latest video on my other blog, The Rabbit Hole, (Talking to myself).  What he says makes perfect sense to me. 

I wish you a good day. I have to ring the vet because I have a poorly cat. 

Catch ya later. ilona

A lot of water

Hello. So yesterday I went to Burton Waters, it's a marina just outside Lincoln. I was first there in 2012, then I went again in 2022. On this blog post there are lots of photo's of the marina. So why did I go again yesterday. First of all I went to Go Outdoors and bought an OS map of the area. There are a lot of places I haven't explored around Lincoln so now I have the map I can go a bit further afield. I hate going anywhere without a map. 

I wanted to do a walk from Burton Waters, along the canal into Lincoln. To see how far it was and how long it took me. It was a lovely sunny day for it. 

This is the route for the boats to go in and out of the marina and onto the Fossdyke Navigation. The footbridge goes over it. There were no boats moving yesterday. Some of the owners were busying themselves with getting their boats ready for summer. 

It was a long and boring walk into Lincoln. The path had a flat surface and quite a few families were out with their buggys and scooters. There was nothing much to look at along the way. Except the odd boat wreck now and again which either looked ready to sink, or was just abandoned.

Approaching Lincoln there were quite a lot of live aboard boats on permanent moorings. The Barge at Brayford Pool is a restaurant. Here is their web site, It has For Sale signs on it but I cant find who is conducting the sale or what price it is. 

I walked into town and needed a pee, that's the bathroom if you are in the US. I made a beeline for M&S they must have one because they serve food. I went up the escalator and hurried past the lingerie section, and found the Ladies lavatory tucked away in the corner of the kids section. I stopped momentarily to admire the bra's and knickers, I call them pants. What chuffin awful colours. They look like army camouflage garments. I pointed this out to a woman walking past. She said, yes they are awful. I checked the price, very expensive as you would guess for M&S. 

Directly behind them there was another rack. Those colours are much better. 

The town was buzzing, there was a lot of food vendors doing a good trade. I have to say though that the smell was awful. Not for me thank you. I sat on a bench outside a church and ate my cheese and pickle sandwich. 

Time to head off back to the car at Burton Waters. I decided to take the road for part of the way before I picked up the canal track to the marina. I thought this tree decoration was kinda cute. I might try that idea. 

So that was my day out. Seven miles, and a lot of it was along a boring canal tow path. I need to find some hills. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona