Please Take Note

I have a Sky Box that wont work

A fire that wont burn

A digital camera that's overly complex

I have years worth of photographs on a hard drive storage gizmo that I cant access...


Today I was speaking to a Rep who visited our farm and I told  him how the everyday simple things had become a battle, and he agreed. Don't underestimate how tired of this sort of crap I am. Im beyond sick of it, but it wasn't always like this. Once the everyday things worked. You turned on your TV , you developed your photographs ect .When your tired at the end of a day you don't need to battle this shit. When Oh when will manufactures realise we are not all teenagers with too much spare time who enjoy messing around with technology. We just want to watch our fucking TV , or take a picture for posterity without a battle ! I doubt that penny will ever drop...

But are they really hero's ???

This weekend Ive had a great day out and a much needed rest at the Wray Scarecrow Festival . My daughter, Evie loved it and it was good to spend some time with her as things are always so busy nowadays. Yeah that's all rosey , but the theme for the festival of village scarecrows this afternoon  was Hero's and Villains. Of course the inevitable Batman/ Joker scarecrow types were displayed in various gardens , but then I came across two scarecrows dressed up as soldiers complete with the sign " Our troops are the real hero's " and yes , this got me thinking...
   How can a career soldier who kills at his peers command , who in turn gets his orders from politicians for political reasons be a " hero ? " A hero surely acts on his own free will against overwhelming odds, often risking his life for a view or situation he finds worthy. A main stream military soldier does not do this. He follows orders to kill, and puts little thought or philosophy into killing . In some ways he is the lowest of the low excuses for a killer. It is just his " job "He is an empty headed drone or robot of a nightmarish type, that will think not of a bigger picture or question his own actions. No, a hero he cannot or ever be , though he must be brave, and valiant  , and will probably be trust worthy too and even selfless as well , but a hero ? NEVER !!!