The cold, cold, cold spell the forecasters have been predicting is still not here but I suppose it could be a matter of perception. Temperatures for the past few days have been hovering just around the freezing mark which is cold, admittedly, but does that really qualify as cold, cold, cold? I’m not sure. So it was interesting to run across a little comparison site on the BBC web site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21044545). While it’s -1 o Celsius here, it tells me that it is -38 o C (-36 o F) in Yakutsk, Russia. So, one can’t really say that we are enduring cold, cold, cold temperatures in comparison. At the same time, it’s worth noting that Los Angeles is enduring temperatures as low as 17 o C (63 o F) and Sydney, Australia is managing to struggle along with temperatures of 37o C (99 o F). It’s all relative, I guess.
20 January 2013 – Amusements
I should have had this last week when I was working through our taxes. Not sure that the Revenue will accept this strategy but then again, all Vodaphone had to do was take the head of the service out to a very expensive dinner and he let them off something approaching £4 billion in unpaid taxes. Hey ho!
A man wrote a letter to the IRS: “I have been unable to sleep knowing that I have cheated on my income tax. I understated my taxable income and have enclosed a check for $200.00. If I still can’t sleep, I will send the rest.” Continue reading “20 January 2013 – Amusements”