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Sir Daniel Gooch (Engineer & Politician), b. 1816, Bedlington, Northumberland. Happy 200th birthday, Sir Daniel!

About four years ago my then 45 year old son who is very healthy and fit, walks,climbs, hikes,mountain bikes, ice hockey, baseball etc,stepped onto the ice with his son to play a game of shinny hockey, he made one lap of the rink and his heart stopped! quick response by the arena staff located the AED defibrillator and they got his heart going again, after operations and recuperation he has recovered and living a normal life. Last year he walked the way of St James, Camino de Santiago, 800 km, he has worn out one bike and working on the next one! we are so grateful that the arena staff were trained in CPR and the use of AED's His heart condition is a hereditary condition, we are all taking our turn! For your friends and family's sake please learn how to use these AED's understand CPR you never know!

So, Juncker gets his EU Army - it's just about the only thing the Eurocrats can agree on, because it gives them more power! The Leave campaign was absolutely right about this and the Remainers deluding themselves. It's also emerging that there was a secret deal with Dodgy Dave that he wouldn't veto the plans when he won the referendum, whilst assuring us of the exact opposite! Hopefully our new PM isn't a serial liar! What is this army for other than to use against Europe's own peoples, or to have a go at Putin? One thing is for sure: it will grow and grow on every lame excuse, and absorb ever more of the EU GNP. It's a convenient tool to reduce the staggering EU youth unemployment, without actually doing anything positive to improve people's well-being. Our own leaders need to reaffirm our total commitment to NATO, and keep well away from any involvement or cooperation in so-called EU defence. Though, just how many of our politicos can we trust on this?

A blind man goes into a bar for gay females. He takes a seat at the bar and says, rather loudly, to the barmaid: “Have you heard the one about the blonde baker’s assistant?” The whole room goes quiet and the woman on the seat next to him says: “Before you tell that joke, there are a few things you should be aware of: 1. The barmaid is blonde 2. The bouncer is blonde 3. I’m a blonde. I’m also six foot tall, weigh 80 kilos and have a black belt in karate 4. The woman next to me is also blonde and she’s a weightlifter 5. The woman on your left is a blonde as well. She’s a wrestler. Think very carefully! Do you really want to tell that joke?” The man thinks for a while and then replies: “Not if I’ll have to explain it five times”.

We travelled to our Grand daughters wedding, all of our spread out family made and we were able to get our family portrate updated, great time catching up with all the news and gossip. Life is good!