Brett

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-tsunami-earthquake

http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/db/eqinfo.php

more warnings for the phillipines and hawaii as well.

Anyone would think that the earth was trying to fight back at the minute.

An elephant, an ostrich and a crocodile stop a bloke in the street.

The crocodile pulls out a police badge and says, "We have reason to believe you are carrying substances of an hallucinogenic nature, Sir."

Two Radical Arabs boarded a flight out of London .

One took a window seat and the other sat next to him in the middle seat.

Just before takeoff, a U.S. Marine sat down in the aisle seat.

After takeoff, the Marine kicked his shoes off, wiggled his toes and was settling in

when the Arab in the window seat said, 'I need to get up and get a coke.'

'Don't get up,' said the Marine, 'I'm in the aisle seat, 'I'll get it for you.'

As soon as he left, one of the Arabs picked up the Marines shoe and spat in it.

When the Marine returned with the coke, the other Arab said,

'That looks good, I'd really like one, too.'

Again, the Marine obligingly went to fetch it.

While he was gone the other Arab picked up the Marines other shoe and spat in it.

When the Marine returned, they all sat back and enjoyed the flight.

As the plane was landing, the Marine slipped his feet into his shoes and knew immediately what had happened.

He leaned over and asked his Arab neighbors

'Why does it have to be this way?' 'How long must this go on?

This fighting between our nations? This hatred? This animosity?

This spitting in my shoes and me pxxxxxg in your cokes?'

I took a dyslexic bird home the other day she ended up cooking my sock.

Roses are red

A.D.D is green

Look a butterfly..

Pillow fight!!

I like to play with them for a little bit, depends what kind of day I have had.

Currently don't have a house phone due to dodgy builders, electricians and extensions all combined but don't get any since moving house and having a new line installed.

Sat opposite an Indian lady on the train today, she shut her eyes and

stopped breathing.

I thought she was dead until I saw the red spot on her forehead, and

realised she was just on standby.

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A man goes to a doctor.."I am addicted to Twitter", he says....Doctor says: "I am sorry, I dont follow you"....”

boom tish ..................

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My friends say I'm too patronising...

... (that's when you talk down to someone in a condescending way, as if they're really stupid).

I'm liking the change to Torres's old chant at Anfield...did make me laugh

Fernando proved his not a Red,torres Torres!!

the Money went straight to his head Torres Torres!!

go to Chelsea,ruin Your life,we hope John Terry !*!@# your wife.

Joey Barton has played out of his skin this season, that incident today proved that he can bite his lip, many a player would have retaliated. He has to be one of the best midfielders in the premiership at the moment, so why is Capello not picking him for England

Because they want nice people to play for the national team. Nice people who don't get into trouble and smile alot. Bringing the nation into disrepute in an international competition would cost money in unavoidable fines. This was said after the world cup too.

Just watched one of the best premiership games of all time. The Toon staged the best recovery since the Titanic was raised. 0-4 down at half time to draw at 4-4 and should have won 5-4 .

I went and took the dogs out at half time and missed the goals....oops.

Couldn't believe it when I got back and seen the result on Sky Sports News. Was eagerly awaiting MOTD after that. Granted there was some dubious linesman/womanship.

Leon Best had a goal disallowed when he was clearly being played onside by Rosicky. Williamson going down in the box was given a bit easily too but I am definitely not complaining!! Mrs Brettly told me that Barton was in a scuffle to which I replied that he probably started it

Pleased we came back and gave them a run for their money and also that Sunderland got beat.

Ameobi is supposedly looking at 6 months now so Ranger & Best are going to have to pull their socks up and Ranger did look promising yesterday when he came on but constant graft is needed.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_6732975,00.html

BUT , what is going to happen to this £35m?

It's going to be used to get Ashley's head above water for him selling the club of course. Well thats what I personally think he's waiting for....hence the lack of funds available so far.

A fraction of that will be available in the summer if we can wait that long. Rumours for Elmander from Bolton would be good but don't think he would appreciate the lack of support from the middle of the park either. We need a full on grafter or a better all round team. Neither of these things are going to come over the next few years let alone overnight so a long hard slog ahead is forecast.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3487

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3492

BREAKING NEWS fernando torres deal with chelsea has fallen through due to john terry not agreeing personal terms with torres"s mrs

Gutted he's gone but for that sort of money they would be daft to let him go. After all we have got Stephen Ireland

Ireland and barton in the middle with routledge and guttierez on the wings. Nolan supporting either Ranger, Best or Ameobi up front.

Ameobi will have to swap his boots over and start kicking straight. It was announcedin the Journal t'other week that Ranger was committed to scoring goals for the Toon so he just needs to pull his socks up and have a good go. After all he appears to put more effort in that Ameobi but doesn't get a game. Don't think Best has a hat-trick in him every game but we need some commitment from all of the players and leave Perch on the bench and we should be fine.

On the subject of the hydrogen fuel cells however, I didn't realise that they had distributed cars to people. Im guessing that the unit & retail cost of the cells is too high at the moment and it will just be time that determines when the price comes down like any technology.

I had a quick 15 minute search about after posting yesterday and although the Honda's aren't the most amazing looking cars it is definitely the way forward. Marty McFly clearly had it all wrong when he thought about hovering cars....

Back in the 80's Farmway were trialing the early forms of bio-diesel made from rapeseed oil. They had all of their trucks and vans running on this fuel at a fraction of the cost of conventional diesel and even before the trials were complete the government at the time slapped so much duty on it,it wasn't even worth completing the trial. The easier we try to make life for ourselves, the more the government wants us to pay for it. That means any goverment, no matter who is in power, now or any time in the future. The saying, "what goes up, must come down" does not, and will never apply to the cost of running a car.

Mrs Brettly practices complimentary and alternative therapies and at the moment they are attempting to pass laws against the use & purchase of (predominently chinese) herbal medicines unless you are a registered homeopath etc. A way of controlling how many people can obtain and use alternative medicines.

They seem to forget the fact that these medicines originated from our ancesters who experimented with natural remedies. If you start getting into the whole "Big Pharma" argument it's a whole new can of worms however.

I never mentioned "alternative" medicine.

The "Pharma" Industry is no different from the Petrolium Industry the parallels are there to be seen.

I didn't say that you did! I was mainly making the same comparison as you. The fuel companies and the government don't want alternative sources of bio-diesels & fuels due to the taxation on current fuels just like the pharmaceuticals companies don't want alternative medicines available as if people started using cheaper alternatives then they wouldn't make any money.

Artificial petrol that costs 19p a litre could be on the forecourts in less than three years. British scientists are refining a recipe for a hydrogen based based fuel that will run in existing cars. With hydrogen as its base rather than carbon, it's emissions will be zero. Here's the crunch with duties it will cost 60p a litre and AA president Edmund King warned "The fact that hydrogen is cheaper now doesn't mean it always will be because the Government would soon get it's hands on it and increase the tax"

Which is a point I was going to raise! If we have zero emissions from this new fuel, then everybody would not have to pay road tax! Where would the CON PARTY get their money from then. This should really please Governmental green pushers, should it not. I get the feeling it would not, as they could not then blame car users for global warming, and use this as an excuse to tax and condemn car users!

Another point though, how can I put it, more sinister point, what are the oil barons going to do about this, potentially this could wipe them off the market, no longer can they hold the world to ransom! Basically they would be finished, finito and caput. Do you really think that these people will let this happen? I can see the hot line to the hitmen ringing now. Or this idea will disappear with the scientists either VERY well off or considerably DEAD!

Weren't Honda leading the forefront in researching Hydrogen fuel cells, only issue they had the trouble with was actually harnassing it due to the flammability of Hydrogen.

Honda unveils FCX Clarity advanced fuel cell electric vehicle at motor show in US

A fuel cell reverses the electrolysis of water, producing electricity through the chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen to turn an electric motor and power the vehicle. Fuel cell electric vehicles produce no CO2 or any harmful emissions whatsoever.

Honda began road testing fuel cell electric vehicles in 1999. In December 2002, Honda delivered fuel cell electric vehicles to both the Japanese Cabinet Office and to the City of Los Angeles. Honda continued to develop its fuel cell technology with the goal of more widespread commercialization and, in 2003, released the FCX featuring the Honda FC Stack, the world'ss first fuel cell able to generate power at –20°C. Then, in 2006, Honda achieved fuel cell power generation at –30°C. Also in 2006, the FCX Concept featuring the more compact and higher-output V Flow FC Stack made its driving debut.

In November 2007, Honda unveiled the FCX Clarity advanced fuel cell electric vehicle featuring a fuel cell stack that was lighter, more compact and more powerful than ever before. With exceptional output of 100 kW, the stack featured a 50 percent increase in output density by volume and 67 percent by mass. As compared to its predecessor the FCX, the FCX Clarity offered 20 percent higher fuel economy and a 30 percent greater vehicle range.*

The FCX Clarity was the world's first vehicle to feature Honda's original plant-based Honda Bio-Fabric in its interior. The FCX Clarity also offered climate-controlled seats, which can warm and cool the occupant directly, helping to reduce the overall amount of electricity used for heating and cooling. Honda began leasing the FCX Clarity to individual customers in the United States in July 2008, and in Japan in November 2008.

BBC article

Its no different than the Pharmacutical Industry....... there are cures for allsorts of illnesses but no diseases = no money.

Mrs Brettly practices complimentary and alternative therapies and at the moment they are attempting to pass laws against the use & purchase of (predominently chinese) herbal medicines unless you are a registered homeopath etc. A way of controlling how many people can obtain and use alternative medicines.

They seem to forget the fact that these medicines originated from our ancesters who experimented with natural remedies. If you start getting into the whole "Big Pharma" argument it's a whole new can of worms however.

Roses are red, violets are blue, i've got alzheimers, cheese on toast.

bloody hell, thats rather thin. Can see some huge benefits of that in phones and othere devices and would look rather sleek and prevent screen cracks i would presume.

The above Jonny & Lucy supported The Unthanks on their tour last year

Was looking at these the other day as the girly has just got a £150 grant from the OU for computer resources but didn't really meet the requirements and getting a laptop instead. Tesco Direct have got some okay deals on at the minute. She was determined to get an iPad but I managed to talk her round to get more for her money.

Me and the girly have been right getting into our folk music recently, attended the Green Man Festival in the Brecon Beacons, Wales in August and had an excellent relaxed time for a muddy festival. Small intimate and everyone so friendly.

Went to the Sage last weekend and seen The Smoke Fairies. They were good but the two supporting acts were better in my opinion.

Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell - http://www.jonnyandlucy.com/

Both graduates of the Newcastle University Folk Degree course, Lucy plays fiddle and Jonny guitar. Both sing. Lucy has the most beautiful voice I've encountered for a long time, while Jonny's sensitive playing establishes the spare, delicate, dignified, soothing, agreeably old-fashioned character of the arrangements. Jonny also writes imaginative and tender songs that would stand out in their own right, but here are considerably enhanced by quite lovely performances (perhaps the best are 'Benjamin Brown' and 'Lullaby' – the latter being a love song to a partner who is too drunk to leave a party). Another highlight is 'Hares On The Mountain'; I've heard many versions of this rather beautiful traditional standard, but none this brilliant. Stars are born.

Sensational and interacted with the crowd nicely.

Will be attending the Sage over the next couple of months for a few other events. Worth checking out for anyone who likes something a bit different.

I think Andy Gray and Richard Keys should be sacked after their ignorant, sexist comments on TV. Sky Sports should set an example and give their jobs to female presenters. Preferably ones with really big :censored:.

Following the controversial comments made by Andy Gray and Richard Keys on having a woman lines man, it's now being heard that the female lines 'woman' in question was very upset even before kick off...When she discovered that the referee and the other lines man were wearing the same outfit as her.

Andy Gray and Richard Keys, in trouble for offending women referee assistants. I can't agree more, the only line a women should be near if she is putting my washing on it.

Following Andy Gray's sacking by Sky for "unacceptable and offensive behaviour" Sky's touchline reporter Andy Burton has been suspended for referring to 25-year-old assistant referee Massey as "a bit of a looker" during an off-air chat with Gray. The reasons for Burton's suspension were "questionable taste and dodgy eyesight".

For sale: Giant iPad-like table for sale. Connects to TV via HDMI cable. Great for watching football highlights on and analyzing them slowly and methodically when everyone else just wants to see the goals. Contact Andy Gray.

The lineswoman's a !*!@# !... or at least that's what I like to think

I'm glad to see the FA is standing behind the female assistant referee Sian Massey. That way they can look over her shoulder and tell her when to put the pretty flag up.