Waste Incinerator

Just had a blog heads up where the statement is made that everyone in Barnstaple is against the idea of an incinerator for area.
I hate to disagree with the socialist party but they should ask everyone before making such a sweeping statement. Their idea that recycling will deal with the waste is way off the mark. It is being proved at the moment that recycling is not the total answer with a lot of the stuff being put out for it not going anywhere as there is no demand. Surely it is more sense to burn the rubbish in a controlled environmentally neutral fashion and use the energy produced. Thus saving the burning of at least some fossil fuel. Recycling is all well and good but the cost to the environment in the collecting and disposal of it has made a number of the "experts" consider that it does in fact do more harm than good.
In my mind there are two things that need to happen. 1 we need to create a lot less waste individually. 2 we need to use the waste we do produce for a good purpose.
It's time the supermarkets took their packaging in hand and only use what is needed for the product and not over package as they are now. Wouldn't it be fun if everyone and I mean everyone who uses supermarkets, took all the excess packaging back to the shop on one day and left it in a nice big heap in their car parks. Maybe then the owners, directors and management would realise just how much they are adding to our damaged environment. Seeing it the councils would realize who creates the waste and adjust the community charge accordingly. Government would also catch on and maybe do something about it.

Isn't Science GREAT

Nearly every day a scientist comes up with some wonderful news that something we are doing is going to kill us. Today it's drinking causes cancer, particularly in women. Brilliant - another thing we must not do. Add it to the foods that will kill us and the smoking and the overweight and the breathing the air in certain places and all the chemicals in our homes or in our food and there is sufficient to worry about to give us all a heart attack.
I've had the heart problems and at the time my cholesterol was very low, I was active and not overweight, so all the things that caused it I didn't fit in with.
Personally I think the biggest problem with our lives today is the number of warnings we get about everything. Scientists have to prove their worth to continue being employed and if they come up with a problem about some lifestyle thing, they are then employed for longer finding the cure. Some time ago we were told to go to work on on an egg, then they became very bad for us, so we are told to severely limit how many we have in a week. Now we're told that the research was wrong and eggs are in fact quite good for us. Wonderful, if we wait long enough all the bad things now will be the good things in the future.
Life is for living not worrying and, no matter how long any of us live, in the scheme of things it is a very short life. I believe in living it, enjoying it and making the most of the time. It doesn't matter to me how long I live. What matters is whether it is worth living. I am not going to let any scientist or government tell me what or how. If I die tomorrow I will have enjoyed my time on this earth and if I don't I will enjoy the days after. One thing I wont be doing is worrying about all the warnings that will come out in the days and years to come. I will be doing my best to make my www.tour-devon.com site the best source of info about the area I love.
I'm going to enjoy life, nature and the people I know and meet every day.
What are you going to do, worry yourself to death or not worry yourself and live happy?
There is one warning that I would take notice of if it were ever given. Scientists, politicians and so called experts are bad for your health, bad for your life and bad for your and the planets future.
Now it's time for my breakfast, think I'll have the same as usual. Cigarette,cup of tea and a good cough followed by a good fry up of 3 eggs, nice fatty streaky bacon and fried bread. Then a nice morning sat in front of the telly. Pop out for a few pints dinner time and sleep it off this afternoon. I will do another bit of the blog tomorrow - if I live that long.
PS next thing they will tell us is that sex is bad for us. Oh! hang on, I think they already have!!!

Who is Really to Blame

Every time something goes wrong with this countries relationship with another country we get the media and government blaming this or that group. When you delve into it the blame isn't groups, it's governments trying to inflict their ideas on everyone else and woe betide anyone disagreeing with them.
One thing I have found in my life is that if people are left to get to know each other properly then a lot of good friendships develop. In reality there's only two groups of people in this world. Men and women and left alone they get on quite well with each other. Religions go by many names and faces but in truth they are groups of people with a common believe and when you look across the different ones, the basics are very similar. A belief that there is a power greater than us that has an effect on our lives in one or many ways. I'm not religious in any way but I do believe in the essential goodness of mankind. Maybe one day all the barriers will come down and everyone will be free to live and work anywhere in the world without any interference from any government. A single currency worth exactly the same in any country. All jobs valued for what they are and paid accordingly and not paid relative to the country where the job is being done.
Global warming is one thing that will need to be dealt with regardless of borders. We either all work together to resolve it or we all die together when the resources run out.
OK all of this is a bit simplistic but in essence I think it is the only way this planet will survive with man on it. One thing for certain, whatever we do or don't do the planet will go on. We may not and if we are not here then we cannot do any more damage.
Oh well, at least the sun is shining today.

It's a dogs life

Every so often we hear of another tragedy involving dogs that have injured someone. Each time it happens there is a cry for more control on dogs. In every case I have read about the fault is a human one and not the dogs.
Many people have dogs as a sort of status symbol and spend little or no time understanding how dogs work. They are a pack animal and if you have one in your home then you and your family are the pack. In every pack there are top dogs and you have to ensure that you and your family are above the dog in the pecking order. The rules are simple. The top dog can bite all the other dogs. The number two can bite all the ones below but not the one above and so on down the list. For a dog to be safe in your home it has to be the bottom of the pack and as such knows it is not allowed to bite anyone above. You see so many people with dogs that do not have control over it. The dog thinks it is number one in the pecking order and there in lies the problems.
I've had dogs all my life and loved every one of them but at no time did I ever let the dog think it was above me or any other human in the pecking order. I might add I have never been bitten by one either, and have handled some pretty nasty specimens in my time but even with them, the answer was to make sure they recognised their place and give them lots of love and attention.
A cat can be ignored and it will happily find other ways to amuse itself. A dog wont and if you cannot give your dog a lot of your time then maybe you should think about changing it for a cat.