The Royal County Show at Maple Durham

This is where we spent the afternoon, it may have been its first year but its charges were on par with a much more popular and established show.

It was worth the journey of 104 miles each way for the scurry, we came 3rd overall and I think it was a bit basic but a good way to spend an afternoon.

This is Sassy bringing back the dummy, Her son Sampson below made the best two retrieves of the day according to the judges;

Westminster maths

Westminster Maths .
1. Teaching Maths In 1970 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?
2. Teaching Maths In 1980 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 80% of the price. What is his profit?
3. Teaching Maths In 1990 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80. How much was his profit?
4. Teaching Maths In 2000 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80 and his profit is £20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.
5. Teaching Maths In 2005 A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and Inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habit of animals or the Preservation of our woodlands. Your assignment: Discuss how might the birds and squirrels feel as the Logger cut down their homes just for a measly profit of £20.
6. Teaching Maths In 2009 A logger is arrested for trying to cut down a tree in case it may be Offensive to Muslims or other religious groups not consulted in the Felling licence. He is also fined a £100 as his Chainsaw is in breach of Health & Safety legislation as it deemed too dangerous and could cut something. He Has used the Chainsaw for over 20 years without incident however he does Not have the correct certificate of competence and is therefore considered To be a recividest and habitual criminal. His DNA is sampled and his Details circulated throughout all government agencies. He protests and is Taken to court and fined another £100 because he is such an easy target. When he is released he returns to find Gypsies have cut down half his wood To build a camp on his land. He tries to throw them off but is arrested, Prosecuted for harassing an ethnic minority, imprisoned and fined a Further £100. While he is in jail the Gypsies cut down the rest of his wood and Sell it on the black market for £100 cash. They also have a leaving BBQ Of squirrel and pheasant and depart leaving behind several tonnes of rubbish And asbestos sheeting. The forester on release is warned that failure to Clear the fly tipped rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. He Complains and is arrested for environmental pollution, breach of the peace And invoiced £12000 plus VAT for safe disposal costs by a regulated Government contractor.
Your assignment: How many times is the logger going to have to be Arrested and fined before he realizes that he is never going to make £20 profit by Hard work, give up, sign onto the dole and live off the state for the rest Of his life?
7. Teaching Maths In 2010 A logger doesn’t sell a lorry load of timber because he can’t get a loan To buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their money on a Derivative of securitized debt related to sub- prime mortgages in Alabama And lost the lot with only some government money left to pay a few million Pound bonuses to their senior directors and the traders who made the Biggest losses.
The logger struggles to pay the £1200 road tax on his old lorry however, As it was built in the 1970s it no longer meets the emissions regulations And he is forced to scrap it.
Some Bulgarian loggers buy the lorry from the scrap merchant and put it Back on the road. They undercut everyone on price for haulage and send Their cash back home, while claiming unemployment for themselves and their Relatives. If questioned they speak no English and it is easier to deport Them at the governments expense. Following their holiday back home they Return to the UK with different names and fresh girls and start again. The Logger protests, is accused of being a bigoted racist and as his name is On the side of his old lorry he is forced to pay £1500 registration fees as a gang Master.
The Government borrows more money to pay more to the bankers as bonus's Are not cheap. The parliamentarians feel they are missing out and claim the Difference on expenses and allowances.
You do the maths.

Thanks to HappyBonzo for this!

Well someone certainly passed their MBA in business bollock speak

Didnt they?
This arrived in my email today;

This is a delegate centred workshop focusing on the importance of employee engagement through quality performance conversations to achieve improved business results. The workshop will offer you an opportunity to examine and discuss the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to engage your people in a range of performance conversations.

· Performance Planning Conversation – setting objectives
· Regular formal one to ones conversations
· Improving under performance conversations

Objectives:

Identify and explain how the manager’s behaviour and actions impact on overall performance.
Explain the differences between the different types of conversation interventions and improve their confidence in choosing the right type of intervention.
Identify the key skills and behaviours that support these types of intervention.
Explain how employee engagement enhances the delivery of business outcomes.

Allegedly its to teach me how to speak to my staff. Well it wont be winning any Crystal charter mark for plain English will it?

Now I know I have been slack in posting but the above may explain why I have been busy, if not then look at this;

An unbeleivably hot day spent in reasonable company watching some very good gundog work.
The Tea Lady here making the special award for the Junior Novices. Many thanks to SEGS for the day.

He's outa my life

And all the other puns, I noticed that some white bloke who used to be black has generated about 12 pages of jokes about his passing on the Army Rumour Service.
Well I am not going to get excited about it, it really makes no difference at all to how I live my life and I certainly dont expect to get all soppy and emotional about it, after all its not like he was Elvis was it?
Right now thats done lets get back tgo the serious stuff;

True Genius

once in a while, in life you run into a genius with true talent......

Thanks to Elmer for this one.

Difficult as some days can be I have decided

not to bother with tales of derring do and bunny bashing but instead decided to show you some more fine video clips of stupidity in action;

At least Grandad likes his new toy;

And this which really says it all doesnt it?

Back on the horse again!

So after much pestering to go out and thin the rabbit population I drove up to work so I could visit the wood that evening on the way home.

Imagine my surprise when I saw this chap lounging around;

He was worth a look for again later so I popped him into the hedge as this is the closest to home I have seen a Roe Buck and to age him would be interesting.

After work I took the car down to the woods and whilst wandering around saw a nice Roe Doe, and heard at least 2 different bucks barking at each other so I figured the wood could support the loss of one, fifty yards at a push?

After dealing with this chap we wandering off filling the pot with rabbits and away home to see if mr roadkill was still there.

Gone sadly so either the council or the pikeys are having a very gamey venison stew!

When I got back and hung the carcasse I found that the shot had missed the shoulder/leg bone and gone through the ribs taking out the heart and lung connection. Nice, I must remember that sight picture, as if it will ever leave me eh?