Hinstock Hack
"What's -Up ?" this month I hear you cry?
Not a lot really, yet again? It appears that the recession is taking its toll big style, in all areas of both the country, and the population. Nobody appears to be unscathed by the recession with everybody suffering - well, apart form the Royal family maybe, oh and MPs, and then there's the members of the banking community. Now there's a funny thing, apparently the Tory Shadow Chancellor said today he's thought that for this year no bankers got a cash bonus of more than £2,000. How's that going to work then? He's not in charge so can't make it happen, and he hasn't said if the Tories win the next election they'd enforce it next year. Yet again another cheap shot from a politician in the run up to next year's election by trying to look like they will look after us. Everybody thinks that bankers bonuses are ludicrous already (after all who got us into the financial mess the country is in, it wasn't nurses and lorry drivers was it, no it was "merchant bankers".) Do politicians REALLY think that Joe Public is that stupid to fall for stunts like this. Clearly at least one party does, and I suspect it's them all actually.
Bizarre Sporting Events?
A41 Road Closure (again) !!
Well, after all the hoo haa last month, which led to the late abandonment of plans to close the A41 for some re-surfacing work, apparently after a meeting with members of the public in Sambrook, it now appears that the road closure is back on again? Clearly this is a bizarre sporting event, with rumours that both William Hill and Ladbrokes are taking bets on whether the road will be closed or not, and if so for how long. Both firms are in agreement in that they both have the road being closed at some point as a short priced favourite, but Ladbrokes have closed for less than 2 weeks as favourite in the how long stakes, whereas William Hills have more than 2 weeks as favourite. There is a phrase which includes breweries which springs to mind, but the glorious Telford And Wrekin Council appear to be unable to organise the what's it in a brewery. Now while we all probably knocked the late North Shropshire Council, at least they managed to re-surface their stretch of the road (next one along to where Telford plan to shut the road) without closing the A41 at all?
Falcon Dominoes
Well the season has continued as it started (lost the first game 5-2 as reported in last month's mag!). We are now five games into the season, and the team have been soundly trounced 5-2 in four of those five games. Bizarrely however, the one game they didn't lose 5-2, they won 6-1 (please don't ask who the one who lost was - OK it was me!!!!). Anyway, the only way is up as they say, as the team had a similar start last season (or maybe the one before?) and recovered it after a good talking to by "El Capitano". Basically the players aren't performing, and considering the high wages they get for representing the Falcon it just isn't good enough, but then again some players are increasing their earnings potential by moonlighting on Thursday night's for the Three Horseshoes at Sambrook????
Quotes Of The Month
"I can't poke a fireplace but I CAN poke an editor !"
"I can't go to bed with your Dad - he's red hot."
There were more quotes in the original draft of the magazine. Sadly, I can't remember them all. My apologies go to all those lovely people who pass quotes on to me.
Keep them coming in !
The Hinstock Hack