Why do British people incessantly moan, gripe, stress and complain about the weather?
There really is nothing we can do to change any of it and lets face it the weather predictors, MET office and such like are really only putting educated guess work into play.
To be fair, it can be mildly irritating when you have something planned and then it goes and rains, but it really is no ones fault. Weather systems are so unpredicatble and ever-changing that to put a pin-point decision on what is going to happen and when, there is always going to be the opposite possibillity that it wont happen.
Therefore, weather forecasts= pinch o salt!!
Take this up coming bank holiday for instance. One minute forecasts are coming out that it is going to the best one yet and with the past few days we have had it was looking nice. And now it is predicted to be cloudy, chances of rain and getting cooler. Now for those of you planning the idyllic, long-weekend break this is not a good sign, but then for those like me who are going sailing and are wanting some decent breeze, bring it on i say!
Whatever you are up to enjoy the weekend and hopefully the weather wont be a factor that spoils it for you!
25 May 2010
9 May 2010
There's a first time for everything
First Time Voters!
I have to say that I am not too proud to having never voted before. I know that many women put their lives on the line to allow other fellow women the right to choose to vote, but selfishly I was on a crusade to travel and sail the seas and so was simply never in the UK when voting time came around.
Now that I have 'seen-the-light' and come home to start my business and find my fortune (not sure which one is due to come first) I find myself in the dilemma of never having voted before. This means that I do not have a scooby doo who is promising what to whom and who is fighting for which team. I am not too pleased that I don't know anything about the politics of the UK or who any of the candidates so I took to the press to gain as much as I could.
Reading, reading and more reading gave me an insight into the mind-field that is politics and it is truly amazing how people come out and openly give you their opinions and suggestions on who to vote for and why. Making things even more confusing.
I knew that when it came to it I would vote and by the time I had let go of the ballot paper into the box I would have changed my mind. But then what I came to realise is that there will never be enough information and no matter wether people like Gordon Brown or David Cameron personally that really doesnt matter as it is about the party and not the person.
As you all know, it happened. We voted, some did and some didnt and some simply couldnt and we are still no closer to getting a result. So as a first time voter who is proud to have voted and put my opion forward I feel kind of empty in a way. Like the horse i bet on for the grand national. I put the bet on, watched him start and come over the first hedge, round the first corner, get up to the front runners to the last furlong and then fail and not finish. This is how I feel the voting went, and now we are left waiting to see if the horse has to be put down!
I have to say that I am not too proud to having never voted before. I know that many women put their lives on the line to allow other fellow women the right to choose to vote, but selfishly I was on a crusade to travel and sail the seas and so was simply never in the UK when voting time came around.
Now that I have 'seen-the-light' and come home to start my business and find my fortune (not sure which one is due to come first) I find myself in the dilemma of never having voted before. This means that I do not have a scooby doo who is promising what to whom and who is fighting for which team. I am not too pleased that I don't know anything about the politics of the UK or who any of the candidates so I took to the press to gain as much as I could.
Reading, reading and more reading gave me an insight into the mind-field that is politics and it is truly amazing how people come out and openly give you their opinions and suggestions on who to vote for and why. Making things even more confusing.
I knew that when it came to it I would vote and by the time I had let go of the ballot paper into the box I would have changed my mind. But then what I came to realise is that there will never be enough information and no matter wether people like Gordon Brown or David Cameron personally that really doesnt matter as it is about the party and not the person.
As you all know, it happened. We voted, some did and some didnt and some simply couldnt and we are still no closer to getting a result. So as a first time voter who is proud to have voted and put my opion forward I feel kind of empty in a way. Like the horse i bet on for the grand national. I put the bet on, watched him start and come over the first hedge, round the first corner, get up to the front runners to the last furlong and then fail and not finish. This is how I feel the voting went, and now we are left waiting to see if the horse has to be put down!
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