Vikings, Or, Floki is fabulous!

vikings-gustaf-skarsgardI’ve finally managed to watch the first two episodes of Vikings. I’m only three series behind everyone else…

Apart from telling the characters off for having their dragon heads on the ship in home waters and finding their complete ignorance of the existence of England unlikely, I enjoyed it.

Floki is a 6’4″ excitable puppy. It’s adorable.

 

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Mortality stats are finally published

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortality-statistics-esa-ib-and-sda-claimants

It’s taken several organisations and individuals making F.O.I requests and a change.org petition to get the information, but the DWP has finally issued the mortality statistics for those claiming EAS, IB and SDA. About 4,000 of those deaths occurred after work capability assessments said the claimants were fit for work.

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Am I old enough yet for people to stop asking

If I’ve got a boyfriend or if I’m getting married/having children?

I turned thirty-two a few days before Midsummer; you’d have thought people would have given up on that nonsense by now. I mean, if I haven’t got round to all that stuff by now, I’m really not going to, am I?Continue reading “Am I old enough yet for people to stop asking”

Ick, people have no manners

I had a fantastic day out in Sheffield yesterday; I’m exhausted, mentally and physically today though. It would have been perfect but for the behaviour of some bad mannered little brats. If that wasn’t bad enough my aching legs carried me past a white-van-man this morning who though shouting insults at me was acceptable. This is a rant, by the way. Read on at your peril.Continue reading “Ick, people have no manners”