Better ill than dead

he movie “Animal Graveyard” or something similar (not “Animal Hospital”) gave me the creeps as a young kid; I’m not sure if I even watched it, I at least heard of it. “Elephants’ graveyard” also; anything to do with death…

Recently we’ve attracted some ill or weak birds, who use our yard like a sanctuary and even stay overnight. It’s a bit painful to see them in poor health; but we need to do our best to help them because they ask for it.

Things have progressed:

Will they create a new shell to whitewash their actions?

All good so far

IVE months ago we set up the shells’ tank to split them apart from all the fish. All the shells seem healthy (to date I only saw one or two dead shells, that’s less than 1% of the whole) and they seem increasingly active too. If their population keeps growing, however, oxygen capacity will decrease. Then a bigger tank might become necessary.

The shells or snails seem to be of Malaysia origin (no predators in the tank though). They came with our loaches. They reproduce very fast.

Good cause

This week I spoke to Daniel Pocock and his latest blog posts show that:

1. He has made Farage nervous
2. He costs Farage a lot of money
3. He has uncovered additional scandals
4. The mainstream media intentionally ignores (1-3)

He’s not done yet. Things will be getting hotter.

Less so over time

he driver’s licence in my possession says 2026, so this isn’t sour grapes. I can still drive, but I’d need to rent or buy a car to do so.

But would I?

Last time I checked the process of renting a car (paperwork etc.) and costs, I was immediately amused. How would that save any time? Even if driving somewhere could save time, why would I spend 3 hours dealing with forms, refilling the tank, returning the car?

Buying a car? Forget about it. Purchasing price aside, consider all the toil associated with monthly paperwork (insurance, MOT etc.) and maintenance, repair, clean-up and so on.

I simply fail to see how cars would save me time. They can enhance mobility, sure, but at what cost?

Phoning a taxi isn’t hard. In relative terms, they are not so expensive either.

The mental burden spared by “renting a driver” (not a car) is already invaluable.

Penalties

HE Man City financial charges case is still preying on our minds. They might escalate this to the High Court, I’m not entirely sure if they first need to seek permission (to appeal), but it seems inevitable the club will be penalised one way or another. We dread the idea of relegation or of a massive point deduction.

We went past the Manchester City Stadium twice yesterday. It looks better than ever (many fantastic improvements) and we agree with Burnham about the Manchester City owner improving the city. We’d like to see that carrying on, even if selfishly.

I’ll probably write about this regularly. My knowledge of the legal system in the UK is fast improving.

Babysitting

wo days ago I wrote about Durian and Peanut. They’re still here a lot (but not most) of the day and a somewhat sick (seemingly adult) bird parked here overnight again, waiting for the next meal. The joke is, it’s there to protect me and I’m here to protect the bird from an ambush by cats when it’s dark. It’s rainy today, so the birds need oil. To have oil in their feathers they need seeds.

Last time we fed the 70+ birds in the park was yesterday. It’s close to a local ASDA, so afterwards I go shop there. The joke is that those birds give me some bargain charm. I found plenty of good things and I enjoy them in my coffee at this very moment.

I expect to publish many articles today (40-50 in total), so I’ll be at my chair most of the time (except when Rianne and I jog) and will babysit the birds.

The world needs more birds. It needs birds more than it needs humans.