Wednesday, May 11, 2005
more trawling
Seeing as not too much is happening down Limerick side of note this weather its time to trawl the woo woo woo for more tales of madness and stupidity. Woke up this evening to see on the news that good old George Dubya bush was supposed to be stopping off in Shannon this evening for a sup of gas to be put into Air force 1 before he went back off to Washington after his tour of various parts of russia and other places that are very cold. Then a short time later it was reported that someone threw a grenade' in his direction as he was speaking in Georgia at a big rally. Obviously George had been reading the Local Limerick news and decided that he might have been tempting fate a little bit so he decided to go straight home instead. I presume that protesters of some sort were out in Shannon for a bit of a demonstration and they must be a bit disappointed at seeing their valuable time wasted by a no show from George.
Keeping the topic some bit crime related, (this is Limerick we are talking about after all and of course you have to believe the stereotype that we live in an area worse than Iraq) it is interesting to see that Burglars in Scotland should take the bus to work, since it's more likely that they'll be jailed for forgetting to pay a vehicle tax than for stealing from someone's home. According to figures released by the Scottish Executive, 1574 motorists were jailed in 2003 compared to only 1252 burglars. The motoring offenses resulting in jail time were overwhelmingly minor. Paperwork violations -- driving without a license, insurance, vehicle tax or registration -- put 1182 individuals behind bars. Only 386 were jailed for dangerous driving violations such as driving under the influence of alcohol. And we thought we had it bad!!
After all the traffic chaos a while ago after a cement truck overturned on the shannon bridge its time to read about a joyrider who went a bit mad in england with a dumper truck!! Dumper Truck Joyrider Left Trail of Destruction is an interesting read, he obviously didnt like speed cameras as he flatttend four of them on his trip around the countryside!!
Keeping the topic some bit crime related, (this is Limerick we are talking about after all and of course you have to believe the stereotype that we live in an area worse than Iraq) it is interesting to see that Burglars in Scotland should take the bus to work, since it's more likely that they'll be jailed for forgetting to pay a vehicle tax than for stealing from someone's home. According to figures released by the Scottish Executive, 1574 motorists were jailed in 2003 compared to only 1252 burglars. The motoring offenses resulting in jail time were overwhelmingly minor. Paperwork violations -- driving without a license, insurance, vehicle tax or registration -- put 1182 individuals behind bars. Only 386 were jailed for dangerous driving violations such as driving under the influence of alcohol. And we thought we had it bad!!
After all the traffic chaos a while ago after a cement truck overturned on the shannon bridge its time to read about a joyrider who went a bit mad in england with a dumper truck!! Dumper Truck Joyrider Left Trail of Destruction is an interesting read, he obviously didnt like speed cameras as he flatttend four of them on his trip around the countryside!!
# posted by grumpy : 4:39 a.m.
