ONE FOOT IN MY MOUTH 18/8/14 No 139 Editorial:- Has anybody noticed the change in the weather. My first inclination of the onset of Autumn is the realisation that the heating has been turned on in Stalag Gulag 1. I know we don`t need it, and you can turn it down, but 8 months already, and I`ve not even planted my ground nuts. Mind you as you get older you are nearer your, er, they just get nearer the ground. Around The World:- Heard on BBC Radio Two, when asked about people found in a container this morning the reporter replied, It`s not clear how come they got here. It`s not clear how come he got that job. Oh and end of, another grrrurh. Staying on funny place names. We did some recently. And I do lift these from various sources. In Somerset there`s `Compton Dando` and `Nempnett Thrubwell.` And in Lincolnshire along Ermine Street, a sign that states Spital-in -the -Street: please drive carefully. I do remember many years ago an official sign near a school, on a sharp bend, in Norfolk read, Slow you down boy, kids about. History:- 1914; Oscar Egg, sets a new cycling hour record, (44,247km). 1932; Scottish aviator Jim Mollison, made the first westbound transatlantic solo flight. 1941; Britain`s National Fire Service was established. 1958; `Lolita` was first published.1960; The first oral contraceptive was launched in the US. 1965; Hank Aaron, loses a home run because he hit it out of the batter`s box. Bet that hurt. 1983; Samantha Druce, aged 12y 119 days,is youngest woman to swim the English channel. 1987; Philip Rush of New Zealand, set a record for the triple crossing of the English Channel, his time of 28h :21m is 10 hours faster than the first man to do it. 1991; Soviet Union hardliners attempted a coup against the President Mikhail Gorbachev. Birthdays:- 1920; Shelley Winters, US actress,(d2006), 86. 1937; Robert Redford, actor, 77. 1961; Huw Edwards, presenter BBC News at 10. 1972; Victoria Coren, presenter BBC Four and poker player. Deaths:- 1227; Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror. 1940; Walter P Chrysler, American automotive engineer/executive, (b1875 Sport:- Just saw this and I quote, Not being very athletically minded, I thought Linford Christie was a village in Somerset. Lets not get carried away with England`s test victories over India in the test series, India were maybe just preparing their limited overs strategy. However we are proud , or at least we should be, of our Ladies Rugby team after winning the World Cup. Fantastic after losing in the final for the last - I think - four championships. Word Of The Day:- NUTRITIONIST: n, a person who studies or is an expert on the processes of human nourishment. I know somebody like that.
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