Little Dog

That rather cute image has nothing to do with the story of what used to be called the Ark Zero.  But then again, when I posted about the Ark Zero last November - the Ark Zero had nothing to do with dogs either.

Although, I decided that the Ark Zero looked a lot like a dog.

I guess they must have agreed with me because it is now called the Dogood Zero.  Jack Scarlett pronounces it (presumably correctly) "Do good" in his report for The Fully Charged Show.

When I first came across Jack's work, I thought I wasn't going to like him - he seemed like he was trying too hard to be funny - but now I think he's brilliant.

Here's his latest enjoyable vid...

School's. Out. For. Ever

I've noticed a new 20mph zone has just appeared in the village in which I live.

I have no problem with 20mph zones around schools.

This one sort of coincides with where my car sat-nav thinks there is a school.

Here is a photograph of the school.

Apologies for the old photo - the school was demolished in 1975.

Anyway, here's one of the new signs that has just gone up:

If you look closely at it, you will see in the distance the next sign you reach when heading through the village.  Here is a close-up:

If you walk right up to it, you see the extremely faint outline of two children - it was once a school warning sign.  The next photo is what you come across once you pass the mostly-blank patrol sign:

That picture shows the end of a wall.  That wall is all that is left of the school.  It also shows the window of a DIY store built on the site of the school.  And a For Sale notice that isn't relevant to this post.

The final picture was taken after passing the DIY store and continuing through the village towards where the school was relocated to.  Just before you get to it, they've put up this sign.

Crashed Out!

We know that I like to hear about stupid criminals - my most recent post covered one.

And I do like a Norfolk story.

So one that combines them both is very welcome.

Now technically the guy in that Ferrari isn't a criminal (The Police said no further action would be taken) - but his driving certainly is.  And it looks a lot like he was speeding when he lost control on the bend.

The BBC have enjoyed putting out several crash videos lately and a later one from today is quite horrific.  It involves a motorcyclist and presumably a two-fingered salute (or middle-fingered salute) which led to him being forced off the road and thrown over a bridge suffering serious injuries.  The guilty party was was jailed for 4 years and 10 months.

They have also shown this story - looks just as horrific although the injuries weren't as bad.  The drunk criminal in that case got away with a suspended sentence which unfortunately doesn't mean that they hanged him.

The next story, from 4 days ago, is very unusual in that the guilty party is a Volvo driver.  He (or she) has driven into a bus lane that has "No Entry" signage at the start and a spiky trap at the end.  It looks quite tame next to the other videos.

Meanwhile, drive.com.au have a story that involved a crash, may or may not involve a criminal and, surprisingly considering where it took place, does not involve a video.

It involves this picture:

Two people were injured - that may be them lying down in the front of the picture.

The story, headlined "Electric BYD with teen inside crashes into Myer from shopping centre display" is here.

Why are they telling us it is electric?  Could it not have happened in a petrol or diesel car?  I think it could as long as the car was an automatic although you may have heard the engine start up.  Anyway, all BYD cars sold in Australia (and here come to that) are electric.

Presumably, someone gave a car key to a 14-year old boy - or just left it in the car.

The whole scenario was inevitable though, as soon as the those two crash-test dummies decided to visit the perfume department.

Taxi for Idiot

If you are going to steal a car, it's probably not a good idea to choose one that can be controlled from elsewhere with lots of cameras in it.

And if someone in control of the vehicle tells you to get out, then it's probably a good idea to get out.

The twerp in this story got arrested.

Yet another adventure in the life of San Francisco's self-drive taxis.

A Spicy Tale

This year will mark the 10th Anniversary of me posting this story.

I probably won't be doing anything to celebrate the event.

But how times have changed.

At the time, I pointed out that nobody seemed remotely interested in an F1 boss marrying a Spice Girl.

Now they are all over the press - albeit the gutter press:

Not sure why everyone commentating is saying that Geri has been humiliated though. Either the latest WhatsApp messages are fake or Christian is the one with the problem.

Am I adding to the situation by commenting on it?

Probably not - nobody reads my musings.  But others are enjoying wading in:

That's The Sunday Telegraph with an extremely clever pun using the word "formula" because he is an F1 team boss.  I'd read that header at least three times before I spotted it.  You wouldn't catch me doing anything like that.

Thank you for reading "A Spicy Tale"