October, 2007
Try not to look at this for too long
Technorati Tags: nausea , physiology
I have tried quite a few times to get my eyes accustomed to this but still end up feeling rather nauseous after even a few seconds of looking at it. Perhaps some budding physiologist can enlighten us as to why this should be.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Technorati Tags: Advertising , politacally correct , public safety
If you look closely at the picture below you will see that it is an advertisement for a funeral parlor. Quite a clever location but I am surprised that in the oh so very politically correct world of let’s save people from themselves nobody [...]
HSE driver training
Technorati Tags: funny picture , driver training , HSE
There are many of us who drive vehicles that are fitted out with all sorts of monitors to ensure that we don’t accelerate or decelerate too hard. Many of the vehicles are fitted out with roll cages and so on to ensure our safety [...]
Will it break $100.00 this year?
Technorati Tags: oil prices , Turkey , Kurdish separatists
The title is referring to the price of oil. At $90.00 per barrel as this is being written it would be foolish to bet against it. With the turmoil in the Middle East being added to by the Turkish government’s decision to pursue Kurdish [...]
Wife problems
Technorati Tags: wives , funny , relationships
Working in seismic we all know the sorts of problems that can arise in a marriage. Long stints away from home leaving them to take care of all the little crises that come up in a household can put a strain on relationships. Generally they realize [...]
Thirty reasons women have things easier than men
1. They got off the Titanic first.
2. They get to flirt with systems support men who always return their calls, and are nice to them when they blow up their computers.
3. Their boyfriend’s clothes make them look elfin & gorgeous. Guys look like complete idiots in theirs.
4. They can be groupies. Male groupies are stalkers.
5. [...]
Things you may not have known
Technorati Tags: strange facts , human body
The human body contains enough phosphorus to make the heads of 200 matches, enough fat for seven bars of soap, and enough iron to make one nail.
The human body has over 45 miles of nerves.
The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body’s weight.
The human [...]
English language problems
Technorati Tags: Language , English
I once spent a couple of weeks helping out at an English language school and the students would often ask why things are the way that they are in English. Here are some reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English.
The bandage was wound around the wound.
The [...]
Personnel department computer system
Technorati Tags: personnel department , personnel shortage , computerized systems
While on a crew run by one of the biggest name seismic outfits recently I was surprised to hear that one of the staff had been bid for multiple jobs at the same time. Bidding in this manner is not unusual but what [...]
Fur flies over Miss Universe
Technorati Tags: PETA , animal rights , Miss Universe
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and some of the other raving loony animal rights types are campaigning to get the reigning Miss Universe, Japan’s Riyo Mori, to stop wearing animal furs by accusing her of promoting cruelty.
Ms Mori, 20, a ballerina [...]
