Fly away from Here

Fly Away from Here, 

Aerosmith lyrics.

Gotta find a way 
Yeah, I can’t wait another day 
And nothin’ gonna change 
If we stay around here 
Gotta do what it takes 
Cause all in our hands, 
We all make mistakes, yeah 
But it’s never too late to start again 
Take another breath 
And say another prayer 

Then fly away from here 
Anywhere 
Yeah, I don’t care 
We’ll just fly away from here 
Our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere 
Won’t let time pass us by 
We’ll just fly 

If this life 
Gets any harder now 
It ain’t no nevermind 
You got me by your side 
And anytime you want 
Yeah, we can catch a train and find a better place 
Yeah, cause we won’t let nothin’ or no one keep gettin’ us down 
Maybe you and I 
Could pack our bags and hit the sky 

Then fly away from here 
Anywhere 
Yeah, I don’t care 
We’ll just fly away from here 
Our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere 
Won’t let time pass us by 
We’ll just fly 

Do you see a bluer sky now 
You can have a better life now 
Open your eyes 
Cause no one here can ever stop us 
They can try but we won’t let them 
No way 

Maybe you and I 
Could pack our bags and say goodbye 

Then fly away from here 
Anywhere 
Honey, I don’t care 
We’ll just fly away from here 
Our hope and dreams are out there somewhere 
Fly away from here 
Yeah, anywhere 
Honey, I don’t, I don’t, I don’t care 

We’ll just fly away

Brilliant song….. go listen

“There are no easy solutions to the inherent loneliness and pain of life.”

And there is was in black and white.

No matter what your job, you can always try and make the most of it…..

Where did “piss poor” come from ?

Friends and relatives don’t let the wording at the beginning or title put you off, these are so good and not vulgar at all.

 Interesting History.

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot
and then once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery.  If you had to do this to survive you were “Piss Poor.”

But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn’t even afford to buy a pot —
they “didn’t have a pot to piss in,” and were the lowest of the low.
 
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature
isn’t just how you like it, think about how things used to be.

Here are some facts about the 1500s:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May,
and they still smelled pretty good by June.  However, since they were starting to smell,
brides carried a “bouquet of flowers” to hide the body odor.
Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.
The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water,
then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children.
Last of all the babies.
By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.
Hence the saying, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water!”

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath.
It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals
(mice, bugs) lived in the roof.
When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.
Hence the saying, “It’s raining cats and dogs.”

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.
This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings
could mess up your nice clean bed.
Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.
That’s how “canopy beds” came into existence.

The floor was dirt.  Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.
Hence the saying, “Dirt poor.”
The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery
in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing.
As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door,
it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way.
Hence: a “thresh hold.”

(Getting quite an education, aren’t you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.  Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot.  They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat.  They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day.
Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while.
Hence the rhyme:
“Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.”

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.
When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off.
It was a sign of wealth that a man could, “bring home the bacon.”
They would cut off a little to share with guests
and would all sit around and “chew the fat.”

Those with money had plates made of pewter.
Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food,
causing lead poisoning death.  This happened most often with tomatoes,
so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status.
Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle,
and guests got the top, or the “upper crust.”

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky.
The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days.
Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.
They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up.
Hence the custom of “holding a wake.”

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people.
So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave.  When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive.
So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin
and up through the ground and tie it to a bell.
Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (“the graveyard shift”)
to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be,
“saved by the bell,” or was considered “a dead ringer.”

Treasure-trove: Today’s song Recommendation

“….. But why do I hang onto your pictures

Why have I not just thrown out that dress

Cuz it kills me to see you, but it kills me not to

It kills me to remember, oh and it kills me to forget …..”

Extract from the song Shoeboxes by David Ramirez

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/7218198

Oh do check him out and please leave a comment.

This song is beautiful, heartfelt and touching. I think everyone out there can identify with this song.

Toy tiger sparks armed police alert

Police are trying to trace the owner of a toy life-size tiger which sparked a major operation involving armed officers and a force helicopter.

The alert was raised by several members of the public on Saturday afternoon when they spotted what they believed to be a live white tiger in a field near Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire.

The police helicopter was scrambled and a golf course cleared after police arrived at the scene and confirmed the sighting. Armed police were called to the scene in case the animal came too close to members of the public.

Specialist staff from nearby Marwell Zoo also attended to advise and potentially tranquilise the wild animal.

A local golf course was evacuated and plans were put in place to close the nearby M27 motorway if necessary in case the tiger moved in that direction.

But as police officers carefully approached the “wild animal” they realised it was not moving and the helicopter crew, using thermal imaging equipment, realised there was no heat source coming from it.

A spokeswoman for the force said: “After a brief stalk through the Hedge End savannah, the officer realised the tiger was not moving and the air support using their cameras realised there was a lack of heat source.

“The tiger then rolled over in the down draft and it was at that point it became obvious it was a stuffed life-size toy.

“This incident will definitely be the highlight of our day. The CCTV footage convinced us all we were dealing with a real tiger. It’s not often an incident leaves our staff with a smile on their face and it just goes to show the diverse type of incident we are called to deal with.”

Releasing a photo of the toy tiger, a force spokeswoman said: “The toy tiger is life-size and is like one that you would win at a fair. It is being treated as lost property but we don’t know how it came to be in the field and whether it may have been a hoax.”

Lightning in a Bottle

Great art is all about feel. Capturing lightning in a bottle. It’s not about perfection, trying to satiate an audience, but getting it right for yourself. And when you do, the whole world resonates.

Tiny Turtle

Tiny Tim is stopped in his tracks by a grape (Picture: EPA)

Tiny Tim the grape-sized tortoise

He’s the size of a grape, and he’s the smallest, newest addition to Whipsnade Zoo. 

Tiny Tim, an Egyptian tortoise and five of his pocket-sized siblings have found a new home at the zoo in Bedfordshire after they were saved from the illegal pet trade by HM Customs and Excise last year. 

Tiny Tim weighed only 6g when he hatched a month ago, and has grown to 5cm but is expected to put on as much as 500g over the next decade. 

He’s been enjoying life in the slow lane, taking little jaunts around his specially designed miniature home alongside his brothers and sisters.

Order, Order!!

Order, order!!

We thought we would take a light hearted look at the

workings of the Law Courts. These were published by

court reporters. Imagine the torment of staying calm

while these exchanges were taking place.

LAWYER: What was Ihe first thing your husband said to

you that moming?

WITNESS: He said, ‘Where am I, Cathy?’

LAWYER: And why did that upset you?

WITNESS: My name is Susan!

LAWYER: Are you sexually active?

WITNESS: No, I just lie there.

LAWYER: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your

memory at all?

WITNESS: Yes.

LAWYER: And in what ways does tl affect your memory?

WITNESS: I forget.

LAWYER: You forget? Can you give us an example of

something you forgot?

LAWYER: Do you know if your daughter has ever been

involved in voodoo?

WITNESS: We both do.

LAWYER: Voodoo?

WITNESS: We do..

LAWYER: You do?

WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.

LAWYER: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies

in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the

next morning?

WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

LAWYER: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?

WITNESS: He’s 20, much like your IQ.

LAWYER: Were you present when your picture was taken?

WITNESS: Are you kidding me?

LAWYER: She had three children, right?

WITNESS: Yes.

LAWYER: How many were boys?

WITNESS: None.

LAWYER: Were there any girls?

WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney.

Can I get a new attorney?

LAWYER: How was your first marriage terminated?

WITNESS: By death.

LAWYER: And by whose death was it terminaled?

WITNESS: Take a guess.

LAWYER: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK?

Whal school did you go to?

WITNESS: Oral…

LAWYER: Can you describe the individual?

WITNESS: He was about medium height and had abeard

LAWYER: Was this a male or a female?

WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I’m going

with male.

LAWYER: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you

performed on dead people?

WiTNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of

a fight.

LAWYER: Do you recali the time iIlat you examined

the body? .

WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM

LAWYER: And Mr. Denton was dead althe time?

WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.

LAWYER: Are you qualified to give aurine sample?

WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?

LAWYER: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did

you check for a pulse?

WITNESS: No.

LAWYER: Did you check for blood pressure?

WITNESS: No.

LAWYER: Did you check for breathing?

WITNESS: No..

LAWYER: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive

when you began the autopsy?

WITNESS: No.

LAWYER: How can you be so sure, Doctor?

WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk

in ajar.

LAWYER: I see, but could the patient have stili been alive,

nevertheless?

WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive

and practicing law.

Dying in a Digital Age

Dying in a Digital Age, commissioned by Remember A Charity, reveals that four in five people (80%) own digital assets, but only 9% have considered how they will pass these on when they die.

With the nation’s digital music collections alone worth an estimated £9001 million, valuable possessions could be lost if they are not passed on.

Encrypted bank accounts that are password protected can also leave executors unable to access assets.

The report of 2,000 people also shows that surprisingly few people have considered how they will pass on their “digital possessions” given their financial and sentimental value.

• 74% said their digital music and photo collections had strong sentimental value 
• 80% said their digital assets were financially valuable
• Over half said information held online or on personal computers contained important domestic and personal details.

And it is the over fifty-fives who value their digital assets more highly than any other age group according to the report, with 83% saying they have strong sentimental value and 89% financial value.

Rob Cope, Director of Remember A Charity said: “Bank accounts, music and photograph collections are increasingly stored online. This report shows that we should all take a moment to think about our own digital footprint and who we’ll pass it on to. We commissioned the research to encourage more people to think about writing a will in general and whether they’d like to leave a charitable gift. As a nation we are incredibly charitably minded with 75% of us regularly giving to charities in our lifetimes but only 7% of us currently leave charitable donations when writing a will.

“To help people consider how they’d like to pass on their digital possessions we have produced a simple Digital Legacy Checklist which can be downloaded from our website from today.”

The research shed further light on the digital assets of Britons today.

• Over half of respondents (56%) said they have a digital music collection, with 45% valuing it at over £100 and 10% at over £1,000.
• A third of people own Smartphone Apps (34%) with 20% saying their collections are worth over £100.

Wendy Moncur, a computer scientist, has been interested in the subject of digital legacies for some time and was recently awarded a three year post doctoral grant to research the subject at the University of Dundee, working alongside the Centre for Death and Society at The University of Bath.

“Early indications are that this is an area that most people simply haven’t considered,” said Wendy Moncur. “Yet there are enormous implications. The bereaved may find that they cannot access important online possessions that belonged to the deceased. Aside from the financial value, there is ever-increasing sentimental value in people’s online possessions. For example, photos were traditionally kept in albums, but more and more are now stored online.

“Families risk losing these precious memories if arrangements are not made to ensure that they are passed on. Internet service providers and photo sharing sites do not necessarily give the bereaved access to the deceased’s online account - the situation varies across service providers.”

For further information please read our next steps to writing a will or download our digital asset checklist.