I watched the new series of NCIS the other night.
As usual I thoroughly enjoyed it particularly because the writers always put a little bit of comedy into it.
In the last episode Tony and Tim entered a secure car holding area and were eventually chased by some dogs.
Whilst that doesn't sound very funny the way the writers built up the action before hand really made both Techno and me laugh.
That's the problem with so many programmes on TV at present.They take themselves too seriously.
I had a set of the late Norman Wisdom dvd's for Christmas an most of the films are back in the 60's.
Whilst many of the jokes are a bit "corny" now the slapstick scenes are hilarious.
Sure they are unbelievable but that's what makes them even more funny.
Why oh why can't we have more slapstick programmes?
Interestingly the advertisers are now making more comedy offerings.
I'm sure that this is the way forward if they want people to stay and watch their adverts rather than go and raid the fridge!
Gorgeous seems to be enjoying her trip to Malaysia though I think she is working hard.
Joke for today:- You know when the honeymoon is pretty much over when you start to go out with the boys on a Wednesday night-and so does she.
Thought for today: What are occasional tables the rest of the time?
On this day:- 21st January
In 1793 Louis XV1 of France was guillotined.
In 1924 Lenin the father of the Russian revolution died.
John F.Beaumont
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Friday, 21 January 2011
Saturday, 8 January 2011
The Kegworth Air Disaster
It is 22 years ago today the a Boeing 737 crashed on the M1 motorway killing 44 people.
As I live quite close to Kegworth I'm surprised that more effort of remembrance isn't made.
It was very sad as it would appear human error helped cause the crash.
It was a very new plane. I think if memory serves me right it was only 2 weeks old.
What happened is that one of the engines caught fire on the way from London to Ireland and the pilot decided to divert to East Midlands Airport as that was fairly near and the company's main base.
The trouble was that in the confusion the wrong engine was shut down and the aircraft crashed on the motorway which is right next to East Midlands.
I understand that the airport fire brigade stopped the casualty list from being much higher by crashing through the perimeter fence to get to the site more quickly.
Fortunately there were no casualties on the motorway since I believe traffic had been stopped further back by the police.
On this day (8th January) the following also happened.
In 1642 Death of Galileo
In 1942 German troops began the retreat from Leningrad.
In 1935 Elvis Presley was born
John F.Beaumont
As I live quite close to Kegworth I'm surprised that more effort of remembrance isn't made.
It was very sad as it would appear human error helped cause the crash.
It was a very new plane. I think if memory serves me right it was only 2 weeks old.
What happened is that one of the engines caught fire on the way from London to Ireland and the pilot decided to divert to East Midlands Airport as that was fairly near and the company's main base.
The trouble was that in the confusion the wrong engine was shut down and the aircraft crashed on the motorway which is right next to East Midlands.
I understand that the airport fire brigade stopped the casualty list from being much higher by crashing through the perimeter fence to get to the site more quickly.
Fortunately there were no casualties on the motorway since I believe traffic had been stopped further back by the police.
On this day (8th January) the following also happened.
In 1642 Death of Galileo
In 1942 German troops began the retreat from Leningrad.
In 1935 Elvis Presley was born
John F.Beaumont
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