The BBC News website tells us that the French inventor Franky Zapata was injured after his homemade jetpack crashed into a lake.
This sentence should probably not have made me smile: "The former jet-ski champion rose to fame after crossing the English Channel on his device in 2019". Well, he clearly couldn't have done it at seal evel or underwater!
Not a headline as such, but an advert on our Diocesan website:
[X] Team Ministry Team Reactor
No doubt needed to build a *power-house of prayer*, or some such...
To be fair, it's about as realistic an 'ask' as most adverts in the Church Times, most of which expect their new minister to be a cross between Jesus, the Archangel Gabriel and Superman, with a touch of Fascist Dictator to make the trains/services run on time.
Not a headline as such, but an advert on our Diocesan website:
[X] Team Ministry Team Reactor
No doubt needed to build a *power-house of prayer*, or some such...
To be fair, it's about as realistic an 'ask' as most adverts in the Church Times, most of which expect their new minister to be a cross between Jesus, the Archangel Gabriel and Superman, with a touch of Fascist Dictator to make the trains/services run on time.
- true, although the parish in question does have very strong input from the laity. Well, it did, but maybe they need a bomb put under them...
I don't think one can really say that these days: it's a Prevention of Terrorism, Hate Speech, Elf n'Safety and Safeguarding issue all rolled into one (and may also need Listed Building Consent).
Not a headline as such, but an advert on our Diocesan website:
[X] Team Ministry Team Reactor
No doubt needed to build a *power-house of prayer*, or some such...
To be fair, it's about as realistic an 'ask' as most adverts in the Church Times, most of which expect their new minister to be a cross between Jesus, the Archangel Gabriel and Superman, with a touch of Fascist Dictator to make the trains/services run on time.
I did once - when a vicar was leaving - muse along the lines of putting together a little sketch where the Angel Gabriel applied for the position and was interviewed, but was generally considered not totally up for the role.
And since angels neither marry, nor are given in marriage, he would bring no unpaid helpmeet with him to smile sweetly, not complain, keep the perfect children polished so that they set a good example and to do all the work.
Conversely, his grasp of theology - derived from "insider information" - would be remarkable. But would he be able to start a sermon without saying, "Lo!" or "Behold!"
Mind you, he'd be brilliant at giving out the Notices.
I think something similar happened in London on Christmas Day, about 30 years ago. A limited service of trains ran, but no-one was willing to sell or check tickets. This was before the days of Oyster and contactless of course.
Truly, we are living in Looking-Glass England. From our local news outlet:
Council told to refuse its solar panel plan for own HQ
My italics.
I am trying to understand. So Council was "told" (presumably by somebody else) to "refuse" its own plan? Not "abandon" its plan, or "revoke" its plan, or "change" its plan--it was told to "refuse" its own plan?
Presumably the plan was sent to a council planning committee for approval, they had sought further advice and were told to refuse it by a higher authority.
Something like that (I can't find the news item now), but I'm not sure exactly who the *higher authority* might have been - ours is a Unitary Authority, so not the county council...
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Well, it was said that the Queen Mum was a strong as a horse...
This sentence should probably not have made me smile: "The former jet-ski champion rose to fame after crossing the English Channel on his device in 2019". Well, he clearly couldn't have done it at seal evel or underwater!
Multiple break-ins in Georgetown have police looking for man in Pittsburgh Steelers pants.
Among other things.
'Prince Anne and her husband also met Ukrainian orphans during a visit to Edinburgh Zoo'.
Raises more questions than it answers.
Queen appears on Buckingham Palace balcony live
😌
How are the orphans now?
[X] Team Ministry Team Reactor
No doubt needed to build a *power-house of prayer*, or some such...
I hadn't thought of that possibility...
I can't even begin to imagine what an IKEA skincare product would look like...!
To be fair, it's about as realistic an 'ask' as most adverts in the Church Times, most of which expect their new minister to be a cross between Jesus, the Archangel Gabriel and Superman, with a touch of Fascist Dictator to make the trains/services run on time.
Into which tube they will not fit...
I did once - when a vicar was leaving - muse along the lines of putting together a little sketch where the Angel Gabriel applied for the position and was interviewed, but was generally considered not totally up for the role.
Mind you, he'd be brilliant at giving out the Notices.
Passengers told not to travel during rail strikes
Yes, well...
The word "prospective" ought to have prefaced the sentence.
BTW there actually will be some trains running ... so they say.
Point sustained (but no-one expects much from local reportage these days...).
On checking, I see that our local station may see a few trains on the HS1 service to St Pancras via Ebbsfleet International (which is still closed).
I read about a Japanese bus strike in which the bus drivers showed up, and drove the routes, but refused to collect fares.
Council told to refuse its solar panel plan for own HQ
My italics.
Apparently, putting solar panels on the 1970s structure would be *harmful* to the *historic building*...
Common sense advice. One might be able to get to one's destination but not get back again.
quite.