Quote of the day 26th August 2014
“That which is currently beyond your capabilities now, does not have to be so forever”
( Chris Murray )
( Chris Murray )
Nick Herbert on his visit to flood hit areas of Cumbria
Please note that the post below was published more than ten year ago on 21st November 2009 Nick Herbert MP, shadow cabinet member for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, was in Cumbria this morning to see the areas affected by the flooding. He writes on Conservative Home about his visit. Here is an extract. I’ve been in Cumbria today to see the areas affected by the floods. I arrived early in Keswick where I met officials from the Environment Agency. Although the river levels had fallen considerably and homes were no longer flooded, the damage to homes had been done. And the water which had got into houses wasn’t just from the river – it was foul water which had risen from the drains. I talked to fire crews who were pumping flood water back into the river, and discovered that they were from Tyne & Wear and Lancashire. They had been called in at an hours’ notice and had been working on the scene ever since, staying at a local hotel. You cannot fail to be impressed by the
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when a wasp lands on your privates, you learn something important. You learn there is always a way to deal with a problem without resorting to violence.
when I left school i worked in a quarry at Wilton and i cut the stone I Quarried at Bigrigg. One day I was so wet and cold in the quarry i thought "To hell with it" so i went to carlisle that weekend and thats when I joined the RAF. When i left i spent 6 months in south africa teaching "to be teachers" how to teach Microsoft windows networking. then i got back to the UK and thought oh **** i need a job, so i worked as a temp at the Environment Agency in Penrith (dont ask) until I got a new job fixing photocopiers at sellafield. Quite happy there but the company i worked for lost the contract to Mitie, I was offered a new contract with Mitie, but i did not want to take it. I Put in my CV to Sellafield as a member of staff. Dont need to say really because i left the RAF as a qualified electrician (amongst other things), then i started as a staff member for Sellafield prety quickly.
Why am I typing this? well its just a lesson, there is no luck but that we make for ourselves, there are no easy answers and often you have to go thrugh hell to get it, been there, seen it done it. but now there is no need to tax me so heavily in order that we keep paying for people who cant be bothered.
2) I agree: that is a brilliant example of what Chris Murray was saying