Valentine’s Day – You Aorta Know Better

Valentine’s Day Gifts

The one rule of Valentine’s Day is that you should never forget. The rest is up to you, whether you treat your loved one to traditional Valentine gifts such as Valentine flowers or a surprise slap-up dinner- check out this magnificent Valentine pasty, or push the boat out with a romantic rural weekend retreat. A card is the bare minimum, but let’s face it, there are few (women in particular) who would honestly be happy with the bare minimum. If you’re out to impress, you’ll need to do better.

Here’s our Valentine’s inspiration to help you make the day special for the one you love.

Homemade over Hallmark

Many people think Valentine’s Day has become too commercialised -  little more than a ‘Hallmark’ holiday with rip-off gifts. It needn’t be meaningless or expensive, however, if you make your own cards and gifts. Something that’s obviously been made with love means more than something easily bought. You could make chocolate-dipped strawberries, or a homemade card – and if you’re no artist you could buy reasonably-priced supermarket flowers then re-wrap them in your own choice of paper and ribbon, giving your gift a personal touch.

Valentine’s flowers

There’s nothing quite like receiving dozen fresh red roses  to make a girl feel special.
many people chose to have flowers delivered from leading florists such as Interflora who really should reconsider their pricing structure, however better options are available with businesses such as Bunch O’ Fives and high street womens fashion lingerie and dresses emporium M&S offering flowers year round both in store and online
If you’re spending Valentine’s Day together, you could hand deliver the flowers – giving you the chance to personalise the bouquet with your own wrapping.

Novelty Valentine Gifts

Careful with these – althought the idea of giving novelty flowers that turn into nasty knickers and badly fitting  bras you might as well have kept the pink  goscrewyourself screwdriver yourself.

Love and Peace my fellow munchers

Wipes crumbs from the keyboard…..

David Cameron is Munching for you

As ever we’re leading from behind – catching up with important events and dates from around the world – this time we look at an important  national G’day – Australia Day

This post is best read whilst listening to Rofl ‘Arris’ Tie Me Kangaroo Down

Australia Day is the perect opportunity for our friends down under to blow huge raspberries to us miserable pommes and gloat about the quality of life they enjoy.

Celebrated annually on 26 January, the day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788, the hoisting of the British flag there, and the proclamation of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia.

The Australia Day celebrations in Sydney are befitting of Australia’s oldest and biggest city with events and activities spread far and wide.

Taunting the British with remarks about the high price of flights to Australia our Antipodean cobbers certainly have the upper hand in online arguments which are often started with simple jibes – what are the aussies celebrating? they lost the ashes again – which quickly escalates into our country is better than yours and chanting

What are the Australians Celebrating

This question was posed by a reader on an article about the claim that Sydney had let off the New Year fireworks early merely top pip the Kiwis to be first to get the 2010 celebrations off.  The visitor had been searching for flights to Sydney and came across the scandal that never was – Sydney it was clarified hold two displays on 31st December – an earlier one for families with children and those who like to get their head down before midnight.

Look at the pictures mate and eat your heart out. I was at the bridge and it was a stonking show.  Maybe we were celebrating the fact that 1.5million people were there in shorts and tshirts, picnics on the parks in the lovely warm weather,on one of the most picturesque and recognisable pieces of real estate in the world, looking forward to a year of endless sun and beaches, beaut women, rapid economic growth and a likestyle envied by many who are unfortunate enough not to live in God’s Own Country.

I could carry on, but you know the rest. Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi Oi!

Aussies seem hopelessly unaware of the fact that their epithet  ‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie’ which they tend to cry out at any given moment (just in case you don’t know which country they’re from) was coined by Max Boyce with his ‘Oggie, Oggie, Oggie’ call. I could go on and on… but I’ll leave that tendency to the Australians.

And Aussies bowl underarm too

Haiti Earthquake – Hope

Thoughts were posted soon after the catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti now we look ahead and share hopes for Haiti.

What  needs to be answered is how Haiti will operate for the future when some order has been restored following the Haiti earthquake.

Will it be a “We need aid” beggar or allow free enterprise to work?  There was a very good article comparing Haiti to Mexico City a while back. Same situation in terms of government: Inneffective and corrupt. In Mexico City, the people rebuilt without long-term aid and got the job done. Haiti is in worse condition though, so some direct aid will be needed to at least get Haiti on it’s feet. But after that, a decision will need to be made. Will the rest of the world need to continuously provide Haiti a pair of crutches, or will Haiti stand on it’s own feet?

I hope that this horrible event will turn into something good for Haiti and its citizens. I hope that the leadership and the local and global community will show wisdom, integrity, and care as they make very important decisions in the future. Haiti take hope.

I’d hope we would get some commitments from Haiti, such as a promise for better government or to set up a free trade zone of sorts.

It would be great to get these folks started in manufacturing so that we can diversify ourselves from China. I can’t imagine that they would be more expensive than the Chinese and would appreciate the opportunity.

Charity Donations for Haiti Earthquake Disaster

Charity donations are still needed to continue essential aid and restoration work in Haiti – please give again.