Nikki is a noseless dog. She is completely deaf and partly blind from an eye too, and every seven heartbeats she misses one... she's 14 years old and she lives with gordon...
A Tribute to the Prince of Darkness Today, we say goodbye to a man who never truly fit the mold — because Ozzy Osbourne was too busy melting it down, screaming over it, and walking straight through it in leather and eyeliner. Born in Birmingham in 1948, John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne became the voice — and later the face — of heavy metal . As frontman of Black Sabbath , he helped birth a sound that would reverberate for generations: raw, doom-laden, untamed. Later, as a solo artist, he proved he wasn't just a band member — he was a force of nature . But Ozzy wasn't only myth and mayhem. Beneath the bat-biting headlines and the reality-show chaos was a man who loved deeply — his wife Sharon , his children, his fans — and who, despite battling addiction , Parkinson’s disease , and grueling surgeries , never stopped showing up . His final public act — a farewell concert in Birmingham just weeks ago — now feels like prophecy. He gave us that last howl, that final bo...
It's all about the little things that make huge differences. I had this experience in the last few weeks, to a month. My boat stopped working, and I had serious problems with overheating. I thought the oil was heating, and that I might have been losing coolant. I refilled both, checked the pipes. Then I wasked someone to come and help me and he changed an impeller. BOOM! She works like a dream. The next week, I was complaining about my mop-and-bucket system. It's mechanical - but I wasn't cleaning properly. Rummaging in my cupboard, I found a new replacement mop-head. I changed it - VAMOOSH! Nice, fresh floors. My bike wouldn't start. I knew immediately - I changed a spark plug. Took a few kicks, and he roared back to life. Moral of the story: a very tiny thing can have effect on the entire ecosystem of whatever it is you're dealing with. The English saying goes, 'Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves'. This...
So the year has started, with not much drama. It was quite a peaceful one for me. I can hardly believe the Christmas period is over and I cannot say that I have had any particular time to rest. Returning to work after 4 days (one day shutdown) was tough and I could hardly get out of bed. I kept shivering with cold and could hardly bring myself to shower, let alone get dressed and come out of bed. But thankfully, I got myself up and going and prepared what I consider to be a good day's work. The pace has been slow since many are still on leave, which was a relief to me. This also helped me concentrate on new regulations that have been issued in relation to the new Money Laundering Directive. There's quite a learning curve and I feel that I am very far behind in that field, having tailed off to competition law between late 2014 and earlier this year. I can hardly believe that I have been absent from MCCAA for 8 whole months! 8 mon...
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