Killer shark off Cornwall?

In a scene reminiscent of the film Jaws, a fisherman out on the water has said he was nearly toppled from his wooden boat by the man eating shark.

The angler was out looking for mackerel a mile off the coast of St Ives, when suddenly his boat was rammed by the 7ft fish.

As it swam away – passing another boat – he identified it as an oceanic white tip, a shark famed for feeding frenzies around shipwrecks and plane crashes.

While the prospect of this killing machine swimming around our coast sounds terrifying, before any one flees the water, experts are already pouring cold water on the reports.

They claim the shark, normally found in tropical waters, has never been seen this far north – and even if it has entered our waters it will be virtually comatose by the cold.

Nevertheless the fisherman are adamant.-read more

pc madness .

oxford council in a possible act of pc overkill may ban the following titles from its documents -mr,ms,mrs as not too upset transgender people and also want to use a gender neutral option mx.no i am not anti transgender i just think it will make people more anti and pc is just going too far .

gale returns home.

gale is a rubber duck who was returned to his home in new york after a 5 year journey around the world ,during this time its owners received postcards from 20 countries.

army style baseball cap is nomore.

 i first acquired this cap in torrington pannier market some many moons ago as i liked the look and style of said cap.this  cap served me well protecting me from the rain ,sun and in my mind made me look cool -hard to believe dear reader.i finally had to say goodbye to this cap due ripped on top eyond helping my balding head from the solar rays of the sun ,a sad day.so goodbye dear cap thanks for the memories.

are you born bad?

a part of the brain -the cerebral cortex -brains generosity centre is more active in kinder people who in turn have greater empathy with others. in a study by oxford university -31 man aged  19-32 had to play a game learning to associate symbols with money rewards and were given chances to win for themselves or another player.those who rewarded  themselves were faster at identifying the symbols that give themselves a reward so may explain why some people could be bad or less likely to help a fellow person-the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex is the specific part of the brain that is tuned into helping people.

cheetah love

not a toaster

if you like toast you can now get a toaster called tasteriod.this toaster connects to your smartphone to print images on bread ,very useful not.