TRIVIA TIME

The latest technical innovation is a company that has created a screen for the back of trucks.   The idea is that a camera is mounted at the front of the truck and what it sees (the road and traffic ahead) is shown on the screen at the back of the truck so the traffic banked up behind it will know why there are hold ups or whatever.   Wonder how it looks when there are several trucks in a long queue and they end up showing nothing in front of them because the first one has a heavy load  and is moving very slowly.   They could also consider applying  the same thing to four wheel drives to stop us little fella’s (ford laser) from suffering claustrophobia when they surround us.

But I do expect that eventually somebody will start playing dvd’s on the rear screen and can’t you just imagine driving down a dark country road and the vehicle in front suddenly lights up and huge T-Rex from Jurrasic Park jumps out at you.

Talking about all things tekkie, Maccas in the states has come up with a container for pushbikes to carry your burger, chips and thick shakes.  Designed and created due to the increased number of cyclists purchasing their burgers through the drive in.   McDonald’s Made Drive-Thru Packaging For Bikes | Co …  Cool!

Those of you who bought the top of the range i-Watch would know that the leather case that it came in was also the charger for the watch.   Now IKEA have come up with furniture that recharges your various pods and phones while you are sleeping including bedside lamps.   You simply place the i-phone, or whatever, beside the lamp and leave it there.

TOTAL TRIVIA

Amongst his many roles, Martin Clunes starred in Peter Davidson’s first story, Twin Dillemna, in Doc Martin one of his neighbours is Ian McNeice who played Winston Churchill in various episodes of Doctor Who.

Heard a new expression of interest on Family Feud tonight when one of the contestants couldn’t remember what she was going to say as the answer to the question she had been asked.   instead she told the host ‘I am going through what they call a biodegradable moment.’

AND THERE’S MORE

The main two commercial television stations here in Australia aren’t doing too good at the moment.   Haven’t for a couple of years.   Well that’s what happens when you run too many reality shows and suddenly find yourself back to reality.  But the younger network, TEN, are doing extremely well, even signed up with FOXTEL in a partnership, and it is no wonder they are doing so well with their luck hitting heights that nobody could have anticipated.

I am talking mainly about their new soon-to-air show THE ZOO where animals are the hunters and humans are the hunted which starts next week.   The on-air publicity reflected on the premise that no one was safe while wild animals walked the streets and while TEN was busily promoting it during the day and night sessions, ALL NETWORKS were reporting almost the same thing  happening in GEORGIA where flood waters had torn down a zoo and released all of the inmates who were creating havoc (including maiming at least two people) on the nightly news.   As far as I know TEN didn’t take advantage of the situation, (but they didn’t pull the promos off air either).  The ratings will be interesting.

Talking about television, the new series of DOCTOR WHO must be coming up shortly.  That would be the only reason the A.B.C. network has been showing the ENTIRE series since Christopher Eccleson graced our screens in the first of the rebooted series and currently they are screening not one, but two series a week (one on channel 21 at 3.40 in the afternoons mon-fri and the other on channel 22 at 7.30 in the evening.   Must be trying to use all episodes up before the new series starts.

But it must also be hard for newcomers to the show (and they do exist – including my grand-daughter) especially when it puts the series (and the sub-stories) all out of kilter.  Not only are they running series 1 of the Matt Smith series; 7.30 pm abc 22, but they are also showing series 3 at 3.40 pm on channel 21.

Then, to make matters worse, they skipped the Christmas Special and the first episode of series 3 and went straight to chapter 2.   My guess is that chapter one of series 3 introduces Clara Oswald (the current doctor’s companion) and they are going to hold that back closer to the repeats featuring the current doctor.   Still leads to confusion because Clara makes several appearances with Matt Smith.

A final thing about Jenna Coleman, who plays the role of Clara Oswald.   Jenna was the central theme of a ‘will she or won’t she’  rumour about leaving the show late last year (since confirmed as staying) and to add fuel to the fire (or the publicity) astute viewers would have noticed in the first episode of the final two part story for the season Jenna received top billing for the show and that is unprecedented to my knowledge.

AND NOW A POEM FOR YOUR PLEASURE

Strawberries

by Tony Stewart

(from LOVE AND OTHER MEMORIES VOL 3) (tonystewart3.com/short fat stubby fingers)

I bite into a strawberry
it’s sweetness reminds me of your lips
takes me to a land so far away
to a sea of sailing ships

To a time immemorial
to where white clouds float aimlessly by
rambling slowly through the heavens
across the deep blue sea

To where the gods of love
drew plans up for you and I
and cupid shot his arrows
far up into the sky

And my mind becomes enclouded
between memories and a dream
of yesterdays and times spent with you
chasing after falling stars, or so the feelings seem

Holding hands and loving you
this is what I did best
but our love’s destiny had other plans
and so it failed the test

But these strawberries that I ‘m eating
keep my memories feeling sweet
Of times we went out dancing
I can feel a stirring in my feet

And better times that we once had
are coming back into my head
I don’t know why we broke up
maybe it was something that I said

But given half the chance
to love with you again
would be like some magic strawberry potion
would ease my every pain

Ah but memories are all that I have
of you and love and pain
and that’s all I’m going to have
till I eat strawberries once again

Well that’s it’s for the moment

But in the meantime, look after yourselves and I’ll see you soon

Tony S