Happy New Year 2024

Just a post to wish all those who have made it this far ......

Happy New Year 2024 (originally 1937)

 A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2024

Christmas Bonus

Life as a Taxi, Private hire or Uber driver is probably interesting, when you meet people with all sorts of reasons for using your service .....

How Mr Christmas Should
Have Been Dressed For Christmas.

.... going home, going to parties, job interviews, escaping abusive partners etc .... in fact all of human life (including giving birth), must pass through your car doors if you do the job long enough. 

Santa Was Making His Own Dinner

Oh and in a late, but too good to miss bit of a news snippet .......

Natasha Claus Was Jailed For 13 Months

.... it was reported that in December 2017, a Natasha Claus was jailed for 13 months for assault in Guildford Crown Court.

2023 - Another 'Bloody' Year

What can we say ..... 

War in Ukraine And Gaza Conflict.

end of another 'bloody' year ....

Merry Christmas 2023

 As usual, all at PC Towers would like to wish all those who have visited and enjoyed a post or two (if you have visited but haven't enjoyed a post or two, then there's always next year!!) ....

Christmas Sparky Comic 1970

..... A Very Merry Christmas .... hope to see you next year.

Santa's Personnel Carrier

 Every year it gets to be tougher for Santa and his little helpers .....

Santa's Personnel Carrier

 .... but who would have thought that they would need an armoured Personnel Carrier?

Santa Rides Again

This story came too late for Christmas 2021, and I forgot about it Christmas 2022 ...

Danielle Hoynes (L), And The Santa Sleigh Volunteers

so I have saved this sorry tale for 2023.

Watch Out, Thieves About

There is a season for everything it appears .....

Grinch's Stealing Christmas

....  and that includes crime.

Not Just A Football Matter

The Turkish Ankaragucu football club president Faruk Koca was arrested (along with two other suspected of kicking the referee) for "injuring a public official" ....

Faruk Koca 'Punching' The Referee (Not Slapping)

.... after punching referee Halil Umut Meler, in the face at the end of a Turkish Super Lig soccer match.

Back To The USSR

Russian Veronika Belotserkovskaya, also known as 'Belonika' or 'Nika' .....

Russia Is Increasingly Like The USSR

.... was one of the first three charged by the Russian authorities under Russia’s “fake news” law.

Jamie's Ladder

Jamie the pet hamster was being looked after by a friend of his owner .......

Jamie The Hamsters Ladder To Freedom

Now we all know that looking after friends pets is always a task fraught with danger ....

Satan's Freezer

Sarabeth's Restaurant (Amsterdam Avenue and West 80th Street New York), had a unexpected diner on Sunday the 5th of August 2018 ....

Satanic Location ....

... the staff were preparing to open up when at around 11am one of them opened the walk-in freezer doors. 

Doctor Exorcism

Egyptian Doctor Hossam Metwally was practising in the UK's NHS, as an anaesthetist and chronic pain specialist, at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, and also running a pain clinic from his home.

Egyptian Doctor, Hossam Metwally

He had also worked in Saudi Arabia as well as Egypt, before practising in the UK. He moved to Grimsby three years after his arrival in the UK in 1996 ....

Blinded By The Starlight

Two teenager boys aged about 13 or 14 years old decided that it would be a good idea to take advantage of a clear sky in April 2022, and do some stargazing.

The Police Where Not Impressed ....

So living in Sheffield, England, which is surrounded by hills, with the city being less than 3 miles from the start of the Peak District, you would think that they might go there.

Naughty Old Nuns

This story has done the rounds before, but was being reported as news again.

The Naughty Seamstresses Liked A Bit Of Fun .......

The Bayeux Tapestry was sewn/embroidered by English, Anglo-Saxon ladies (possibly nuns), after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and may well not have been a particularly interesting job for ladies. 

Opioid Crisis In Pictures

For every one million Americans, almost 50,000 doses of opioid's are taken every day.

Opioid Daily Usage 2017

That's around four times the rate in the UK. In the 2017, U.S physicians prescribed 47,580 daily doses of narcotics per million inhabitants. This is a high rate compared to those of other countries in the same year: Eg 16,591 daily doses in Australia and 12,058 daily doses in the United Kingdom.