Average Speed Cameras

My trip to work takes me down the A127 in Essex, over the last year average speed cameras have been installed from Southend to the outskirts of Basildon reducing the speed limit from 70mph to 50mph.
Without going into the rights and wrongs of that decision the one thing I'm always amused with is the amount of people who don't understand the concept of "average speed", every day I see drivers slowing down for the cameras then speeding up between them and slowing when they approach the next one.
I guess they're all bemused when the fine drops through their letterbox informing them they'd averaged 65mph.

The Good Book?

Facebook Campaigns

I'm sure you all knew about the Facebook campaign to get Rage against the Machine to number one ahead of the latest X-factor winner Joe somebody for the Christmas number one.
As it turns out enough people bought the download and it made it, but it obviously wasn't thought out too well as rather than give Simon Cowell the "bloody nose" it's actually just made him a pile more money as both "artists" are on Sony/BMG.

A more worthy campaign doing the rounds is one to get the legend that is Jimmy Bullard onto the cover of the latest FIFA game.
Undoubted skill and personality but lacking a bit in the looks department, although Ronaldinho was on a recent one so that shouldn't matter.

Hopefully the great British public will get this one done too :)

Happy New Year

A happy new year to anyone passing :)
My own hope is that the new year is going to be better than last year which rated as one of the shittest ones of my life.

On the upside I've been back at work for 6 weeks and the job although not paying well is pleasant enough and is giving me the opportunity to work my way out of the financial mire I've got myself into.
My wife's diability claim which had been turned down throughout my period of unemployment was finally approved after several appeals as they finally spoke to the doctors at the hospital who confirmed all we had written.
So despite the fact I'm working she qualifies for a disability living allowance which is nearly equal to our combined unemployment benefits we had been receiving for the last year? maybe they only approved it now as if we'd received it when I was out of work it would have made a living wage and discouraged me from finding employment.
So things financially at least are looking positive for 2010.