Hot and Bothered

Oh I hope you are sitting comfortably today.....go and pour yourselves a quick cuppa....because I feel a rant coming on.  Hot and bothered is putting it mildly....steam comin' outta my ears.....it really gets up my nose when people are treated like idiots and our useless Government has this down to an absolute tee.
Their latest ploy to try and distract us from the almighty pig's ear they have made of the economy is

"How to Beat the Big Freeze"

Hints and Tips on How to Survive the Winter

Excuse me.....what big freeze.....OK it's a tad chilly and the temperature has dropped below freezing but you can hardly call it "THE BIG FREEZE".....for heaven's sake it's Winter and it's supposed to be freezing.   It ain't as though we live in the Arctic Circle trying to survive in temperatures 30 below.  At this mo in time....we should be calling it "THE BIG BREEZE"....gale force winds...those roof ripping ....little old lady blown off yer feet kinda winds....but I digress...onto the crap.    Obviously there is some numbskull sitting in an office somewhere in Cloud Cuckoo Land who thinks up all this crap...do you think he might be related to "Mrs - How to Cook the Perfect Christmas Dinner!.

Well here we go with our hints and tips and pay close attention..this is important stuff that you apparently don't know and it may save your life.

You need to keep warm....so put on layers of clothing...hat and gloves before going outdoors.

(Well thanks for that mate...would have never thought of that...wondered why the old digits had turned black and I was getting strange looks walking the dog in my shorts and flip flops.
Don't sit around during the day (fat chance)....you need to exercise which in turn will keep you warm (and you won't believe this one)....run up and down the stairs several times (well matey that's OK if you are young and sprightly....but what about the elderly.....not easy running up and downstairs whilst in control of the old zimmer.   OK for you sitting in your nice cosy Civil Service Office.....the heating for which is paid for by the poor old senior citizen sitting huddled in blankets because she can't afford to turn on her heating.
Hot food and drink.....well you don't think I am going to be sitting all day sucking on ice lollies do you.
Only travel if your journey is necessary...this is just another way of saying.....we can't be bothered to clear the roads of snow and ice....so just call your boss and say you're sick.
And I could go on.....with this totally unbelieveable twaddle.... another example of the pathetic nanny state we all live in...but what really irks me is the fact there ain't a blind thing we can do about it so if you can't beat em......join em..... I am off to walk "The Budster"....and believe me I have on enough layers to be mistaken for Michelin Man...can hardly fit behind the steering wheel.....who needs air bags....then I am coming home to run and up down the stairs and round and round my cubby hole like a demented old bat and then for lunch I shall sit down to a nice bowl of home-made Tattie Soup before.....

stripping down to my bra and knicks....running around the garden chomping on a "Choc Ice".....and then cuddling up on the sofa covered in blankets all afternoon just for the hell of it.....well if you can't be a REBEL at my age.....life ain't worth living anymore.

Back tomorrow with Big Blog Candy Fest Give-Away No 5.....that is if I survive "THE BIG FREEZE".

Hugs Kath XXXXX