how strange

This is the Garfield strip for today... the day I get my licence... humm...

driving test

I passed my driving test today! I am now a fully licenced driver!

It was the 14th of February that i did my theory test and got a nice score of 40 out of 40 questions right. I then got my provisional licence, by walking into the motor tax office and handing across the form and my results of the theory test (and €15). I then was licenced to drive, with a fully licenced driver of course!

The test was over in about 40 minutes. It involved the tester asking me about 3 rules of the road questions, and to identify about 10 road signs. Then it was off out to the car. Pop the bonet (or hood for those Americans!) and tell him how to check the oil and brake fluid. Then into the car for a drive. He sat there telling me directions; take the next left, at the end of this road turn right, take the 2nd exit at the round about and so on... I also had to stop 3 times, to do a 3 point turn, hill start and reverse around a corner... ooohhh how exciting. I also had to demonstrate hand signals.

So i'm no longer a provisional driver. But what does that really mean?

The differences:
I can drive on motorways (the few we have)
My insurance will go down
No more 'L' plates on the car
I can drive on my own (not that i havent been doing that since early March anyway!)

That's about it...

scouts video

Scouts what we are is what we do
One promise, One image

Watch it on YouTube

pluto

Pluto is no longer classed as a planet!

2,500 experts were in Prague for the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) general assembly.

Astronomers rejected a proposal that would have retained Pluto as a planet and brought three other objects into the cosmic club.

Pluto has been considered a planet since its discovery in 1930 by the American Clyde Tombaugh.

via BBC News

So all school books will have to be re-written, and somone is going to have to make up a new mnemonic sentence instead of:

My Very Easy Method Just Sums Up Nine Planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

blogger song

Via The Catbirdseat

liquids

So with all this new security and lack of fluids on planes I think that the terrorist have won another battle in the war in terror! Good for them, at least they are getting on with what they have to do. As for the people fighting them, well good job catching that "plot" this week. Nicely handled with all the airports. I wonder who's idea it was to ban EVERYTHING from going onto an airplane.

I hope its not going to last longer, as then all the Shops and Duty Free after security will have to stop selling a lot of their stock. It is basically an inconvenience to everyone.

I was thinking of flying through Gatwick in September but it looks like I may have to find another way around... to avoid the UK. Well it's their loss!

Gawd I'm bloody annoyed about all this!

web 2 dna

WEB2DNA will take you website, analyze it, crunch it to little bits and spit it out as a graphic representation of a human DNA. Here is my site in the form of DNA!

more flags

I have added 5 more! Austria, Azerbaijan, France , Monaco and Serbia. I'm kinda including a few from a bit of work i did over New Years, and i know Serbia & Montenegro is already on the list, Serbia is a different Country :oP

The updated list:

America
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Colombia
Denmark
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Korea
Latvia
Libya
Macedonia
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Serbia & Montenegro
Slovak Republic
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Turkey