Rabbit Thought of the Day

According to the nurse I have lost six pounds this week, so I am over the moon. I just have keep it going and before I know it’ I’ll be back to normal self, it may take a little while but I am now full of confidence.

Today I have to visit the nurse again, after last weeks visit she put me on diet so this week’s visit is just to check on ho I have been doing. I have been quiet a good boy and despite the temptation to stuff my face as usual I have stuck to the diet. I have always had good will power but in the next few weeks and months it will tested to the full.

According to my scales in the bathroom I reckon I have lost about six pounds, but the official weight lose is when the nurse weighs. It a good start and I do plan on sticking to the diet, well I can’t afford to keep buying news clothes as my weight goes up, lol.

After the Portuguese police announced yesterday that they no longer considered the McCann’s suspects in the disappearance of their daughter Maddie, the McCann’s have vowed never to give up the search for her. What more can parents do I am sure if one of my children disappeared I would never give up the search for them.

But then again I would have never left them alone while I went out for a drink and meal. No matter which way you look at it, and no matter how much their friends defend them the McCann’s did neglect their children, what responsible parent leaves their children alone and goes out for meal. It doesn’t matter that they say they returned every half hour to check on them, they still left them alone.

What would have happened if they were a fire in the flat, in that case all 3 children would have in all probability have died, as it happened Madeleine was kidnapped? I hope that she is still alive and one day returned to her parents, but in the years to come will the other children blame their mum and dad for putting their own enjoyment over the safety and welfare of their children.

It looks like the price of petrol may be on the way down, reports in the news today that supermarkets Asda, Morrison’s and Sainsbury’s will cut the price of petrol at the pumps.

Asda will decrease its prices by 3p a litre, Morrison’s by 4p a litre and Sainsbury’s by 5p but the latter will be available to customers spend £50.00 or more in their stores, which of course is what Tesco’s have been doing for the last 3 weeks.

At least it’s a start!

Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested in Serbia after more than a decade on the run.

The Bosnian Serb wartime political leader disappeared in 1996. He has been indicted by the UN tribunal for war crimes and genocide over the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica.

The appointment of a new, pro-European government in Belgrade last month appears to have cleared the way for his arrest, says a BBC correspondent.

The European Union, which the new government hopes to join, has put Serbia under considerable pressure to hand over indicted war criminals to the UN tribunal in The Hague.

But Mr Karadzic's wartime military leader, Ratko Mladic, remains at large.

When I was serving in Bosnia we all carried photographs Karadzic and Mladic were top of the list.  It was one the worst places I have every served the atrocities carried out by all sides were unbelievable.

Many motorists are mystified by satnav systems, with drivers losing concentration while using them and even crashing, a survey has shown.More than a third of users said satnavs caused them uncertainty or confusion, with 11% reckoning they led to lost concentration, a survey of more than 2,000 people by Direct Line insurance company found.

A total of 3% said satnavs caused them to break road rules, while 2% said they had led to an accident or a near-miss. The survey also showed that 26% of satnav users said the system had tried to make them go through a no-entry sign or somewhere vehicles were prohibited, while 21% had been taken to the wrong place, and 19% said it caused them to dawdle or hesitate on a busy road.   

Some 18% said satnavs had reduced their awareness of what was going on around them, while 10% had made a dangerous, late or illegal turn and 7% said satnavs had caused them to be late because of an unrealistically short journey time.   

Maggie Game, head of motor insurance for Direct Line, said: "Motorists need to realize that while satnavs are a helpful navigation tool, drivers should not follow their instructions to the detriment of road safety. If a satnav system gives you an instruction which is likely to endanger other road users, you should ignore it. 

"Satnavs are designed to make driving easier and safer. However, they will only do this if you take the time to learn how to properly use a system and understand the benefits of the technology." 

I personally don’t have any problem with my satnav, I tend to use it mostly to avoid heavy traffic and I have found it very useful it has never lead me the wrong way down a oone way street or sent me down an inaccessible country road it’s certainly safer than trying to read a map while driving (I have seen people do it even now) or trying to read directions on a sheet of paper.