Schooldays heaven or hell??

Campaign urges boarding schools to stop taking young children

After an article in last week's Observer Magazine about abuse claims, campaigners call for end to children being 'sent away' (from the UK Guardian 11/May.2014')

Could not agree more with the article. I attended boarding school from a very early age and dislike it intently. Not for me. There were however those who loved it and revelled in the immature "Boy's Own" masculine herd gatherings. I joined in, because peer pressure said I should but at the back of my mind always was the thought that the pack leaders were "suss". All I can conclude is that it is not for everyone and if parent's can afford the shekels to shell out good luck to them, It all probably boils down to the individual. 

Extreme Weather

Severe depression Joe

Last mention, promise, of the budget.
There's a severe storm brewing over ACT...the map below shows the system and its intended path for the coming months, Good luck,all. Bit feeble but there's a ring of truth about it.

Search for eternal youth

There have been reports in the Press recently regarding experiments on mice. Apparently if older mice are injected with the blood of young mice, the effects are interesting The older mice are more energetic and  seem mentally to be more alert.
This observation has led some people to believe that the elixir of youth eventually will be discovered. Of course it is hard to tell whether an old mice will change in appearance.
Older people obviously would be the ones who demand this product but the side effects are unknown,
Grandma and Grandpa could find themselves flush with a sudden surge of libido. Imagine if you will Nan and Cramps having a bit of confit dámour in the bedroom ( maybe on the kitchen table between the ketchup and HP sauce) when they would a break and nibble on a piece of hardened cheddar. On the plus side this would not be a problem as their teeth would be growing,  albeit only two; further trouble might have them  composing themselves, breathless and struggling with  entangled tails .
Boggle.

P.S. Unclear why Dracula wears a dinner suit..perhaps some oblique reference to the blood-thirsty upper class in days of yore?

Half empty?Half full? Neither,,always full full!

Optimism

One of the things that visitors to Oz often notice is the pervading sense of optimism,No half measures. In Europe it's not hard to find gloomy expressions and worried frowns.Must be the weather. No such problems here..Sunny,sunny, sunny!

Heavyweights