The Quotes of the Week V
Posted: 6 February 2011 | Author: Marie | Filed under: Current, Gaming, Politics, Quotes | Tags: Barbara Bush, Bucharest, budget cuts, burns, bus, Cairo, campaign, child pregnancy, climber, Egypt, Egyptian, fall, game, gay marriage, gay rights, George Bush, Glasgow, homophobia, human rights, Ireland, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Louisiana, marriage equality, mountain, Mubarak, murder, paedophilia, pregnancy, protests, public transport, racism, recession, Romania, SnowWorld, transport, virtual reality | Leave a commentSunday 30th
“It was definitely a very close thing – I can’t believe I fell 1,000ft and did not have any broken arms or legs. It really sunk in when I was in the helicopter and one of the guys said they thought they were just going to pick up a body. They told me I had gone over three major cliffs on the way down, each one over 100ft.
I think I was knocked out by the end of it, and kind of lost a bit of my memory. I wasn’t sure if I’d gone over one hill or two or what, so I was trying to get my bearings. I think I’d gone into autopilot. I remember thinking I didn’t really want a helicopter – I’d already tried to put my rucksack back on to climb back up and carry on. But when I tried again to lift it on to my shoulders, that was when I realised the pain I was in.”
Climber Adam Potter from Glasgow who fell from the 1000ft Sgurr Choinnich Mor mountain in Ireland – and stood up afterwards
The Quotes of the Week IV
Posted: 30 January 2011 | Author: Marie | Filed under: Current, Politics, Quotes | Tags: aliens, Alzheimer's, Barack Obama, Cairo, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, care, care homes, City of Sculpture Festival, dementia, divorce, Egypt, ET, Gladiator, Hosni Mubarak, Howard Smith, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel, Lavern Ritch, London, Lorenzo Quinn, marriage, Mexico, Mubarak, New Jersey, Obama, petrol, planets, racism, racist attack, sculpture, space, universe, violence, Vroom Vroom | Leave a commentSunday 23rd
“We have found that most other planets and solar systems are wildly different from our own. They are very hostile to life as we know it. The new information we are getting suggests we could effectively be alone in the universe. There are very few solar systems or planets like ours. It means it is highly unlikely there are any planets with intelligent life close enough for us to make contact.”
Dr Howard Smith, senior astrophysicist at Harvard University, who has claimed that contact with ‘little green men’ will never happen and we are totally alone in the universe
Leaves in the Lonnen 