#wheresderek November 2011

I have learned why Twitter is so successful, clarity and speed. I will improve the competition next time making it easier and snappier.

Thanks to those who did enter, the prize is to be shared between, Matt & Jon.

Here are the answers
Place 1 Liberty in Regent Street
Place 2 Wolverhampton
Place 3 Manchester (their tram system is called Metrolink)
Place 4 Banbury (this is the Banbury Cross sorry could find the white horse)
Place 5 Middleton Cheney
Place 6 Anagram of "popcorn night in" is Chipping Norton
Place 7 Birmingham (the sign points to the The Mailbox (the premier Shopping centre.)
Place 8 Folkestone (people Googled images of seaside lifts)
Place 9 Hythe the terminal for the famous Romney Hythe & Dymchurch 15 inch railway http://www.rhdr.org.uk/


Place 1 the photo of Christmas lights and Tudor building



Place 2, A few years ago I witnessed my soccer team win here 6 - 0

Place 3 a day spent near here the picture of the transport lift





Place 4 in the #wheresderek week on the road, the top of this monument is a big clue.



Place 5 of #wheresderek is a village to the east of place 4 & two of its pubs include The Dolphin Inn & The New Inn

Place 6 of this little competition is a great place to have a, Popcorn Night In (Anagram)
Place 7 more Christmas lights but the sign will give it away the blue lights and the direction signs.



Place 8 I was just going to photograph the sea, but felt you needed a lift. Picture of sea



Place 9 A little town to terminate the #wheresderek competition, the picture taken through the fence.



Please send me a Twitter DM @saintyman, e-mail or Facebook msg.

Please send your entry by Sunday 20th to be in with a chance to win the prize.
Please have a go even if you don't have all the answers

Good luck

Legalised Stealing

So it is okay for bankers in some banks to lose the company mega £'s plunge the world into crisis yet no one has gone to jail.
Daily businesses go bankrupt and steal from people they owe money to and set up a new company straight away.
Worse are businesses like Portsmouth football club who owed so much they have said we will pay you 20p in every £1 owed. Effectively stealing 80% of their debt. No penalty for company bosses, share holders etc. and they are just able to carry on trading!

When is a government going to stop these acts of theft.

Free Electricity

We are having solar panels, (PV) fitted at no cost, this system will generate free electricity up to 3kWp, even without direct sun light. Under the arrangement we can use as much of this electricity as we like, the installer puts any unused electricity back into the grid. This FREE Solar Panel system is possible as we are allowing the installing company to have a 25 year lease on our roof. This is how we are changing our household use of power with the help of timers:- Switch off the gas water heating boiler & use the electric immersion. Use the washing machine, tumble dryer and dishwasher staggered during the day. Charge phones, laptops etc during the day. Converted the showers from just cold water to a mixed feed utilising the heated water We could go further & cook lunch in oven during day to heat up in microwave later. Boil kettles of water put them in thermos for tea coffee in the evening. Buy some batteries charge them up during the day use their power for lights in the evening. We look forward to hear your other ideas. Please comment, Tweet us or post on Facebook wall, if you have any questions or would like further details. If you have a south facing roof and live south of Hull (not my discrimination) and would like an introduction to our installers, please send me your email address and details, we will share the introductory cash back 50/50 with you.

The zoo keepers first day woking on his own.

A young lad had served his apprenticeship in the zoo & was now on his first day on his own. He is given just three tasks, first is to clear the exotic fish pool of weeds.

As he does this a huge fish jumps out and bites him shocking him so much that he is unable to get the fish back into the water it sadly dies.

Realising his employer won't be best pleased he disposes of the fish by feeding it to the lions, as learned lions will eat anything.

He moves on to his second job, while he is clearing out the monkey house, he is attacked by the cheeky chimps who pelt him with coconuts.

He lashes out and is a bit heavy handed with the brush handle killing two of the chimps. As there are so many he thinks that if he feeds these to the lions the boss won't notice. He puts them in his wheelbarrow and hurls the corpses into the lion enclosure.

His last job of the morning was to collect the honey from the South American Bees. As soon as he starts he is attacked by the bees. To save being stung to death, he thrashes around with the collecting pots he was using, mashing many of them and again not wishing the head keeper to find out how he had killed a large number of this rare colony, he scoops them into the pots. Yes you've guessed it he was passing the lions as he headed back to base so tipped them out as a delicacy for lions.

Later that day a new lion arrives at the zoo, he wanders up to the lions and says "What's the food like here?" The lions reply "Absolutely brilliant...............................today we had

Fish and Chimps with Mushy Bees."

FairFX pre-paid Mastercard (my version of details)

When I am in Spain I use a prepaid € MasterCard from FairFX. If you would like one please sign up through this link

You normally have to pay £9.95 for the card but through this link it is free and I will donate £2.50 to Breakthrough Breast Cancer, If your first purcahase of currency (load) is for £250, I will double the donation & you wiil also be given £2.50.

You can add money to the card at anytime, for no fee/charge, your GBP will be converted at the rate shown to €'s or $'s and saved on the card ready to spend on holiday.

If you use the € card in Spain (or any € country) for a purchase there is NO charge. A withdrawal from an ATM is only €1.50, the €'s are bought commission free & no loading fee plus there are no other charges. This is the same for US $ card and the £ anywhere card.

If you buy a £ card its great for Ryanair (no excess charge) all you pay is, like with any purchases or ATM withdrawal with this card, a fee of 1.5%. With this pre paid mastercard you keep control, unlike a credit card, you can't go overdrawn and get those interest charges and fees when using it abroad

It's a great way to save for a holiday abroad as you just load the currency onto the card whenever you have a few £'s spare and it's ready to spend for free. The card is run by Newcastle Building Society this info is my summary of the card from my use and it is up to you to check the details on the FairFX site.

Quiz

Below are four ( 4 ) questions and a
bonus question. Tweet/email me your answers. No cheating this is for you to test your intellegence. Please read the question once and answer
them instantly, you can't take your
time, answer all of them immediately
OK?

Ready? GO!!!

First Question:
You are participating in a race.
You overtake the second person.
What position are you in?

Now answer the second question,
but don't take as much time as you took
for the first one, OK ?

Second Question:
If you overtake the last person,
then you are...?

Third Question:
V ery tricky arithmetic! Note: This must
be done in your head only.
Do NOT use paper and pencil or a
calculator. Try it.

Take 1000 and add 40 to it.. Now add
another 1000 . Now add 30 .
Add another 1000 . Now add 20 .
Now add another 1000
Now add 10 . What is the total?

Fourth Question:

Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the ! name of the fifth daughter?
Okay,

now the bonus round:

A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully communicates himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.

Next, a blind man comes into the shop
who wants to buy a pair of
sunglasses; how does HE indicate
what he wants?

Dads always win

A teenage boy had just passed his driving test and inquired of his father as to
when they could discuss his use of the car.

His father said he'd make a deal with his son: 'You bring your grades up from
a C to a B average, study your Bible a little, and get your hair cut.
Then we'll talk about the car.'

The boy thought about that for a moment, decided he'd settle for the offer,
and they agreed on it.

After about six weeks his father said, 'Son, you've brought your grades up
and I've observed that you have been studying your Bible, but I'm disappointed
you haven't had your hair cut.

The boy said, 'You know, Dad, I've been thinking about that, and I've noticed in my
studies of the Bible that Samson had long hair, John the Baptist had long hair,
Moses had long hair....and there's even strong evidence that Jesus had long hair.'

To this his father replied, 'Did you also notice they walked everywhere they went?'