
The Daily Tulip — News From Around The World
Sunday 27th August 2017
Good Morning Gentle Reader…. Boy! it’s humid this morning, you could cut the air with a knife, should you want to that of course.. mist has rolled in from the ocean covering the town of Estepona with a blanket of fog.. must be thick out on the water where the fishermen are.. Bella and I walk in silence only the sound of the foghorns on the ships breaks the silence and the odd slamming of a car door as someone leaves, for I know not where… So No Stars, No Ships to be seen, just two friends walking silently back to the house for coffee and cool clear water…
‘YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED’ HEADSTONE LEFT AT IRELAND AIRPORT…. A headstone with an ironic inscription was one of many bizarre items found abandoned at an airport in Ireland. The Dublin Airport Authority released a list of unusual items found at the airport lost and found, including a headstone with the inscription “you will always be remembered, never forgotten” that was left behind at a terminal, the Herald reported. Despite the reverent inscription, the headstone was forgotten in the departures area of Terminal One several years ago. Other unorthodox lost and found discoveries include a toilet, a life-size mannequin, human ashes, false teeth and a glass eye. Dublin Airport Authority spokeswoman Audrey O’Hagen said many passengers attempt to bring pets through security, which in one case resulted in the pet being left behind.
“Just two weeks ago, somebody tried to bring a goldfish, so they had a goldfish in a two litre bottle of water they wanted to take away with them,” O’Hagen told Dublin’s 98FM radio station. “They couldn’t, so believe it or not, that fish has since been re-homed by a staff member here and it’s in their fish pond in Malahide.” O’Hagen added that any lost items can be claimed by filing a report on the DAA’s website. “You can log it online using an online form and if you’re looking to see if your item has arrived into lost property, we update that website or you can email lostproperty@daa.ie,” she said.
POLISH BISHOPS FOR TOTAL BAN ON SUNDAY SHOPPING…. Poland’s leading Catholic bishop has spoken out in favour of an almost complete ban on shops opening on Sunday, amid growing public controversy over the proposal. “Free Sundays are what all Catholics, non-Catholics and non-believers need,” Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki told Polish Radio ahead of a meeting of the Bishops Conference on Friday, which is expected to support the ban. The idea was put forward last year by the powerful Solidarity trade union, backed by a million-strong petition, and has been batted back and forth in a parliamentary subcommittee ever since. The clerics are careful to base their argument on quality of life rather than religious grounds. “Families don’t just need financial support, they need time for themselves,” said the Archbishop of Katowice, Wiktor Skworc. He appealed to the government to “show some compassion for women in the form of those who have to work in supermarkets on Sundays”, and accused it of showing “contempt” for Solidarity and the bishops by delaying consideration of the ban. He also warned local MPs and senators that he expected them to vote “in line with the views of their voters,” the Wirtualna Polska website reports.
TEEN VOTERS CHANGE ESTONIAN ELECTION DYNAMIC…. Political parties in Estonia are offering skate parks and other teenager-friendly policies when 16- and 17-year-olds vote for the first time in forthcoming local elections. Around 24,000 young people are shifting the dynamic in October’s municipal elections, and the country’s politicians are making big promises in an effort to secure their votes, the Postimees newspaper reports. Promising a stake park is Tallinn mayoral candidate Rainer Vakra, who notes that official attempts to discourage skating in the city’s Freedom Square only resulted in youths using newly-installed barriers to “grind” their boards against. “I listened to the real experts,” he said of his young potential voters. But his approach has been condemned by his political rivals. Mart Helme of the Conservative People’s Party accuses him of “brainwashing students”, and says that “politics should be kept out of schools”, as debate rages as to whether teenagers are mature enough to recognise election issues. One person who thinks teenagers deserve the vote is 15-year-old Joosep Kaan, who will turn 16 in time to take part in October’s poll. Writing in Postimees as a member of the Estonian Student Council, he says that “the right to vote will increase the motivation for young people to be informed and talk about issues”. Saying that new voters are probably better informed than older generations due to their immersion in social media, Kaan still thinks youngsters — especially in urban areas — will have their heads turned by big election promises.
“A skate park here, a bicycle path there. Young people are rather ignored in smaller places,” he says.
PAIR SELL HOME TO REPAIR RUSSIAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE…. Two Russian men have sold an apartment, car and a garage in an attempt to reconstruct a suspension bridge in Russia’s Far East. Yuri Vasilyev and Yevgeny Levin have spent 10m roubles ($170,000; £132,000) over three years to rebuild the bridge in Russia’s Altai after it fell into neglect and was largely washed away in floods, Komsomolskaya Pravda news website reports. The men carried out the bulk of work themselves, but asked local residents for advice, and had a building company to oversee their workmanship. The bridge over the Katun river was neglected after its previous owner went bankrupt, the men explained. “It was sad to see. And it’s a shame because this bridge has history. It is Altai’s architectural landmark and we decided to save it,” Yuri Vasilyev told TJournal news website. They’ve not been able to restore the bridge to full use. While it was able to carry vehicles in the past, it’s now only considered strong enough for pedestrians. However, social media users seemed split over the restoration. A poll on Russian social network VKontakte revealed that a small majority thought it a futile undertaking, while 45.9% said the men had done the right thing.
Some people questioned the men’s motivation, with one cynical newspaper commenter remarking “Yeah right, an era, history; this is not simply a bridge but a pot of gold”; while others applauded their work: “Well done! We are proud of such gold nuggets,” a VKontakte user said. But the pair insisted that they were not motivated by the lure of the rouble. “Money is not the most important thing. I want to be doing something useful and tell people about our land’s history,” Vasilyev said.
DANISH CROWN PRINCE FREDERIK ‘DENIED ENTRY TO AUSTRALIAN PUB’…. A Danish prince was temporarily denied entry to a bar in the Australian city of Brisbane because he did not have proper identification, local media say. Crown Prince Frederik, 49, and his entourage were reportedly only able to get into the bar with the help of diplomatic protection police officers. They are said to have told staff proof of ID in this case was not necessary. Queensland and other states in Australia have strict rules about entering premises which sell alcohol. In most cases, late-night drinkers in Queensland must have their passports or driving licences to prove their identities when entering establishments that stay open after midnight. The state government says the laws introduced in July are in place “to minimise the risk of alcohol-related harm”. Prince Frederik and his aides were in Brisbane for a yachting regatta, local media reported. They were only allowed into the bar after civil servants gave permission for the ID requirements to be waived. Bar co-owner Phil Hogan told the Brisbane Courier Mail that the new rules were “a nightmare”, and that foreign dignitaries should be exempted. “This is just the tip of the iceberg with the prince. It’s happening all the time with normal people,” he said. The paper described the latest incident as a “cringe inducing blunder” resulting from “the draconian lockout laws, which are regularly catching out backpackers, foreign tourists and business travellers”. About 12 French winemakers without proper ID were turned away in July from The Gresham, one of Brisbane’s best-known bars, the paper reported. Prince Frederik famously met his wife, then known as Mary Donaldson, in a pub in Sydney during the 2000 Olympics.
Well Gentle Reader I hope you enjoyed our look at the news from around the world this, Sunday morning… …
Our Tulips today are Red…. nothing else to say….RED
A Sincere Thank You for your company and Thank You for your likes and comments I love them and always try to reply, so please keep them coming, it’s always good fun, As is my custom, I will go and get myself another mug of “Colombian” Coffee and wish you a safe Sunday 27th August 2017 from my home on the southern coast of Spain, where the blue waters of the Alboran Sea washes the coast of Africa and Europe and the smell of the night blooming Jasmine and Honeysuckle fills the air…and a crazy old guy and his dog Bella go out for a walk at 4:00 am…on the streets of Estepona…
All good stuff….But remember it’s a dangerous world we live in
Be safe out there…
Robert McAngus
