Apparently this aircraft's transponder, which identifies the aircraft, had been turned off before the aircraft suddenly changed direction, which the crew would not have done, so it is assumed that highly suspicious activities must have been going on in the cockpit. What is further confusing everybody is the fact there is a tiny island in the middle of the ocean which picked up a radar signal as the plane flew over in the opposite direction of its supposed flight path, and apparently the Malaysian military were aware of this all the time different nations were spending hundreds of millions of dollars searching for the plane in the wrong place.
Also, until a few hours ago passengers cell phones were merrily ringing away, suggesting that they were not down in the water.
I look forward to tomorrow's developments.
I had to call at the Senior Centre, and while there took this picture. This lounge had two large, very soft, comfy sofas in it, and the homeless seniors liked to relax on them, and watch telly. But Kate decided it was time to get these couch potatoes exercising, so took the sofas out and installed this exercise equipment.
Part of me sees the hilarious side of it, the other part feels sorry for the homeless losing their comfy daytime billet. And as you can see no one is exercising. I'll ask her tomorrow if she is going to leave them there.
People here call the Emergency Services for the weirdest things - like being attacked by their cat.
This is the offending cat,which is 22lbs, which might be big, I don't know what Bubbles is - but surely a human being can outsmart a cat! I would have grabbed the duvet off the bed, and wrapped the cat in it while it was wondering what hit it. I would have liked to have known what the despatcher said.
And they are not getting rid of the cat by the way, it is having therapy. I still wouldn't trust it round my 7 month old child.
Mark and Mary invited me to their son's wedding in May, so I decided it called for a nice cross stitched picture, and/or card to go with it. So I went to Hobby Lobby this afternoon in Midwest City, which is a HUGE craft emporium.
The founder and CEO of Hobby Lobby is a member of the religious right, and currently there is a lawsuit being filed because he refuses to provide health care - Obama Care - for his employees, on the grounds that providing contraception violates his religious beliefs.
What I don't understand, and no one seems able to tell me, is why the employees can't buy their own contraception. By definition, they are working, and therefore have the means to pay for it. I just can't - for the life of me - figure why they expect it to be provided by their employer. Another weird facet of America I can't get my head round.
Fr Clark - who is very anti the religious right, and Hobby Lobby in particular - sent me a memo suggesting I boycott Hobby Lobby. But I told him I love the place, and this is where my principles, even if I had any, would meet their Waterloo, no way would I boycott it.
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