14.02.2023 Parallel universes?

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  Tuesday 14th 4C/39F, very heavy overcast. Up at 7am. Tuesday is my first cooking class this week. I have just released a salamander/newt which was crawling across the bathroom floor. Still no clue as to how they get in. This has been going on for years.

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 A volunteer, Danish, lifeboat crewman has been fined 5,300 kroner [£630 equivalent.] For speeding on his way to an emergency call-out. A sailor had been reported to have fallen overboard. This was in November when the temperature was 6C/43F.

 The volunteer lifeboat crewman was driving at 52mph as he entered a 30mph zone on his way to the lifeboat emergency.  The lifeboat could not leave until the crewman arrived. The policeman, who stopped him. Despite being told it was an official emergency. Held the lifeboat crewman at the scene for five whole five minutes while he wrote out the ticket. Directly delaying the lifeboat's leaving. Every second counts where hypothermia is likely from immersion in cold water.

 Meanwhile, on another planet, in a parallel universe:  Mærsk, the global giant, Danish, shipping company, paid 0.25% tax on 117 billion kroner profit in 2021. [£14 billion profit equivalent] The following year, 2022, Mærsk made 200 billion Kroner profit after tax. [£23 billion profit equivalent.]

 It is not reported whether a Mærsk seaman was involved in the delayed, sea rescue call-out. Danish law allows a vehicle to exceed the speed limits in an emergency to directly save lives. Senior police officers have confirmed that the speeding fine was legal. The lifeboat crewman will also have to re-take his driving test.

 Danish language news stories: "Volunteer rescuer on his way to a man overboard incident gets 5300 kroner speeding fine. Myboat.dk"

  Frivillig redder på vej til mand over bord-ulykke fik fartbøde på 5.300 kroner - Minbaad.dk

 "Rescue action delayed by policeman- while he wrote out a speeding ticket to the rescuer. Northjylland.dk"

  Redningsaktion forsinket af betjent - ville først skrive fartbøde til redningsmand | Nordjyske.dk

 The lifeboat station leader said they already have recruitment problems as local jobs disappear. This case will make it less likely to find volunteers.  

  One rule for the ultra rich... another for volunteer lifeboat men? i.e. Those who regularly risk their lives for little reward.

 13.30 Safely home from my cooking class. I lit the stove because the house had cooled off.

 We made boiled pork with cabbage and apple salad. With persille and salted, roasted almonds for seasoning. Jacket potatoes with Timian and olive oil dressing. 

 15.56 4.5C/40F. Heavy overcast. Had an afternoon nap and then hand rinsed a pile of socks and spun them twice. Before and after rinsing. I may be using the wrong program [40C hand wash Wool] because there is still a residue of suds after the washing cycle. 

 A load of towels has gone into the machine now. I'll hang those outside to soften them. Not that it seemed to help in the past. I use 60C Cotton cycle for those. 

 18.00 The result of half an hour of splitting logs: Taken with my phone camera set to "Night" as dusk fell. 

 The heavy splitting maul is background left. With the yellow fiberglass handle. It is leaning against a knotty stump of chestnut.  The maul has lasted for 35 years of use and abuse. Regularly used as a sledge hammer on large rocks and concrete. The slight flexure in the handle protects the user from shocks. I believe it was made by "Oregon." Though I could be mistaken. Nothing shows up on a google.ADVERTISING.con search.

 No dinner tonight. I ate at the cooking class.

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