Access Problems - Hopefully Resolved

At last it looks as if the problems with accessing the site may have been finally resolved. For future log-ins please use Google search and type in blankneyblog this will bring up one or more post headings. Click on one of these headings and it will instantly take you into the site. Also, you will be presented with a further option . Below the post headings will be a link which mentions omitted posts, clicking this link lists all the posts on the entire site. I hope the problem is now resolved but I shall continue to monitor it on a daily basis. Thanks for your patience.

Will Lloyd's TSB Retain Their Title

On the home page of their Internet Personal Banking site Lloyd's TSB proudly display the following statement. Internet banking provided by Britain's most trusted bank* Incidentally, the star refers to a footnote at the bottom of the page which states Readers Digest most trusted bank survey 2008. It was announced just yesterday that the bank have agreed to forfeit $350m in return for US Justice Department not pursuing the case against Lloyd's after the bank admitted responsibility for criminal conduct. The US Justice Department said that as early as 1995 Lloyd's falsified wire transfers involving countries or individuals on the US sanctions list. Countries involved included Sudan, Iran and Libya. The bank was accused of deliberately removing customer information or 'stripping' as Lloyd's employees called it, so that wire transfers could pass through the system undetected. Over a period of more than twelve years hundreds of millions of dollars were involved. I wonder if Lloyd's will come out top of the Readers Digest 'most trusted' survey for 2009. I suspect they probably will!

Site Access Problems

There seems to be problems accessing the Journal. The original address created through Blogger http://blankneyblog.blogspot.com appears to have been merged into Google. If you have Google Search on your computer then simply type Blankney Journal into your search box. If you are still having difficulties please e-mail me by clicking the following link garlant@btinternet.com and I will try to help.

Today's Flutter

Despite the disappointment we had with Ann Stokell's Came Back last Tuesday at Southwell, we rely on the same stable again to get us off the mark, in the Ree Handicap run over 6f at Great Leigh today.

Sunday 11th January. Great Leigh 2.30

*First Order*

The selection was beaten just 1/2 length by Rebel Duke last time out. However, that was over 5f and today's 6f trip should prove more ideal for the 8.y.o. gelding. The 5lb allowance claimed by the trainer/jockey may prove decisive. Fingers crossed.

Yesterdays Brain Teaser - An Apology

Yesterday I set readers a brainteaser. The task was to construct a sentence in which the word and appeared seven times consecutively. Unfortunately, I asked the question wrongly, it should have said five times consecutively. I don't doubt if I had asked the question correctly you would all have got the right answer. I do apologise for the error, but here is the answer had the question been asked correctly.

The landlord at the Pig And Whistle was stood outside looking at his pub sign. It was looking pretty tatty so he called the local sign writer and asked if he would make him a new one and hang it for him. The sign writer made the new sign, took it to the pub and hung it. He then went into the pub and asked the landlord to go outside and tell him what he thought of it. The landlord took one look at the new sign, turned to the sign writer, and said "that looks awful, I can't have that hanging outside my pub" The sign writer looked perplexed and asked the landlord "what is wrong with it". To which the landlord replied "you have left too much space between pig and and and and and whistle"