SATURDAY 29th DECEMBER 2012 09:48 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (29th December 1942)
On the Russian Front... Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Corps attempts to break out of Tatsinskaya
Luftwaffe aircraft transport 124 tons of supplies to German 6th Army in Stalingrad pocket
In the Mediterranean...
RN submarine P-311, carrying Chariots to attack Italian warships at Maddalena, sunk by Italian torpedo boat Partenope
Italian vessel Iseo sunk by Allied aircraft off Cape Bon
Italian vessel Torquato Gennari sunk by RN submarine HMS Safari
Italian vessel Marte sunk by RN submarine HMS Turbulent

In Libya...
British 8th Army reaches Panzer Army Afrika positions at Buerat

In the Atlantic...
Eight Allied freighters are sunk by U-Boats

In the Pacific...
The new Japanese airfield at Munda on New Georgia Island becomes operational.
Japanese vessel Fukken Maru sunk by mine off Hainan Island
In Singapore...
Mohan Singh, Indian commander of the anti-British Indian National Army, is arrested by the Japanese after his disagreements with the Japanese High Command.

In New Guinea...
Warren Force attacking Japanese positions around Giropa Point
Urbana Force attacking Japanese positions around Buna mission

Today's Air Raids
Northern France on military targets by RAF Fighter Command and US 8th Air Force Fighters
Sfax, Sousse, and Gabes, Tunisia by US 9th Air Force, US 12th Air Force and the RAF
New Georgia Island on Japanese shipping by US Cactus Air Force
Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Lae, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rangoon, Burma by RAF aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
A brief missus time before shift 2 of the Weekend Job.

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
It's PEANUTS!! I've no doubt. My libido and erectile function are enjoying a revival that only started when I indulged in one of my fave Christmas treats. The clincher was last night  - for the first time in years I was up for it after bedtime. Missus of course is as delighted as me! It must be whole roasted peanuts rather than peanut butter, which I eat throughout the year. I will now carry on eating whole peanuts daily, substituting a meal for them. If libido keeps up by the end of January I will have incontestable proof.

Daughter departed on schedule, and much to the delight of Son, the Lounge has been "liberated". Her stay was in one sense a great success - I found that accepting how she is and working around it avoided friction. Daughter herself is unfortunately in a bad way. Her complexion was awful, her morale on the floor. More worrying is that she is utterly oblivious to how selfish she is. After being highly inconsiderate and insensitive to her brother, she was utterly bemused and clueless as to why he was so pissed off. Unfortunately she wouldn't have accepted it if she was told. I fear more suffering awaits her before she finally gets it.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you understand what's going on with yourself?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Damp cloudy start.
It will become wet and windy during the morning and persist into the evening.
It will be dry in the evening but heavy rain will return overnight.
Wind will be strong and south-westerly
Max Temp = 10 degC
Min Temp = 4 degC
Sunrise at 08:25
Sunset at 15:54
Jetstream: Over Britain and south-westerly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Hear about the top Xmas toy? It's the Neurotic Clockwork Barbie. It's wound up already! : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Sadly underrated comic genius Simon Evans

8. TRIVIA
Nitrogen comprises 80% of the air and is normally a harmless inert gas. At high pressures however it can dissolve in the blood and become an anaesthetic. This makes atmospheric air completely unusable to deep sea divers as it causes "nitrogen narcosis" also known as "raptures of the deep". Unfortunately pure oxygen is highly toxic at high pressure. The solution is to breathe a mixture of 80% helium and 20% oxygen. Helium has no effect on the body other than to elevate the pitch of your voice, making you sound like Mickey Mouse.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
Meditation is the joy to be yourself. Meditation is the courage to be yourself. Meditation will make you unique and will make you rejoice in being different from the others. Meditation is the way to be yourself." - Tishan