LOST LUGGAGE
After weeks of blogs that have been mainly political, “Lost Luggage” is purely fun – a welcome break you might say. It surprised me …
LOST LEGO
Lost Lego seems like a kid’s nightmare, or some publicist’s idea of a catchphrase. However, when five million pieces of Lego are lost it becomes …
ROME RECYCLING ITS COINAGE
A recent article about Rome recycling its coinage brought home to me the idea that modern Western society didn’t invent re-cycling, as many of us …
THE BULLET
The Bullet is, debatably, one of the world’s most enduring manufactured products. With that statement, you may well think I am talking about the projectile …
HOLLOWAYS
In my mind, the name Holloway / Holloways had always meant the person who played Eliza Doolittle’s father in My Fair Lady, Stanley Holloway, or …
MACABRE BUT INTERESTING
This blog is macabre but interesting – at least I thought so! The question is: what happens if you suddenly find yourself outside your spacecraft …
HOME TRUTHS
I thought it was time for a few “home truths”, at least “home truths” from my perspective. I am stretching the meaning of “Home Truth” …
FRED FLINTSTONE DIET
The Fred Flintstone Diet either sounds like a joke, or describes a cholesterol-packed system for those who want to die prematurely. However, a Belgium company …
JERSEY
Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands, an archipelago of six inhabited islands (and many more uninhabited ones) scattered over the English Channel, just …
GRAY HAIR
What causes our gray hair? And is there anything we can do to prevent or reverse the process? These are questions all of us have considered …