| Solar Panels to Power USA by Andrew Impey |
| Can it be true - the US to be 40% solar powered by 2017 - no, but this humorous article looks at how it might be |
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| Useless Bits of Body by Andrew Impey |
| Chinese food - my favourite. I'm particularly partial to spare ribs, although I've often wondered why certain animals have bits which are considered 'spare'. |
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| Hamsters Can Now Help Halt Identity Theft by Andrew Impey |
| New paper-shredding invention hams it up |
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| What Happened To The Lazy Days Of Summer? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Is it my imagination or are we too busy to be lazy? |
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| Weight Gain And The Summer Dilemma by Jean Shaw |
| One reason for gaining weight which many women of a "certain age" will relate to is the menopause and currently that is my explanation. |
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| Does Re-Gifting Make You Gifted? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| I don't understand why some people are against re-gifting. It's recycling merchandise without recycling money. |
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| Will Reading This Make You Lucky? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| When you're out of luck, how did you run out and where do you go to get more? |
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| Money Grown on Trees by Andrew Impey |
| It's good for users and it's good for farmers; we just need to crack the science around the pound note. |
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| Still Have Growing Pains? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| "Act your age". How many times did you hear that when you were growing up? If you act your age, does that mean you're grown up? |
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| Why Do People Behave Like That? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Why do people act silly when a video camera is pointing at them. Do they know why? |
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| Is It Spelled Vacation Or Vaca-Shun? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| I don't care how vacation is spelled, I just want one. I don't know if I want to get away from my house, my life or myself - the one I've seen in the mirror lately. I just want to get sway! |
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| How Can You Be Too Old For Birthdays? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| If I didn't celebrate my birthday, wouldn't my parents be insulted? They celebrated when I was born. Aren't I expected to carry on the tradition? |
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| Who Carries The Beach Umbrella? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| The beach is a sandbox for adults. We bring toys and take home sand in our clothes. |
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| Tempted To Cruise Through Life? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| I love cruises. My husband doesn't. We compromised by going on a small ship cruise. However, our cabin was so small, compromising positions were almost impossible. |
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| When Is It A Wine's Time? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| I don't understand the complexities of wine. I know if it's a white wine or a red wine, if it should be chilled or served at room temperature and if it tastes good. Wine tasting isn't rocket science |
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| Have You Been To France? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Some say Pris is for lovers. If it is, Provence is for lovers of food and wine and no bathroom scales. |
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| Don't Babies Make The World Go Around? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| I was one, I had two, my two will have more. There's no shortage of babies, but each one is special - well maybe not quite as special during the terrible two's. |
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| Great Halloween Games by Arthur Stoller |
| Make your halloween that much more fun |
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| When Is A Makeover Over? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Having seen the miracles of makeovers on television and in magazines, I decided to have one. Unfortunately (or fortunately, as far as my husband was concerned), life has a way of unmaking makeovers. |
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| What Do You Want In A President? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| The best argument in favor of cloning is our need for a person worthy of being President. Where are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln when we really need them? |
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| Do You Remember Your School Daze? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". I learned that quote from Dickens' Tale of Two Cities in high school. I thought the quote was about high school. |
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| Do You Give Yourself Credit? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| There are plain credit cards and gold credit cards and platinum credit cards. There are credit cards that give you points for free gas and clothes and airline tickets. There's so much credit out there it's discreditable. |
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| Who Ordered The Mail Order Catalogs? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| I didn't order the carving set that looked like drumsticks from a kitchen catalog and I didn't order the curried almond stuffing mix from a gourmet catalog. When it came to mail order, I'd gone cold turkey - again. |
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| Want Your Picture Taken Or Returned? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| Some people are photogenic. I'm not one of them. When it comes to cameras, I want to be out of the picture. |
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| Are They Being Nosey? by Knight Pierce Hirst |
| My grandmother had a name for people who exaggerated or told little, white lies. She called them Pinocchio noses and they're not just in fairy tales. |
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