We are constantly told about the industrial revolution that is taking place in China but what percentage of the population is still employed in agriculture or conversely what is the percentage that...
I have just watched a DVD of the Nicholas Cage film named "NEXT" and a highly entertaining load of old tosh it was too. The concept, story and directoral interpretation were all average enough to keep...
Unfortunately I missed the TV special from the genius comedienne Catherine Tate, that was broadcast at Christmas. I have been told that her familiar characters have now been laid to rest and I would...
During the recent bombardment of fragrance advertisments on the TV at the close of 2007, there has been one for Chanel No. 5 featuring a girl with hips and an impossible striding walk like jelly on...
How long do smoked mackerel fillets that have been vacume packed to supermarket standards keep before they are unsafe to eat. The label says "use by 21st December", which was a week after purchase but...
I have been obliged to put my signature to a letter written by my employer with which I not only disagree but find the standard of penmanship nothing short of criminal. Since I cannot avoid signing...
Every year we wash out the greenhouse with Jeyes and change the soil completely for well rested replacement. We grow our tomatoes from seed, give them daily attention and usually have a bumper crop....
Just lately we have had the good fortune to have regular daily visits from three male and three female pheasants. Sometimes all in a crowd and sometimes individually. One particular femal comes to the...
I have a beautiful pair of speckle-breasted thrushes in my garden but I cannot tell if they are a couple ,(as in "an item") or two birds of the same sex which happen to share a non-aggressive nature....
As is common knowledge, a dog on heat will be attracted by any canine bitch and no doubt a tom cat with the urge to mate will not ask to see the birth certificate of a passing pussy cat. What about...
When I run the bath in the morning and the water is running from the taps it immediuately makes me want to urinate. Is it the sight of the water running into the bath or the sound of the water...
Now this IS a perfectly serious and honest enquiry. I was driving near Bottisford in Lincolnshire on an old airfield on a Friday early evening, in early Autumn and I noticed that in the field to my...
As a religiously regular feeder of garden birds, I frequently watch the amazing variety of feathered freeloaders grabbing a beakfull of their menu choice and making off into the middle distance. I...
In common with most of my neighbours I enjoy feeding the wild garden birds which afford us a great deal of pleasure all of the year round. Of course I end up feeding the grey squirrels too and even...
If the female is a mare and the male is a stallion the animal is a horse, HOWEVER, if the femail is a cow and the male is a bull whath then is the animal?
I am but a simple man, but one who likes to take interest in the world around me, so when I spotted a buttefly in my garden the other day that had managed to evade my inquisitive eye for the whole of...
I have a mature male blackbird frequenting my garden. He apparently has a mate and is otherwise healthy except that his beak is broken and hanging off to one side. He manages to feed himself but...
I have raised 24 tomato plants from seed in a well scrubbed and sanitised greenhouse. All was well untill the plants were set into the soil when the leaves started to turn a lemon yellow colour...
