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I’m doing a bit more cooking since I took early retirement – Ruth is still working, so it falls to me to prepare the evening meal in the week. I like messing about modifying recipes and these guides to herbs and spices are a useful summary of their properties: The Kitchen’s Quick Guide . . . → Read More: Guides to herbs and spices The Daily Telegraph points to thorium as a way out of the energy crisis. Dr Rubbia says a tonne of the silvery metal – named after the Norse god of thunder, who also gave us Thor’s day or Thursday – produces as much energy as 200 tonnes of uranium, or 3,500,000 tonnes of . . . → Read More: Thorium could be the answer to the energy crisis From today’s Daily Telegraph: Judging from today’s results, it’s now virtually impossible to fail an A-level. The overall pass rate climbed for the 28th year in a row, with 97.6 per cent of A-levels being graded A* – E. Sceptics used to joke that you only needed to write your name at the top . . . → Read More: What state is the UK education system in? My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes. Ronald Regan’s infamous sound check, which resulted in part of the Soviet army being put on alert for 30 minutes after word of the statement reached the Soviet Union.
An egg-cuber from thekitchenstore.com There is no end to the number of unusual gadgets that you can buy for your kitchen. Dark Roasted Blend has a selection, with photos. You can, for example, get a slimline toaster that produces toast with smilies on each piece, a rabbit-shaped mixer or a roll-up microwave cooker. . . . → Read More: Quirky kitchen appliances qu . . . → Read More: “Efficient” British banking services
Bees and butterflies in the garden Today has been a lovely day – not too hot at 22°C and the insects have been enjoying the sun as much as we have. Back in 2001 the US National Transportation Safety Board published a report on the survival rates in air crashes (PDF, 800 KB). They are much better than you might think: Nearly 96 percent of the occupants involved in a Part 121 aviation accident over the past 18 years survived the accident, and in over . . . → Read More: Maximizing the chance of surviving a plane crash  Hotel Catalonia Excelsior, Barcelonina, 5 (to the right in the picture) We flew down to Valencia on Sunday afternoon for a couple of days to meet Antonio, our architect. The design of the house is nearly finished to the stage where we can apply for planning permission, so we went to discuss some final details and to meet some of the potential suppliers. Quite a lot, in fact. We were in meetings from 9:30 until 15:00 hrs. A good job that the Spanish eat lunch late, so we were able to get a good meal after we finished. We also met María Pedro for the first time, the landscape architect who Antonio put us in contact with some time ago. Up until now, our contact with her has only been via e-mail. She is a friend of his daughter and has just set up in business after studying in Spain and doing “industrial periods” in Scotland and Canada. We are very happy with the progress to date, and are hoping that Antonio will be able to submit the plans for approval before Spain shuts down for the summer holidays over the month of August. There is a useful tool to check which amazon store has the cheapest price for books, including international postage. (Unfortunately it won’t check egg poacher prices). Check out CheapRiver.com. They do a browser plug-in which will allow you to check worldwide and find the cheapest location to order from. The differences are sometimes . . . → Read More: Useful tool to check amazon book prices |
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