This morning I read on BBC News that the Department of Health in England are pushing for a ban on displays of cigarettes. They also want to force cigarette manufacturers to put their product in plain packaging in order to drive down smoking rates, discourage young people from smoking and reduce the costs of smoking …
What I’ve Learned Today #1
Welcome to my first article of What I've Learned Today. I figure that unless you have a brain made from an old potato you're most likely to learn something new every day even though you may not be aware of it. For some learning is a life long goal, for others it's a painful ritual …
Weekly Photo Challenge Shadow
I used to be an avid photographer but after a burglary years ago I never got around to replacing any of my equipment. So now I rely on my camera phone, currently a mediocre Samsung POS to take snaps of my daily life. ClassyRose over at What's Bugging Me Today is giving a shout out …
10 Things I hate about other drivers.
Other drivers suck! I got my driving license late in life even though I had driven a considerable amount throughout my life, driving with friends and family for the most part. I think of myself as a good driver, strangely I haven't instantly forgotten everything I was taught like the moment I left school. I …
World gone mad!
This weeks rant is all about how the world has gone mad! There are always plenty of bad news stories floating around, the Libya crisis, the New Zealand earth quake, floods, landslides, people shooting each other over packets of biscuits and other such tales of woe. I could write about all of them but there …