A pair of doctors have said that British parents should have fewer children, because kids cause carbon emissions and climate change. The two medics suggest that choosing to have a third child is the same as buying a patio heater or driving a gas-guzzling car, and that GPs should advise their patients against it. Writing […]
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Small Got A Haircut
Small finally allowed us to get his hair shortened, I think it was starting to annoy him, Big hasn’t had her hair cut, but here is a pic anyway. If she doesn’t start brushing her **** hair a bit more frequently, expect to see a pic of her with a short back and sides too. […]
Climate change controversies: a simple guide
Worth a link. The Royal Society has produced this overview of the current state of scientific understanding of climate change to help non-experts better understand some of the debates in this complex area of science. This is not intended to provide exhaustive answers to every contentious argument that has been put forward by those who […]
Theft!
Small was signed up for the library the other day. Today was his first trip to get books out. He made a big mistake, but how could he have known? His mummy has stolen his library book and is sitting engrossed in it.
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Nature Reserve
Seen at Geograph.
Three workers…
Three workers find themselves locked up, and they ask each other what they’re in for. The first man says: “I was always ten minutes late to work, so I was accused of sabotage.” The second man says: “I was always ten minutes early to work, so I was accused of espionage.” The third man says: […]
The Doctor would not be impressed
“Sarah-Jane Smith, of Kingsbury Walk, Great Cornard, is due before Sudbury magistrates accused of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.” BBC News
The German town which scrapped all traffic lights and road signs
If you find yourself crossing the road in the German town of Bohmte, look both ways – and then perhaps check again. It has scrapped all its traffic lights and road signs in a radical experiment designed to make the streets safer. Maily Dail Sounds like an excellent idea. Update 2024. It looks like it […]
WordPress Spring Clean
I have just removed over 230,000 spam comments from this blog’s database. All this spam clutters the database making it physically much larger, which can be an issue if you need to move it or back it up (much bigger back up file and potentially much more difficult to restore).