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Monday, November 28, 2011
Maybe I should get myself a guard dog
Mind you, if I hadn’t been in the safety of my car, I doubt I would have summoned enough courage to frighten the animal off on my own!
However, a few dogs in Siberia have shown that they have a lot more bravery than I’ll ever have.
Reportedly, when some dogs of Bely Island saw a polar bear approaching a weather station, they leapt to the rescue of four workers and charged towards the bear.
The dogs didn’t stop until the offending polar bear was lying in a cowardly heap on the ground.
Well, I definitely didn’t have that effect on the thieving fox I spotted!
Photo © xrayspx via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car, dogs, driven, engine, fox, polar bear, revved
Friday, November 25, 2011
Driving home for Christmas? I’ll be driving everywhere!
The chilly winter weather has left me daydreaming about an exotic holiday in the Caribbean or another equally hot location. However, upcoming Christmas plans mean that my icy cold hands are definitely not going to be leaving the UK at any point over the next month.
In fact, the only will travelling I’ll be doing in the near future will be in my car. Unfortunately I don’t think my car heaters are likely to emulate the temperatures of the tropics though!
Apparently my driving skills are in high demand over the Christmas period as there seems to be no end to the list of trips I need to make.
Firstly I need to drive to an outlet village in the hope that I’ll save some money by finding cut-price luxury goods to give to my closest friends and family. Next I’ll have to face the monster task of fitting a 6ft Christmas tree from the local gardening centre into my little car.
Closer to the date I have a pantomime to see, girly meets to get to and I have already agreed to attend a school nativity play in which my niece has the starring role of Mary.
Not to forget Christmas day itself! I’ve been given the task of picking up various family members who are scattered around the area for a traditional family Christmas at my parent’s house.
Hopefully my saintly act of driving everyone around will get me out of any other festive duties – all that washing up should definitely be reserved for somebody who hasn’t learned to drive yet!
In fact, the only will travelling I’ll be doing in the near future will be in my car. Unfortunately I don’t think my car heaters are likely to emulate the temperatures of the tropics though!
Apparently my driving skills are in high demand over the Christmas period as there seems to be no end to the list of trips I need to make.
Firstly I need to drive to an outlet village in the hope that I’ll save some money by finding cut-price luxury goods to give to my closest friends and family. Next I’ll have to face the monster task of fitting a 6ft Christmas tree from the local gardening centre into my little car.
Closer to the date I have a pantomime to see, girly meets to get to and I have already agreed to attend a school nativity play in which my niece has the starring role of Mary.
Not to forget Christmas day itself! I’ve been given the task of picking up various family members who are scattered around the area for a traditional family Christmas at my parent’s house.
Hopefully my saintly act of driving everyone around will get me out of any other festive duties – all that washing up should definitely be reserved for somebody who hasn’t learned to drive yet!
Photo © wolfsavard via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car, chilly, Christmas, cold, drive, driving
Monday, November 21, 2011
Fancy saving some money on lunch?
At the moment I’m finding it pretty difficult to escape from the multiple news pieces about the rising costs of fuel and car insurance which is making life for drivers a little bit less affordable.
However, we can all clap and rejoice as the Royal Society of Chemistry has suggested a new way for us to save our pennies. It has introduced... The toast sandwich!
Unfortunately, the actual delicacy is no more exciting than title suggests, consisting of a thin slice of toasted bread sandwiched between another two slices of untoasted bread. More daring consumers can choose to add butter, salt and pepper if they so desire.
Pros of the sandwich include its price – just 7.5p a serving – and a very quick preparation time. However, for me, the sandwich doesn’t even seem worth trying!
I’m sure the Earl of Sandwich is turning in his grave.
As for saving some money, I think I’d benefit a lot more from cancelling that gym membership I never use.
However, we can all clap and rejoice as the Royal Society of Chemistry has suggested a new way for us to save our pennies. It has introduced... The toast sandwich!Unfortunately, the actual delicacy is no more exciting than title suggests, consisting of a thin slice of toasted bread sandwiched between another two slices of untoasted bread. More daring consumers can choose to add butter, salt and pepper if they so desire.
Pros of the sandwich include its price – just 7.5p a serving – and a very quick preparation time. However, for me, the sandwich doesn’t even seem worth trying!
I’m sure the Earl of Sandwich is turning in his grave.
As for saving some money, I think I’d benefit a lot more from cancelling that gym membership I never use.
Photo © How can I recycle this via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car insurance, drivers, fuel, gym, toast sandwich
Friday, November 18, 2011
Magical pomegranates might be the elixir of life
I’m sure I’m not alone in experiencing those days where I clamber into the driver’s seat of my car, catch a glimpse of my washed out face reflected in the rear view mirror, and pray that my face will not continue to show undeniable evidence that I am becoming older every year.
Well, it seems that someone may have been listening to my prayers (and probably everyone else’s too) as a study has apparently revealed that pomegranate juice may actually have the powers to slow down the ageing process!
Ok, it sounds too good to be true, but pomegranates have already been linked with preventing heart disease and keeping stress levels down, and now researchers in Spain have discovered that the juice reduces the typical wear and tear of DNA.
This sounds fantastic! Not only will I be getting in one of my five-a-day, but I will be maintaining the beautiful, youthful face of a young driver.
Furthermore, when I turn 26 I won’t need to struggle so much to find an excellent young women’s car insurance quote, but I’ll still have the enviable visage which many 18 to 25s take for granted. Fingers crossed.
Excellent, next stop the supermarket!
Well, it seems that someone may have been listening to my prayers (and probably everyone else’s too) as a study has apparently revealed that pomegranate juice may actually have the powers to slow down the ageing process!Ok, it sounds too good to be true, but pomegranates have already been linked with preventing heart disease and keeping stress levels down, and now researchers in Spain have discovered that the juice reduces the typical wear and tear of DNA.
This sounds fantastic! Not only will I be getting in one of my five-a-day, but I will be maintaining the beautiful, youthful face of a young driver.
Furthermore, when I turn 26 I won’t need to struggle so much to find an excellent young women’s car insurance quote, but I’ll still have the enviable visage which many 18 to 25s take for granted. Fingers crossed.
Excellent, next stop the supermarket!
Photo © JOE MARINARO via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car, drivers, pomegranate juice, supermarket, womens car insurance quote, young driver
Monday, November 14, 2011
Losing weight and losing faith
Ask yourself again, “do you really want your husband or boyfriend to lose weight”? And, furthermore, if you are losing weight do you really know why you are losing weight?
I only ask these questions because a new piece of research has revealed that, just as surely as women get cheaper car insurance than men, a partner dieting or losing weight may well be a partner who is thinking about leaving a relationship or at the very least straying.
Sociologists in Heidelberg looked into all the factors surrounding weight loss, relationships and singledom and found, perhaps unsurprisingly, that couples don’t worry about piling on the pounds because, simply, they feel less pressure to look attractive.
A researcher commented, “Once the ink on the marriage contract dries up, they relax the control they had on their weight and appearance.
And it was no small study either – some 2,000 people between the ages of 16 and 55 took part.
Only a couple of months ago another study revealed that men who buy flash and fast cars are more likely to stray – so, if your partner’s just been investigating car insurance quotes for convertibles so that he expose his svelte new figure to the elements, you could be forgiven for wondering just what he’s planning. Then again, maybe he just wants to impress you, stranger things have happened.
I only ask these questions because a new piece of research has revealed that, just as surely as women get cheaper car insurance than men, a partner dieting or losing weight may well be a partner who is thinking about leaving a relationship or at the very least straying.Sociologists in Heidelberg looked into all the factors surrounding weight loss, relationships and singledom and found, perhaps unsurprisingly, that couples don’t worry about piling on the pounds because, simply, they feel less pressure to look attractive.
A researcher commented, “Once the ink on the marriage contract dries up, they relax the control they had on their weight and appearance.
And it was no small study either – some 2,000 people between the ages of 16 and 55 took part.
Only a couple of months ago another study revealed that men who buy flash and fast cars are more likely to stray – so, if your partner’s just been investigating car insurance quotes for convertibles so that he expose his svelte new figure to the elements, you could be forgiven for wondering just what he’s planning. Then again, maybe he just wants to impress you, stranger things have happened.
Photo © alancleaver_2000, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: cheaper car insurance, convertible, quote, women
Friday, November 11, 2011
It would be blooming mortifying!
Given that so many girl’s childhood games and daydreams involve being royalty, usually starting out as some kind of Cinderella figure, graduating onto being a princess and eventually queen, it can be sobering to know that in so many ways it is much better to be a plain old commoner.
Although royalty don’t have to grapple with the banal domestic questions of how to get on the property ladder, how to pay for a holiday, and how to get the best deal on car insurance, it turns out there are actually plenty of downsides to having blue blood.
I mean, would you want a pair of your smelly old posthumous knickers to be auctioned to the highest bidder?
Well, that is precisely what happened to one monarch this week when a pair of Queen Victoria’s bloomers where auctioned for nearly £10,000.
I can only imagine that the late monarch is turning in her grave desperately wishing she’d taken her silk undergarments with her.
Although royalty don’t have to grapple with the banal domestic questions of how to get on the property ladder, how to pay for a holiday, and how to get the best deal on car insurance, it turns out there are actually plenty of downsides to having blue blood.I mean, would you want a pair of your smelly old posthumous knickers to be auctioned to the highest bidder?
Well, that is precisely what happened to one monarch this week when a pair of Queen Victoria’s bloomers where auctioned for nearly £10,000.
I can only imagine that the late monarch is turning in her grave desperately wishing she’d taken her silk undergarments with her.
Photo © Boldonian, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: best deal on car insurance
Monday, November 7, 2011
Highway clean up workers busy bees
When talking about car insurance hazards, it is likely that bees aren’t the first thing that spring to mind.
But a recent incident in Utah may make you change your mind. According to news sources a flatbed truck was making its way down a highway when it overturned, causing around 450 45,000-strong bee colonies to be released – that’s around 20 million bees for all you non-mathematicians.
"We stacked the equipment back together, put them back on trucks and trailers and whatever we could find to move them out of there," said a local beekeeper.
He added, "Then we tried to move them as far out of the metropolitan area as we could. Because when those bees come alive today they are going to be mad that their house is all (broken) apart."
Fortunately, despite some non-life-threatening bee stings, no one was injured. But it is easy to see how it could have been worse. Just imagine driving into a cloud of bees at 70 mph with the windows open – half a colony of bees sucked into the cabin could be fatal and hardly bears thinking about.
But a recent incident in Utah may make you change your mind. According to news sources a flatbed truck was making its way down a highway when it overturned, causing around 450 45,000-strong bee colonies to be released – that’s around 20 million bees for all you non-mathematicians."We stacked the equipment back together, put them back on trucks and trailers and whatever we could find to move them out of there," said a local beekeeper.
He added, "Then we tried to move them as far out of the metropolitan area as we could. Because when those bees come alive today they are going to be mad that their house is all (broken) apart."
Fortunately, despite some non-life-threatening bee stings, no one was injured. But it is easy to see how it could have been worse. Just imagine driving into a cloud of bees at 70 mph with the windows open – half a colony of bees sucked into the cabin could be fatal and hardly bears thinking about.
Photo © Parksy1964 via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car insurance, driving, highway, truck
Friday, November 4, 2011
The work of the green-eyed monster
Envy is a powerful thing. When I was thirteen my best friend used to tell me proudly how she “never, ever felt envy for anyone”.
What was peculiar about her declaration was that it was made with both incredible frequency and unnerving emphasis.
But it’s biggest effect on me, strangely, was that it seemed to make me incredibly envious of her, whether it was the advertising-cool junk food in her lunchbox, the rising hem of her skirt, the shine of her lip gloss or her superior ease with boys, particularly Stuart Miller.
So when one Halloween night, someone prolifically “keyed” my dad’s new Mondeo and put dog’s doo in our family letter box, I never suspected Danielle.
As you can imagine, it was quite a shock when a couple of her accomplices allowed the truth to get out. But it was also a catharsis – she finally admitted her envy for my stable home life and my academic success, saying that she’d even repressed this knowledge of her envy from herself. Fortunately the confession also came just in time to prevent my dad from making a car insurance claim – allowing Danielle’s dad to make reparation himself.
My bet is that Danielle would be able to understand the mentality of the man who has recently been arrested in Berlin, Germany. Apparently, he’s confessed to police that over the months since June he has set fire to around 70 luxury cars, including Audis, BMWs and Mercedes.
And his motivation? According to police, it is “not politics, but social envy”. Reportedly, he told them, “I've got debts, my life stinks and others with fancy cars are better off and they deserve this.”
Perhaps this confession is the key to him recognising his envy as the pernicious force it is and at last moving on.
And, maybe, just maybe I should take this as an opportunity to confess my role in ensuring Danielle never received a single letter from the lovesick Stuart Miller, or maybe not…
What was peculiar about her declaration was that it was made with both incredible frequency and unnerving emphasis.But it’s biggest effect on me, strangely, was that it seemed to make me incredibly envious of her, whether it was the advertising-cool junk food in her lunchbox, the rising hem of her skirt, the shine of her lip gloss or her superior ease with boys, particularly Stuart Miller.
So when one Halloween night, someone prolifically “keyed” my dad’s new Mondeo and put dog’s doo in our family letter box, I never suspected Danielle.
As you can imagine, it was quite a shock when a couple of her accomplices allowed the truth to get out. But it was also a catharsis – she finally admitted her envy for my stable home life and my academic success, saying that she’d even repressed this knowledge of her envy from herself. Fortunately the confession also came just in time to prevent my dad from making a car insurance claim – allowing Danielle’s dad to make reparation himself.
My bet is that Danielle would be able to understand the mentality of the man who has recently been arrested in Berlin, Germany. Apparently, he’s confessed to police that over the months since June he has set fire to around 70 luxury cars, including Audis, BMWs and Mercedes.
And his motivation? According to police, it is “not politics, but social envy”. Reportedly, he told them, “I've got debts, my life stinks and others with fancy cars are better off and they deserve this.”
Perhaps this confession is the key to him recognising his envy as the pernicious force it is and at last moving on.
And, maybe, just maybe I should take this as an opportunity to confess my role in ensuring Danielle never received a single letter from the lovesick Stuart Miller, or maybe not…
Photo © Look Into My Eyes via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car insurance, Mondeo