Climate change again - after this one I’ll move onto something else, I promise. I’m sure you’re sick of the whole issue and wished it would just go away or that you will just choose to (as many politicians do), wait
‘for all the facts to come in’ before making your mind up about this issue.
If you were a child of the fifties or sixties you would remember well the public interest in science, we were all keen to hear about the latest discoveries and inventions being made to alleviate diseases or advance modern living. The reality is that now, more than any time in human history, fantastic scientific achievements and discoveries are being made - and ignored.
It’s as if the attitude of many seems to be ‘just fit more tunes on my iPod I don’t care how it’s actually done’ or ‘keep studying climate change so that you come up with the answers that we want to hear rather than the facts’. read more…
Following on from my last article on climate change on the south coast, I was prompted to post something in response to the events that took place today in the Liberal Party.
The replacement of the party leader by one who has made statements in past interviews like this one should be of concern to us all - (taken from an interview with Laurie Oakes):
Laurie Oakes: … can I remind you that a few days ago you visited a Victorian town of Beaufort. Let me read from the local newspaper. It says “In a wide ranging speech, Mr Abbott talked about climate change, the Liberal political fortunes and Kevin Rudd. quote - the argument on climate change is absolute crap,” he said.’ Is it absolute crap? read more…
Apparently (I didn’t hear it myself) there was a chap who had called the ABC this morning implying that Shoalhaven Heads was identified as being one of the most prone areas when climate changes occur. He went on to state that he had ‘heard’ that people who live there were faced with huge home insurance premiums!
I don’t know about the second rumour - I strongly doubt it has any truth to it at all apart from the usual annual insurance premium rises we all are used to - but the second can be put to rest if you read the Draft Sea Level Rise Policy released by the council. read more…
Auntie Flo is taking a break for a while and she has nearly exhausted her supply of hints, tips and plain old-fashioned (but fantastic) ways of doing things from an earlier time.
We urgently need some more useful old remedies and methods to add to the collection, so if you can help is some way, please drop as a message from the contact page.
I suggest you have a read through all the Ask Auntie Flo articles to ensure you don’t start writing one that has already been covered click on the ‘Ask Auntie Flo’ category on the menu to the right.
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From Geneva, Switzerland.
SCIENTISTS claim the giant atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is being jinxed from the future to save the world.
In a bizarre sci-fi theory, Danish physicist Dr Holger Bech Nielsen and Dr Masao Ninomiya from Japan claim the LHC startup has been delayed due to nature trying to prevent it from finding the elusive Higgs boson, or “God particle”.
They say their maths proves that nature will “ripple backward through time” to stop the LHC before it can create the God particle, like a time traveller who goes back in time to kill his grandfather. read more…
Samuel asks: Can old coffee stains be removed from our carpet or is it too late?
Auntie Flo: No, it shouldn’t be too late Samuel. You will need to get some glycerine (try the supermarket or chemist) and white vinegar, bicarbonate of soda, cotton balls, a clean sponge and have the vacuum cleaner ready.
Apply the glycerine to the stain marks with a cotton ball, leave for five minutes and then sponge the stain with the sponge dampened in the vinegar. read more…
From Texel, U.K.
A six-month-old sheep need never worry again about being turned into lamb chops after being sold for a record-breaking £231,000.
The Texel tup called Deveronvale Perfection became the most expensive sheep in the world after it was auctioned at a livestock market in Lanark.
The pedigree ram was bred by Graham Morrison, of Banff, and bought by Fraserburgh farmer Jimmy Douglas. read more…
Margaret asks: I have a favourite pot with a burnt patch that resists cleaning, how can I clean it?
Auntie Flo: Try sprinkling bicarbonate of soda on the burnt patch and then sprinkle vinegar over this.
Vigorously brush the burnt area with a nylon brush while the patch is still fizzing from the reaction of the vinegar and bicarb.
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Sorry for the lack of content…
JACK GAZZARD
Navy brings excitement to the ‘Heads
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