It was a simple heart-warming scene. A young mother was pushing her beloved toddler in a pram and arrived at the pedestrian crossing. Naturally, mum was talking on her phone as well. But the crossing required her to hit the...
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No matter what temperature we set, our new budget oven either blackened our food or refused to cook it. As ovens go it was as useful as a rubber knife in a balloon popping competition. Like Toad of Toad Hall impersonating a...
The first refrigerator that I remember was kerosene powered. As a child it fascinated me that a device for making things cool (a fridge) could be powered by a burning flame that was extremely hot. No one could explain it to me...
As a semi-responsible global citizen I aspire to become more energy efficient. So I googled “energy efficiency” and the first article to come up was “Energy Efficiency Is A Must For California Buildings Moving...
My first radio did not give birth to me or teach me to walk or give me food or love me as my beloved biological mother did. But my radio mother was unquestionably motherly and even grandmotherly. She was large and rounded and...
I simply wanted to know what sort of live music was happening at my local bistro. It had a sign out the front advertising “Friday Live Music”. We all know to look online for instant answers. I looked up the bistro...