I have to admit that while I 'knew' that the Classics were rediscovered in Europe via the 'Arab world I didn't realise how important the writings of...
The 'blood clotting' problems with the AstraZeneca vaccine has put a big damper on the vaccination programme in Australia. A couple of instances have...
The cyclone actually strengthened to a Cat. 3 cyclone before it crossed the coast. It came a bit closer to us than expected but we have only had some...
A Category 2 Cyclone is due to cross the W.A coast about 900 km north of Perth today. We will, almost certainly, not get any damaging winds down here...
For the first time since the Pandemic began Australia will have a '2 way travel bubble' with another country. From April 19th people who have been in...
I get only about 20 channels (free to air) and have the same problems. Streaming 'old' TV series and Films via YouTube has been the answer for me. We...
Well I posted a big paragraph discussing the UK TV series " The Adventures of Robin Hood" and saying that I wasn't aware of any 1950's Disney effort....
A couple of days ago I watched a 1944 'B' film starring the American Big Band Singer Martha Tilton - she was the vocalist on the famous Benny Goodman...
One crow that we don't have here is the Indian Crow which is apparently a fairly nasty invasive species. They have been spreading across much of the...
After a couple of weeks of high 20C weather in the last two days the temperature suddenly jumped up and we reached 39 C yesterday. At that stage the...
I guess that is one of the advantages of living in a 'double brick' house. If you want to mount something to a wall - you just decide where you want...
Yes my 1 year old bike has the Hydraulic Disc brakes and I find them very good. I also had it electrified and mostly find it enjoyable. However, I am...
And as you are probably aware, it is also thought that it very likely the Vitamin A excess was a major contributor to the death of his last companion...
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