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QUIZ PAGE
01. What does ‘neuro’ mean in neurosurgery?
02. Stableford rules apply to which sport?
03. Why is someone who abstains from drinking alcohol ‘on the wagon’?
04. What kind of animal is a ‘liger’?
05. Which US President has the same name as a cartoon cat?
06. Unscramble CUTE HEAVY LINEN GIRLS to discover a questionable TV
programme.
07. What word can describe a size of paper, a sea bird and a country’s ruler?
08. Where was Kylie Minogue born?
09. Which word can be typed only using the top row of a computer keyboard
question, retire, opportunity or phototype?
10. What type of shop would you go to buy scrag end?
11. Name six US States beginning with M.
12. Dooley Wilson played which movie character in a famous film starring
Humphrey Bogart?
13. Urticaria affects which part of the body?
14. Could a British motorist in the 1920’s have encountered a roundabout?
15. How did the expression ‘take a rain check’ originate?
16. Why does the word mains occur so often in the name of a farm?
17. Name three famous people, real or fictional. Who are associated with
apples.
18. Which herb can be told by a clock?
Answers:1)Ofthenervoussystem;2)Golf;3)Originallyonthe‘waterwagon’.
IntheUSAhorsedrawnwaterwagonscamearoundtohosedowndustystreets
andtoareaswithoutamainssupply.Itwasassumedthedriverorpassengers
onlydrankwater;4)Offspringofamalelionandatigress;5)JamesAbram
Garfield;6)UniversityChallenge;7)Emperor;8)Melbourne,Australia;9)Retire;
10)Butcheritisacutoflamb;11)Maine,Maryland,Massachusetts,Michigan,
Minnesota,Mississippi,Missouri,Montana;12)SaminCasablanca;13)The
skin,it’sanothernamefornettlerash;14)Yes,firstonewasbuiltinLetchworth
GardenCityin1910;15)IntheUSwhensportseventswerecancelledpeople
weregiventicketstubsorraincheckstouseanotherday;16)Fromdomain
meaninglands.It’sthemainorhomefarmofanestate;17)Adam,WilliamTell,
IsaacNewton,SnowWhite,John[Appleseed]Chapman;18)Thyme
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Summer is all around us. How wonderful it is to see the flowers in bloom and lovely seasonal fruit and vegetables growing in gardens and allotments or on sale in the shops. We have such a wonderful planet but we do not treat it very well. Our Earth is some 4,600 million years old but imagine it to be just 46 years old. If that were the case then only 4 years ago, in 2008, life would have begun. In 2011, the dinosaurs would have appeared and mammals only last December. Humankind evolved from apes in the middle of last week and modern humans would have been around for only 4 hours. In the last hour we have discovered agriculture. The Industrial Revolution began a minute ago. And it has taken just the last few seconds for us to turn the Earth into a rubbish tip. In those few seconds we have extinguished over 500 species of animals and ransacked the planet for fuel. We are on the brink of destroying this precious world that God created for us. Everything has a right to exist – not just humans, but animals, insects, plants and, of course, the planet itself. So we must give God thanks for all he has provided and learn to cherish it. See what you can do to recycle more and save what you can of the earth’s resources. This pearl of a world deserves the effort and so does God our Creator.
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Are You a Cyclist? The Norfolk Churches Trust was founded in 1976 and makes grants to churches and chapels of all denominations towards repair and restoration costs. Since its beginnings the Trust has raised money to make grants to more than 580 different churches and chapels totalling over £3.6 million. Norfolk has been part of the sponsored cycle ride since 1983 and 32 counties will be taking part, including Suffolk and Cambridge. Boughton has
benefitted from this on more than one occasion, once when the tower (the oldest part of the church) needed restoration to keep it intact and more recently when we have been fundraising for repair and restoration of the East Window. Cyclists or walkers are asked to seek sponsors who will undertake to pay an agreed sum of money for each place of worship visited by the cyclist on Saturday 8th September. We are fortunate that there are a large number within a fairly small area so it’s not that big a task. Even I did it for several years and I’m not noted for athleticism! If you wish to explore a different area, you can drive to your starting point and then walk or cycle around your chosen churches. You can’t drive all the way! Half the money you raise will go to the Norfolk Churches Trust and the other half will benefit Boughton church.
If you can’t cycle or walk (wheelchairs are permitted), you could also be sponsored for sitting in the church to record and welcome the cyclists. Even if we only have a few people come to our church, remember others are welcoming our own cyclists. You don’t have to be a churchgoer, just someone who wants to preserve our heritage of beautiful buildings or simply to enjoy a good day out.
Please consider taking part and contact me on 01366 500429. I have all the necessary information, lists of churches, sponsor forms, dayglo badges to stick on………..
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INCINERATOR UPDATE
Most County Council planners voted for the incinerator in a meeting which would have left casual observers astonished at the sheer incompetence and unfairness of it. The complete disregard for health was evident when a speaker for the incinerator smirked, he appeared to find it amusing when a victim of industrial emissions explained how his health and quality of life had been ruined. Anyone unfamiliar with County Council meetings would have been surprised at the reprehensible behaviour shown by some decision makers. The officers' report was so poor and the meeting handled so badly it left the planning decision vulnerable to a challenge.
The unprecedented level of objections deserves to be taken seriously not merely ‘dismissed out of hand’ by an unelected officer.
County Council officers far removed from West Norfolk are happy for Arsenic, Mercury and dioxin monitoring to occur just two days a year and see no reason to impose the same higher standards enforced in some other European countries.
Intervention by The Dept for Communities & Local Government means the planning decision is unresolved Eric Pickles MP must first decide whether to call it in. If it is calledin both the planning application & objections will have to be considered on merit, this has definitely not been the case so far. The campaign moves on in the full knowledge that better alternatives are available for half the price of burning. If it is not calledin an application can be made for a Judicial Review, this could see the County Council decision overturned. Please help us stand up for West Norfolk.www.klwin.com & www.farmerscampaign.org
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My fatherinlaw, Ching Mason, would never have a lawn being of the opinion that it was a complete waste of space because you couldn’t eat grass!! Even when he retired to an open corner plot on a bungalow estate in Downham he grew all vegetables although his wife was allowed some roses around the front edge and a few flowers by the back door. One year a neighbour made her husband change his socks three times when she failed to associate the strong odour which pervaded her home with the fresh load of ripe pig muck Ching had just had delivered!! His plant food didn’t come out of a bottle but from a bucket of water in which some very mucky sheep’s wool had been left to soak. Up to, and just after, World War 11 rural cottage gardens would have been full of vegetables, a few chicken and often a pig (the original recycling device) – but times have changed. Pretty flowers now predominate
As ever gardening seems to be a perpetual battle against pests with rabbits being high on the list. However for the last week or more a young hare, probably kicked out by his mum when she had some more babies, has been visiting us solely to nip off (but not eat) the flower heads and buds from my promising looking gazanias. The worst pest, though, this year for me has been mice. I’ve a small cold frame and back in the spring a couple of trays of seedling lettuces inside was attacked. Birds? No it was also happening at night. Slugs? No treated with slug pellets. Mice? Yes! Two mouse traps set inside and baited with peanuts yielded a total of 30 mix of house mice, field mice, bank voles and even a shrew. The little critters also feasted on lobelia planted nearby. Colonies of ants everywhere are another nuisance.
Personally, I treasure many of my plants for the memories of the people who gave them to me and some have survived several house moves over the years. ‘Fred’ is a fuschia which I was given forty years ago. It has survived (just) being moved six times and the old man in Sussex who gave me it will be 100 in October. My policy is to have colour all year with a mix of everything and in summer to fill in any gaps among the perennials with annual bedding plants. Antirrhinums are tough and flower over a long period although rabbits are rather partial to them. Compact nasturtiums are invaluable as gap fillers but unfortunately don’t flower early enough to make a show for the open gardens. They’re also handy because the young seedlings are easily identified and don’t get mistakenly pulled up as weeds. I’m still mourning the loss of busy lizzies, I do so hope they can breed a strain that is resistant to whatever disease was
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What does the rest of this ghastly summer have in store for us? Having studied the meteorological charts very thoroughly this morning (29th June), I’m afraid I cannot hold out any hope of a continuous period of settled weather for some considerable time ahead. Suggestions by eminent forecasters in today’s paper even suggest that it will be into the end of August or early September before we shall see summer! We can but hope that they and I are wrong but I fear not! We should however be thankful, so far we have not experienced the terrible storms and resultant flooding that some parts of the country have endured. Despite all the rain, do keep an eye on your hanging baskets and containers as they do not always receive as much moisture as one might think.
August should be a time to sit back and enjoy the delights of our gardens but the further this year progresses the more truncated the season becomes and thus there is always a job waiting to be done.
Many perennial plants have really benefited from the copious rainfall that we have had. If we had had just a little more sun they would have been even more splendid. Dahlias are now coming into their full flowering season, shortly to be followed by the chrysanthemums. To enjoy the latter two species at their best they will need to be kept supported and tied in. If you want to produce single blooms of either you will need to take out all the side shoots from the main flowering stem. In any event it pays to be a little prudent and take out some of the side growth otherwise there will be little available to use as cut flowers.
Keep an eye on any iris corms planted in July. I don’t think there will be any chance of them drying out before they root but our feathered friends can pull them out! My summer bedding planted out at the end of May does not seem to be doing too well. Geranium plants produced from my own cuttings, taken last August, have come into bloom quite nicely despite being battered by rain and wind but others bought as plugs seem to have got stuck! They are planted in good soil, have had plenty of moisture possibly too much – but I think the problem is a simple matter of insufficient sunshine to get them going. I have not had a problem with them in the past so will have to watch points! Another other item of some interest, until this year I have never had a problem with setting the first truss of fruit on my tomato plants, but this year, despite following my usual course and pattern of assistance to secure a good set I have manage only two tomatoes from five trusses! I can think of only three possible causes – too cold, no sun or no bumblebees! There were quite a few bumblebees about at the end of March but since then I have seen only a few in the garden and but one in the
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GARDENING TIPS greenhouse. Other years I have had so many that I have had to hand pick them out of the greenhouse to save them getting caught behind the shading material!
If you have not already done so August is really the last month to take any pink and carnation cuttings. I normally moisten the tip of the cuttings, dip them in hormone rooting powder and plant in compost made up from John Innes No 2 thinned down with about a one third portion of grit sand, setting the cuttings forty in a standard size seed tray. I water them in well and place them out of direct sunlight under the greenhouse staging. Pink and carnation cuttings can be very fickle so don’t be dismayed if you loose 25% of them – that’s why I always put in plenty, just to be sure. If you end up with too many there is always someone who would be glad of a few!
If you sowed wallflower seed in July then the seedlings will soon be ready to prick out into standard size seed trays, or out into a nursery bed in the open garden to grow on and make a sturdy plant before they are set out in their flowering positions in October. If you have to prick out into seed trays like me then you will need to pot the plants on again to allow them to mature further before planting them out in the garden. Believe me, the beauty of their spring flowering is worth that extra effort.
Harvesting home grown vegetables is now well under way. Be sure to dry off potatoes properly before putting them into store for winter use. Towards the end of the month or early in September lift main crop carrots for storage. You can leave parsnips in the ground, they will be quite O.K. but when it is really frosty getting them out can be a problem. For many years I have lifted mine and put them into store – it’s a lot easier, particularly as you get older, to pick one out of a box than to go out when it’s wet and cold to get them! I have successfully stored both carrots and parsnips in fairly dry sand or in peat. I realise the latter may not be considered environmentally friendly but it works well and you can always reuse the peat. Roy Coughtrey
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THE SMALL HOLDING IN SUMMER
Enjoying the Moment In a season that has changed from drought to deluge in just a few weeks summer is hardly the right word to describe it. The drought, with a hosepipe ban, resulted in slow germination of small seed vegetables and the eventual rain brought everything on together. The current result is of wild profusion with so much wonderful growth that gives protection to the predatory pigeons and rabbits; a spring purge was clearly incomplete and you only have to miss one pair……
I have, fortunately, given up being a complete control freak when it comes to vegetables, which has the advantage of every crop being a bonus and looking larger that it really is! While the season seems to have forgotten what summer should really be like shrubs and hedgerow plants haven’t. Dog roses, elder and guilder rose have defined the wood side boundary, the frothy elderflower heads with their many culinary uses are larger than ever. On the road side the Rambling Rector (the rose, not an elderly preacher) has put on its best show ever, despite looking rather unwell during the winter and now almost reaches the rugosas by the fivebar gate. The attempt to lay the roadside hedge has rewarded us with encouraging new growth that will soon need clipping; the gaps are filling up nicely with young hawthorns.
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THE SMALL HOLDING IN SUMMER
Inside the hedges and surrounding the house are exuberant riots of Shropshire Lad, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Compte de Champagne, with the Apothacary’s rose in the herb garden, the Pilgrim a lovely pale yellow by the studio and a row of crocus rose, borders the small pond with an unnamed purpleypink rose accidently included in the order by the supplier. There are several others where the collapsed pergola was which I may well describe should they survive being rearranged. The Charles Darwin, another old English rose planted to mark his 200th anniversary is doing well at the entrance to the vegetable gardens is doing well and repeats its yellow blooms which fade interestingly. I am no expert on roses but they have all provided a much need lift of spirit when the vegetable garden became depressing.
In the Old Orchard (our name, meaning the first of three) an outrageously indiscreet scarlet poppy, with frills, appeared at the foot of a recently planted cherry; no doubt an illegal immigrant but welcome nonetheless. Unexpected
strangers such as this are a distraction from the rather disappointing fruit set. Hardly any plums, a few pears a potential apple crop that will be considerably down on last year.
However there is still much to enjoy in between the showers although it was hard to maintain a sense of humour when the third set of climbing beans were shredded by hail! Rabbits and pigeons had the first lot.
As a tail piece, I conclude with a few lines from Robert Frost, which as a planter of fruit trees I found strangely comforting:
This saying goodby on the edge of the dark
And the cold to an orchard so young in the bark
Reminds me of all that can happen to harm
An orchard away at the end of the farm ………..
I wish I could promise to lie in the night
And think of an orchard’s arboreal plight
When slowly (and nobody comes with a light)
Its heart sinks lower under the sod.
But some thing has to be left to God.
From Goodby and Keep Cold.
Robin Blackall
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GREAT TRUTHS
1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress.
John Adams
2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
Mark Twain
3. Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress but then I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Winston Churchill
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw
6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
G. Gordon Liddy
7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
Frederic Bastiat, French Economist(18011850)
11. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan (1986)
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GREAT TRUTHS
12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers
13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
P.J. O'Rourke
14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
Voltaire (1764)
15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!
Pericles(430 B.C.)
16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. Mark Twain (1866)
17. Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.
Anonymous
18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
Ronald Reagan
19. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill
20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (18201903)
22. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
Edward Langley, Artist (19281995)
23. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson
24. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Aesop
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MICROWAVING WATER!
A 26year old man decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of water and put it in the microwave to heat it up (something that he had done numerous times before). I am not sure how long he set the timer for, but he wanted to bring the water to a boil. When the timer shut the oven off, he removed the cup from the oven. As he looked into the cup, he noted that the water was not boiling, but suddenly the water in the cup 'blew up' into his face. The cup remained intact until he threw it out of his hand but all the water had flown out into his face due to the build up of energy. His whole face is blistered and he has 1st and 2nd degree burns to his face which may leave scarring.
He also may have lost partial sight in his left eye. While at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to him stated that this is a fairly common occurrence and water (alone) should never be heated in a microwave oven. If water is heated in this manner, something should be placed in the cup to diffuse the energy such as a wooden spoon, tea bag, etc..., (nothing metal).
General Electric's Response
Thanks for contacting us, I will be happy to assist you. The email that you received is correct. Microwaved water and other liquids do not always bubble when they reach the boiling point. They can actually get superheated and not bubble at all. The superheated liquid will bubble up out of the cup when it is moved or when something like a spoon or tea bag is put into it. To prevent this from happening and causing injury, do not heat any liquid for more than two minutes per cup. After heating, let the cup stand in the microwave for thirty seconds! Before moving it or adding anything into it. Here is what our local science teacher had to say on the matter: 'Thanks for the microwave warning. have seen this happen before. It is caused by a phenomenon known as super heating. It can occur anytime water is heated and will particularly occur if the vessel that the water is heated in is new, or when heating a small amount of water (less than half a cup). What happens is that the water heats faster than the vapor bubbles can form. If the cup is very new then it is unlikely to have small surface scratches inside it that provide a place for the bubbles to form. As the bubbles cannot form and release some of the heat has built up, the liquid does not boil and the liquid continues to heat up well past its boiling point. What then usually happens is that the liquid is bumped or jarred, which is just enough of a shock to cause the bubbles to rapidly form and expel the hot liquid. The rapid formation of bubbles is also why a carbonated beverage spews when opened after having been shaken.
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Beachamwell Book Group Tuesday August 7th
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AN ODE TO PLURALSWe'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes, but the plural of ox becomes oxen, not
oxes.
One fowl is a goose but two are called geese, yet the plural of moose should never be
meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, yet the plural of house is houses, not
hice.
If the plural of man is always called men, why shouldn't the plural of pan be called
pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet and I give you a boot, would a pair be
called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, why shouldn't the plural of booth be called
beeth?
Then one may be that and three would be those, yet hat in the plural would never be
hose and the plural of cat is cats, not co