When we were over in the USA earlier this year visiting our friends Greg and Deb they let us have a look at some of the travel guides to England they had kicking around the house. Rather predictably the books were pretty London centric. That was fine; I was expecting nothing more. Virtually [...] Read more »
Posts under ‘Interesting stuff’
We all stand together
Ask any three year old in the US what sound a frog makes, and pretty much nine kids out of ten will tell you “ribbit, ribbit”. Ask the same question in Britain and you would probably get fifty percent in the ribbit camp, and the other fifty believing that croak, croak is the correct [...] Read more »
Rhubarb
The Bermuda Triangle is all very well and good, but it is hardly a boon to mankind. I’m sure giant squid surfacing and dragging passing shipping into Davy Jones’ locker is very exciting if you are into that sort of thing, but give me Yorkshire’s Rhubarb Triangle any day of the week.
Leeds, Bradford and [...] Read more »
Fancy a brew our kid?
In the days of the industrial revolution mill workers worked long tortuous shifts of up to fifteen hours a day. To keep the workers’ stamina up through these grueling sessions the mill owners introduced the tea-break. An invigorating cup of tea with added sugar for energy.
Unfortunately the earthenware mugs they drunk from frequently cracked due [...] Read more »
My grand upbringing
Holmfirth, the small town where I grew up is now best known for being the location of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest running comedy series in the world.
The town’s relationship with the media doesn’t just revolve around programs about three old men rolling down a hill in a bath on wheels however. [...] Read more »
Roadworks
In 1933 road worker Percy Shaw was driving home over the hills from Bradford to Halifax. It was a foggy night and visibility was poor. Usually Percy was guided by the reflection of his headlights on the tram lines that ran the length of the road, but they had been taken up for repair. The [...] Read more »
The truth is out there
I had a webchat with Greg the other day. In between Greg doing duck impressions and entertaining me by playing an out of tune ukulele we had a conversation about badgers. Apparently they are the regional dish of Wisconsin or something. Whatever their significance they are very prevalent in the state – with everything [...] Read more »
…well I thought it was interesting II
Hot on the heels of my last attempt to convey some recently gleaned information that caught my interest, I bring you the second in the series which in the months to come will be cited as the reason the readership of this blog dropped to zero.
As I’ve previously mentioned I have a new bird feeder [...] Read more »
…well I thought it was interesting
Forget King Kong, Godzilla, and Jaws. Disregard Genghis Khan, Vlad the Impaler, and Ivan the Terrible. It is Thomas Midgley Jr. who can claim the rather dubious honour of being the most destructive being that ever lived.
I’m sure he never intended to hold this position, in fact I’m pretty convinced he only [...] Read more »
An apology
Whilst talking to Greg and Deb on the web cam last night I confidently made the statement that macaroni cheese was an English invention, created in the 1800’s by the British Pasta Society as a way of introducing a bland pasta dish that would suit our pallet. After extensive research on the web this morning [...] Read more »
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