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I was born in 1962 at 11 in the morning interrupting an otherwise good cup of coffee.
Since then I have moved home and career and now live in a particularly nice part of England.
Outside of the work environment my main passion is writing. To date I have completed

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Sports & Recreation > Boating & Sailing Shiver me timbers: Popular boating sayings and their origins: 2 of 13
Shiver me timbers you son of a gun stop swinging the lead and get everything above board for a clean bill of health!One sentence, comprising of five maritime phrases that we've all heard them before but do we know what they mean and where they come from?Let's start with shiver me timbers'. It was famously used by Long John Si... More..
Sciences > Anthropology (Other) Assessing the future of human evolution: 5 of 30
As evolution is a slow process it is a presumption that the rate of physical change moves at the same pace as the rate of change of the environment in which an animal lives or has the evolutionary tools to survive a cataclysmic event.Darwin's observation of the finches of the Galapagos Islands has substantiated the former whi... More..
Food & Drink > Dining Etiquette Dining out etiquette: How to behave stylishly at restaurants: 5 of 29
After spending weeks trying to secure a Friday night table at La bonne mangeur' it is only appropriate that you should prepare yourself for the great night out.If you've had a tough week at work you will of course be tired, a little soiled, perhaps a touch sweaty and probably irascible. Bearing this in mind just get home as q... More..
Pets & Animals > Cats (Other) Ideal gifts for cats: 3 of 14
The ideal gift for a cat rather depends on the cat and there are, broadly speaking,four types of cat.At the bottom of the pile is the cat that is living proof that relatives should not breed. You know them when you see them. They are invariably scruffy and look as though they have spent much of the morning, if not their lives... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: What is your favorite animal and why: 7 of 30
I used to have three cats. Bernard was the oldest followed by Sam and then Bisley.Bernard had the air of a retired colonel busy snoring in his chair at the club with a soda syphon and a decanter of whiskey by his side. He really did snore by the way.Bisley had the biggest, brightest eyes, the fluffiest coat, the daintiest fee... More..
Sciences > Physics Bernoulli's principle of lift: 4 of 14
Depending on where you look, Daniel Bernoulli was born in the Dutch city of Groningen sometime between the 29th January and the 9th of February 1700. Early in his life Daniel, along with the rest of the family, were forced to move back to Basle in Switzerland where his father and uncle had originated and where they found a ha... More..
Food & Drink > Fast Food Do you prefer fast food or home cooking?: 36 of 124
Why should home cooking not be classed as fast food? How long does it take to grab a carrot, peel it and start munching away on it? Under a minute. You should be able to make yourself scrambled eggs on toast in under five minutes. If you whisk in with the eggs a little French mustard, garlic and tomato puree then it tastes so... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Is there a unique American mission in the world today?: 5 of 17
America is on a world mission but it is not a unique one. There have been empires in the past and there will be empires for as long as man has a planet to live on. The only difference between American empirical ambition and those that have preceded it is that the US has not actively used war as a means of exercising sovereign... More..
Other Best quotes from the Great Leaders: 11 of 36
Winston Churchill issued some great quotes especially those aimed at the people he disliked. Lady Astor and Winston seemed to take every meeting as an opportunity to spit venom at each other.Lady Astor, on seeing Winston a little weary for brandy one night remarked Winston you are drunk!' To which came the reply I may be drun... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Lifestyles The youth of today ... a lost generation?: 34 of 105
I suspect that every generation since the dawn of civilisation that has made it to adulthood has stood there at some point with arms crossed, tutted and moaned about the youth of today. So are they a lost generation? No, no more than the one that came before it, yours possibly, or the one that will go after it.Many, if not al... More..