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About me - Ian Pauley

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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Food & Drink > Fast Food Do you prefer fast food or home cooking?: 9 of 62

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 s...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: What is your favorite animal and why: 5 of 28

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 ...
Sports & Recreation > Boating & Sailing Shiver me timbers: Popular boating sayings and their origins: 2 of 10

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...
Autos > Engine Repair How fuel injection works: 1 of 5

Petrol burns most effectively when it is mixed with air at just the right ratio. Depending on what your engine has to do, the optimum is about 14.5 parts air to 1 part fuel. This is called the stoichiometric ratio. The injection system exists to ensure that the correct quantities of air and fuel, at the stoichiometric ratio,...
Food & Drink > Seafood Recipes Recipes: Haddock and other white meated fish: 3 of 14

Fish pie This is a traditional recipe with a modification that makes it even tastier and what's more the children love it. It sounds rather time consuming but the reward is in the eating. I use a mix of fish. In the UK I use coley fillet because it is dirt cheap and very flavoursome; I also use smoked haddock as w...
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 h...
General Best quotes from the Great Leaders: 7 of 21

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 ma...
Food & Drink > Dining Etiquette Dining out etiquette: How to behave stylishly at restaurants: 6 of 18

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 ...
Food & Drink > Cookware & Cutlery Product reviews: Le Creuset cookware: 2 of 5

Le Creuset is undoubtedly well made and deserves the high price it commands, yet I have to say that I do not think it deserves the high praise that it is so often given. Yes, the thick cast-iron base ensures an even temperature gradient over the cooking surface and the pots retain a lot more heat, and they do come in a range...
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Global warming: Financial implications: 5 of 11

To those who still deny global warming I would say this. The evidence against your arguments is mounting each year and successfully squashing them. Sun spot activity has reduced over the last twenty years, which should help our predicament, the fact that it is not points to our own activities. That the global climate changes...