THE CAMBRIDDGESHIRE town of Huntingdon has recently received an Outstanding commendation from the Royal Horticultural Society. Amongst other projects is the recycling of heat generated by its electric crematorium to warm a glasshouse used to grow plants for the town’s flower beds.’
THERE IS NO charge to enjoy a swim at the town pool. Make use of the excellent facility.
CHANCES ARE that if you buy a Telsa it would have been made in China. The California company, which makes the world’s bestselling electric car and was recently valued at $1tn. But behind this US success story is a tale of China’s manufacturing might. Tesla’s factory in Shanghai now produces more cars than its Fremont plant in California.
THE BEST explanation of the ‘Good old days” is a bad memory
ONLY THE British could colonise the world and then leave the European Union because they don’t want to be around foreigners
OVER 32 MILLION Covid Vaccine jabs are being given a day world wide, about 9.5 billion doses so far. However more than 40% of global population, mostly in low income countries, have yet to receive a first dose.
‘LISTEN TO YOUR elder’s advice not because they are always right but because they have more experience in being wrong’ Heather Morris
“SOME SEE private enterprise as a predatory target to be shot, others as a cow to be milked, but few are those who see it as a sturdy horse pulling the wagon.” – Winston Churchill
IN THE USA more than a thousand children under the age of twelve were killed or injured by gunfire last year (308 killed and 738 seriously injured). A further 4552 youths aged 12 to 17 were killed or injured. Overall last year 20,572 American people died from intentional or accidental gunfire.
IT IS HARD to explain to my cat every morning that I have to go away for ten hours to support our lifestyle.
THE QUANTAUM physicist Niels Bohr once declared “ If Quantum Physics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet
‘I ALWAYS cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack me personally, it means they have not got a single political argument left” –Margaret Thatcher.
The deadline for the March issue is 4pm Wednesday February 23rd