Escape to Hong Kong – Botanical Gardens
Decided to take visit the flamingoes in Hong Kong’s amazing Botanical Gardens.
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Merry Christmas 1998
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Lancashire and Lancaster walkabout
Lancashire and Lancaster walkabout with friends and clients who live in that part of the world.
Traubisoda
Traubi or traubisoda is a brand of soft drink flavoured with grape juice. It is produced in Hungary, Austria and Croatia. Before 1995, in Hungary, it was made by a factory called Traubi Hungaria located in the village of Balatonvilágos. The company produces the drink from a special type of Hungarian grapes, called saszla. The…
A wander through Shirley, Southampton
Today I took a wander through the Southampton suburb of Shirley, mostly to photograph the graffiti in a little alley called Harrison’s Cut. The artwork is actually quite stunning in places, though I don’t suppose the homeowners are terribly happy about it. I used my new Lumix DMC-LX1 point-and-shoot digital camera. Considering its diminutive size,…
Brexiteers’ irrational aversion to the Metric System
Puzzles me why Brexiteers still conflate use of International System of Units (SI) with the EU? Or why these people still think that the metric system is some how “not British” and kid themselves that they are being “patriotic” by refusing to use it? British Engineers and scientists have been pleading with various British governments…
