Author: karlbunyan

Horoscopes – 27th March to 2nd April

Horoscopes – 27th March to 2nd April

Horoscopes for the week starting Monday 27th March 2006: Aries March 21-April 19 On Thursday you may have a strange deja vu experience involving a bag of Walkers crisps. This kind of thing never used to happen with Golden Wonder. Those were the days. Taurus April 20-May 20 Did you remember the clocks went forward …

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Mostly armless

Mostly armless

A man with no arms has been caught speeding at 121 km/h (75 mph), according to police in New Zealand. BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Armless man caught speeding in NZ

Bike repair shop, Leyton

Bike repair shop, Leyton

I’ve just taken my bike to Bike Shack on Leyton High road and came away well impressed. I only had a broken gear cable, which it turns out was all mashed up inside the mechanism because of where it had snapped, but it was fixed while I was there in around 20 minutes and at …

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Nice car

Nice car

You don’t see many of these around, not even in central London. Note the parking ticket on the windscreen – perhaps the owner has enough money to pay it?

Horoscopes – 20th March to 26th March

Horoscopes – 20th March to 26th March

Horoscopes for the week starting Monday 20th March 2006: Aries March 21-April 19 If you’re having guests around in the second half of the week make sure you clean up all the crips crumbs which are all down the sides of the sofa. It’s not pleasant to sit down with a crunch. Taurus April 20-May …

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Bogus Duracell competition

Bogus Duracell competition

I bought some batteries from Duracell a while ago and only today noticed a “Win world cup prizes” label on the back if I went to a web address and entered a promotional code. So I went to the site and had to enter my name and e-mail address, and make sure I hadn’t ticked …

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More mucking about in the lab

More mucking about in the lab

Scientists make ‘bionic’ muscles Scientists have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen. So we’ve had the sensationalist headline and introductory paragraph. Are we all going to be Steve Austin by the end of the year? Apparently not: However, neither of the types developed by the Texan researchers resembles a normal …

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