I guess that depends on how old is the person answering the question. When I was teaching Maths and Physics at Eden College, I was 40 years old and the kids used to say I was so old I was an oxygen thief! I’m now twice that age and don’t…
It is, after all, an extremely difficult language. Consider this – Banana. A word with 3 different “a” sounds in one word. Pedal and petal. One pronounced “dle” and the other, with the same spelling, “tal”. And these with different spellings but the same sound. paws & pause aloud &…
Much as I detest the way Microsoft interferes with my computer, I have to admit that their new Bing AI is going to knock google off their perch unless google acts very quickly. I asked this question of both of them – “How to remove dried acrylic paint from a…
My wife, Helen, and I have just moved into another rented house – we choose to move every year. This one has 12 solar panels with a battery big enough for us to run washing machine, tumble drier, dishwasher, fridge and freezer along with heaters and all the other bits…
I’m not a lover of museums. Even the science museum in London didn’t particularly interest me even though I was studying to be an engineer. However, there’s one exception. Helen and I visited the Apartheid Museum a about three years ago and we couldn’t get enough of it. She got…
