Category: Review

Liquid Skin Glue!

On: By: Philip Wake
I managed to create a sore patch in the corner of my mouth a few days ago when I was grinding down my lower right canine tooth to be the same size as the front teeth on my dentures so the the back teeth of the dentures would meet properly for chewing. The corner of my mouth gets wet all the time of course and it didn't stand a chance of healing. I searched for and found this product which arrived today after being ordered on Sunday. I have now applied it and can feel it working already. Unlike UHU Read more [...]

TV Brightness v Power Consumption!

On: By: Philip Wake
When I read my Economy 7 electricity meter on 3 October and registered the reading in the spreadsheet that I use to monitor my electricity usage, I noticed that the day time usage had increased from 2.8kwh to 3.3kwh during September. It's been around 2.8 for a long time so I was a bit puzzled. I wondered if perhaps I had left my kitchen spotlights on too long because there are 3 of them rated at 20 watts. All my other lights are low power ones using 6 watts or less but the spotlights are very Read more [...]

COVID-19: E&W Excess Deaths Just a Little Above Average

On: By: Philip Wake
This is the best measure of the effect of the pandemic! See Figure 2 in the latest ONS release of Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 25 September 2020 . ONS release of Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional - latest at the top of the list: Week ending 5 February 2021Week ending 29 January 2021Week ending 22 January 2021Week ending 15 January 2021Week ending 8 January 2021Week ending 1 January 2021Week ending 25 DecemberWeek ending Read more [...]

Debit Card Laundering!

On: By: Philip Wake
You've heard of money laundering but what about debit cards? I always set my washing machine at midnight on Monday to turn on at 5am to do an 82 minute eco wash. My alarm went off at 06:35 as usual as it usually takes 90 minutes or so depending on the amount of washing but unfortunately the machine had not done its duty. I can only presume that there was a short power drop before it turned on. I set the machine to do a 26 minute rinse instead as I was determined to finish the 80 minute tumble Read more [...]

Covid-19: The Swedish Got it Right!

On: By: Philip Wake
Lockdown was a waste of time and ruined our economy for no purpose whatsoever! Also wearing masks has no perceivable effect! Oh and the PCR test used for Covid is now showing mainly false positives so the current reactions like Rule of Six based on apparently increasing cases are totally unnecessary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UvFhIFzaac . GOMPERTZ CURVE The curve that all coronavirus outbreaks (ie colds & influenza) follow no matter what interventions are practiced. . COMPARE Read more [...]

Rule of Six Exemptions!

On: By: Philip Wake
"Places of worship, gyms, restaurants and hospitality venues can still hold more than six people in total. But within those venues, Johnson highlighted, there must not be individual groups larger than six and groups must not mix socially with others. Education and workplaces are also exempt. Covid-secure weddings and funerals can still take place with up to 30 people, as well as organised team sports." See this article in The Guardian for more information: What are the new Covid rules coming Read more [...]

Archiving Facebook Birthday Stories

On: By: Philip Wake
I woke up today on the 75th anniversary of my birth day to some facebook posts from my salsa dancing friends wishing me a happy birthday but then I noticed some birthday stories too which I didn't realise you could do. I've had a quite a few so far but it occurred to me that it would be nice to view the archive of these stories when they disappear after 24 hours but then I discovered that facebook don't do that any more. Not to be frustrated, I used AirDroid to mirror and record them from my mobile Read more [...]

Cheap & Easy Fix for a Cracked Mobile Phone Screen!

On: By: Philip Wake
I recently dropped my phone while I was doing my daily salsa walk and ended up with a deep chip in the top right corner with some cracks running off it. I didn't take a before picture but you can see from the pictures below how bad it was. At this stage I have used Loca Glue (Liquid Optically Clear Adhesive) to fill the hole and the cracks and shone the UV torch (Ultra Violet) on it for a while to harden it off. The instructions say about 5 seconds but I hung the torch just above the phone and left Read more [...]

Accurate Teacher Prediction of Grades Hardly Ever Happen!

On: By: Philip Wake
"The associate Professor and Deputy Director of UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities told Andrew that based on his studies, 75% of teacher predictions are over the grade their student goes on to get." See the article: Tasking teachers with accurately predicting student's grades "near impossible" for more details. . "Ofqual said if it had not moderated teachers’ predictions, the proportion of A* and A grades in England would have leapt from 25.2 per cent in Read more [...]

Sugar is the alcohol of the child!

On: By: Philip Wake
"In the past, one of the biggest drivers of type 2 diabetes was in fact alcohol. Sugar has a very similar impact on the liver as does alcohol. In fact, that’s why we now call this disease non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Look below at these two sets of liver cells under the microscope. On the left is the normal liver, nice and pink, and you can see the blood vessels nicely formed and flowing throughout. On the right is a patient with fatty liver disease, and you can see the white spaces (that’s Read more [...]

Covid-19: More cases because of More Testing!

On: By: Philip Wake
I never thought I would agree with Trump but in this case he has a point. If you increase the amount of testing you are bound to discover more cases so you have to standardise for the number of tests carried out. The article COVID cases in England aren’t rising: here’s why makes the case well. Have a look and see what you think! I quote his main finding below: "The next graph shows what happens when you adjust for the number of tests done and then standardise to per 100,000 tests.  Pillar Read more [...]

Pubs versus Schools!

On: By: Philip Wake
It has been reported widely in the news that the government believes that we are right on the edge of the freedoms they dare allow us without risking a second wave of Covid-19 and therefore may have to consider removing some as they grant others. It has been suggested that as kids MUST go back to school in September then pubs SHOULD be closed to balance the risk (Pubs or Schools)! Of the 45 million adults who live in the UK, over 50% enjoy attending the local pub regularly as a form of entertainment. Read more [...]

Day 138 Salsa Walk

On: By: Philip Wake
Philip Wake Day 138 Salsa Walk I felt stronger today and walked the 3 miles at 65% tempo in 54:00 which is 71 seconds faster than yesterday so I must have taken longer strides. I walked the first mile in 20:33 (to Dioumte & Abibou) and the Military Road mile in 18:13 (to Lindas, Temedi & SonFo) which shows how much faster I walked to the faster music. Pugger Lander I would love to see dancing down the street. Or a picture of a remarkable site along the route? You really have Read more [...]

Covid-19: Excess Deaths for England & Wales now less than usual!

On: By: Philip Wake
It's good to see that the number of excess deaths in England & Wales has been below the average for the last 5 years for a few weeks now! An average of 10,000 people continue to die every week but we accept these deaths as a normal part of every day life because we're all going to die one day of something and in many cases it's totally unexpected and always sad for everybody who loves you! Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Read more [...]

Covid-19 – Why the Elderly are Most at Risk of Dying!

On: By: Philip Wake
"It may not simply be that the older you get, the more at risk you are, though. As we show in the next section, the CFR for people with underlying health conditions – such as cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases or diabetes – is higher than for those without. Elderly people are more likely to have those conditions, which is likely to be part of the reason why the elderly are most at risk from COVID-19. "From the article: Mortality Risk of COVID-19 <My facebook post> Read more [...]

Day 128 Salsa Walk

On: By: Philip Wake
Philip Wake Day 128 Salsa Walk My left foot didn't seem to be improving but I thought it might be a good idea to test it out so I did. I tried walking at 58% of the Africando Mix tempo on a circular route for 6/10 of a mile taking around 15 minutes. It felt good with no pain so I'll do that a few times before I even think about walking faster! Philip Wake Later it turned out there had been some healing and that some of the toe joints were just a bit stiff and needed exercise to loosen Read more [...]

Day 125 Salsa Walk

On: By: Philip Wake
Philip Wake Day 125 Salsa Walk 0850 ONLINE CONSULATATION WITH A FRIENDLY NURSE I explained the problem and sent her the above picture from Day 123. She said that it's probably just a reaction to the soft tissue injury rather than an infection which would usually have an infection site and result in the whole foot swelling up. I explained that I had had some blisters over the last few weeks which drew blood and could have provided bacterial entry points but she didn't think the swelling Read more [...]

Day 123 Salsa Walk

On: By: Philip Wake
Philip Wake Day 123 Salsa Walk Oh dear - I seem to have overdone the interventions on my crossed over left toe. As you can see from the picture my foot is actually swollen now so I'll have to rest until it recovers. You can see the difference from my right foot which has a crossed over toe which I have managed to straighten - believe it or not - but is not causing me trouble. To see this report and all the others on my daily salsa walk click here and scroll up and down. . This Read more [...]

Day 117 Salsa Walk

On: By: Philip Wake
31:23 + 30:31 = 61:54 (new record for the 4 mile return trip) On an overcast late afternoon in a cool breeze I knocked over 2 minutes off the old record set only 2 days ago. It looks like I'll only be able to walk to the ferry as fast as I walk back home if I warm up before I start walking! There seems little doubt that walking to salsa music is motivating me to walk faster with a passion I didn't feel before! Thank you whoever provided the tempo reduction app - it was just what I needed! I Read more [...]

Day 116 Salsa Walk

On: By: Philip Wake
Walking so fast yesterday seems to have disturbed the crossed over toe on my left foot. The first little toe crosses over the big-toe because I wore split sole jazz trainers that didn't have enough space in the front region for my wide feet when I first started salsa dancing in 2003. The high heels of jazz trainers made it worse by forcing more weight onto my toes thus compressing them even more into a space not wide enough for them. As I couldn't find my gel toe separators, I thought I'd Read more [...]

Endless Home Swimming Pools!

On: By: Philip Wake
What a good idea - a small swimming pool in your garden with pumps creating a current to swim against continuously without ever reaching the end making it effectively ENDLESS! If only I had a garden I'd buy one tomorrow as it beats having to go the the local swimming pool and swim at the speed of the slowest swimmer in front of you . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvA_vd9NHK4 See Endless Pools for more information! . FEATURED IMAGE Click the pic for more information! Read more [...]

Exposure to Bacteria & Viruses Improves your Immune System!

On: By: Philip Wake
I knew it - lockdown stops your immune system doing what it's designed to do - learn, through exposure to small amounts of bacteria and viruses, how to protect you when you come into contact with larger amounts! I wouldn't be surprised if the same didn't apply to washing your hands too thoroughly too often! "Prof Gupta's team produced research which suggested the coronavirus had arrived in the UK in December and caused a significant 'herd immunity'. The results of her modelling implied that Read more [...]

This is why social distancing must be slashed to 1 metre as soon as possible!

On: By: Philip Wake
"Mr Sharma reportedly told Mr Johnson in a meeting last week that if the hospitality sector is unable to get back up and running it could cost 3.5 million jobs, prompting the PM to blurt out: 'Christ!'" Quoted from the article: Boris Johnson wants to slash social distancing to one metre to help kick-start the economy and save millions of jobs . . . Imagine the result of 3.5 million jobs being lost on the 10 million people in the families of those affected in terms of stress, mental fitness Read more [...]

Covid19: Do Antibodies Give You Immunity

On: By: Philip Wake
Below are quotes from the article Am I Immune to COVID-19 if I Have Antibodies? The items in bold are the main points to note which make it clear that the right kind of antibodies do provide immunity and the antibody test you take must be specific for that kind of antibody! Be clear that if this wasn't the case there would be no point in developing a vaccine to protect the world against this virus! . QUOTES FROM THE ARTICLE "The very best antibodies are ones that neutralize the receptor Read more [...]

Philip’s Fitness Progress

On: By: Philip Wake
21 June 2020: 9 weeks ago I noticed my weight had gone up to 14st10lb having dared to weigh myself at last and realised that my cheating on my Natural Low Density Eating had gone too far. Instead of having chips only twice a week, I was having them every day as a reward for walking the first 2 miles of my daily salsa walk. I had also started to include hard cheese because I discovered that all the lactose in the milk had been digested by bacteria, but of course it is nevertheless not a natural food, Read more [...]

The New Normal My Ass!

On: By: Philip Wake
https://www.facebook.com/SubicBayResidents/videos/1788487414621344 The old world is what we want! The New Normal my ass!Did you ever wonder who recommended ideas to the COVID19 IATF and our politicians? W.H.O. would they be? We, sheeples seem to be too shell shocked, dazed, to even dare reminisce 'those days' when we were, in a sense, freer, our freedom many of us took for granted...there is still hope...resist the New World Order! . A NEW WONDERFUL WORLD I see smart phone screensZoom Read more [...]

The Paradox of Tolerance!

On: By: Philip Wake
The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant. Karl Popper described it as the seemingly paradoxical idea that, "In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Read more [...]

The Trouble with Night Storage Heaters!

On: By: Philip Wake
My night storage heater Night Storage heaters do save money by using cheaper night time electricity to store heat in bricks which then warm the room they are in during the day. They work in combination with the Economy 7 rate which all electricity suppliers offer. It turns on at 00:30 GMT and off at 07:30 GMT every night. The night rate is typically half of the day rate which in my case is 8.1p per kilowatt hour at night and 16.6p during the day so a lot of money can be saved! I only Read more [...]

It’s Simple Kids – Just Cancel the Summer Holidays!

On: By: Philip Wake
CLICK THE BLUE F TO SEE THE ORIGINAL FACEBOOK POST & COMMENTS IT'S SIMPLE KIDS - JUST CANCEL THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS! Surely everybody's had enough of kids being at home for 3 months -...Posted by Philip Wake on Wednesday, 10 June 2020 . CONTEXT Many schools don't have the space to run classes of no more that 15 kids with the social distance set at 2m, so surely it's better for them to attend school 3 days a week so that a classroom can be shared between two lots of 15 every other Read more [...]

THAT’S LIFE!

On: By: Philip Wake
There are those who appreciate your talents and talk openly about them. There are those who don't and whisper behind closed doors. Be glad that talking reaches more ears than whispering. Glory in the pleasure you bring to the many but do not concern yourself with the discomfort brought upon themselves by the few with their own misguided & uninformed thoughts. Believe in your talents and improved them to bring even more pleasure to the many and even less to the few! <first published on Read more [...]

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – LIFE STORY

On: By: Philip Wake
Being appreciated is wonderful and I thank Miguel Mayana London from the bottom of my heart for this LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - see 2019-08-02: Que Rico Salsa Party at White Eagle Club Balham – Awards Night! for details. I'm writing a book about my salsa life and here's how it begins: In 2003 at the age of 57, after 2 years of being parted from my first wife, I occasionally used to go to The Pyramids in Southsea to enjoy simulated Summer time on the beach. One night as I Read more [...]

SPOTLIGHT HAPPINESS!

On: By: Philip Wake
Goodness knows why anybody would have installed kitchen spotlights in my studio flat but I realised when I moved in over 2 years ago that they must be expensive to run so I only turned them on when I needed to see well in the kitchen area.  One of the bulbs stopped working a few weeks ago and I've been meaning to replace it but wasn't quite sure where to get them. Today in Asda I noticed there was an energy saving version (LED) costing only £4 for 3 twist-fit bulbs (GU10). These use Read more [...]

PASTEURISED MILK IS DEAD!

On: By: Philip Wake
I just watched a TV program about drinking raw milk which I have always known is better for you than pasteurised milk because heating milk kills the enzymes & bacteria which help the human body digest it. A nutritionist stated categorically that pasteurisation does not affect the nutritional contents of milk. This is not strictly true because it does affect the digestion of the nutritional contents in a way which drastically reduces the body's ability to make good use of that nutritional Read more [...]

BREXIT IDIOTS!

On: By: Philip Wake
Having listened to various MPs explaining why they are not going to vote for the deal tonight I have to say that most of them appear not to understand that comparing the deal with remaining in the EU is totally irrelevant because every deal under the sun is not as good as staying in the EU and in any case staying in the EU is not an option because the referendum made it clear that the people want to leave and parliament is therefore under an obligation to deliver that outcome. Others say it's Read more [...]

ACTIMEL IS A JOKE!

On: By: Philip Wake

"Enjoy Actimel as part of a healthy balanced diet and lifestyle to support the normal function of the immune system. It contains vitamins D and is rich in vitamin B6 which contribute to the normal function of the immune system. Vitamin B6 contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue."

If you had one pot a day costing £8 a month you would only be getting 15% of your vitamin B6 & D needs. Also note the ingredients and see what a nasty processed food Actimel Fat Free Strawberry Yogurt Read more [...]

WHISPERERS’ LAMENT!

On: By: Philip Wake

There are those who appreciate your talents and talk openly about them. There are those who don't and whisper behind closed doors. Be glad that talking reaches more ears than whispering. Glory in the pleasure you bring to the many but do not concern yourself with the discomfort brought upon themselves by the few with their own misguided & uninformed thoughts. Believe in your talents and improved them to bring even more pleasure to the many and even less to the few!

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INDIGESTION MEANS EAT SOMETHING ELSE!

On: By: Philip Wake

I was about 10 years old when I saw my Uncle Will holding his tummy after eating a curry.

I said: "What's wrong Uncle?"

"I always get indigestion when I eat a curry - it really hurts and I have to take a tablet!" he replied.

"So don't eat curry Uncle."

"But I like curry," said my Uncle "

"But curry doesn't like you Uncle!"

A few years later my Uncle Will died of cancer because the curries he ate gave him stomach ulcers and because he carried on eating curries they became cancerous!

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CHOLESTEROL IN FOOD IS IRRELEVANT!

On: By: Philip Wake

Any cholesterol in food is digested just like any other fat and then the body makes its own cholesterol, so why on earth are people recommending low cholesterol food or food which lowers cholesterol when the body decides for itself how much it needs to make! Lol
See this article by Zoe Harcombe about how wrong we have been about cholesterol for more information regarding the irrelevance of cholesterol in food!

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GIVING UP SMOKING IS AS EASY AS PRETENDING YOU NEVER DID!

On: By: Philip Wake

I gave up smoking cold turkey in November 2012 after I realised that 99% of the time when that feeling comes into your mouth that you want a cigarette you are really thirsty.  Exactly the same feeling happens to a non-smoker every day of their lives but as they don't smoke they don't even think of having a cigarette. But smokers do because that's what they've learned to do and they like it that way. All you have to do is pretend you're a non-smoker and do what they do . . . every day of their Read more [...]

MOBILE PHONE HOLDER – FIXED OUTSIDE THE BOX!

On: By: PHILIP WAKE

I bought this Universal Mobile Phone Holder from the Fareham Market a couple of months ago for what I thought was a good price - £5 - but clearly not as good as available on eBay! Lol. It seemed very clever because of the numerous ways that it could be used and the way it folded down to look like a mouse. I chose to mount it on my windscreen next to my rear view mirror as the place least likely to disturb my driving and discovered that the suction cap was so good that using the so called quick Read more [...]

LEASEHOLD GROUND RENT BALONEY!

On: By: Philip Wake

There's a lot of talk about ground rent of £250 in 2010 becoming £10,000 in 1960. Really? If ground rent doubles every 10 years it becomes £8000 in 2060 but worth only £2159 in todays money at an average inflation rate of 3%.

That's still outrageous of course - about 8 times the original ground rent but it's a long way from the £10,000 with which the news media are frightening people!

There was a time when inflation did effectively halve the value of money every 10 years. For example, Read more [...]

AT THE ALTAR OF SALSA DANCING!

On: By: Philip Wake

Providing something for the plebs to believe in while they suffered poverty for the benefit of their lords and masters was the original reason for religion. This was quite successful until the downside of believing a religion to the extent that it can be the only one lead to the belief that other religions must be wrong and the people who believe in them must be "corrected"!

This has lead to their having been more violent deaths of innocent people in the name of religion than for any other reason. Read more [...]

ROBOT TAX – MY ASS!

On: By: Philip Wake

Just watched a program which suggested that with more and more robots taking peoples jobs there will be less tax revenue to run countries so governments will have to consider creating a new robot tax. Apart from the fact that automation has always created more jobs than it destroyed - for example somebody has to invent, develop, make, program and maintain robots - it is surely clear that if companies uses robots instead of people they will make more profit so governments will get more tax through Read more [...]

ACCIDENTAL INTELLIGENCE – THE PERFECT KETTLE!

On: By: Philip Wake

 

Amazing how sometimes you buy something because it's cheap and then discover it's just what you wanted. As you can see there's a smooth metal plate over the heating element of my new kettle which means that you can boil a single cup of water to make one cup of coffee using only 25 watts costing approximately .3 of a penny - very green don't you think!
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ASTROLOGY IS AN APOLOGY!

On: By: Philip Wake

Just remember there are 500 million people with the same star sign as you so when they read about their sign for today 50 million of them our bound to think it's true and propagate this nonsense as a science. There is also no physical force which could explain the connection between the 12 constellations - and by the way there are actually 13 - and mind kind! Notice how astrological prediction for the day are carefully worded to ensure they are likely to be thought by most people to be applicable Read more [...]

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS HARD BREXIT – ONLY HARD NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE BEST DEAL WE CAN GET!

On: By: Philip Wake

But if that deal involved paying £100 billion to the EU for the divorce we would have to walk away because that's the equivalent of paying them £250 million a week for 8 years which would mean that we might as well stay in the EU and have a say in it's management.

"If Britain left the EU how would it gain access to the single market?
In the past week, Leave campaigners have confirmed that they would not want to remain part of the single market by signing deals similar to Norway or Switzerland.
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SALSA IS ABOUT DANCING IN THE MUSIC – NOT ABOUT MOVES!

On: By: Philip Wake

I've heard a lot of talk about Cuban, Cross Body, LA, New York & Cali but to me all salsa is the same - it's about how the salsa music makes you want to move and lead your partner so that you both dance on the spur of the musical moment! When I say salsa music I mean music with the underlying 3-2 clavé because without that it does not inspire the quick-quick-slow way of moving that makes a dance become a dream!

Also, as my basic salsa steps do not include a break which can be felt by my Read more [...]

MACRON’S PARTY OF CHAOS IN TOTAL CONTROL

On: By: Philip Wake

I was wrong about the French having a pointless voting system because the party that Emmanuel Macron invented only a year ago is set for a landslide victory. Can you imagine 450 new MPs (out of the 557 in the French parliament) - people who have never been MPs before and some not even ever politically active before - a Party of Chaos but in total control! Lol

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HUNG PARLIAMENT

On: By: Philip Wake

There are 650 seats for MPs in the UK parliament but the 7 Sinn Fein MPs never turn up so there are really only 643 which means the actual number of MPs required to avoid a hung parliament is 322. As the Tories are projected to get 319 that means they could easily run a minority government particularly with regard to Brexit because Labour agree that Brexit must happen. However, Theresa may have to compromise on some of her policies, for example: "No deal is better than a bad deal!". She may also Read more [...]

TV Viewing Angle

On: By: Philip Wake
If you've got a 40 inch TV and are thinking of upgrading to a 50 inch for a better wide-screen cinema effect why not just sit closer. For example, the recommended distance for viewing a 50 inch screen is 1.8m which is a viewing angle of 34 degrees but if you sit just 35cm closer to your 40 inch screen (1.45m) you will get the same result without having to spend any money! For a 32 inch screen sit 1.15m away for the same result For a 26 inch screen - sit 0.95m away for the same result I think 1.5m Read more [...]

Happy 60th Anniversary of Independence Day to Ghana & my Kente shirts!

On: By: Philip Wake

Where would I be without my Kente shirts! Thank you Ghana - you changed my life forever! My original shirts were a present from by ex-wife after she visited Ghana to collect an African Achievers Award but they suffered a bit from wear, washing, drying & ironing so I was very pleased to find that Afrofrocks sold them online for a reasonable price! 🙂

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An Android Calendar that Wakes You Up

On: By: Philip Wake

Having missed a few early morning dental appointments despite setting up a calendar item weeks or even months in advance I suddenly realised yesterday that it's because a calendar entry on my android phone does not produce a loud & long enough noise to wake me up. I looked for an app which would provide a better sound and found Alarm Sounds & Ringtones and chose UWG Alarm Clock which provides a continuous sound just like an old fashioned alarm clock. However, the default S Planner Read more [...]

Asperger’s Syndrome with Intermittent Explosive Disorder

On: By: Philip Wake

Have you ever met somebody who appears to be normal - if a bit quirky - but occasionally gets uncontrollable fits of anger in which he comes out with a stream of abuse which seems somewhat excessive for the particular situation to which he is reacting. These unlucky people have probable got Asperger's Syndrome combined with Intermittent Explosive Disorder. In many cases they are very intelligent and capable of learning to overcome some of their disabilities - for example clumsiness in walking being Read more [...]

Dare to Believe: Lauren Steadman

On: By: Philip Wake

I just happened to tune to Channel 4+1 at 12:20 and watched an inspiring short film called "Dare to Believe: Lauren Steadman" which was episode 6 of 7 Season 1 of a series with the theme "Dare to Believe"

What an inspiring short film about a brave girl with one less arm that the rest of us doing superbly well as a world class swimmer but believing that she could do even better as a triathlete. She did and became World Champion 2 years in a row and only failed in 2016 due to a nasty accident. Read more [...]

“Eat fat to get thin!” is the daftest headline I’ve seen this year!

On: By: Philip Wake

‘Eat fat to get thin’: Official diet advice is ‘disastrous’ for obesity fight, new report warns

You can read the article in the Telegraph for yourself as I’m not going to pass on the daftest advice a so called group of experts have given this century!

What really happened is that people were told to avoid fat for silly reasons – like lowering cholesterol and losing weight when the real reason to avoid fat AND sugar is to keep the calories in your food each day down to a reasonable Read more [...]

Hartmann: Malicious Rules by Helen L Lowe

On: By: Philip Wake

A Bloodthirsty Murder Mystery that Makes Jack the Ripper seem like a Fairy Tale!

Dr Hartmann has the good looks from head to toe that makes both men and women swoon and he doesn’t even know it! His past and the story are drip fed to you throughout the book in such a way that you think you get the picture many times but only get the real picture at the end in a climax which will both surprise and shock you. If you’re into a bloodthirsty murder mystery which makes Jack the Ripper seem like a Read more [...]

Eleven Miles by Lance Greenfield

On: By: Philip Wake

Boikanyo had to walk 11 miles to school every day - in fact she used to run and became a successful athlete who achieved her ambition to attend university and seek her fortune in the UK. It was she who inspired this book by Lance Greenfield and if you in turn need inspiration you could not do better than read this amazing story!

From the country that gave birth to Amantle Montsho and Mma Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency we discover the amazing life of Boitumelo Hope Read more [...]