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THE
OTHER STUFF
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A Page leading to some other
items that
are either interesting or amusing, such as Sundials, Funny Stuff and
the FEEDBACK page which contains some comments kindly sent to
MDS975.co.uk by our visitors.
Please navigate via the list on the left hand side of this page.
SOUNDSCAPE
In September 2012 Mike Brown, of MB21.co.uk, launched his new weekly radio programme, Soundscape, on Redruth Radio plus podcasts and a 24/7 stream of 'Soundscape Extra'.
Our Wedding & Honeymoon - 2008
Jules and I got married in November 2008 and here you can see a selection of photographs from our wonderful honeymoon in Western Canada - Honeymoon photographs Wedding Photographs
The Gallery
After years of relative neglect due to having lack of space The Gallery was given a make-over and is, at last, being filled with some of our photographs. Here
Vinyl Heaven
Unpack your old LPs and singles. Clean up your vinyl.
Spin those discs and have some fun....
In this section you can find out the way to real vinyl nirvana......
Vinyl Heaven is here!
Canada 2006
We are pleased to be able to present a new set of photographs from our extremely enjoyable holiday in Toronto, Canada, in January 2006. You can see a few photographs from around Toronto and, of particular interest, The CN Tower, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Broadcasting Centre, plus Niagara and Niagara Falls and Dog Sledding at Winterdance in the Haliburton Mountains. Here
Please navigate via the list on the left hand side of this page.
SOUNDSCAPE
In September 2012 Mike Brown, of MB21.co.uk, launched his new weekly radio programme, Soundscape, on Redruth Radio plus podcasts and a 24/7 stream of 'Soundscape Extra'.
 Soundscape is Redruth Radio's programme of acoustic and instrumental music - a surprising and eclectic and mix including everything from folk to New-age, smooth jazz and instrumentals. Mike Brown presents Soundscape live on Redruth Radio every Saturday afternoon from 2-4pm: http://www.redruthradio.co.uk Catch-up/podcasts at: http://www.originalsound.co.uk/soundscape |
 Autoplay stream, playing from more than 10,000 acoustic, instrumental and new-age titles Free, commercial-free and compression-free! Streaming 24/7 at: http://soundscape.caster.fm |
Our Wedding & Honeymoon - 2008
Jules and I got married in November 2008 and here you can see a selection of photographs from our wonderful honeymoon in Western Canada - Honeymoon photographs Wedding Photographs
The Gallery
After years of relative neglect due to having lack of space The Gallery was given a make-over and is, at last, being filled with some of our photographs. Here
Vinyl Heaven
Unpack your old LPs and singles. Clean up your vinyl.
Spin those discs and have some fun....
In this section you can find out the way to real vinyl nirvana......
Vinyl Heaven is here!
Canada 2006
We are pleased to be able to present a new set of photographs from our extremely enjoyable holiday in Toronto, Canada, in January 2006. You can see a few photographs from around Toronto and, of particular interest, The CN Tower, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Broadcasting Centre, plus Niagara and Niagara Falls and Dog Sledding at Winterdance in the Haliburton Mountains. Here
Everything Must Go - Steely Dan
When those masterful songsters, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen a.k.a. Steely Dan released the excellent album "Everything Must Go" in 2003, did they know something - five years before the financial and economic gloom of 2008 - that nobody else did back then?
Two of the outstanding tracks on this album are Everything Must Go and The Last Mall.
The Last Mall: "Attention all shoppers it's cancellation day, yes the Big Adios is just a few hours away.....You'll have to do for yourself when the going gets tough. Roll your cart back up the aisle, kiss the checkout girls goodbye.......It's last call to do your shopping at The Last Mall"
Everything Must Go by Steely
Dan
Steely
Dan are one of my favourite bands and as it turns out not only are they
some of the best musicians that I have heard, they may also be
very gifted economists or at least very good social commentators.
http://www.steelydan.com/
[As it happens, I heard a number
of commentators on British and American radio that were warning of
economic disaster at least five years before the events of 2007 - 2009
began unfolding; yet bankers, corporations and politicians, and
therefore much the general public were in continual blind and ignorant
denial. How come 'A Level' economics students knew more than
Gordon Brown and all the other guilty parties?]
Achieving My Full Amateur Radio Licence - 2008
After many years of being interested in radio, including short wave listening, citizen's band and radio transmission sites, I decided that it high time to become a properly licensed radio amateur, a.k.a. 'radio ham'. In 2008 I passed my full and final amateur radio exam gaining the call sign M0MTJ ( Mike Zero Mike Tango Juliet). You can find out more about amateur radio here
Perfection - I was reminded of this by The Reverend George Dobbs, published in Practical Wireless Magazine:
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." [Antoine de Saint Exupery]
Tipis - (Teepees) An article on BBC Midlands Today (local television news programme) showed an unusual holiday where the vacationers canoed along a river valley in Herefordshire to a hidden destination in a picturesque meadow where they would spend their break in a tipi. No modern conveniences and all quite basic; washing was accomplished in the river and cooking done on a camp fire. All natural, ethical and carbon neutral.
If we don't fancy such a life just yet, then maybe it's just around the corner. In a few years time, with economic slump, Gordon Brown's excruciating financial debt, impossible taxes, the exhaustion of the planet's natural resources, minerals, metals, coal and oil, global warming and climate change perhaps the remaining survivors will, once again, be living off the land in tipis!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/midlandstoday/
http://www.garwaytipi.co.uk/index.html
http://www.woodlandtipis.co.uk/
http://yurtsandtipis.co.uk/
Isle Of Man - In June 2009 we went to the Isle of Man, just for three days, but we had a wonderful time and enjoyed some nice weather. We flew with FlyBe who were excellent, on a Bombardier (DeHaviland) Q400 dash 8 aeroplane, landing at Ronaldsway airport on the island - what a splendid place. You can see some of our photographs in The Gallery
Now; Why VEGETABLES and other stuff?
I
(Mike) often get accused of
being a vegetable. That's
so unfair. So
before we get to the other stuff, I will just explain: What is true is
that I am a vegetarian
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I don't eat meat, and have not done so since 1988. Mind
you
there
are
some
poor
souls
who
believe
vegetarians
can
eat fish or chicken, as chicken isn't really meat is
it??!
But "It is fowl", some may cluck. I think the term for only
eating
chicken (or very little meat) is 'demi-veg', a bit daft if you ask
me! Surely you are either vegetarian or you are not, however
I
suppose the term demi-veg makes these half-way-housers feel more healthy,
which cannot be
bad!
My very favourite meal is Vegetable Dhansak cooked to a Madras (hot) strength. It's a lentil based curry dish available from all fine quality balti and curry houses. YUM!
If want to try an occasional alternative to meat or even become a non-meat eater, then I can recommend a few alternatives. Lentils are the obvious and popular choice (as in vegetable dhansak!) but there are many alternatives and here are a few :-
Tofu can be used plain or marinaded as a simple replacement for meat in most meat dishes. Where the recipe stipulates chicken or lamb etc, just substitute Tofu. Tofu very good for you too, and is available from most supermarkets and health food shops.
Another popular choice is Quorn, made from mushrooms, though you'd never know. Quorn chunks and pieces and Quorn mince looks like and has the texture of meat and is a great direct replacement.
Other veggie-mince products are available such as RealEat mince and a range of products including mince from Linda McCartney, all very good!
You can also check out The Vegetarian Society and VIVA
It seems vegetarianism is so often associated with wearing sandals! Having mentioned the footwear, we really don't want to progress to the subject of a certain item of waterproof outdoor clothing, do we?
My very favourite meal is Vegetable Dhansak cooked to a Madras (hot) strength. It's a lentil based curry dish available from all fine quality balti and curry houses. YUM!
If want to try an occasional alternative to meat or even become a non-meat eater, then I can recommend a few alternatives. Lentils are the obvious and popular choice (as in vegetable dhansak!) but there are many alternatives and here are a few :-
Tofu can be used plain or marinaded as a simple replacement for meat in most meat dishes. Where the recipe stipulates chicken or lamb etc, just substitute Tofu. Tofu very good for you too, and is available from most supermarkets and health food shops.
Another popular choice is Quorn, made from mushrooms, though you'd never know. Quorn chunks and pieces and Quorn mince looks like and has the texture of meat and is a great direct replacement.
Other veggie-mince products are available such as RealEat mince and a range of products including mince from Linda McCartney, all very good!
You can also check out The Vegetarian Society and VIVA
It seems vegetarianism is so often associated with wearing sandals! Having mentioned the footwear, we really don't want to progress to the subject of a certain item of waterproof outdoor clothing, do we?
Anyway whether
you prefer
meat,
fish or tofu- just make sure that you eat all your greens, otherwise
"you'll never grow up to be strong and healthy", as you will remember
your mum explaining, no doubt.
If you have been going to the burger bar too often and have forgotten what 'greens' look like, I have included a picture of a cabbage for good measure. Or is that a picture of me?
TAXING & VEXING
If you have been going to the burger bar too often and have forgotten what 'greens' look like, I have included a picture of a cabbage for good measure. Or is that a picture of me?
Now
there's healthy, Isn't it?
Enough of vegetables! What about this other stuff?
Please have a
look at the subjects on the right hand panel. TAXING & VEXING
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
No one can become rich by the efforts of only their toil, but only by the discovery of some method of taxing the labour of others.
John Ruskin (1819-1900)
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
Milton Friedman (1912 - 2006)
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
No one can become rich by the efforts of only their toil, but only by the discovery of some method of taxing the labour of others.
John Ruskin (1819-1900)
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
Milton Friedman (1912 - 2006)
SOMETHING INTERESTING....
If your brain works normally this is an amazing illusion!!! If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, the dots will remain only one colour, pink...........
If your brain works normally this is an amazing illusion!!! If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, the dots will remain only one colour, pink...........
However
if
you
stare
at
the
black
'+'
in
the centre, the moving dot turns to
green.
Now, concentrate on the black '+ ' in the centre of the picture. After a short period, all the pink dots will slowly disappear. You will see only a single green dot rotating.
It's amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot, and the pink ones really don't disappear. This should be proof enough, we don't always see what we think we see.
Now, concentrate on the black '+ ' in the centre of the picture. After a short period, all the pink dots will slowly disappear. You will see only a single green dot rotating.
It's amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot, and the pink ones really don't disappear. This should be proof enough, we don't always see what we think we see.
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