My eldest nephew has just become a doctor and it looks like he’ll continue to work at the hospital where he’s been training for the last few years. I didn’t know this but I’ve just found out that doctors need to take up Medical Liability Insurance as well. This is just to safeguard themselves should [...]
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Ever since they came into cultivation thousands of years ago, strawberries have been in demand as an all-year-round available fruit because of their luscious flavour, as well as having high nutritional value. They are delicious eaten directly from the plant. Strawberries are grown from the sub Polar Regions to the tropics, and belong to the [...]
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It’s the holiday season again and we have plans to go down the east coast with our rv. This reminded me that I have some repairs that needed to be done before the trip. I should have done them last summer but I procrastinated and now I really got to get them done or we’re [...]
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Winter is a busy and exciting time in the garden, with many activities that can be undertaken. It is the best season for planting bare rooted plants and deciduous trees as they are dormant. When selecting the trees, it’s the size of the root system that is important, not the size of the tree. If [...]
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I still remember growing up playing yoyos was a hit for kids of all ages. We were all determined to learn all the cool tricks you can do with a yoyo and we also had competitions to see who gets to yoyo king for the day. Those were good times..but now it seems yoyos are [...]
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The secret of making not just good compost, but the very best of compost, is to make sure that the ingredients contains no sticks or hard woody material and they should be made up of the biggest range of organic material that is possible, including food scraps. The result will be a highly nutritious brew, [...]
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These days it’s hard to find buildings made of timber like years ago. Though they’re good looking, timber buildings have their disadvantages like fire danger and termite problems. Nowadays metal buildings are springing up everywhere. They’re cheap, strong and better than timber buildings in fire prone areas. This is something people should consider really carefully [...]
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Coffee is a great pick-me-up if you are feeling a bit sluggish, but interestingly slugs themselves do not enjoy it. There has been some research done that shows that slugs and snails hate caffeine, and apparently concentrations of just 1% – 2% are lethal to these molluscs, which is a very strong coffee even for [...]
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