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The landline may be back!

20 Nov 2025

A father asked his daughter to trying calling him using an old landline he had lying around. He then recorded her struggling to dial the number (it was a...

It’s not what you eat but how much

13 Nov 2025

Yesterday, after a late lunch, I went for a walk in a shopping mall. I walked about for a bit and then sat in a food court with some...

The worse places to put your furniture

06 Nov 2025

According to viewing experts, it’s very likely that your television is in the wrong. Most people used to plant it in the living room in front of the settee...

Copyright, or wrong? beware...

30 Oct 2025

When I worked in Copyright in the UK in the early 90s, my agency’s CEO was in a copy shop and while waiting he saw a staff member making...

Who decorates your home?

23 Oct 2025

Anybody ever watched the British Sitcom called ‘Keeping Up Appearances’? The main character was Hyacinth Bucket, which Hyacinth insisted was pronounced ‘bouquet’ because it sounded better than bucket. The...

Not nuts for the 99% because of the 1%

16 Oct 2025

A 28-year-old woman claims she could have died during a flight she took. She says she has a severe nut allergy and that the mere smell of nuts could...

Odd English words are doing the rounds

09 Oct 2025

The English language is a beautiful thing if you hear it spoken correctly by native English speakers. Most will use Cambridge and Oxford educated individuals as prime examples of...

Driving is not easy unless you enjoy it

03 Oct 2025

Being able to have easy access to a ride is very important. Being mobile is very important. Anywhere there’s a metro station is perfect everywhere in the world, access...

Tough discipline at school is good

26 Sep 2025

You wonder where children get their bad habits from and then you hear about a school headmaster who is trying to turn a troubled school around only to be...

Remember, ChatGPT is not your brain

19 Sep 2025

After calculators had been out for some time, people began to have trouble with simple maths. They would reach for the calculator even to add 10 to 35. To...

Birjees Hussain

She has more than 10 years of experience in writing articles on a range of topics including health, beauty, lifestyle, finance, management and Quality Management.

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