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Dear Big Al,

Don't know if the's any research to back up your theory. Perhaps you could apply for lottery funding to continue your line of enquiry. By involving the children in measuring, recording and interpreting results you could cover a number of science objectives .....

Love and Peace
Jim

Dear Big Al

The little sods have to learn to swim somehow ...... practical application of Darwins' natural selection.....

Love and Peace
Jim

Dear S.P.Socks, Not Cornish myself (we're settled in S. Hants) but my lady is a genuine balmaiden, whose grandad and brothers were tinners and whose brother in law worked a trawler out of Newlyn. In the late sixties there was a distinct redneck attitude down there, which has improved over the years....

I find the whole thing fascinating. As to the utility of the project we have no idea, at present, where it will lead. As an example consider Boulean Logic which had been around since Victorian times with no practical application until Alan Turing, Tommy Flowers and un-named Polish mathematicians inv...

Wonderful,
loved the solar oven in the garden!

Love and Peace
Jim

Had a junior class last Friday, they were scared too, and no amount of rational explanation would reassure them. Just goes to show the power of unreason and hysteria that can be unleashed by mass media. Educated people who should know better!

Love and Peace
Jim

Dear Mrs Flibble My lady has just reminded me that we also added stewed or fried fruit to porridge or rice pud and the fresh variety to cold cereal. She has also told me that relaxing and letting them work through it is less hassle for you and they'll all get there in the end anyway, Love and Peace ...

Dear Mrs Flibble

Have you tried cheesey Bubble & Squeak? We found mashed spud with various additions:- marmite, egg, cheese, soup etc got some goodness in ours when they were in can't/shan't/won't mode.

Hope it helps,

Love and Peace
Jim

When our eldest was on the way we had tried the bibliomancy method of naming. (Yeh, we're REALLY old hippies) You open the Bible and stick your finger on the page. First try came up with Lucifer, second was fleshpots. In the end we called him Joe. (Hendrix was another scrapped option) Even now, at 3...

Dear Millymollymany,

What are pottimarrons?

Love and Peace
Jim

Dear Hedgewitch, I know you did! Then I looked at my other sp, missed space between words, and insertion of unnecessary word errors and I CRINGED!!!!! That's why I apologized at the beginning of the last entry. Thanks for putting me right. At least you didn't make me write it 10X in my correction bo...

Dear Hedgewitch,

Sorry ....
longitudinal, not with an "a",

I must preview what I write in future,

Love and Peace
Jim

Dear Pembs Paul,

Tools for Self reliance is a wonderful organization, if anyone wants to see more try

http://www.tfsr.org/

Love and Peace
Jim

Dear Rod in Japan,

When mine go that way I cut away the gungey bit and use the courgette as soon as possible,

Love and Peace
Jim

"OOH missus no! Well, please yourself then!" (Frankie Howerd, master of smutty double entendres.) Now to the serious bit ... Briam - Greek summer stew About a pound of courgettes Same of spuds Same of tomatoes 1 onion 1 pepper (any colour) Garlic to taste Rosemary to taste salt to taste 10...