Monthly Archives: February 2011

News from a Weird World – Offbeat News 2 February 2011

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This is a special edition of News From A Weird World.  It’s the First Anniversary Edition – the first edition was published on 2nd February 2010.

 

In this latest edition of News From A Weird World you can find bizarre news stories that include the Chinese Dogfight that isn’t what it seems, Japanese Pensioners Who Shoplift, The Farmville Baby Murderer, Pickle Juice De-Icer, Palm Beach Sharks, Fire In The Closet and more.

Read the full story here:
News from a Weird World – Offbeat News 2 February 2011

One Hundred Years Ago

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One Hundred Years Ago was inspired by a series of articles that I am writing on Associated Content thaqt analyzes articles from the newspapers of 100 years ago.

Back then, which isn’t really that long ago for many of us, life was very different.

Most transport, if not by steam train, was still done using horses.

Most houses did not have electricity. Radio was in it’s infancy. Television had been invented, but it would be another 20 years before commercial broadcasting began. The Wright Brothers had made their first powered flight less than 10 years before, and yet within 10 years so much would change.

These are the years that led up to the First World War, an event of such magnitude that nobody could have predicted the cost.

So please, if you enjoy History and looking back at the past, come with me on a trip into yesteryear, and see what life was like One Hundred Years Ago.

Free Gift From Clarins With Orders $40 And Over

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Offer valid on orders valued at $40 or more, placed up to Tuesday 8th February 2011.

Tesco Mobile Increasing Charges From 28th February 2011

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SOME TESCO PHONE RATES ARE INCREASING BY 50%

With everything else in the UK going up in price, why am I not surprised to see the Tesco are increasing their mobile phone tariffs as well, as from 28th February 2011.

While some rates are only going up by a small amount, their rates for Pay As You Go Phones are increasing by much more.

To quote the page on their web site “You’ll notice a slight difference with some of your call rates, which are summarised in the table below”, however in the table “below” it shows the per minute rate on the Standard Tariff to UK Mobiles and Landlines rising from 20p to 25p.

Forgive me if I am wrong, but isn’t that a 25% increase, which is way above the rate of inflation!

Now we come to the Extra Tariff, which is what I am on.

The per minute rate to UK Mobiles and Landlines here is going up from 10p to 15p. 

WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT TESCO – THAT’S A 50% INCREASE !

I have a funny feeling that they are trying to force people off of their Pay As You Go Phone plans, and at this rate they just might, but I think they just might push people away to other phone companies with pricing increases like this.

If it were not for the fact that I normally only make a couple of calls a week, and do need to have a mobile phone in case of emergencies, I would quite happily tell them where they could stick their SIM card…

CLICK HERE for details of their rates and proposed increases.

Publishing Activity 31st January 2011

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Debbie is getting better after her surgery, gradually, and I am also gradually getting back into the swing of writing articles again.  Hopefully you will continue to visit and support us through this difficult time, by sharing posts that you like with your friends.   Thanks.  Tony.

This is the status of articles that I have published recently on various sites.

I write on a number of topics, usually it depends on what comes into my head on any given day, so it could be a travel story, memoirs from my life, something from the daily news, or even a poem inspired by something.

I hope you will take a look at them and also enjoy them.

Associated Content

This is what I have published in the last week, enjoy:

  • It seems that although Robert Pattinson may have the ladies swooning with his looks, his acting talents leave the critics with something to be desired, and as such he has been nominated in the Worst Actor category for the Razzie Awards.
  • When anyone looks back at the best rock concerts that they have been to, is it just the music that made it memorable, or is it the atmosphere, the interaction with the audience, or the audience participation that made it an event to remember.
  • In this edition of News From A Weird World, the Miami Piano Mystery, Smell Of Rotting Flesh, Invasion Day Protests, The Perfect Companion, A Strange Addiction and more
  • Mario Kart has been one of the most successful Nintendo driving games that has been launched across all their games consoles since the SNES (Super Nintendo). How does Mario Kart for the Wii measure up.
  • Those of us who have lived in a large city know about the overcrowding, heavy traffic, air pollution and other problems, but now China plans to create a mega city of 42 million people, and to spend billions on infrastructure to achieve it.
  • If I had to choose a celebrity who always seems to be enjoying what he does, who plays a wide range of fun and challenging roles, and has had more hit movies than you can count on your fingers and toes combined, then my hero would be Tom Hanks.
  • We take it for granted today that we can go everywhere and do everything in motorized vehicles, and yet it was only 100 years ago that these were in their infancy, and horse drawn transport was still the most common way of getting around.
You can also Click Here to see my latest articles up to date, rather than wait for the next summary posting.

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