Frist Christmas Card in Museum.

If you were to visit the Postal  Museum ,Central London,you can see the on display  the worlds first christmas card.The christmas card was made for Sir Henry Cole and was sent 173 years ago.

Shipwreck of the lost Schiedam is found AGAIN

Divers have rediscovered a 17th century shipwreck off Cornwall, at exactly the same spot where the shipwreck scene was filmed in 2014 for the TV series Poldark.

First seen by a local diver in 1971 and designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, the wreck of the Schiedam had been buried for many years under the shifting sands of Gunwalloe Church Cove.

The site is now managed by Historic England and dived by a keen local team.Read More

Chewing Gum.

 I  chew gum ,roughly 3 to 4 pieces a day due to fact i produce access saliva which in turn makes me dribble like a baby .

Able the bouncing cat.

In this picture you can see a disabled cat called ABLE who lost its tail and front paws due to a massive electric shock due to a loose wire in street at a year old.Able was found in an alley in ChiangMai,Nothern Thailand by accident and was  nursed back to health.He is able to chase and play with fellow cts by bouncing along like a mini kangaroo.

Stargazers discover priceless planet which has clouds of RUBIES and SAPPHIRES

A MASSIVE planet with clouds jam-packed full of precious rubies and sapphires has been glimpsed in deep space. 

Scientists have been watching HAT-P-7b for through the Kepler telescope, after it was spotted twinkling in a peculiar fashion four years ago.And now David Armstrong at the University of Warwick found that the exoplanet’s brightening and dimming is due to its dazzling cloud system.

“When we say clouds, they’re definitely not like clouds on earth,” he explained in science journal Nature.

Unlike the fluffy white vapours we’re used to on Earth, the new Hat-P-7b’s clouds are made from corundum – the same mineral that produces rubies and sapphires on Earth.

And if alien life does exist on the brave new world – some 1,000 lightyears from ours – they’ll definitely need a brolly.-Read More

I need a pee.

Oh why do i need a pee every time i wish to go out.I know i have an over active prostrate gland ,tablets taken,i think its due too fact i get anxious before i go out ,a throw back to when i was painfully shy ,so to pee or not to pee is the question.

What have i done?

I think many a person has felt like this way in life.Mine is seeming to fall out with one of my step daughters which is baffling,the second is with my oldest sister over events at my dads funeral which i wrote about in a blog and i miss our closeness as kids despite fought like cat and dog .This is my chance to say pease give me another chance.

Draw a Cartoon.

I started to do cartoon drawing by just copying from newspapers,internet and think have developed my own style.I do not claim to be the best but as long as one person likes them i am happy ,i am also published in a online mag called Gonzo Weekly,normally on the next to last page .I like to get inspired by items or stories that interest  me and draw in pencil frist then go over with a black pen as prefer black and white to colour.So i hope i make you smile ,see you in the cartoon universe of life.

Cows Breaking Wind Is Global Warming.

I do not think a new idea but its is thought that cows breaking wind around the world is responsible for rising levels of potent greenhouse gas methane. A possible way of cutting down the methane emissions is too give cows a diet supplement with linseed oil.

Walt Disney and Disneyland: 17 bizarre true stories, conspiracy theories and rumours

On the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney's death, we revisit some strange-but-true (and some strange-but-probably-not-true) tales about the legendary animator, his studios and his famous Anaheim theme park.

1. Disneyland grew out of Walt's obsession with trains

After becoming disillusioned with the financial constraints imposed upon his film studio, and with the difficulties involved in making expensive feature length animations, Disney began pouring all his (considerable) creative energy into his childhood hobby: Pokémontrading cards. (Okay, model trains.)

In 1950, working from his home in California's Holmby Hills, he constructed the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, a scaled down, ride-able miniature railway system, which he would invite friends and family round to test out. He also collected and built smaller engine models, and amassed an impressive collection...some of which can be seen today at the Carolwood Barn Museum -Read More and see Video

Bigfoot sightings to move down as Facebook finally targets fake news, boosts fact-checkers

 Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network, focusing on the “worst of the worst” offenders and partnering with outside fact-checkers to sort honest news reports from made-up stories that play to people’s passions and preconceived notions.

Fake news stories touch on a broad range of subjects, from unproven cancer cures to celebrity hoaxes and backyard Bigfoot sightings. But fake political stories have drawn attention because of the possibility that they influenced public perceptions and could have swayed the U.S. presidential election. There have been other dangerous real-world consequences. A fake story about a child sex ring at a Washington, D.C., pizza joint prompted a man to fire an assault rifle inside the restaurant, Comet Ping Pong.

“We do believe that we have an obligation to combat -Read More

TIGER PROTECTOR

That Thing With Feathers Trapped in Amber? It Was a Dinosaur Tail

While most paleontologists dig up prehistoric bones from the ground, Lida Xing hunts for fossils in the amber markets of Myanmar. In 2015, he made a remarkable find: Trapped in what looked like golden glass was the feathered tail of a dinosaur.

Along with the primitive plumage, the 99-million-year-old amber also preserved soft tissue and eight complete vertebrae. The tail bones indicated that the specimen belonged to a dinosaur that was not a prehistoric bird and also provided researchers with insight into the evolution of feathers.

“This is the first time that skeletal material from a dinosaur has been found in amber,” Dr. Xing, who is a paleontologist at China University of Geosciences in Beijing, said in an email. He and his colleagues published their findings Thursday in the journal Current Biology.

After performing a CT scan and microscopic analysis, Dr. Xing and his colleagues realized that the feathers did not belong to a bird because the specimen’s tail vertebrae were not fused into a rod, as they are in modern birds. The feathers most likely belonged to a baby nonavian theropod, meaning it looked more similar to a velociraptor or Tyrannosaurus rex than -Read More

Historians and scientists create digital images of Scots king

Scientists and historians believe they have created digital images of what could be the head of Robert the Bruce.

It is reconstructed from the cast of a human skull held by the Hunterian Museum with the realistic images coming from historians at the University of Glasgow and craniofacial experts at Liverpool John Moores University.

Robert Bruce, was no stranger to the battle field, with the the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 the fight he is most well known for, when he won independence for Scotland.

He was the King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329 at the age of 54.

Historians believe that Bruce suffered from an unidentified ailment, most likely leprosy, and the the -Read More and see video of images

Paris wages war on rodent infestation

 Both Nadine Mahe des Portes and the rat panicked when she inadvertently stepped on it on her walk back from work through Paris.

“I heard a terrible squeak,” the property agent recalled with a shudder. “I thought I’d stepped on a child’s toy or something.”

When Parisians are literally tripping over rats on the sidewalk, it is clear that the City of Light has a problem. Professional exterminators with decades on the job struggle to recall infestations as impressive — perhaps that should be repulsive — as those now forcing the closure of Paris parks, where squirmy clumps of rats brazenly feed in broad daylight, looking like they own the place.

On Friday, City Hall threw open one of the closed parks, the Tour Saint-Jacques square a block from the Seine, to show journalists its latest anti-rat drive. The park in the heart of the city is only a short walk from the Pompidou art museum. Two Japanese tourists searching for Notre Dame cathedral, also just minutes away, thankfully didn’t notice the rats in bushes just in front of them when th-Read More

School forced to sell advertising space to pay for urgent repairs

A PRIMARY school has been reduced to selling advertising space in order to try and fund essential repairs.

Carden Primary School in Brighton has applied for planning permission for advertising banners it has put up along it’s perimeter fencing.

The school said the revenue would be used to pay to replace the fencing which had become “dangerous and unfit for purpose” having failed to secure public money for the repairs.

Unions said the move was symptomatic of a crisis in school funding.

School staff said banners up to 30 metres long would be used to promote local banners and would not advertise any products deemed detrimental to children.

As well as paying for school repairs, funds will also be used towards extra-curricular activities for children.

The plans have been greeted with large support from residents with 26 letters of support sent to the council and just seven of objection.-Read More

PEE-BACK TIME

CIVIC chiefs are fighting back against revellers who damage ancient city walls by peeing on them.

The sandstone has been covered with liquid-repellent clear paint, which causes urine to bounce back leaving footwear and clothing soaked.A video showing a bearded “hipster” getting “pee-back” is being promoted via social media, beers mats and posters.

The famous walls were built by the Romans around 70AD in Chester.

Cllr Karen Shore, the council’s cabinet member for environment, said: “Most party-goers will enjoy the festive season and respect our beautiful city.Read More

Are giraffes an endangered species?

Researchers are working to get a more accurate count of the giraffe population but describe all giraffes in all parts of the African continent as either decreasing in number or unstable. The declining numbers are due largely to poaching, habitat loss, human population growth and degradation of the giraffe's habitat. Two subspecies of giraffe have populations of less than 250 animals, including the West African giraffe and the Nubian giraffe. Around half of the giraffes in Africa today are Masai giraffes.-Read More

Memory Test.

On Wednesday 7-12-2016  i had to go to a medical centre based in Barnstaple,Devon, to do a memory test .After  going to wrong  place on 4 occasions  due to place had similar street and place name finally arrived at a tatty looking building . I awaited in the waiting room until summoned by the doctor who preceded to take me to a room to for my very intensive memory test that lasted 1 and half hours and i was mental drained afterwards.I am not complaining as wish to known what is happening to my brain at the moment .

Old School Ways.

Some may say i am a bit old fashioned as i try to stick to what some call old school ways.Here is a list-1-Always say please and thank you. 2 -Treat others others as you expect them to treat you , 3 ,Be as gentleman ie open doors ,give up seat on bus when can,get items down from shelve if asked,let someone in queue if only has couple of items, 4- Try to walk away from a fight as violence solves nothing,sounds uncool but thats me folks.