Experts (no doubt highly paid) at Northumbria University are studying male reactions to women wearing high heels and to those without heels. The experts say research has shown that men cannot even tell if a woman is wearing high heels when they walk. Except when they wobble along!…Men don’t notice women in heels
Chimpionships
The organisers of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi are using trained langur monkeys to try and prevent wild animals infesting sporting venues in Delhi. These highly intelligent primates have been patrolling stadiums and accommodation blocks to scare off other wildlife, including wild monkeys, dogs and snakes. Numerous handlers have been drafted in to patrol the athletes’ village. Langur monkeys are …
The end is nigh
Although the physical fighting ended 92 years ago, the First World War only officially ends on Sunday when Germany pays off the final installment of reparations imposed on it by the Allies. The final invoice of £59.5 million finally writes off the crippling debt imposed on Germany at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 as compensation to Belgium and France …
Man who killed himself left a 1,904 page suicide note
A man who took his own life on Harvard’s campus last Saturday left a 1,904-page suicide ‘note’ online at http://suicidenote.info. According to the Harvard Crimson, Mitchell Heisman wrote the ‘note’ while living in an apartment near the school. The note itself is a series of arguments that touch upon historical, religious and nihilist themes.
Non-mystery resolved
It is apparently a question that vexes many commuters every morning: why is it so irritating to have to listen to someone else talk on a mobile phone? No it isn’t. The obvious answer is that it is because you can only hear one side of the conversation. However, psychologists in America believe they have now found the answer. Their …
The green aura
Under UK Government plans, motorists and holidaymakers face paying hundreds of pounds a year more in ‘green taxes’, mostly fuel duty, to help….the environment? No, to help low earners. Give us a break. These are not ‘green’ taxes, they are simply ‘taxes’, coloured to make people accept them more readily. The money doesn’t go towards helping the environment, it goes …
Stretching the truth, or your trousers
Buying clothes, or even shoes, can be a nightmare with virtually each country having its own set of measurements. But not only do you have to contend with different ‘standard’ measurements, you also get variations within that standard. One day, a pair of size 41 shoes fit like a glove, the next day, and with a different manufacturer, you can’t …
Socialising
It is the age of Social Media and Social Networks via a whole host of devices from computers to smart phones with countless networks and applications now available and new ones springing up all the time. Sharing data, contacts and personal information is commonplace as social interaction takes place, very often between individuals who have never met, and maybe never …
Southern Railway offers no relief
Southern Railway in the UK is introducing a fleet of new trains in December this year which will have a ‘refreshed interior’ including new seats and flooring, a passenger information system and flexible spaces for wheelchairs and cycles. But some of them will not have toilet facilities.
Internet Explorer 9 beta
Microsoft, a bit of a sleeping giant in recent times on the browser front, has launched a beta (or test) version of its latest web browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), hoping to revive its fortunes in an increasingly competitive market. Since 2003, the company has seen a 97% lead in market share dwindle to just 60%. So what is IE9 …