Kidney stones normally vary in size from that of a grain of sand to the size of a golf ball, but doctors in Hungary have just removed a 2.5 kilo, 17 centimetre, whopper from Sandor Sarkadi.
Long exposure photography
Anyone who is into photography and has dabbled with long exposure, check out these absolutely amazing photos. Long Exposure Photography
The caring society!
An 81 year old woman died after being mugged on the streets of Harrow, a tragedy in its own right. But what makes it worse is that it was ten minutes before anyone answered her cries for help, passers-by just ignoring her as she lay on the pavement.
RBS in more trouble
The RBS bank, the second largest in the UK, has revealed that it is facing losses of £28 billion for 2008 as Mr Bean prepares to hurl billions more at the banks in a second bail-out, the first having failed.
Echo’s from the past
Echo and the Bunnymen are playing at the Cervantes Theatre in Málaga on Monday January 19th. The concert starts at 20:30 and tickets are between €18 and €24, available online from http://www.teatrocervantes.com/ or you can call 902 360 295.
Preventing identity theft – use a hammer
According to the computing magazine Which?, the only way to be certain that criminals won’t get their hands on vital data from your old computer hard drive is to smash it to pieces with a hammer.
Down to ‘luck’.
Interesting to read that ex UK Prime Minister Tony Blair put the ten years of economic growth under his leadership down to ‘luck’ and inheriting a low inflation and sound economy from the Tories and that it had nothing to do with Mr Bean’s Chancellorship. Not that the statement will come as much of a surprise to most people!
Pound sinks to new low
The pound hit a new record low against the euro today, the official exchange rate dipping to €1.02. In the ‘no commission’ foreign exchange establishments the rate is already €0.99. Whichever way you choose, you end up with less than a euro for one pound. A year ago the rate was €1.50. The pound has fallen 13% against the euro …
Pupils won’t be seeing red anymore
Hundreds of schools across Britain have decided to ban the use of red ink for marking the papers of pupils as it is considered ‘confrontational’, ‘threatening’ and ‘demoralising’.
Love-handle power
A probe has been launched into a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon (painful!) who claims to have converted fat removed from patients through liposuction into fuel for his 4×4. Dr Alan Bittner claims to have used the excess flab to power two of his vehicles, ‘lipodiesel’ as he himself calls it. The doctor claims his patients were only too willing to …