We have recently started to tackle our back garden and get it back under control. Last bank holiday Sunday we picked up some plants for the patio pots to give us a bit of colour in the summer months.
Whilst planting up the pots I heard the rather distinctive throaty humming of a petrol engine plane [...]
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Help for Heroes
14 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2014
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Unexpected Sighting
Whilst I was in the office today I was busily getting on with some work when I heard someone say ‘there is a teddy bear walking past the building’. I thought this was a rather odd thing to say and carried on working. Then someone started to laugh and I looked up to see several [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2014
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New Element Discovered: Managerium
A major research institution has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet know to science. This new element has been tentatively named “Managerium”. Managerium has 1 neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 111 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by forces called [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 17th 2014
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
What is a sheep? This simple question is more than enough to have kept scientists occupied for hundreds of years, and will continue to do so for many years to come.
Philip Ball
29 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2014
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Last Week…
…did not start well
Last Monday on my way into work I looked down at the electronic dash on my car and noticed that the middle panel had gone completely blank!! It was devoid of information.
When I arrived at work I phoned the place where I normally have it serviced. They advised me that they didn’t [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2014
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Freakish Weather
It is my turn at Vision & Verb today. My post is about the extreme weather that has been taking place in the British Isles recently.
I invite you to join me there.
2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2014
Genesis 6
12 And the Lord said: “Behold, I shall send a flood over the land, for I am sore weary of this gay marriage thing.
13 Not really. It’s clearly nothing to do with that, it’s about climate change, though verily that shalt be denied by he who they call the Environment Secretary, for he shall [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 17th 2014
