Chill out – for less money
Stressed out? Before you book an expensive massage or even thermotherapy (in which arms and legs are wrapped in warm towels), why not just go into your living room, take the phone off the hook, turn down the lights, and listen to relaxing music? You can do that for free, whereas other ‘relaxation treatments’ can cost up to £90 an hour.
In a recent study, it was found that all three methods were equally effective at easing anxiety. Scientists at the Group Health Research Institute in Seattle said that simply listening to relaxing music in a quiet peaceful place can calm anxiety and reduce worry and depression.
Is a computer keeping your child awake at night?
Or making him fat?
Are gadgets keeping your child awake at night? If so, the lack of sleep could be affecting their growth, appetite, and ability to concentrate at school. Children who do not sleep enough have less energy, gain weight, are irritable and often behave badly.
When the BBC programme Newsround recently ran a survey, it was found that half of youngsters aged nine to 11 are being kept awake at night by televisions or computers in their bedrooms.
Dr Paul Gringrass, a paediatrician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London, says “Children aren’t just little adults. There’s a huge amount of brain development that’s going on,…. there are certain hormones we produce more of when we’ve had a bad, disruptive night, which make us hungrier. And we have this obesity epidemic. It’s a vicious cycle.”
The English language…. It’s how you say it….
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
A backward poet writes inverse.
In a democracy it’s your vote that counts; in feudalism, it’s your Count that votes.
A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
If you don’t pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet.
Some perks of getting old
There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
Things you buy now won’t wear out.You can eat supper at 4 pm.
You get into heated arguments about pension plans.
You can sing along with lift music.
Your eyes won’t get much worse.
Your secrets are safe with your friends – because they can’t remember them either.
Children’s parties
The main purpose of holding children’s parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own