Reports in various newspapers show that the famous London store Harrods, may have been sold for £1.5 billion.

Harrods was purchased in 1985 for £615 million.

From a pure investment point of view, that is not a great return.

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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.  Mark Twain

There are many disadvantages to being forgetful, but one advantage that outweighs them all;  Forgetting what the disadvantages are.

Politeness costs nothing, but it is surprising … Read the rest

In the News today

1st April 2010

AFL to switch over to the Round Ball, from the traditional funny shaped ball.  Quote ” If AFL is to global, the ball needs to be round, AFL star Tom Harley says that

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From June 2010 The Times and The Sunday Times, in the UK, will be charging readers to access all online content.

Cost will be US$2 for a week, or US$1 for one day.

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The International Living magazine’s 30th annual survey of the ‘Best Countries to Live In’, is also known as the The Quality of Life Index.

Although France came number one in the overall rankings, these are the top Ten countries for … Read the rest

For years I have wondered about temperature and humidity, being told that it feels hotter than it actually is, and the reason is that the humidity is high, and it is therefore actually hotter than the temperature gauge says.

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This may be one of the most complex and contentious issues being discussed today, and has been for many years.

A BBC article, published on October 14, 1998, quoted this:

In the next 20 years, the report says, Britain is

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This page has been set up to document recent Austravel problems in their bookings to Australia from the UK.

Austravel arranges Travel from the UK to Australia, and is based in Bristol, England, with about 8 branches in the UK.… Read the rest

What is a refugee, and how many Refugees are there in the world ?

I have read that there are about 45 million, official UN confirmed, refugees in the world in 2009.

When looking at figures like that, it seems … Read the rest