An Age of Magic

Solar storm!

If it happens this could be one spectacular tempest! imagine sheets of brilliant orange racing across the horizon of southern England with pillars of incandescent green writhing like gigantic serpents across the skies…

No, it is not a Hollywood disaster film, it is a solar superstorm and it could very well plunge our world into complete darkness in a matter of hours.

While this artist’s impression certainly looks stunning I am sure the real event will frighten the life out of most of us – mobile phones will cease to work, the internet will grind to a halt and die.
No television, satellites or radio transmission either. Sounds serious…but what a reason to buy a camcorder!

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A dress made from bottles…!

Well, the other day I bought one of those supermarket carry bags – the recycled type – and was fascinated to see that it was made out of recycled plastic bottles. It looked and felt totally different to the original materials believe me!

Now get ready for this!

Designers from Debenhams have come up with a £55 trouser suit that is made entirely from recycled plastic bottles – would you wear it…?

The bottles, which would otherwise have been destined for landfill sites, are cleaned and have their labels removed before being ground down into chips which are melted at a plant in Taiwan.  The mixture is then refined and woven into a soft but hard-wearing type of polyester.  Around 50 are used in each suit and looks totally natural.

It took 12 months to create the suit – how many of us though are THAT into the eco-thing…

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Vacations are easier now than in Whicker’s time

I have been watching the recent travel shows of Alan Whicker who was the pioneer of todays modern travel shows. How times have changed.

Back when he was doing his shows in the 60’s and 70’s booking a cross America trip was an arduous ordeal; today you just use a system like Westgate and they do everything for you in one hit.

I like what Whicker has been saying about todays batch of travel presenters and he is correct. His shows were full of information and culture – today a presenter only has to look good in a bikini to get a job presenting a travel show!

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