Author RSSWhat is an MOT and why is it essential?
In the UK it is a legal requirement to have an MOT certificate in order to drive a car on public roads. MOT stands for Ministry of Transport which is the name for an old branch of the government which was in charge of all things transport. Despite the dep...
Which is the Best Orientation for Windows?
Whether you are a painter, a gardener, a light sleeper, or have a big screen TV, when buying, redesigning or building a house you will want to know which way the windows are facing. The orientation of your house and its windows may well have a bearing on ...
Make Moving Day Easier– Help is at Hand
Moving House is a very stressful and time consuming thing to do, but for anyone wanting to move house, it is an inevitable task. Following on from ‘Make Moving Day Easier with these Top Tips - Part One', here is ‘Part Two' of this guide to help make y...
The 5 Fastest Ways to Get Around Town
You've got 20 minutes to get across town. Your wife's gone into labour, you have a crucial meeting, you have front row tickets for the opera, the last iPhone is available, David Jason has been spotted, or there is a free ticket to the World Cup going spar...
How to come up with a Good Password
With much of our lives online these days, security is an important issue. You can do your banking online, you can keep all your email correspondence on your Hotmail or Gmail account, your buying habits can be tracked on Amazon or eBay, you can receive all...
What do you do in your Garage?
As car body and paint work gets more reliable and more resistant to the elements, and car security becomes further and further advanced. It is becoming less and less necessary or people to keep their vehicles in the garage. The inconvenience of having to ...
Simple Outdoor Game for Groups of Children
With the summer brings many opportunities for playgroups, nurseries, play schemes, primary schools and large family groups to get their groups of children out into the warm sunny great outdoors. Now that winter is well and truly behind us, there is no nee...
Scottish Celebrations for Burns Night and St Andrew’s Night
Around the world, people take the opportunity to celebrate Scottish music and culture in these events as well as enjoy traditional Scottish food.
St Andrew's Night
St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, and St Andrew's Day is celebrated on the...
Be Prepared for a Flat Tyre. It Could Happen to You
As a driver there are many things which can happen that involve testing your skills above and beyond those that arise in the standard Highway Code. The least common might involve such things as a deer driving a double-decker bus down the wrong side of the...
What does your Front Door say about you?
We've all got one, (unless you live in a skip), and it will no doubt be adorned with a knocker or a bell, will probably have a letter box and a number, and most likely will have some kind of handle. Your front door is in many circumstances the first impre...
SEO Traffic Takes a Downer on Google Redesign
As I'm sure most web users will have noticed Google has recently underwent a bit of a redesign. With the vast majority of web users opting for the goliath of the search engine world most of us have noticed the change, not least Search Engine Optimisers. A...
The Moustache is Back
It is an exciting time in the world of facial hair, because the moustache is back. Having been a style symbol since the invention of rocks, men (and some women) have been shaping, trimming, curling, twisting, combing, preening and simply growing their fac...
What would the world be like without cash?
Since the dawn of mankind people have been trading, swapping, buying, selling and occasionally stealing. Commerce has been around since the first caveman first wanted the second caveman's rock. This sort of deal would have initially resulted in some sort ...
Why People have Phobias of Dentists
There are a lot of names for all of the phobias out, some pretty common like arachnophobia (the fear of spiders, and some a little more bizarre like pogonophobia (the fear of beards). Rumour has it that Margaret Thatcher possibly suffered from this condit...
Is Archery Making a Comeback?
It was more than a couple of hundred years ago when archery was truly popular in Britain. The fact is that it was always a weapon of war and much of its decline can be put down to the evolution of guns as a more accurate and easy to use alternative. Howev...