Ready to go, boots and all
I was walking past a fire station in New Zealand and noticed that next to each truck was a series of boots, through which the trousers were already threaded. A...
A Prescription for Change
Chief Reporter with ‘The Australian’ newspaper in Queensland, Mr Tony Koch, wrote a book called, ‘A Prescription for Change: The Terry White...
Beware the back-door tax audit
Did you know that there are bin-collectors who could rummage through your rubbish and sell its contents to your competitors? Such collectors have been around for...
No more banging at hotels
They don’t make hotels like they used to. Gone are the days of double-brick solid walls that contained the noise where it belonged. Sure, the very old hotels...
A man with a spray can
There is a phrase called ‘after market’ which refers to ideas and gadgets (known as plug-ins and widgets in computer terms) that people think of, for...
What time do you mean?
I just noticed, for the first time in all my years of travel, that Virgin has added a conversion to their scheduled departure. For decades, airlines have issued...
Michel’s Patisserie reaching high
I do a lot of flying, and I always request a window seat (I do wish that the windows were larger, and cleaner, but that’s another story). Every time I fly...
Big fat idea
Nothing beats show-and-tell. If you really want to talk about a subject, you need to make sure that the students fully understands each concept. When speaking...
How to make a buck
A small internet cafe owner solved a common problem. Patrons at his store often asked if they could borrow a pen. Over time, he lost a lot of pens. Those that...
Power plugs that don’t stick out
Once upon a time, power plugs were all relatively the same size and shape. As we acquired additional gadgets, from electronic photo frames to mobile phone, we...
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