Les Armitage: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01
Well summers coming isn’t it? # Damp an warm Ian. When is summer to return in the UK: when? # Starting the stuff for tomorrow. Several meetings at home. Looks like a busy week on the way and that good… # Planted 4 tomato plants at the start of summer. Several varieties. Anyone want some [...]
The latest Big Mac index suggests the euro is still overvalued!
Ask western policymakers how they intend to squeeze growth from their sluggish economies and most pin their hopes on higher exports. That makes exchange rates an especially sensitive topic. A weaker currency improves the competitiveness of a country by making exports cheaper. It also encourages domestic consumers to switch from expensive imports to domestic goods. The [...]
Les Armitage: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25
Well that was a great lunch party. Arrived 1330. Paella. Wine. Eaton Mess. Just left. The rain managed to hold off. 1915 Gone. # Bit tired now. Off to London tomorrow; there and back. Weekend has flown therefore I guess I’m enjoying myself # Morning. London today. Into sales today. Good news for me. Poor [...]
Not what you want on quiet afternoon
A couple watching whales from a sailboat got a close-up view when a southern white whale soared out of the water off Cape Town and landed on their boat, snapping the mast. This species of whale navigates by sound and has poor eyesight meaning it may have simply not heard the sailboat, which had its [...]
Anyone for some cheese; perhaps the nutty type?
US President Barack Obama may have to reconsider his decision to abandon plans to return to the Moon – it seems our closest galactic neighbour is still throwing up surprises. Last year, NASA’a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) dipped into a low orbit around the Moon and almost immediately returned results. Early in May, it found [...]
Has the Hermit Crab got the ability to learn?
The Hermit Crab grows inside until its shell is no longer able to accomodate it, then the crab leaves its shell and goes on to find a new bigger shell. It is at this time the grab is at its most vulnerable and prone to predators. Entity theorists think “I am smart at this” and [...]
