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- Haymakers: Watch Wonders (93)
- Q.1 Does your life have a purpose? (20)
- Q.2 Are you an art lover? (46)
- Q.3 Do you have a good imagination? (19)
- Q.4 Have you ever wanted to stop the clock? (19)
- Q.5 Do you believe in fate? (12)
- Q.6 Do you believe in fairy tales? (11)
- Q.7 Have you dreamed of being a champion? (44)
- Q.8 Do you crave a better life? (4)
- Q.9 Do you feel in control of your life? (9)
- Q10 Have you ever seen a ghost? (11)
- Q11 Do you believe in justice? (17)
- Q12 Is our Earth enchanted? (48)
- Q13 Have you ever been mistaken for someone else? (4)
- Q14 Do you believe your stars? (2)
- Q15 Do you sometimes fear the worst? (24)
- Q16 Have you ever had a psychic experience? (5)
- Q17 Can you speak another language? (16)
- Q18 Do you let your heart rule your head? (12)
- Q19 Do you love hedgehogs? (4)
- Q20 Have your eyes ever deceived you? (61)
- Q21 Have you ever hugged a tree? (7)
- Q22 Do you love our Earth? FREE CHRISTMAS PRIZE DRAW! (16)
- Q23 Do you believe all the laws of physics? (15)
- Q24 Do you get enough time to yourself? (8)
- Q25 Do you believe in fairies? (4)
- Q26 Do you take poetry seriously? (7)
- Q27 Do you like gardening? (5)
- Q28 Have you ever lived in poverty? (10)
- Q29 Could you live without machines? (6)
- Q30 Did you ever watch the rain on your window? (3)
- Q31 Are you a charitable neighbour? (9)
- Q32 Are you afraid of the dark? (4)
- Q33 Do you believe in life after death? (7)
- Q34 Have you ever restored something? (5)
- Q35 Do you trust your instincts? (14)
- Q36 Should a good life cost the Earth? (15)
- Q37 Do you know how to have fun? (21)
- Q38 Have you built a house of cards? (3)
- Q39 Do you believe in magic? (30)
- Q40 Can you play a musical instrument? (23)
- Q41 Do you like surprises? (28)
- Q42 Do you enjoy drawing? (5)
- Q43 Do you believe in happy endings? (16)
- Q44 Is there anything worse than a fly at night? (6)
- Q45 Are you good at marbles? (3)
- Q46 Do you value a good education? (14)
- Q47 Do you know your history? (16)
- Q48 Have you ever played solitaire? (5)
- Q49 Do you ever think about the old days? (13)
- Q50 Do you miss someone you love? (3)
- Q51 Have you ever taken part in a protest? (12)
- Q51a How many people does it take to fill up the Earth? (3)
- Q52 Do you believe in miracles? (24)
- Q53 Do you prefer to keep warm? (6)
- Q54 Do you enjoy a bit of a mystery? (29)
- Q55 Do you believe in truth? (4)
- Q56 Do you believe rules are there to be broken? (12)
- Q57 Have you ever spied on anyone? (6)
- Q58 Do things happen for a reason? (37)
- Q59 Do you like surprises? (7)
- Q60 Have you ever experienced deja vu? (4)
- Q61 Have you ever worn fancy dress? (7)
- Q62 Have you ever helped the poor? (2)
- Q62a Is life logical? (4)
- Q63 Do you like the way you look? (1)
- Q65 Have you ever wished you could fly? (5)
- Q66 Do you have a favourite flower? (5)
- Q67 Have you ever decorated a tree? (2)
- Q68 Does the Earth have a spirit? (8)
- Q69 Do you put off to tomorrow what you could do today? (6)
- Q70 Do you like to look at the stars? (19)
- Q71 Is there something missing in your life? (1)
- Q72 Are you a good time keeper? (9)
- Q73 Do you like nursery ryhmes? (5)
- Q74 Do you like puzzles? (10)
- Q75 Have you ever put on a show? (40)
- Q76 Are you going to take action now to save our world? (34)
- Q78 Do you want to be part of the picture? (15)
- Q79 Have you ever looked into the shadows? (13)
- Q80 Have you ever searched for buried treasure? (5)
- Q80a Do you keep a diary? (4)
- Star Question - what happened to the blue ribbon? (6)
- Uncategorized (7)
- 04/01/2009: Whitten's miracle leap
- 01/01/2009: Revolutionary Road
- 25/12/2008: Eartha Dies
- 21/12/2008: Hallelujah
- 14/12/2008: Bush in Boots!
- 12/12/2008: Full Moon Close-Up <> The Day the Earth Stood Still!
- 04/12/2008: Riddle of Giant Rock Sculptures
- 03/12/2008: Smiley face in the night sky <> March of the Invader Ants!
- 02/12/2008: World Wrestling Entertainment: Britney Spears versus Billie Shears
- 14/11/2008: Prince Charles' 60th birthday
The Haymakers Survey
Archive for 22/09/2008
Another ‘Year without a Summer’ <> Are the coins genuine? <> Bird species decline
22/09/2008 by admin.
Summer? What summer? The season officially ended yesterday - in an ironic blaze of sunshine. But the warm weather could not save this year’s summer from a place in the worst top ten on record. There was 14 inches of rain and 464 hourse of sunshine - 7% less than the average. As mentioned earlier on our ‘Watch’ August was a particularly gloomy month. The poor weather was blamed on a jet-stream of fast winds high over Britain which blocked warm weather arriving from Southern Europe. All very interesting given Mary Shelley’s role in our story and the reference to ‘A year without a summer’ which led to her writing the famous Frankenstien story.
Meanwhile, the number of fake £1 coins in circulation has doubled over the past 5 years, and now stands at nearly 30 million. A Survey conducted by the Royal Mint revealed some 2% of £1 coins are now fake. There are ways to tell a forgery from the real thing, you just need to know what you’re looking for. This curious to us given our discovery of coins from the Maundy Ceremony and Julia’s observation, “Are the coins genuine?’ Coincidence?
And finally, habitat loss is contributing to the worldwide decline of populations of common birds, with Birdlife International reporting fa fall in numbers of 45% of Europe’s common birds. Farmland birds were the worst affected with the number of European Turtle Doves falling by 79%. The study shows that environmental degregation is having a major impact, not just on birds but on bio-diversity in general. Readers may recall how Emma Isola and Ralph Emerson sing a lament to the newly weds, Captain Lewin and Lady Katharine on Christmas Eve, which is all about two Turtle Doves!
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