I Quit......31 May was NO TOBACCO DAY!Smoking can be considered to be one of the most insidious forms of warfare that the world has ever known. It is in reality a form of warfare waged against our health, whether we like to admit it or not. The problem here of course, is that its casualties are basically willing to partake in what was once considered to be a "cool" form of behaviour. They are compliant and largely unaware that they are willing victims in this global practice!Since its introduct

Given all the St Patrick's Day celebrations recently I thought some of you might appreciate this modern humorous rendition by a cartoonist of the good Saint's trials and tribulations when he drove the snakes out of Ireland!Those of us who have been on long motorcar trips with children will identify with this situation!

Dear W.A. family I thought you might enjoy having a chuckle or two so don't worry about the title, this blog, though literally "down-to-earth", is just a little bit of light-hearted relief, the kind of joke that archaeologists keep in their repertoire! Enjoy! An archaeologist was digging in the Negev Desert in Israel and came upon a casket containing a mummy. After examining it, he called the curator of a prestigious natural-history museum. "I've just discovered a 3,000 year-old mummy of a man