Peggy's Antiquated Recipes

Have a look at some truly awful recipes from the past.

Where's Santa Deliana when you need her?

Flickr Postcard Browser

This is quite nice - type in some random words and this page will display a heap of pictures that have been tagged with the words in Flickr - cool

Effect of fluoridation of water on teeth

Now I thought Fluoride was supposed to be good for your teeth, but now it turns out it's not

So did all those water companies and toothpaste manufacturers lie to us in order to keep dentists in business - the bastards

Hours of fun and laughter for your children

What do you get the child who has everything??

How about a doll that simulates a baby hooked on drink and drugs and goes through nightly cold turkey.

"The dolls simulate the appearance of babies born with foetal alcohol syndrome and addicted to drugs
They shake and scream as they go through withdrawal and teenagers in the area will be asked to look after them single handedly for two nights…

… Linda Porter, from the charity on Teesside, said: "They are very much thinner than the normal baby doll, the chest is very caved in and internal organs are a lot smaller and the drug baby goes through withdrawal symptoms …

… Ms Porter said: "The teenagers beg quite often but the dolls can't be turned off.

"You can tell young people many times about the effects of drugs and drink and then they are given these babies and see the effects for themselves."

Sounds like a laugh a minute. Guess we won't be needing tiny tears any more

Say hello to Frankenmouse

Scary scientists in the US are planning to breed mutant mice with human brains…

Well, nearly - they have already succeeded in breeding mice with approx 1% human brain cells now they are planning to produce mice with 100% human brain cells to better understand the development of brain disorders such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimers.

The ethics of it are a bit cloudy, let alone possible worries should any of these animals get loose in the wild.

"Should two such 'chimera mice' mate, it could lead to the nightmarish scenario of a human embryo trapped in a mouse's womb. William Cheshire, a neurology professor from the Mayo Clinic in Florida and a Christian activist, has called for a ban on any research that destroys a human embryo to create a new organism."

100 and 1 uses for an ASBO

Britain, it seems, is in love with issuing ASBOs to people to stop them engaging in antisocial behaviour. The BBC has a list of ASBOs and threatened ASBOs.

My favourite is the Scotsman who has been banned from Tesco garages for sniffing petrol fumes and dancing around the forecourt.

Brian Taylor, 36, terrorised staff and customers after cutting pipes, sniffing petrol and dancing unnervingly. His habit of slashing hoses didn't particularly help his case after customers ended up soaked in fuel.

Dances unnervingly … what on earth could that be?

Take that you no-good bio-pirates

Nice to see there's been a big setback for bio-pirates, those companies that raid traditional knowledge and patent anything worthwhile.

The European Patent Office has disallowed a patent on the medicinal properties of the Neem plant

But the Indian government successfully argued that the medicinal neem tree is part of traditional Indian knowledge.

The winning challenge comes after years of campaigning and legal efforts against so-called "bio-piracy".

Leading the campaign in the neem case was the EU Parliament's Green Party, India-based Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE) and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM).

This historic precedent must be further developed

Linda Bullard, IFOAM
"Denying the patent means upholding the value of 'traditional' for millions of [people] not only in India but throughout the South. The free tree will stay free," said RFSTE director, Dr Vandana Shiva.

How arrogant can you get??

Over 100 Microsoft MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) have signed an online petition that demands Redmond resume development and support of "classic" Visual Basic, a-k-a VB6.

This is because VB7 or .Net as it knows breaks all the programs written on earlier versions of VB.

Interesting that if Microsoft is this casual with it's most valuable professionals, how's it gonna treat the rest of us.

If any of these professionals had any sense they'd look to see if there's an open source alternative and ditch Microsoft for good

Listen to a serial killing whacko

Here's some nice light audio to fall asleep to. Serial killer Ted Bundy talking to the police

Have a look at the picture what I drew

Ah, innit lovely - what a right Leonardo