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I used the free podcasts from Coffee Break Italian. They're very good. https://coffeebreaklanguages.com

Heart Radio in the UK are running a competition whereby they give you an opportunity to take an amount of money now (minimum £500, but so far has ranged from £2,000 to £7,000) or f…

Over the years I’ve seen a couple of fascinating applications with powdered additive manufacturing. Living metal - powdered metal parts with bacteria ‘in the gaps’. Activated with …

Or maybe a modern car and a classic car? I have a classic car and a few classic motorcycles. Great fun, easy to work on, parts are cheap, no MOT, no road tax, and low insurance pre…

FreeAgent, it’s awesome.

I'm English. A couple of years ago I started learning Italian by listening to podcasts (Coffee Break Italian) and reading children's books. I then travelled to Assisi to try it out…

They’ve also significantly reduced the materials consumed over the years. Cigarettes went from 8.6mm diameter to 8.5, 8.4, 7.9. Introduced slims 7.1, superslims 5.4. They started e…

Quite right. The production facilities do tend to shift to less expensive regions for labour too though, which does increase the impact. The first factory was in the UK, the second…

I used to design and build high speed packaging machinery. When I started my apprenticeship in the late 90's I saw machine lines running at 6000 units per minute with 3-4 operators…

I've got the new Hyundai Ioniq with adaptive cruise control and lane assist. Last weekend I drove 160 miles with both enabled for the first time. I just found it shifted my focus. …

I second this. Mindfulness meditation is really easy to pick up and has worked a treat for me.

A purchase order-o-matic would be a great addition too.

I'd like a single insurance policy to cover me for everything, driving my car, riding my motorbike, health care, critical illness, theft/damage of my possessions or property etc. I…

Re: "not sure if there's any science in this". Brain rules by John Medina ISBN 9780979777707 provides compelling evidence that you're probably thinking along the right lines. An in…