I have had my Mondeo company car for a little while now but have not been seeing substantially better fuel performance than I was getting with the Volvo XC90 which is a much heavier car with a larger engine. Typically I was coming in at around 35mpg. Various reviews suggested I should be getting at …
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Stocking the fish tank
We have stocked the large tank with our first tropical fish. A mixture of Black Neon Tetra, Glolight Tetra, and Platy.
Fish tank surface area and geometry
In order to figure out how many fish you can have, you have to figure out the surface (water) area of your tank. Easy with a rectangular tank, but we have a corner unit.
32% of girls self-harm
A radio programme I caught for a while yesterday advised that around 32% of girls self-half at some point in their school life. I spoke to my eldest last night who assured me that this was about right from her experience. She said that over the years many of her friends had self-harmed. We went …
Phew, what a drive
Must be something about following a bank-holiday but the journey down this morning was not fun. I got up early with the hope of getting in before 9am to address some critical defects but the journey ending up taking 5 hours. Main problem was lower part of M40 had had an accident at some point …
Keeping fish
Starting out on the journey of fish keeping. We now have a small starter aquarium for the bedroom and a larger more substantial setup for the lounge that we are just starting to prepare.