Did I tell you about the friend who arriving late for the Pilates class (actually the same time as me-we were both late!) and realising that her leggings were on inside out, just scrambled to the back of the room and promptly stripped before changing them over?!!
Read in the paper this week a couple of interesting facts, for instance did you know that the 'average person' ( how do you know if you are average?) forgets things on 1,460 occasions every year....apparently. " we typically fail to remember four facts, items or events EVERY DAY" Only four?
Another very random fact that caught my eye was about woodlice, also called cheeselogs and pill bugs!! Anyway they are not insects but crustaceans,they breathe through gills which are attached to the swimming legs on their abdomen; moist tubes extract oxygen from the air but if submerged in water they can survive for about an hour. I can tell you are all riveted by this information so I shall go on....
Woodlice don't urinate, but expel waste through their shell in the form of ammonia vapour, and the best bit is they drink through their bottoms and eat anything from rotting vegetation to their own faeces !!!!
Now when the crossword clue comes up about woodlice you will retain that valuable info and be able to answer it, unless of course it's one of the four 'facts' that you've forgotten!
On a totally different subject, all of the in-laws (mum, dad and sister) are away in Italy , the choir are in a big singing competition , and I think so far have come 6th and third in their various categories. They are not back until Sunday so more singing tomorrow, I am sure they are also enjoying the delights of the Italian cuisine.
Lastly, I nearly had what turned out to be a very expensive sea swim today...jess and I went off to Bel Val, but it was too rough so I went to St Catherine's and had a lovely time splashing about in the waves. Duly got changed and came back home for lunch , made another cake this afternoon ready for the coffee morning I am hosting tomorrow here in aid of Macmillan. (Between 10-12, all welcome!!!!) it wasn't until I drove out later to meet a friend and walk the dog that I realised I did not have my sunglasses, they are very nice, old but quite expensive glasses so I panicked as couldn't remember bringing them back off the beach! Frantic call to son no 3, searched house couldn't see them, son no 2 drives up, I relayed my story, he kindly offers to go to beach ( fortunately tide was going out , not coming in!)and ......he found them, phew!! Ok so there is plenty of other things to stress over, but I was pretty upset about losing my glasses, guess that falls into the 'average losing stuff forgetting things group'!!
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