America. Land of opportunity. Baby

America. Land of opportunity.

Baby monitors recalled–rechargeable battery can cause the monitor’s “parent” unit to smoke and flame. Bean bags recalled. The bean bags contain small polystyrene beads that present suffocation and strangulation hazards to young children who may inhale the small beads. Monsters, Inc. book recalled. The snap that secures the book could detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Folding chairs recalled. Some of the legs on these chairs were mis-assembled by the installer and a piece of the chair could be bent out of shape. This can allow the chair to collapse during use causing consumers to suffer injuries from falls. Erasers recalled. The erasers resemble Halloween items such as pumpkins, skulls, bats and ghosts and because of their bright colors and size could be mistaken for candy. Futons recalled–the boric acid flame retardant inside the futons may not have been evenly disbursed. This could result in burn injuries, should one of these futons catch fire.

Pillows recalled! Infant pillows and cushions have been banned under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act because they pose a potential suffocation hazard to infants.

Kan iemand mij vertellen waarom er nergens GUNS RECALLED te vinden is? Iemand?

En mensen die Atomz Express

En mensen die Atomz Express is traag. Hij heeft er bijna een uur over gedaan om 151 pagina’s te crawlen, gelukkig was het indexeren een stuk sneller. Réultat des courses:

The last index of your web site index completed 12 seconds ago. It took 52 minutes to crawl 151 pages and index 151 pages containing 64442 words for a total of 4613964 bytes. 8253 word endings, 0 synonyms, and 8461 sound-alike words were included in the index.

Ik ga eens proberen een

Ik ga eens proberen een Atomz search toe te voegen aan deze pagina’s. Ben het een beetje beu dingen niet meer te weten staan.

Ik moet zeggen dat ik de mannen van Atomz niet goed snap. Volgens mij zijn ze gestopt met gratis zoeken aan te bieden, wan ik vind nergens nog links naar Atomz Express. Maar als ik inlog met mijn oude gegevens, geraak ik zonder probleem binnen op mijn account, waar nu al twee betalende dingen op staan, en kan ik gewoon een Express toevoegen. Weird.

O ja, ik ben vanmiddag,

O ja, ik ben vanmiddag, voor mijn shopping spree in de FNAC, foto’s gaan afhalen. Mijn eerste prints van digitale camera-foto’s. Dat valt nog serieus mee.

En men kan ook foto’s bestellen op groot formaat, en in puzzelvorm en alles. Ik denk dat ik al weet wat ik ga geven aan een aantal mensen voor nieuwjaar.

Ooooo spijtig. Angus Deayton verlaat

Ooooo spijtig. Angus Deayton verlaat Have I Got News For You. Heel heel erg spijtig.

Have I Got News For You – Angus Deayton

The BBC and Hat Trick productions, the makers of Have I Got News For You, have asked Angus Deayton to step down as host of BBC ONE’s satirical news quiz with immediate effect.

It is felt by all concerned that continuing stories in the media about Angus’ private life have made him the subject of headlines rather than a commentator on them. This has made his position as host of the topical news quiz untenable. [BBC]

Tja. Meer informatie hier, hier en hier. Als ze hem toch moeten vervangen, dat ze dan John Sergeant pakken. Of Stephen Fry. Neen: Stephen Fry. Definitely.

Interessant artikel over London Bridge:

Interessant artikel over London Bridge:

In 1176, it became obvious to just about everybody that no more Vikings were going to come sailing up the Thames to tear down bridges, and the time had come to build a permanent bridge in stone. The good brothers appointed Peter of Colechurch as the builder, and Henry II thought well enough of the idea to levy a tax on wool products to help pay for it. (This tax led to the legend that the foundations of the bridge were laid on bales of wool).

The bridge was actually built on nineteen piers in the river. Each pier was formed by driving a ring of elm piles into the riverbed, filling the area inside with rubble, and then laying a floor of oak beams over the result. Additional piles were driven in to surround the pier with a protective structure called a “starling” or “sterling.”

The bridge was possibly the strangest major bridge to be built in medieval times. It was completely asymmetrical. Of its twenty arches, no two were identical. Nobody knows why. It could be that Peter had to locate the bridges piers where the riverbed was firmest, and ended up shifting each pier a few feet this way or that to build on the firmest ground. Or perhaps he designed each arch based on how much building material he had at the time. [Dragonwing]

Voor de rest op die website: tientallen artikels over tenten, en paviljoenen, en accessoires voor in tenten. Middeleeuwse tenten. Yep.