The weather is beautiful and I´ve enjoyed my show. John Christian was my special guest and we talked about the great times they had in the sixties on Tyneside. Sam popped in from Coast to Coast to say hello and Stuey Lee Lewis joined us for a nice cup of coffee. Tomorrow is the walk for ´Help the Heroes’ from Alfaz del Pi to Benidorm and I´ll be speaking with Stuey en route.
Baby DVDs don’t lead to little Einsteins
If you want to raise a boob, then just park that diaper- clad butt in front of the tube. And no amount of educational videos can do anything to change the fact that TV is not going to raise a sharp, well-adjusted kid for you.
One new study found that a popular DVD series that’s supposed to help kids learn to talk is a complete sham.
Researchers monitored 96 infants and babies under 2 years old. Some were randomly assigned to watch Baby Wordsworth DVDs for six weeks, while others formed a control group.
The TV-watching babies didn’t learn more words, didn’t learn faster and didn’t do better than the tots in the control group, according to the study in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Other studies have found that babies who watch “educational” videos actually learn fewer words and score lower on tests, too.
But hey, it beats hiring a babysitter, right?
It’s not just the tots, either. Hours in front a TV or computer can take its toll on older kids as well. Another new study in that same journal showed that TV-watching teens have a harder time forming emotional bonds with their parents. That’s no real shocker. After all, that’s already enough of a challenge at that age. Throw in time spent on computer, and you can kiss those emotional bonds goodbye.
According to the study, for each daily hour spent watching TV, the risk of low attachment increases by 4 percent, and for each daily hour on the computer, it ups the odds by another 5 percent.
Kids who did homework and enjoyed reading, on the other hand, were more likely to have higher levels of attachment to their parents, according to New Zealand researchers.
If you have a kid, unplug the tube and keep it that way throughout childhood — and whatever you do, don’t ever put a television in a child’s room.
Raising Cain over raising kids,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
Yorkshire Jokes
Yorkshire man takes his cat to the vet. Yorkshireman: “Ayup, lad, I need to talk to thee about me cat.” Vet: “Is it a tom ?” Yorkshireman: “Nay, I’ve browt it wi’ us.”
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A Yorkshireman’s dog dies and as it was a favourite pet he decides to have a gold statue made by a jeweller to remember the dog by. Yorkshireman: “Can tha mek us a gold statue of yon dog?” Jeweller: “Do you want it 18 carat?” Yorkshireman: “No I want it chewin’ a bone, yer daft begger!”
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A Yorkshireman’s wife dies and the widower decides that her headstone should have the words “She were Thine” engraved on it. He calls the stone mason, who assures him that the headstone will be ready a few days after the funeral. True to his word the stone mason calls the widower to say that the headstone is ready and would he like to come and have a look. When the widower gets there he takes one look at the stone to see that it’s been engraved “She were Thin”. He explodes – good grief, man, you’ve left the flamin’ “e” out! The stone mason apologises and assures the poor widower that it will be rectified the following morning. Next day comes and the widower returns to the stone mason – “There you go sir, I’ve put the “e” on the stone for you”.. The widower looks at the stone and then reads out aloud – “E, She were Thin”.
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Bloke from Barnsley with a sore backside asks chemist “Nah then lad, does tha sell arse cream?” Chemist replies “Aye, Magnum or Cornetto?”
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Thanks to Sheenagh for the following………..
The Alphabet
A’s for arthritis;
B’s the bad back,
C’s the chest pains,
Perhaps car-d-iac?
D is for dental decay and decline,
E is for eyesight, can’t read that top line!
F is for fissures and fluid retention,
G is for gas which we’d rather not mention.< /P>
H High blood pressure–We’d rather it low;
I For incisions with scars you can show.
J is for joints, out of socket, won’t mend,
K is for knees that crack when they bend.
L ‘s for libido, what happened to sex?
M is for memory; we forget what comes next.
N is neuralgia, in nerves way down low;
O is for osteo, bones that don’t grow!
P for prescriptions. We have quite a few,
Just give us a pill and we’ll be good as new!
Q is for queasy, is it fatal or flu?
R is for reflux, one meal turns to two.
S is for sleepless nights, counting our fears,
T is for Tinnitus; bells in our ears!
U is for urinary; troubles with flow;
V for vertigo, that’s ‘dizzy,’ you know.
W for worry, NOW what’s going ’round?
X is for X-ray, and what might be found.
Y for another year we are left here behind,
Z is for zest WE still have — in OUR minds.
We’ve survived all the symptoms, our body’s deployed, and
We’re keeping twenty-six doctors fully employed.
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Word of the Day
la pista pee’-stah (noun)
road, track, trail; court (tennis, squash); clue, hint
EXAMPLES
Siguen la pista del asesino. – They are on the killer’s track.
¿Me das una pista para este rompecabezas? – Will you give me a hint for this puzzle?
For more information and examples, visit the SpanishDict.com entry for la pista.
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Music Stuff March 27th
1958, CBS records announced the invention of stereophonic records.
1959, English pianist Russ Conway UK No.1 with ‘Side Saddle.’
1964, The British invasion continued to make it’s way around the world with The Beatles having the top six positions on the Australian pop chart.
1965, The Supremes scored their fourth US No.1 single with ‘Stop! In The Name Of Love.’
1967, Fats Domino played his first ever UK date at London’s Saville Theatre, supported by The Bee Gees and Gerry And The Pacemakers.
1967, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello award for ‘Michelle’, the most performed song in the UK in 1966.
1968, The Beatles were UK No.1 with ‘Lady Madonna’
1972, Elvis Presley recorded what would be his last major hit, Burning Love
1982, former Small Faces and Faces bass player Ronnie Lane was admitted to hospital for treatment for multiple sclerosis
1982, The Goombay Dance Band, the second German act to score a UK No.1, (Kraftwerk being the first) scored their only UK No.1 with ‘Seven Tears’
1987, U2 performed from the roof of a store in downtown LA to make the video for ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’ bringing traffic to a standstill. The police eventually stop the shoot.
1993, Hot Chocolate UK No.1 ‘Their Greatest Hits’ album.
1997, The Spice Girls UK No.1 single with ‘Mama / Who Do You Think You Are.’
2000, Singer, songwriter, poet and actor, Ian Dury died after a long battle with cancer aged 57.
2001, Christina Aguilera signed an U.S. sponsorship deal with Cola-Cola, only a month after Britney Spears signed a deal to promote Pespi.
2005, Tony Christie started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with the ‘Definitive Collection’.
2008, X Factor winner Leona Lewis became the first British woman to top the US pop chart for more than 20 years with her single ‘Bleeding Love.’
Birthday Boys and Girls March 27th
1934,Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer
1950, Tony Banks, keyboards, Genesis
1970, Mariah Carey, singer. Carey is named after ‘They Call The Wind Mariah’ from the musical ‘Paint Your Wagon’.
