My kids are very keen on having pets. We thought about fish, rabbits, mice, but none lit our fires. We did have a beautiful Abyssinian cat, but I had to give him away because he was a wanderer, and because both my son and my boyfriend were allergic to him, and my daughter was allergic [...]
I occasionally look for articles from the past and read them in the light of what has been happening recently. Today I found an article from 1997. It was written shortly after the conviction of the company chairman and finance director of MTM, a British chemical manufacturing company. They were jailed for false accounting and [...]
The SPCA reports a substantial increase in abandoned pets since the start of this year. With the recession digging in, people are looking at ways of making savings. Unfortunately, the household pet may just be made redundant.
When faced with a mountain of bills and no job, it is understandable that a man may turn to [...]
A growing issue for governments and environmental agencies is the disposal of electronic waste. Unsafe disposal methods are a health hazard, leading to leaching from landfills, or air pollution through incineration. The alternative is reuse or recycling, promoted by environmental agencies.
In an earlier post I wondered about the average number of personal computers per household. [...]