John Pannell's Weblog

Check you fruit first

Check your fruit before you eat. Just in case there is something horrible inside.  A London guy expected to find a tiny mouse rustling behind the TV in his apartment. Instead, he found a venomous giant centipede that somehow hitched a ride from South America to Britain.  (Photo AP)

My Funeral

According to www.deathclock.com my funeral will be shortly after Tuesday, July 10, 2035. When is yours? I wonder if I can sue them if they get it wrong?

What do you want to do with your life?

I found this website quite addictive. Great for setting goals and acknowledging when they have been completed. Useful advice from others achieving those same goals.

www.43things.com

Colourful Spicy Food

Keep away from colourful spicy food. The UK Food Standard Agency is warning of a number of supermarket products that have been contaminated with an illegal dye. Apparently this is a Europe wide problem. The best thing to do is to use natural spices and cook your own food. More detail - http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2005/may/parared

75,000 Professional Beer Drinkers

I'm glad I am one of the professionals.

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today revealed that it signed up its 75,000 member in National Pubs Week, three quarters of the way to hitting their target of 100,000 members by 2007.

Why don't you join?

Help save £20,000,000,000

BT suggests that flexible working and staggered commuting times, the ability to work from home and increased take-up of online shopping could make a major contribution to an issue which the CBI estimates costs the UK £20bn a year.

For me I rarely use my car for work, opting to walk and use public transport. Doing this gives me about 4 miles of walking each day which is good for my health as well as the environment. What do you think?

Too Much Salt?

How much food do you take? When I eat I never add salt. Even in cooking I rarely add salt unless it is part of the recipe. Friends who visit me always moan of lack of salt in my food. In the UK more than 26m people eat too much salt. Read BBC report.

Gut Week

Be careful what you eat and look after your gut. Gut Week promotes awareness of digestive health. Did you know that 1 in 8 of all admissions , and 1 in 4 main operations in UK general hospitals are connected with digestive problems. Eat a healthy diet and most importantly, don’t ignore symptoms.

Dublin today, where next?

I was very pleased to hear that Dublin is following other worldwide cities in banning smoking in pubs. This is the first city in Europe - where next? Smoke free at work should also follow across Europe.

Non Smoking Day

March 10th is Non Smoking Day in the UK. Smokers take note (please).