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May NO. 11
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In This Month’s Issue When will they ever learn? Page 4 Britain definitely has talent, but... Page 5 Out of the mouth’s of babies. Page 18 Mobile phones, what you didn’t know. Page 28 The perfect reason to be a Boro fan. Page 30
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It’s been a funny old month! The dust clouds that grounded most of Europe have finally drifted elsewhere and we can all get back to normal – for the time being anyway. The build up to the General Election has been a bit of a surprise with American style leaders’ debates giving the Liberal Democrats an unprecedentedly high popularity rating thanks to Nick Clegg’s performances. And finally another round of ‘Britain’s got talent’ is throwing up its usual selection of idiots and genuine talent. Actually, when you think about it, it’s all been pretty normal in this day and age because there’s very little left that surprises us anymore. Perhaps that could change if the new Government (and at the time of writing it’s impossible to say who that will be) comes up with a manifesto that includes making the price of petrol affordable to everyone. Yeah, dream on! Have a good month.
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When will they ever learn? The most important thing about writing for a publication that is being delivered unsolicited to people’s homes is to remain as impartial as possible. That is why views or preferences for a particular political party should never be expressed. Since there appears to be absolutely no difference in their collective attitudes towards the use of fuel duty, however, we feel justified in bringing up a subject that we feel sure most of our readers take very seriously indeed. Over the past thirty years there has been a continued rise in the tax charged on fuel and it’s difficult to remember – or even imagine – a budget where fuel was not increased for the benefit of the treasury. It seems incredible that supposedly intelligent people fail to take into account the overall effect such a move has on the cost of living and consequently the average man in the street. Their apparent ability to ignore the fact means that we are rapidly reaching a stage where the majority of people will be unable to travel – even to work - as easily as they do now. I have recently returned from a trip to Australia where I spent three wonderful weeks with my daughter who emigrated in 2005. Apart from the obvious attractions of a wonderful city like Melbourne, I also found it fascinating to compare living costs with home. Because a huge percentage of Australia is unmanageable desert many of their staple requirements need to be imported and that obviously makes the cost of things like food and clothing higher than ours. The big surprise, though, came the first time we pulled into a petrol station. Despite the overall cost of living being higher than the UK their unleaded petrol price was 1 dollar 20 cents (Australian.) That translates as a mere 78 pence per litre. At the moment even the large North East PAGE 4
supermarkets have almost reached £1-20. If the Australian government with a comparatively small taxpaying population can create fantastic road systems, marvellous inner city tram and rail systems, excellent educational programmes, wonderful parks and amazing sports facilities without literally robbing the motorist why do our government need to put such a burden on the taxpayer without producing the same high quality? Perhaps the answer lies in the stringent Australian immigration laws where people are only allowed in if they can prove they can make a significant contribution. The only time that is a requirement in this country is when premiership football clubs have to justify their signing of a player from outside the EU with evidence that he is an international footballer and therefore theoretically better than the people who are already here. I feel sure that adopting a similar attitude to the rest of the seemingly endless numbers wanting to settle in England could well be a vote winning item in anyone’s manifesto. It’s also pretty certain that if any of the parties was willing to state categorically that they would freeze the tax on petrol for the next five years and manage on the huge percentage they already enjoy they would be almost guaranteed to be the next government. We can but dream!
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You need to search through the layers, but Britain definitely has talent! That Britain has talent is an undeniable fact. That the programme of the same name is enormously popular is also undeniable. The reason for that popularity, however, remains an enigma.
If the evidence of the first show of the new series is anything to go by there must be some conviction among viewers that some of the contestants must be there just to win a bet. How else, for Perhaps the big problem instance, can you justify is that to actually unearth someone’s belief that the talent this country the Queen and her family obviously has in abundance would enjoy watching a man the viewing public has to sit drink copious amounts of through an assortment of fizzy liquid then try to belch talentless individuals whose the gases back melodically? only claim to fame is that That, in case you missed they are willing to forego any it, happened in the first respect they may have had episode of the new series. among their peers for the The perpetrator was, of rest of their lives. The only course, unceremoniously excuse that can be made and unanimously for many of them is that it is despatched. actually the aforementioned peers who have dishonestly Horrible as it sounds, convinced them that they though, therein lies the real really do have a singing success of the programme. voice. By the semi-final stage most
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Does it matter who earns the most? It has emerged over the last few years that in many modern households the female partner earns more than the male. (Not referring to ‘man and wife’ is intentional rather than an oversight because it is also a rapidly increasing phenomenon that the number of unmarried couples co-habiting is overtaking those that have actually ‘tied the knot.’)
But is this statistic all that surprising? In a recent article in one of the numerous women’s magazines now available it was fascinating to note that two female ‘celebrities’ differed wildly in their opinions. Anthea Turner, presenter and author of ‘How to be the perfect housewife’ quite clearly believed that men should earn more than their partners. ‘It makes perfect sense,’ she said, ‘that a man should be the major wage earner. It isn’t about feminism,’ she continued, ‘but the fact that there is something in a man’s DNA that makes him the ‘hunter/gatherer that wants to bring the carcass back to the lair. I think that men feel better earning more and that makes for a happier partnership. I know couples where the woman earns more than the man and they’re not comfortable in their relationships.’ In complete contrast former Daily Mirror editor Eve Pollard takes the feminist view. ‘Men like a certain amount of power in a partnership,’ she says, ‘but if a woman earns more the balance of power shifts. That’s not a necessarily bad thing. It’s fantastic to have the money for treats – if you earned it you can spend it.’ These are two entirely different points of view that perhaps reflect the real problems with modern relationships. The female desire to have individuality is a recent phenomenon and seems to totally overrule the real concept of a marriage. Let’s be honest, marriage where the man earns, the woman stays at home to rear the children, then everything else – including lifestyle decisions – are shared has been a successful concept for centuries. The success of that concept, however, relies on the male being as sharing as the female and not believing his income to be purely his own just because his name is on the paycheque. The modern relationship differs from that because expectations on both sides are higher. Sadly, it is the increased awareness of ‘how the other half lives’ that tends to raise the expectations – and consequently the disappointments – of many modern couples. The fact remains, however, that the happiest marriages are still true partnerships where decisions are made jointly, budgets are discussed and planned and whatever income is earned is used for the benefit of the family and not the individual! PAGE 8
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British TV at its best!
Following a low-key launch in 2007, family-focused BBC comedy Outnumbered has gone from strength to strength, from rave reviews to awards, and is now riding high. The adult stars of the show are Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner who play a father and mother outnumbered by their three children played by Tyger Drew Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez. The two have obviously never heard the expression ‘never work with animals or children’ because they have made a huge success of the show by standing back and letting the kids have all the really great lines. And that’s what makes this award winning comedy so good. The kids get to be centre stage without being brats. From the sevenyear-old academically competitive Karen to the ‘boisterous’ middle child Ben and the moody, mobile-addicted teenager Jake the kids are fantastic. When Karen, for instance, argues with her Dad that she’s only seven so is still learning whereas he’s ‘older’ so should’ve learnt not to lose his temper by now – there’s really no arguing with such logic. And Ben’s discussion with the vicar at a family wedding on why Jesus just didn’t
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just bash everybody and get down from the cross ‘because he could if he wanted’ must have made even the most intelligent theologian wonder a bit. And his reasoning about why lions are found in Trafalgar Square because ‘you don’t find lions in the fields in Kent’ makes you wonder about their significance as well. It’s fair to say that the part-improvised nature of ‘Outnumbered’, combined with the generous nature of the adult actors in letting the kids shine, is to thank for these gems. It allows the quirkiness of ‘kids’ stories’ to come through and create humour without seeming contrived. We all have those stories from our own kids/ nephews/nieces etc that seem so funny at the time you simply couldn’t make it up so these come across to most of us as perfectly acceptable and very, very realistic. Another advantage is that the show is filmed without a laughter track. Other family comedies like ‘My Family’ have deservedly picked up awards but they are an entirely different concept to ‘Outnumbered.’ They rely on older kids, and the parents are the stars who get themselves into increasingly bizarre situations. ‘Outnumbered’ is much more sedate. Taking the kids on a day out in London with harassed parents trying to stop each child running off in a geometrically opposed direction by merely talking to them is something that happens in real life every day. No laughter track, just a conversation with a child. It’s great that the new series is equally as good as the previous two so if you haven’t yet seen it, do yourself a favour. It’s exquisite!
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Redcar’s best kept secret.
Redcar’s best kept secret is in an old boathouse at the east end of the promenade.
It is the ‘Zetland’, the oldest lifeboat in the world, and this grand old lady sits there looking out over the scene of her past glories in what is now the Zetland Lifeboat Museum. She is very special and is on the National Register of Historic Vessels which lists existing vessels of our nation that are considered historic. This register comprises about 1200 names and from these a small select few have been placed in a 'core collection'. This special core is of preeminent national importance, reflecting the growth and development of our maritime history, and contains such as 'Mary Rose', 'HMS Victory', 'Cutty Sark', 'HMS Belfast' ….. and includes 'Zetland'. In March 1789 the’Adventure’ of Newcastle was wrecked in the mouth of the River Tyne. This incident with its loss of lives was witnessed by many and triggered a reaction against the constant dangers to seamen and effects on trade. A design competition was sponsored and a “lifeboat” capable of being launched and PAGE 14
returned across inshore surf was built. After about a decade of local use Henry Greathead, the boat builder, had his petition of invention accepted by Parliament and he completed 31 “lifeboats” that served around Britain and abroad. ‘Zetland’ was number 11 and is the only one to have survived. For this Henry Greathead received recognition and rewards from the government, institutions, the public and even foreign rulers. ‘Zetland’ was built at a cost of £200 that was raised by the local Redcar fisherfolk with the assistance of Lord Dundas and Rev. Y. Williamson. She came to Redcar on 7th October, 1802. The rocky coast there which was the scene of so many wrecks had need of such a boat, and there were plenty of brave and experienced volunteers to man her, She made her first rescue on 3rd December 1802 when she went to the aid of the ‘Sarah’ saving 6 men and then to ‘Friendship’ rescuing 9 men. It was reported in the Newcastle Chronicle afterwards that, “ about 23 fishermen were concerned in this very spirited undertaking and that the Redcar people are so fond of this boat that they said she is worth her weight in gold”. This double rescue was just eight weeks after her arrival at Redcar and she subsequently went on to many more rescues. In 1824 the RNLI came into existence and opened a station at Redcar in 1858, taking over the responsibility for ‘Zetland’. A new replacement boat was provided by the RNLI in 1864 but Redcar kept ‘Zetland’ on the
THE EYE MAGAZINE - MAY 2010 condition she was not used in competition against the new boat. The Redcar fishermen who had manned ‘Zetland’ still greatly appreciated her sea-going features. Over her long career of 78 years, ‘Zetland’ saved at least 500 people. There are many recorded calls for help but unfortunately not every launch was a success. In those days the lifeboatmen could only depend on their own strength and stamina to win through the seas and sometimes even this was not sufficient. ‘Zetland’ only ever lost one crewman. He was 41 year old William Guy, the bowman or pilot, who was swept overboard and drowned on Christmas Day, 1836. He was taken by the sea whilst trying to get a line to the crew of a Danish vessel off Redcar. The vessel was the ‘Caroline’ of Aalborg from South Shields. She had a cargo of coal and a crew of ten men aboard. The crew all perished and the ‘Caroline’ was wrecked opposite where the Coatham Hotel is now. The ‘Zetland’ was manned by 22 fishermen and pilots but despite that
was herself smothered in the sea and ran several hundred yards, lost from sight, to be washed ashore on Coatham Sands. On that occasion 19 of the 22 oars of ‘Zetland’ were dashed out of her crews hands by the huge waves.
In 1907 ‘Zetland’, no longer in use, was given a home in the Free Gardeners ‘Emma’ lifeboat house that had become available. This grade 2 listed building subsequently became teh Zetland Lifeboat Museum. The museum is also a Heritage Centre for Redcar and has many photograhs and memorabilia on display to recall the times when Redcar and Coatham were two seperate small fishing villages. These are displayed in the upstairs galleries. The museum will be open daily, excluding Mondays, from 1st May 2010 onwards from 10.00am to 4.00pm until the end of September. Entry into the museum is free. It is run and maintained by volunteer effort led by Mr E. Ransom the honorary curator, and new volunteers are always welcomed. The museum is also part of the RNLI Heritage Trust and raises funds that help RNLI to continue its charitable work of saving lives at sea. Go and see ’Zetland’ and when you do, bear in mind that the seasoned timbers that she was constructed from came from trees that were felled before the French Revolution and that she was saving lives before the Battle of Trafalgar. Courtesy of Zetland Lifeboat Museum.
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Out of the mouths of babes..... Despite the fact that fewer people these days are aware of the contents of the world’s most famous book, most should be amused at the slight anomalies in the following answers provided by children from a Catholic elementary school. These are genuine statements written by the children and have been neither retouched nor corrected. Misspellings have also been left in. Enjoy! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. PAGE 18
In the first book of the Bible, Guinesses, God got tired of creating the world so he took the Sabbath off. Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. Noah’s wife was Joan of Ark. Noah built the ark and the animals came on with pears. Lot’s wife was a pillar of salt during the day but a ball of fire during the night. The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with unsympathetic genitals. Sampson was a strongman who let himself be led astray by a Jezebel like Delilah. Sampson slayed the philistines with the axe of the apostles. Moses led the Jews to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients. The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert and afterwards Moses went up Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments The first commandment was when Eve told Adam not to eat the apple. The seventh commandment is thou shalt not admit adultery. Moses died before he ever reached Canada then Joshua led the Hebrews in the battle of Geritol. The greatest miracle in the bible is when Joshua told his son to stand still and he obeyed him. David was a Hebrew King who was skilled at playing the liar. He fought the Finklestines, a race of people who lived in Biblical times. Solomon, one of David’s sons had 300 wives and 700 porcupines. When Mary heard she was the mother of Jesus she sang the Magna Carta. When the three wise guys from the east arrived the found Jesus in the manager. Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate contraption. St John the Blacksmith dumped water on his head. Jesus enunciated the golden rule which was do unto others before they do one to you. He also explained a man does not live by sweat alone. It was a miracle when Jesus rose from the dead and managed to get the stone from the entrance. The people who followed the lord were called the twelve decibels. The epistles were the wives of the apostles. One of the oppossums was St Matthew who was also a taximan. St Paul cavorted to Christianity and preached Holy acrimony which is another name for marriage. Christians have only one spouse. This is called monotony.
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VERA BAIRD QC Working Hard for Redcar Constituency All Year Round
t a s e i c n a d dun e R y r o s l u N o Co m p ks! r o w l e e t S the Geoff Waterfield, Steelworks Union Chair: “Vera Baird has done a fantastic job with the campaign to save Corus. “She is never short in coming forward and fights our corner. ”Nearly 300 lads who would’ve been compulsorily redundant will now be paid to stay on and improve their skills instead. “We need Vera as our MP.”
Promoted by Sherie Murphy on behalf of Vera Baird QC both at 161 Oak Road, Redcar, TS10 1RD.
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It just had to be a Yorkshireman! We aren’t really sure why but to the outside world the general conception of a Yorkshireman is that he’s a dour humourless type who won’t part with his brass unless it’s really necessary. Those of us who know better realize that the main problem is that most people outside the county don’t really understand the accent or they would realize there is an awful lot of humour within the ridings. To demonstrate that fact we’ve put together a few stories that certainly made us laugh. They are, of course, best enjoyed when read in a broad Yorkshire accent! A Yorkshire couple are playing 'I spy' in the kitchen of their home. 'I spy with my little eye something beginning with T' said the husband. "Tea pot said the wife." 'Nay Lass!' "Tea towel." 'Nay Lass!' "Toaster." 'Nay Lass!' he said, drumming his fingers on the work top. "Oh I don't know" she said at long last "I give in" 'It's easy' he said. 'It's t'oven!' A Yorkshireman takes his cat to the vet. When it was his turn he says to the vet ‘I need to talk to thee about me cat.’ The vet said ‘is it a tom.’ The yorkshireman replied ‘nay lad, a’ve browt it wi’ me.’ A Yorkshire man’s dog dies and he decides to have a gold statue made by a jeweler to remember it by. He walked into the jeweller’s with a picture of his pet and said ‘can tha mek us a gold statue of yon dog?’ ‘Does tha want it 18 carat?’ asked the jeweler. ‘Nay yer daft bugger, I want it chewin a bone!’ A Yorkshire man'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, PAGE 20
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 – bloody 'ell man, you've left the flamin’ "e" out. The stone mason apologised and assured the poor widower that it would 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". Driving to work a Yorkshireman noticed an RAC patrolman sitting in his van sobbing uncontrollably. ‘Ey up,’ he thought. ‘That poor sod’s heading for a breakdown.’ A couple of cockneys are about to open a store in Leeds and are working on the décor. ‘I’ll tell you what,’ said the first. Any minute now some daft Yorkshireman is going to come in here and ask what we’re selling and I’m going to have some fun with him.’ Sure enough, Fred wanders in off the street and says ‘Hey up lads, what’s tha selling?’ The cockney grinned and said ‘we’re selling pillocks.’ ‘Tha’s doin’ well then,’ says Fred. ‘Only two left!’ A Yorkshireman was about to go on holiday so his mate says ‘Ee Fred, can tha bring me some fags back – 200 Benson & Hedges?’ ‘Aye’ said Fred. Two weeks later he comes back, meets his friend in the pub and says ‘I’ve got thee fags, Tha owes me £74-50.’ ‘Bloody hell, ‘says his mate. ‘Where did tha go for thee ‘olidays?’ ‘ Scarborough,’ says Fred.
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RECYCLE UPDATE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
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Great opportunity for rail enthusiasts May is giving rail enthusiasts the opportunity to ride behind a number of iconic engines, including the newlybuilt steam locomotive Tornado (engine 60163) as it makes its debut on the NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY. Tornado will be joining at least ten other engines for the Spring Steam Gala which started at the end of April and runs through next weekend from Friday, May 8, to Sunday, May 10. Among the line-up will be the streamlined A4 Pacific engine, 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, the imposing Schools Class Repton and North East engine 63395, otherwise known as a “Q6”. Tornado is a Peppercorn A1 class but, sadly, all of the original A1 engines were scrapped in the mid to late 1960s as part of
the transition by British Rail from steam to diesel traction. Built from scratch, at a cost of more than £3m, Tornado’s creation was guided by original plans from the National Railway Museum and much of the work was undertaken at Darlington. More details from www.nymr.co.uk
Icelandic coffee break humour While the Iceland volcano caused chaos around Europe, jokes have been the only thing flying about, about the ash cloud which has brought the UK to a standstill. Here are our top ten we heard. 1. Waiter, there’s volcanic ash in my soup. I know, it’s a no-fly zone. 2. Icelandic Volcano? I thought the dust was caused by some one cleaning Newcastle United‘s trophy cabinet! 3. I think it’s too soon to make jokes about the Icelandic volcano…we should at least wait until the dust settles. 4. Volcano in Iceland…What next Earthquake in ASDA? 5. Dear Iceland, We said send cash, not ash. PAGE 22
6. What do Cheryl Cole and the Iceland volcano have in common? They both chucked out ash. 7. Woke this morning to find every surface in the house covered in a layer of dust and a foul stench of sulphur in the air.... Yes, I’ve been married to that bone-idle slob for 20 years. 8. It was the last wish of the Icelandic economy that its ashes were spread all over Europe. 9. There’s no pleasing the English. The last time they got the Ashes they were over the moon. 10. Went outside today and got hit by a bag of frozen sausages, a chocolate gateau and some fish fingers. Someone said it's a fallout from Iceland.
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Front page gallery We are rapidly approaching the first anniversary since the launch of The Eye Magazine. It is an appropriate time to revisit some of our front cover pictures which serve to remind us that we can be very proud of the fact that we live in a truly beautiful part of the country. We would also like to thank all our readers who have submitted photographs for our front pages.
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If you would like to submit a photograph to be used on the front pages of our magazine please email us at contact:theeyemagazine.co.uk or visit www.theeyemagazine.co.uk
Soccer star nets money for Redcar RNLI For the second year running, Middlesbrough's centre back David Wheater has bagged money for the Redcar RNLI lifeboat station. Over the season, David's family and friends have donated money as a way of saying thank you to him for giving them the use of a hospitality box at the Riverside Stadium. This year the total amounted to ÂŁ285, and David Wheater visited the lifeboat station to present a cheque to his uncle Tony, who recently retired from the lifeboat crew and now serves as one of the station's launching tractor drivers. PAGE 24
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New Year New Habits
Start saving money and making New Year resolutions to reduce your food waste, and make the most of the food you buy. Here are our top tips ... • Why not start writing a shopping list - Did you know that half of us make a shopping list all or some of the time, but half don’t stick to it in the store. Try making 2010 the year of the shopping list and sticking to it! • Try planning weekly menus - Take the effort out of thinking what you are going to cook each night, and wondering if you have the ingredients to make it, by planning weekly menus. By buying ingredients for the delicious meals we’ve planned at the supermarket, we will be less likely to buy foods we won’t get round to using up. • There really is such a thing as a free lunch - Simply by using what’s already in the fridge, or last night’s leftovers for a packed lunch at work, we can save between £3.00 and £5.00 a day. • Get friendly with your freezer - There’s not much that can’t be frozen for later. Freeze your leftover festive foods such as meats and cheeses to eat in the New Year. • Double up on family favourites - When you’re cooking dishes such as Bolognese, chilli, soups and casseroles, cook one for now and freeze one for later. That way you will have a ready made meal when you get in on these cold nights. • Store cupboard essentials - Keeping essentials such as oils, sauces, beans, pasta and rice in the store cupboard means that there’ll always be something to create a quick meal with odds and ends in the fridge which might have been forgotten otherwise. • Perfect Portions - One of the reasons we throw away food is because we cook too much! Its easy to cook too much of foods such as pasta, rice and potatoes, so use the Love Food hate Waste portion calculator to help you buy and cook just the right amount of food for yourself, your family and your friends. Log onto www.lovefoodshatewaste.com for more information.
What Should I do with Unwanted Electrical Goods? Waste electronic and electrical equipment (commonly referred to as “WEEE”) such as phones, televisions, fridges, household gadgets and tools and computers is one of the fastest growing types of waste in the UK; we threw away over one million tonnes of it last year alone. Much of this waste ends up in landfill, where lead and other toxins can cause soil and water contamination: but is possible to repair and recycle many electrical items, or to extract components, such as precious metals, plastic and steel. So how do we dispose of electronic waste? If you are buying a new appliance, ask the store what you should do with it. Some retailers will take back old electrical items in store, while others will direct you to your local recycling centre. At Dunsdale and Warrenby we have containers specifically for electronic goods. We also provide a bulky waste collection service. If you are getting rid of something in good working order, consider donating it to a friend, family or local school, hospital, residential home or suchlike.
Battery Recycling
Currently over 1 billion batteries are thrown away in Britain every year. By recycling batteries we can reduce landfill and recover hazardous waste. We will also help meet the target of recycling over 25% of the batteries used by 2012. We have battery buckets for household batteries to be deposited in our Council Office Reception areas. Batteries can also be taken to Asda, Tesco or Morrisons stores.
If you have any questions about our waste and recycling services, please contact the council on 01642 774 774 or visit www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/recycling PAGE 25
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Things you probably didn’t know your mobile Hidden Battery Power phone could do Imagine your mobile battery is very Mobile phones are probably the most innovative and widely used invention of the past hundred years but very few people are aware of their full potential. The following information was recently broadcast on CTV by Crime Stoppers yet it is seldom used because people simply don’t know about it. They are features that can turn your mobile into a real life saver.
low. Every mobile battery has a reserve and to activate it simply press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get re-charged when you next charge your mobile.
Check out what you can do with it:
How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone To check your mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 # A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. If your phone gets stolen you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card your phone will be totally useless. You probably won’t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can’t use it or sell it either. If everybody did this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
Emergency The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobiles is 112. Even if you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network in an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you. This number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out. Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote keyless entry? This information may come in handy someday. If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, just call someone at home and ask them to get your spare key and their mobile phone. Then hold your phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at home press the unlock button on the spare key, holding it near their mobile phone. Believe it or not your car will unlock and save someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away but if you can reach someone who has the other ‘remote’ key for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the boot). Editor’s Note: It works well! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!’ PAGE 26
ATM - PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your PIN in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested but, unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location.
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No Excuse Talking to a local police officer he spoke of some of the excuses he has heard over his time in the police force. 1. I was going downhill. -- Strangely, the highway people don't increase the speed limit on downhill sections of road. 2. I have oversized tires. -- These guys usually say they were going downhill. 3. I was passing a truck. -- I must have missed that exception in the Vehicle & Traffic Law. 4. I was late and my wife was waiting for me. -- I could see some officers buying this one, but not at 107 mph. One guy who told me this was a heart surgeon. 5. It was a rental car (or someone else's car) and I wasn't familiar with it. -- Are you telling me the car didn't have a speedometer? 6. I was only going 78. Or another variation: No way I was going any faster than 80. -- I hear this one a lot. Still illegal folks. 7. I wasn’t familiar with the road. -- So you were driving faster??
8. I was just keeping up with traffic. -Again, I hear this a lot. I could almost buy it at 70 in a 60, but not at 90 in a 50. 9. My car can’t go that fast. -- One guy who told me this, he was driving a BMW 540, which has a top speed somewhere over 130 mph. He was charged with going 90. Almost every car on the road will go 90. Actually, the surgeon from #4 said this and I checked it out. According to the manufacturer the top speed was only 105, so maybe he was right, but 105 is still a bit illegal. 10. I didn't realize I was going that fast. This may make a little sense at 70 mph in a 60 zone, but it sounds idiotic at 125 mph. When you're going that fast, you should be paying attention.
Solutions Answers. 1. Colorado 2.Scotland 3.Coniferous trees
4.chalk 5. The Hague 6.Animals 7.The Mackerel 8.Victor Hugo 9.The Pope 10.Constantinople.
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The perfect reason to be proud to be a had been lured ‘Boro fan’ away by potential international The recent publication of the debts Portsmouth Football Club has accrued in a vain attempt to remain one of the Premiership elite is a wonderful example of what can happen to an apparently respectable organisation when it is subjected to really bad management. A succession of previously unknown and subsequently inscrutable foreigners has contributed to the downfall of a once proud club. The fantastic FA Cup win under Harry Rednapp seems a millennium away now that relegation has been confirmed and there is no guarantee that a further points reduction for failing to escape administration can be avoided next season. The list of creditors shows some disgraceful statistics. No fewer than eight printing companies are listed as well as three local florists, a wedding organiser, a local caterer, a transport company and numerous other small businesses whose future could well be in jeopardy through the selfish actions of the Pompey management. The vision of the Portsmouth directors sneaking around different print companies to get their programmes produced without having to pay for them is something we should all despise. Now look at the way Steve Gibson has handled his own situation at Middlesbrough. After a number of years in which he allowed Bryan Robson and Steve Mclaren to try and compete with the big boys in the transfer market by bankrolling the recruitment of superstars like Juninho, Ravanelli, Emmerson, Merson and Southgate he had enough business acumen to realise that in a diminishing financial climate the club would struggle to continue in that vein. Once McLaren PAGE 30
glory the task of reducing the club’s outlay fell to Gareth Southgate. That he managed superbly to offload the big earners, reduce overheads dramatically and make better use of the academy production line than any other manager in the Premiership unfortunately led to relegation, but in the process he created a more stable financial situation. His work will give the club the opportunity to maintain its current position as one of the better clubs regardless of where we are actually playing our football and if there is a criticism to be made it is that after such steling work he didn’t deserve to lose his job. As obviously forecast by Gibson the financial situation in the Cleveland area has suffered major setbacks of late and it is fairly safe to say that because of the combined effect of that - and the availability of every home game on local pub’s international sky channels - crowds would have inevitably dropped anyway. But Steve Gibson and the much maligned Keith Lamb have worked on stabilising the club so that the true fans can continue to enjoy and support their club for decades to come. As a sixty four year old who has been watching the ‘Boro since he was nine I for one appreciate how much that means to the majority of us. No doubt the ‘fair weather fans’ will return when there is a hint of glory on the horizon, but we have proved in the past we can do without them.
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