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QUALITY CONTROL: Is it welcomed? appreciated? or resented and wasted?

The youngsters loved listening to their Grandpa telling stories of his life growing up in Canada.  He was  a lumberjack or logger, long before machinery modernised the industry.  Grandpa told how he loved his job of ‘rolling’ the logs under … Continue reading

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ONE DECISIVE BLOW!

The Cullinan diamond, discovered in South Africa in 1905, is the largest gem-quality diamond ever found. It was recorded at  3106.75 carat and 10.5 cm  long. Joseph Asscher of Amsterdam prepared himself for the greatest responsibility of his life: the difficult and … Continue reading

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CHANGED VALUE

If you had a choice, would you choose a quiet, peaceful life with no troubles? I guess at FIRST thought, most of us would say a hearty “Yes, please!” But would that be the best for us?

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DESOLATION – or is it?

The Atacama Desert occupies 40,600 square miles in Chile, between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Some weather stations in the Atacama have NEVER received rainfall and the average for the whole desert is 1mm per year (0.04 inches).

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A PEST BECOMES A HERO

In Alabama USA, in the early plantation days, nearly everyone grew cotton.  In 1915 the state was invaded by a pest.  The Boll Weevil, which punctured the boll of the cotton plant, making it impossible for the crops to mature, … Continue reading

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BEATEN TOSSED AND KEPT – or unwanted and discarded.

Do you sometimes feel as though life is pounding you, tossing you about and throwing you onto rocks?  

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