On this Day.........

This will be a daily item showing events which have happen in the past on this date

1657 Parliament offered Oliver Cromwell the title of King in the "Humble Petition and Advice." He rejected it. Cromwell founded the New Model Army and defeated Charles 1 in the English civil war.

1939 Britain and France issue guarantees that they will declare war if Poland is invaded by Nazi Germany. Germany did and they declared war.

1990 New local taxes spark the "poll-tax" riots in London which was the worst civil unrest for a hundred years.

Spice up your Sex Life !!

Here are seven ways which will, hopefully. spice up your sex life..........

1 Talking about sex ban get your partner thinking about it. Literal foreplay would be reading erotica to each other. Better than the Beano!

2. More serious, well......... Try sitting in the beginners Tantric sex position called Yaby Yum. The man sits cross legged with the woman in his lap, facing him with her legs straddling him.Wrap your arms around each other and breath with your faces close together. But not after a Vindaloo!!!

This is human origami and not for the arthritic!

3. Create anticipation. Try giving each other a massage. A hair or foot massage is very relaxing. Try not to fall asleep!

4. Finished with babies? Switching from oral contraceptives to a vasectomy can give your sex life a big boost. Oral contraceptives tend to lower libido. A surefire snip, in which you can trust, tends to raise libido.

5. Viagra can't make you more aroused if you are already "randy." It makes the errection last longer is all.

6. Even if you have been together for ages keep up the grooming down under!

7 Whatever turns your partner on can be very personal. Keep watching and listening so you can crack the code!

Enjoy! Have fun.

Dark chocolate really can be good for you.

A new study shows that regular intake of small amounts of cocoa-rich dark chocolate is a heart tonic. Published in the European Heart Journal it says that eating 7.5 grams of chocolate, less than a small square of a chocolate bar, every day lowers the blood pressure levels thus reducing the risk of cardiovascular events by 39%

The high flavanois content of cocoa improves the bio-availability of nitric oxide which is released from the inner all blood vessels, causing the smooth muscle cells of the blood vessels to relax and widen.

As there is more cocoa in dark chocolate, it has greater effects in reducing and improving blood flow and blood pressure levels. White chocolate is believed ineffective as it does not contain flavanois.

It should be remembered that even small amounts contain saturated fat and loads of calories.

If you like Spam, join the Army!!

The Conservative defence spokesman in the House of Lords, Lord Astor of Hever, today askedthat the Government do "everything possible" to ensure that decent food reaches forward posts in Afghanistan. Strange you may think that our troops don't have good food. After all Napoleon said that an army marches on it's stomach.

Well due to the lack of helicopters some troops are being forced to eat either boil in the bag meals or tinned SPAM for up to fifty days at a time!! One enterprising army chef constructed a spam menu containing: Curried Spam, Spam carbonara, Spam fritters, stir fried Spam, Spam strogonoff and sweet and sour Spam.These forward bases have about 400 people and that's a lot of Spam.

The Government spokesman, Lord Tunnicliffe replied saying, "most bases typically have chefs ho work with 80% fresh or dried food and 20% ration packs.

So ho is right? I think we should be told.

Vegetables help to prevent Cancer

Medical science now know some, but not all, factors which help to prevent Cancer. Vegetables are high on the list of helpful items. So eat yer greens!! Here are some details..................

CABBAGE

Cabbage is especially rich in anti-cancer substances which help to block the development of Cancer at all levels. These substances suppress the activity of the genes responsible for the development. They prevent damage to healthy genes and decrease the ability of timorous cells to grow.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS and BROCCOLI.

Independent research in Britain, Denmark and Finland has shown that even a small amount of broccoli (100 grams a day) is enough to lower the risk of prostate and Lung Cancer. Sprouts are rich in Calcium, Sodium, Phosphor and Iron.

ONION and GARLIC

Both of these are capable of preventing primary damage to genes causing Cancer development. Garlic is good for preventing Colon Cancer and decreases the risk by 70%. Garlic is best eaten raw and finely chopped. It is best to let it "breath" for 10/15 minutes.

TOMATOES.

These have an anti-cancer pigment also in pepper. They are good in any way, fresh, as ketchup, in sauces, tomato paste and juice. Research has shown that consumption of tomato juice daily for a month lowers the risk of Prostate Cancer by 20%

BLUEBERRY and RASPBERRY.

Blueberry was, long ago, seen to be a miracle berry. They have a high concentration of antioxidants and protect the cells from destruction. The dark blue segment, also found in bilberry, enhances eyesight and helps prevent eye diseases.

GREEN TEA.

Green Tea has loads of antioxidants as well as a depository of the important anti-cancerogenic, epigallocatechin gallate. This substance prevents tumor growth and decreases the risk of them appearing. 5 cups of Green Tea daily decreases the chances of Breast Cancer. It should be taken neat with nothing added.

SPICES>

Indian curry spice provokes the health loss and restrains growth of Cancer cells. This becomes possible due to Curcuma or Curcumin as it is called by some.

Life imitates art.

In a film staring Jason Statham of 2008 entitled "the Bank Job," he and friends are approached, by an old girl friend, to break into a safe deposit vault by boreing through a number of shop cellars.

They discover along the way that her current boyfriend works for an intelligence agency and they have to steal an incriminating book. Everything else that they rob is theirs.

Now, over this past weekend some enterprising people have tunneled through some cellars and broke into some 200 safes in a bank situated in a bank in central Paris,France. really!

Did they see the movie per chance??

Unfit for War.

The British Ministry of Defence has paid £12.3 billion of taxpayers money to buy 14 Airbus A330-200 aircraft which cannot go into a war zone because they don'y have the proper protective kit!!

Fitting them with armour, anti-missle systems and early warning gear to allow them to operate in any war zone would cost hundreds of millions more.The delivery programme is running five and a half years late!

Therefore the RAF must keep using old VC10's to transport troops and Tristars for mid air refueling. This is costing some £500 million prior to the new aircraft being delivered in 2016. Flight management systems and cockpit displays have been replaced, on Tristars, at a cost of £23.5 million to keep them flying.Not only the foregoing costs they have paid £175 million, in three years, for private charters to fly personnel and equipment here there and everywhere.

Really this is disgraceful and in the words of 4 Non Blonds "What's going on?"