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I have wondered for a while now how responsible man really is for global warming. Now I am not arguing that man is not at fault for slowly contaminating this lovely planet of ours with pollutants both in the air and in our waterways. I also agree that we on a global scale should be cutting back on what we are spewing into the atmosphere, on our landfill and the way we are wasting our natural recourses.

Still I just wonder if all this is the cause of global warming or is it just another growing phase that the Earth is going through. There is so much in the media stating that global warming is causing the ice caps to melt which in turn is making the seas rise and that we are all soon to be doomed to a marine life (ok a bit of an exaggeration) but is it our fault?

I mean wasn’t the planet covered in ice at one stage and then the ice melted as the earth warmed. Certainly there weren’t any pollutants spewing into the air then. And isn’t it true that the ice caps have always been slowly melting and that the seas have been rising slowly for thousands of years?

It’s not often that I get to take some time off so when the Australia Day long weekend came about I decided that my family and I should have a little break. We booked a place at Henley Beach for a couple of days and had a great time. The place was clean neat and roomy and only
a minute from the beach.

First thing Saturday morning we decided to go for a little drive down the esplanade and ended up in Glenelg where we stopped to get some breakfast. We then went for a little walk around and looked at the few stalls they had at the end of Jetty Road when I came across this little beauty.

This is typical Aussie Humor and for those who can’t read the sign at the stall it says; ‘Beer And Bullshit Area” and sells all manner of items one would love to have at the bar as well as other little knick knacks.

Just came across this exercise suggested for the over 40’s to build muscle strength in the arms and shoulders. It seems so easy so I thought that I’d pass it on to some of my friends and family. The article suggested doing it three days a week.

1. Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 2kg potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, then relax.

2. Each day, you’ll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 5kg potato sacks. Then 25kg potato sacks and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 50kg potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute (I’m at this level).

3. After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the sacks.

Yeah, I had you going for awhile didn’t I?

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