Rod Collins

Can You Judge a Person By Their Car ?
Is it possible tell what a person is like by the car they drive, does a vehicle give away the owners personality ?
Mine does !
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Neville & The Sphinx’s Inscrutable smile !
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Will Kindle Kill the Book ? ~ Will e-Readers Cause Printed Books to Expire ?
The advent of the book in electronic downloadable form happened a little while ago and responses to it varied from ‘the sky is falling in’ to ‘it’ll never take off’
So, how does it stand now it’s settled a bit ?
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Does Walking Increase Your IQ and Intelligence ?
Does watching soap operas and reality TV shows make you dumber ?

This and other things looked at in this weeks Winners and Losers
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Helby ?
I was just looking at an engraved map of Lincolnshire, 1742 by J.Badeslade published in the Chorographia Britanniae, when I saw a name, it cropped up before some time ago when Neville brought it to my attention, Helby !
Have you ever heard of it . . .
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Beesby, or Hawerby Cum Beesby sits just off the A16 in Lincolnshire, in between North Thoresby and Wold Newton.
It a lost - shrunken - Deserted Medieval Village and if you’re a sucker for earthworks then it is, quite simply, heaven !
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How to Identify Knapped Flints and Stone Tools
If you’ve found a piece of flint that has a sharp edge and appears to be shaped how can you tell whether it’s a prehistoric tool or just a piece of stone ?
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Will Facebook users one day be forced to change their names in order to avoid their online indiscretions ?
Well, that’s just one idea in this weeks Hot or Not list
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Winteringham is situated in the north of Lincolnshire, on a hillside overlooking the River Humber It’s a lovely spot, steeped in history and has an impressive church.
Here’s a look into the history of Winteringham
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Grainsby is a small village just off the main road from Grimsby to Louth. Situated in between North Thoresby and Holton le Clay much of it is probably unchanged in 100s of years
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Sabaton Official Merchandise - Hot Chicks in Hoodies ! Awesome \m/
Can you imagine anything better ?
Well imagine no longer - viewers with weak constitutions are advised not to go further and we cannot be held responsible for heart attacks and fits after seeing the hottest pictures in the world . . . ever !
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What are Lynchets ? What is that Terracing on Hills ?
Good questions and ones I posed myself - here’s a bit of information and an idea of what they look like
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Giant Rats in Lincoln !
It’s a plague - an infestation of huge rats and it’s reached the finest part of this great country . . . Lincolnshire !
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Kirmond Le Mire is a small village in the Lincolnshire Wolds in between Binbrook and Tealby, small it may be may be but it feels historically huge.
I was there today - good one this please do give it a read. . .
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Regulars will be well aware of site stalwart Neville and indeed well aware we’d be lost without him.
Well, once again the oasis that is Chez Amiguru has turned up another delight
Look at this sucker - I’ve never seen one before - looks distinctly foreign to me*
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What Does a Cormorant Look Like ? How to Identify a Cormorant
I just had a photographic result I’ve been eagerly awaiting for some time now
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