http://www.flammableblog.co.uk stand well back Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:30:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tenancies for life are over if David Cameron has his way. To me he is the ultimate wolf in sheep’s clothing except he isn’t really bothering so much to dress like a sheep. So maybe my metaphor is wrong, is he the Emperor in his new clothes? Standing naked as ... http://www.flammableblog.co.uk/2010/08/05/the-haves-and-the-have-nots/ Hybrid cars are improving for better and getting more efficient with every new model that is coming up in the market. With so many players around, each with their own set of innovation on top of a hybrid theme, things are getting better. It’s true that hybrid cars have turned ... http://www.flammableblog.co.uk/2010/07/08/get-a-hybrid-car-to-cut-down-on-fuel-cost/ Growing up, I thought nothing of wasting heat, leaving the lights on when there was absolutely no need and wasting energy at every blissful opportunity. My logic was this: energy (according to old ‘eggy mCeggy’, our science teacher) never disappeared, so how could it be wasted? That just didn’t make ... http://www.flammableblog.co.uk/2010/06/07/old-eggy/ My mobile phone is a classic. If it was a film it’d be "The Birds"or maybe even "Escape From Alcatraz". In fifty years time it’ll be on Antiques Roadshow, and that generation’s version of a smiling Fiona Bruce will be singing its praises. “This was one of those phones you ... http://www.flammableblog.co.uk/2010/05/11/brad-vs-dean/ Why do so many of us women accept that getting paid less than our male colleagues is acceptable? That’s a question that’s been bothering me for some time. Which is why, when I recently went for a job interview, I brought it up. I ... http://www.flammableblog.co.uk/2010/04/14/weird-one/ When I was a little girl, about the same time that I learned what Gastric band surgery was (when people are made in to walking balloons, of course), I wanted to be a director. Not just any director–.Not just the director of a children’s TV show, or ... http://www.flammableblog.co.uk/2010/04/07/we-need-change/ To be a lady in this decade of Medical micro-dermabrasion. Ladies who are men, and Ladies who want to be men, and ladies who act like men and act as though ladies are some kind of thing that nobody would ever want to be in a million years is tough. ... http://www.flammableblog.co.uk/2010/03/26/lady/ Great Britain: responsible for adopting the ise of the travel pillow for long car journeys, such wonders as Stephen Hawking’s brain, swearing for the sake of it as an art-form, and also home to my (now deceased) good friend Greta Britain. As well as having the best name in the ... http://www.flammableblog.co.uk/2010/03/22/greta/ Stress can happen from many different things such as people, incidents and issues that we deal with from day to day. If we allow stress to overtake us, it could lead into more serious issues such as illness. Although we cannot eliminate stress from our lives completely, we can reduce ... http://www.flammableblog.co.uk/2010/03/22/women-tips-eliminate-stress-for-a-happier-and-healthier-life/ Bald people get a hard time, but there is a category of people who get an even harder time, and it’s entirely understandable: they are the inbetween people. Those who lack enough hair to be worth keeping, and don’t have the courage or conviction to shave it off and go ... http://www.flammableblog.co.uk/2010/03/18/those-people/