Month: August 2007

Someone call The Antiques Roadshow! From Reuters:

An 800-year-old, gold-plated crucifix that went missing after being seized by the Nazis has been found in a rubbish skip in Austria, police said.

The crucifix, made of copper and enamel, was crafted in Limoges, France, and was part of a Polish art collection brought to Austria during Nazi rule, Josef Holzberger, police spokesman in Salzburg, said on Thursday.

According to the article, “the changes may violate Wikipedia’s conflict-of-interest guidelines”

Who says one person can’t change the world? When that person happens to befriend and inspire someone who will go on to be rich and famous, it can happen. You never know who you might inspire.

Ah, the wonders of processed meat and people with too much time on their hands.

Can you imagine?

The chances of giving birth to identical quadruplets is about one in 13 million, Key said.

Since I’ll be traveling to Heathrow later this year, these two articles caught my eye:

• Braving Heathrow more stressful than sky-diving
• Behind the scenes at Heathrow
• Every flight delayed today

British Airways’ own internal figures show that fewer than a third of its flights – 29 per cent – currently leave on time. And only 60 per cent leave within 15 minutes of their scheduled departure time, one of the worst performances among major airlines.

Passengers waited a staggering 2,434 years in total at Heathrow last year because of flight delays.