Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Nemo’s Garden – Italy’s Revolutionary Underwater Fruit and Vegetable Farm

Glub! Glub! Ahh....just came up for air...and a coffee. Hey...good to see you. Glad you found a few minutes to share with me today. Help yourself to a mug of coffee and a virtual treat why don't'cha? Go ahead. Be a devilfish! Speaking of fish...

In a bid to explore alternative methods of growing produce, an Italian company has created the world’s first underwater farm. The futuristic station – aptly named Nemo’s Garden – consists of five transparent biospheres anchored to the bottom of the sea off the coast of Savona, Italy. They’re being used to grow strawberries, basil, beans, garlic, and lettuce. 

“The main target of this project is to create alternative sources of plant production in areas where environmental conditions make it difficult to grow crops through conventional farming, including lack of fresh water, fertile soils, and extreme temperature changes,” said project spokesperson Luca Gamberini. “We are trying to find an alternative and economically viable technology enabling efficient production.”


 The five pods, currently floating between depths of 18 and 36 feet, are constantly monitored by Ocean Reef Group – a diving equipment company – from a control center on dry land. “We have installed many webcams and we can easily check on everything,” Gamberini said. “We also have a sensor panel with live data feed from the lab biosphere – so all data is live, on the internet and accessible to anyone.”

According to various news reports, the plants are kept hydrated by drips of water that condense on the inner walls of the biospheres. With a constant temperature of 79 degrees day and night, and humidity at around 83 percent, the conditions are ideal for plants to thrive. The high amount of carbon dioxide also accelerates growth.

Ocean Reef president Sergio Gamberini said he came up with the idea of growing plants underwater during a summer vacation in Italy. In his own words, he wanted to “do something that’s different and to show the beauty of the ocean.” After two years of failed attempts, they finally were able to get these five biospheres working. A report in the Washington Post suggests that their success “may lay the foundation for a new form of crop production that can be done without harming the environment.”


In fact, the biosphere seems to be attracting wildlife. Octopuses and endangered seahorses are taking shelter under the structures, while crabs are crawling up the anchors and into the greenhouses. None of the creatures have damaged the plants so far. “It’s so kind of sci-fi to see these two different forms of life interact,” Gamberini said.

Ocean Reef has a patent on the unique underwater pods, and they plan to roll out smaller aquarium versions that people can keep in their homes. Depending on the outcome of this project, they also plan to experiment with other crops like mushrooms. They haven’t sold their produce yet – for now, they’re using it to make pesto sauce for their guests!

Well...well...well...do you want seaweed with that?

See ya, eh!

Bob
 
 
 

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Woman Has Ingenious “Robot” Standing in Line for her

G'day to you! You aren't a robot, are you? Oh good. Can't be too sure these days. Great to see you, whether you are or not. Assuming you are not, help yourself to a mug of coffee (robots don't drink coffee) and a virtual doughnut, muffin or anzac cookie. Talking of robots...

Believe it or not, the day has finally come when people can have their iPads wait in line every time a new iPhone is released! A woman named Lucy Kelly was the first to try it out – she sent an iPad robot to stand proxy for her at an Apple store in Sydney, Australia, just before the launch of the new iPhone 6s.

The robot, also named Lucy, consists of an iPad attached to a Segway-type device. Created by Californian company Double Robotics, it allows a person to be virtually present anywhere without actually having to be there. And the company that Kelly works for – Atomic 212 – happened to order six of these robots to play with at their office. 


“We use them for everything, just to show new technology,” Kelly said. “It is a cool demonstration of what the future of technology will be. We are obsessed with them.” So on the eve of the iPhone 6s release in Sydney last Thursday, Lucy the robot arrived to take the fourth place in the long line of Apple fans.

 “I wanted to be one of the first people to have the iPhone 6s, but obviously because of work I can’t spend two days standing in line waiting for a mobile phone,” she told Mashable Australia. “So my boss said ‘Just take the robot down, you’ll still be able to do your work, but you’ll still be waiting in line.”

According to Kelly, an app allows people to communicate from anywhere through the iPad. So she used it to make friends with other people standing in line, answer questions from inquisitive passersby, and ultimately purchase the phone. The device waited in line for the entire night, in a special tent that kept her charged and safe from the rain. And Kelly’s face was on the screen the whole time.

She revealed that none of the others in line seemed jealous or resentful of the robot. “Everyone thinks it’s pretty cool,” she said. “They were happy to let a robot go ahead.” 

So there you go. Can the robot stand in line at the bank? Not so many people are actually going to the bank any more, though. On the topic of banks, I had to go to mine yesterday. The day before, I reached into my pocket for some money and pulled out one of the new 20s...and it was torn completely in half... right through that new plastic strip. It probably happened because I happened to have a loonie in the same pocket...the only sharp object.

See ya, eh! 

Bob

PS: Yes, the bank did exchange my torn apart 20 for a new one. They did not seem surprised which leads me to believe... 

Monday, September 28, 2015

An Interesting Day at Martintown

Hi there! How are you doing? Well, I hope. We had an interesting day at the Martintown Mall yesterday. Fill your coffee mug, nudge a virtual treat or two onto your plate and I'll tell you about it. 

The morning was kind of slow. Not many people out and about but then suddenly we heard the skirl of bagpipes. Two pipers, a man and a woman, came out of the shop next to us, crossed the street and walked up to the house across from the Mill. They stopped at the front door and began playing the pipes again right in front of the door. When the fellow who owns the house opened the door to see what was going on, he discovered that the pipers were a couple of relatives from Scotland on a surprise visit. Needless to say, everyone around had stopped to watch the goings on.


Then, in early afternoon, a fellow in a pickup truck pulled into the drive in front of the Mill. He was carrying a couple of huge squash. The smaller one weighed 700 pounds while the big one weighed in at 1000 pounds! Gi-norous! Here's Nong posing next to the big fellas...





Now the market is all over till next June!

See ya, eh!

Bob



Sunday, September 27, 2015

Korean Couple’s Five-Month Body Transformations Will Blow Your Mind

An-young na chim-na ka! G'day to you. You're looking fit as a fiddle. Never mind the broken string. We all have them, eh! Got your mug ready for coffee, I see. Grab a virtual doughnut or muffin while you're at it. Low fat of course. Speaking of keeping fit, read this...

A Korean couple are taking Instagram by storm with their phenomenal body transformation photographs. In a short span of five months, they have gone from ‘somewhat chubby’ to super-lean workout machines!
Song Jin Yoo and Shin Ji Hoo been exercising together at the gym for the past five months – spending three hours a day on aerobic exercise and one-and-a-half hours lifting weights twice a week. They have recently shared their amazing results on a Korean Facebook pace titled ‘Dieting is the Best Plastic Surgery’. Their before-and-after simply left everyone speechless and soon went viral in Korea.

In addition to their workout regimen, they’ve been following a strict diet consisting of chicken breasts, eggs, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and other fruits and vegetables, in specific quantities. Song Jin Yoo, the guy, eats 150g of chicken breast, 120g of sweet potatoes, five pieces of almonds, cherry tomatoes, cabbage, and some onions every three to four hours. Shin Ji Hoo, on the other hand, consumes three to four egg whites, 50g of potatoes, some fruits and vegetables around five times a day.


The self-devised regime yielded impressive results in a short time span – Song Jin Yoo went from 83kg with 16% body fat to 71kg with 5% body fat. Shin Ji Hoo initially weighed 71kg with 32% body fat, but she’s now at 49kg and 18% body fat. That’s a lot to lose in just five months.

The couple’s latest photographs, featuring ripped, sculpted bodies, have gone viral.  Shin Ji Hoo has an Instagram following of over 9,000 and thousands others have declared themselves inspired by their transformation and plan to take up dieting and exercise to hopefully match their feats. “You guys are an inspiration for others,” an Instagram user wrote. And the media is referring to them as the poster couple for ‘relationship goals

Such a transformation would be impressive in a couple of years, but in five months it seems almost impossible. Still, the photos the two post on their respective social media profiles seem genuine, and so far no one has been able to prove any fowl play.

Hey....good for them. I start my transformation program tomorrow...

See ya, eh!

Bob  

PS: Today's our last day at the Martintown Market. If you're in Eastern Ontario or Western Quebec, c'mon out for a drive in the country. I'ts cool right now at +2 but it will reach 20C by the afternoon.  

Saturday, September 26, 2015

80-Year-Old Man Builds Dog Train to Take Rescued Pooches on Fun Rides

Well hey there! How y'all doing? Dog tired? Yeah, me too. Have to drive to Ottawa this morning for an MRI, then hightail it back in time to pick Nong up at work at 1:00. Then we'll be preparing all kinds of Thai food  for tomorrow morning. Last day of the Martintown Mill Market and tomorrow is a special day because the market will also be a host for "Apples and Art'...an annual event where everyone can visit local artist's studios and display areas. Weather looks good, too! If you're in the area, c'mon by tomorrow and pick up some of our delicious Thai food! Anyway, why don't'cha pour yourself a coffee and snag a virtual treat? Speaking of dog tired...

Ever since he retired 15 years ago, Eugene Bostick has spent a huge chunk of his time caring for animals. Among the many awesome things he does perhaps the most interesting is playing train conductor for a bunch of rescued stray dogs. He actually built a custom train for the canines, consisting of a tractor pulling a row of plastic barrels with the tops cut off. 

The 80-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, says he never planned on spending so much time with dogs, but it sort of just happened. “We live down on a dead-end street, where me and my brother have a horse barn,” he told online magazine The Dodo. “People sometimes come by and dump dogs out here, leaving them to starve. So we started feeding them, letting them in, taking them to the vet, to get them spayed and neutered. We made a place for them to live.”

But Bostick has done more than just give the strays a place to live. He’s actually made their lives fun, by constructing a unique train to take them on little trips. “I started out with my tractor,” he explained. “I had a little trailer and I put four or five dogs in there and took them riding. Then more dogs started to show up and I thought ‘Uh-oh! That’s not enough room.’”

That’s how the dog train was born. Now, Bostick can be seen puttering around town in his tractor, with nine dogs in tow. He drives them down the quiet streets, through the forest near their home, across Fort Worth golf course, and stops by the creek for some fresh air. And the formerly abandoned dogs love their train to bits – they look happier and healthier by the day. 

“Whenever they hear me hooking the tractor up to it, man, they get so excited,” Bostick said. “They all come running and jump in on their own. They’re ready to go.”

But it’s not just dogs Bostick and his brother Corky care for, they are kind to other animals too. “In our generation, people shot everything they saw,” Corky said. “We finally realised you know, what was happening, so we just went the reverse.” The brothers now spend their mornings feeding the wildlife around their property.

As Bostick frequently rides the dog train around town, it has attracted the attention of locals – they often stop to have their picture taken with the unique contraption and post the photos on social media. “This is the coolest guy he rescues stray dogs and every morning he takes them for a train ride by our building,” one woman tweeted.

You can watch Eugene's video right here:

http://www.odditycentral.com/animals/awesome-80-year-old-man-builds-dog-train-to-take-rescued-pooches-on-fun-rides.html#more-47937  

What happens if a dog wants to get off? I guess it just barks, right?

See ya, eh!

Bob
 

Friday, September 25, 2015

Boxwars!

G'day, mate! How're you going? I see you are ready for an exciting day of drinking... coffee?... and the bloodless sport of Boxwars! Well, fill your mug and tuck a virtual treat or two into your pocket as you don your cardboard armour...

Boxwars is a fast-growing entertainment phenomenon that takes the childhood pastime of playing with cardboard boxes to a whole new level. Participants use reclaimed cardboard to create the full range of battle gear – armour, weapons, monster trucks, tanks, gigantic animals, and more. Then they put on monumental battle shows during which every creation is completely destroyed! 


Boxwars is the brainchild of Australian friends Hoss Siegel and Ross Koger, who came up with it nearly a decade ago over drinks. “There was a lot of drinking involved,” Koger said in an interview. “We sort of imagined this concept one day, and thought yeah let’s give it a go. We did it at a party and had a great time, and thought let’s do this again!”

Koger explained that with each new boxwar party, the suits and structures became more and more elaborate until they couldn’t fit in their back gardens any more. So they decided to move the party to a local park on Boxing Day 2002 (how fitting), and people who were having barbecues at the park rushed over to watch them. And that’s when they realised that their silly games actually had huge entertainment value.

“That was the beginning of Boxwars,” Koger said, “and we go to the same spot every year on Boxing day! The suits, since then, have gotten more elaborate as have the crowds, and it’s funny that something which spawned from a stupid idea at a party has become so big.”

Today, Boxwars builds complex structures, armour, props, and sets, for each themed battle. The sport has expanded beyond Boxing Day – it is now a part of nearly every major festival or event in Australia and around the world. “We do props and workshops,” Koger explained. “For Stereosonic last year, we built these large robots with lights  that hung over the crowd. This year’s Sydney Festival we did a Mad Max theme where we shut down a city street and drove dune buggies down it!”And for the Down on the Farm music festival in Victoria, they did a kangaroo cull-themed battle with the warriors donning giant ‘roo suits’ and armour, ‘driving’ their monster trucks.


Boxwars is now run by the Boxwars Council (consisting of Hoss and Ross), and has legions of fans across the globe. “One of our main aims is to bring cardboard back to the consumers who discarded it in the first place without realising its true potential,” the official website states. “Cardboard, or the street name ‘box’, we quickly discovered had brilliant properties for engineering. The limits of scale and awesomeness were continuously pushed to greater commanding heights with the development of our skills with this great stuff.”


Koger further revealed every piece of battlegear in Boxwars is handmade by the warriors themselves. He said that there’s generally a core group of people who actually do the Boxwars props, and a bigger group of warriors that builds with them all the time. “There are lots of different groups that come to events in all cities around Australia who help build,” he said. “The concept has even spread overseas in Edinburgh and a bunch of guys in the Netherlands who we got to meet last year (that was awesome), as well as in Russia. It’s getting around, as it’s a concept that can work anywhere, and we’re happy that people overseas can identify with what we’re doing here in Melbourne and make stuff that’s pretty awesome.”

Puts another meaning on the expression, "We've got them boxed in", doesn't it? Creative costumes and looks like fun.

See ya, eh!

Bob


     

Thursday, September 24, 2015

“Black Widow of Kyoto” Arrested Again after Death of 8th Male Partner

Konichi wa! How are you doing today? Good to see you. Coffee's perked and the virtual treats are their usual array of magnificent delectability so help yourself! Try a Japanese cream puff. Got a story for you today about a lady in Japan who, shall we say, lives up to her nickname...and she is no Japanese cream puff, I'll tell you...

Although she looks harmless, 68-year-old Chisako Kakehi is probably one of the most dangerous women in the world. Nicknamed ‘The Black Widow of Kyoto’ by the media, she is believed to be responsible for the deaths of eight men who were romantically involved with her at some point in time. 

Kyoto-based Kakehi is currently in police custody, for the fourth time in her life. According to Kyoto police, Kakehi has been in relationships with over 10 men, eight of whom eventually ended up dead. So far, she has been charged with the murder of a former husband in Kyoto and a boyfriend in Osaka, as well as the attempted murder of a man in Kobe.

Kakehi first became known to the police in December 2013, when her 75-year-old husband was found dead in their home in Kyoto. The death was initially believed to have been caused by a heart attack, and Kakehi perfectly played the part of grieving widow. But police soon began to discover gaping holes in her story. She was married to the man for only a month, and she stood to receive a huge inheritance after his death. Later, traces of lethal cyanide were discovered in the dead man’s blood. 

So the police launched a full-fledged investigation regarding Kakehi’s involvement in the crime. It was during the course of this investigation that they uncovered a chilling truth – several of the men she had previously dated or married had died of cyanide poisoning. And she conveniently happened to be the sole beneficiary on all their wills.

The first time was in 1994 – her first husband had passed away at the age of 54. She then met a man through a dating service and married him, and he died of a stroke in 2006, at age 69. 

Her third marriage also ended with the death of her 75-year-old partner, in 2008. Husband number four suddenly fell ill at home after only two months of marriage, and was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital. 

A boyfriend was the next to go – he was believed to be suffering from cancer when he died in 2012. She was then engaged, but (surprise, surprise), her fiance died after he collapsed while riding a motorcycle. 

In 2013, her 75-year-old boyfriend collapsed in the parking lot of a restaurant, shortly after the couple had shared a meal. The eighth and final death was of her 75-year-old husband, the one that finally got her caught.

At first Kakehi insisted that she was innocent. “I don’t even know how to kill someone,” she said. “And I don’t know where the cyanide came from. I wish someone would tell me.” But the police soon discovered her very own stash of hydrocyanic acid, stored in a planter in her home.

Coincidence...sheer coincidence, don't you think?  

See ya, eh!

Bob

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Quantum Teleportation Sets Distance Record

Hiya! Good to see you. I appreciate you dropping out of cyberspace for a mug of coffee and a VT. Help yourself, why don't'cha? Speaking of space...

A record-breaking distance has been achieved in the bizarre world of quantum teleportation, scientists say.

The scientists teleported photons (packets of light) across a spool of fiber optics 63 miles (102 kilometers) long, four times farther than the previous record.

This research could one day lead to a "quantum Internet" that offers next-generation encryption, the scientists said.

Teleporting an object from one point in the universe to another without it moving through the space in between may sound like science fiction pulled from an episode of "Star Trek," but scientists have actually been experimenting with "quantum teleportation" since 1998. 


Yeah well...transporting photons is one thing but let me know when you can transport Nong and I to Thailand in 2.4 seconds instead of 24 hours, okay? I can only eat so many packets of soggy airplane noodles, watch so many movies on a tiny screen and play seemingly endless games of sudoku. Maybe next time, a good dose of melatonin will shed less light on the problem!

Beam me off to sleep, Scotty.

See ya, eh!

Bob


Source: Twisted Physics: 7 Mind-Blowing Findings

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

220-Year-Old Apple Tree Has a Very Unique Way of Staying Alive

Hello there! How's she going? Great to see you. Reach over and fill your mug with some freshly brewed coffee and nudge a virtual treat onto your plate. Say...I don’t know about you but I love apples in every form possible so when I read this story, I wanted to share it with you.

The city of Krolevets, in Ukraine’s Sumy region, is home to the world’s most unique apple garden, consisting of only one tree. Spanning 10 acres, the 220-year-old tree – known as ‘apple tree colony’ – has dozens of individually rooted trunks that constantly spring to life, making it seemingly impossible to die. 


The tree seems to have worked out a brilliant survival strategy, and it looks prepared to survive for centuries to come. It started off as a regular tree, but as it aged, its branches bent so low to the ground that they started to take root as well. Every time one of the ingrown trunks dies, its branches immediately bend to the ground and take root. It had only nine trunks in 1970, but that number had doubled by 2008.

Today, the tree-garden has several main trunks and dozens of rooted branches springing from each of them. It blooms every year, during the regular season, but its pink flowers are only visible on half the tree, while the other half rests. Its apples – locally known as Lozovka – are medium-sized and sweet with a slightly tart taste.

Local legend has it that the tree was planted by Prince Peter Sergeev of the Meshchersky royal family. When he died, the tree mourned for him and its branches bent to the ground, eventually giving rise to an apple tree colony. The prince was buried under his beloved tree in 1848, and his gravestone is still visible today. 

Another version of the story says that the prince planted an apple tree on the grave of his wife who died when she was still young.

Some say that the tree was cursed, which is why it behaves more like a gooseberry bush than an apple tree. Several scientists have studied the tree in detail, but every attempt to recreate it’s survival mechanism has failed. In 1972, the tree was declared a national monument of local importance by the Sumy Regional Council. In 1998, its status was upgraded to national importance. 

Hey...let's all root for this tree! It knows what it's doing.

See ya, eh!

Bob
 

  

Monday, September 21, 2015

Man Spends Six Months and $1,500 Making Sandwich from Scratch

Hey there! Good to see you. What'cha been up to? Nong and I are tired as all get out today after a busy day at the Martintown Market yesterday. We tried out some new foods...mostly good reactions and some great customer feedback. Got asked if we would be interested in doing a buffet at a hotel, too! Regrettably, we aren't set up for that so we're passing that along to a friend who is. Pour yourself a mugful of coffee and try a virtual coconut bun why don't'cha? It looks almost live a sandwich...and speaking of which...

Six months – that’s apparently how long it takes to truly make a sandwich from scratch. And we know this thanks to 28-year-old Andy George, host of the YouTube series How to Make Everything. He actually spent six months and $1,500 growing and preparing every single ingredient that went into one, very regular, sandwich. 

Andy recently shared a time-lapse video titled ‘How to Make a $1,500 Sandwich in Only Six Months’ on his YouTube channel. The video shows him doing all sorts of tasks that people normally take for granted when they buy stuff off store shelves. He grows vegetables, makes salt, bakes bread from scratch, and even kills a live chicken. His goal? To make everyone realise that things don’t magically appear in supermarkets.

No sandwich is complete without cheese, and to make that from scratch, he started by learning how to milk a cow. And to make one loaf of bread, he harvested wheat, collected fresh honey from a beehive, and made butter as well. But the highlight of the video was when he killed a live chicken with his bare hands. He decapitated it, plucked its feathers, boiled it, and grilled the meat, before he was finally ready for the easiest part – assembling and eating the sandwich.

His reaction on eating the sandwich was gold: “It’s not bad,” he said, matter-of-factly. “Six months of my life for ‘not bad’. Yeah.”

$1500 to make a sandwich? Yeah...and he probably washed it down with an extra large double double espresso mocha latte from Starbucks which would be close to the same price, right?

Hmmm...questions come to mind. 

1. Did he grow the chicken from an egg? 

2. Did he go to the seashore, dip a pot in the ocean and evaporate the water to leave salt in the pot?

3. How did he make the yeast for his bread?

Just curious, is all.

See ya, eh!

Bob 

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Quirky ‘Arse Bombing’ Sport Is All About Making a Splash

Hi ya! Have to be quick this morning. It's Sunday and Nong and I are off to Martintown for the Mill Market there. It is supposed to be a great day today so we are hopeful that our sales will pick up. Hey...good to see you! Water you up to. Misspelling? Wait and see as soon as you fill yor mug and snag a virtual treat or two. Remember to wait a while after eating before venturing into the water. Speaking of water...

A cannonball splash is the easiest (and most fun) way to dive, but did you know it’s a legitimate sport as well? It’s officially called ‘splashdiving’, but fans lovingly refer to it as ‘arse bombing’!

While regular divers are judged on how smoothly they land in the water, in splashdiving it’s the exact opposite that counts – points are awarded for the size of the splash created on impact. That sounds painful, but leading competitors say it doesn’t really hurt as much as you’d think. “The pain is minimal,” according to the reigning arse-bombing world champion Rainhard Riede from Bavaria.  And in the words of arse-bomber Lukas Eglseder, “You get used to it.” 

Splashdiving has its own set of rules, and believe it or not, competitors can choose from 13 different styles of diving. The classic ‘arse bomb’ involves landing bum first with the knees tucked into the stomach. Other techniques include ‘the cat’, ‘the chair’, and ‘the plank’. Contestants are required to announce their moves in advance, and are given four chances to make a big impression.

The first dive is all about the splash, as divers aren’t allowed to perform acrobatic moves. The remaining dives give them a chance to show off with somersaults, twists, and various positions. They’re judged on takeoff, execution, and landing. Freestyle elements such as handstands, palm flips, or grabs are given a different score – from one to ten – by each judge. The highest overall scorer wins. 

This year, Riede managed to win the coveted title of world champion by performing an impressive set of somersaults and twists, while also hitting the water hard and making a big splash. The women’s splashdiving contest was won by 15-year-old Franziska Fritz. She’s been the champion three years in a row, but wishes more women would get interested in the sport. “It’s a shame that I’m always so alone,” she said.

Founded by a German man named Oliver Schil in 2003, the official splashdiving event was his attempt to “change how pool bombing is viewed by people worldwide.” He came up with the entire structure and rules in one night, and the very next weekend, he organised the first Arschbombe (arse bombing) contest. It was a huge success, with over 6,000 spectators and enormous press coverage. The first ever winner was Michael Schmidt from Bayreuth, Germany. 

Since then, Arschbombe World Cups have been a yearly event, with several world champions crowned since. Over time, the name ‘Arschbombe’ was perceived to be rather crude, so they changed it to Splashdiving.

According to splashdiving champion and Guinness World Record holder Christian Guth, the sport is quite close to Olympic diving. “Only we do it freestyle and splash on purpose,” he said. He also added that splashdiving is like boxing in terms of the pain. “When you get in the ring for the first time and get hit with two well-aimed left hooks from the local champion, you will probably be crying about it for the rest of the week. But by your 20th match, you will probably know how to avoid the blow or block it.”

“It is the same with splashdiving,” he explained. “With a bit of training, you can get your body ready for almost anything.”

Guth believes that there are about 500 to 1,000 splashdivers in the world today, but only a few of them take part in competitive events.

Looks like fun. Of course we Taylors have our own version of arse-bombing but we won`t get into that. A-r-r-r-g-h-h-h. Did you do that?

See ya, eh!

Bob