Archive for February, 2010

Slow Is Faster

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Did you know…

Laminar and Turbulent Flow

Laminar versus Turbulent Flow

Smooth running water flows faster than rough, turbulent water!

Let me explain.

Take your ordinary garden hosepipe attached to the tap, turn on the tap and watch the water flow freely. Slowly increase the flow from the tap and correspondingly the flow from the end of the hosepipe increases until suddenly the water no longer flows freely but has become turbulent. At this point you will also observe that LESS water now flows from the hosepipe than before! Why?

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Be My Valentine

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

I love getting presents and who doesn’t?

It’s amazing what a difference a year makes.., huh?

Happy Valentines Darling
..And Who Said Our Love Wasn’t Hot… IT’S ON FIRE!

I’ll invite you to read my posting of last year on this subject, and then to comment on how my views have changed (or not)…

The Hardest Part Is Always The Beginning

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

They say the hardest part is always the beginning and today this point was once again, clearly demonstrated.

The hardest part is always the beginning

I have a very dear friend (N) who is a natural born artist, one of those rare people that no matter what they turn their artistic hand too, it turns to gold… (figuratively speaking of course) yet if only she would start (literally) ‘turning it to gold’… (more…)