www.theblisspages.com - miscellaneous

links on this page: astronomy : film information : shopping : groups I support : miscellaneous links : reference : english grammar and style sites : sites I hope you won't need

links on this site: religion : hot-air ballooning : Golden Jubilee : my wants list : my selling & trading list : motor racing

In June 2003, I fulfilled a life-long ambition and went hot-air ballooning.

Here is my page on the Queen's Golden Jubilee and my garden party in 2002. As well as a wants list, I now have a selling & trading list.

Motor racing has moved to its own page and has some mention of my own racing exploits in my youth.

I have also created a poetry page.

Below are just a few of the links I use frequently, with a few musings from yours truly!

film information

• Internet Movie Database (IMDB) an invaluable resource. Highly recommended

shopping

W H Smith UK for books DVDs etc.

Amazon UK for books DVDs etc.

eBay online auction site I've bought some stuff on here - it's fun!

currency converter

groups I support

• Greenpeace
• International Fund for Animal Welfare
• Friends of the Earth
• National Trust
• Amnesty International
• Blood Transfusion Service I'm not allowed to donate blood any more due to my Diabetes medications, but would encourage everyone to donate - you don't know when you may need some. If that's not incentive enough, remember that donating blood reduces your risk of a heart attack significantly.
• Diabetes UK I'm now a life member, which works out cheaper as long as I survive for twelve years!
• Multiple Sclerosis Society My mother has had MS for over twenty years and it is a chronic, unpredictable neurological disease that affects the central nervous system. For my mother, it has been a horrible, painful, debilitating condition, which has severely adversely affected her quality of life.
• US Multiple Sclerosis Society an American MS website.

miscellaneous links

• Sussex Ski Special I loved their Salsa weekend, and I want to try their Skiing holiday! I'm hoping to go next year
• IQ and personality tests you may find these fun!
• Friends Reunited you can find me on there!
• the new Bliss Family History Society website
• Ruud's Eye a friend with a photographic website
• let them sing it to you type in lyrics (in a popup window) and they will be sung to you

reference sites

• History.uk.com features a timeline of UK history spanning from 1000 BC to the present day. It boasts more than 25,000 historical places, facts, archives and resources. You can access knowledge about your local history or family tree
• LyricsTime need the words to a song? Try here
• BT directory enquiries free directory enquiries
• Royal Mail postcode finder find postcodes
• UK national rail timetables journey planner and live departure boards
• live departure boards - choose your station
• BBC news
• Multimap Looking for somewhere? Try here.
• PoetryConnection.net a comprehensive list of poets with much of their poetry
• British library online collection look at some fascinating books
• Computer help - MalekTips - Tips and resources for all skill levels. Windows, DOS, Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, electronic mail, the Internet, digital cameras, HTML, Netscape, and more.

english grammar and style sites

• Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch. A superb site on grammar, punctuation and more. If only everyone read this...
• RhymeZone if you're into poetry, you may find this site useful
• The Plain Text Gazette a service aimed at improving business English and fighting jargon. They also publish a regular free e-mail newsletter to subscribers
• Plain English campaign home of the Plain English campaign, with guidelines on writing clear English for a mass audience
• Ask Oxford the Oxford English Dictionary group, with a wide range of quotes, articles and information on English usage
• One Look dictionary a good search facility for phrase finding, translations and varied spelling
• Dictionary.com dictionary and thesaurus for alternative words and spellings
• www.useit.com a basic but useful site from web guru, Jakob Nielson. Guidance and advice on all aspects of web design, including web writing

funny sites

• airport announcements some spoof announcements that were read over the tannoy at Heathrow airport - rude but funny.

sites I hope you won't need

• www.ondivorce.co.uk and www.divorce.co.uk
• Alzheimer Society by the time I need this site, I might not remember how to spell it

astronomy

Joseph (you may have seen his name on my board games page), recently bought a telescope. It's a Meade ETX-90RA 90mm Maksutov Cassegrain Telescope and, as his garden has tall trees which limit his viewing, he often pops round with his scope for a spot of observing.

The pictures of the moon and Mars were taken on Wednesday 6 August 2003 using a Canon Ixus 400 held by the eyepiece of the scope.

The moon is about 230,000 miles away and Mars is almost at its closest - about 34.5 million miles away. You can click on the photo of the moon for an enlargement.

Joseph has now bought a proper camera mount and this should further increase the quality of the pictures.

Let us know if you found this section interesting and we will put up more pictures and perhaps give astronomy its own page in the future.

venus transit

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astronomical links

• Heavens Above for information on observing satellites
• The Society for Popular Astronomy
• SETI@home participate in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
• Meade is the maker of the telescope Joseph bought - many models are now computer-controlled
• Telescope House buy your telescope here.

my wants list (not just for Xmas!)

I'm often asked (well, occasionally!) what I'd like - and what I'd rather not get! Here's my wants list ...

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