Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the period of 40 days which leads up to Easter. 40 is a significant number in the Bible, with the Israelites spending 40 years in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land, and the 40 days of Lent reflects the 40 days...

Today, S & G Electrical finished the installation of the fire alarm. First of all, they had to fit a dialler (so that if the alarm goes off, we are contacted...) Here is Dave fathoming the instructions: Then he had to drill to connect cable to the landline:...

When I learn German, I enjoyed finding patterns in irregular verbs and had to learn from a table listing all the different tenses for these. Beginning with the infinitive, I would learn the different forms for that verb, listing the 3rd person singular in the present...