Offbeat News - From Offbeat Chroniclestag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-12563922021-07-09T19:02:00+01:00TypePadThe Secret Story of How U.S. and Russian Fighter Jets Went to War Over Siberiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452aa9e69e202788036ab6e200d2021-07-09T19:02:00+01:002021-07-09T19:02:00+01:00In the afternoon of November 18, 1952, four sleek jets painted an inky navy blue soared off the deck of the carrier USS Oriskany into a swirling Siberian snowstorm gusting over the Sea of Japan. The carrier was part of...Tony J. McKillopAfter getting into a bitter fight with her husband, a woman in China angrily rammed her BMW into Porsche 918 and Ferrari GTC4Lusso worth $3.5 million and wrecked them. - Luxurylaunchestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452aa9e69e20282e10f1f61200b2021-07-09T18:42:50+01:002021-07-09T18:42:50+01:00Arguments and quarrels are normal but frustrating parts of most marriages, but it’s important to stay calm and logically resolve the issue at hand. Else, things can quickly get out of control and even end up costing you a fortune....Tony J. McKillopYou Can See Right Through This Frog Storytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452aa9e69e20282e10f1315200b2021-07-09T14:37:12+01:002021-07-10T10:12:58+01:00On a moonless summer night in Ecuador’s Andean foothills, a tiny bachelor glass frog sits on a leaf overhanging a stream. He has chosen the best real estate to try to impress a female, advertising his presence with a high-pitched...Tony J. McKillopHow the Left has bullied Britain into going for woke | Daily Mail Onlinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452aa9e69e20282e10f12c8200b2021-07-09T14:30:00+01:002021-07-09T14:30:00+01:00Today, however, he feels 'embarrassment and shame' for the land of his birth. via www.dailymail.co.ukTony J. McKillopAs gas boilers are banned from 2025, would a heat pump save YOU money? | Daily Mail Onlinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452aa9e69e2026bdedec32e200c2021-07-09T14:16:46+01:002021-07-09T14:16:46+01:00Making Britain more environmentally friendly has become one of the Government's main aims in recent times. via www.dailymail.co.ukTony J. McKillopWomen Dash For Cash In Stiletto Heels [Offbeat News]tag:typepad.com,2003:post-467495302008-03-08T12:04:47+00:002008-03-08T12:04:47+00:00Pick Of The Week: Women Race In Stiletto Heels “Like a herd of antelope, jockeying and shoving for position” would not normally conjure up the image of women in stiletto heels. But last week there was the unlikely sight of...Tony J. McKillopGP Surgery Opens In A Supermarket [Offbeat News]tag:typepad.com,2003:post-466027502008-03-05T09:40:30+00:002008-03-05T09:40:30+00:00Alternative Title: Keep Taking The Pomegranates There has been suspicion that a Doctor's motives were purely financial following the news that a top British supermarket has opened an after hours surgery. The pilot scheme was rolled out at a Manchester...Tony J. McKillopAn Orange A Day Keeps Anger Away [Offbeat News]tag:typepad.com,2003:post-465783622008-03-04T20:55:21+00:002008-03-04T20:55:21+00:00Alternative Title: Only In Holland A four week study of prison inmates has found that strange as it might seem, Dutch criminals are much less aggressive when exposed to the scent of oranges. The whole concept of orange – or...Tony J. McKillopLargest Sea Monster Found [Offbeat News]tag:typepad.com,2003:post-462335522008-02-27T09:00:15+00:002008-02-27T09:00:15+00:00Fossilised remains of giant sea monster unearthed in the Arctic Alternative Title: Does My Flipper Look Big In This? Norwegian scientists claim that a fossilised creature unearthed on an Arctic island is a record breaker. The creature would have measured...Tony J. McKillopEat Your Greenstag:typepad.com,2003:post-322856782007-03-30T00:39:00+01:002007-03-30T00:39:00+01:00Since we’ve been kids, we’ve been advised to ‘eat our greens’. I was reading an article in yesterday’s BBC News online which seems to confirm this. It suggested that taking vitamin supplements could possibly do more harm than good, and...Tony J. McKillopCromarty Fisher Dialecttag:typepad.com,2003:post-322849082007-02-21T08:49:00+00:002007-02-21T08:49:00+00:00Stomach's feeling a bit dodgy this morning and I can't think why, unless it was that left-over bit of chilli Christmas pudding I had before going to bed last night. That might explain the strange dreams. In one I was...Tony J. McKillopHave I Got Old News For Youtag:typepad.com,2003:post-322853922007-02-15T22:21:00+00:002007-02-15T22:21:00+00:00OK, I should have been on the ball and got this stuff a couple of days ago, but I still think it's worth an airing. According to an article in the online Telegraph, Catholics are encouraged when looking for love...Tony J. McKillopQueen Victoria - A Little Known Facttag:typepad.com,2003:post-322854762007-02-15T17:36:00+00:002007-02-15T17:36:00+00:00It is a little known fact that Queen Victoria actually started out life as Sydney Hardcastle from the Clerkenwell district of London, demonstrating just where hard work and imagination can get you. One of the most famous phrases attributed to...Tony J. McKillop