A Little Bit of Everything...

Driving through Stratford on Monday morning, I was surprised by the number of drivers that did not indicate when turning.
It's not just those passing through the roundabouts either, but general give way intersections as well.
While waiting to pass through Fenton Street, two cars failed to indicate left and one started straight, but then must have remembered he needed to turn right and just missed another vehicle, who also happened to not be indicating.
Is it just that time of year or are drivers in general getting slack? Only 13 of 100 cars properly indicated when driving through the roundabout.
One driver forgot completely and drove up onto the edge of the round-about making a great noise as his rims scraped the concrete.
With winter weather fast approaching, please remember to indicate and drive to the road conditions.
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Beef from beer
(Stratford Press, Thursday July 24, 1969)
The oft repeated comedy line of 'When I can't drink any more beer, pour it all over me' is by way of being true in Japan, in a bovine manner.
Mr N G (Dick) Rowe, Ngaere, just returned from a seven week tour of Japanese Islands, told us he saw beef cattle being fed a bottle of beer a day and also saw the same beast gently massaged with the same beverage.
It appears that certain beef meats are very popular cooked in a special manner and about 60lb of this special cut comes off the beasts so treated.
The animal is reared in a stall and fed for four years using the beer treatment and this man said the flavour was beautiful.
Still searching for stolen property
(Stratford Press, Thursday August 21, 1969)
Acting on information received, the Stratford Police and a member of the New Plymouth CIB arranged a search beneath the surface of the Ngaere Gardens lake for missing property.
Two skin-divers were employed by the police, Mr Phil Bendle (Stratford) and Mr Doug Gifkins (New Plymouth) who searched every inch of the lake bottom.
Although it was supposed that a quantity of stolen property had been abandoned in the lake, the only item found was an empty case belonging to a portable record player. It was held down with rocks.
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Did you know?
? Henry Ford was the first billionaire in the US?
? Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland?
? There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar?
? Monopoly game is considered to be the most played board game in the world?
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Calf value
A motorist driving by a Texas ranch hit and killed a calf that was crossing the road. The driver went to the owner of the calf and explained what had happened. He then asked what the animal was worth.
"Oh, about $200 today," said the rancher.
"But in six years it would have been worth $900. So $900 is what I'm out."
The motorist sat down and wrote out a cheque and handed it to the farmer. "Here," he said, "is the cheque for $900. It is post-dated six years from now."
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'Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names'. John F. Kennedy