Get Ready Mailbag: Being prepared while on summer vacation Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Have a ques... By apit nursing Friday, May 29, 2009 Comment
Accessibility For Ontarian's With Disabilities Act AODA Barrier Removal Disability accommodation Human Rights The Non-Accessible Grand Theatre in Kingston Ontario The following video is of the make-shift ramp to allow wheelchair access onto the stage of the newly renovated Grand Theatre. Note how I ski... By apit nursing Thursday, May 28, 2009 Comment
The Carved and the Directional Curl (Click on the images to see larger versions.) Source: American Hairdresser Beauty Shop Compendium 9th Edition. By apit nursing Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Comment
Planning ahead is important for hurricane preparedness If you could be any animal, wouldn't it be great to be a bird? You never have to wait in line for the restroom, you know the weather bef... By apit nursing Friday, May 22, 2009 Comment
Sideburns (Click on the image to enlarge.) Source: Practice and Science of Standard Barbering, ⓒ 1938-1958 By apit nursing Monday, May 18, 2009 Comment
Exide Ferodo Tecalemit Wilmot Breeden Splendor Splendide Yesterday the Archive had to shuffle along the shelves to allow in six of these beautiful little boxes. Complete with everything but the oil... By apit nursing May 18, 2009 Comment
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Pin Curls (Click on the images to get a better view.) Source: Practice and Science of Standard Barbering, ⓒ 1938-1958 By apit nursing May 16, 2009 Comment
Play it safe outdoors this summer by being prepared As the weather gets warmer and the days longer, we’re all drawn to the great outdoors. But exposure to the elements can lead to common injur... By apit nursing Friday, May 15, 2009 Comment
Ice Cream Limestone Summer Afternoons Thatched Roofs Old Walls I recently went on about the appalling 'W' Wall's Ice Cream identity, but singularly failed to show you how their tin signs once... By apit nursing Thursday, May 14, 2009 Comment
cardiovascular disease disease The Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic Few people alive today are old enough to remember the beginning of the coronary heart disease (CHD) epidemic in the 1920s and 1930s, when ph... By apit nursing Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Comment
All Things To Do With Umbrellas And Parasols Find The Fault No 12 I don't know about you, but I'm finding some of these puzzle pictures a bit tedious. Looking ahead in the pack of 20 I see far more ... By apit nursing May 12, 2009 Comment
Bedroom Furniture Council Works Sewage Works Street Furniture Water Works Hold Your Nose Funny how the smallest detail can act as an aide memoire to all things past. I took one of my boys on a tour of the sights of my own childh... By apit nursing Sunday, May 10, 2009 Comment
Midsummer Night Dreams (Click on the image.) Source: American Hairdresser, June 1946 By apit nursing Saturday, May 9, 2009 Comment
Help the hungry, improve preparedness without leaving your doorstop on Stamp Out Hunger Day On your way home from work today, take some time to stop at the grocery store and pick up a few extra items for those in need. You'll he... By apit nursing Friday, May 8, 2009 Comment
Get Ready Mailbag: Swine flu Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Have a ques... By apit nursing May 08, 2009 Comment
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Link: Retro Hairstyles for Dummies Once again, another great link: Retro Hairstyles for Dummies I love that Sari has the updos from the Hairdo Handbook that we have here, but... By apit nursing May 07, 2009 Comment
Forks Hoes Hoses Rollers Shears Spades Clumber Lumber Clumber Park is an ex-Ducal estate of 3,800 acres south east of Worksop in Nottinghamshire. The grand Palladian house, begun in 1760, has go... By apit nursing Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Comment
Er That's It Whitworth Thread Find The Fault No 11 Apart from reminding me of that old joke that ends with a newspaper headline "Nut Screws Washers & Bolts", there's not a l... By apit nursing Monday, May 4, 2009 Comment
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diet minerals thyroid Iodine Iodine is an essential trace mineral. It's required for the formation of activated thyroid hormones T3 and T4. The amount of thyroid h... By apit nursing Saturday, May 2, 2009 Comment
Feather Halo (Click on the image to open a larger version in a new window.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, June 1942 By apit nursing May 02, 2009 Comment
Lodes of Carrots Lodes of Celery Lodes of Spuds. Lodes of Onions... Loded A signpost out on the fens east of Cambridge. Having a kind of horrible ring-of-truth for our times I thought 'What's all that about... By apit nursing May 02, 2009 Comment
Don’t let your tots miss their shots: Online tracker a handy helper If you're a parent, you're no doubt familiar with the seemingly endless trips to the doctor to have your child vaccinated. Even if y... By apit nursing Friday, May 1, 2009 Comment