Barry Hooper

WHO NEEDS A STANDBY GENERATOR?

Most of us take electricity for granted. When we flip the light switch, we expect the light to turn on. When we plug in the electric grill, we expect it to be ready before the neighbors arrive for the backyard cookout. If there's a power outage, everyo... Read >

THE STORY OF CONCRETE – OR IS IT CEMENT?

So you've decided to do a little home improvement project on your concrete (or is it cement?) driveway, and you need a cement mixer (or is it a concrete mixer?) What's the difference between concrete and cement anyway? Is there a difference? Or is th... Read >

Mopeds sale

Mopeds have been around for years as a form of cheap transport. They are also cheap to buy, normally don't need a driving licence to ride (depending on where you live) and have been, for a couple of generations at least, the first form of motorised transp... Read >

49cc scooters

Focus: no need for a driving licence Since the original manufacturers of motor scooters and mopeds, over 50 years ago, decided to build machines capable of being ridden by normal people who could not afford cars, it has been the case, pretty much all o... Read >

Gas Scooters

Focus: fuel efficiency They may be called 'gas scooters' but the great thing about them is they don't use very much of the stuff at all. If you've been used to gassing-up a car or other four wheeled vehicle, then gassing-up a scooter will give you a b... Read >

50cc scooters

Focus: on engine size 50cc You know those little sugar cubes you sometimes get in restaurants? Not the larger ones but the tiny ones which most people use in twos and threes? Well they are approximately 1cc. The difference between a scooter you can leg... Read >

Mopeds and Scooters

Focus: as means of leisure travel Last time you went to a popular football match or ball game in your car did you have to sit in a traffic jam? Did the walk from the car to your seat take for ever? Were you stuck in really bad traffic on the way home? ... Read >

Yamaha scooters

Many people when they think of Yamaha motorbikes think of very fast racing bikes; motorbikes that compete in Grand Prix, often winning; and the superb technology that has brought them international recognition as being one of the biggest and best in the b... Read >

A Parents Guide to Educational Toys

Parents, and especially first time parents, will do almost anything to find out what is best for their child. In toy shops and online toy stores over the last year, Americans spent nearly $1 billion on educational toys that promised to stimulate and ente... Read >

Advice to Parents

The latest advice from child development specialists to parents wishing to increase their child's academic potential and creativity is to let them experience some boredom. They recommend more time in less structured activities like play with a suitable e... Read >

What Is An Educational Toy?

An educational toy is any toy which stimulates play in the child and provides education and learning as a valuable side product of play. Your child's development socially, emotionally, and physically are all stimulated by the use of age and developmentall... Read >

Do Infants Need Toys?

Selecting an educational toy from a toy store or toy shop for the very young child can seem a daunting task. And trying to educate them so soon after they have been born may appear a little hasty. Actually, the fact is your baby is learning at great spe... Read >

The Ways Children Learn

In order to select the very best educational toy for your child, it is advisable to understand the different ways in which children learn. Children usually favor one particular way but of course, they use them all. This knowledge will enable you to ass... Read >

Vespa Scooter

For many older people, both middle-aged and retired, Vespa scooters may well bring back memories from Europe or the Far East. Of course the concept of the scooter comes from just after the Second World War, and the characteristics ever since emanate from ... Read >

150cc Scooter

When Enrico Piaggio saw the first prototype of a new machine for economical transport in the late 1940's, as designed by his chief aeronautical engineer and stylish designer he, we are told, said "this looks like a wasp". Nearly 60 years later this is sti... Read >