Prime Bullet points:

 

Bank switch  First Direct are currently offering up to £200 to switch current accounts

 

Health    Tasty and healthy – just add a few pumpkin seeds, to your cereal or just as a snack. This small seed has plenty of health benefits   

Being high in polyunsaturated fats, omega 3 and 6 they can help reduce heart disease and stroke.

They are loaded with zinc, which is vital for the immunity system, healthy testosterone levels and may support both bladder and prostate health.

Containing both magnesium tryptophan they help reduce stress and aid better sleep.

They are rich is fibre, carotenoids and vitamin – all have great health benefits.

 

Small seed mighty punch.

Nostalgia -  On the 28 May 1978, in New York the film Grease premiered.  I remember going to see it at the cinema and the long summer of those unforgettable songs – Summer Nights / You’re the one that I want  

 

 

Puzzle  https://wordsearchlabs.com/view/1664842

 

Remember this – one of the biggest hits of 1975

 

Balance exercise for over 50s – side clam very quick and easy  

 

Recommended read   for a guide on how to cope with the world Marcus Aureilus has been inspiring.  His meditations were his own personal reflections on his life as Emperor of Rome during troubled times ad have been an inspiration for many world leaders and businessmen for over 1,000 years.  A truly useful guide to dealing with life on a day to day basis. Personally I have found this o be both educational and useful.

Marcus Aureilus quote   “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”

 

 

Green deal https://rc-refer.com/john-c955mw

 

1980’s TV remembered.

Programme i have been watching recently – available through Amazon Prime – The Young Riders.

Late 80’s early 90’s Western series based on the Pony Express – with some great portrayals.  Young stars Stephen Baldwin and Josh Brolin playing real life Pony Express Riders and Wild West legends Bill Cody and James Hickok (Buffalo and Wild Bill) Great characters and great story lines.  There is even a female rider (albeit pretending to be a boy

Truths –

The have timelines right – Teaspoon having been at the Alamo (25 anniversary) and being a Texas Ranger tie into the time frame of the programme.

The Pony Express did favour employing orphan boys as riders, there was, however, no known female rider.  Women did play a big role, as shown, in running the stations.

 

The looming civil war and the factors causing friction, even among the friends, is again correct.

Both Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill did ride for the Pony Express and were friends.  Cody was would become a famous showman (his love of books, writing, showmanship is often shown) and Hickok would become a famous gunman (again shown in the series) some say the best of them all and one of the few to have a recorded fast draw gunfight.

Wild Bill Hickok had a famous quick-draw duel with Davis Tutt on July 21, 1865, in Springfield, Missouri. Considered by many historians as the first true, one-on-one "quick-draw" showdown in the West, they faced off at about 75 yards in the town square over a gambling debt, with Hickok killing Tutt in one shot.

 

 

Great podcast to listen to – great health information for the 40+ bracket. https://40plusfitnesspodcast.com/

 

Quote to ponder    Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall

Confucius