Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Wednesdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Paul will have the forecast, well have all the days news and if you like magic, then well have something of a treat for you as I shall be talking to one of the countrys top magician Kerry Scorah, who is from Hull. Join me tonight at the usual time.
Thanks very much for all the emails. Well try and get through some in just a bit. Most grateful for all of those. If you want to drop me a line, then you can get me directly on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Binge Drinkers Scientists may have discovered why binge drinking has become so common in young women. Researchers say that womens brains react differently to mens when they drink alcohol, which could make it more difficult for them to judge how much they consume. Women are apparently less susceptible to the sedative effect of alcohol and are less likely to feel sleepy when they drink, which is usually an early sign of intoxication. This may make it harder for them to determine when it is time to stop drinking. This means that women need to take extra care when trying to gauge how much they have had to drink, says the study. Well, there you are. The headline on that one Do Girls Brains Turn Them Into Binge Drinkers? Your views on that or indeed on anything else, then do please get in touch. Competition Now weve got an exclusive competition in the Levy Letter today. Its only open to you, it wont be on the television. It is to win a pair of tickets to see Grease at the Hull New Theatre. The top West End musical is coming to the stage and if you would like to be there with some top tickets, then all youve got to do is to answer this question and email me back later today to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The question is name one of the hit songs from the musical Grease! Pin Numbers I got talking yesterday in the Levy Letter about the fact that shortly shops wont accept our credit card if weve forgotten our Pin number, so we can no longer just sign for things. So if we cant remember our Pin number, then were stuffed really, thats it. Well a couple of emails on this one. Betty Arabin-Williams writes in to say, Just to remind you that you or anyone can change their Pin number at any cash machine, which takes the card. Insert the card and press Pin Services. When the screen comes up, just follow the instructions. Hopefully, youll have a number to change it to, that you can remember! And one from Jan Hello Peter, regarding your comments on Chip and Pin. I like it and am quite used to it, but when the new rules come in and we are not going to be allowed to sign, what will happen when the machine refuses to accept the card? This has happened to me several times in some shops and the assistant has said that it does that sometimes. What do we do then? Well, what happens after April on that? Thats a very good point Jan. Any more comments on Chip and Pin, then do get in touch. Big Brother I mentioned that I am probably the only person in the country not watching Celebrity Big Brother. Well, since then, Ive had so many emails moaning about Big Brother and most of them moaning about Michael Barrymore being on Big Brother. Well, there are hundreds of them to be honest. So thank you for all of those and I have to admit that on Monday night, I did actually sit down and watched an episode of Big Brother, just so I knew what I was missing, or what I wasnt missing more like! To be honest, I couldnt believe what I was seeing. It is sort of addictive, because I did watch the whole hour. But thanks for all your comments. There isnt one, I have to say, that is in favour of or which says they are enjoying Big Brother. But thank you for all of those. Addiction Well, if youre female and you like shopping, well then youre not alone of course, its quite common. But this addiction is costing you £13,000. A new study shows that women waste £13,000 throughout their lives on clothes that they buy that they will never wear. It seems incredible doesnt it, but they say apparently that all women have them in their wardrobe skirts, tops, trousers all hanging in there with the labels still attached that have never actually been worn. £13,000 in a lifetime will be spent on clothes that never actually get worn. Your views on that one gratefully received as usual. Photos Dont forget if youve got any photos for our Big Screen - weather pictures or scenic views of the region that you think we would like to see, then do send them in. And if you happen to capture any video footage on your camera or your mobile phone that you think we must see, then of course get in touch with me as soon as you can at my email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for that. Looking forward to hearing from you. Distractions Well, if you work in an office like I do, then I wonder how many minutes it is before you are distracted. Well, apparently a survey says that office staff work only eleven minutes before they are interrupted by an email, phone call or tap on the shoulder from a colleague. These distractions cost businesses a fortune. Researchers have calculated that interruptions account for an average of 2.1 hours in a workers day. It normally takes twenty-five minutes to return to the original task, although some workers say their concentration is ruined for the rest of the day. To be honest, from my point of view, working in the newsroom, twenty-five minutes without being interrupted would be a record! And Im sure most people would agree with that and I would say that most people who work in an office would say that was a very long time! But anyway, thats what it says. Every eleven minutes, an office worker is stopped by yet another email. The scourge of our time for some of us! I have! to think though how on earth we managed before email. I just cant even think of it, but its not even that long back. Ben Elton was on the programme last night and he was saying that when he did his last tour eight years ago, we didnt even have the internet. If you think about it, thats probably true! How things change! Well, thats it from me for today. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm and look out for your Levy Letter tomorrow. Thanks for reading. Bye Peter And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box.
