Hello there, its Peter here and welcome to Fridays Levy Letter. At the end of another week, I hope your week went well and I hope youll enjoy the coming weekend.
Tonight on the programme, our special guest will be the Yorkshire Shakespeare actor, Barrie Rutter and well be asking whether you think you should be fined for leaving your wheelie bins out longer than the Council think you should! Im sure that will be quite a talking point! Well also be talking to a man whos got something special in his garage! Following on from the lady whos building a Spitfire in her garage, well be talking to Grantham man, Peter Spendlove, whos building a sand yacht in his garage. And of course well be asking you if youve got anything unusual in your garage. If you do, then wed love to hear from you. Contact me as soon as you can at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digital Cameras I just wanted to say thanks to all the emails and there have been so many, helping me since I bought my digital camera last weekend. I have of course found it very difficult to understand the instructions, mainly because the instruction booklet is the size of the Bible! So many really kind people have bothered to email in with help and advice. A lot of it has been really useful. I didnt want to identify anybody by name as youve all been really helpful. Ive taken them all home and have been using them. Ive got halfway through the Bible book that goes with the camera and when I do actually get to take my first picture and manage successfully, then Ill put it in the Levy Letter if our technology allows that. But thank you to Bob Carter, Jean Stalham, Paul Hemmingway and many others for their help with my digital camera! Thank you to all of you who have bothered to email in. Chip And Pin Well, in the final instalment this week on Chip and Pin, which weve been talking about all week, Ive got one last email here from Denise Atkins. Denise says she has a real problem remembering all her different Pin numbers and passwords, but she has a suggestion to help remember them all! She says, I think I need to get my Pin numbers tattooed on my arm. My bottom would be better as its a bigger area, but you cant drop your trousers in the middle of the supermarket, because you cant remember your Pin. I usually write them in an address book disguised as a telephone number and only I know which four numbers I need in case anyone is looking. Perhaps that is a good suggestion for people to help remember their Pin, but you do have to remember to take your book with you everywhere! Well, Denise, as a final point on Chip and Pin, thank you very much indeed. Good advice! And thank you to everyone whos emailed me on that and on loads of other subjects as well. Pictures Dont forget if youve got a picture or a photograph that you think would look particularly good on our Big Screen on the programme, then send it in as soon as you can. Weve had some nice 10 by 8 pictures, hard copies in the post. Obviously thats very expensive to do, but they do look good, but if you can send it digitally via email, then please do to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Big Brother Yes, I admit it. I said I wouldnt watch Big Brother and then last night for the second time I sat through it. It is sort of addictive and I think more so because you listen to people around you at work or when youre out talking about it and I want to join in and if Im not watching it, then I feel as if Im missing out on something. Once again, loads of emails on this, but I still havent had one email from anyone that says its a good programme and they enjoy watching it. Although, Im sure some people, like me, are watching it, because its addictive, but still are enjoying watching it with absolute horror at how mind-numbingly dull the whole thing is. Anyway, if you have more thoughts on Big Brother, then do let me know. Day Dreamers Youngsters, who gaze out of the window at school instead of looking and listening to the teacher, could turn out to be the best classroom performers. Scientists have discovered that children, who practise what they term gaze-aversion, are often not inattentive, but are focussing their mind on the question in hand. In tests, 72% of five year olds, who turned away, answered questions correctly, compared with 52%, who continued to look at the teacher. Thats interesting isnt it? Gaze out of the window and you actually get more accuracy when asked questions than those who continue to stare at the teacher. The harder the question and the more likely it is that the day dreaming pupils would get it right. Researchers at Stirling University said the techniques help avoid possible distractions. A team of psychologists, who studied pupils behaviour, said teachers and parents should encourage children not to look at them, when theyre being spoken to. Can you believe that? That is ! the pottiest thing Ive ever heard. But what do I know. I didnt even pass my 11plus! I went to secondary school, so I cant even possibly argue with these boffins at Stirling University. So if youve got young children, then tell them not to look at you when youre talking to them, but get them to gaze out of the window, because theyre more likely to get on that way. Ive never heard so much rubbish in my whole life! Brit Awards The nominees have been announced for the annual music awards The Brits! Best male artist? Well, amongst the selection are James Blunt, Robbie Williams and Will Young. Best female artist Charlotte Church, Kate Bush and also Katie Melua. Katie, of course, has been a guest of ours in the past. She is now going to play just a few dates in this country and one of them will be at Sheffield and well be talking to Katie Melua on the programme next week. Nominations for best single well, Coldplays Speed of Sound, James Blunts Youre Beautiful, Shayne Wards Thats My Goal, Sugababes Push The Button and Tony Christies Is This The Way To Amarillo! Again, Tony Christie of course has been on the programme several times over the last couple of years. The Brit awards are going to be hosted by Chris Evans apparently in a few weeks time. Big Year Well, its a big year for the Queen as she celebrates her 80th birthday in April! As part of our coverage of the birthday celebrations, we would love to hear from you if you share your birthday with the Queen. Were you born on the 21st April 1926 or do you know someone who was? If so, then please get in contact with us. We would love to have a chat with you and we would love to film you for a piece to be shown on Look North. Please get in contact with me as soon as you can. You can get me direct as usual on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im looking forward to hearing from you. Well, thats it from me for today. I hope you have a lovely weekend and I hope you can join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Take care, thanks for reading! 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. 1.94.4
