Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm as usual for all the days news and Lisa will be back for the forecast.
Thanks for all the emails on a variety of subjects. I was talking about queues yesterday at the supermarket checkouts and the fact that they could be getting 10% shorter with new barcode scanner equipment. By installing this new gadget, it means that it doesnt matter if the barcode is not facing the machine, it will still do the bleep! Theres an email here from Andreas, Hello Peter, its Andreas from Germany. So there you are, a German Levy Letter reader! I dont know how the English feel about losing 10% of their queue. It sounds like youre happy about it. But it sounds strange to me. I have always thought that the English love their queues. Even in my first English class book, they described the English as waiting for a bus in a queue and it sounded as if they were quite happy about it. But maybe the shops will have 10% less checkouts in order to save this wonderful English tradition. So there you are, that one is from Andreas. What Im not quite sure about is why Andreas is actually reading this letter and subscribing to the Levy Letter all the way in Germany. But anyway, thank you very much indeed Andreas. Maybe you could let us know what the connection is with our part of the world. Theres one here from Christine from Scunthorpe and she says, I read your article on divorce in todays Levy Letter with interest, because my husband is a bit of a snorer and Ive found that the best and simplest way is to whisper into my husbands ear - youre snoring, roll over! And within about ten seconds, he rolls over and stops snoring. I must admit though that the only time it doesnt work is when weve been out and hes had one or two over the eight! So there you are. If your man is snoring, just whisper in his ear - youre snoring, roll over! And that should do the trick. You cant make some of these up could you? This one from Lorna. Yesterday, you mentioned divorce and hogging the duvet as a contributing factor. After many years of wrestling back my share of the duvet from my husband, I found a solution, short of divorce, by buying two single duvets. So we still share a bed, and we both still snore, but we both stay warm and comfortable under our two separate duvets! Surely theres a bit in the middle where the air comes in, where theres a gap? Anyway, Lorna, thank you very much indeed for that one and thank you for all the emails on the subject of snoring and what keeps you awake at night from the I couldnt make it up department! Trust Vets More Than Doctors British pet owners trust the advice and knowledge of their local vet more than the doctors at the local hospital, according to a survey published today. More than a quarter of pet owners interviewed said they trusted their vet more than the human health specialists, a survey has found. They trusted their vet over their optician, hospital doctor and dentist. The survey by NOP for a pet insurance provider found that owners look after their pet more than they look after their own health. 51% of owners interviewed are likely to take their pet to the local vet at the first sign of ill health, but would wait for further symptoms in their own health before going to see the GP. Im sure animal owners will not be surprised one little bit with the facts from that one! Cost of Cities Where do you think is the most costly place to live and shop? Well, it might be a surprise to learn that its Oslo in Norway! Oslo came out number one, and Tokyo number two, Reykjavik in Iceland at number three (we had a report of course at the end of last year from Reykjavik in Iceland), number four was Osaka in Japan and number five was Paris in France in the list of most expensive places to live. London came in at number seven. But in Oslo, a loaf of bread costs £2, a bottle of beer from a supermarket is £1.80 and even spending a penny in one of the citys public loos will cost you seventy times that at 70p! But Oslo, yesterday, seemed happy with its status as the worlds most expensive city. The Norwegian capital is the first city to topple Tokyo from the top spot in fourteen years. But in London? Well, a loaf there would cost you 57p an awful lot less than it would cost you in Oslo! Henry McGee I was sad to read the news of the death of Henry McGee. Henry was, of course, Benny Hills stooge for many years. He died at the age of seventy-seven after suffering from Alzheimers Disease. Henry McGee was also in a host of comedy films through the sixties, seventies and eighties. He died in a nursing home in London at the weekend. He became familiar to many people as the long suffering straight man in the Benny Hill Show, and was particularly popular in America, where the shows risqué humour remains popular to this day. His success with Benny Hill, enabled him to win a lucrative deal advertising Sugar Puffs. He came from a traditional theatrical family, but claimed he had no interest in acting until he found himself out of work when he came out of National Service. He also appeared in The Italian Job and in the Pink Panther and also in many Carry On films. His TV work includes the Z Cars and Rising Damp. He was a great comedy actor and will be sadly missed. Pictures Dont forget, if there are any pictures youd like me to see that perhaps could go on the Big Screen on the programme a view that youre particularly proud of, then let me know. If theres a story that you think we might like to do on the programme, then give me the details and drop me a line at the usual address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, thats it from me for today this Thursday. Thanks for reading the Levy Letter. I hope you can join me tonight on programme on BBC1 at 6.30pm and look out for your next letter tomorrow round about the same time. And dont forget, if theres someone you can push in the general direction of signing up for a Levy Letter, then go to one of the two addresses at the bottom of the page, click on those, click on Levy Letter and follow the instructions through. 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