I must admit I had believed climate change due to anthropogenic (man-made) effects meant that parts of the planet became hotter and wetter, and parts became colder. In other words, summers were hotter and winters could become colder.
The claims made about the benefits of using a salt lamp are many. They range from reducing the need for an inhaler, to promoting happiness and wellbeing. Most of them seem to revolve around the idea that they purify the air.
Shepherd Bushiri has claimed in a video that he is walking on air.
It had to happen, I guess. A new book, Sextrology: The Astrology of Sex and the Sexes, written by New York astrologers Stella Starsky and (wince) Quinn Cox gets a fair amount of column inches in the Dominion Post (July 8.)
The following item was sent by Mr A.S. Hamlyn of Dargaville. It appeared in The Northland Times of 23 March 1990 under the headline "Sceptic flabbergasted by Indian holy woman".