Love Peas and Harmony

Summer festivals often bring the peace and love out in everyone. Rural activists mix with green campaigners and join hands with urban warriors in acts of human kindness. Tapping into this market has to be the highly imaginative cafepress business Give Peas a Chance who are offering an extensive range of pun tastic merchandise all playing with the similarity in pronunciation of peas and peace.

Anyone wearing a Peas on Earth logo immediately brings calm and happiness to the room.

Go on give Peas a Chance.

As the temperatures soar even the office needs a calming. This damning description of the revolting smell from a Subway Melt shows just how food can be trouble. Subway have managed to squeeze their foot length offerings onto every high street but it would be considerate if they were to refrain from selling "stinky food" such as the melt during early mornings. Either that or insist the whiffy offers are consumed on the premises and not be allowed to pollute workspaces.

Four by Four Bargains - Easy on the Gas

Various recent events have seen the demand for 4X4 SUVs and off road vehicles plummet.

A combination of soaring fuel prices and tax penalties on some of the UKs most popular vehicles - family estate cars and compact SUVs (read freelander's take on the vehicle excise duty imposed on his Freelander and even an eye on the environment has seen a noticeable drop in the price of secondhand 4X4s as the market has become saturated with buyers choosing "sensible" economic smaller cars.

However some of these Sport Utility Vehicles have picked up the tag 'gas guzzling monsters' which is perhaps unfair. Modern engineering and designs have brought them in line with todays acceptable standards that consumers expect.

Motoring and motor sport specialist sites now have glowing reviews of some of the latest 4X4s on the road and its not just the versatility and comfort of the drive.

This review from Tiscali Motoring of Land Rover's Freelander 2.2 HSE TD4 reports its fuel consumption to be a not so thirsty 37 miles per gallon and is proving to be a hit in the US where even the American driver is facing excruciating fuel price increases.

One small note was the discovery that Autotrader only managed to squeeze 33 mpg during its testing of the Freelander bringing it in line with the Nissan Qashqai 2.0 Visia however the carbon emissions and superior safety of the freelander were in no doubt with its long list of primary safety features includes the latest Electronic Traction Control, Anti-lock Braking System and Land Rover´s unique Terrain Response™ system. Seven airbags - two full-length curtain, two front, two upper-body and a driver´s knee bag - offer invaluable protection should you ever need it.