My "pile"!!

The temperature has dropped and last night it was 2 C which is colder than London is at present although I did hear from my friends in Trafalgar Square that is was sopping wet and they were desperate for the rain to stop.  It was keeping away all the tourists.

I'm looking at all the students and staff arriving at the school across the road.  Some are in short sleeves, some dressed in normal and suitabl winter gear; jackets, cardigans or jumpers. And a small number dressed as though they were ready to brave a blizzard in Sapporro: Thick scarves, big woolly jackets, snow boots, ear mufflers. Come on!!!! But I'm a one to talk, I am huddled in the corner, shivering away, trying to keep out of the wind. Occasionally I sit on the "pile" as it is nice and warm and that's because.....not sure why really? Why is the "pile" warm. I must google that.

Well, I have googled 'Why is Dung Warm" and couldn't find a precise answer. But I must come to the conclusion that dung simply retains the heat it has gained from the sun and that it stores it nicely through the nice, releasing little quantities which keep me warm when I sit on the pile.

I did come across another interesting article though. The title of the article is The Bacillus Subtilis Story. Bacillus Subtilis is a bacterial micro-organism that can promote dramatic healing benefits in humans and was discovered by the Nazi German Medical Corps in 1941. Well it was identified by them. The way they discovered it was that they noticed that the Bedouin, although they, like everyone else, would get dysentery, would do something incredible. They would take some fresh dung from a horse or a camel, and swallow it!!!!! The dysentery would disappear overnight and apparently the bedouin have been doing this for hundreds of years, if not thousands. Oh and some Arab scientists will soon be experimenting on humans with camel urine to fight cancer!!!!!!

 

So there's a lesson in this to all of you out there! Stop glaring at me and laughing whenever you see me sitting on my "pile". So there!