Another big baby ...

This article was featured on MSN today

Indonesian woman gives birth to 8.7 kilo boy

Image: Getty

In the article they make mention of other large babies born all over the world. The largest recorded baby was born to Anna Bates in Canada in 1879. The baby weighed 23lbs 12oz (10.8kg) and measured 30" (76.2cm) in length.

I thought this was really crazy so I looked it up and what the media hype leaves out is that Anna Bates was a giant. She was about 8 feet tall and worked for PT Barnum until she met Martin Van Buren who himself was no little dude coming in at 7 feet 22". He was also known as the 'Kentucky Giant'.


Anna and Martin Van Buren pictured with a man of average height

These gigantic people would of course have genes that preclude gigantic children. Sadly neither of their children survived (perhaps due to a genetic problem?)

Anyway ....

Random Fact: International Mail

International Postal Fact : Ireland does not have postal codes (with the exception of Dublin). To send an item to Ireland one simply completes the address - street name, area or town, County name (i.e. Limerick) and that's sufficient.
If it's a rural area, there may not be a street or road name, possibly just the family name and a townland.
That would also be okay.

Memories and new beginnings ... I love TEA

Once upon a time there was a girl who finally found a housemate who drank as much tea as she...

When we moved in together Kim and I were given a housewarming present from Scott. It was a cheetah print teapot and two mugs. When Kim and I parted I thought that as Scott was more her friend it was only right she took the pot. We don't know what happened to it.

(I seem to have a gift. When I think hard enough about something and follow my gut instinct (usually on impulse) I find exactly what (or who) I am searching for.)

So I missed this teapot because of it's quirky kitchiness and wanted it badly for my teapot collection. I rang Kim in the UK but she didn't know what happened to it.

A few days later I had a sudden urge to stop at an op shop and as I was scanning the clothes I walked down the back and voila ... there is an exact copy of the pot and two mugs.

Seriously wouldn't surprise me if this was the same one.

Reminds me actually of another like this ... Kim bought me two beautiful glasses for my birthday one year and again on an op shop tour I found another two to match.


Love it when this kind of magic happens