This is part three of our pop­u­lar Q&A, based on a set of 25 ques­tions that arrived in our e-​​​​mail inbox the other day.

The ques­tions are about things we see every day, or have known about all our lives. Still, the aver­age per­son sup­pos­edly only gets seven right answers out of the twenty-five. We have divided the 25 ques­tions into five five-​​​​question batches, so a cou­ple of…

Day­light Sav­ings ends on Sun­day Novem­ber 1st. Please, if you have not already done so, set your clocks back one hour.

We all should replace the bat­ter­ies in the smoke detec­tors at this time of year. If you are unable to reach them we will do it for you, pro­vided you pay for the batteries.

Call 295 7872 to make an appoint­ment with Dan.

OLLI (The Osher Life­long Learn­ing Insti­tute) at the Uni­ver­sity of Rhode Island is a mem­ber­ship orga­ni­za­tion for Rhode Islanders 50 years and older who want to par­tic­i­pate in life­long learning community.

The courses offered by OLLI are from 6 to 8 weeks long and do not involve home­work, exams, grades or a degree. Here is a com­mu­nity where you can exchange ideas, learn from each other, fos­ter cre­ativ­ity and develop new friends.

The annual…

In Sep­tem­ber we ran the first five of 25 ques­tions that recently in our e-​​​​mail inbox. Here is the next batch. The ques­tions are about things we see every day, or have known about all our lives. Appar­ently, though, the aver­age per­son gets only seven cor­rect answers out of the twenty-​​​​five, so if you get more than one of these right, you’re in good shape.

Be…

In order to make a bet­ter web­site for our mem­bers, we would like to know a bit about your Inter­net habits. There­fore, we have put together a small sur­vey we hope you have time to answer. It shouldn’t take more than a few min­utes. Click here to par­tic­i­pate (the sur­vey will open in a new win­dow).