Get ready for spring

Press, 10 August 1982, Page 18

Get ready for spring

CUSTOMER

Anne Ingram

Motel guide If. you plan on going away for the August holidays and haven’t yet booked your hotel or motel, you had better be quick. But how to choose where to stay? Jason’s Motel Directory, updated annually, is a comprehensive guide to motels from Cape Reinga to Bluff. Facilities in each motel are detailed and helpful information as to location given. Tariffs are included. Where credit cards are accepted, these are listed.

The sister publication. Jason's Hotels, is a guide to hotel, motor inn, private hotel and guest accommodation throughout New Zealand. There are over 800 listings. Information given includes details of amenities, ‘restaurant facilities, location, tariff and credit cards accepted. Both publications are available from - booksellers, Shell service stations, motels

or hotels. If you have difficulty in getting a copy, you can order direct from the publishers: Jason Publishing Co. Ltd, P.O. Box 9390, Newmarket, Auckland. Price: Motel Directory $3, Hotel Guide $l. Hairdriers for the disabled

There is ho hairdrier specifically designed for disabled people, but the Consumers Institute, in a recent test on driers, found that some models have particular features that make .them easier to use.

Appliances with slide switches are generally the easiest to operate, especially for those with arthritis.

For people who are unable to hold a drier for any length of time, models with tablestands may be useful.

Otherwise, disabled users should choose driers that are lightweight, well ; balanced and have a comfortable grip. Motors should be Checked to ensure the noise level is not excessive. Multi-point box - There is a wide range of multi-point plug boxes on the market now, but Carlton Manufacturing have produced a compact, neat unit that has just won the Designmark. Made from tough polycarbonate plastic (smash-resist-ant), the.slim multi-point box has rounded ends and schamfered edges for design appeal. Taking up to four plugs at a time, the 50mm socket

outlet pitch (distance between each outlet) is designed to accept a wide range of plugs. The unit is available with or without a switch.

From hardware and electrical shops. Suggested retail price: Model 104 (unswitched) $18.39; Model 114 (switched) $21.41. Pig appeal According to a report in the Pork Industry. Newsletter, perfume makers have just discovered something Miss Piggy’s known about for a long time. They claim that to smell like a" pig is a sure-fire way to attract the opposite sex. Fragrance manufacturers, Jovan, have produced male and female perfumes with a new odour that comes from the chemical androstenol. derived from the male pig.

Apparently it puts the sows in the mood for love.