Naomi Ariel

Born in U.K. "within the sound of Bow Bells", Naomi Ariel was brought up in Essex. A member of ESRA since 1985, Naomi has been an active volunteer in ESRAvision community TV group since its inception and was the initiator of ESRAlist.

Why be hungry?

Naomi Ariel

March 2021

On the TV, some time back, there was an excellent program on...

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Naomi Ariel

December 2020

STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF From the musical by Leslie ...

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Naomi Ariel

September 2020

I would like to thank the number of people who approached me...

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Naomi Ariel

April 2020

A sly way to charge us more for goods Have you noticed that ...

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Naomi Ariel

January 2020

YAD SARAH I assume that many of the readers know about or ha...

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Naomi Ariel

December 2019

Insurance request posed a problem I had an interesting reque...

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Naomi Ariel

September 2019

Liquid Paraffin (Image Wiki Commons)

LIQUID PARAFFIN We use a lot of Liquid Paraffin (mineral oil...

I Cannot Say Goodbye’

Naomi Ariel

June 2019

Marilyn, I met you not long after we came to Herzliya Pituac...

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Naomi Ariel

June 2019

A chicken sitting on plastic

Recipes Whilst clearing out old papers, I came across ...

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Naomi Ariel

February 2019

Top Shelf Have you noticed that sometimes when looking...

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Naomi Ariel

December 2018

Wipe out! Now there are fewer in the packets I use a l...

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Naomi Ariel

September 2018

Packaging is getting bigger and bigger I find myself taking ...

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Naomi Ariel

May 2018

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Optician's prices were truly eye-watering Sometimes I feel c...

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Naomi Ariel

March 2018

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Separating and throwing out plastics is just not enough Whil...

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Naomi Ariel

December 2017

Baking Soda for cleaning pans. Photo Credit: Homespothq via www.flickr.com

Paper chase is getting worse Have you noticed how much we ar...

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Naomi Ariel

September 2017

Illustration by Denis Shifrin

Devastating blaze raises safety drill question for Israel hi...

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Naomi Ariel

February 2017

I wasn't hip – but neither was I a geriatric! Some yea...

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Naomi Ariel

September 2016

Price changing is a trick to make us think we're getting a b...

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Naomi Ariel

June 2016

Illustration by Denis Shifrin

I've been getting steamed up about what to do with my old ke...

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Naomi Ariel

April 2016

Illustration by Denis Shifrin

Theater of the absurd on ticket prices My granddaughter want...