Robert Knittel, a former editorial director of William Collins, a London-based publishing company, died June 15 of complications following surgery at the Hospital of Charity in Locarno, Switzerland. He was 69 years old. Born in England, Mr. Knittel graduated from Oxford University. He retired from Collins in 1979.
Check out the calorie counts for these common spring cleaning activities. (All calorie counts are estimates based on a 150-pound person, and will vary with intensity, body composition and weight.) 1. Mopping: Take care of those dusty, dirty floors with an hour of mopping and you'll shed 153 calories. 2. Washing floors: If your floors require a little extra elbow grease, you can shed as many as 187 calories in just 30 minutes.
Flo888, Creative Commons. Any type of physical activity can burn calories and become a part of your fitness routine. Mowing a lawn with a push mower can be quite the workout. There are two types of push mowers, both of which allow you to burn calories while taking care of this household chore.1  Calories Burned Mowing the Lawn.tats. According to Jeffrey P. Restuccio, the author of Get Fit Through Gardening, a male weighing 180 pounds using an electric-or gas-powered push mower will burn around 182 calories per 30 minutes or around 364 calories per hour.