Just a few days to go and I still have not made up my mind. The price is dropping today but the offer is still good. If the government takes up the shares not subscribed the existing shareholders will...
Have W H Smith lost their way? Once the best bookshop/stationers/newsagents in town. Now their choice of books is poor, they have given over space to the Post Office, CDs and DVDs are not cheap and...
I have asked this before without success but I suppose it is like searching for a needle in a haystack: About 45 years ago, when I was 16, I borrowed at random a book from the local library. It opened...
The Queen is reported to have voiced her concern to GB that Parliament has been brought into disrepute and the electorate have lost all faith in the system. Is it time for her to do what most of us...
MPs will probably come out of the present debacle with increased salaries and allowances to compensate for having to relinquish their perk of extravagant expenses claims. To pay for this should the...
Mr Speaker appears to be unconcerned that MPs have been abusing the system but is concerned they have been found out. Should he go? Also should MPs now be stripped of their title The Hon?
If an insurance policy has an annual premium but the company will accept monthly payments by direct debit should there be a written agreement under the Consumer Credit Act? Should the company involved...
The Swedish tax authorities are clamping down on web based strippers. They wish to collect the unpaid tax from the earnings of the girls. Their officials are making regular visits to porn sites on the...
Posted this in Arts yesterday but no response but I guess more abers come here. A few months ago on TV there was a programme featuring children and adults with special talents. Some were educationally...
A few months ago on TV there was a programme featuring children and adults with special talents. Some were educationally impaired but had a special gift. One girl produced fantastic paintings - so...
Waiting for my bus at the bus station the other day I realised that one word on display has all the vowels: manoeuvring any other examples? Yes - it is pretty boring waiting for a bus!!
England is considering free prescriptions. We already have them in Wales. I think it is a mixed blessing. For those who are ill they are great, but you will get scroungers (rich and poor) who will...
I am just coming to the end of reading this book and the tears poured last night as it brought back memories of my boxer who was put to sleep last year. I didn't realise a film was being released when...
The Metro today said that yesterday's date was unusual because 3/3/09 is one of only three days this century where the square of the first two figures is equal to the year. But what about 1/1/01,...