There's a little boy in my nephews class who has a brain tumour and has defied the odds to survive since Christmas but he's desperately poorly. The family have been offered the rare chance of...
Most jobs seem to want people with lots of experience. I have done factory work in the past . It seems that its all agency work now with no real prospect of permanent work. What i'm after is some...
Hi I’m having a difficult time atm, my partner is pregnant and though we live in a nice village she doesn’t want to stay here. Her job doesn’t pay much and she wants to move to a town – since...
I'm a 15 year old girl and a few days ago I was talking with my mom and my brother, and at one point they said something like “I think it’s good to think about the future and to imagine yourself...
What annoys/infuriates you about the things people say? One that I hate is the almost universal "lonjeray" for "lingerie", which should be "lanjeree" (approx.). Not to mention "mischievIous for...
Should freedom of speech include to those who call for lowering the age of consent to 12? Or for legalising child pornography? Or should voters be entrusted to reject these policies on their own, as...
I am reading The 4% Universe by Richard Panek. It's an "easy access" romp through the history of cosmology and astrophysics (at this point, 100 pages in) and focuses on those who have searched for...
Is there any reason there is no topic for hacking? I have some skills and my brethren have a lot more than me. From what I have seen on this site it is freedom of speech and I like it. Hackers are...
Me AGAIN! So, I had (another) first date on Tuesday. Went for a drink with a guy I'd been chatting to for a week or so. Got on really well and had a good laugh. When we left he said he'd like to meet...
Just wondered if any Abers had done the karaoke singing and how did you get on. I used to sing on stage in my early 20s and had quite a reasonable voice,or so I thought, but some amateur singers now...
I hate being called "madam". Mostly this happens at restaurants by waiters, and it makes me cringe. I just wondered if I am alone in this, or if most us felt the same about it....
Young colleague left my workplace today. He is very bright, great personality. He emigrates to Oz in 2 weeks. He was in a fine mood - suddenly it was 1st April, all over... Little sod (he is 6' 4"...
My darling niece, who has several disabilities including learning, dyspraxia, autitism being the two main ones was lucky to live when she was born. She is the most special person in all our lives. She...
Can someone enlighten me please. i went with the grandaughter to see her GP and He was talking about a road closure where we live, and he said " I thought Bollxxxx to that, and turned round" We were a...
While trying to scan a multitude of posts in response to a well-known poster on a very serious subject I felt the need to just see the posts from the Original Poster amongst the cascade of responses....