SIRandyraven Member Profile in The AnswerBank

Angela Rayner

sitting next to Kier Starmer today seems to have her wonderful rolling locks on display falling down either side of her face as if she were posing for a photo shoot.

SIRandyraven

Energy Loan

I made a life error of working all my life and ending up retired in a band E semi decent house, so now classified as rich by the government it seems. With reference to the £200 loan. Is everyone...

Canary42

Jury Duty - What Would You Wear ?

https://ibb.co/zx17PP8 Here is a still from a TV drama, showing part of the jury box. It got me thinking about the various different dress styles. On my first Jury Duty I wore a suit and tie, and as a...

SIRandyraven

Nhs And Computer Systems Don’t Mix Well

Web pages tells wife if its 159 days since 2nd Covid vaccine then call 119 and get booster booked in. We were waiting for 6 months , but as it’s now 184 days then she called 119. After the checking...

SIRandyraven

Tumble Dryer On Last Legs

Our tumble dryer is now 17 years old and seems to be taking longer to dry cloths. The laundry is always piping hot and almost too hot to touch when removing from machine. Yet it seems to take longer...

maggiebee

Living Wage

“The government minimum wage (for over 25s) so that people can live reasonably is £8.72 an hour x 36hrs equals £314.00 x 4 weeks equals £1,256.00 per month x 12 months equals £15070.00 per year. Why...

ToraToraTora

Is This The Most Fun Time Of The Year.......?

Labour party conference week! I just love some of the complete fruit cakery! PMSL!

Bazile

Your Job

What type of job do you have 1. Fixed hours - do your tasks and finish for the day/night 2. Job where you are "expected " to work ' all ' hours Arrive home from work - jump on the computer for X...

dave50

If Someone Gifts You A House Are You Liable To Pay Tax On It?

For example if someone was given a house worth say £200000, would the recipient have to pay tax on the gift and at what rate?...

Canary42

Irony

Seeing a reference on another thread to Boris's Dad taking French nationality brought to mind the ironic preferences of the Nearest & Dearest of the two most vociferous anti-EU blokes. Boris as above,...

SIRandyraven

Covid-19 Antibody Test

I had vaccine 4 weeks ago (1st jab) with 2nd jab scheduled for 3rd of May. In 2018 I had stem cell treatment where bone marrow was killed and reformed. Thus I have a suppressed immune system and the...

Canary42

The First Superspreader.

Today is the one year anniversary of the blundering buffoon bragging about how he had been shaking hands with everyone in a hospital full of coronavirus patients. That's how seriously he was taking...

Bobbisox1

Sky? How Convenient !

Gets a letter saying this and that going up which amounts to a rise of £6 a month, I rang to tell them I'm not paying and extra £2 for Sky talk anytime extra ( whatever that means) I'll keep my...

grumpy01

British Gas

This morning,out of the blue,received a circular addressed to my Father in Law.Unfortunately he wasn’t available to read it as he died 11 years ago.They were notified at the time and this is the first...

eve1974

Lockdown Extension

I wonder if the lockdown will indeed end 2dec. Or if it will be extended. My guess is they will extend it till just before Christmas.... then give people a week or so break before imposing again. I...

bhg481

King George Vii

It's just been announced that Prince William had covid at the same time as Prince Charles. With a 94 year old queen that could easily have put us in the position where Prince George would suddenly be...

Canary42