We normally work double day shifts 6-2 and 2-10, with no meal break, on the proviso we eat (and sit) when we can. This works quite well. Recently, though, we have been required to work 10-hour shifts,...
A person from the Performing Rights Society assessed my workplace (50 persons) and pronounced we must pay ?365.26p (yes) p.a. to listen to the radio at work! Has anybody else encountered this and if...
Is the sport section of the Sunday Times (The Game) ad where a bloke is sat on the toilet and finds there is no paper, then looks at the newspaper he's reading, then shrugs and pulls his pants up, the...
The Americans, I read, have billion dollar contracts for the replacement infrastructure and supply of oil, but what about us? Do we have anything to show?
I am considering buying a car from Cheapcarsonline.co.uk online as their prices are reasonable but I know nothing about them and their website is unhelpful. Anybody know anything, good or bad, about...
I'm thinking of selling my car privately and wondered what happens if, for instance, a prospective buyer crashed my car on a test drive. Do I have to take their insurance details before they drive the...
I drive 80 miles a day and the time has come to change cars. Economy has to be the most important factor but as I'm sat in the car 10 hours a week comfort is a consideration. Second hand, 1200-1500cc....
My mother is 86 years old and has had to have her central heating system replaced. The 7-day, twice daily settings on the control unit are far too complex for her to cope with. Can it be replaced with...
This single was released about 1966 and sounded very much like the Scaffold but wasn't. It had verses for each weekday, for instance; 'Today's Monday, today's Monday, Monday is roast beef, is every...
Is there any tax on towed caravans? When you see the congestion caused behind one, or even worse, two in convoy, of these vehicles, it makes you wonder why they are allowed on the road without any...
Can you imagine a marketing meeting to name a new butter where someone shouts 'I know! let's call it ANCHOR butter!' And the boss says 'That's it! fantastic!' No, I can't either. It's like having...