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Motherboard Problems

Do you own a Z68XP-UD3P Touch Bios Gigabyte motherboard, first series? Have you had any problems with it? If like me you have had nothing but trouble since you booted up this motherboard then you will understand why I feel totally let down. Mine has been nothing but trouble from …

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Credit Card-Loophole

Have you used your credit card to purchase an item. Well, here is something you may, or may not know. Most all of us are aware that if you pay by credit card if the purchase is/over £100 and not more than 30,000 pound you can claim your money back …

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Eurovision 2012

Another year, another Eurovision. Will it be good? For its entertainment value, I suppose it will be. Should the UK pull out? Yes, I believe we should. Perhaps we could then watch it as farcical entertainment without handing out over £100,000 of license payers money for a competition that is …

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Dark Memories

For some weeks she had been aware of various feelings. One such feeling had given her a strange sensation. This particular feeling was like none she had sensed before, and she was afraid it was coming to hurt her. How she knew this only made her want to curl up …

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Women To Rule: The Earth

How’s about this for a statement… Women To Rule The Earth… What would that do to the male ego? I wonder. I got to thinking about the saying “behind every successful man is a wise woman” I figure this statement made forty plus years ago was true then and it …

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Lost Mail: Update

I thought you may like to know how our latest battle with Royal Mail is going… Yes… You guessed it they lost/miss placed yet another parcel of mine ten weeks ago. This one makes it five. The saga of this lost parcel has been going on now for almost ten …

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Lost Mail

Another month, and yet another pet hate. Have you ever wondered what happens to lost mail here in the UK, I ask because we have had four parcel go astray. When you pay to use their mail service you expect to get satisfaction seeing your parcel/letter get to the person …

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Pavement Abuse

A local newspaper article about mobility scooters caught my eye. Apparently an elderly lady boarded her local Metro train using her mobility scooter and was promptly asked to leave the train by the driver. Until she did so, the train would not be leaving the platform. The elderly lady protested …