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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 pounds you can claim your money back from the card company. on grounds, the seller fails to […]

Adam And Eve And The Garden Of Eden

I feel another weird post coming on… Have you ever opened your door to answer someone knocking and found it was not that long-awaited parcel, instead you find yourself face to face with two individuals preaching the Bible? Well, this happened yesterday to my wife. Why she let them get her into a debate on what God wants and what […]

Eurovision Song Contest 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 so politically motivated, it has absolutely nothing to do with […]

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 is as important now, if not more so, as it was then, no matter which way round you look at it. […]

Please MR. Postman Where Is My Parcel

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 parcels go astray. When you pay to use their mail service you expect to get satisfaction seeing your parcel/letter get to the person it was intended for within their stated delivery times. Don’t […]

Vehicle 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 saying she needed to catch the train to pick up […]