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Is it worth saving? Update:

Further to my earlier thread I think the following example just about sums it up:0% BANKING INTEREST!I kid ye not. That was on page eight of yesterday's Sun. The Bank of England Guvernor hinted yesterday at a zero rate of interest.Mark Carney suggest...

Who in their right mind ...........

goes onto a mountain when rescue teams are calling off a search because of bad weather and very trecherous conditions !Two male climbers went onto Ben Nevis on Saturday and then called police to say they were in difficulties and they also remain unac...

Hello

Just came on here for the first time in yonks andwanted to say "HI" to all/any of myfriends who are left. Hope you are all ok. Love Fishy x

Another pointless suicide :-(

Yet another young man with everything to live for has taken his own life over a £500.00 loss on a virtual Roulette machine.Unless you've seen and experienced it personally, you won't believe just how addictive these machines are. They're not amusemen...

Postage to increase next month

Postal charges to increase next month:From the 29th. of next month the postal charges for first and second class mail is to increase by 1p. Ooh, wonderful to be given advanced warning, and here's how to play the system, hitting the Royal Mail where i...

Anyone gone interrailing as an adult?

Really just speculating but as we haven't been on holiday for years I'm looking at alternative ways to travel. My daughter is 18 and at uni and I'm considerably older but quite like the idea of us both jumping on a train here in South Wales and seein...

How many people are on ebay at any one time?

I average about four page views per item unless it's a guitar or a computer table in which case it could creep up to about forty. I used to get despondant after having put in a great deal of time and effort to sell my items. Ultimately you are sellin...

Daily Mail pages 24 - 25 inc.

You need to have a heart of stone if this story doesn't affect you. Pages 24 - 25 inc.of today's Daily Mail carry the story of an infant Orang-Utang who wii not leave it's mother's side under any circumstances as vets do battle to to keep it's mother...

How nourishing!

I used to make my daughter and I macaroni cheese on a regular basis using about 50% macaroni/cheese by weight. Once done I'd put it in the oven for about fifteen minutes to brown off. Walking round the supermarket I decided to buy a tin of macaroni c...

Is it worth saving?

Recently a couple won £33,000,000.00 Camelot made a big thing of how much interest their money would earn and what they could do with the money. At the other end of the scale there was Michael Carrol who blew the lot on fast cars, loose women - O Luc...

Raise a smile...

I wrote the word "No" on a piece of paper, folded it over and asked a girl at work if she knew what was written on the inside. She looked at me as if I was mad, shrugged her shoulders and replied "no"I then unfolded it in front of her. "Well done." I...

Lottery fiasco

This lottery fiasco - the odds against winning the jackpot now being an absurd forty-five million to one since they increased the number of balls. People are moaning in today's Express about those with five numbers walking away with less than £900.00...

How "Conservative" are you?

I've been advised that my computer system could stand in for my neighbour's if anything went wrong with our respective set-ups. Ho hum. I've lived in the same house for nine years and wouldn't be able to pick them out in an identity parade or vice-ve...

Just so you know who to expect next

With Storm Imogen battering some of us I thought you might like to know who's coming next What names will be used this year?A – Abigail (hit the UK on November 12-13)B – Barney (November 17-18)C – Clodagh (November 29)D – Desmond (December 5-6)E – Ev...

What went wrong with Broadband?

It came up on the news that the whole of Broadband would be out for 24 hours. Thank God it's back on again. It must have been off for about five hours, but that's a long time to look at an orange glow on my BT Hub instead of a blue glow. It just goes...

Hyacinths

We've got a small bowl of hyacinths (an anniversary gift) which are now past their best, and I am wondering if there is some way to save them to eventually flower again in the garden. Does anyone know what to do, or should I just compost them and buy...

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Recalled tumble dryers

I have one of the tumble dryers recently recalled and registered it for repair before Christmas. Today I have had an email with a good deal on a replacement dryer if I don't want to wait until the estimated repair date of June. Worth a look for anyon...

yet another night

in here trying desparately to distract myself from pulling my skin off due to rediculous itching! every blooming night is the same thing, im fine until the end of the news at 10 pm and then it starts! i dont know why i bother trying to go to bed, its...

A little joke to maybe cheer you up !

A young lady calls her dad after midnight saying "Can you come and collect me as I have missed the last bus and it is pouring with rain" ?Dad says "Of course I can ! Where are you ringing from" ?Young lady says " From the top of my head right down to...