eBay

A reasonable proposition/attack on the vulnerable.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31464897 David Cameron has commissioned a health adviser to review whether people with obesity, alcohol or drug problems should have benefits cut if they refuse treatment to make them fit for work.

Help identifying Steiff & Hermann bears!!

Hello there, Can someone offer any information on these bears? Anything would help, age? rarity? value? Teddy Bears! Thanks for looking!

Restaurant Surprise...

What's the worst/best surprise/shock you've ever had in a restaurant? This customer asked for cheese and biscuits and was served brie with bourbons! (Yuk!) Wouldn't even do that in our Bar! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2975881/That-wasn-t-...

David Cameron, You're SO Tory Supermarket!

Mobile phones

HELP PLEASE !!How do others deal with the increasing use of mobile phones where the users seem only able to talk at screaming pitch ?? Need to know what is a good line to shut them upTHANKS

Annoying!

I would like to get rid of this "interest you follow" stuff.First of all there is stuff on there that I might have been interested in for maybe a day a couple of years ago.Secondly, I do not need anyone to tell me what I'm following or interested in....

Cash for access.

What a pair of monumental hypocrites....Jack Straw and Malcom Rifkind. Jack Straw who charges £5,000 a day for his services while millions of Labour Party supporters exist on a minimum wage, and Malcom Rifkind who thinks he should have a better stand...

Hello? Are we closed?

Anybody there?

Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83

Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,” died on Friday morning ...

Any electicians out there

I'm hoping there is an electirician out there who can give me a bit of advice. We have recently redecorated and in the process we had the light fittings changed. New ceiling rose, flex etc. I have beautiful glass shades that match a lamp so it's a se...

Are we a Nation of junkies?

Been sat waiting outside help a GPs for half an hour. One by one they trot, crawl, get pushed and even walk into the surgery with their ailments. In the opposite directions steady stream head straight for the Chemist next door only to come out with a...

I think ebay is a better way of shopping than visiting a shop, is it just me who think like this?

I dont know i find being in a shop a bit boring plus with the customer service staff and the security always checking what you are doing. What do you think people?

Emoticons ~ are they ill?

Why do all the emoticons on here look the same? Like they're constipated?

Enamelling - Does anyone know?

Good Morning all, Can anyone help with information please? I want to know how a large tin item could be enamelled? I am not sure whether it even can be, but if yes how and does anyone know where and perhaps even how much it could cost. I want to buy ...

Household budget

 Sky TV, lotteries, magistrates' court fines and cigarettes!

I Dont Believe It.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/yoga-and-indian-head-massages-lead-to-satanism-says-northern-irish-priest-31009650.html ..........A yoga teacher who also describes herself as a "good Catholic" has defended the ancient discipli...

One for CD!

Just couldn't resist popping back to give you the proof you've always denied existed!

At one time...........

Pancake Day was quite an "event" but not much is made of it today? You hardly see or hear much mention of it?

The Greek Debt problem

We all by now know that Greece is in deep doodoos with its debt, so few Greeks pay tax or use credit/ debit cards, it is difficult to see how the country can continue to operate. One commentator said today that 4 in 10 Greeks receiving a pension toda...

Cremation

Cremation of the dead is generally accepted in this country these days, even by some Roman Catholics, who traditionally favoured burial. In the town where I live, the traditional cemetery is now closed as it is full. There is a new cemetary, but it i...

'While you were out ......'

http://newsthump.com/2015/02/19/parcel-companies-using-ninjas-to-deliver-sorry-we-missed-you-cards/

The Final Frontier

Space. There's lot of it and that's only what we can see (so far). These scientific types say they're seeing "so far back in time" (to the beginning of the universe?) that I wonder if some things have really been thought through? We (OK, the scientif...

An alarming viewpoint?

First have a look here:- http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/lawyer-sparks-outcry-claiming-men-5119595 Then have a look for a similar report on sky news:- http://news.sky.com/uk Scroll down a little way on that link. I can't add the link ...

Has our World gone MAD?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/558315/mum-throat-slashed-ex-JAIL-write-prison What a torment for that woman? WHY?

How can I contact Ebay by e-mail ? as their customer support system is next to useless

Any bird watchers here?

No, not THAT sort of bird, birds that fly What are these? They look like Eider Ducks but are they? They're much bigger than Mallard.

Care homes/security cameras.

Invasion of privacy or a neccesity in exposing neglect and cruelty?. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31424424 "Decisions about using surveillance are extremely difficult - there is always a balance to be struck between protecting people and respecti...

The legalities of tatooing?

Hello everyone, Just wondered if anyone knows what the legalities are where the tattooing of a minor is concerned. Family members are having a heated debate over whether a 16 year old can legally get tattooed in a shop. Some say no if not 18 and othe...

You want a dog huh?

Here's Spot, his mate called Big Dog is getting left behind now:-