The Round Table

A bonus for this year

We get an extra .............................................. wait for it ............................................................. ONE whole second's sleep on June 30th!!!!! Leap second year

Looking out at the dull grey weather yesterday I couldn't help thinking how the new year looked painfully similar to the old one, but why should it be different, little changes, we build more houses for our growing population, we continue to prosecut...

Ebay to lay off 10% of staff........

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/11/ebay_planning_massive_job_cuts_following_paypal_split_ndash_report/

Please spare a thought for the ........

eight missing men and their families from the ship that has overturned near the Pentland Firth. The full crew of the ship are missing and where it happened is a very treacherous part of the coast with high winds adding to the tidal race.

Charity bag theft has become a major problem.

What would you do with them? These organised theiving vile gangs obviously don't care a damn about what anyone thinks. And know if they ever go to prison here in UK it will be much, much softer. It is costing charities £ millions each year. Do they f...

Ripp Off

It's the financial dark side: The parents strike back at £900 build-your-own Star Wars spaceship toy A magazine company is offering the chance to build the Millennium Falcon The first edition of the magazine costs £2.99 but the next 100 are £8.99 Fan...

Supermarkets are to drop the price of fuel ......

again at the pumps and the RAC are saying it might even go as low as £1 a litre this year.I wonder what impact this will have on food costs and maybe even jobs as profits are cut for the bigger employers.

Are you worried?

And have you any suggestions how to help matters? As record A&E waits show NHS is cracking under pressure. So far we have had a very mild winter. We haven't yet had a FLU outbreak. Christmas drunks. Or even riots. Someone said he visited his hospital...

Happy New Year 2015

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Best wishes to you all ...................

for the coming New Year and may all your troubles be small and easily overcome.

Are these "sales" mostly a con?

What's your opinion of these early "sales"? Apart from the headline-grabbing items which do seem "cheaper", do you think the majority of the items are just the same price as before the "sale"? I've been watching the price of an item at PC World and f...

Is there anyone who knows about Wine who could possibly advise me please?

Over the last couple of years my OH and I have aquired several bottles of white wine, as gifts. My OH doesn't drink wine at all and although I like a little it doesn't agree with me so the bottles never get opened. I have looked all round the bottles...

Bargains

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_fr We hope you got lots of nice Christmas presents that you wanted yesterday. But if you didn't, there's a special section of eBay waiting for you called 'Unwanted Christmas Gifts' where people flog all their rubbish...

My next-door neighbour believes in homeopathy ...

I hope she likes my Christmas present. It's a piece of wrapping paper that once had an iPad in it.

Chemical castration for paedophiles.

I don't think anyone can deny that the recent rise in convictions of sexual offences is stretching the prison service to the brink.Most don't believe there is any cure for paedophilia, so is chemical castration the answer for repeat offenders? I'm no...

It was raining but.................

It was raining when I was out with the dog but now it's snowing. It's White over here already, only half an hour since I last looked out......

Snowed in for 9 days !

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/26/experience-snowed-inside-a-pub-for-nine-days For the next nine days we worked by day, looking after our guests, and by night we ate and drank like kings, feasting on all the finest food from the spe...

Get your sick-bag ready ...

... (or preferaby a bucket) if you're going to watch The 17 Most Ed Miliband Moments Of 2014.http://www.buzzfeed.com/sirajdatoo/the-most-ed-miliband-moments-of-2014?bftw=uk But the most sickening of all will come in 2015 if enough scroungers and no-h...

Waiting for or sending a parcel with City Link?

City Link goes bust:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30602326

Help identifying this Autograph

I obtained this autograph 20 years ago and, unfortunately, failed to identify it when I should have. Now, of course, I cannot come up with the name. Looks like in the musical genre, first name may be "Art," but not certain. Anyone?

Greetings

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE.A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

eBay Marketplace Division to Lay Off 3,000 employees in PayPal Split

http://www.toptechnews.com/article/index.php?story_id=1000034M822O

Merry christmas everybody

Been away swimming with dolphins

Dont know why but we just seemed to click

Letter to Santa

George Osborne urges poor people to ‘ask Santa for rent money’ George Osborne today suggested the poor should ask Santa Claus to provide money for food, rent, and other essentials.“I intend to help the poor have a very, Merry Christmas by providing t...

What's the difference between a dog and a fox?

About 7 pints of Stella

You couldn't make it up

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-candidate-gay-donkey-tried-to-**bleep**-my-horse-9940230.html "A Ukip parliamentary candidate standing in Wales has claimed a “homosexual donkey” tried to **bleep** his horse" Probally just a bit of ...