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Not good news at Christmas

http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2014/12/11/ebay_planning_massive_job_cuts_following_paypal_split_ndash_report/ Not good news to hear at Christmas for anyone I wish them luck in whatever they decide to do next maybe they could try selling on e...

eBays share price rises on news of job cuts

Just noticed this. http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/ebay-inc-ebay-considering-job-cuts-as-paypal-spinoff-gain-momentum-336707/ eBay's share prices seems to have risen on news of Job Cuts prelude to split with Paypal

South African Justice.

South African justice! What a travesty. The very least that Anni Dewani's family deserve would be to see Shrien Dewani stand in the dock and to hear his version of what happened that night. It is so sad that her family will probably spend the rest of...

When will people learn................

..........that it is much easier to comply, when told to do something by the Police, than it is not to and to then give them an excuse to have to restrain somebody. Having been taught control and restraint techniques, by the best in the business, I c...

Yo-Ho-Ho.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/11/ebay_planning_massive_job_cuts_following_paypal_split_ndash_report/ God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

to-days joke

Being very religious the young couple find themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven.While waiting, they begin to wonder: could they possibly get married in Heaven?When St. Peter finally showed up, ...

I'm a celbrity get me out of here.

Well...have you ever seen such a revolting show? I did just now. Not again though. I don't think that abuse of animals is necessary ever. And what a daft lot they are. They were eating cockroaches, pigs anus, Kangeroo **bleep**, eye balls, lambs brai...

What do you call a 'good paid wage'?

I'm curious to know what ebayers think is a good 'reasonable' wageI have always thought my wage was quite good - and i know that many things have to be taken into account - like where you livebut on an average wage - i would think someone getting 30k...

Black Friday went well

What a polite well behaved bunch we are, one Tesco store shut it's doors only 15mins after opening, one woman hit on the head by a TV.I bet the scenes will be compulsive viewing overseas, in North Korea, Iran etc So who on here was tempted to go elbo...

Stuck for Christmas gift idea's ?

At last! The cookbook Ukippers have been waiting for! No more accidentally eating food that would make Churchill think we lost the war!The Ukip Cookbook is finally here to offer you good old BRITISH alternatives to all the foreign food that seems to ...

T've lost the plot.

Some of you lot may say that I I lost it years ago but this time it really has gone.The snag is that I'm trying to remember a web address and the name has gone right out of my head.Maybe if I offer up the clues to the group, somebody here will put th...

God does irony !

A disused Conservative Club in Rhondda has been bought up by a local church and reopened as a food bank http://tompride.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/disused-conservative-club-reopens-as-a-food-bank/

Crazy world.

Looking around the shops this morning, I was struck by the crazy amount of tat that is on sale ,supposedly for Christmas. This stuff arrives on our shores in hundreds of shipping containers every year, and most of it is just useless junk. I wonder wh...

clock towers

Many towns have a clock tower. They are usually attached to churches or government buildings and normally have 4 faces. I know of only onewhich has three. It is located at the junction of Northbrook St, Oxford St and London Road in Newbury, Berkshire...

Jeremy Thorpe dead

Seller refusing to give a refund?

This is how to handle it.............. A guy named Chuck bought a horse from a farmer for £250.00.The farmer agreed to deliver the horse the next day.The next day - farmer turns up, and tells Chuck ''Sorry, I have some bad news - the horse has died''...

Don't it make you mad??

It's about postal services etc. People banging on about Amazon delivery times, Royal Mail. Even things like Google and the like. But at the present time, I don't know just who to complain about. I bought something from Ideal World,the Home Shopping c...

a new kind of managed returns

Thought this might get cut from the main boards... Had to laugh at the news story of a guy in Bromley that had received loads of stuff from the River because his address had been used for returns labels... He has been told he can keep all the gear ra...

12 DAYS OF XMAS (EBAY REPRISE)

On the twelve day of xmas,Ebay gave to me 12 Drumming Headaches 11 Piping Mad Moments 10 % Fees On Postage 9 Ladies Ducking Out Of Paying 8 Milked Sellers 7 Sales A Sinking 6 Golden Goose A Dying 5 GOLD (feedback) STARS hoorah !! 4 Calls To Helpine 3...

and a wise Xmas message from Nigel Paul

Kent Constabulary replied with an overwhelming "NO" to Mr Farage's offer to promote their seasonal anti-drink drive campaign, apart from one officer who thought it might work. He said that the endless images of Mr Farage with a pint and a really stup...

Welcome to the Communal Tip

Down there somewhere A Post has been moved from elsewhere. What is the purpose of said post, did the mod forget how to remove it or is it perhaps an early Christmas gift designed to keep the board lively? If the latter I'm Afraid it is very dull. Sur...

What do you think.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2856789/125-DNA-test-checks-100-conditions-assess-risk-Alzheimer-s-cancer-going-bald.html £125 DNA test that checks for 100 conditions: It will assess your risk of everything from Alzheimer's to cancer or even ...

What a wonderful idea, should Britain do it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-30270135 I personally think it should, I think it is a wonderful idea. Of course I would think it because of my own beliefs in the sanctity of marriage but I am not the only one. As I am struggling to rai...

Gordon Brown's Greatest Hits

http://order-order.com/2014/12/01/goodbye-gordon-never-forget-the-prime-mentalists-greatest-hits/ Would be funny if it weren't so tragic for the country.

A new low, even for eBay.

In terms of bad taste, does it get any worse than this ? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2852199/That-s-not-festive-Masks-jailed-paedophile-Rolf-Harris-Christmas-hit-Amazon-eBay-sale-seasonal-markets.html "rolf harris"

Slum clearance

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/multimillionaire-bulldozes-slum-grew-up-4712480What a good man

Labour's multiculturalism again

From Labour's newspaper, the Daily Mirror;http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/somali-sex-gang-groomed-raped-4706033 Somali sex gang groomed and raped underage British schoolgirls saying it was 'part of their culture'

Ferguson protests spread across US '

A dozen US cities have seen new protests over the decision not to charge a white policeman who shot a black teenager in Ferguson. Missouri. Demonstrations from New York to Seattle were mostly peaceful but rioting broke out in Oakland, California. The...