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Social Issues: Isn't it time to inhibit GAMBLING ADS??
Everywhere you look these days there are GAMBLING ADS ! Whether for high street bookies or more prolifically online casinos AND THEY'RE GETTING MORE DEVIOUS with online ads...
- Author: Sume
- Published: 19 Jan 2024
- Views: 1635
Social Issues: Post Office / Horizon / Fujitsu REMUNERATION & COMPENSATION
I watched some coverage of the public enquiry re Post Office / Horizon and the question arose about compensation which Alan Bates correctly asserted should be REMUNERATION of...
- Author: freddy12
- Published: 17 Jan 2024
- Views: 1382
Social Issues: Post Office - Horizon Travesty
With SO MANY sub-postmasters affected and EACH ONE TOLD THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE ISSUES then the Post Office auditors/investigators BLATANTLY LIED and it seems very...
- Author: tongue tried
- Published: 17 Jan 2024
- Views: 1040
Other/General: Fujitsu / Horizon
How is it possible Horizon did not have an audit trail??? Fujitsu built Horizon to support external access and each transaction MUST be stamped date + time+ USER Otherwise the...
- Author: batsong
- Published: 17 Jan 2024
- Views: 816
Social Issues: Single Parenting IS a choice AND should be a luxury
In these post-pandemic, post-BRExit days of inflation so many newsy airtime minutes are dedicated to the subject of poverty. Almost invariably the example scenarios involve some...
- Author: MCD1
- Published: 30 May 2023
- Views: 1546
Beware: Are foxes damaging cars in YOUR area?
Foxes are chewing through car brake lines and electrical cables causing £100's of damage and real safety concerns Is this a regional problem - or is it nationwide? I've...
- Author: grumpy
- Published: 25 Apr 2023
- Views: 1012
Romance & Relationships: If she doesn't say YES then the answer is NO
That age-old issue has been raised gain in the news and in even in Coronation Street where a drunken binge between friends turned into mate rape against a sleeping - passed out -...
- Author: OWL
- Published: 8 Mar 2023
- Views: 1101
Social Issues: War is coming, sooner or later!
You the Government!! You are all a bunch of cowards! You raised the cost of living so high that both parents are always at work, rather than spending time with their children ....
- Author: Nate
- Published: 5 Dec 2022
- Views: 1083
Technology: VOLTBOX DO NOT BE FOOLED!
Saving money and electrical usage have never been more attractive than in these times of escalating fuel costs. So adverts for a plug-in "VOLTBOX" that "can significantly reduce...
- Author: MCD2
- Published: 29 Nov 2022
- Views: 885
Health & Welfare: Revolutionary health breakthrough. Watch Out! Their lips are moving..
Clearly there's a "golden" format to these looooooooooooooooong video sales pitches State your own qualifications and charitable mission Promise something wonderful and very...
- Author: friends of cats
- Published: 8 Nov 2022
- Views: 906
Health & Welfare: Keep CLINGFILM handy for dealing with minor burns and scalds
Forget butter (sorry Gran!) Forget running the sore under cold water (Sorry Mum!)The best solution for minor burns and scalds is to EXCLUDE AIR CONTACT and the best way to do that...
- Author: Special K
- Published: 1 Nov 2022
- Views: 777
Home & Family: Stretching your budget - SHOP SMARTER & DECLARE WAR ON WASTE!
Whatever the weather, this winter looks to be a fairly bleak prospect for many families and spiraling fuel bills and cost of living mean that family incomes are stretched to...
- Author: TrooBloo
- Published: 30 Oct 2022
- Views: 770
Humour: A mature woman gets pulled over by police for speeding in a car...
Woman: Is there a problem, Officer? Officer: Ma'am, you were speeding. Woman: Oh, I see. Officer: Can I see your license please? Woman: I'd give it to you...
- Author: sheep dawg
- Published: 7 Oct 2022
- Views: 810
Other/General: Tomato Blight? How can I overcome it?
Tomatoes grow well in my garden - for a while Then black patches start to appear on the stems and these patches grow larger and larger until the fruit is affected and becomes...
- Author: TonyP
- Published: 24 May 2022
- Views: 1708
Tell or Yell: Childish, annoying, smug, embarrassing IDIOT DRIVER !
Driving into the grounds of a popular cut-price supermarket today, I manoevred into a vacant bay opposite the store entrance that I'd seen from a distance. However, the vehicle to...
- Author: soapboxjohn
- Published: 16 May 2022
- Views: 1102
Business, Education & Employment: How to conduct an effective appraisal meeting
Appraisals can be difficult meetings to have. Whether it's because it may mean that the employee gets some negative feedback or just because talking about issues in a one to one...
- Author: bossman
- Published: 13 May 2022
- Views: 1126
Business, Education & Employment: Skills required from temporary admin staff
Skills required from temporary admin staff When an employer engages temporary admin staff they are looking for some specific things and they are probably not the things you think...
- Author: bossman
- Published: 13 May 2022
- Views: 1112
Business, Education & Employment: Have you considered contracting?
Post-Covid you may still be working from home full- or part-time or you may be missing the freedom from commuing and office nonsense that working from home offered. So.... ...
- Author: bossman
- Published: 13 May 2022
- Views: 950
Moral Issues: Spent and unspent convictions - what is the difference?
Spent and unspent convictions - what is the difference? We’ve all made mistakes, and for some people that ends up in a court appearance and a criminal record....
- Author: bossman
- Published: 27 Apr 2022
- Views: 1018
Business, Education & Employment: Employee fraud – how to tell if your employees are embezzling
Employee fraud – how to tell if your employees are embezzling Fraud is a secretive and unpredictable behaviour that no-one could predict right? Well, it may surprise you to...
- Author: bossman
- Published: 13 Apr 2022
- Views: 1124