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Home & Family: Domestic Abuse 101 - The Night the Police Were Called

I knew something was going to happen that night. I don’t know why. I just had a feeling. I’d been to work as normal, and took the thirty mile drive home, feeling...

  • Author: Deirdre
  • Published: 29 Oct 2021
  • Views: 1004

Home & Family: Domestic Abuse 101 - The New Job

I’d been moaning for a good couple of months that I was bored in the job I was in. He knew I’d long since wanted to be self employed. Doing that was out of the question...

  • Author: Deirdre
  • Published: 28 Oct 2021
  • Views: 888

Home & Family: Domestic Abuse 101 ........... The first meeting

So, what better place to start than the beginning? I was 23 years old, living in the South East of England (excuse the lack of exact location). I had moved to a new city six...

  • Author: Deirdre
  • Published: 28 Oct 2021
  • Views: 858

Business, Education & Employment: 5 Employee Perks that improve morale and don't cost the earth

Particularly post-BRExit and post-Covid - who are we kidding? Covid seems here to stay but nevertheless - many businesses are struggling with their balance sheets and/or finding...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 22 Oct 2021
  • Views: 957

Beware: PHONE SCAM: "YOUR INTERNET HAS BEEN COMPROMISED"

THERE'S A SCAM GOING ON - I'VE HAD LOTS OF CALLS AN AUTOMATED VOICE TELLS YOU SOMETHING LIKE "THIS IS YOU INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, YOUR INTERNET HAS BEEN COMPROMISED AND NEEDS...

Popular Culture: LOST-FACE BOOK - THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE- TELLTRAIL, BUILT FOR PRIVACY

Facebook exploited technology to meet a real social need and consequently enjoyed viral growth. BUT Facebook started life as a "frat gymic" - a way for teen students to achieve...

  • Author: tony
  • Published: 10 Apr 2018
  • Views: 14833

Popular Culture: SHAME ON FACEBOOK

Yet again, Facebook is revealed as a "very sorry" social media platform for anyone - as we should all be - concerned about privacy Facebook now estimates that 87 million of...

Leisure: Fallout 4 vs Skyrim

These kind of "built by level" games are fun the first time you play them, I think, But once you haveplayed thru a mission that's all there is to learn, Next time you start a new...

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Leisure: Arma3 mod Exile

For years now I have hosted private servers for the ARMA series of games by Bohemia Interactive Studio.We as a group really loved the mod of Arma2 that was Dayz Epoch and had many...

Social Issues: If dogs can detect drugs in airport luggage why not in prisons?

We keep hearing how prisoners are off their heads on drugs, running up large debts to in-house drug barons and presenting a danger to themselves, to each other and to the prison...

  • Author: boffin
  • Published: 16 Nov 2016
  • Views: 3115

Health & Welfare: Drugs: Why fight a war with no chance of victory?

It's a well-established principle of modern society that outlawing anything just creates a highly lucrative black market economy in whatever commodity was banned. Government of...

  • Author: pawel
  • Published: 15 Nov 2016
  • Views: 3424

Politics & Religion: Trump - "YOU'RE HIRED!" - Reality TV goes to Washington

Donald Trump is the next President of the USA So many across the world would have bet their shirts against that and yet the American People have spoken. Trump talks of it being...

  • Author: tony
  • Published: 15 Nov 2016
  • Views: 12061

Humour: Sky News Today: "A Man Dies After Falling Into Yellowstone Hot Spring"

A man has died after falling into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in the US state of Wyoming. Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23, of Portland, Oregon, was with his sister and had...

  • Author: soapboxjohn
  • Published: 9 Jun 2016
  • Views: 3204

Health & Welfare: Selfish(?) Suicide, Depression & Mental Illness

Many people think that a suicide attempt is a selfish act because the person doesn't seem to care about those they leave behind. But there are different circumstances prevailing...

  • Author: tony
  • Published: 5 Jan 2016
  • Views: 13203

Home & Family: Piercings and Young Teenagers

My 14 year old daughter wants her navel pierced. I really think it's not a nice look on a 14 year old girl but am I over reacting? She's doing the 'everyone else has one' speech...

  • Author: madmumma
  • Published: 16 Aug 2015
  • Views: 3626

Health & Welfare: Eating out when you have an allergy - Why is this still so difficult?

I have been avoiding wheat completely since 2011 after an exclusion diet led me to realise that wheat was the major cause of my IBS symptoms. Since eliminating it I get very ill if...

  • Author: madmumma
  • Published: 16 Aug 2015
  • Views: 3736

Home & Family: Inexpensive Days Out Ideas For Families

So, we're pretty much halfway through the summer holidays! I've been trying to find inexpensive ways to entertain the kids and so thought i'd share some. Yesterday we went to West...

  • Author: madmumma
  • Published: 16 Aug 2015
  • Views: 3546

Social Issues: Is the 2nd Amendment a License to Kill ?

If prohibition and the "war on drugs"  have proven anything it's that laws must represent the general view of the society they are supposed to protect. Both have done much...

  • Author: hissingsid
  • Published: 19 Jul 2015
  • Views: 8495

Social Issues: Is a US ban on guns the answer?

Should recent events sway us into a nation banned of guns? There is no denying the fact that violence is present in the world. Yet, for the most part crimes which are highlighted...

  • Author: spotty
  • Published: 16 Jul 2015
  • Views: 5983

Business, Education & Employment: UNIVERSITY TUITION SHOULD BE FREE

The economic growth of any nation depends on its workforce but also on technology and innovation while its health and stability relies on a broader, more rounded appreciation of...

  • Author: boffin
  • Published: 9 Jun 2015
  • Views: 7178