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handing in your notice...

Just a quick question. If you are required to give 2 weeks notice - is that the MINIMUM amount of time only. Ie could you in fact give one month's notice if you wanted to but the employer couldn't...

olddutch

Twilight of the old politics ?

““ Cleggmania was the equivalent of a loud cathartic scream from a bemused, frightened and angry electorate. Probably their disillusionment with the traditionally bigger two parties had...

pleuni

how to bypass estate agents - as I seem to really dislike them all

can I offer on a house (it it next door to a friend on mines house) so now I know it's for sale but bypassing/so without using the bloody estate - they have a board up outside the property.....any...

bizzylizzy

Customs charges on goods from the US - help please

Hi everyone, a friend is sending me some jewellery from America. The cost of the goods is likely to be between £25 and £60 depending on what she sends. The post charge is around £9....

mandimoo

day of the triffids

been watching the updated version on telly. in the series from the 70's I do recall the triffids were being farmed, but were they being farmed for their oil that would save the world from global...

Fat Bloke

TV this Christmas

Have the christmas TV programmes been really dire this year or is it my imagination?

danoid

now looking for schwartz spices......

specifically mixed spice and bouquet garni......their website was no help and the couple of UK based places that will ship product around the world wanted what i considered outraegeous amounts of...

SeaJayPea

Six Clubs

I've just read that five players have scored for six different clubs in the Premiership. I can think of three - Andy Cole (actually 7), Les Ferdinand and Nick Barmby. Who are he other two? Thanks...

gilf

I have never got the concept of leftovers. That might seem an odd thing to say but hear me out. Growing up my mother always cooked enough food for us all to eat, she cooked often enough to know that X...

puternut

Debt and Court proceedings

I moved to my present address in Nov 2007. Ever since day 1 I have been getting letters addressed to various members of the previous owners family (but mainly a son and a sister) who as far as I can...

gregcropper

Finances for pop festival

How do the finances work for a festival such as Reading or Leeds? How much do bands get paid? How much do fast food people have to pay? How much do the land-owners get? How much for security? Where is...

Androcles

Food combination No-nos

We were talking this morning about things that people won't put together. My mum had a thing about never serving tomatoes or peas with fried or poached eggs and suggest fish and chips with baked beans...

PeeBee1

Would

you lie a teeny weeny bit on your cv??

beverleymot

dilemma!

my son went to his cousins party today ( cousin from his dads side). me and his dad n partner do not get along very well and they have a son too. the cousins mum said she'd prefer for me to go than my...

claymore

war!...the mother of invention

Where would we be technologically speaking without all the wars and conflicts that have been going on ever since we learned to hit each other with sticks? It seems like there is nothing like a good...

123everton

It looks like Keyplus was on the right track.

In todays Metro it said that circumcision appears to offer some protection against H.I.V, as Keyplus once said (if I remember correctly), I was sceptical about this claim to say the least (I can't...

kestrelg

The Hillsbrough disaster

I was outside the ground at the time leading up to the disaster and what I saw were hundreds maybe thousands of drunken Liverpool supporters hellbent on getting into the ground. I neither want to...

SupaStar

Sacked from work

A close friend of mine just got sacked (which he considered was unfair) yesterday. He was a temp and worked for 6 months. He is really panicing since he wouldn't get a good reference for future jobs,...

bednobs

money and benefits

i often see people on here asking about benefits and quite often about means tested benefits. the reply comes back that if you have between 6-16000 in savings, you wont be eligible. Fair enough. Now...

chiara79

Variable Mortgage??

I have split from my husband and in the process of buying him out. I can get the mortgage I want but they can only offer me a variable mortgage! I have only ever had a fixed rate so not sure how good...

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