I thought the remarks made by those women on the sink estate summed up the attitude of many of those living on benefits . They said why should we work for £250 a week when we can get £200...
My friend has had to have several oil fired builders and the maintenance costs are very high . He is thinking of scrapping it the next time its a major repair but is uncertain about a replacement ....
A year ago I was so disgusted with being ripped off by Nat/West for a mistake they had made 20 years ago that I closed all my accounts with them and transferred to the Halifax which has been an...
It is suggested that an Anglo French army shoild be formed . http://www.telegraph....good-for-Britain.html In the event of a war outside Europe who would you prefer to fight with the French or the...
I've listened to Camerons excuses and claims of success with the budget . It is pathetic, he has given the EU what they wanted a 2.9 billion rise. Over a week ago that was the figure banded about well...
I have just read TBs book which I found interesting . It is 700 pages long and therefore difficult to summerise. To choose a few points though , he considers Old Labour ( BB before Blair and the 3...
What is the best thing to do with old grow bag compost. I have several in which tomatoes were grown and now are just a mass of old roots . Should I cut it up and use it as mulch or is it suitable to...
I want to get some warm shirts but I don't know what they are called . I have a couple of them but they are just marked cotton and that's all . They feel like winter pyamas . Can you help with a...
I see that Nick Clegg , who is an atheist , is considering sending his son to the London Oratory Roman Catholic school. His wife Miriam is a practicing RC. This school is the same one Tony Blair ( who...
As you know when you enter an email address in the the . To..................section if the address is already in your list of contacts, after the first letter , the PC displays all the addresses...
I and my friend both have Sky and we live a few 100 meters from each other. I'm , so to speak at the top of the hill and he is at the bottom but vertically there is only about 10 meters difference....
I find that when typing out a message when changing case it often activates the Submit button. I had thought I was accidently touching the buttons above or below the 'Caps Lock key but when I do it...
I have been given a big bag of cooking apples and I thought I would try making something out of them but I found peeling them a difficult chore. So I've been experimenting with different ways of doing...
Last year I asked your help in identifying a plant which turned out to be Foxglove Tree , which I had to transplant and it had to get through last winter. However it survived and it has doubled its...
I have a wonderful crop Sun Gold tomatoes and my American friends would like some seeds . I couldn't find any in the garden centres but maybe I will be successful later in the year. However if I can't...