I think the ones that i hear time and time again and mean diddley squat because they rarely ever do are: "Lessons will be learned" and "We have tightened procedures so this will never happen again" I...
In the latest Wonga advert, Earl is playing the guitar in a very distinctive style where most of the playing is up the neck of the guitar and slapping the strings. Is there a specific name for this...
Lloyds fined £28m for forcing their staff to sell unsuitable financial products under threat of demotion and pay cuts. Yet another reprehensible act by a bank in pursuit of profit. The fines seem...
I am buying a new Asus laptop for my partner to replace her aging Acer one. The old one had an Intel T7500 Dual Core pentium 2.2 ghz with a geforce 8400m gs graphics card and 2gb of ram with Windows...
Case in point 'Royal Mail' where the shares are likely to be oversubscribed many times over. Why do Institutional investors by right get the largest proportion of shares instead of smaller investors....
I have a king size bed (a 2 piece drawer divan base) where the mattress (we have had it for about 5 years) sinks in the middle because myself and my partner are both quite large people. Would buying a...
In the past 3 Years i have made sucessful claims for mis selling from an insurance company for an endowment policy that didnt fit my need for which i got a sizeable refund. A missold car insurance...
The England Spin Bowler is being investigated by the England Cricket Authorities after been given a fixed penaly for Drunk and disorderly behaviour and urinating on sever bouncers at a Brighton...
I like watching Baseall but get bemused with all the stats, but i was wondering.... Does a hitter get credited in their stats if their hit results in a score from another runner in the following...
Does anyone know if the type of puzzle below has a particular name? as i tried googling for some but don't know if it has a particular term. - Thanks!! 13 in a BD (13 in a bakers dozen) 8 P's in a G...
I was in a poundland (of all places ) yesterday and on the DAB radio playing in the background was a song that i thought was very good. I reckon its pretty new, it was sung by a young female singer...
I have a very rare OOP DVD that i want to sell, is anyone aware of any DVD specific selling groups based in the UK on Facebook? I have done the usual ebay thing but hasnt sold... also may go down the...
One of the 3 officials present at the meeting where the report was allegedly said to be deleted - Ms Anna Jefferson, has denied that she said that this report could never be in the public domain or...
This quango by any other name deliberately covered up its own incompitence with regards to Baby deaths at the Furness Hospital in Barrow, Cumbria. Read behind all the eloquent language and what you...
Google paid £6m corporation tax on £3.2bn turnover in the UK. As this was diverted to the ROI one would expect the tax the Irish Government collected would be significantly higher, does anyone know...
Many Mp's have second incomes, have inherited wealth and at the very minimum a very nice pension to fall back on. Yet they have a £5.7m mainly publicly funded hardship fund to fall back on. Its such...
Mark Thatcher is a 2nd Baronet by inheritence, not because of anything he good he has done. He is a convicted criminal having received a 4 year suspended sentence in South Africa for his part in an...
Can anyone help me, this bridge featured in a sequence in a film or TV program from the 50's or 60's , i believe there was a shot from the operators cabin. Can anyone help, and no it wasn't Billy...