My father who is 86 received a phone call yesterday trying to sell him Equity Release on his bungalow. He is not interested and put the phone down when the caller just went on and on. My father did...
We have found ourselves in the very fortunate postion to be able to pay off the majority of our mortgage. There will be about £13,000 left on it until 2032 and that is on a fixed rate until...
My new car somehow had a drugs marker put on it in error and I was stopped by the police. My car was driven to the police station by a police officer and the windscreen shattered on the way. No drugs...
I have received several phone calls and they come up on my caller display as 0121 314 444 ie 1 didgit short. When I get to the phone the call is silent or it stops ringing before I pick the phone up....
I wonder if anyone has done this, and what their experience has been? I seem to be pouring lots of money into BT coffers and I wondered how life would be without a BT line. Aside from £10 a...
A man rang me today from A & M Insulation, offering me a free survey on my house. He says there is a government initiate stating that Energy companies have to provide free insulation to customers...
Hi, We have just been informed that our company(which only has 11 people) is going to take away 5 days of our holidays, does any body know if this is legal to do, we have to sign a new contract to say...
My mother passed away just over 2 months ago and my father is the named executor in her will and in the event that my father is deceased I would be the executor. She had cancer and her death was...
Hello My father is 91 - my mother died 10 years ago but is still named with my father on the Deeds of the House. He wants to add my name to the Deeds but has been told it could cost £400 + Is...
I have just joined this site and I know there have been a lot of threads on this subject. My wife passed away 4 years ago and I have had 2 ladies as companions since. I am now in my mid 70's and in...
My father passed away in February 2011 after being in care for just under 2 years with dementia. He had a lady friend as a companion in the day for about 6 months until early 2008 when I retired. We...
I have just spent a good half hour walking around my little town looking for a young man. I was in a charity shop and only half aware of the conversation between a lad,about twentyish ,and the staff....
I am just wandering where you can go to not see any of the Jubilee Celebrations?. I have got a pub near me which is Jubilee Celebration free but as soon as you step outside you see an advert for a...
My father is 86 and I am 58. My mother passed away in 2009 leaving me her half of the bungalow she owned with Dad and at present I have got my own house 27 miles away. I have just had early...