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People Dont Want To Retire according to a Government Survey

Yea Right. How come the Government only take notice of what the PEOPLE want when it suits what they want. Surely some PEOPLE dont want to work until they are 70 or 80 its the government that want us...

joggerjayne

only 17 days to go

Wooo Hoooooo ! Here is a real gutsy Superwoman from Team GB ... Nicola Minichiello is our Women's Bobsleigh driver ... and that takes balls (so to speak). http://www.c21picture...la_minichiello_fl.jpg...

ahmskunnirt

Rape Victim Receives 101 Lashes For Getting Pregnant.

A 16 year old girl in Bangladesh is raped, as a result of which she falls pregnant. The elders in her village issue a fatwa to her family ordering that she be incarcerated until the family agree to...

jigman1

Stop cock issue.

The house I live in has a stop cock that operates on less than 1 full turn to supply cold water to the house.This causes issues when people have showers and someone turns a cold tap on eleswhere in...

Sandy-Wroe

Now that we're officially out of the recession will Labour win another term in office?

And when Cameron steps down after the May election who will replace him?

annierak

Pink meat

Why do the 'great' chefs insist that we eat our meat, 'pink'?. Why does it have to be so raw and what about food poisoning? Or am I missing a point? Cos I like my meat to be cooked. H...

yellow11

shed

last one 8d close tight 4 N?A? near rather than neat?

AB Editor

Do you consider life insurance to be a necessity?

lainiej

Why am I unable to end this relationship?

I am 51yrs old and have been married for 6yrs.ts my 3rd and his 2nd marriage. Our sex life is non-existent, we never do or go anywhere together, regularly argue over menial household tasks and my 18...

Kathyan

Petrol prices

When the VAT was reduced in 2008, Darling raised the fuel duty to compensate for the loss of revenue. Now that VAT has been increased, has he reduced the fuel duty back to what it was and if not, why...

shoemad

hi everyone,,have asked this before but still struggling

The answer has to be a food, drink, or dish walk tall bert - noel e''s here -ordered The answer is two words but no idea of letters Thinking it may be a Christmas dish because of the 'noel' but can't...

Wednesday_Adams

unknown number

i have been getting calls on my mobile phone from an unknown number, It's been going on for a few months now but when i answer the phone there is never anyone there. Not even any breathing or...

SuDFB

A womens place is above or below a man?

In my relationship (7years) I have always been the one who takes responsibility for keeping things running. I also sometimes feel that I wear the trousers in the relationship as he can be lazy and so...

MrZippy123

disc not inserted

Hi, After a period of about four months, my son attempted to play Football Manager 2008 and Sims 2 on our PC. Both worked fine last time, but now we get a message 'disc not inserted' or 'insert...

Grandpappy

Scanning photgraphs

I've recently found some old photographs of my parents(sadly now deceased) and I want to scan them onto my hard drive in order to work on them.I'm using the scan function on my HP Photosmart C4280 and...

what..the?

Broken fridge and freezer dangerous?

I have a fitted fridge and freezer at least 15 years old they appear to look like separate items stacked on top of each other because there appears to be a mdf veneered shelf/divider in the middle, I...

fabemmy

PC monitor for a Compaq Desktop Pc

Hi I need to replace my PC monitor for my compaq Desktop pc, The monitor that needs replacing is a compaq brand one as well, that came with the desktop, I was wondering if anyone could tell me, Do I...

123everton

Climate change versus over population.

In a question about climate change one the poster's suggested that over population was the problem. Ok, let's say it is, it is certainly issue, so what's the solution? A restriction on birthrate would...

RJUKL

Pride

Is pride the original sin? The meek shall inherit the earth. Humility is a good characteristic to have.The people I have met in my life who have made a lasting impression on me have all been people...