This school year, pupils at my son's school spend 2 weeks in Feb on work placement. My son wants to spend his work experience at my workplace. I am quite agreeable, for 1 week, as I think it would be...
Can anyone recommend a beach holiday destination for mid January? Flying from Scotland would be ideal, but could go from England no problem. We were thinking Tenerife but the temperature then doesn't...
my daughter has had her first payment of student loan paid into some one elses account, because she gave wrong sort code, they are saying they cannot do any thing, is this true, as the account they...
Can you each give me a little piece of advice please?
I'll start.
If you take a basket in a supermarket, you will regret it half way round the store....
After the "how do you dispose of spiders" thread the other day, I thought I'd share this will you all.... Came into work this morning, went to make a coffee.... and found these!...
I am not a regular R4 listener, but I am often in the car around 18:30 - 19:00 and catch their comedy offerings in this slot. I would think that to be a Commissioning Editor for Comedy, a sense of...
Working at my desk the other night, out of the corner of my eye I caught something moving - a fairly big spider running around my envelope holder (a largish wooden box with four slots to hold the...
my son got his forklift licence while working for a firm thats just gone bust, the firm paid for the training so held his licence while he worked for them, so that he could not leave and use his...
Anyone remember some of the things that puzzled you as a child about well known songs or sayings? For example, I spent a long time wondering why the prairie would echo 'God bless the Prince of Wales'....
I got a starbucks small hot chocolate the other day with caramel and cream
£3.00 for a small one! Starbucks is out of the question! What is your opinion on starbucks?...
How are people ever going to be able to secure long-term employment if agencies are allowed to dominate the jobs market as they do at present? Also they are encouraging employers to only want to hire...
Hi there, My mother has been a big drinker for many years, drinking half a bottle of brandy an (afternoon/evening) at least. But the Past couple of years I've noticed that her memory has gotten very...
When someone goes to university, do they stay go onto the electoral roll in their new town? My son is off to uni, but our electoral roll renewal for home says he can stay on if it is his home in the...
What's the worst car you've ever owned in regards to reliability and annoyance? I've owned some bangers in my time (i've never seen the point in spending more than a couple of grand on a car, mostly a...
I feel really guilty, I know the bees are having a hard time.... our nasturtiums grew wild this year and were getting to be a really straggly nuisance, so I pulled them up today. I can't tell you how...