My mate topped himself on Friday. Known him since we were 11, best mates from about the age of 15 then we grew apart in our late 20s. We were pretty inseparable for much of the time until life got in the way. He moved to Canada and then we...
…I left school the year before after doing A-Levels. Went to sign-on and the girl behind the counter in the Dole asked if I was interested in working there for the summer holidays, I said yes. The manager interviewed me, offered me a job and I...
We are a long time retired, and it gets quiet, interaction with other people is so important, sometimes annoying, often moaning, but also can be a good laugh and insightful. Every now and then you get the chance to help someone, and it's the most...
I was/am a director at a firm where the workload is never done and backlog is too big simply because before my arrival the dept had been woefully mismanaged. I found I was putting 12 hours a day in, getting anywhere between 1 -2000 steps in a...
'Slay' would probably give me too much credit. Probably more accurate to say that I've presently managed it largely by avoiding situations and events where I might have a beer (which always leads to 6) and ensuring I'm home 'on time' for my young...
I've never heard of the lass before but on the basis of her performance this evening, she's nothing like Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift is essentially all highly produced country music. Nothing wrong with that, if that's what people like, but...
'Fixing' the economy is largely outside the power of Government.
Economic growth is driven by the creation of money. Notwithstanding the best efforts of Government(s) to put liquidity into the economy through quantitative easing after the 2008...