Categories: "In real life"

Abbey online banking still not working

Abbey's online banking system has failed now for more than four days. I cannot log on, cannot get a balance, cannot move money, pay bills online, etc. There are no notices at all on the abbey website, telling customers what is going on, when it will be… more »

Cat hair removal tip

We have a short piled wilton carpet in the front room. We have tried three dysons, each failing to remove our long haired cat's hairs from it, each one simply spreads the hair around and it can take upto an hour with the vacuum to lift most of it. Dyson… more »

BNP livening things up

BNP livening things up
Anti fascist supporters "stormed" the BBC television centre today, to protest about the BNP appearing on BBC1's question time tonight. Ironic, as a fascist will suppress free speech, which is exactly what the anti-facist movement are trying to acheive!… more »

Car scrappage scheme - basic maths

I always apply the ideal, "if it sounds too good to be true, then it usually is!" When the car scrappage scheme was brought in by the government, it looked too good to be true. Why hadn't it been done before? How similar to the european scrappage plan… more »

7 days on the breadline

7 days on the breadline is a three part series starts tonight (at 9pm) on itv1 and for once it looks like being a series that is not about promoting former "celebs" - but looks at real people, ie. people like you and me. I know how hard times are for… more »