It's certainly true that glasses available on the NHS have taken an upturn in the fashion stakes. When I first started wearing glasses the only choice was to pay out an extortionate amount for designer glasses (which my parents were not about to do) or have some of those hideous NHS glasses that came in an abundant array of colours - pink, blue or brown.
All looked equally silly and you...
There are many reasons that couples decide to go for marriage counselling and in most cases the benefits would have been far greater and quicker if they had recognised the symptoms earlier and sought help rather than stick their heads in the sand, putting it down to work pressures or the strain of a young family.
Even so, the amount of couples deciding to opt for marriage has increased and...
There are many cars on the market that claim to be luxury vehicles but can they all surely be in this class? It seems more like most car manufacturers will produce a very basic model of a metal box on wheels and any additions paid for turn it into a luxury version. If you recently looked at one of these boxes you would see these are not basic cars but verging on primitive versions with their...
We can all site incidents where various problems have cropped up in society in the name of health and safety. It used to be that there were accidents, an unavoidable blip to life itself, would occur at public events and then the councils brought in health and safety training to combat this problem. And now it has all gone pear shaped and we are left with virtually no public events in the...
It's said that money is the root of all evil but the correct saying is that the love of money is the root of all evil. That and the love of cakes, chips, crisps, creamy curries, in fact, all the tasty things that money can buy. Why, I hear you ask? Because along with this money comes the ability to live a wealthier lifestyle and peoples lack of self discipline that means they eat like the rich...
With the UK property market looking decidedly dodgy and the security of banks ever more precarious, is it any wonder people are looking overseas as a place to invest their money for the future? And how easy is it to do that or are we reaching back to the dark ages when people stashed any spare cash under the mattress?
France are fast becoming leaders in encouraging people to invest in...
When It comes to office furniture, it would seem Google is the place to be. Their offices have made news headlines with their unconventional approach to office furniture, but it seems to work and I don't know many people that wouldn't give their right arm to work in an office where you get to arrive in the canteen on a giant slide or hold your meetings in a 'pod' that resembles either a Swiss...
Time is one of those precious commodities that constantly eludes us all. We equip ourselves with wrist watches to keep an eye on it but still it escapes us. We list our needs, our accomplishments and our hopes in the quest to make time for them and before we know it, time has gone. No wrist watch can hold back the sands of time.
We have engineers and scientists working around the clock to...
When it comes to work uniforms, many people have different ideas. You could automatically think of the dull, sludge colour coveralls that instantly disguise any figure or any personal taste that might have otherwise been on show. These are enforced by Hitler type bosses who feel threatened by any show of individuality and like, themselves, to stand out from the masses as 'the boss'.
Or you...
Cancer is the diagnosis that causes the most payouts from life insurance companies. It is one of the biggest killers and causes a major problem to our health because the symptoms are often vague until the later stages or mistaken for other ailments. However, things could be changing with a breakthrough from the medical world.
Photodynamic Therapy, or PDT, is a gentle, effective treatment for...
