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Exhibitionists Make Their Stand Published on 04/04/2008

There has been some confusion reported in the press recently resulting from a plethora of trade shows. The Women's Institute in various areas have expressed concern over the exhibitionists visiting their local towns. The Women's Institute want to make it known that they are doing their utmost to uphold decency and morality within their areas and call a halt to the influx of these so-called...

A Wise Investment In Property Published on 04/04/2008

For anyone with an investment property, now is not the time to be selling. After enjoying a period of growth, house prices are currently dropping amid concern of a credit crisis. However, those who can afford to hang on to their properties could see their investments serving them well in the future. Areas of Yorkshire, Humber, London and the Midlands are the only places to have seen small...

A Modern Day Robin Of Sherwood Published on 04/04/2008

Who do kids think they are these days? Eighteen years old and they think they know it all. They have no life experience, no knowledge to base their assumptions on and virtually no guidance that anyone is allowed to give them anymore. One such person lives in Nottingham, a veritable modern day Robin Hood. Robin Chavs has just turned eighteen and lives on the Little John council estate. He...

Where Does Libido Go To Published on 03/04/2008

The workings of the human body are ruthless and cruel. It sets you up to feel and desire certain things to get you in a certain mood, to pursue certain things and once it's achieved its goal, it sits back and lets you get on with it, devoid of all the feeling it once endowed you with. Don't believe me? Take a look at the sex drive of women. According to the American Medical Association...

An MOT For The Body Published on 03/04/2008

If you listen to all the health reports and warnings in the paper everyday you'd be a confused wreck. It seems we can't do right for doing wrong. We try to eat healthily but are bombarded with information that tells us what is good for us and what isn't, followed the following week by conflicting news about how certain health foods cause horrible diseases of one type or another. Lifestyles,...

Record Breaking Records Broken By New Sportswear Published on 02/04/2008

For all the grossly overweight and cumbersome Olympic hopefuls this year, we have some new technology. There are none, I hear you say. Exactly, so why is there such a hue and cry over the new swimsuits from Speedo? Technology working with sports is nothing new. For years, scientists have looked for ways of enhancing the performance of sportsmen and women, with great success. We have go...

Life Is A Postcode Lottery Published on 02/04/2008

In the UK, the level of health service you get depends on your postcode. Can the NHS stretch to life saving drugs on their budget in your area or do you need to move to live? Will your car insurance be extortionate? That depends on the statistics of car crime in your postcode. The same applies to your home insurance. A home is a home is a home is no longer applicable. So many factors come...

Office Furniture For The Control Freak Published on 02/04/2008

Office furniture comes in various shapes and sizes but all are designed for one purpose in mind. To extract the most work as possible from employees. Have you seen the 'pods' in call centre offices? One large desk, divided into individual sections that give you just enough space for a keypad, notepad and pen. There is no space for the office incidentals, like plants or cute little family...

Technology Greets The Oldest Profession In The World Published on 01/04/2008

Technology is a constantly evolving science and demand for the next gadget is constant. Not so long ago, computers were kept for only the highest tech offices and virtually unheard of in the private home. Now, it seems, everyone has a computer or laptop which is constantly switched on. In a true sign of the times, computers have taken over as the communication aid of choice. Its...

Car Insurance Frustrations From Beginning To End Published on 01/04/2008

Car insurance is one of life's necessary annoyances. The majority of us will never have need for it but every one of us needs it and most of those needing it will get fleeced in one way or another if we are not very careful. It seems the high profile amongst us, such as famous footballers and television presenters, get away with many misdemeanours on the road that the rest of us would get...