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How To Change An Ink Cartridge Published on 01/04/2008

The complicated process of changing an ink cartridge is something that has baffled scientists for many years. Despite developments of so-called 'easy change' ink cartridges, removal and replacement still leave even the most dextrous of us dumbfounded. It also leaves us covered in ink. Not just a smudge of something that adds colour to your boring office attire and could look pass for a...

Arabian Nights Make The Perfect Holiday Published on 31/03/2008

Asked to write an article on car hire UAE, I couldn't think of any reason anyone would want to go there! My image of this place was where you couldn't consume alcohol and there was every chance you might be asked to sell your children. That said, after last night's little teenage tantrum, that last bit doesn't sound like such a bad idea. I did some research into the United Arab Emirates and...

Drunk In Charge Of A Ferry Published on 31/03/2008

Putney has long been famous as a crossing point for the Thames. Mentioned in The Doomesday Book of 1086 at Putelei, a ferry was already in place and continued to be so until the building of a permanent bridge. It would seem that many people would have been grateful for car hire in Putney if it had been available at the time, meaning they would not have been held to ransom with the drinking...

Product Design Versus Marriage Guidance Counselling Published on 30/03/2008

In this day and age of broken homes, single parents and latch key kids there has been a turn around in the attitude that family is not really needed. Here in the UK, we took this hideous 21st Century me, me, me attitude and embraced it to the point of damaging all our relationships. What summed it up for me was the day my five year old son came home wanting to know why he didn't have a step...

It's All In The Name Published on 29/03/2008

For the benefit of those in utter confusion and astonishment over the ridiculous monikers that children are being branded with these days, comes the ruling that all babies are to be equipped with personalised baby clothes. Back in my day, you could name your son John, David, Michael or Henry and nobody would bat an eyelid. You could hand down personalised baby clothes without feeling the...

The Great Classic Plimsoll Debate Published on 28/03/2008

Sports shoes are, these days, a whole multi-million pound industry with laboratories, institutes and technologies all their own. What's wrong with the good old plimsoll is what I say. That first day at school, where the smell of rubber plimsolls permeated everything including your lunch is an experience that kids these days just don't get. They're more concerned with whether they are wearing...

Ask The Experts About Moving Home Published on 28/03/2008

If anyone knows about moving home, it has to be gypsies. Gypsies, Romanies, travellers - whatever you want to call them, they are the true experts on moving home - literally. They pack up their entire belongings as we all do when moving home but they also take their homes with them. Not for them is the constant decorating and making the place your own. Not for them is the process of...

Far Removed From The Firm Published on 28/03/2008

The Burnett family had lived in central London since Mr Burnett became involved with 'The Firm' fifteen years previously. They organised a place for the family to live, they even organised a removal company for them. Mr Burnett had to admit, they had been good to them many times but it all came at a price and he'd been in this game for too long now. He wanted to get out but the boss wasn't...

Taking A Turn With Mortgage Advice Published on 27/03/2008

Things were never meant to turn out like this for the happy couple in the wedding photo. They had done everything above board, all planned in meticulous detail and professional guidance sought, from mortgage advice to family planning and careers advice. However, not all scenarios can be predicted and it is only possible for a couple to do their best in the current situation. Of course, they...

Cheap Doesn't Always Pay Published on 27/03/2008

After six months of going back and forth between prospective buyers, solicitors and agents, Alan had finally sold his house and a moving date was imminent. He scoured the Yellow Pages for what he felt was the right removal company and received several quotes. He picked the one that was cheapest. Alan was relocating to the other end of the country and was filled with anticipation. He was...