Monthly Archives: August, 2008
Buyer beware
It is always tempting to save some money, sometimes alot of money, by buying second-hand rather than brand new. This applies to many different items, not just cars and clothes…
Unfortunately when a particular item is in great demand some unscrupulous people will go so far as creating counterfeit duplicates in order to capitalise on the market. This practice has spread [...]
Maestro – can someone please teach these celebrities the basics…?
I have been following the BBC series Maestro and I have to say that there have been many times where I have literally cringed in my chair.
David Soul’s conducting of the exquisite Barber’s Adagio for Strings is one of them; Jane Asher wiggling her shoulder’s and bum rather than actually conducting is another (oh boy, was [...]
Hotel owners – what language should you speak…?
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a facility, even one very much with tongue-in-cheek, for hotel owners to rate their guests individually just as the guests are able to rate hotels?
I think it would be wonderful. What categories could we use:
* attitude
* in-room cleanliness (taking in those who cannot work out what a toilet flush is for [...]
And what readers had to say about things…