My daughter went to a government sponsored 'BiteSize' training taster. Apparently they are worried that adults are not taking enough educational courses. Nothing to do with the fact that they have starved the sector of money for the 30 years of course. Anyway my daughter goes to the local college where normal high level of administration and Continue Reading

I would like to openan account - please My daughter's boyfriend wants a bank account - as his new job insists that he is paid by cheque. He's been working there for about three months and has not had his wages paid because he has not got a bank account. These requirements are because the government is tightening up rules on casual employment. So Continue Reading

I taught an adult education class tonight. There were four guys who obviously knew each other and a Spanish girl - large class. The guys were all jokey as if they all belonged to the same firm - but the mix wasn't right - they were different ages. I enjoyed the class and they were eager to learn. I got them going and towards the end of the class Continue Reading

I went into a tobacconist shop today to buy some vanilla flavour herbal tobacco for a friend. I have not been in an old tobacconist shop for many, many years. There are amazing smells from peach, rose and other flavoured tobaccos. Then there are the pipe tobaccos and cigars. Then you look around and there the cigar boxes from exotic places, a Continue Reading

Sorry but this is about the UK TV show - Have I Got News For You' Why - oh why - did they sack Angus Deayton? Bruce Forsyth was entertaining and would have made a good guest - but because they were playing around with his role as game show host - it lost the point that Paul Merton is the very funny one - with Ian Hislop occiasionally getting in a Continue Reading

So I am seeing the consultant at the local hospital. Unfortunately he uses the room of the skin disease specialist. So I am in the waiting room. On the wall are a whole load of posters, booklets and advice on how to identify and treat skin diseases. Now I know we English tend not to sit next to each other - but in this place everyone was Continue Reading

So I was in this back ally near the river in Cambridge. 'How much?' I asked this young lady looking for business. 'I only want to know the price.' She thought - 'For you it will be £10 - unless you want to do it by yourself - in which case it will be £12' I thought. 'And it will cost £10 each for all the others involved.' 'Erm' 'OK - I'll Continue Reading

Sunny Suburbia. I am just walking down the road around 10 in the morning and right before my eyes is an act of unforgivable aggression. Three older people have just got off a bus and were walking slowly - two of them had sticks to the shops. Another older person with a four wheel motorised - erm wheelchair - is shooting down the pavement - Continue Reading

There was a low key documentary on the Iraq War - about India Company - it showed the war from the infantry's point of view - that is the poor guys that have to go in on foot - when all the hi-tech fireworks have finished. On three occasions they had to make an assault on what were known to armed positions. Fortunately as it turned out in each Continue Reading

I was going to boast that I am a millionaire on BlogShares but when I went to check I find my portfolio dropped in value - how like real lfe. I've also forgot to put the second set of quotation marks - which has messed up the last post. Ho hum Continue Reading