wriggler's Posts

Thanks. HTML, long time since I wrote any of that, good brain exercise, thanks again for sorting out.

Quite right BB. There is little need for Banks and Post Offices these days. I post quite a few packages, including some overseas, and as long as they are narrow enough to go through the Post Box slot I buy the postage online and print the label, haven't bought a stamp in years, and I am able to post stuff 24/7. The new Post Offices now have self serve counters for weighing and posting parcels, no ...

Whilst I have never failed to vote, I don't understand why people complain about non-voters. Our Govt has abstained many times in votes at the U.N. If it is acceptable for a Govt to abstain on matters of international importance at the UN, yet still make speeches and express opinons about the motion that they refuse to vote on, then it should also be a 'legitimate' option for the electorate of ...

Don't know about MASSIVE amounts of anything except sand and water, other 'possible chemicals' listed below maybe used in smal quanities most of these are already in the human body or food and are almost totally innocuous in comparison to the amounts we consume every day by eating processed food. What Chemicals Are Used As previously noted, chemicals perform many functions in a hydraulic ...

Options include re-opening Okehampton Line, you can download pdf from this link, apologies if already discussed but cannot find here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26349928

I misunderstood, I thought the Indian Space Programme was sending Indians to the UK to make more Space in India.

Wondering, you are quite right. Shops have been closing down for years before Sainsburys came to Dawlish and the same applies to every other town in the UK and other towns and cities around the world. And the reason Sainsburys et al are doing so well is not due to some govt conspiracy suggested by Fred Basset, it's simply that people LIKE shopping in supermarkets!!!!!!! The govt should stop ...

Surely all the shops that are ''missing'' used to be there but closed down due to lack of customers. Has anyone seen the result of the Mary Portas ''high street regeneration'' scheme, with 2 exceptions all the areas that received the govt funding have continued to decline. High Streets are dying because nobody uses them. Just bought a book from Amazon for £10 less than the Watersone's price, ...

People who work for a living have to live in accomodation that they can afford, why should a person who's rent is paid for by the taxpayer feel they have the right to live in whatever accomodation they choose regardless of the size and price. I know 2 single people who have 2 bed ''council'' flats, they had the choice to move or contribute towards the rent, one person moved the other contributes ...

'Also if a social tenant moved into a smaller property in the private sector if they were lucky enough to qualify for them more benefit would be payed towards the rent as its higher' This comment is completely wrong because people do not understand how Housing Benefit (HB) is calculated, housing benefit is now called LHA (Local Housing Allowance)by most local authorities.  Let me give you a ...

Not again!!!!! The urban legend about supermarket fuel being 'different', complete nonsense, this urban legend dates back to 2007: Back in 2007, there was a problem with Tesco and Morrisons petrol.  It caused engine problems for some customers, and the supermarkets compensated them. The problem was caused during shipment of fuel in a tanker between the Vopak tank farm in Rotterdam and the UK.   ...

Another resignation after being admitting fraud as an MEP. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/21/denis-macshane-expenses-investigation-reopened However, I knew someone who did very well out of UN building contracts and said such contracts went to the person who offered the biggest bribe. He was also able to get his money paid out in almost any country in any currency. Nothing will ever ...

All the dispatches programme pointed out is that people can't be bothered to actually work out the cost of goods per weight and believe the supermarket 'offer' signs. I simply compare the price by weight and having bought a lot of veg till recently know that many supermarket prices are often half the cost of buying from a small shop, look at the price of bananas, sweet potatoes as 2 examples. ...

As one of the Olympic drug testing team said before the recent games, athletes are now always one step ahead of the testers and he didn't expect to 'catch out' any of the major athletes at the Olympics even though he implied he expected the majority would be using drugs. Lance Armstrong had over 500 negative drug tests, so what does this say about the hundreds of drug tests being 'passed' by other ...

High Streets shops don't die because of large supermarkets, they die because nobody uses them, ie you and me, their ex-customers. What about the 'demise' of the large dept stores, many are gone I was told, but no, we have more large dept stores than ever, they are now called Sainsburys, Tescos, Asda etc etc. Old style wasteful inefficient and badly stocked dept stores lost their customers, ie you ...

My cynicism of 'modern' greenies is based on the actions of govt, here and elsewhere. Whilst working in a govt dept in the UK there were notices all over encouraging workers to turn down the heating to 18deg at home yet the building was uncomfortably hot as the building manager explained govt regs meant he had to maintain the heating at 22deg, despite complaints from workers being too warm.  Many ...

£12000 for 47 taps, there must be some very happy plumbers out there. Hasn't this story been 'leaked' early, ie should have been 1st April. The only way water will prevent violent crime is when it comes out of a water cannon.

Just been around Bristol and Bath and saw petrol price varies by 5p a litre between filling stations on the same road just 3kms apart, and both places busy so even where there is plenty of competition price variation is amazing. Cheapest was ASDA 128,7p a litre which they gtee to keep I think till the new year.

The email spam filter is on by default with BT, best advice is to go into BT mail and switch off, it is very unreliable, will allow some emails from an address yet block others. I've had friends and relatives complain about not receiving some emails in their OE mail but when checking into the BT mailbox find them in their BT spam folder.

I'll be very happy for this to go through as more residents will hopefully allow us to have a Lidl and Tesco, or at the very least a Lidl and expanded Sainsburys. Then we'll all save a fortune on petrol and produce less of this 'greenhouse gas' which I keep getting told is bad for the environment.

The answer to the above per 500ml is: Water   4,5p Milk     12,5p Coke   34p Diesel  34p Based on shopping at ASDA, diesel price very variable and why anyone would buy a bottle of water has always been beyond my comprehension. Diesel is an essential for some people, certainly no reason to complain about the price of milk, and I think coke not necessary to sustain life.

This is a short version of a long video showing Euro MPs signing in on Friday morning at 7am with their suitcases they then go home for the weekend. They have to sign in to get their daily allowance which I believe is around £200. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AY03ro0Y14 At the other end of the weekend apparently most meetings are arranged only between Tues and Thursday so they can return on ...

But will the alternative be worse. I understand the clamping companies will ask permission from the landowners to install ticket machines. So if that particular private land is used by enough motorists then it will be worthwhile for the clampers to install machines. At least this won't be as inconvenient for motorists but could be more expensive. Landowners are entitled to charge for people to ...

This area desperately needs housing, the sooner the better.

You are really making a mountain out of a molehill and totally confusing yourself. If you can't understand such a simple error I give up.

'an engineer to turn the line back on' that's complete nonsense to start with and makes no sense. I would firstly want a proper explanation from BT, ring them and tell them you wish to raise a complaint, they will issue a complaint number and then things will be explained properly or sorted out. Alternatively, email the complaints dept when you are online, you will immediately get a an automated ...

The only people who know what Cofton needs are the owners, they are clearly not going to invest many thousands of pounds into developments that customers don't want. More space and facilities were clearly needed as the previous posts say, being overcrowded is not good for repeat business.

Ah, now I understand, it is Sainburys fault that you throw food away, can't quite figure that one out!! You bought it!!!!! You really need to sort yourself out if you throw £10 of food away in a week, that is ridiculous. I think you miss the point entirely, where in the Co-op can I buy things I got from Sainsburys this morning, eg blank CDs, paper for my printer, magazines that the Co-op don't ...

For the last few weeks I've had reason to be driving around all over the UK, and discovered the price of petrol varies by as much as 10p a litre in different areas. Can't believe everyone is getting so excited by the price of petrol at Sainsburys in Dawlish. Simple really, if you don't like the price at Sainsburys then don't buy there!!!!!

What about all the Pensioners who have never bothered to apply for Winter Fuel allowance or a free bus pass because they don't need it. The govt every year say that billions of pounds in benefits for pensioners and others are not claimed. http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=irb Also the comment made earlier also applies, the cost of means testing these benefits would almost certainly ...

The serial number is sometimes embedded in the EXIF data (that is the time, date and camera setting details) is 'embedded' in the img details when you take the pic. Cameras that use this system, it is not a universal feature, can be found here http://www.stolencamerafinder.com/listmodels However, many people strip the exif data from images, especially when putting images online, and many editing ...

So where is the South East bias exactly, or have they moved Stockton, Wolverhampton, Liskeard, Nelson, Bedminster, Stockport, Newbiggin and Market Rasen!!!! Here is the list • Bedford - mentoring support for businesses • Croydon - transforming the Old Town market • Dartford - school for shopkeepers • Greater Bedminster - street art, street theatre • Liskeard - vibrant arts scene, guerrilla ...

I have no idea why there should be any relationship between decernable(sic) nutritional value and profit, someone makes a product, puts it on the market and the consumer decides whether they buy it or not. No one is forcing you or anyone else to buy from KFC or McDonalds. I eat too much Cadbury's chocolate, that doesn't seem to have any discernible nutritional value but of course I am 'persuaded' ...

High street shopping is dying, face reality, you will never attract shops back to Dawlish, all the previous shops closed down becaue they didn't have customers. Traders in an area of Paignton, which I thought well supported, are signing a petition to persuade the Council to reduce rates and allow more parking as business has been steadily falling for the last couple of years. And Torquay, I think ...

Someone just told me the Costcutter shop is closing and has a sign up saying the shop is for rent, can anyone confirm this?

Simple, assume term time is 32 weeks, then under occupied for 32 weeks and HB adjusted accordingly, you are trying to make something that is very simple into something that is complicated. If a person claims HB they should get it for what they need, not what they want, use it, lose it or pay for it. If I only used my car to take a grandchild to school for 6 weeks of the year would I be entitled to ...

Much easier to just edit your post and put the t in!!

Thanks again Webmaster, people making allegations then refusing to produce any evidence as to why they are making them is just plain annoying and pointless and I wonder what agenda this poster has in doing this.

Many thanks Webmaster for explaining to Nelson, and I think many other posters to this site what a forum is and its purpose.

I'm amused by being 'pleased' that big supermarkets like the Co-op are supporting this. The Co-op were pioneers in Fairtrade and have been big sellers of such products since Fairtrade started in 1992 and Sainsburys claim to be the World's Largest Fairtrade retailer having also been involved since day one.