Yes, unless there is an existing co-op nearby that means it has to close due to competition reasons. not neccessarily, given that somerfield was bought by the co-operative group [the old manchester based cws]. there are vast swathes of the country where they have no presence as local societies domi...

just because they don't agree with your fluffy idealistic (and superficial) view of the world is SO 2005. you do not know what my view of the world is. you see, when you reach puberty, you will find you no longer have the urge to ram your politics [or ill thought out ramblings in this case] down ot...

Sort of related, Am I the only one who thinks there has been a major witch hunt on the Sun's part against Gordon Brown. Such as using a mother's grief as a weapon to beat the prime minister with. He has enough on his plate already, he is a partially sighted man whose handwriting isn't that good, I ...

how does the man on the postal gold advert manage not to blink, at all, ever?

Nick Harvey wrote:I'm also interested in other comments as I'm thinking about one as a Christmas present for 'er indoors.

and who said romance was dead

tis indeed a masterpiece

in my university days, when i was checkout supremo at a well known midlands-based supermarket, the way we interpreted the rule was customers could purchase upto two packets of each type of pain killer. so two packets of paracetamol (or derivative), plus two ibuprofen etc etc. lack of understanding o...

Mind you, I wish I had learned a skill like plastering. The pay is great and there's always a shortage of skilled craftsmen. Nice little string to one's bow. oh i can't see you fitting into that sort of vocation gavin. you'd have to have a radio blasting out radio 5 or talk sport, display a builder...

here's a gem from youtube. skip to 1:30 on this clip and hear a young maggie mash doing a voice over for one of 'those' chatlines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwGguZxEAYk i wonder if 'happy' is a euphemism for something. i love the red waistcoat! watching that, who'd have thought maggie would beco...

Mr Scott - why didn't I think of that? I did indeed get a receipt but interestingly it doesn't have the auth details. After the exchange info it says: Total: 152.29 Total From Customer Today: 152.29 Visa Debit Card - FE 152.29 In which case, you should write to their head office ("complaints h...

what the packets don't tell you is that although it takes two minutes in the microwave, it then takes 15 minutes to cool down to a temperature which one can work with. i now do one minute 40, and its still the temperature of molten metal. so i pop it in the fridge (naughty i know), have a shower, an...