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  1. Depends on the illness/occasion, it's not a black and white question. Being well enough to sit in a bar/restaurant and chat to people for a bit doesn't mean you're necessarily well enough to do an 8 hour shift. If the person has stress/depression, then socialising might actually do them good. You can leave a night out at any point, go at whatever pace you want to. Not necessarily so in the workplace.
  2. Ladybird is a woolworths own brand - here's a link to the pushchair section of their site - http://www.woolworths.co.uk/mother-and-baby/ladybird/pushchairs-accessories/e/b/13085,4294958353/s/bestsellers,0.end?trail=13004-4294958353-13085&nav=top
  3. Platillos in Leopold Sq is quite nice. Probably the closest I've tasted to 'proper' tapas anywhere in Sheffield, but everyone's tastes and expectations are different it seems - so maybe 'the closest I've tasted to the tapas I ate in the numerous bars and restaurants I visited with Spanish friends when I lived in Spain' would be a better description.
  4. Here's an idea - let's all just live within our means, then no need to worry about bank charges!
  5. That sounds pricey to me. It's nearly 3 years since I bought my house, but the total fees were just under £500 I think. I used Catherine Copley at Watson Esam - they were recommended to me and I was very happy with the service I got. They were also the cheapest of a few places I tried, including some online conveyancing companies. Often they look cheap, but when you read the small print, there's a whole host of extras they charge you for. http://www.watson-esam.co.uk/conveyancing.htm
  6. My ex-employers had a policy of doing this. They would only do it once you had so many weeks of absence in any year, regardless of how many separate periods of sickness you had. So if you've had 5 weeks off within the last 12 months, they probably have a policy of doing it after 6 weeks of absence - as you're now off for a week, that's why they're visiting now. I don't really see the point of it though - they can keep in touch via the telephone. Even if you were pretending to be ill, they give you warning that they're coming, so they're hardly going catch you out, are they??
  7. I think apples have 17g of sugar per 100g rather than per apple, so unless you're planning on eating a hell of a lot of apples, I wouldn't worry too much. Also, the sugar in an apple is naturally occurring, so technically better for you than the processed sort that is in chocolate, but it'll still rot your teeth if you have too much.
  8. When I lived in York, my favourite restaurant was Plunketts on Ousegate. Lovely food, lovely atmosphere and a varied menu too. I especially like the bar upstairs with it's rickety old walls and uneven floors (the building is hundreds of year old) Website - http://www.plunkets.co.uk/index.html Also, Ocsar's winebar on Little Stonegate does fabulous lunches - their burgers are to die for! But make sure you're hungry first, they don't scrimp on the portions!
  9. They actually owed 106 million to EUK, which had to be repaid in full when woolies went into administration. This is one of the reasons they went mammaries aloft, and also why no other distributor would supply them. Zavvi's management team is understood to have approved the appointment of Ernst & Young, which is said to be standing by to step in as administrator if Zavvi is unable to repay its £106 million debt to Entertainment UK Ref
  10. People with credit are not getting rewarded. In terms of personal finance, those with unsecured loans will be paying a fixed interest in the region of 7-15% interest depending on when/how much they borrowed. This will be unchanged despite interest rates coming down so drastically. People with credit cards are probably paying more in the region of 20% interest on their debt, so I fail to see how they're being rewarded. Some people with variable rate mortgages will benefit, but the majority won't because either a) their bank won't reduce their base rate in line with the cut or b) there is a 'collar' on how low their rate will go, which is likely to be around the 3% mark - so in reality, a handful of mortgagors are going to benefit, not those that 'went out buying on tick'.
  11. Hang on - something has just occurred to me. If parents are unmarried, then the father must accompany the mother to register the birth in order to be named on the birth certificate, or complete a form allowing her to put his name on. So it's impossible for a guy to be named on a birth certificate and not know until the CSA comes knocking, as he would have to have given his consent to be named as the father. Surely they could just refuse to do this, then therefore have no parental responsibility?
  12. It was a first date and you were comparing salaries? And they say romance is dead...
  13. We're not going into the 'whys and wherefores (sic) abortion debate' at all. Your implication was that anyone could just walk into a clinic at any point up until 24 weeks and get an abortion, nice and simple - when the reality is far removed from that. I am not opposed to abortion at all, what I *am* opposed to is people dismissing it as an easy option, or ANYONE having the right to decide what a pregnant woman does with foetus she is carrying apart from the woman herself.
  14. I hope you manage to get through - but like I said, if they were concerned they would be monitoring it much more closely - and it could just be stress itself that's raised your count. I know there's no point telling a pregnant woman not to worry (I'm one myself!) but please try!
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