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I am four feet nine now, used to be 4 feet 10 and 3/4 but am shrinking due to osteoporosis. Advantages? Can`t think of any except if I want something from a too high shelf when shopping I always choose a good looking fella to get it for me!

When I smoked I can honestly say I never dropped my fag ends. I used to keep hold of it till it had ceased to burn and then put it in my bag if there wasn`t a bin available. But worse (in my eyes) than cig ends are fast food containers, which are much bigger,often still have some of the contents and smell. I wonder also if being sick in the street after over indulging would also be classed as littering, if not it should be.

I can only say I have bought loads of books and never had any problems. Where there is a choice of sellers for a particular title I look at the stars awarded to the sellers and go for the most possible.

Wearing a badge needn`t take away your anonymity though need it? You don`t have to give your name or user name

Just read on BBC teletext that the caretaker has won his case! He has proved Hampshire council were 75% to blame. Compensation is still to be decided.

Wouldn`t you need a bank account in order to have a debit card?

Thanks for your helpful advice. I wouldn`t dare tell her she might have had a `silent heeart attack`. She wouldn`t hear the `might have` She has no access to a computer at all or wish ever to use one. I think I will play the vague card and tell her she needs to ask the doctor for more information. I can`t think it can have been anything serious or surely it would have been followed up. I am sad for my friend that she is so obsessed with often imaginary ill health. I am just the opposite, I have to be dragged kicking and screaming to the doctor.

My friend has asked me to look up `cardio vascular event` on the internet. Well I have looked and as far as I can make out (with no medical knowledge) it means a stroke or heart attack. She asked because last time she was at the doctors she was asked if there had been any follow up of `her cardio vascular event` No more was said during her visit and she wants to know what it means. The problem is my friend is, to put it bluntly, an awful hypochondriac, and if I tell her what it means she will convince herself she has had a stroke/heart attack and will have another any minute. If it was me I would have asked the doc what it meant but my friend prefers to think the worst without getting the facts. I like my friend very much and don`t want to upset her but what can I say when she asks what I`ve found out?

My immediate reaction was how horrible to try to profit from an affliction (not sure what word to use) but there may be some families who will buy them for their Downs children because the child will see the similarity to itself, which is only what a doll is. The market must be quite limited I would think.

Sorry but like most people I don`t read every thread and I missed yours. The search thingy only kicks in when you start a new thread not when adding to an existing one so there was no alert to tell me this had already been covered. Anyway I am hoping to get one today.

I have heard of a little machine on sale at Lloyds Pharmacy, I think its 14.99. It has 2 prongs which are inserted in the nostrils for a couple of minutes twice a day. The machine releases `red light therapy` which suppresses histamine, the cause of hay fever symptoms.It`s painless and suitable for children and adults All the above is from an advert, I have no idea if it works, but I`m going to give it a try.

He hasn`t got one of those either

I have seen some unpleasant posts on this forum, but for gratuitous nastiness you surely take the prize

No.some teenagers are ruder than pensioners, and some pensioners are ruder than teenagers. And what about people who are neither teens nor pensioners, aren`t they ever rude?

Thanks Lawlessdan for a sensible response. I will give them my business. That journey sounds like good value.

Wow ,thanks for having such a go at me. I`m sorry I don`t live in your out of the way places, and it`s not the amount per se as the fact that he went a longer way round than he needed, which if he had lived in the area as he claimed he would have known. It is only a couple of miles from the city centre. tab1, you`re a mind reader then, you really don`t know what you are talking about.

Sheffield Council have allowed black cabs to slap a 50p surcharge on all journeys to combat rising fuel charges. A notice should be displayed in the cab stating this. (got this from Sheffield Star) 1 I saw no notice in my cab 2 Would the 50p surcharge apply if the black cab is pretending to be a private hire car?

Having had to try three chemists in town before I could get my prescription filled, I was in a lot of pain from my hip, so called for a taxi (private hire) A black cab turned up, though the meter wasn`t in use. He went a different route from the one all other cabs take, and when I queried it he said, trust me I have lived round here for years and this is the best route. Well the fare was at least £1 more than usual. I paid it without protest but that cab firm has now been deleted from my mobile. Anyone know a good reliable firm to replace it?

Does anyone else think there is a strong possibility of this. People really have been pushed to the limit, and then you see the obscene way MP`s are looking after themselves, and Darling telling everyone they must accept below inflation wage increases. Not to mention the other idiotic MP who asks why people are so grumpy!

Sorry if any are wrong, I am passing on details as I got them from someone else, (that`ll larn me) Just thought they made interesting reading

The best job is one you can take an interest in and enjoy doing well. My job would be considered boring by probably most people but I loved it and got immense satisfaction from it

What I find strange is the man`s determination to hold on to power. He`s 84 for god`s sake, why doesn`t he retire and enjoy his millions of ill gotten gains?

I`m sure the RSPCA inspectors are very busy but I`m shocked that there has still been no response from them. It sounds as though the pony`s wound may well become infected. Is there no other animal care organisation that could be approached for help?

Whatever kind of rubbish it is, if it`s sealed in a black bin bag and put in the bin who is to know? I have never seen the bin men ripping open bin bags to see what is inside.

Try comparing it with these prices (per gallon) Evian water £21.19 (no wonder it is naive spelt backwards!) Tippex £5.20 Pepto Bismol £123.20 Vicks Nyquil £178.13 Brake fluid £33.60 and the killer? Printer ink £5200