...and LESS I FORGET:

In case you have missed this, the max rent levels (LHA) currently accepted are about to drop significantly from  01 April 2011! This due to Government savings - i.e. they want to reduce the amount of benefits they’re now paying out. Well, at least that is what it seems to be…
This means that first of all, those that have had the ( Read more... )

It’s not that I lack of things to write on ( I've had a cake disaster, two birthdays, a London commute-route debacle where I encountered an extremely ‘gay’ fetishy bloke who is now on the look out to make me his faghag or is possibly not gay at all & wants to shag/sub or dom me, one fab & detrimentally inspiring afternoon at the Affordable Art ( Read more... )

A friend put up a link to a marvellous (& somewhat dry) blog regarding hyped up 'breast cancer awareness' games on FB - i.e. the ones where you post something obscure which is to refer to your handbag/underwear colour or sexual preference (this somehow expected to mysteriously affect men so much they'll want to engage in the cause... surely? ( Read more... )

 This curious & intriguing link has been popping up on FB the past couple of days  ~ & is certainly worth a peruse whilst having a cup of tea.  :-)

http://www.cracked.com/article_19042_6-terrifying-ways-crows-are-way-smarter-than-you-think_p2.html

It has reminded me of the tales of my paternal grandmother; a lady who I never got to know as she died ( Read more... )

There's been on-off mentionings in the news of great companies evading tax, so I re-searched web as to the worst companies.& found this article:  http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/tax/article.html?in_article_id=521644&in_page_id=11#ixzz1DYMu1Rim

But the quick list as to the worst offenders are:

Total number of subsidiaries in tax havens*

Shell - 47
HSBC - ( Read more... )

It’s that day of the year that has a good third of the population about as depressed as they were at Christmas. Well, no - probably only half of that third, because hand on heart, the prospect to force up feelings on a day where you may not feel it (or even fancy sex) & sit next to other couples in restaurant acting just as forced because they’ve ( Read more... )

 I've had a fair few prods now from people to share some of the basics of living on boats & boat buying. Recalling well the struggle I had to find comprehensive information on the web when I attempted to research, I can fully appreciate the need! So, to give you all a good starting point, I have compiled a 'basics' under the cut. It's mostly ( Read more... )

This Monday the kittens left... and I found myself in a suddenly very empty boat, but at least (after some texts) reassured they were happy to be back with their owner (which we'd briefly had had some doubts about.. or at least the not so cat-friendly estate he was living in).

But a few wanted pics, so here's a glimpse of the brief four-legged ( Read more... )

*laughing & blushing* Sorry for the cliff-hanger! LJ kept doing funny stuff with my post, & then work applied it’s ‘10am sharp’ block ~ so all I could do was see the comments come in with no ability to log on. Right, here’s the full story:

Yesterday was not a good day... :-(

Catching up with emails last Monday at work , I was greeted by this email ( Read more... )

Yesterday was not a good day... :-(

Catching up with emails last Monday at work , I was greeted by this email from the cat shelter I’m currently focused on:

Hi,

Gemma (this the foster carer of one of the cats I visited) said that you were looking at lots of  cats so I don't think it will be worth my while in visiting you if you are going to take a ( Read more... )