I had a driving lesson this morning at 0830. Very handy as it means I do not have to pay the bus fare into work ( Read more... )

After months of nagging from my driving instructor I have finally take my driving theory test ( Read more... )

As a member of Unison, I was on the picket line this morning. I unfortunately missed the abusive member of the public who started pushing one of the stewards ( Read more... )

I have recently had to deal with a very difficult, emotional, situation. It was made all the more worse by someone who did not display any outward indication of their emotions about the issue. I have since told them that it troubled me that they appeared very cold about it. They thought that they would not be helping if they got similarly emotional ( Read more... )

I have finally got my self into gear and have started driving lessons.

The first one went ok, did not stall the car at all and only clipped the kerb once. I just need to learn how to be less heavy on the brakes.

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A friend of mine has just come back from Scotland with a fair few mossie bites. We were wondering how different people react to the little blighters. One theory was that they tend to like women more as they find it difficult to get past the armour of dead skin cells on men.

Poll Mosquitoes

This is going to be the first August bank holiday that I will not be spending camping. If I had not slightly offended my back in the gym yesterday I would be arriving at Derby railway station about now. Followed by few days of getting drunk and hitting people with rubber swords ( Read more... )

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Geoff Hoon has raised the issue of low turnouts at elections and has suggested that voting should be compulsory ( Read more... )