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The pensions thing was used as a final straw excuse by my company to end the final salary scheme so it did have far greater effects in some cases. I imagine businesses that deal with the VAT-paying public might just keep their current prices and pocket the 2.5%

Nobody here bothers to go back to the end of the queue; they hold up the entire shop finding an alternative in the catalogue. As the "Argos for DIYers" they need those stock check things next to the catalogues to stop people wasting their time. The having to spend £50 for free delivery thing...

After some quite disturbing Google Image searches (apparently Dutch Hoes are the best :) ) I've gone for one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilkinson-Sword-Stainless-Steel-Swoe/dp/B000297U3Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=garden&qid=1226658659&sr=8-3 15 year guarantee! It does makes we wonder...

I've never used a hoe, and I'm thinking of getting one for easy weed control around plants and in my vegetable patch. I don't have much earthing up to do. The dutch hoe seems the standard. Should I go for this? I'll probably get one that'll last, but I'm not planning to spend more than...

There have been many many posts on here complaining about cat mess. The consultation for the Animal Welfare Act code of practice for owning cats is now open: removed I urge people to comment via letter or email and try and get something stronger written in about people keeping their pets...

Ah, the wonderful checkout girl russian roulette. I often try and work out who looks the healthiest when choosing a queue only to get there and them to sound like they've got TB or something... I like the self-service tills when it's really busy at lunchtimes, although often I've abandoned...

Johnathan Dross is a smug c**t. This is history repeating itself; we got fed up of him before and he dissapeared for a few years. People want to get rid of him because of his wages, this thing is just an excuse. The BBC should have a salary cap of £1 million or less. The joke was funny...

Yes, it's a few weeks over a year old. They seem to do less and less at the service. I thought the idea of a service was to make sure your car is running properly. Of course there's always the chance that SEATs have a general problem with the brakes that they're trying to cover up.

When I break at traffic lights etc, the breaks give a loud squeak. This never really happened until the one year service of my SEAT Ibiza 1.9 TDI Sport. They did nothing to do with the breaks at the service. They've "offered" to strip down the breaking system and clean it for about £90...

I'm still somewhat miffed to be charged this by online retailers that you have no prospect of returning the bulbs to... When I installed the GU10 CFL and LED spots in the kitchen the difference in colour and startup was noticeable, but you just get used to them. Most of the energy saving...

Have you got a waterbutt, compost bin and shed elsewhere on your property? The right edge next to the fence/wall may get a downdraft and also not get much rain. You'll want at least one waterbutt to collect the water. Where are you going to raise your seedlings? Have you a shed window or...

Your egg boxes and tea bags should go in the compost as well. People I know who have moved to raised beds have ordered a delivery of mushroom compost to initially fill them.

Raised beds are better for practical reasons such as warmth and easier slug control, but in my opinion they look worse. My veg patch blends in and looks just like another part of the garden which it wouldn't do with raised beds. If I could get the wood and the wife would allow it though, I'd...

Were you offered the opportunity to purchase insurance? FENSA membership means they should offer you the chance to buy insurance that will maintain your warranty in the event of the company going bust. If you have this insurance then that might be another avenue. Of course, we were never...

I need to finish the rooms the babies will be going in in about 10 weeks time. Both our room that they'll be in initially and the nursery need doing. This will involve touching up a few scuff marks in the emulsion and glossing and glueing the skirting on. I've heard you should really paint...

Is there anything special about talc that makes it suitable for brushing between rubbing floorboards or is it just recommended because it used to be something people had around the house? I need to screw some of the squeaking floorboards down anyway, but I wondered if brushing the dust...

Surely it'd be easier to just replace the skirting with a slightly higher one. You've got the cost to hire/buy a tool and I'd personally find it difficult to get a nice clean straight edge.

I always tell people about when we went to Peterborough Maternity Hospital and they had 11 different language versions of the same poster in a row on the wall :roll: Plus we've been there where appointments are cancelled due to no translator and other times when a translator is there for 3...

The plot thickens. The insurance company say there's no certificate. FENSA says you have to be offered insurance not given it. We we told it was insurance backed, and although we got a little pamphlet from the insurers in our pack of window documentation we were never offered it. They...

There isn't any small print :!: just a general page on their web site that I saved a copy of at the time. It's just a bloke down the road. Perhaps I should remove all the (internal) trim and check them myself first so it takes less time. Its just a case of getting piece of mind by having...