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    DISABILITY AFFECTING ABILITY TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT

    Hi Folks Many thanks for your valuable contributions. Any further advice greatly appreciated.
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    HOW CAN I GET MY SON TO STUDY HARDER AND LONGER

    Hi Folks Thanks very much indeed for all your valuable contributions. Just to clarify for those who got a bit confused with my son's age, he is going to be 15 years old next month and is in year 10 at school. Once again, many thanks for all your responses, so far.
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    HOW CAN I GET MY SON TO STUDY HARDER AND LONGER

    Good Morning bernardgreen Many hanks for your reply. You state: Push the idea that getting good grades will give him a better chance of getting the job or starting the career he wants to be doing for the rest of his life. I have mentioned this idea to him on numerous occasions but like I...
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    HOW CAN I GET MY SON TO STUDY HARDER AND LONGER

    Good Morning Folks My son is in year 10 at school and will be having end of year exams in a few weeks’ time. He seems to do his homework and a bit of revision every evening, but looking at his recent grades, I am not convinced that he is fully concentrating on revising the material that the...
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    DISABILITY AFFECTING ABILITY TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT

    Thanks for your response. Yes, I am already looking into freelance/self employment. However, the fear of failure is stopping me but I guess I won't know until I tried it !!
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    DISABILITY AFFECTING ABILITY TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT

    Good Morning Folks I am a male in my mid 4s and have a physical ‘disability’. The reason why I put the word disability in inverted commas is because the doctors have said it is not severe enough for me to be registered as disabled. I am now in my late 40s and for the majority of my life I...
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    Sending messages in Linked-In

    Good Morning Can someone please tell me the difference between sending a message to a person from their profile page by clicking on the blue 'send a message' icon and sending an in-mail? Thanks
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    Turning interests/hobbies into a second income

    Many thanks for your reply, Himaginn. As=ny further suggestions greatly appreciated.
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    Turning interests/hobbies into a second income

    Good Morning folks I have 3 interests/hobbies outside work: 1. Financial news 2. Current affairs 3. Football Can anyone suggest how I can develop either or all of these in order to turn this into a second income and perhaps a part time job? Any responses greatly appreciated.
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    Best method to scan and share documents?

    Good Morning Folks Can someone suggest the various methods of scanning and sharing documents such as receipts, invoices, and bank statements? Thanks in advance for your responses.
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    Deciding whether or not we should have a new kitchen?

    Thanks bernardgreen
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    Deciding whether or not we should have a new kitchen?

    Good Morning Folks My wife and I are thinking of selling our property in the next 24 months or so. However, our kitchen is quite old and we can't decide whether or not to have a new kitchen fitted and hopefully recoupe the costs when it comes to selling, or place the property on the market at...
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    Websites/Apps for storing and sharing paper documents?

    Good Morning Folks Can you suggest any good websites or mobile apps which can be used to store and share paper documents? Thanks
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    Advice required on changing careers

    Hi Folks Many thanks indeed for your replies. I’m so sorry for not replying earlier, but I had a family issue to attend to, which is now resolved (hopefully!!), and things are getting back to normal. To give you a bit of an insight into my knowledge & skills, I enjoy/would enjoy doing...
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    Advice required on changing careers

    Good Morning Folks Has anyone read the popular job hunting book ‘What color is your parachute?’ If so, as you know, the author encourages the reader to complete some exercises in order to find out your ideal career choice. Has anybody completed that? The exercises involve making lists of...
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    Best way to keep a check on kids text messages?

    Good Morning I have 2 teenagers, who constantly use their mobile phones to send/receive text messages. Is there any way I can check what messages they are sending/receiving? They are good kids generally, and I do trust them, but because of their age, I don't want them to fall into bad...
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    How much to save for my children's university education?

    Hi Folks I have twins and hopefully they will be going to university in the autumn of 2019. I want to start saving for this but don't know how much to save. I know there will be things like rent, food, clothes, books, travel etc to take care of, but what other things do I need to consider? Can...
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    Project on improvements on every day DIY tools for the elderly and disabled

    Can you think of other tools which can be adapted for disabled/old people, so that they care easier to use?
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    How to watch films on TV using Showbox

    Hi Folks Recently I downloaded an app on my desktop called Showbox. Using this app, you can watch a variety of films on your desktop free of charge. However, I heard there is a way of watching these films on TV, by way of some sort of streaming? Can anybody point my in the right direction...
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    Project on improvements on every day DIY tools for the elderly and disabled

    Hi Folks Many thanks for your replies. Any further responses greatly appreciated.
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