Assumptions about entitlement to social security
The problem wth social security benefits is that people generally just assume that they’re entitled to a whole bunch of things which, on the whole, they won’t be able to get or at least not in quite...
View ArticleExpensive weddings
The price of weddings seems on a never ending spiral upwards with not only inflation to contend with but increasing requirements for little extras around the main business of the wedding too. So, as...
View ArticleNon-global brands
A few years ago renaming brands so that a single product name could be used across the world was all the rage. Thus we have Snickers instead of Marathon, Starburst instead of Opal Fruits and so on....
View ArticleIs there too much personalisation these days?
Just because you can do something doesn’t mean that you should do it. Until recently it was quite expensive to personalise products but as we’ve all seen there’s a massively growing market in t-shirts...
View ArticleIs “natural” any better than regular?
One of the ongoing fads in marketing is to add the tag “natural” to the ingredient list. I laugh when I see the list of “natural” ingredients on one of the packets of sweets that the kids get...
View ArticleWorking out at home
With the escalating price of health clubs and the falling prices of the equipment that they have it has become quite economic to consider at home ab workouts. Indeed putting your monthly subscriptions...
View ArticleDo diet pills actually work?
Yes, but the question isn’t so much “do diet pills work?” but what kind of diet pill you need. There’s simply no use picking up a diet pill at random from the shelves these days. For one thing there...
View ArticleRe-equipping the kitchen
We’re almost at the point where we will be ready to start work on upgrading our kitchen. Lots of bits & pieces have been chosen. All major appliances though which’ll leave us with a lovely kitchen...
View ArticlePersonal gifts for the love in your life
When you’ve been with someone for a while you tend to run out of the easy gift ideas. It’s not that you’re not considering what to get her now and again but unique gift ideas for her are harder and...
View ArticleGenerators for the dark times
With all the disasters going on around the world these days it’s no wonder that people are looking at honda generators. Depending on how complete an electricity service you’d like you can sometimes get...
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