Long time ago I used to give a work mate a lift and he was always late – that was until the day I went without him. He suddenly became a good time keeper after that – point being bad time keepers will always be that way if you put up with them and their tardiness.

Why would you want to live in a country with no healthcare, welfare or proper legal system – detention without trial and torture.

What about the hygiene aspect – do you really want to be breathing right next to where somebody with unknown cleanliness habits has been breathing?

The plaster will be very porous so it will suck the water out of the paint and might not dry and adhere to the wall properly. That’s why you use watered down emulsion to reduce the plasters porosity – 25% water is about right.

I don’t like Xmas dinner – turkey, roast potatoes, stuffing, sprouts, mince pies, Xmas pudding. It’s horrible – if it’s so tasty why do you only have it once a year?

I’m guessing they don’t own the property – so get in touch with the landlord. I bet the landlord doesn’t realise how many people are actually living there. I had a similar family living next to me but the owner thought it was 2 parents and their 2 children – he never realised the children where in their twenties with kids and dodgy boyfriends. After I told the owner about the set up they got notice to leave within the week. They made even more noise during the notice period but I didn’t mind because I knew it was going to end soon.

Do you seriously think anybody is going to admit to living in Bracknell?

What is your case ? That those are all programmes that no one wants to watch ? Or programmes which are highly popular ?

The OP asked for a justification for ITV, you appear to have listed a variety of programmes which I suspect have fairly high viewing figures. So has ITV justified itself or not ?

I think you’ve just proved you’re an idiot

Someone’s got to say it, what exactly is wrong with lowest common denominator tv ?
If you want something more intellectual, watch BBC4. I’m sure ITV viewers would find that equally uninspiring.

If we relied on the lowest common denominator we’d still be stratching around in the forest leaf litter

Cheer up – Dancing on Ice will be back on soon.

Torvil & Dean – how the mighty fall – from Olympic Champions to being reduced to appearing on this.

As I call it ITV – Idiots Television Vision – television for idiots. Looking at last Saturday night’s schedule:

Britons do the funniest things
All New Whose Been Framed
Harry Hill
X Factor
I’m a Celebrity

Well I rest my case – the only show ITV missed out on was Big Brother.

Unless you really need the money I wouldn’t rent it out – I’ve worked overseas before and it’s great to come home to your house in the same state you left it in. Why let tenants wreck your house and alienate the neighbours.

Make sure your frame / forks are rated for the larger disc as it can be very expensive and potentially dangerous if they crack due to the larger braking force. The extra braking acts on your frame as well as the wheels and at an angle the frame was not designed for.

Even if rates do rise it’ll be years before they’re back up to a proper level – 5+%.

Luckily my eyesight is fine, so I do not have to worry about such a question.

So far

I enquired about it last time I had my eyes tested – optician advised against it. He said the problem rate is much higher than is usually reported – even if it’s 1 in 10,000 what about if you’re the 1?

teef people like you are responsible for dumbing down of tv. Thanks a lot.

I think people like Sarah Beeny are responsible for the dumbing down of TV

WTF have her looks got to do with anything?

You don’t get too many plain people on TV.

This woman is just a self publicist and should have disappeared from view by now. She’s lost her looks and her time in the limelight should have passed by now. The whole show will no doubt be a phoney drama with false crisis following false crisis. It’ll all come good in the end probably paid for with the profits on the TV show.

Id quite like to pay a monthly amoutn into something a bit higher risk with the potential for better reward..

Higher risk usually means higher losses in my experience – What about Irish Government bonds?

Don’t touch an endowment policy – do they still actually sell these? They were the .com shares / 125% mortgages of their day – flogged by the crooked financial industry to old mug public. High charges and poor performance is usually what to expect from an endowment policy. Drip feed the money into a cash ISA or buy some Gold and Silver.

Fantastic – reminded me of the film Raging Bull about Jake LaMotta

The lesson here is don’t ride at the front

Die for your country? I’m not so sure it just wasn’t dying for one group of elite to rule over us as opposed to another group of elite to rule over us.

I try and avoid watching anything on ITV – or as I call it Idiots TeleVision

Borrow a ladder and do it yourself

Driza bone

Allowance £10,100
Rate 18% or 28% depending on your tax band

Might be exempt from CGT if it’s a approved scheme anyway.

It’s because the kids are bright compared to the parents. It’s all relative.

What you saying about MrSparkle?
Besides the kids brain power must have something to do with the parents intelligence genes.

How comes everybody’s kids are bright? Never met anyone who says their kids are thick – there must be some dumb ones in the world.

Forget about Pikes – go for their big brothers Lyriks

I wouldn’t bother – firework displays are always a disappointment. Why get cold and wet when you can go straight to the pub and that way you’ll get yourself a decent table before the hoards arrive.

It’s called Shit Roll – as overheard from Chavvy looking woman in Tesco once “We need some Shit Roll Darren”

I know it’s hard to believe but some people actually like Christmas – perhaps they just want to celebrate the joyous time of year early.

If you search around you can still get proper 100w light bulbs in back street stores or markets. I’ve got several years supply and am hoping something better than the current low energy light bulbs will be produced.

Could be a faulty MCB – try swapping with another of same rating

Take it steady – don’t end up walking because you went too fast on the early laps. Pick a race that starts early in the day if possible before the course gets too churned up.

What’s tripping – the RCD or the MCBs?
You say you’ve got no power – lights as well? – usually not on the RCD.
Try plugging the fridge freezer into another socket or the upstairs circuit via extension lead – might isolate the problem. Put the fridge freezer on a circuit breaker see if that trips.
What about the heating – have you just switched that on?

Get them ebay – you’ll be surprised what you get for them

Wot about a couple of zip ties to hold the mixer on?