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Are there any Northern Irish people out there?
One of the oddities of Northern Ireland is that the almost total lack of cross-over between the Scottish descent population and the Irish descent population imeans that complete lack of comprehension in some areas can still exist even now. For instan...
Where would YOU go in an RV?
For me there can only be one place to go and that’s the wide open plains of the American wild west. Yup, the big country. Motorhomes aren’t things to confine to towns and cities but rather to use on the wide open road and few places get m...
How long does it take you to switch languages?
For various reasons the majority of online booking systems in Europe are run by UK based companies which means that we regularly get phone calls from them during the peak holiday season. Almost without fail, they start off in French which is fair eno...
Blasts from the past
Isn’t it strange the way that when someone you’ve not seen in several years appears on the scene, it’s as though the years between didn’t exist? I’ve just had quite an enjoyable night chatting with an old work colleage (...
And you thought that golf was a safe game…
It turns out that it’s not nearly so safe as I for one expected with over 12,000 golfing injuries each year that need hospital treatment not to mention millions of pounds of equipment stolen. Having said that, golf insurance is really cheap wi...
What about cruising the Norfolk Broads this year?
Anything to do with boating is never cheap but if you want a holiday experience that you’ll really remember then a cruise down a canal in your own boat is hard to beat. A holiday on a canal boat (”barge” doesn’t really seem th...
Why the fixation on inflation when setting interest rates these days?
In times gone by, getting inflation down was always considered to be a “good thing” and it still is but the problem is that the underlying reasons for inflation these days are quite different from those a few years ago. Nowadays, inflatio...
Electrical goods online in the UK
Shopping for white goods in the high street always seems such a soul destroying exercise, doesn’t it? Not only is the shopping part unrewarding but then you’ve to put up with the salesman trying to sell you the extended warranty that neve...
No win, no fee injury claims in the UK
The arrival of no win, no fee agreements in the UK is transforming the landscape of legal claims. No longer do you need to dread going to a solicitor to make a claim against your employer for fear that the cost would bankrupt you and that’s a m...
Looking for a car loan?
Looking for a car loan used to be a thankless task involving running to your bank to beg for some cash but these days car loans are a good deal easier to get. Car finance is one of those areas of your financial life when it’s usually reasonably...
