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How dare you live in a village?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 11 Dec 18

I heard today about a truly crass statement made by somebody who should have known better. A lot of people in my own village and those nearby are up in arms about alterations being made to the bus timetables, which means that...

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Book Review - Mark Doel - Social Work The Basics

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Dec 17

2012 – Routledge Press My voluntary work at the University Of Lancashire often involves assisting students and lecturers in the Social Work studies and training department. That I why I am reading up on the subject myself, (my...

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Paid when the clocks went forward: result!

Nick R Thomas @asfarasiknow (3340) • Bournemouth, England 26 Mar 17

At 2am today the clocks went forward an hour for British Summer Time. I put one fob watch forward, along with six clocks, which include one of my girlfriend's which is basically Elvis Presley's torso as the face of the clock and...

british summer time

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Diary – Tuesday 13th September 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Sep 16

An important day, being my first ever pub signs talk to a general audience. I travelled back to Manchester by coach, having booked a week ago to gain a decent discount on the journey, which lasted just over an hour via National...

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A suffering economy in 2012...what are you doing to survive?

RescueLady @bizness (866) • United States 24 Oct 12

With the economy suffering as it has in 2012, people are buckling down and trying to find ways to save money. Buying off-brand products, cutting back on eating out, shopping for car insurance, and so on. What have you done to...

money saving tips

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Due to the economy, our city isn't salting the roads

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 7 Dec 08

except in emergencies or when it is really icy. Salt has quadrupled in price and mine isn't the only city that is cutting back. They say if it gets bad, they'll salt the main roads but they just can't afford to do any more than...

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Energy cutbacks

ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 14 Oct 08

This year has been an eye opener for the majority of us,we are now all trying to find ways of reducing our energy bills.I was out walking this morning in one of the local parks and realised that the had recently erected a wind...

thermal underwear

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What do you think of modern libraries?

tusizi144 @tusizi144 (33) • China 20 Apr 07

I've just watched a video about drastic changes in today's libraries. Internet access has expanded into libraries; cappuccino and deserts are served there; even yoga courses are available in some. Even some are not called...

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