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Banks have created a sneaky new crimewave

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Banks have created a sneaky new crimewave Ever since these came in I have been lucky enough to have a “normal” card without the new technology. My new card came in this week and …. guess what – it will be replaced whether the bank likes it or not! I do NOT agree with this assumption that we are ALL happy to receive contactless cards… The high street local shops are having a really bad time being able to pay for their position in the street. Every week we walk to town and the number of empty stores is growing … Continue reading →

Cranky Old Man – A Poem by …. an Old Man

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When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man’s sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has … Continue reading →

Babette Cole’s New best Sellers! **Fetlocks Hall**

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By Babette Cole has created the first two of four magical pony tales published by Bloomsbury (same publisher as Harry Potter) on May 3rd 2010. Magical. funny and mysterious thess are a new concept in pony books. Get your signed copies now from her website, price= £5.99 plus £2.00p postage and packing.

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A Simple Way to Promote Your Business, by Email!

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One of the easiest ways to promote your business is by using email!! Ok – not by writing reams of information and sending it out, but by adding a signature to your email that goes to everyone you are in contact with. Many people have asked me “How do you add a signature to your emails?” Well the way I used to do it was so longwinded to be ridiculous!! Add the name, then insert an image and then the link to a website…..blah de blah!! There is a very easy way for anyone to add a signature that comes … Continue reading →

Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol

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Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol Review By Robert Wiersema Immersing myself in Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, I was reminded of the title of Elvis Presley’s second greatest hits album, released in 1959: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong. That’s a useful sentiment in considering Brown, whose novels Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code have created the largest rift between critical reception and commercial reaction in, well, the history of the printed word….. MORE Here

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