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I was reading the comments about Edinburgh being the best place to live in the UK on the Channel 4 website. Amongst the comments of agreement and congratulations there were several negatives. That is to be expected on a public forum but some of the content got me thinking. There were clearly some tongue in […]

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I read this week about some research that shows that women are driving in high heels, flip flops, trainers with chunky soles and - heaven help us - bare feet! And that this practice could lead to accidents.
Now I want to make it clear here that I do believe in safe driving practices and I my own […]

OK - before I start - this is one of my random rants posts. I believe in looking at the positives  life… but this is one of those occasions where I can’t find anything but negatives.
In the past 24 hours I have received the same e-mail from 2 trusted and very dear friends. It appears to offer […]