Travelling is not easy at the best of times but coming home on a very delayed flight to discover that the airport you arrive at has a problem with its baggage retrieval system doesn’t help already frayed nerves. And that’s on top of the queue you have already been standing in for fifteen minutes while you struggle through passport control…
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The Bank of England decided at lunchtime today to leave interest rates where they are for another month. Reaction was swift and by mid-afternoon my in-box was full of press releases from interested parties. The content of these releases varied greatly. Half of the senders praised the Bank of England for leaving rates unchanged, while the other half suggested that…
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The Bank of England decided at lunchtime today to leave interest rates where they are for another month. Reaction was swift and by mid-afternoon my in-box was full of press releases from interested parties. The content of these releases varied greatly. Half of the senders praised the Bank of England for leaving rates unchanged, while the other half suggested that…
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I discovered a leak in my dining room last Saturday. I found the source but reckoned that fixing it was way beyond my capability so I called a plumber, ironically a guy who had been in the house for the first time the day before to look at another issue. He said he was tied up all day Saturday would…
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