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    Low Mileage Cars - Free Car Parking?

    Oh that's a pity. Oh well it was worth asking. Thanks anyway.
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    Low Mileage Cars - Free Car Parking?

    I own a Fiat 500 with a road tax fee of £35. On the Isle of Wight I can park the car in Council owned car parks for free for either 5 hours (short stay) or 8 hours (long stay). Now I'm not sure if this is a Government initiative or just something that local councils implement but I wondered...
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    Daft job titles

    Does anyone remember the days when you just had the unsophisticated job title of ........ Office Junior???
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    Staffordshire Housing

    Thank you all for your help. My daughter is now in her flat still lots to do. Stafford and Rural have now decided that she won't get a new kitchen but that the flooring can be replaced AFTER an inspection (whenever that will be!). Her wetroom is still disgusting but according to Stafford &...
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    Hold on - since when was Y a vowel??

    I know that it is many years since I left school but the only vowels I have ever known are A E I O U all the rest are consonents. I have no idea where Y and W as vowels have come into the picture. First I;ve ever heard about it. And then people wonder why youngsters can't read or write correctly.
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    Planning and traffic in Stafford.... terrible?

    When I travel to Stafford to see my daughter I do tend to try and walk into Stafford after parking up the car at her residence. Unfortunately we do need to use the car when we have to go and buy her food and other bits and pieces as we have found that carrying over six bags of shopping walking...
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    Planning and traffic in Stafford.... terrible?

    Is this with or without transport?
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    Criminal Justice

    Has anyone been watching this? Its been quite thrilling. The acting has been superb you really feel that they are genuine criminals in the prison and the court scenes have been very realistic. Still can't make my mind up as to whether he did it or not and whether he will get sent down for a...
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    Staffordshire Housing

    Thank you all for your comments. I am going this weekend to have a look at what has been done during this past week - I understand that someone has been today to have a look and do some plastering!! I will update when I return next week. Many, many thanks to you all for your advice and for...
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    Staffordshire Housing

    My daughter has been allocated a ground floor flat (Stafford & Rural Housing). We are just in the process of trying to get the flat habitable for her to move into. The flat is a ground floor one, which has been adapted for a disabled person (she isn't disabled). There is only a wet room which...
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