When we moved back here from France to re-establish ourselves and get our kids a decent education one of the more trying aspects was the prospect of taking over the care of the mother-in-law. My partner’s father passed away 18 months ago and his Mum...

Oh I am so darn annoyed today. Two weeks before last Xmas I posted off to my son and his fiancee in Germany a small parcel with some gifts for Xmas for them – some DVD’s, books and some sweets, just what they asked for. The day before this I had posted...

You will have been reading about the massive vehicle recall Toyota had to carry out in the USA recently following problems with the cars brake and accelerator systems – toyota owners in the UK are now pressing the panic buttons after fatalities in the...

I used to be a lot meeker when I was a newly married young thing, if I bought something and it turned out to be defective I would not bother to return it and demand an exchange or refund. What I used to do was either throw it out or ask my dad to go...

There have been times over the past two years where we just could not fathom out the mentality of those pulling the strings of the credit card industry. Where other people were seeing their credit card limits increased – without even applying – we had...