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Think tone in a voice is inevitable and it often reflects ones mood, but the Australians do take the uptalk to a new and very annoying level. 

That being said the brilliantly funny American Pie's most famous line - "This one time at band camp" has shades of uptone/uptalk too and my oldest used to do it all the time, fortunately it was just a phase!

Shakey - im with you - i can do text speak to a degree but a whole new language seems to have been created. Also the art of talking on the phone is disappearing with my kids texting me now rather than calling - i can just about decipher what they say, usually they want something so they long type it out just to make sure i get the message lol 

Wow - a truly decorated artist  (get it? )

Takes me back to my childhood - a local rag used to run a competition called hide Simon. They hid a small character on a page and if you found him you had a chance of winning £5! Never did win 

Just a quick bleat from me regarding Forum Etiquette.

Personally i am fairly new to the world of forums but i do know the bed rock of any forum is its members who contribute their time, energy and expertise of their field, to those i give my personal thanks.

Our forum is totally free to use, our members give up their time to contribute their thoughts and often give out fantastic tips to help out others who have asked a question.

PLEASE can you ensure that if you ask a question that you have the good grace to thank anyone that gives a comment back to your question. A simple thumbs up is all thats required unless you wish to fully respond to a point.

Thank you 

Supermarkets keep moving things about to make you search for them, hoping that you will add a few impulse purchases on the way!

Did you know they deliberately keep everyday items at opposite ends of the store too?  

Very rarely use iplayer or catchup TV but agree on the occasions i do its not the best system, although i think that has more to do with the fact i try to access it through my Virgin Media box rather that through a laptop. Dont get me started on the media box 

I think the safest way you can wean yourself off smoking is the patches or gum, or go cold turkey

Least its only you that gets the nicotine from the product, however i have no actual facts regarding these ecigs, so i will stand corrected

Totally agree Ray, not enough research into these ecigs - lots more needs to be done

Auto renewal on ANY website or product needs to be banned - they only serve one purpose and thats to tie you in for another year! Did you know that even if you ask your credit card company not to pay it, even changing cards, they will allow a company to debit the old card under the pretence of "auto renewal" The ONLY way to stop the auto renewal is to tell the company at the start you do not wish to have your details captured or cancel the auto re subscription, usually this is in the small print.

Its a very lame excuse that it protects you and prevents you being uninsured/ or covered for breakdown or membership will expire etc - twoddle! What happened 20 years ago - you got sent a letter offering renewal and a letter reminding you it was due. If you didn't pay it lapsed.

End of the day its YOUR responsibility to ensure you are insured - failure to do so these days costs you 6 points & £200 fine - with ANPR cameras fitted to most patrol cars and even at the side of the road, you'll be stupid to let your insurance lapse.

NCB is a different story - each company have their own system and whilst this may be ok, as Ray said not all conform to the same number of years. i have been hit myself, having had a 10 years going to one company, the next year i left their document said 9+ years, yet the company i went to gave discounts for higher years - that is wrong & needs addressing by all insurers.

Fair play Ray !

Now that you mention it - yes i have 

Did make me wonder -just a bit too subtle Jan   Guess they are 2 mins in lol

(Wont say any more so people can find it on their own)

Would have thought it would have been relatively simple to make this happen?

Yes there would be a cost to manage & watch over said prisoners whilst working but profits should go back in to the system & Government & not the pockets of private companies.

Can't see this ever happening whilst we are under the EU umbrella 

The sooner we get a vote on getting the F*** out of Europe the better.

Bunch of paper pushing bureaucrats with a fetish for straight fruit & veg