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Speaking about boilers, I must say that we are spending a fortune on gas this year! Gas prices are particularly high and as Arthur is so young, we really don’t want to house to get too cold. Looks like prices are set to come down over the next few months, so hopefully things will be [...]

So your furnace is broken and you need to get another one. Check out FurnaceCompare.com for a full selection. They also sell air conditioners and boilers, so anything you need to adjust the climate in your home. It’s important to make sure you get the right furnace as this can save you lots of money [...]

A prospective juror in a Dallas District Court was surprised by the definition of voluntary manslaughter given the panel:
‘An intentional killing that occurs while the defendant is under the immediate influence of sudden passion arising from an adequate cause, such as when a spouse’s mate is found in a ‘compromising position.”
‘See, I have a problem [...]

Do you have much money left to pay back on your mortgage? Well, there’s a new type of mortgage here in the UK (well, relatively new), which combines a mortgage and a current account in a way that you can use the balance on your current account to offset the interest on your mortgage. Yes, [...]

Don’t you hate the way colds spread around your family. It started with one of us getting it and now the whole family has it. Arthur is probably the doing the best as he seems totally recovered, but everyone else is still lingering on.
Unfortunately this wasn’t one of those 48 hour colds. The symptoms aren’t [...]

So what are the boys and girls down at PayPerPost up to? Well, we’ve been told there there’s some big news coming our way, but no one wants to give us any clues as to what the news is going to be. Well, I put my thinking hat on, and tried to think of a [...]

I got stuck playing a game called Luxor this morning. It’s an arcade game that involves shooing balls into a moving “snake” with the aim of getting 3 or more of the same colour together which reduces the size of the snake. Ok, that’s not a very good description, and it’s much easier to understand [...]

While on the subject of charity, I’ve noticed that The Ultimate Gift has been turned into a movie starring Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin (10 years old), James Garner, Ali Hillis, Drew Fuller and Brian Dennehy, which is going to be released over the next couple of weeks. The review on IMDb looks extremely promising.
The [...]

So I’m going on a Sponsored Walk in a couple of weeks time to raise money for Red Nose Day. It’s along the Heritage Trail from Peel to Douglas, which is practically from one side of the Isle of Man to the other. Check out the map below:

It’s not a hard walk by most standards [...]

Any basketball fans out there? If so, this post is for you. Do you have basketball goals at home? If not you should consider investing in some. Not the crappy plastic ones that break as soon as you try to dunk the first time.
Instead, look to get something durable that you can fix once and [...]