Finally, after weeks of near-death experiences, we were recommended to an herbalist. Mr. Trevor Evans situated in a small Welsh market town gave each of the two children a spoon of a gravy-like liquid and a bottle and prescription of some dark brown liquid. It was like the laying on of the hands. The deadly disease disappeared within hours. Our sons were cured without common side effects.
A recommendation is the best salesman any business can have. There are times when excellent service should be openly appreciated and talked about. The best business boosters of all are word of mouth, online forums or a suggestion box. By the same token, I criticise any business that […]
50 years ago, children were gentle with their parents. Today parents have to be gentle with their children. 50 years ago, children respected their parents. Now parents have to respect their children. 50 years ago, marriage was easy but divorce was difficult. Nowadays it is difficult to get […]
If you are described by doctors as a GPO, make out a will; it means ‘Good for Body Parts Only’. To such unfortunates might also be applied the acronym CTD. This means either circling the drain or being certain to die.
Even poor swimmers can stay afloat for days so why do some perish within a few minutes of getting into difficulty? Many swimmers panic when they realise that they have overstretched themselves or been pulled out by the tide or current and are now too far from the shoreline. They quickly exhaust themselves and nature takes its course.
Death, the refuge, the solace, the best and kindliest and most prized friend and benefactor of the erring, the forsaken, the old and weary and broken of heart. ~ Adam speech, 1883.
This month, the UK decided to release many thousands of prisoners early amid a jail overcrowding crisis, coinciding with hundreds of arrests during anti-migrant protests across the migrant-infested country. PSA President Nick Smart told the conference that the move left the police at the center of a storm not of their making.
When on May 11, 2011, an unusually shallow earthquake struck Lorca situated close to Murcia and Almeria nine people died and over 300 were injured. Most of those who died or were harmed had not stayed in their homes in which case they were less likely to suffer. No, in a panic they had rushed from their homes and were hit by falling masonry.
Directly or indirectly half of every £100 or €100 we earn goes to the government. The administration does not create wealth – the politicians are wealth managers and they are very bad at it – because they are unaccountable
Then the computer came to my house and social media took the place of books penned by truly great writers. Somehow, I convinced myself that the selfies posted by ‘friends’ I had never met or even knew as were the images of the meals they had eaten or the children they had given birth to. I stopped to value time.
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