I feel for you. I know that pensions will have collapsed by the time I get there and can plan accordingly, but it must be annoying when you're tantalisingly close to retirement to think that the… (View Post)

That's not quite true. My paternal grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 1992. The council told my dad to sell her home and to stick her in one of their homes. My parents decided to… (View Post)

I guess it’s because of globalisation and so long as the currency doesn’t tank, then it doesn’t really matter. And it’s the same with monetary policy. So long as inflation isn’t a problem, the powers… (View Post)

Presumably the American who beat her is no mug, but then it was pointed out that the girl Emma beat yesterday defeated Barty at the Olympics. (View Post)

I was 14 at the time, so things can seem bigger than they are at such an age, but I remember feeling genuinely scared by my uncle’s view that “this was just the beginning.” There were all those scare… (View Post)