VSB thinks... Giving 'surprise' Christmas presents is not necessarily the right thing to do...see below....

You have to guess what people want, most likely get it wrong and visa versa. So, as a result we all end up with things we don't really want. Backed up by stats showing that in the UK alone, 1.6BILLION pounds worth of gifts at Christmas are unwanted! What a waste of raw materials, time, money etc. Presents are fine but I'm not sure they should be 'surprise presents'.

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• dewolfe says... Ahh, I think this comes down to how well you know the person! I've been given a couple of bad suprise presents, but this Christmas almost every suprise present I was given (and gave) was spot on!

  Posted 5th Jan 09 at 12:33

• David says... I think you have a point there. Surprises are nice BUT.....

  Posted 4th Jan 09 at 10:12

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Colin decrees... Thank goodness X-Factor has finished

What a load of tosh this series was. So many tears, tantrums and precocious wannabees it made me heave. End this debacle of car crash TV now.

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• dewolfe says... Indeed - though happy for the winner. It shows how someone who failed 3 years ago had the determination to keep trying - rather than these 14 year old idiots who cry and whinge saying 'it's their last chance' and 'their life is over' etc etc. People give up too easily on everything these days!

  Posted 19th Dec 08 at 11:22

• mat says... its finished ? thank god for that as long as the winner doesnt release a c**p version of a great song as a single

  Posted 18th Dec 08 at 19:10

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mat believes... that the media is determined to make the current crises last as long as possible by over hyping the bad news and ignoring the good

Posted by mat in News & Current Events  |   Comments: 3   |   View full thread   |   Email a friend

• dewolfe says... Bad news (like Westlife albums) always sell! Not to worry though, I'm sure Brown will just borrow more and more and more and more........

  Posted 19th Dec 08 at 11:27

• David says... All that could be abolished if everytime the press started talking about a recession, people decided the first item to drop of the shopping list was the newspaper! Tlaking of 'good' news, sales figures for November show an INCREASE over last year!

  Posted 19th Dec 08 at 08:48

• Colin says... Yes. That would be their plan... as usual.

  Posted 19th Dec 08 at 07:42

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King Henry predicts... 2009 will be a good year despite the recession.

Let's stay positive!

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• David says... So far, I've seen about three or four large firms cutting thousands of jobs each I'm hoping for a good year but the signs are, in the UK at least, that it is going to be a really really tough year.

  Posted yesterday at 13:16

• Colin says... I reckon it will be tosh just like last year.

  Posted 5th Jan 09 at 19:22

• dewolfe says... Indeed!!!!

  Posted 5th Jan 09 at 12:37

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David is convinced... It is IMPOSSIBLE to be male and like the film Mama Mia. They are mutually exclusive.

It has not one saving grace if you're male. None, zip, nada.

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• dewolfe says... Shemales are almost women too! We're saving for the final op this year - bloody credit crunch.

  Posted yesterday at 10:06

• David says... dewolfe - are you using the term 'wife' loosely? I'ev yet to come across a woman who doesn't like it.

  Posted yesterday at 09:01

• dewolfe says... Agree, agree, agree! Though my wife hates it too! One of the worst films ever - even for a musical!

  Posted 5th Jan 09 at 12:34

• David says... Apparently, Mama Mia CD's and DVD's were manufactured in a dodgey duplication house and are prone to sudden and unexplained errors, making the discs unreadable...

  Posted 4th Jan 09 at 10:11

• Graham says... Agreed, pure hell. My wife has the DVD and the soundtrack CD, there's no escaping it in my house.

  Posted 3rd Jan 09 at 10:36

• VSB says... Yep, complete 'man nightmare' this one.

  Posted 2nd Jan 09 at 15:03

• mat says... I,m still managing to avoid this one

  Posted 2nd Jan 09 at 14:52

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David thinks... It is utterly irritating when you want to purchase something online and the site insists you set up an account to do so. I JUST WANT TO BUY SOMETHING!

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• dewolfe says... I also hate the sites that once you've gone through all that, they freeze on the 'go to purchase' section and you never get your order though I'm sure they get your details!

  Posted 5th Jan 09 at 12:37

• David says... Really odd. I just left the site...couldn't face ANOTHER huge questionnaire!

  Posted 4th Jan 09 at 10:10

• Graham says... I agree, loads of hassle and another username and password to remember. Imagine you went into the greengrocer to buy a bag of potatoes and the grocer asked you to fill out a membership form before you could pay for them. Why do online retailers get away with this obstacle to a sale?

  Posted 3rd Jan 09 at 10:32

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