Don't Ask Don't tell. Does that really work?

Around half of men and women quizzed anonymously on an affair dating website claimed their partners had either ‘given them permission to have an affair’ or ‘probably knew but don’t ask’.

The UK-based website asked nearly 1000 regular users how they deal with the awkward issue of their extramarital love life with their partners.

Nearly one in three (30%) said that their partner ‘had no idea of their affairs and fear their marriage or relationship would end if their partner found out.’

22% said that their partner ‘had no idea about their affairs but they would probably work things out if they got caught.’ (EDITOR: They wish!)

Surprisingly though, these expected responses were only in the majority by a fraction. Nearly as many had a laissez faire response to playing away. Another third (30%) answered that ‘their partner probably knows but doesn’t ask,’ and a minority 18% answered that their partner granted them permission to use the site.



(EDITOR: It could, of course, be that the betraying spouses are in fact, deluding themselves and pretending to themselves that their betrayed spouse knows about their cheating and may, in fact, be in for a very rude awakening when they come face-to-face with an angry spouse when they have discovered their affair.)

LED lightbulbs

http://thatsgreen.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/led-hut-and-eco-friendly-led-bulbs.html

I need to raise £1,000 or so to buy my wife an Apple Computer

Yes, that's what I need to do!

My wife does not get on very well with PCs. But she does get on very well with Apple computers. She is an Apple girl at heart.

And, because I love my wife very much indeed, I am going to try to raise £1,000 to buy her an Apple Mac Book Pro.

How am I going to do this? I haven't the faintest idea, yet!

But I will be working on it!

A patriotic family. Can buying British still work?

The Bradshaw family would describe themselves as a normal British family.

They reside in a a two-bed semi-detached house in the town of Westerham, which is in Kent. 

Emily Bradshaw teaches, James works in London. They have one son, Lucan, who is now 2½ years old.

This year they made a rather odd New Year’s resolution.

Peeved by the stagnant economy and feeling a bit of national pride (post-London 2012 Olympics, Golden Jubilee and all that) they decided to see if they, as a family, could survive by buying and using only British made goods and British services.

Everything they use must be made or provided by a British firm that operates in Britain and employees British staff.

 Can the family manage to cope and survive (or even thrive?) without foreign imports? The Bradshaw family is going to is family are going to find out. The hard way!

They will keep a running commentary, via their blog at www.britishfamily.co.uk and their Twitter account (@britishfamily), on the problems they may face (or not!) while trying to buy British.

They aim to promote any gems of British manufacturing that they find during this interesting process. They'll also hope to pass along practical that they find out along the way.

Am I too cynical?

There's a UK entertainer and presenter who often tells people what they should not feed wild birds with.

He then tells people what they should be feeding wild birds with.

Which just happens -how surprising!- to be the very bird food products that his own firm produces!

Am I being to cynical if I sense a bit of a conflict of interest, here?

Or not?

Welcome to my General Blog

Welcome to my general blog.

In it I will make some serious points, some random points, some humorous points and some points that might be hard to categorise. So perhaps I'll not bother to categorise them.