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Received a text from the electronics retailer Argos with whom I have a store card. It came in from their number I receive confirmations...

I know truly that there's a lottery element to any job interview and let's face it, there are few skilled interviewers out there. A poor...

Had a swifty with OBC on Friday night and as part of the pub conversation, he asked what I was up to at the weekend. "Washing, ironing,...

When I went into Asda on Saturday morning, would you believe an outfit that size had no semi skimmed milk except organic, 2 pts for 95p....

At my age, I don't get many interviews, so to be granted one last week interviewing for E commerce executive was a real thrill. I'd done...

Whilst I may have neglected my blogging activities in the last couple of years, I do plead mitigating circumstances. I work with...

Parameters or measures of quantitative assessment. Having been in quality control I used them all the time. Then when I started working...

I've been with Typepad since about 2003 and blogging a couple of years prior to that. I'd no real gripe with Typepad except that my...

The Sturdy Soapbox sat on typepad for over ten years. I moved here to cut costs and improve the design aspect.

I'm Keith Povall and I write about the shallowness and frustrations of modern life, wondering what happened to good old fashioned common sense.

I'm fond of curry, coffee and beer. I wear socks with sandals and don't care what the fashionistas say.

In a world full of caterpillars, it takes balls to be a butterfly !