We all know who pays for the junk mail that 'unwantingly' comes from our door each day, and marketing 'experts' don't seem to get the message that it annoys us.

The irony is of course, that when they get home, I bet they get annoyed at the amount of crap they receive through their doors as well!!!

Here's an idea.............each returnable peice of rubbish you get, stick it back in the envelope and send it back.  If millions catch on to this, they might realise that it's unwanted.

When you receive emails now, many companies ask the question......"do you need to print this off?  If not, think of the environment".  So ask yourself this, do I really want 30 leaflets a week telling me that the local Pizza store has another offer that I'm not going to take advantage of??

Further to this moan, did you know that prime time advertising space on (for example) ITV, between programmes such as Corrie etc, cost the 'advertisers', £57,000 for 30 seconds of time.  Mmmmm, why did I put the word 'advertisers' in inverted commas?  Oh, I know, perhaps because they don't pay..........we as the consumer does.  So your tea bags could probably cost a tiny fraction of the price if we didn't have to see dressed up monkeys farting about.  The irony here again is that there aren't too many people watching the ad, they are all in the kitchen making a cup of tea, just like the monkeys!!

So, what's the answer?  I guess we could all stop being so gullible in making ads work and paying over inflated prices for items that cost nothing in real terms to produce (taking away the packaging costs........whoops here I go again!!)

Anyway, it's time for work..........off I go back to my rut.  Have a nice day!!

The local councils are being allowed to decide whether or not you, as a local resident, should pay for the volume of rubbish that you throw out each day.  A good idea or not???

For:

It will help reduce rubbish produced by 'ignorant' people that don't and won't recycle and reduce waste.

Against: 

Why don't the manufacturers stop wrapping our goods in so much packaging??  Okay, so the Waste Packaging Regulations forced some changed (circa 10 years ago), but the ability to purchase their quota means that this didn't go far enough. 

How many times do you buy a product where the volume of packaging is 1, 2, 3 or more times the content??  Too many I suggest!!

Unless you can shop at a local grocer, butcher, etc., you have no choice but to buy shed loads of packaging with your product (meat is a good example).  Give me fresh meat, in a thin plastic bag and let the blood drip!!  I don't need an absorbent nappy liner and a stack of polystuarene (or however you spell it!)

JUNK AND UNSOLICITED MAIL

How many trees are knocked down each year to simply end up back in my recycling bin?  Too many is the answer. 

I can honestly say, my wife and I (and even our 4 year old daughter) recycle everything.  We end up with 2 or 3 times as much recyclable rubbish each week than we do general household rubbish.  We would have more, but our local council don't recycle tins or glass yet, so we do that separately.

If you look at the content of the rubbish that's being recycled, it's envelopes, junk literature, packaging and unsolicited crap that is posted each day (even though we have a sign saying we don't want it..........my wife does chase these idiots up the road and give them their rubbish bag and they pretend they don't speak English?!?!?)  Anyway, I digress from my ramblings.......

If you take out the crap I didn't ask for, I could reduce this by 50% I reckon.  This doesn't take into account the stuff I shred or burn (due to identity theft paranoia!!)

Mmmmm, I think overall, I am slightly against 'Pay as you Throw'.  It's not my fault I throw so much away.......unless of course I seal up my letter box and when I shop, leave the packaging in the local Tesco trolley.

have a good day!!!

Now, there's another reason for paranoia!!

Do you have a catalogue?  Are you being charged "Account Cover Plus"?

Apparently, the catalogue's representatives are supposed to tell you what it is, then ask you if you want it, but between my wife and immediate family we have 5 separate catalogues and these charges were applied to each...............guess what, none of us were asked and each of us demanded a refund.

How much money is taken without our permission and how much interest do these companies make before us, the innocent public and innocent victims notice?

It's about time these corrupt companies were bought to task and stopped ripping us off!!

Your thoughts and comments appreciated as always.

Is it me, or do you also find that when filling up at petrol stations, you put in (for example), £10.00 and you KNOW the last digits were "00", but when you pay the cashier, the last digits are now "01", so instead of £10.00, it's now £10.01.

Now, it may only be a penny, but how many people does this happen to?

I'd be interested in hearing from anyone with similar experiences - is this a conspiracy and money making excercise, or is this me being clumsy!!

Please let me know!!

Local authorities have today decided that 'toilet cam's are to be installed in public toilets to help reduce vandalisim and cottaging.

Recently installed 'blue tubes' to stop drug abuse in cubicals, making these public places unusable for the 'innocent public' simply don't work.  The only deterent it seems is live camera footage - indentifying all users.

A group of specialist CCTV Operators are to be employed who will be employed for their discretion as not everyone will maintain a high level of honesty when it comes to (what is deemed as) a somewhat voyeuristic job.  A local spokesperson said, "it's not the most pleasant job and it will take a certain breed of employee to watch members of the public using the facilities", "it is time the general public were allowed to use facilities safely.  Being monitored whilst using a toilet (urinal or cubicle) has been accepted in polls conducted, as this is preferred to finding needles and other associated items".

The council obviously opened this debate to local opinion and the only alternative was to charge entry, perhaps even reducing poll tax to 'balance' usage versus expected facilities.  The cost to install turnstiles, coin machines, changes machines etc., was more than web-cams, which were the preferred option after local referendum.

European fat cats today decided that yellow bananas are boring and the public are blinkered by nature and what it offers, particularly in view of genetic engineering and fashion trends and demands.

We should see blue bananas them in the shops early February 2007 and prices initially will be lower than normal yellow bananas to inspire purchases.  Shelf life is also extended due to the engineering techniques.  Unfortunately, they haven't been able to straighten the bananas yet.

Further reports will follow.......

I am trying so hard to ensure that my blog isn't racist or inciteful in that sense, (but provacative none the less), but the following text makes me so f**king angry, I cannot help but cross the line of what is 'socially acceptable', because to accept it would imply defeat, which won't happen.

I do like a good debate and will happily depend my (most) informed opinions.  I am not a bigot by any stretch of the imagination, but having rang the local council yesterday on behalf of someone close to me, when asking, "why has (shall we say Miss White and you read between the lines) Miss White been in temporary accomodation for 10 years with her children (these we will call Master White, aged 14 and Master White, aged 11)".

I was told, ahh, yes, Miss White, she is registered as a high priority homeless case and also registered disabled, so yes, she does have priority.

I asked, "how long has she had this level of priority?"

"Ten years, but there's a long waiting list!"

"So how long is the waiting list?", I asked.

"I cannot comment."

"How can she get permanent housing allocation?"

"I cannot comment".

"Is it worth me writing and complaing to move this forward?"

"No, not really."

"I will write to my MP and hound everyone until I get a response."

"That's your prerogative."

How I didn't at this point ask, "would it help if my friend's name was Miss Black?" (again, read between the lines here - should it not be obvious what I'm saying).

In our local area, Kosovans seem to be leading crime, taking our houses, scaring the crap out of the locals in the town and ruling the police because of "human rights" and loopholes that suggest refusal to speak means they cannot be prosecuted (I could elaborate on this, but my fingers are bleeding from typing.........kidding).

Okay, so what about our human rights.  Do they not apply unless we are a minority group?  Obviously not.  Perhaps I should put on an Asian accent and ask the same question.  Would I get an answer at this point?  Perhaps I will try it and let you know.

For any minority groups that read this and take offence, to be quite blunt - tough shit.  If you read this objectively instead of selfishly, you would realise what a crime this is against British born individuals.

Don't get me wrong, I don't give a damn what colour you are, black, white, brown, yellow, green or f**king pink, it's all the same to me as I take each person as I find them.  But what I can't stand and tolerate is 'sponges'.  Unfortunately, this government let every Tom, Dick and Harry into this country to the detriment of the current residents.

I employ many ethnic groups within the Company that I work and enjoy the company of each and every person, because a) they are working as an equal and being rewarded as any other member of staff b) they put as much effort into their work as 'white staff' and c) they make the most of their opportunities - as do the 'white staff'.  So guess what, they're the same, i.e. human.  Colour doesn't matter.  It doesn't matter to me, it doesn't matter to the rest of the staff and it probably doesn't matter to the rest of the UK.  So why does the government feel compelled to instill racial hatred, the doesn't exist as much as they would have us believe?

A somewhat open ended question, but something to debate? 

Time to close and do something more constructive! 

Take care fellow bloggers, regardless of creed or colour.

One final remark..............what colour do you think I am?

You've assumed white british right? 

Are you sure?

On recommendation from a fellow blogger, I eventually got around to hiring V for Vendetta.

I could be artistic and create an eye catching tag line to draw you into an interesting summary of how wonderful it was, but it would be fair easier to say "Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant"!

Suffice to say I enjoyed it.  Not because of fantastic acting (although it did provide high calibre talent), not because the special effects were overwhelming (although watching parliament blow up did move me, ha ha), but simply because the plot was very realistic and ironically if the UK doesn't get off of it's arse and stop the decay, many elements may come true (if not, they already are!!)

It's weird though, I can't help but feel that a large percentage of the british public, unable to locate two brain cells in their skull unless it means signing their name to receive their benefits, sat back and thought it was simple entertainment.

Okay, so the story came from a comic book, which normally implies a somewhat child-like theme to the entertainment, such as Superman, Spiderman etc.  But the 'author' obviously had something to say.  A man after my own heart!!

I think to summarise, the film was saying, "don't take it up the arse, go out there and stand up for basic rights!"  To me, basic rights mean being able to live rather than exist, walk safely in the streets without fear of attack, leave your front door open without someone walking in and stabbing you whilst you sleep, taking your children to nursury and knowing that the staff aren't ex offenders that 'slipped through the net'.  Instead of being f**ked at every turn by our own government and doing nothing but take take take, perhaps a bit of good old fasioned value for money and 'give and take' and putting some of what made britain great, great once again. 

You may note, the lack of capitialisation when I refer to great britain.  I don't think this country warrants being called great.  If we were honest, it should be called bag of shit britain where anyone can walk in, take what they want and walk away again having bled us dry.  But hey, don't say anything - you're not allowed to unless your black otherwise you're racist.

Just for the record - another thing that bugs me, can we re-educate the UK residents and tell them the word is racist, not racialist.  Damn, that annoyes me!!

Anyway, I've done it again and worn about another keybaord waffling for the sake of self satisfaction oppossed to entertainment value for any potential 'viewers'!!!

Good blogging!

Hey, kids under a certain age and a certain height must have a car seat. 

Great idea, but are parents so retarded that they can't think for themselves (previous blog entries of mine suggest that they can't), but why is it, when my wife saw a chav family in a 3 seater transit, overloaded with kids and chavettes, with a baby on a lap with no seat belts being worn, she rang the Police who said, "we can't do anything about it because it's not illegal".

Really, I though when I insured my car, I declared how many seats and passengers I can carry.  I thought the law also says that no person under the age of 14 can sit in the front seat of a car.

So, bring in another law that says we have to spend large amounts of money on car seats.  Normal, law abiding citizens purchase new equipment and probably get arrested and fined for wearing sunglasses whilst driving (which is, strictly speaking illegal if you read the law literally) and get penalised for doing the 'right thing', in the mean time, Chav and Chavette, break every f**king law known to man, sponge off the state, teach their children to say c**t as their first word instead of 'mumma' because, "it's funny 'innit", pollute their poor children with cigarette smoke (or worse), teach them how to be a moron and the more they can sponge the more proud their parents become, teach them to steal, cheat, fight, kill, vandalise, etc., because by destroying the system, the tax payer will give you a huge house, all paid for and make you better off than law abiding citizens that at least try to make a difference.

I digress and waffle, but hard working people end up in a crappy 2/3 terraced house, next to scum as it's all they can afford on their pittance of a wage and inflated house prices, whilst Mr and Mrs Chav, get the extended 4 bed end of terrace, 2 4x4's in the drive (one on bricks of course), 4 holidays a year to Shagaluf and Benidorm and ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh, sh*t, heart attack coming, caused by being wound up by the muppets that run the system and let it happen, but they don't care as their greasy palms ensured them a nice lifestyle, so screw everyone else.

Anyway, back to Laws for Laws Sake. 

Is this another law that won't be policed?!  I think so, don't you?

I know, shall we have a new reality show called, "make up a bullshit law".  What you do is, get a load of twats in a room, get them to make up a pile of crap bit of legislation and some pr*ck like Blair will endorse it and think he's a good bloke. 

Why, if he's resigned, doesn't he p*ss off.  If I resigned at work, I would be marched off of the premises and put on Garden Leave, having to work my notice off site as I'd be a risk to the business that I run.. He runs a Country and he can stay?!?!  Is it a co-incidence that Country, if the last two letters are removed, sum up my thoughts!! 

I will end now, as I need CPR and I have to find and think of more ways to make ends meet.  After all, the more you earn, the more tax you pay, so I work my balls off to get no-where fast.

Just for a point of interest, I was earning £75k a few years back (a good year of being self employed) and I had to give the tax man (sorry, tax person) 40% of my income.  I borrowed £12k out of my Business Current Account, which I replaced a week later and got a tax bill for £3k as it was classed as an income.

Guess what, I went bankrupt.  Thank you GREAT Britain.  As Jim Royale would say, "My arse!".

Goodnight

Interesting isn't it, that 'they' make laws that cannot be broken, but then break them.

What am I talking about??

Zig Zag Lines at pedestrian crossings.  Am I behind with legislation, but isn't it illegal to park or stop on these at ANY TIME, the same applies to every vehicle, including Police, (albeit, some mitigation might apply in an emergency, the same goes for any blues and twos!)

Why is it then, our local planners put a f**king bus stop on the pedestrian crossing.  Maybe it's because I'm not a rocket scientist, but has this world gone f**king mad!!

Damn, it makes me angry!  I can't wait to ring our local council and tell them what a bunch of wa**ers they are (that alone will justify the disgusting charges I have to shell out each month to recieve.................bugger all!)

Funny isn't it?!  Each time you go into a petrol station to ask for a "number one" or "number two" car wash, the response is (typically), "sorry, we've run out of those".

Call me a bit slow, but it's taken me two years to realise that the same garage I frequent always give the same response.  When I went in there the other day, I asked the same question, "Can I have 'cheap' Car Wash" I was told, "Sorry, we've run out of those".

I asked the question, "Why is it you never have any of those" to which she replied, "We've lost them".

So, basically, they are telling me that someone walks in, buys a £3.00 car wash and steals the token!! 

Perhaps, (and maybe I am being synical), they just don't exist?  You think your about to buy an inexpensive car wash and when told, "we only have a number four at £5.00", the British public responds, "oh, alright then".

Why as a nation are we always being ripped off and taken as idiots? 

Go on, try it.  Ask for a 'cheap' car wash - they don't exist?!?!?!?!

Surely, this is illegal?

My wife was attacked a few days ago whilst working in a local convenience store in the evening.

A man, seemingly stoned and drunk approached the till after being given £5.00 for food by a member of the public.  He attempted to purchased cheap wine and she refused to serve him.

The man, who didn't speak English tried to grab her and hit her (fortunately unsuccessfully) and after police were called and various other assualt attempts were made, police arrived and three officers eventually held him down.  He was arrested and my wife left in a state of shock.

The police officers were approached by the member of the public that gave this guy the money and asked for their details as he was from the Home Office and was going to report the officers for the agressive attitude and heavy handed tactics taken to detain him.

The fact he was high and full of adrenyline, forcing three officers to hold him and the fact my wife was attacked and left shaking and in tears, didn't seem to matter to this guy (who is from the Home Office) and the immigrant was a priority case that would be 'looked after'.

"They" (whoever they are) wonder why Britain are becoming more racist - I wonder!  Is it because the rights of  British citizens are playing second fiddle to illegals?  Don't get me wrong, I sympathise with the plight of people escaping terrible conditions, but a lot of people coming into this country are now entering because they know they'll be housed, fed and given money and given priority over our own citizens.  Why do we put up with this.

Don't get me wrong, I am not racist in the sense it is perceived, i.e. anti-black, anti-brown or any of that.  I personally don't give a sh*t what colour someone is as I treat each person as I find.  My job involves recruitment and candidate selection and I encourage equality, however when it's equal if you know what I'm saying.  Equality, if it was equal would be find, but when my wife is left shaking and crying while this illegal was pampered and cared for is disgusting.

Our country is falling apart and we are going to let it.  Surely it's time we got off of our arses and said "no" as a nation. Let's offer support to unfortunate people in unfortunate circumstances, but not to our detriment.  Let's also insist that when immigrants do come to this country that they except our culture (which is diluted beyond belief at the moment) and embrace our values, not dictate what religions we should teach in our schools, what languages we have to accomodated etc.  The list could go on, but to put things into perspective, some countries - if a woman shoes her ankles it's considered unacceptable and she will be forced to toe the line, if you steal in some countries, you hands are cut off, in others - you smuggle drugs then you receive the death sentence.  In this country, you can murder, mug old ladies, rape children, embezzle monies from the authorities and from the crown and what do you get, "a telling off and told not to do it again".  If you're particularly horrific in your crime, you might even get a new identity, a new life and a large bank account (Jamie Bulger - God Bless him rings a bell).  Hang 'em by the balls - that's what I say!!!

Let's get things back into balance.

Some of what's wrong in the UK. A £20.00 fine for using a mobile without a hands-free kit, but it's not policed, so everyone just abuses the system and uses their phone. So why is it then that if someone gets killed it's classed as "Death by Dangerous Driving"?

Surely proper policing, a significant fine and 6 points in the license might deter the idiots that think they can control a car with one hard whilst chatting to their friends. Are we, as a society, incapable of waiting half an hour to have a face to face conversation??

Why is it illegal to drive whilst eating a kit-kat (for example), but not illegal to drive whilst smoking a cigarette? Is it something to do with the fact the government make a siginificant income from cigarettes?

Why do so many people drive with children/babies in the front seats of their cars (or white vans), i.e. their partners have them on their laps???

(Apologies to Ms. Spears for using this photo, but I was hard pushed to find a pic of a baby in the front of a white transit.  Just to say though, although what Britney did was foolish, she's isn't unique, just famous and in the public eye.  Too many hypocrites drew sharp intakes of breath, but just look outside your window and guess what - there are hundreds of plonkers doing the same thing, they're just not in the public eye [until they have an accident and then make the headlines].  On the off chance Britney Spears ever read this blog - carry on being 'normal' and screw the journalists, they don't have their own lives so have to scrutinise yours!!) 

Ghosts - I've experienced sufficient unexplainable events that make me believe there is more to this world than we can begin to understand.

Tell me about your most vivid personal experiences, I would love to hear your comments.

Thank you.

My wife and I often looked for ways to raise extra income when our first little bundle of joy 'popped' into our lives.

During the evenings of feeding, changing, feeding, changing, feeding, changing, fee.....(you get the idea) we wanted to do something constructive to make a bit of 'pin money', but each company offering an opportunity to work from home weren't genuine or wanted to pay minimal money for maximum effort - border line slavery!!

Our little angel is now at Nursery and so my wife is keen to return to work, but only looking for part time hours that suit nursery times is difficult in itself. But here is the paradox. If my wife works to pay for nursery, the money she earns covers the nursery bills. If she works more hours, our daughter needs to stay at nursery longer, so the nursery bill goes up and still no residual income for us. Okay, so we get help next September, but what about now?! So much for free education and free enterprise!!

The first three years of our daughter's life has bought a catalogue of stories, dramas, adventures, tears, laughter, learning, discussions and moments that are so deep in our hearts it would be impossible to share.

I have spoken with my wife about the concept of blogs. She currently works a few evenings a week, which for me means one to one time with our daughter. The downside is less time with my wife. She is happy to share her thoughts, feelings and memories via this blog. When she is working I will add bits and bobs and vice versa.

If you want to join in our blog and share you own experiences, challenges, joys, etc, please feel free to put fingers to keys and join us.

Don't you just love the UK. A bit of a climate change (which we knew about), leaky main's pipes all around the country, £30+ for the water bill each month (more than other utilities) and we can't use the blooldy hose pipe!!

My father in law was caught using his hosepipe to clean his gutters as one of his neighbours rang the authorities to 'grass' on him. What a great neighbour! Come on, you need to maintain elements of your property, perhaps spent 10's of thousands on having your garden landscaped and you can't maintain it. What a nonsense.

Perhaps if the authorities got off their fat cat ar*es and invested our money then water could be better distributed. Okay we can't remove salt from sea water as it's not cost effective, but what about decent underground resevoirs and decent pumping stations???

Don't get me wrong, I am not suggesting everyone uses their hosepipes, we have been told we can fill our watering cans with a hose and then water the garden. Just for fun, use the watering can with the hose in the back and the flow of water from the can is faster than the hose, you will have to wait for it to fill. All I do is use several cans, keep the hose going and use up to 24 cans on a flower bed. If I use the hose, I have worked out I use about a third of the water.

Perhaps the so called bloody experts who dictate our lives and then have the balls to charge us disgusting prices for delivering sweet f.a. should step back and listen to the average joe!!

I have only had the displeasure of watching minutes at a time of the latest attempt from Channel Four to entertain us.

I have a great idea for a programme, perhaps Channel Four could get sh*t loads of people in a house and see how often they could talk boll*cks, swear, slag each other off, promote alternative sexual lifestyles, get thier tits out and pay some twat to be as pretentious as they can. Once the biggest twat in the house has been found, pay them £75,000 and turn them into a "celebrity", as if anyone gives a crap?!

Oh hang on, someone watches this pile of tosh because if they didn't, the show would fail. Isn't that a sad reflection of what the british public find entertaining??? Isn't it sad that families can't sit together for a meal, talk, discuss daily events, get to know each other, etc. Instead their household falls apart if the playstation doesn't work or there are less than 80 channels of crap to surf through each night. God forbid anyone should have a conversation!!

Maybe it's just where I live, but I invariably find the average conversation I encounter in my local town involves abuse, swearing and agression. Service providers find it too difficult to acknowledge customers as it a) interupts their gum chewing, b) ruins the flow of the conversation they're in the middle of about Big Brother and c) means they have to move and think, which they possibly couldn't do.

My wife is a shop assistant and I believe customers being greeted by her would be shocked that someone can smile, speak, show an interest, provide a service and not swear. More to the point, she can spell, write and pronounce words correctly, unlike the average boy or girl leaving school these days. Maybe I'm just getting old.

I hope someone starts reading these blogs, I so desparately want to hear people's opinions. I just hope respondents can spell, there is nothing worse than "text speak", u no wot I mean innit m8!! (Morons!).

Alas, we as 'responsible adults' are supposed to influence our children to be the best we can, it seems the current generations (spawned from millions of teen pregnancies) just don't give a damn about their kids and their futures. Still, it's easier to ponce off of the dole, while hard working, responsible people like my wife and I break our "b*lls" to make ends meet. Perhaps we're the mugs???

Why is it, in the UK - if you want entrance to a Children's recreation centre, anyone over 12 years of age has to pay an adult price?

In Spain (for example) children are children until 16. Up until that time they pay (or rather their parents pay) significantly reduced prices for all 'family activities' as they are recognised as being what they are - children!

The Spanish even give free air fares to under 12's and reduced fairs for 12-16 (which is fantastic by comparison).

Godstone Farm (in Godstone, Surrey) has got it right. They have a children's play land (for want of a better description) and each child costs circa £3.50 to get in. Cheap for what they get, but for each paying child an adult gets in free. FANTASTIC. At the end of the day, for the best part all the adult does is 'baby sit', so why should we pay over inflated prices for park entrance.

A family day out in the UK leaves no change out of £100.00. Let's assume you have 2 adults and 2 children over 3, you will probably pay between £60 and £80 entrance fee for major theme parks, hiked up prices for Maccy D's or some other take away "convenience food" whilst at the park - feeding four mouths will cost a good £20.00. Then there's the sweets and drinks, add another £10-£20!! How on earth can they justify this. The UK are so damn good at ripping off the public. The irony is, we Brits are so damn good at bending over and taking it from behind. What a wonderful nation. (you may have guessed by patriotic streak doesn't exist and why should it when "my" country continually screws me and my family).

So in summary. You're 12 years old and have to pay adult entry prices. Why?? Oh, I could go on, but it's late, my fingers ache from typing, I am keen to avoid heart attack by becoming angered by this damn country that my grandfather put his life on the line for and even if I did keel over with a major health issue, the wonderful NHS wouldn't come to my rescue because that's going to the wall as well. I won't go down that route as I have a funny feeling I could be here all night. Suffice to say "sack Blair". Put someone who knows what's what and is in touch with the real world - hopefully by me airing my opinion constitutes freedom of speech and not slander - but what a pratt! Anyway, goodnight bloggers.

Do adverts intrude - How loud do they need to be?

Why do the TV advertisers time after time deny that they don't turn the volume up during ad breaks? Do they think we are stupid?

The irony is that all I do (and most of the people I know do) is turn the sound off and ignore the adverts. Okay, so if they reduced the sound, if we were interested we would turn the sound up and then when the programme started it would blow our ears off!

It's not that it's a 'lose lose' situation, but how dare they assume they can intrude. If we move away from the TV and the sound increases, sometimes it can be so loud that it wakes our daughter up. Surely that's an invasion of privacy??

These people have the balls to deny they increase the volume. So, are the general public all stupid and incorrect? Nah!! Perhaps they are just lying ba*tards who are allowed to get away with it because they grease the appropriate palms.

When are we, in the UK, going to stop being taken from behind and allowing the rich become more powerful and rule our lives. Don't get me wrong, good luck if you've worked hard and honest to achieve a good lifestyle, but if you crap on everyone and cheat at everything then you deserve a big fall and as the saying goes, no-one wil catch you on the way down.

Perhaps politicians and people in influential positions should start flicking through blogs and hear what "joe public" is saying, but I'm fairly sure they won't give a sh*t because doing the right thing doesn't fill their wallets.