been a number of defaults. Furthermore in the States, mortgages are 'packaged' together and traded in the secondary market (effectively banks/pension funds buy and sell mortgage portfolios).With a number of banks reporting exposure running into billions

to pitch our tent. It did mean that we were in our tent for 18 straight hours. It was quite a freaky experience...... ooh... school run then will get to the point.. I've done Snowdon many times, long routes round the lakes to the "staircase" that is the pyg

Personally, I think that the further they go down the route of naming and shaming kerb crawlers, the more it will force it underground and the welfare of the women will suffer. Being the 'oldest profession' surely demonstrates that society desires it and therefore isn't it better...

(see)How come I'm the only fecking tea leaf round here and everyone else is a victim? Cos you're from Liverpool??How many times? I is in CHESHUR! Is that a suburb of Liverpool? Thankfully one of my running pals is a lawyer in the same court and she has

drinking at a pool bar in Greece. Not liking the refracted sight of my belly in the pool I hit the gym, cut back on drinking and eventually started running. I guess my vainess is part of why I'm on this site today. kittenkat wrote (see)Wilkie wrote (see

I have a colleague who is secretly drinking at least a bottle of scotch a day at work but managing to hold things together just well enough to conceal the drunkenness and lack of work from the bosses. He is clearly heading for a medical disaster as well as possibly a work disaste...

I got my child tax credits award notice today. Zilch. Even though Muttley Jnr lives with me five days a week and half the weekend too, I do the school run, pay for afterschool care, do his washing and laundry, feed him, buy his clothes

I'm a regular poster, but am doing this anonymously as I'm shy (well when it comes to this stuff I am), but hope someone can advise.Went to have a coil inserted today but had to be abandoned as there was a growth across entrance to my cervix.  I am being referred on to gynaecolog...

of the parties I did or didn't vote for. I didn't vote for loads of them... Will go with J after he gets home from work. First time voting for S, not sure if he will come with us or go with friends. Interestingly (Or not).  We have council elections running

the rules. Funny that. You'd have thought that Governments would be honour bound to declare their spies to the other side wouldn't you? Maybe even provide them with a where and when run down of their activities. Just to keep things civilised you