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I live in England, married 50 years (To the same lady), and am retired after a successful career in the national newspaper and magazine business at director level. I am an amateur genealogist and often carry out research for people now living in many parts

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Celebrations & Holidays > Valentine's Day How to write your own Valentine's Day card: 1 of 15

When I first became aware of St. Valentine's day I was far too shy to even think of sending a card to any of the girls in my class at school. To ask a girl to "Be my Valentine", for me, equated with going down on one knee to propose marriage and was almost as scary. What if she declined to be my Valentine? Too awful to conte...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Frustration: 20 of 236

PROCRASTINATION. The door stands open still: You could go through, you know you could, but don't, perhaps you will. Your style is wait and see: But while you do, others will pass and do what you should do. The door stands open still: You could go through. you know you could, but won't, maybe you will. You want what's on the ...
Relationships & Family > Ancestry & Genealogy Genealogy: The best questions to ask your family to get the right information: 1 of 8

The first and best people to ask about times past are almost certainly your parents and grandparents. The problem is though, in may cases they have had unpleasant experiences and are reluctant to talk about them. However to the keen family historian it is very important to understand the events that shaped the lives of those...
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory People should not be dependent on welfare: 6 of 44

In an ideal world no one should be dependent on welfare or anything else outside the compass of their own achievements. Everyone should be able to build sufficient reserves of what they need or want to support them throughout their entire lives. Unfortunately we do not live in an ideal world, far from it! Beautiful yes. Boun...
Business > Advertising The future of magazine advertising: 1 of 7

When television came upon the media scene it was confidently forecast by all the pundits that it would spell the end of newspapers, magazines, radio and probably the film industry too. Yes! They did! Of course as everyone knows none of this happened. That didn't stop the same pundits from forecasting just as confidently that...
Business > Marketing Understanding the difference between marketing and sales: 2 of 13

It was once famously said by an internationally acknowledged marketing guru that Marketing was the art of ensuring that the right product was in the right position, of the right market, at the right time, and at the right price. After that the sales department takes over. It has probably never been more precisely defined. In...
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Smoking should be banned in all interior public spaces: 5 of 28

Yes! Yes! Yes! I fail to understand how anyone can suggest otherwise when so much research proves that inhaling other peoples smoke is dangerous. To scream about the "Loss of rights of smokers" is just plain silly, you might just as well argue that to prevent you from poisoning someone else's food is a similar infringement. ...
Relationships & Family > Ancestry & Genealogy Great gifts for the genealogist: 1 of 5

As an enthusiastic amateur genealogist of over ten years study I am bound to observe that the greatest gift anyone can make to a genealogist isinformation. The whole of a genealogists' life is spent seeking reliable information and having found it exploring the new sources suggested by that new data. It is a never-ending que...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Gay rights and the Christian church: 17 of 71

This must be one one of the biggest unanswered questions of the age. The Christian Church like every other Church is a man-made construction. So it follows that the rules and tenets followed by them are likewise created by man. Albeit they will assert that they interpreting the Word of their God. The future of the species re...
Education > Education (Other) Which courses should be mandatory at school: 13 of 42

The subjects that should be mandatory in schools very much depend on where the school is. Consider this: In large parts of Africa schooling is about survival, in Great Britain social movement, America making money and becoming famous, France and other parts of Europe quality of life. In the third world achieving any sort of ...