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Giving pensions (private and workplace) generally only payout a very small amount eg. £10k a year going up to possibly £20-25k at best how do retired people manage to live comfortably on such a low income. I understand most people probably spend less in their retirement years as opposed to...

A bit off topic however I have often wondered why the NHS still continues to use amalgam dental fillings given the health risks associated with mercury are very widely known and it apparently costs more due to the regulations requiring safe disposal of amalgam waste. Especially when we now have...

My theory behind the system where those on a higher income pay a certain percentage actually comes from dental costs where most people do have to pay 20% of their dental bill. However as a few have pointed out the cost of non dental healthcare are probably far higher than those of dental care...

My votes were Drunk A&E charge/strongly agree- this could cause people to drink more responsibly and possibly be more careful when they have been drinking. Possibly use of the 0.08 BAC drink drive limit could be used as the definition of being drunk. Legalized euthanasia/strongly disagree- too...

On the subject of driving it is rather odd that they choose 17 in instead of the usual 16 or 18. It is also quite bizarre that a 16 year can ride a moped (which is basically a low powered motorcycle/scooter) giving motorcycle riding is far more dangerous than driving a car. Also the UK is...

Unfortunately computing ICT was one of the subjects I didn’t perform well in. My best subjects were physics and chemistry so I always had a science/engineering career path in mind and did attempt a engineering course at the local college however it as mentioned earlier it caused a lot of...

I suspect I have more than likely become unemployable but due to my disability and health issues. I have Asperger’s syndrome which results in social communication problems and I also suffer from a range of physical health issues. When I was at school the support available was very good and I...

They would quickly get suspicious when you started buying things you otherwise wouldn’t have been able to afford.

We have probably had “what would you do if you won the lottery” asked several times before on the forum however what if you won the money in installments. With The set for life lottery you get £10k a month for 30 years which would be different from winning the £3.6 million in a lump sum. So...

I guess making sure you have a good pension also helps. You don’t want to spend your retirement constantly worrying about money. Unfortunately in the UK it’s common for people to neglect saving for their retirement believing their state pension will be enough.

The new PM Liz truss also has the same views I believe. I know she did vote against standardized cigarette packaging.

Yet despite having a very high calorie diet full of fried foods, cheese etc Im still dangerously underweight (bmi 13.4) yet other people believe a splash of full fat milk in their coffee will cause them to pile on the pounds.

Personally I do try to avoid aspartame where possible as I do notice unpleasant effects from it and wouldn’t be surprised if it later turned out to be harmful in one way or another. That being said I will take it if there is nothing else. Manufacturers make that easy as they are obliged to...

Does anyone have access to this news article regarding the new health minister. I cannot access it due to the paywall. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/07/ministers-signal-end-nanny-state-therese-coffey-sets-health/ One thing that is interesting is rumors of the PMs plan to abolish...

Truss herself was one of only two cabinet ministers to oppose the plain cigarette packaging law back in 2015 so that could be why she doesn’t see a heavy smoking health secretary as a major deal.

leaded petrol is now banned in every country in the world for road vehicles with Algeria being the last to quit using it in 2021 because of the health/environmental damage it does however almost worldwide it’s still widely used in aviation. The most common avgas 100LL is the equivalent to the...

Ridiculous Especially given it is a euro 6 which are generally fairly low pollution anyway.

Why does the UK insist on exporting it’s oil and gas to other nations and importing oil and gas from other nations. With the energy price crisis and Borris blaming Putin and the Invasion of Ukrain for the crisis wouldn’t the most logical thing be to use our own oil and gas reserves instead of...

I was wondering does anyone know how long a full tank of adblue lasts on a typical diesel car?

Going by what I was told petrol cars release more CO and other pollutants such as benzene however diesels release more NOx and sulfur dioxide emissions. EV release more PM than ICE cars due to being significantly heavier (as well as giving people a false sense of “being green” when they are...