Talcum Powder itself now seems to have disappeared from sale, presumably because of the realisation that a lot of it is contaminated by asbestos.
You know you're getting older when you realise the last time you went into a bank was to close an account a week before the branch itself closed.We recently received a three figure payment from NatWest complaints dept following an upheld dispute. It came in the form of a hand written cheque. Quite surprised us that did. The teller at Barclays was amused as well. We would have processed it ourselves but the writer must have been an ex-doctor and I wasn't sure if the automated system was up to the task.
It is available on Amazon, I buy it for my mother, as she is 93 and has used it all her life I won't worry too much about what is in the tin
I use talcum powder after showering due to a skin complaint. When in Italy, I buy bottles of Neutro-Roberts Borotalco, which is manufactured from Borax which occurs naturally in high-pressure hot springs in the South-Western part of Tuscany and is a by-product of the geothermal power generation industry. I usually bring back a few plastic bottles of it to the UK with me.
Yes. Some businesses specifically encouraged all complaints to be addressed to a named manager rather than to a faceless department and had strict rules regarding immediate acknowledgement, timely investigation and fulsome response explaining the findings in detail with appropriate apology and recompense commensurate with the circumstances.
Is that now a requirement even if the buyer is collecting the item in person from the seller instead of having it sent? In the past I have occasionally paid or taken payment in cash for items that I was selling or collecting in person.
It certainly is on Vinted - my daughter sold some stuff to someone on her course, and had to go through the full payment and posting rigmarole
Yes, although that's a much more recent change introduced a couple of years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk
Yes, but as far as I'm aware, all baby powder since 2023 is talc free?Thousands in UK sue Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder cancer risks
The claim involves 3,000 people and focuses on internal memos and scientific reports, seen by the BBC.
Johnson & Johnson's baby powder now contains "Zea Mays Starch" (cornflour) instead of talc. It's not quite the same texture as the original baby powder, and I don't think it smells as nice, but if it's safer, I can't complain.
Baby powder is now corn starch, so depends what comment you are replying to regarding "available in every supermarket" if it is talc then no its not available and nor is the borax one someone referenced.
Not faith healers as such, but the blokes that used to stand outside football/rugby grounds with a sign proclaiming “the end is nigh” or some such also seem to have disappeared.
Perhaps, for most of them, their own end was even more nigh.
Yes, I seem to remember that most of them were a good age. Certainly the likes of Jehova’s Witnesses always seem to have younger people coming through though, so it makes me wonder why not them. I suppose it takes a certain type of person to try and convert football fans
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Presumably during the 89th/79th minutes.
There's a place in Lewisham that specialises in black magic and voodoo, to help you with your health. Voodoo is used to help you with financial matters (!). Oh, they do love spells too. I wonder if there is a money back guarantee?!
