If the estate is likely to be less than £650,000 (for a passed husband and wife), and this includes house, chattels and all gifts given in the past 7 years (less £3,000 for each year), then your job is going to be easier. I have managed this twice very recently and it ca...
“Choosing a dog whose temperament fits the adopter’s energy and lifestyle is the most important part of the adoption for it to be a happy one for all sides. Adult and senior dogs have no problems emotionally bonding with their owner, just the opposite. They understand very well that they...
Come November and December, a familiar fight breaks out in media circles: Is there a "war on Christmas," causing people to replace "Merry Christmas" with more neutral holiday greetings—and if there is, what does it mean? This modern political debate got its fuel and its name from a book...
The success of selling Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health brought in a flood of money, which Hubbard used to establish Dianetics foundations in six major American cities. In the early days of Scientology, Hubbard expressed a debt to other thinkers for developing Dianetics. For example...
And every hook is garnished with a fowl, Or choicest specimen of flesh or fowl.” In another guide book of 1868: “Here the thrifty yeomen of Delaware, Chester, and Montgomery counties may be Seen selling mutton, veal, beef, and poultry ...
Somehow, we’ve managed to eat things that weren’t Thanksgiving dinner! Here goes. Starting on a sad note, we had our last meal at Sagra on Friday, November 17, with my dear friend Marisela. It was delicious, as always, and we even ordered Frangelico. So sad. You can get the lat...
Today is Thanksgiving and a hearty Happy Thanksgiving to you all. As it turns out, it’s also the birthday of my late wife, Kimberly Ann Yale, who would have been 54 today. This is a day for stopping and giving thanks for the good things in your life and so I’ll ask your indul...
years Pete had taken this same seat exactly at one o'clock, and each time the same pleasant thing had happened.But this time Pete had come here more from habit than from hunger.Certainly today Pete was not hungry.Two rich old ladies gave him a Thanksgiving dinner of everything he could...
Some plunk down another $24.99 for a “Wanted” T-shirt featuring Siegel’s mug shot, which is among the museum store’s best-selling items. “Bugsy is definitely who our guests first think of when they think of the Mob and Vegas,” store director Sue Reynolds tells me. Partly that’s...
about. It was basically the Thai food I was raised on. Well, in the previous owner’s good fortune, he found a beautiful bride and moved back to Thailand, which led him to selling the Basil Leaf (or so I was told). Today it is Thai Mint and it took me awhile to accept the ...