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Sports Miscellaneous
Newest Review: ... no response from her. In the end I contacted the office to see what was happening. It turned out that the lady had rang them and said she didn't want this introduction as she had no time !! They told me this and said they would get another out as quickly as possible. Weeks went by, no introduction. I called them and they said that they couldn't find anybody matching what I wanted. All I did ... more  ... want was somebody living nearby, I didn't mind a bit of travelling. Even the lady that I wanted was slim to average with good interests. Not hard is it !
Another month went by, nothing.
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Sports Miscellaneous: Introduction agencies.... Don't bother (2560 words)
by IanM73 - written on 22.06.07 (Very useful, 226 readings)
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The following review I wrote when I was living in Milton keynes but all of it still applies. All of these below are my own personel experiences from these agencies.. Introduction agencies, where do I start ? Well, I don't think anybody has actually reviewed these, probably because everybody has had better luck than me, but I thought I should warn you all of these truly awful agencies that are only after your money and have no interest at all in their clients. Bearing in mind this is just some of them and there is probably a whole load more out there… First of all I decided to try one of these three years ago as I thought I might actually ...
On political correctness (430 words)
by enchantingchap - written on 08.06.07 (Very useful, 56 readings)
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The aim of this piece is to talk quite generally about the phenomenon of political correctness. Now, we all know what political correctness is about: avoiding expressions that can be perceived to exclude or insult people who are thought to be socially disadvantaged or discriminated against. On the face of it, this seems like a reasonable guideline of behaviour. But there are problems and it is my intention to expose them. There is one politically correct convention that makes me particularly annoyed, and that is the use of 'him or her' when just 'him' will do. This modern convention makes sentences jittery and unnecessarily lengthy. 'He' is gender neutral; ...
Sports Miscellaneous: News of Maddie (602 words)
by sympatic - written on 29.05.07 (Very useful, 169 readings)
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I was discussing with friends a couple of days ago the fact that the news story concerning the missing girl Madeline in Portugal seems to still have legs in the national press which is pretty impressive given the number of days since her disappearence. Admittedly it does not make the front pages so much but I cannot think of a day when the news has not contained some story or other especially on shows like GMTV which seems to provide an update every day usually as either its top or at least top three news story. It is a pretty horrendous story and plays on the heart strings of everyone and I imagine more so for those who have chilren of their own, ...
