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Can we revisit WFP which saw the instigation of this thread?. My status. I receive the basic standard pension and don't qualify for credits. And I won't get the payment. I only got it for one year after retiring. I drive a 19 year old car which I was relieved to get through the MOT recently...

Ah yes and the Internet was going to be this endless fountain of wisdom and knowledge. But what have we got? A giant bubble or echo chamber which gives everyone more of the same. Thomas Paine wrote of the age of reason. This is not it. What a wasted opportunity to educate and advance humankind.

I have to say we were taught better in the 60s/70s. My old mum bless her left school at 14 way back when but she was the best speller I ever knew. We learnt times tables. You hear so many stories of school leavers, even graduates, who are not able to perform the basics properly. We are told...

I will probably pop back here now and again if there is anything to discuss but I'm done with IW3. I do get the community vibe and that people have dropped anchor in a safe haven. But I don't want to grow old reading the same things over and again. Each post has a currency of a few days at...

I have stopped contributing to IW Random Musings. I came to feel I was experiencing deja vu. Does anyone else agree? Comments I made weeks before were getting repeated by another poster almost verbatim. I probably did likewise myself. We seem to go round in circles nothing ever changes. The...

The your/you're interchange is a pet hate of mine as well as their/there/they're. I have noticed that at least one of the culprits persists despite the error being pointed out to them. Why? Does it matter? Well I suppose it depends on the standards one adheres to. When writers make these errors...

The old Three Irish Fellas joke? Do you mean: Paddy says to Mick: "I've just seen an advert which says 'Tree Fellers Wanted'." He continues: "If we get hold of Dermot we could apply for that job." Sorry, I'll shut up again!

What they say is not credible. A small heater is no substitute for proper central heating. If you heat one room only the rest of the home will get cold and damp. And it will be very expensive despite the fibs they tell to the contrary. I notice they have stopped mentioning the winter fuel...

It's fantasy land. They all invent fake scenarios to suit whatever they are selling. Personally, I believe this stems from the likes of Peter Simon and Mike Mason. They've got so used to telling tales they wouldn't recognise the truth if it hit them in the face with a wet haddock. Now this...

It's cordless bad corded good tonight. Just for a change. They tend to alternate don't they? Where did Paul escape from? Can they please take him back? ASAP.

Peter, Paul and Jeremy. The three stooges. It's like children's night at Butlins. Utterly banal.

If there are better harmonies than this I have never heard them:

Every political party claims that growth - both population and economic - is a great thing yet it's a disaster for the environment and wildlife and just not sustainable. Perhaps we all have to be satisfied with a bit less in future. This is the circle they can not square. Oh gawd not the...

Paul and Peter together on a Sunday morning. Not sure I can stand it!!! She's leaving on a jet plane to get away from them.

I notice they've replaced the plinky plonky muzak with chipmunk singing. Interesting.

Yawness is really pushing that "I will never lie to you" line to the limit. About as credible as President Nixon. A £1400 saving on the Duchamp website? What a joker. And how about Barry the basket? Does he collect watches or baskets? He ain't checking out pal.

Pete says: "These slippers are great for cold carpets(!) inside or york stone outside, from kitchen to shed, trips to the bins, great driving shoes, ideal for formula 1 races, from outhouse to Whitehouse, from sea to shining sea, just 'av a buy." Irresistible. Coming soon: snow boots for...

Peter the Cheat says he's inspired by Greed. Who would ever have guessed?

I can say with authority that the watch was definitely named after the fight when Cooper clocked London. Authentic.

Henry London may be an amalgam of two great old boxers - Henry Cooper and Brian London who fought each other for the British heavyweight title back when it meant something.