Aww...thanks, but I'm not here for the sympathy vote! My choice, I couldn't settle if they were in a home, and at the end (if I live that long...) I do get the house, a few bob and dad's shares. His shares are a bit of a whallop...my jaw dropped when I last looked them up! Was his retirement prezzy and since then they've gone up 5-fold, and he seems to have kept the lot!
Might be able to buy a peak day return somewhere. Maybe not....
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Piped musak is a real pet hate - but you rarely hear people complaining. Hotel lobbys, restaurants, shops, even probably buses one day - just filled in an Arriva questionaire and one of the boxes was "do you want on-board music/TV?" Grrr.
Anyway, thought of a way round it; and I suggested this to Morrisons (I prefer Lidl - no musak!!) that every business should guarantee one day a week - at their choice - where there is no musak (or replaced with the sound of crashing waves etc) and make that day known, so those of us who hate musak can shop in peace!
Shops have to pay performance fees - think the government is missing a trick here. Businesses who play musak (at whatever level) should pay a tax on top, £1/month for every square m of space where the darned thing could be heard. If musak brings in business, what's to lose - and the treasury gets a bonus? If margins are tight, and they turn it off, the staff and public get a bit of p + q!