Monday 29 September 2008

Salt and Vinegar

Ok, so this is not serious, but what has happened to Salt and Vinegar crisps? The taste is so strong, I just cannot eat them. Maybe I'm getting old, but there are some youngsters who agree with me on this.

Wednesday 24 September 2008

Cheapest Mobile Phone Deal?

Which mobile phone company is the cheapest? The answer, of course, is "it depends". Do you want 300 text messages?, 100 minutes?, 2 hours Internet access?, picture messages? etc, etc. I have a pay as you go account with Orange, and when I add money to my account, I get as much or as little of whatever I want. The so called "bundles" offer too many messages and not enough minutes, or the other way around. If you go over your allocated number, the costs escalate to Premiership footballer wage levels! It's in their interest to keep things complicated. The general rule is if it's complicated, you will invariably get ripped off.

Friday 19 September 2008

Credit Crunch

Ok, so I know naff all about accounting and economics but; How can a company that pays its boss a bonus of 12 million quid one year, can go bust the next year? Whatever happened to saving for a rainy day? At best this looks like greed and incompetence, and at worst it smacks of serious fraud. In the late eighties and early nineties, I worked for a small company that saved its profits during the boom, and then managed to survive during the recession. Short-term-ism is the way to go eh? (is that a word? - It is now!) The fat cats are still around!

Wednesday 17 September 2008

What a moaner!

That regular tosser Alex Ferguson is having another whinge about referees again. This time because they have rescinded John Terrys red card. He thinks that referees are biased against his team, but the truth is they are all biased in favour of his team. Whenever he loses or something goes against him, it's always the referees fault. Wake up Fergie, the refs and the FA love you, it's everyone else who hates you; You twatt!

Friday 12 September 2008

Virgin Trains

I went to Manchester by Virgin trains yesterday. The train was not too crowded this time. But I used to travel to the north west quite frequently, and if you didn't book in advance, it was almost imposible to get a seat. The solution is quite obvious - reduce the number of first class seats. The Virgin trains are 9 coaches long, 4 are first class, 5 are standard class, half of one coach in standard class is the shop. Virgin have admitted that their first class seats are only 50% filled. So why not make 2 of these coaches second class? Probably so that we book first class next time to avoid overcrowding.

Wednesday 10 September 2008

The Big Bang?

So the big bang experiment has started, and we are all still alive and well. Or are we? Perhaps we have all been sucked into a black hole, and things will never be the same again. The M25 will start to work properly, Microsoft software wont crash anymore, Banks will start to LOSE money, fat cats will get thin, politians will tell the truth and Man Utd will get relegated. you never know! The scientists are all very smart, but does anyone realy care how the universe was created? It's here and we are stuck with it. Lets make the best of what we have. I'm sure 30 Billion quid could have been better spent on the starving throughout the world.

Wednesday 3 September 2008

PayPal SKYPE Scam

My inbox this morning had 4 emails from PayPal detailing payments to Skype, 2 at 11:30 last night, and 2 at 1:30 this morning. Needless to say they were all fraudulent. I do have a Skype account but I have never added funds to it. I use my PayPal account for eBay only. PayPal have refunded the 2 smallest amounts, but now want me to file a claim for the other 2. So they keep my money while this investigation is going on. (or rather; it comes out of my Credit card account). What's the problem guys? You refunded 2 why not the other 2? What a shower! Is it any coincidence that Skype and PayPal are the same company? I shall remove Skype from my PC and close my PayPal account - when I get my money back! Grrr..........