Friday, October 28, 2005
Fee Charging Cash Machines
No, not solicitors but the actual cash machines that charge you to get your own money.
Yes, charging me to get my own money!
Unbelievable!
I just popped out for lunch and went to the local cash machine which now tries to charge me £1.75(!!!) to get my own cash.
So for a £10 withdrawal I would get charged an extra 17.5% simply to get access to the money I slave my fucking nuts off to earn.
F*ck that!
It's a f*cking scam and obviously will hurt the poorest people the most.
Nowadays, instead of paying benefits in cash at the post office, the government is forcing people to get their Old Age Pensions, Disability, Income support etc paid directly into a bank account.
How will people access the money? Through cash machines that will probably charge them a whacking great premium just to get the money that they are due.
Legalised robbery cooked up by the banks.
They obviously want to "Outsource" the cash machine network in much the same way that they've already done to call centres and back office functions that don't bring money in.
I bet the next step is charging people for daring to want to receive a "paper" statement once a month.
Bunch of wallopers ¶ 12:59 PM 4 comments
Yes, charging me to get my own money!
Unbelievable!
I just popped out for lunch and went to the local cash machine which now tries to charge me £1.75(!!!) to get my own cash.
So for a £10 withdrawal I would get charged an extra 17.5% simply to get access to the money I slave my fucking nuts off to earn.
F*ck that!
It's a f*cking scam and obviously will hurt the poorest people the most.
Nowadays, instead of paying benefits in cash at the post office, the government is forcing people to get their Old Age Pensions, Disability, Income support etc paid directly into a bank account.
How will people access the money? Through cash machines that will probably charge them a whacking great premium just to get the money that they are due.
Legalised robbery cooked up by the banks.
They obviously want to "Outsource" the cash machine network in much the same way that they've already done to call centres and back office functions that don't bring money in.
I bet the next step is charging people for daring to want to receive a "paper" statement once a month.
Bunch of wallopers ¶ 12:59 PM 4 comments
Friday, October 21, 2005
Blowing off the cobwebs
Been a while since I wrote anything on this so best to do a monster post to update my audience of one - Hi Malky ;-)
Books:
Long Way Round - borrowed this from a work collegue and was mighty impressed, it's just such a good yarn. Ewan McGregor and his mate decide to drive from London to New York via Russia, Mongolia, Canada etc etc .
I'm in no way a petrol head but you can't read this book without thinking that going off on a massive bike around the world is a fantastic idea. I wonder how easy it would be without the support team and the "favours" that Obi Wan is able to get though. Ewan probably used some Jedi Mind tricks to get over borders quicker "These aren't the bikes you are looking for".
The most touching scenes are where they describe the various Unicef projects that they visit.
Chronicles Vol. 1 - Bob Dylan's autobigraphy - Bought this at Birmingham airport for reading on the plane. Hate to say I'm pretty underwhelmed by this book, he's a really good writer and creates a fantastic atmosphere of very interesting times, you are immersed in a very "rich" environment because of his great descriptions of people, places and the rambling narrative. BUT
It just leaves me a bit cold, maybe it's because he seems to be whining all the time but the book starts to get on your tits.
It's split into two halves - BD before he was famous (the best part) and BD after the "glory years" when he is struggling for isolation and inspiration. Isolation? yep because having got all he wanted - he realises that he wants a normal, conventional life. It's such a contrast between the very driven young loner and the family man that feels he has been thrust into a public role that he doesn't want. I feel the book just doesn't work for me as it is just moan moan moan moan moan.
Places:
God-Daughter's Christening: went down to Coventry and it was superb (Not a sentence you see often!). The wee lass has come on so much since I last saw her. Hadn't seen Shug since they moved down so lots of booze was taken as we caught up. Took down Kilts for the pair of us and they went down a treat although we got some funny looks when we stopped off at the off-licence looking like a young-ish version of the Alexander brothers.
East Fife v East Stirling - That was bloody cold! Only thing colder than the Sea breeze was the half-time Pie (no joke!). Still the 'Fife won the battle of the Easts 3-1 and kept up their promotion charge. Fife's second goal was a cracker and it was good to catch up with the Forfar Fifer. The 'Shire fans must be the most dedicated in Scottish Fitbaw, their team is pish but they still turn up and support their team. ¶ 9:05 AM 2 comments
Books:
Long Way Round - borrowed this from a work collegue and was mighty impressed, it's just such a good yarn. Ewan McGregor and his mate decide to drive from London to New York via Russia, Mongolia, Canada etc etc .
I'm in no way a petrol head but you can't read this book without thinking that going off on a massive bike around the world is a fantastic idea. I wonder how easy it would be without the support team and the "favours" that Obi Wan is able to get though. Ewan probably used some Jedi Mind tricks to get over borders quicker "These aren't the bikes you are looking for".
The most touching scenes are where they describe the various Unicef projects that they visit.
Chronicles Vol. 1 - Bob Dylan's autobigraphy - Bought this at Birmingham airport for reading on the plane. Hate to say I'm pretty underwhelmed by this book, he's a really good writer and creates a fantastic atmosphere of very interesting times, you are immersed in a very "rich" environment because of his great descriptions of people, places and the rambling narrative. BUT
It just leaves me a bit cold, maybe it's because he seems to be whining all the time but the book starts to get on your tits.
It's split into two halves - BD before he was famous (the best part) and BD after the "glory years" when he is struggling for isolation and inspiration. Isolation? yep because having got all he wanted - he realises that he wants a normal, conventional life. It's such a contrast between the very driven young loner and the family man that feels he has been thrust into a public role that he doesn't want. I feel the book just doesn't work for me as it is just moan moan moan moan moan.
Places:
God-Daughter's Christening: went down to Coventry and it was superb (Not a sentence you see often!). The wee lass has come on so much since I last saw her. Hadn't seen Shug since they moved down so lots of booze was taken as we caught up. Took down Kilts for the pair of us and they went down a treat although we got some funny looks when we stopped off at the off-licence looking like a young-ish version of the Alexander brothers.
East Fife v East Stirling - That was bloody cold! Only thing colder than the Sea breeze was the half-time Pie (no joke!). Still the 'Fife won the battle of the Easts 3-1 and kept up their promotion charge. Fife's second goal was a cracker and it was good to catch up with the Forfar Fifer. The 'Shire fans must be the most dedicated in Scottish Fitbaw, their team is pish but they still turn up and support their team. ¶ 9:05 AM 2 comments
Monday, October 03, 2005
Ned Stupidity
Just walking back from lunch there and I saw there was a big Police presence at the Conference centre. At first I thought someone had been caught speeding but just at that moment a motorcade and outriders zoom up and I saw that it was Princess Anne on some kind of engagement.
Thinking no more about it I start walking again and go about 80 yards up the road where I notice a wee ned (lets call him Beavis) flashing about a toy gun and pretending to shoot at people.
I'm thunderstruck by the stupidity and waiting for him to get Stockwelled at any point but everyone is just looking pityingly at the clown.
Now, I'm thinking this is just co-incidence, Beavis with a toy gun just happens to be there at the same time as Royal visit but as I walk past he shouts out -
"Hoi mate, d'yi think this looks real??" *waves gun in air like Billy the Kid*
I just said "You're lucky you've not been shot yet"
He says "Aye ah ken" and starts laughing away to himself.
So, he'd obviously skipped school, bought a toy gun and started pissing about with it at a royal visit in the full knowledge of what happened to the Brazilian boy.
Truly world class Neddismo* or "Whit a Fud man"
*Neddismo - like Machismo but for Neds ¶ 1:21 PM 1 comments
Thinking no more about it I start walking again and go about 80 yards up the road where I notice a wee ned (lets call him Beavis) flashing about a toy gun and pretending to shoot at people.
I'm thunderstruck by the stupidity and waiting for him to get Stockwelled at any point but everyone is just looking pityingly at the clown.
Now, I'm thinking this is just co-incidence, Beavis with a toy gun just happens to be there at the same time as Royal visit but as I walk past he shouts out -
"Hoi mate, d'yi think this looks real??" *waves gun in air like Billy the Kid*
I just said "You're lucky you've not been shot yet"
He says "Aye ah ken" and starts laughing away to himself.
So, he'd obviously skipped school, bought a toy gun and started pissing about with it at a royal visit in the full knowledge of what happened to the Brazilian boy.
Truly world class Neddismo* or "Whit a Fud man"
*Neddismo - like Machismo but for Neds ¶ 1:21 PM 1 comments
