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Post by Mimi Mimi on Nov 9, 2006 12:26:04 GMT
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Post by mimi on Nov 9, 2006 14:41:45 GMT
This is Mimi The One speaking (no connection with the firm next door). What an excellent article. too true! Thanx 4 infing us.
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Nov 9, 2006 14:51:16 GMT
Innit GR8, Mimi Babe!  |
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Nov 9, 2006 14:53:32 GMT
This is Mimi The One speaking (no connection with the firm next door). What an excellent article. too true! Thanx 4 infing us. Actually I had you down as a Telegraph reader. I'm a bit puzzled by you, Meems. Why do you need the next door neighbour to tell you to get a hip operation. For most old people its blatantly clear to them, mainly because they're screaming in agony and can't sleep! |
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Post by mimi on Nov 9, 2006 21:00:54 GMT
No, Daz, I don't like the Telegraph because its political bias is too obvious and infuriating. I like their crossword puzzles though and buy them in books so I don't have to buy the rag. To be madly frank (nah, you were Frank last night), I don't like one single British daily newspaper (or Sunday either). I loved the Independent for a few years but now it has become sensational and overpadded. So I get my news from the Economist, Time and Private Eye. Oh, and The Oldie which I dote on.
You ask very kindly about a hip operation. Well, I thanked my neighbour (an orthopeed) politely but still haven't consulted her Primarius as she suggested because I don't get any pain in my hip. I just don't walk very well, totter around and have little balance. I am given a selection of possible reasons but the real answer is that I am too cowardly to get the X-rays and consult an expert. I am crumbling gently on all fronts anyway. What the hell.
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Nov 10, 2006 15:31:35 GMT
I used to read them avidly, even the 'business' pages and then I got fedup of stuff like a 'Day in the Life of Someone You've Never Heard Of' and I just flick through the thing. I'm not sure why the English have such a newspaper media culture, as if you've got to buy a newspaper to know whats going on. Strange really.
I must say though, that however much they deny it I bet most take a peek at the McCartney brouhaha if only to find out how much she's taking him for. I'm afraid this insouciant air of having higher standards than to snoop doesn't wash.
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Post by mimi on Nov 10, 2006 18:11:48 GMT
Well, I'm getting fed up with Private Eye as I've never heard of half the people they talk about and don't care about half of what's left. So it's a matter of leafing through and bunging into the bin. I read the City column carefully though, hoping my bank isn't mentioned.
As for news, if something important happens someone usually tells me.
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Post by sandywinder on Nov 11, 2006 9:50:59 GMT
Mimi, Mafeking has been relieved.
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Nov 11, 2006 11:54:16 GMT
Well, I'm getting fed up with Private Eye as I've never heard of half the people they talk about and don't care about half of what's left. So it's a matter of leafing through and bunging into the bin. I read the City column carefully though, hoping my bank isn't mentioned. As for news, if something important happens someone usually tells me. Good thinking. They described Farepak as a bank - not an altogether secure one. Actually the 'Save Up for a Bumper Hamper' ruse is the oldest scam in the book. Every year around know we had the same schemes. Someone would walk in either asking for 'Raffle Tickets' or a years pay in scheme like Farepak and always promising 'A Bumper Xmas Hamper!'.
What happens then is:- 1) Mimi complains about the usage of the word Xmas (it makes bolder lettering, Mimi!) 2) The worst scenario but by no means uncommon is to simply run off with the money eagerly collected. 3) The most common and the one an amazing amount of people ALWAYS fall for is to simply look forward to the getting this luxurious hamper whilst totally forgetting that the price of the 'Hamper' is substantially lower than the amount paid in. And thats EXACTLY what happeneded with Farepak yet no-one eever mentions that simple fact. Admittedly its slightly similar to Hire Purchase but much more of a scam. ..erm anyway thats the end of my weekly rant. But I'm amazed that the people on Moneybox compared it to a bank. If it is we may as well stuff money in an old teapot or a biscuit barrel in your case, Mimi. ...one of those unused bread makers finally come in handy if your as rich as Rooftroosers. But keep schtum  |
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Post by sandywinder on Nov 11, 2006 12:16:06 GMT
Its a wonder the banks/building socs. don't come out with an account that allows you to put money in but you can only draw it out in December and you get interest on it as well.
Much better than these clubs.
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Nov 16, 2006 22:37:24 GMT
Its a wonder the banks/building socs. don't come out with an account that allows you to put money in but you can only draw it out in December and you get interest on it as well. Much better than these clubs. They're gonna hit the Director where it hurts - no not his pocket, they're going to take away his knighthood! ...keep 3 letters or keep a six figure sum of money? Its a hard choice. |
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