General Chit Chat

[Hoboh]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... s-olympics" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Hoboh]

Can someone help me out here?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... rnet-troll" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just how the fcuk can you be threatened with arrest if you don't want to be a witness and just provide a statement?

Sounds a bit Draconian or was some copper/legal type getting carried away?

[Bruce Rioja]

Can someone help me

No. You're beyond the bounds.

Joshin' aside, I've no idea as to the legalities of the issue, and I haven't read the full article, but why wouldn't she want to attend? I'd be straining at the leash.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Can someone help me out here?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... rnet-troll" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just how the fcuk can you be threatened with arrest if you don't want to be a witness and just provide a statement?

Sounds a bit Draconian or was some copper/legal type getting carried away?

I assume that if one is subpoenaed one has to attend or face prosecution (that's the poena part). Presumably this Spivey chap subpoenaed her.

[Worthy4England]

Car Insurance - generally just hit auto renew because I'm predominantly lazy. Got renewal docs through this morning. £1519 Great British Pounds with 8 years No Claims...

Better look on comparison website - £550 with the addition of my naughty boy speeding offence which the current insurer didn't know about...(so I assume they'd have just increased it even further) - Rang 'em up, they didn't even fcking argue. Just said they'd cancel it forthwith. Robbing bastards. (E-Sure btw were my existing Insurer - been with 'em 10 years)

I'm delighted with me New Year's resolution to re-negotiate all the robbing bastard renewals - I'm now saving £327 per fcking month - with a good few more to go.

I think I shall pay more attention in future.

[Bruce Rioja]

Npower sent me an email on Monday to say that they're reducing my monthly payments by £15. As I told Girl Friday this she responded with exactly what I was thinking at that exact moment - "Oh that's a couple of bottles of wine".

[Prufrock]

January is always my financial clean-up month (which makes me sound organised, the truth being that I don't look at my bank acct/ credit cards/ phone bill for the other 11 months!).

So far I've managed to save about £40 a month on various bits and bobs.

Next step is check the charity commission to make sure my two chosen DD recipients haven't started jizzing their money on wankers swimming with sharks and then we're good till 2018.

[Bruce Rioja]

January is always my financial clean-up month (which makes me sound organised, the truth being that I don't look at my bank acct/ credit cards/ phone bill for the other 11 months!).

See, I'm exactly the opposite. I'm all over my internet banking for 11 months of the year but daren't go anywhere near it in January until Payday.

[Prufrock]

All my spending is on 0% credit cards with limits way over what I need so I don't worry about payday so much. More scary is that my "net worth" is a fairly large minus number! Debts I have many, assets not so much...laptop?

In short, my life is financed by a low-interest credit bonanza. It's what our economy is built in, and what could possibly go wrong?!

[Worthy4England]

Now up to £362 per month, and can see line of sight to another £100 a month on home insurance....Maybe only water to go after that"....

In response to "there's a cancellation fee" I've been delighted to say I've handed over my Credit Card details more than once with a cheery - stick it up your ass.

[Armchair Wanderer]

I'm new to this whole driving thing so after someone crashed into my car I'm enjoying seeing what the insurance process is like. Looks like it's going to take them a while to fix it but that's ok because I get to try out a courtesy car. It's nice but the lag when you put your foot down at standstill is killing me.

[Hoboh]

Now up to £362 per month, and can see line of sight to another £100 a month on home insurance....Maybe only water to go after that"....

In response to "there's a cancellation fee" I've been delighted to say I've handed over my Credit Card details more than once with a cheery - stick it up your ass.

£100 a month on home insurance Christ! Do you live in a palace or 2 feet away from a river? Seems like the fifty quid or so I've saved per month must mean I either a tight wad or wise in the first instance

Be careful of the utilities lowering your monthly premiums Bruce, one large bill can see you in debit, I'm used to paying the out goings on gas and electric, leave um where they are and get the money back at the end of the year. Okay no interest but what little the banks give ain't worth a fart anyway.

[Worthy4England]

It's all the objays dart I have in it...

[Hoboh]

It's all the objays dart I have in it...

Don't drive mate!

[Hoboh]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... s-watchdog" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Really does make you wonder just who the hell some of these HMRC employees are working for.

We should be clearing out some rooms in the Tower.

[BWFC_Insane]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... s-watchdog

Really does make you wonder just who the hell some of these HMRC employees are working for.

We should be clearing out some rooms in the Tower.

As though it's the HMRC employees. You don't think a Tory government, with donations from these "super rich" people aren't leaning on the HMRC to turn blind eyes? This is the right in action.

Protect their city pals at all costs.

[Hoboh]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... s-watchdog

Really does make you wonder just who the hell some of these HMRC employees are working for.

We should be clearing out some rooms in the Tower.

As though it's the HMRC employees. You don't think a Tory government, with donations from these "super rich" people aren't leaning on the HMRC to turn blind eyes? This is the right in action.

Protect their city pals at all costs.

I saw a few times under the last Labour government that certain branches of HMRC were not pursuing the rich as they should have been, still I'd expect you to use it to attack the Tories.
Was May responsible for the heavy frost this morning?

[Gary the Enfield]

A few years ago I applied for a free plastic driver's licence.

Last year (or was it the year before) they scrapped the counterfoil licence for those with plastic licences.

Today I received a renewal letter stating that it would now cost £14 for a new licence. Failure to renew will cost me my ability to drive and a £1,000 fine.

Robbing cvnts.

[Worthy4England]

Now up to £362 per month, and can see line of sight to another £100 a month on home insurance....Maybe only water to go after that"....

In response to "there's a cancellation fee" I've been delighted to say I've handed over my Credit Card details more than once with a cheery - stick it up your ass.

£100 a month on home insurance Christ! Do you live in a palace or 2 feet away from a river? Seems like the fifty quid or so I've saved per month must mean I either a tight wad or wise in the first instance

Be careful of the utilities lowering your monthly premiums Bruce, one large bill can see you in debit, I'm used to paying the out goings on gas and electric, leave um where they are and get the money back at the end of the year. Okay no interest but what little the banks give ain't worth a fart anyway.

Think I'm done for now...£453 a month off what I was paying...maybe I should look more carefully in future.

[Bruce Rioja]

Be careful of the utilities lowering your monthly premiums Bruce, one large bill can see you in debit.

Sound enough advice chief, but I am trying to get into habits such as changing timers to be more in tune with when it's not actually light, and not leaving the central heating to run all week at 20 deg C when I'm 1,000 miles away from the place.