Today I'm angry about.....

[Gooner Girl]

the SNP has an interesting - if quite difficult to evaluate - argument, suggesting that the money spent on free prescriptions os more than made up for in reduced NHS costs due to people who are put off going to the doctor - or curtail their treatment because of high prescription charges - and then go on to develop much more critical conditions that require very expensive medical intervention...

the scots have free eye-tests too - and I suspect this argument is easier to demonstrate for eye-tests (which often highlight other severe medical conditions)...

it is said that women often go and get their teeth done when pregant cos they get free dental care then...

i did - after many years of not going - and will do again before the twins are a year and my free prescription card thing runs out! Skinflint eh?

[a1]

Really???

folk that hate the english wanna live here.

it must be fcukin' awesome.

[boltonboris]

the SNP has an interesting - if quite difficult to evaluate - argument, suggesting that the money spent on free prescriptions os more than made up for in reduced NHS costs due to people who are put off going to the doctor - or curtail their treatment because of high prescription charges - and then go on to develop much more critical conditions that require very expensive medical intervention...

the scots have free eye-tests too - and I suspect this argument is easier to demonstrate for eye-tests (which often highlight other severe medical conditions)...

it is said that women often go and get their teeth done when pregant cos they get free dental care then...

i did - after many years of not going - and will do again before the twins are a year and my free prescription card thing runs out! Skinflint eh?

It's your entitlement.. Fill your boots

[superjohnmcginlay]

This census thing I've just received. I get fined if I don't do it? Are they taking the piss? It's too long, I haven't that sort of attention span.

[BWFC_Insane]

This census thing I've just received. I get fined if I don't do it? Are they taking the piss? It's too long, I haven't that sort of attention span.

Whats the fine?

[superjohnmcginlay]

Doesn't say.

[BWFC_Insane]

Doesn't say.

So they are threatening an "unspecified" fine for non-completion.

Thats nice of them. Perhaps they'll just blow up your house, seeing as the folk contracted to carry out part of the census, is an arms dealer.

[thebish]

£1000 is the fine...

I spoke with the local census organiser last week - my church is holding open days with some of our people to help frightened old ladies fill in their forms...

he reckons it will cost havering council £5000 for every form NOT returned...

you can, of course, do it online...

[BWFC_Insane]

£1000 is the fine...

I spoke with the local census organiser last week - my church is holding open days with some of our people to help frightened old ladies fill in their forms...

he reckons it will cost havering council £5000 for every form NOT returned...

you can, of course, do it online...

And you can bet when there is the inevitable screw up with some of the data "going missing" or not being treated in accordance with Data Protection Act that the parties involved won't be fined appropriately.

[Il Pirate]

Had a call from my bank. Someone is pretending to be me and using my credit card. I am, as most would be in this situation, not a happy bunny. The big question for me though, as I rarely use my card, is, where the F*** did they get the details?

[Lord Kangana]

Ever used it at an airport?

[superjohnmcginlay]

Cloning from a pin machine? Mine got done a while back my guess at a fuel shop in Manchester. Somebody was using it in Australia.

[TANGODANCER]

Had a call from my bank. Someone is pretending to be me and using my credit card. I am, as most would be in this situation, not a happy bunny. The big question for me though, as I rarely use my card, is, where the F*** did they get the details?

About four years ago I got a letter from my bank. Somebody had written to them using my details and even forged my signature almost perfectly: The letter said I was moving to London and asked for all future transactions, statements etc to be transferred to an address provided.
Very fortunately the bank double checked with me and I had to attend a meeting with the fraud people there. I was never notified what happened but very glad the bank had procedures to combat this stuff in place. My question was the same as yours: How the hell did they get my details and signature? Never found out.

[Lofthouse Lower]

ebay probably

[TANGODANCER]

ebay probably

Never bought anything off e-bay yet.

[Lofthouse Lower]

that's what got me

still, nationwide refunded me immediately, which was noice

[Bruce Rioja]

ebay probably

I thought that Paypal's meant to be as secure as you like. Is this not so?

[Bruce Rioja]

This census thing I've just received. I get fined if I don't do it? Are they taking the piss? It's too long, I haven't that sort of attention span.

Has 'Jedi Knight' make it into the religions bit?

[Lord Kangana]

In England and Wales 390,127 people (almost 0.8%) stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms, surpassing Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism, and making it the fourth largest reported religion in the countries

[TANGODANCER]

In England and Wales 390,127 people (almost 0.8%) stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms, surpassing Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism, and making it the fourth largest reported religion in the countries

Shows we've still got a sense of humour in Britain (I hope).