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So we bring in our own passport, Pimlico-style, and our own currency, Totnes and Lewes-style, and say stuff 'em.

AcedOut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I billed Tiscali for loss of income, interest, > cost of calls made etc when they incorrectly > continued to bill me and then proceed to get the > debt collectors on me. To begin with, they owed > me a ?4 refund, but were rather surprised when I > sent them an invoice for close to ?1000! I even > told them that I'd change them a ?100 admin fee > for each letter I had to process from their > collections agency. They'd do a similar thing to > a customer, but they don't like it when the shoe > is on the other foot. > > If money goes missing from my bank, I'll push for > something similar. Just giving me the money back > isn't good enough. The is a price to having to > chase it up, so I fully support your view > louisiana. Good on you AcedOut! Perhaps this is what the Small Claims Court is for... For us, the long-suffering paying customers, to allocate costs where they rightfully belong.

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Starburst Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi All, > to reduce the > level of bureaucracy involved in fraud recording > and to streamline the reporting, recording and > investigation of such frauds. > > APACS statistics show that there were just over > 700,000 cases of card fraud in 2006, with the > average loss per case amounting to ?608. Unfortunately methods have advanced a long way since then...and lots more organised teams of fraudsters have cottoned on to the money to be made. And an unfortuante side effect of the new reporting regime is that now we, the general public, have absolutely no idea how much card fraud there is, as the customers defrauded don't report to an objective third party. I'm sure that the banks will do nothing much to secure their systems until losses increase much further. e.g. millions or tens of of victims rather than hundreds of thousands, and losses that make a radical statement on their bottom line. Given that at present the banks are not footing the bill for true costs of these events (e.g. my life goes down the pan for a period, not just the money I lost), I propose that each customer-victim be compensated by their bank with an admin-damage-to-life-time-wasted charge, on top of the actual monetary loss, on each occasion that this occurs. Say ?600 (that's a low daily rate for many self employed professionals). That might help focus minds.

There are several wines around 6.50-7 pound mark in Green & Blue. And you can be pretty sure they are a lot better than any supermarket wine at that price. They are clearly carefully chosen, not lowest common denominator. Take a look at the table wines there: they are worth checking out. Also many lovely wines in the 8-13 pound range if you can spend a bit more. What you won't find there is industrial plonk on fake special offers. Not worth buying, not worth drinking.

I found out today from a US organisation that I had dealings with years ago that they've had my full card details sitting in a public folder on the internet for all to view for around seven months. Me and three hundred others. Only that card had already been compromised, by another fair organisation (Fasthosts, me and several thousand others), so the card was cut up on instructions of my bank at the time. So at least two organisations were publishing my card details on the interweb at the same time this spring. Why don't they all join in and have done with it...

I hear that 120 estate agent branches are closing down a week. Or somesuch. Gives us something to smile about...

If you regard a pump (to pump water uphill until you need the energy) as a giant super-battery... Of course, you waste energy pumping water uphill, but then you waste energy many other ways too. As I said before, various people are playing with hydrogen and its carrier possibilities. I'm not that up to speed on all this but would be interested in knowing more.

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yep, by all accounts we have zero options on > storage for the kind of energies we're talking > about. That's where the 'global grid' thing makes > more sense. > > Instead of storing it, you sell it to whoever > wants it at their time in the world, and then you > buy theirs back when they don't want it because > they're asleep. > > Interestingly we still tend to think of energy > generation as a 'centralised' resource, where > small numbers of very big power stations (whether > fossil, nuclear or renewable) provide power to > all. The ideal situation would be highly > decentralised local or individual power supplies - > they're much less vulnerable and more politically > stable. Distributed generation - micro hydro, wind, photov - is in my view the way forward, but domestic storage hasn't got much beyond deep cycle 'leisure' batteries (what you put in caravans). There needs to be some more development work. I understand there's a fair amount being done on using hydrogen as a carrier... There does seem to be a national - government - obsession - with centralisation. Which ties in nicely with its wish to park as many people as possible into one-bed Barratt flats on brownfield sites in cities. If you have no autonomy in your property - if you have no roof space, no land, no legal right to decide how things are done - you are dependent on paying for centralised services, and hence on wage slavery.

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's plausible. > > The USA is spread across numerous time-zones with > programs running at different 'universal' times. > Most Euro countries don't seem to have the > obsession with appointment-to-view TV programs > that we do, and meal times would be much more > varied. > Nor do they have all our kettles.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But see, eater81 isn't complaining about the fine > - but BIG Brother society > > ... > ... > ... > > Except he/she IS complaining about the fine and > couldn't give a toss about cameras unless directly > affected, and would normally say to liberal > do-gooders "if you have nothing to hide...." etc > > Or that's my guess anyway I reckon eater81 should get on his bike. Then he wouldn't have any cameras taking pix of his registration, and he might stop moaning about Big Brother when he's really complaining about his alleged right to mow people down. I have a suspicion that eater81 is committing quite a few other offences too. Someone should put a tail on him ;-)

"Long queues at the checkout. Because you're worth it."

Major aircraft noise this morning at 6.23am, again at 6.24, and again at 6.26. Then another - higher - aircraft around 6.42, and then 6.46 (flying lower) and 6.48. In fact, they're coming thick and fast. I never knew they started so early! I wonder whether this has contributed to some of my early wake-ups recently. (We also have majorly increased water pressure, resulting in pipe screeching when neighbour gets up at 5am to fill water containers(!)

Louisa A very high proportion of retail theft is by staff themselves. Do you also propose that Somerfields should beat up its own staff too? There is absolutely no excuse for violence, if none is being proffered.

Walking across the glass floor between T5 arrivals and the lift to take you to the Underground.

Moos You're quite right, there is a mosaic effect. It should concern us all. Yes, some people do post their own details (name, phone) on here, but it's often the self-employed, who need to reveal who they are otherwise there's no trust (and this info is probably available online in any case. You should always assume that lurkers include the po-lice as well as your worst enemies and someone from the legal department of your employer, and that some people are not gainfully employed and have plenty of time on their hands to piece together the jigsaw. Open Rights Group is currently putting together a publication about maintaining your privacy etc. online. I'll post a link up here when it's available.

By train: 50 minutes By car: who can tell. See my recent post quoting taxi driver who recommended train over taxi.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > louisiana - I agree that Estate Agents could > > definitely use their cars less, however they > will > > often show customers around 3 or 4 properties > in > > one appointment, so the car does have its > place. > > I don?t know which would be worse, going to see a > house in the back of a 2 door car, that you have > to squeeze into, while the estate agent charges > around the suburbs or getting a lift there on his > handlebars. I think the EAs should band together and (a) issue each staffer with a bike and (b) have a rack of collective bikes for EA customer use (much as many organisations have other countries). Cycling around the 'hood would be a way better method of getting the feel of the local streets than zooming around in petrol wagons.

Who's Afraid (Of the Art of Noise) - Art of Noise

It sure is out of order. But I don't really get the need for these EA cars. All the trips are to extremely nearby locations. Why not cycle? It would be faster and a whole lot cheaper. Which I'd say would be a consideration right now. How about a bit of environmental awareness guys?

Margot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's true. I went for a walk in Beckenham Park and > heard planes. Then another time went down to Kent > and still heard planes, and when I went to an open > air theatre production in Hertfordshire,I could > also hear planes, although not quite as loud. > Where can you escape them? If you move to Suffolk, > you have Stanstead, down to Brighton and you have > Gatwick, off to the west country and you have > Bristol and Exeter airport. And a lot of military flights too, which are very low level and very loud.

Is Milo Road Mee-lo or My-lo? On Google Maps Milo Road has inexplicably become Mild Road

Tomorrow I shall have a go at dentists. :(

More interesting are the chillies that are flavoursome

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