tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4705343297978022289..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: You Live and LearnNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-16403351316594570222009-07-26T17:58:33.528+01:002009-07-26T17:58:33.528+01:00Malty and Mark -- Get thyselves to Scotland while ...Malty and Mark -- Get thyselves to Scotland while we are there, Aug. 17-27. We will stand you both a few pints. I'd love to meet you guys, who I've known virtually for so long!Susan B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-66615776278769451802009-07-25T18:50:06.078+01:002009-07-25T18:50:06.078+01:00Cheque books ? blimey, Luddites r us, recently wen...Cheque books ? blimey, Luddites r us, recently went into a shop in York with a friend who tried to pay by cheque, they rang for an ambulance to take him away. <br />Susan, Glasgow's an interesting town at the moment, the murder rate has dropped, shortage of knives, apparently. Going to the Edinburgh festival ? you may just miss the monsoon, make sure you get your swine malady jab, according to the sawbones we're dripping with it.<br />Mark, the people who have most benefited from ATMs are the good folk of Dundee, where NCR have, for many years, manufactured them.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-43061528285704800362009-07-24T18:08:33.239+01:002009-07-24T18:08:33.239+01:00I hate doing everything via automated machine. I&#...I hate doing everything via automated machine. I've been reserving hotel rooms in Scotland this way and I made two different reservations -- with my credit card data -- for one in Glasgow. Twice it came back saying my reservation didn't work. I finally booked a dif hotel, but boy am I gonna be annoyed if I get a charge on my credit card for the phantom reservations.Susan B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-35858198883101235772009-07-24T17:45:41.873+01:002009-07-24T17:45:41.873+01:00Oh well, I ordered a new one via ATM a week ago an...Oh well, I ordered a new one via ATM a week ago and I've already received not one but two new books. Clearly the bank is keen that I run up a monster overdraft as soon as possible.<br /><br />A good blog post on these outfits and their wiles is <a href="http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/2009/07/lloyds-tsb-up-to-its-old-tricks.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The figures she quotes amount, effectively, to charging interest on the debt at more than 1,250 per cent.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.com