Month: November 2008

Following my earlier post about the state of our economy and the Government plans to drop VAT (which is a tax on goods here in the UK) from 17.5% to 15%, The DailyMash have yet another fantastic story on the news. There’s also a great story about the Police here in the UK getting tasers.. :) What a bloody fantastic… Read more →

You’re probably all aware that the economy is completely knackered at the moment so our Prime Minister and Chancellor are trying to find ways around it. Today he’s to announce a cut in VAT – the first change in a long, long time. It’s aimed at boosting consumer spending and getting the economy going again. He’s reducing the rate from… Read more →

Meet two lottery winners.They’re from Stoke (I know, it’s a shame). Skip through the video on the bottom of this page to about 1.20 and you’ll find the lady saying, “We’re not leaving Stoke, it’s lovely”. They’ve won 2.6 million quid, it’s November, it’s cold, dark and raining constantly… And you want to STAY HERE?!?!?! YOU WANT TO STAY IN… Read more →

A year ago I blogged about OneTel and how utterly crap they were. They’ve since been swalled up / taken over / rebranded (I don’t know) by TalkTalk, who are actually AOL. Unfortunately a few weeks ago, in the middle of changing my sons nappy, preparing his bath and cleaning the house up, they decided to call us up. Emily… Read more →

How much does a 55 grand Supercharged Porsche Cayenne cost in the recession? Here’s how much… Read more →

I’ve just had a play with Windows 7. It was running on a fairly old laptop which you wouldn’t normally dare install Vista on. It worked fantastically well, and it made me think… this is what Vista should have been. Put simply it’s got the stability and speed of XP with the GUI enhancements of Vista. Let’s hope that there’s… Read more →

Some months ago I broke my old car. It was a Lexus IS200 and, to make matters worse, it was the second Lexus I’d written off. I caused 14,000-worth of damage to the first IS200 I broke after twisting the chasis. Both cars are fantastic to drive and were rear-wheel driven. I loved the handling but now it’s time for… Read more →

The new series of Top Gear is back and it’s as excellent as ever. On Sunday I particularly liked the Porsche test and the feature on lorry drivers. Unfortunately some muppets have decided to make a complaint about a comment made by Clarkson. Pfff.. Is there room in this world for free speech any more? Link – Top Gear Read more →