Though winter may be setting-in but here’s something to brighten your weekend: A London bus doubled up as a Maternity delivery room last week after a baby was born on a No. 394 in Hackeney, London. The baby has been given the middle name Dennis, after the vehicle’s manufacturer. (Dennis Specialist Vehicles, originally known as [...]
Safety At Cashpoints (ATMs)
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Have you ever felt somehow uncomfortable when using an ATM because someone is standing rather too close? If so, you are not alone and the feeling is not abnormal; it is human especially now that we have lesser daylight. There is a growing trend of something called “shoulder surfing” where opportunistic criminals attempt to obtain [...]
Beware of Bogus Tax Refund Notifications
October 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I received the email below this morning and from the first glance, though enticing, it didn’t seem right to me because the Inland revenue don’t usually contact me in this way. After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 1527.29 GBP. [...]
US Treasury Secretary
October 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I hope you’ve been having a nice. Here is a little something to start your weekend with: The US Treasury Secretary was out jogging one morning in Central Park, New York when all of a sudden a man with a ski mask jumped out from behind some bushes with a gun. The masked man said, “Give [...]
The Golden Rule
October 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Golden Rule is often quoted nowadays as being “He who has the gold makes the rules.” This is true in the relationships of Lenders to borrowers but it was not the golden rule i was taught growing up. The original Golden rule says “Do unto others as you want others to do unto you.” An [...]
What’s So GREAT About Britain?
October 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Just last week a church in London, Immanuel Christian Centre – led by Pastor Dunni Odetoyinbo, was ordered by Waltham Forest Council to keep its amplified music and sermon quieter. A neighbour to the purpose-built church apparently complained to the council about the church playing “depressing” music even though other neighbours said the music or sermons [...]
Funny Friday – Sleeping on the ‘job’
October 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Someone asked me why i offer so many funny stories about hapless thieves and robbers who got caught. Well i enjoy doing it. Apart from that, I know that you must have money before you can manage it. To have money you must have received it as a gift, an inheritance or earnings from your [...]
How to Break Habits that Lead to Debt
October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A habit, good or bad, is a recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behaviour that is acquired through repetition. Some of our financial habits lead us into debt. The best way to avoid debt is to stay away from the habits that lead to it. If you can identify those habits, you can begin to tackle [...]
Funny Friday – A Bridge Too Far
October 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Many people are worried about the Credit Crunch these days, but when it comes to love (or should i say infatuation) many love-struck men would do foolish things just to get noticed by their ’target’ ladies. In China, one obsessed commuter has been banned from a bridge toll-gate after crossing it 50 times in one day [...]
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