Most people have returned a library book or two late but this lateness below is in another league: A book borrowed by the First American President, George Washington, has been returned – 221 years late!! The Law of Nations was taken from New York Social Library on October 5, 1789. Executors of Washington’s Virginia estate [...]
UK Shoppers Are ‘Paying More For Less Food’
May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Most of know about inflation and credit crunch but have you heard about shrinking products? Shopper are being short-changed by manufacturers who are shrinking the size of their products while keeping prices the same, a survey has found. Offenders include McVitie’s for its strawberry mini croissants – now sold in £1 boxes of six instead [...]
Supermarket Deals May Not Really Be Good Deals
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This past weekend my wife and i were at our local supermarket (name withheld to give the guilty a chance to repent) . As we were going through the list of things to buy, we got to the soft-drinks’ aisle were i got the shock of my life. On display were two items side-by-side but [...]
Clydesdale & Yorkshire Banks Launch 0% Credit Cards
May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
After the information i gave yesterday about the Virgin Atlantic Credit Card, i was checking around for some low APR credit cards that i can recommend in its place when i came across this: Clysdale and Yorkshire banks seem to have kickstarted a new high street credit card war with the launch of a zero [...]
Virgin Atlantic Ramps Up Credit Card Interest Rate To 27.9%!!
May 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
Election, Hung Parliament, Political Coalition, New Prime Minister etc; all these happening in one week can make you lose track fo other things happening around you. That is exactly what the Virgin Atlantic American Express Credit Card people were counting on. They thought this will be a good time to bury bad news. I got [...]
Keep Your Dreams Alive
May 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I got this email today from a friend which sums up what people need o be doing these days especially whe the politicians clearly don’t have the answer to your situations. Nonso wrote: When God gives you a dream He places within you and within each of us all the resources needed to fulfill it. [...]
What Will The UK ‘Hung Parliament’ Mean To You?
May 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The British electorate went to the polls yesterday hoping to elect a new set of MPs to govern the United Kingdon. As of this morning, we seem to be heading for a Hung Parliament. A hung parliament is one in which no party has an overall majority, which means no party has more than half [...]
Are You Progressing Financially?
May 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As we edge closer to the half-way point of this year, i suppose we should be mindful of check once in a while if we have actually made any financial progress since the year began. Courtesy of Credit Action, below are the UK Debt Statistics for1st of May, 2010 which can be a good indicator [...]
Order My Steps By Yemi Amos
May 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Any time i witness someone’s dreams come true, i go into an celebratory mode. After all, we are supposed to “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn” – Romans 12:15 This afternoon, my wife and i attended the Launching of a 10-track album of our friend- Yemi Amos. I have known her [...]
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