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4p? Bank of Scotland charged me 30 whenever I went overdrawn. Hence me stopping Direct Debit payments.

did I say "get the charges back"?...

I distincly remember seeing "...and to make interest off her cash"

I was subject to being "overdrawn" for 1 day, and charged 30 by the TSB. So I closed my account. fuckem

Continued from the 'Rant' thread...

Banks. Shit, shit, shit. Direct Debits - they're a huge scam aren't they? Is it that difficult for a payment top come out on the day it's meant to? Evidently it is, either that or the bank (in my case, the fucking TSB) takes the money early (when you have no money), or late (when you have no money); cue charges, bounced payments etc. I'm semi-convinced that they watch your account and pick their optimum moment to screw you over - holding the money in 'limbo' to get the interest. Cunts.

Also, my girlfriend suspected she'd had her indentity theived, weird payments appeared on her statement (to chinese restaurants in Cambridge and the like), even stranger was that the amounts and dates matched payments she had really made. She contacted her bank, Barclays, and it turns out they'd just randomly doubled up on her genuine payments and allocated them to random bussinesses, again in 'limbo' making the bank interest, a "glitch in the system" apparently. Bullshit, they took the money out in order to charge her for being overdrawn, even though it was against payments she didn't make or authorise, and to make interest off her cash. Cunts.

Any similiar experiences?

you should write and get that 4p interest back then.

didn't go for the bible in the end...

nice.

There's an espisode of The X Files called Jersey Devil.

It's not very good, though.

no where near as abad as Kevin Smiths jersey girl.

when he's talking about the drums....this is all I could think of....

15% more...

gotta love those comments.

I think the internet will save us all!....

free speech and level headed debate...it's just got to work...

They are looking for investors, apparently. Until someone invests, they can't function properly.

And these guys have put a lot of their own money into the project, I wish I could help...

I hope they do find a decent partner, because from what I understand, they've done a hell of a lot off their own backs.

Graeme on the castle gate (banana plant in the window) is an excellent framer...

but....he's always busy, and probably too expensive for these needs...but he's the best in aberdeen!

I'd just been sent this...

The Police Box October '08 Ten Tracks

the quote from Vic Galloway that acompanied the press release was :

"In these days of diminishing sales within a crumbling music industry, the innovative idea is king! How do musicians earn some money, and music-lovers get a good deal? It seems like The Police Box October '08 Ten Tracks have one kind of solution. Based in Edinburgh but concentrating on quality sounds, with a strong Scottish flavour, they've set up a great scheme... and only absolute misers would complain about 10 tunes per month for 10 per year! I'm looking forward to the range and depth of styles and genres on each month's tentracks, with established names sidling up to fresh, under-the-radar acts. To kick things off, they have those masterful 'selectas' and possibly the hippest DJs in the UK, 'Optimo Espacio' curating the first batch. What a great start! It promises to deliver month after month, and I wait to see how things progress - all hail the new idea!"

- Vic Galloway, BBC Radio 1

The Music Club

jee whizz...that is bad news....

I was hoping to get a networking night some time next year there...

I think SIDCA just meant I'm like fat Elvis, but without the voice,....so I'm off to buy some gold lame' nicky tams.

another piece of important advice re care of husbands......do not get annoyed at him when he's sitting at the typewriter all day repeating "all work and no play etc"

and don't take up the offer of having a trip to a mountain hotel in the winter.

MySpaceTV Videos: Artist on Artist: Chris Cornell and Timbaland by Artist on Artist

.... this popped up as an ad on mySpace...interesting....

and then I checked his website....

Chris Cornell | OFFICIAL SITE

you can hear the "outcome"....I am not sure I like it...but it might be a grower.

Todd Trainer Can't keep time!

the guy from blues explosion is a bit ropey!

etc.

Ringo's nae really that bad is he?.....

"ho-ho" 1.

1.TMlepeep2008....

did you get out the same side of the bed as me today?

You're very funny.

To be fair, Friends is actually the perfect sitcom and anyone who can't see that is being foolish.

very true.

I chuckle every time I think if the smug one with a turkey on his head.

or the funny monkey...awww...

genius stuff.

Friends complete boxset series 1-10 in Zavvi for 50.

that's pretty damn good if they gave you 50 to take that away with you, do they have any left?

some more surprises from foreign shores, I'd forgotten I'd ordered (!)

various [productions] - "the world is gone"

Some fantastic dark dubstep mixed with some weird folk(ie) acoustic stuff, with some haunting female vocals...a real strange mix, but ace.

trace decay - "dispersion"

Mick Harris & John Everall doing some minimalist beats & drones - 10 min tracks that play the hypnotic beat loop that fluxtuates slightly...fantastic head space stuff...

In his extensive survey of The Beatles' recording sessions, Mark Lewisohn confirmed that Starr was both proficient and remarkably reliable and consistent. According to Lewisohn, there were fewer than a dozen occasions in The Beatles' eight-year recording career where session 'breakdowns' were caused by Starr making a mistake, while the vast majority of takes were stopped owing to mistakes by the other three members.

is that because "boom chick boom chick" is easy to fuck up?

"sorry lads, one too many booms in that last bar"...[take 22]...

hoh o..

and this made me chuckle : "...Danny Carey of Tool"

I forgot about a. the 6/14 time sigs that the beatles did.

or perhaps Ringo is a fantastic basketball player? and danny's been quoted out of context?

(he he...)

just kidding.

I hate all the beatles.

It's definately not the "best album ever" - it's not even the best SR album.

Was the Berlin gig as good as the time they played the Lemon Tree?

you mean when they supported Pan Am and GSYBE!....

yeah, I wonder if it was as good as that gig?....

yeah, it could all be about the new smashing pumkinzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

One thing that's also noteworthy is that eating seasonal produce is normal here - it's actually quite hard to find fruit/vegetables that hasn't been grown in this country. Bananas for example (my favourite!) are an absolute nightmare to find.

it is amazing what supermarkets have done to us over the last 20 years.

and they say it's "giving waht the consumer wants"...

well, if reducing slowly "choice" and replacing with high profit - processed / pre prepared food is "choice" or "what the consumer wants" - it's almost conspiracy theory stuff...

are they paid turn "us" into fat, lazy, carefree consumers...or are we that already? (no!)

So many people in a position of "power" have a dutey and a responsibility to provide "the people" with every opportunity to live healthy and happily - and not to give shortcuts...

but, people say they are too "busy" to prepare food...I say, sort your priorities out! - people just need to descover the joy of making food & also to "win their tastebuds back"...I can see britain turning into a fat Vs Thin society (no class war, just size war).

it's a phallusy that married people don't slurp on each others parts.

beer

hgfhgghj

and getting it for me

"said 'the sloth'".....

I'm in inverurie, and the "green grocer" is 500 yards from my house.

Have you tried the chinese supermarket? (most of the wee shops up george st have fresh stuff...don't they?) and, is there not a green grocer in the market?

I'd started to look at food miles when in the supermarkets too. I won't buy stuff that's outside the EU...if I can....

you can also sign up to the seasonal veg boxes - if you are that bothered(!)

I just got through amazon:

masada : lucifer (book of angels vol 10)

masada : live in sevilla

blistering, sweet, intense...