Bassetts allsorts at the Castle this morn, but at least his
Maj can venture out to chase the frogs on what used to be the lawn but is now a
shallow pond.
Fitted the new keyboard to the laptop yestermorn and to be
honest it is better than the original-the letters are bigger and whiter and it
has a nice “clicky” action compared to the “soft touch” of the Compaq one.
Late again this Wednesday has stuff to do very early-5am at
a place a few miles away and even more to do later which is just as well
because after the latest vast amounts of sky water last eve the garden fettle
will have to wait yet another few days.
And the interweb thingy is still playing silly buggers.
And belive it or not but I have been trying to put this post together and publish it since 07.30 of the am.....
It seems that nine out of 10 of the country’s biggest
pension fund managers fail to warn people about the levies, which typically
wipe more than £100,000 from the value of a middle-class worker’s pension.
The report by the RSA, a think tank, found that workers were
routinely denied simple, low-cost pensions that are readily available elsewhere
in Europe. Ministers said they were prepared to intervene unless pension funds
reduced their fees and became more transparent.
The RSA report found that 21 of the 23 pension funds
surveyed failed to inform people about the charges.
David Pitt Watson, one of the biggest company pension fund
managers and the author of the report, said the scale of the hidden levies was
“extraordinary”.
Otto Thoresen, the director-general of the Association of
British Insurers, said: “We agree it is desirable that pension costs become
more transparent overall, and are keen to look at ideas which make it easier
for employees to understand their pensions.”
Which is a bit difficult if they don’t actually tell us isn’t
it....
Have been sent out with their begging bowls to lobby
cash-rich emerging nations such as Brazil and China during the Olympics to win
multi-billion-pound contracts and help the stuttering UK economy.
The Independent has obtained a list of 50 investment
projects around the world that British ministers and civil servants have been
told to win during the next month.
The wish-list includes Chinese healthcare deals, the
construction of Brazilian shipyards and Russian railways, deepwater-drilling
off the coast of Mexico and controversial oil exploration in Kazakhstan.
And this will provide jobs in Blighty-how?
A German driver was pleasantly
surprised to have a squad of German soccer fans cheering her on as she squeezed
her little red car into a particularly tight spot.
Bless....
Conservationists have observed a male whale shark sucking
fish out of a fishing net in Indonesia's Cendrawasih Bay National Marine Park.
The video has become an internet sensation, attracting
almost two million views since it was posted two weeks ago.
That’s two million and a couple now then....
A felon was arrested in Oklahoma City for possession of a
firearm after he told police he shot himself in the genitals, officials said.
Tavares Donnell Colbert, 36, shot himself in the genitals
Saturday near Interstate 35 while testing a gun he bought on the street in
Kansas to see if it functioned properly before selling it, The Oklahoman
reported.
Colbert drove himself to the hospital and police were
alerted soon after, the newspaper said. He was arrested on a complaint of
possession of a firearm when he was medically cleared.
Dick......
And finally:
Fiat has announced that the new version of the Fiat 500 will
be available with a built-in coffee machine.
Designed in cooperation with famous Italian coffee-machine
producer Lavazza and using the company's convenient "A Modo Mio" pod
system, the espresso maker integrates into the passenger compartment.
There are no power cables and a dedicated set of accessories to keep the interior neat and tidy included, such as a spoon holder, pod dispenser and sugar container.
There are no power cables and a dedicated set of accessories to keep the interior neat and tidy included, such as a spoon holder, pod dispenser and sugar container.
Caffeinated Fiat...
That’s it: I’m orf to La-La
land.
And today’s thought:
Should have gorn to Specsavers Olympics
Angus
2 comments:
See Cameron is saying the recession will go till 2020? That's interesting because 2020 crops up in the Them literature quite a bit.
It does seem to be the be all and end all of evrything doesn't it James....
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