Monday, 29 November 2010

Breeding layabouts?

Tory maverick Howard Flight was right and wrong.

We are in danger of creating a 2 tier society, a nightmare scenario where the ruling classes become impotent and sterile. The "breeding classes" will outnumber us soon!
We encourage it.

Howard is wrong when he says the middle classes cannot afford children, I don't think anyone on over £25k thinks of the cost when they have a child its of little consequence in the big scheme of things. I think Howard does not understand quite how much benefits pay the scrounging classes for each child relatively speaking. He should try and live on average benefits.
For the middle and above classes its a lifestyle choice like moving home, a new car, foreign holidays etc. another child?
But he is right to say the system is wrong.
We should not reward non-earning people to have endless children. I say 3 is enough.

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Save the Tigers

Remember I posted about the dreadful fate of these mognificent creatures.

The biggest threat is the far east (mainly Chinese) who still use them for Medicine - BAH!!

Anyway have you noticed how much stuff we buy from China. Maybe if we stopped they would listen. Maybe too we'd encourage our own manufacturing industry as well and get us out of this mess?

Anyway a good summit was had.

http://www.tigersummit.ru/eng/index

Check out this Website.

Enjoy the snow.

Monty

PS Don't Vote Ann Widecombe its a sacrilidge!

Sunday, 21 November 2010

All non Digital Radios obsolete in 2015!!

Did you know that come 2015 all traditional radios will not work anymore. Just static and maybe some foreign stations is all you will hear.
Crazy isn't it.

The Government is switching off the old signals. No AM, no Long Wave no FM - just digital - if you've got one.

In your car - NO RADIO!! I don't know any new cars yet that have DAB radios - do you? SO when its 4 years old (still new - we've a 8 yr old car) the radio is useless. I don't know about you but I always listen to the radio in the car, rarely play CDs etc.

Its a scandal. Yes changing TV to Digital is OK as the picture etc. can be improved and more services. HD about time. But NO RADIO - I think it shouldn't be allowed.

Write to your MP.

http://www.writetothem.com/

Thursday, 18 November 2010

Irish Woes - we can help

SO Ireland is deep debt.
I understand they have over 30000 empty homes going to ruin.
WE can help - we have thousands on the housing waiting list - most on benefits - so lets send them over there to claim their Free House.
No problem our Government will pay their benefits and housing benefit for the rents.
No extra cost to us.
Gets the waiting lists down.
Gives the Irish more money, they spend their benefits locally.
Saves good houses going to waste.

QED

What do you think Dave?

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Christmas is coming

Have you noticed all the shops filling up with Xmas stuff and the Ads on TV? Of course you have.
Ordering on-line?

Check out these websites for savings

www.vouchercodes.co.uk

www.moneymagpie.com

Good shopping!

Saturday, 13 November 2010

Tax Man

Got my Tax return done for 2009/10.
Done online - great!
Unfortunately I owe him another £12.50 - wow!!
Does seem petty but hey ho - I suppose that's what its all about isn't it.
Facing possible redundancy at the moment. So then if it happens I'll join the great legions of the "scroungers" won't I. Won't be paying Income Tax any more unless I get another job. At my age and living here in East Lincolnshire - what are the chances?

I'd like to ask the Chancellor this question.

National Insurance, they take another 11% of my wages in NI, even on my Mileage claims for using my car to get around for work purposes. (the pittance that pays doesn't really cover the cost of running a motor car) but so, I ask "Insurance" most times the idea is to pay out when you make a claim. Agree? in the Case of NI I expect it to pay out when I need it like when I've lost my job so maybe it should be related to previous income? But now they see it as scrounging and don't want to pay anything. Excuse me Chancellor but I've paid my taxes and NI for the last 25years, so if I lose my job, don't I deserve to get something back?

Thursday, 4 November 2010

Damn Technology

Tried to get my DVD player to work with the new HD TV using Component Video.

No luck. Got a Scart adapter so I could get 2 into one. Worked.

Yesterday tried a Blue Ray player - connected with HDMI cable using Surround Sound DVD player for sound - as I was connecting the cable I noticed a little switch on the back that said :-
S Video / Component.
It was switched to S Video - so you've guessed it. Switched it to Component - and lo and behold the TV works on Component now from the DVD player.

Nothing in the manual about the switch!

Damn - technology.