50 years of the Audio Cassette

Yes it is 50 years since the first audio cassette appeared.

Do you remember them? What did you do with yours?

Buying music on cassettes - never was as good as records then CD's killed them both.

Recording from the radio/copying your mates Cassettes/LP's - yes that was great.

You didn't really mind the wow, hiss and flutter. After all the players were that tinny anyway.

I got a Chrome/Metal tape deck for my Hi-Fi, just meant I could hear the wow, hiss and flutter better.

Then do you remember un-jamming the cassette recorder.
Using a pencil or biro to rewind the tape? Hopefully it still played. I even resorted to cutting out the ruined bit and slicing them up with a razor blade and sellotape - it worked after a fashion.

C90's were best - C120's seemed to be the worst offenders at jamming - I suppose they were thinner.

Then there were the games - loading you Jet Set Willy game on the Spectrum  20mins of screeching and the  "load error"!! Arrrrggh! Start again. 

Ah those were the days (I don't think so).

Higher Energy bills but we save?

So now the Government are trying to convince us that by puttin £100 a year on our bills will save us money?

Are they MAD, who are they fooling?

Energy bills will not go down whatever.

What they should do is whatever they can to help people use LESS, power and energy.

It can be done, we have much more efficient appliances. If we switched to LED bulbs we'd save a lot. Some people don't actually know that if they shut the windows and doors it saves energy. If they are cold they turn the heating up. YES they are crazy, ignorant but crazy.

If we all had solar panels on our houses at least during the day consumption would plummet, then why not a win turbine on every house?

Companies should be made to cut energy by tax incentives.

It can all be done.

We really don't want the lights to start going out in a couple of year, or do we?

Frosty tonight

Will we see some snow tonight?

First of the winter.

Have got the Christmas decorations up - looks very festive.

More Fuel poverty - TAX Benefits

Surprise - more people in Fuel Poverty.

Lets face it. most people have to heat n light their homes? Even if you economise the bills are horrendous.

Don't forget this Government GIVES millions back to the richest -

cutting tax from 50p to 45p for those on over £100000. Just think, for someone on £200000 that's saved them £5000 a year.

Now I could pay my fuel bills for nearly 5 years on that. Is this FAIR?

Don't forget also we all pay 5% VAT on GAS/Electric (and wood etc.) not to mention the GREEN levy on top of that.

For those on fixed lowest incomes I ask IS THIS FAIR? If you#'re in arrears or on a Pay-as-you-go meter you can't swap and the Tarriff is the highest.

I say the fairest thing is to put 1p on income tax.

As for those on benefits - fairest thing there is to TAX them! So if you get £30k in benefits you pay tax. INCOME is INCOME even if they are Benefits?

More energy Woe

So more folk are struggling with their energy bills? Surprise!

So any way this Government gives back 5p in the pound tax to those on £100k plus and now wants £3 a week from everyone to fund the ghastly Wind Turbines? (as I've said before - what do we do when the wind doesn't blow?). If you're on say £200k he's given you back £5000. That would pay my GAS and Electric for 5 years (at todays prices). Yet in that $1000 is £50 tax. Surely he can get his £3 a week from the rich not the poorest? As I always say in this economic fiasco the fairest way to raise money would be 1p on income tax across the board.

Mr C (Cameron) thinks the EU is in a parallel universe but what about him?

If you're on a fixed income (pensioner) and trying to heat your home doesn't he realise that there is 5% VAT on energy, not to mention the GREEN levy. So when the Energy companies hike their prices the Government gets an even bigger share. Surely this TAX on the poorest is unfair? If you're in arrears you can's switch, and if you're on a pre payment meter (usually the poorest folk), you pay the highest prices.

You don't need money to be Happy?

Actually Money can't buy you happiness.

It seems the older folk are happiest and don't want money. I can see that but I guess they've got what they need and have enough money to live comfortably. That's a bit different to saying you don't "need" money.

I guess living away from the hustle and bustle also is a help as its not so frantic but you also lose out on all the  things that most folk want. Shops, transport etc. everything comes at a price - literally. thank god for on-line shopping.

My philosophy is that too many people "want" things at any price - they should learn to get their priorities right.

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