Nov
25
2009
How many times I have seen this sort of statement. Indeed, if I had a pound for every one I’ve seen I wouldn’t need to apply as I would already be wealthy! They all look the same don’t they? “This system is so simple I taught my daughter to use it in just one hour!” [...]
Tags: earn £2000, work 2 hours a week
Nov
20
2009
I’ve repeated this almost exactly as it was sent to me. If you can show you are the original author I’ll happily give you credit here. “Teaching maths in 1970 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? Teaching Maths In [...]
Tags: Humour, teaching maths
Nov
19
2009
You’ve heard the quote “money is the root of all evil”? Actually, it’s a misquote but that’s another tale. It appears that NICE have rejected the use of Nexavar, on cost grounds, for patients suffering from liver cancer. It’s already been rejected by Scotland (NICE only covers England and Wales). This type of problem is [...]
Tags: money, nexavar, NICE, poverty, root of all evil, starvation
Nov
18
2009
I’ve been studying my pension plans of late and become quite clued up but the more I find out the more I realise it’s the ideal way to get ripped off again. For example, most people would expect to buy an annuity with their pension pot but there is a wide range of returns quoted [...]
Tags: annuity, income drawdown, pension, pension woes, ripped off
Nov
09
2009
Apparently, it has been suggested that men should take a look at their beer consumption, considering the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. The theory is that drinking beer makes men turn into women. To test the finding, 100 men were fed 6 pints of beer each. [...]
Tags: beer turns men into women