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Saw on the news earlier that oil prices are at a new 4 year low, didnt catch the full technical's behind the drop but its to do with increasing supplies and less demand.

So is this good news for the motorist - can we expect a big drop at the pumps? Will haulage companies be able to reduce costs, meaning supermarkets will cut food costs?

Really looking forward to the savings I'm going to make when all the above happens ......

Looks wistfully out the window to see a pink flying pig

Well we can all dream can't we 

Symantec is following suit !!!

Looks like they are splitting in to 2 companies with 1 company concentrating on storage with the other on security.

According to analysts the breakup will make the company more appealing to a potential takeover.

Lower PC sales has had a knock on effect to the software industry, which has seen Symantec to dispose of 2 chief execs in 2 years!

Ok - repeat Steves question now - whos next ?

You could argue its only 5% - there are a lot of companies out there that DD interest is a lot higher, which as MRB states only penalises the ones that cant afford it.

Finally got around to removing my disc during the week and as suspected has left a horrible sticky mess behind - guess what i'm doing this weekend !

As i'm sad and have nothing better to do on my commute to work (no comments!!!) i have been looking at passing traffic - i have to say that 95% of people still are displaying a tax disc - anyone else noticed any difference ?

Think there always has to be an element of unhealthy food, children should be able to have bad food as long as they burn it off with a bit of exercise later in the evening - thats where the parent needs to push them outside for some air.

Also you have to think about what happens if a school are importing the meal against cooking it onsite - not all food products will taste as nice if kept hot for over an hour.

You beat me to posting about this 

I read the article and it seems they try and have a managers special section for the more "upmarket" items. The problem lies within their tag line of Everything £1.

Seems you cant say that and then have a product marked at £8.99 - why they dont just change it to most things £1 but then that involves the consumer having to check how much something is, surely that won't take off .......... 

Oh hang on, supermarkets have been individually marking things at different prices for a very long time!

Think the model is buy it in bulk and sell it cheap

Wouldn't it be boring without our favourite customers though ? It keeps the job interesting, at least thats what i convince myself of when i'm up against the pressures of dealing with our wonderful public !

You have got to be in a fairly bad place to use a company like Wonga or similar.

If all other avenues of credit have been exhausted and you are using them then chances are you are not the most credit worthy person, but then should that be exploited by these "pay day" companies?

You can argue if they make their charges obvious and you accept that you are paying a massive chunk of interest are they actually doing anything wrong?

No-one forces these people to borrow the money, so before we start bleating about interest rates and fake letters being sent chasing the debt, lets look at the real issue - People want nice gadgets, phones, TV's and dont really care how they get it as long as they do and then keep up with the "Jones's".

Borrowing money on any scale costs - if you can't afford the repayment, dont borrow the money. If you are borrowing check the interest rate - a simple calculation of monthly payment x number of months will give you the total paid, i think FCA rules now means you have to be told this anyway but if im wrong then the above calculation is fairly straightforward isnt it?

We can kick out at Wonga type companies all day, but we have to address the issue of people borrowing outside of their means - Wonga IMHO are just a means for people to get things they can't afford or shouldn't have.

Mine will soon be an ex cat if it carries on ...

Last week it brought me a live mouse, she let it go & the mouse took refuge under the side unit - eventually managed to shift it to allow the cat to gain access to recapture said mouse (mouse was less than impressed !) then cat let it go again, mouse taking evasive action under the sofa - sofa moved cat jumped on it  again and was promptly deposited outside with mouse in mouth!

This morning i discovered a pile of stinking cat mess in my sons room - oh just what you want to start the morning off! Fortunately Dean wasnt with me last night.

Oh the joys of pet ownership.

Thinks about taking out a local paper ad - Black & white cat - FTGH 

Does seem very creepy - would guess at either trick photography or the whole thing is a drawing, in which case its incredibly life like!

Attention to detail is incredible as always - even the hairstyles add their own story ...

Brilliant