Junk Mail

So were all supposed to recycle paper for the good of the planet, so I suppose I should be grateful that I get so much junk mail enabling me to put a bag full of paper outside for collection every week, which must impress any environmentalist that's passing.
Of course if they didn't shove so much crap through my letterbox every week I would hardly need to recycle, when is someone going to start sueing these people?

The Picture is just one weeks junk mail.

Depressed (not yet)

I should be really depressed today, but at the moment I'm OK... might hit me later?
To explain I play Fantasy footie with one of the newspapers and I've just missed out on a £1000 prize by one point, the second prize is only £50.
Annoyed because it turns out I was 6 minutes from winning when the idiot Croatian full back (Corluka) picked up a booking yesterday and cost me 2 points.
Suppose it hasn't really sunk in because up till yesterday it looked unlikely I would get anywhere near the top prize but after 3 inspired player picks (and one bad one) I nearly made it.
Anyway I've been playing music and updating my other blog since finding out, and music makes me forget most things.

In the last 20 years I've had many real reasons to be depressed such as death of loved ones, poverty, eviction, work stress, illness, injuries etc and I always find that music keeps things on track.
The wife knows what I'm like and leaves me to it, as talking to her when I'm stressed and depressed usually leads to an argument.
I tend to inflict my troubles on complete strangers who are detached from the reality of the situation, it works for me although I've probably left many people thinking I'm nuts.

So I've written this and realised there's nothing to get depressed about because life hasn't changed at all, in fact I'm £50 richer than I was yesterday :)
If I had got the grand the wife would have insisted on a new washing machine and me finally getting round to sorting out the bathroom, so it's saved me the effort :)

Justice?

It's a crazy world?
The local paper this week reported two crimes this week that show what's important in the British Justice system these days.

Firstly it was the tale of a road rage incident where a guy threatened a van driver with an illegal taser gun, and told his victim if he rang the police he'd come and sort him out. Mr Taser had a previous record with several convictions for robbery.
The second incident involved a bloke going into Ann Summers and walking out with five pink rabbit shaped vibrators without paying, value £250.
So which one got 3 months in jail, and which one got a suspended sentence?

Yeah you guessed it, Mr Bunny Dildo lover goes to jail while Mr Armed and Dangerous gets to threaten and rob more people.

Seems to be the norm recently, knife weilding thugs and gangs who terrorise old people get a slap on the wrist, but if anyone thieves from big business it's an instant jail term.
So as with everything else these days money and profit is all that matters, people don't.

Only healthy people allowed in Hospital

So a latest rumour is that if you smoke or are overweight you might not be treated by the NHS, Well I smoke and I'm overweight so I'm completly fucked.

I pay income tax, national insurance plus more taxes on every ounce of food I buy and every packet of ciggies I buy, I'm probably overweight because I drive a car instead of walking and pay fuel duty, Road tax, Car insurance and MOT costs which must include tax for that privelege.
I pay tax to live in my house, I pay tax on any electric, gas and water I use.
If I manage to save any money after all these taxes I am taxed on the interest.

So if I die due to not getting treatment for an illness, you bastards ain't going to get anymore taxes are you.
Do the maths, it's better to keep me alive isn't it.

Oh and where can I claim my refund for the health services I've paid for all my working life, that you intend to deny me now?

January Sales

I thought there were laws against companies offering "sale" goods, that weren't actually cheaper than the pre-sale price?
Obviously doesn't apply anymore or the agency that regulates this is too damn busy to keep track of all the offenders.

I finally made my way into town today for the first time since Christmas and am confronted everywhere buy "half price" "60% Off" etc sale offers.
Now I can't say I have a complete list of every price offered pre Christmas, but do have a good memory for the prices of the things I bought people for Christmas as the rip-off prices are imprinted on my brain.
So I have a look today at (for example) a scarf and glove set I bought the wife which was only a fiver before Christmas, now it's 50% Off bargain and it costs ... £6!!
I thought my maths were ok but I'd figured 50% of £5 to be £2.50 obviously I was wrong.
A whole list of other stuff I'd bought was now on sale but exactly the same price it was before the sale.

I know that by sticking these signs on things cons thousands of people into buying them, as it appeals to our mentality but surely there must be others out there with enough common sense to see the con? or am I the only one that looks beyond the offer at the actual price tag before purchasing?

TV For The Deaf

British TV seems to assume that deaf people only watch television after midnight, when they put their "sign zone" on, most of the major channels BBC, ITV, C4 and a few cable ones do it.
I don't want to sound like I'm having a go at the deaf, but why in this digital age can't I turn off the big lump in a loud shirt doing the hand jive right in front of the section of screen I'm trying to watch?
Those that use "signing" are forced to stay up late at night to watch a limited selection of programmes, where surely as with subtitles you could have an on/off choice at any time of day?
Had to laugh when I noticed one of the MTV stations were doing it as well, the poor woman signing seemed to be having trouble with the rap lyrics they had her interpreting.