tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post9133775978844616166..comments2023-11-05T08:46:06.975+00:00Comments on IDLE: So, Farewell ThenIdlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633477263913264410noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-14793140029945002142009-01-24T10:29:00.000+00:002009-01-24T10:29:00.000+00:00What a great post.I discovered around 18 years ago...What a great post.<BR/><BR/>I discovered around 18 years ago that the National Westminster Bank was not the trustworthy and disinterested guardian of my financial wellbeing when they ripped me off of my police pension ... thankfully only four years of contributions.<BR/><BR/>Alas, I was naive to have thought of my bank being run by dependable Captain Mainwaring types (I too was raised from childhood with my own account.)Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-39451918134814575062009-01-22T06:59:00.000+00:002009-01-22T06:59:00.000+00:00"Gordon Brown's pension should be on the line."Abs..."Gordon Brown's pension should be on the line."<BR/><BR/>Absolutely Tuscs, whatever that bastard does will be forgotten by him, when he starts getting his huge pension paid directly in to his account.<BR/><BR/>Whatever happened to accountability.Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-39963291674972098862009-01-22T00:10:00.000+00:002009-01-22T00:10:00.000+00:00An "Avuncular" male prone to dressing in a skirt ...An "Avuncular" male prone to dressing in a skirt gave an overdraft to a teenage boy?<BR/>Are you by any chance a Roman Catholic?drevetailiminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15020768683115841350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-43658557190671592632009-01-21T11:27:00.000+00:002009-01-21T11:27:00.000+00:00probity in UK local authorities improved greatly t...probity in UK local authorities improved greatly the day that Council CFOs were given personal responsibility for seeing the books balancedNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-18210728159120864322009-01-21T09:07:00.000+00:002009-01-21T09:07:00.000+00:00'Surcharge them'.Agreed. And a similar remedy sho...'Surcharge them'.<BR/><BR/>Agreed. And a similar remedy should be available against their opposite numbers in the public sector, too, as it is here in Italy. You would perhaps be surprised as to the level of probity displayed by local councillors here, now they are treated in the same way as comnpany directors and their own money is on the line.<BR/><BR/>Gordon Brown's pension should be on the line.Tuscan Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196343713837375340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-47437848797401832002009-01-20T17:21:00.000+00:002009-01-20T17:21:00.000+00:00RBS Prefs (the real ones, not the phoney ones the ...RBS Prefs (the real ones, not the phoney ones the government has just swapped for worthless equity) have just halved in value.<BR/><BR/>Shows what the market thinks of a UK government guarantee !Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-71158239611076284402009-01-20T12:48:00.000+00:002009-01-20T12:48:00.000+00:00You can't even write to your branch and get a repl...You can't even write to your branch and get a reply from them any more...let alone ring them up. Unrecognisable. My old Dad used to say "It's important to stay loyal to your bank as that will count when you need to borrow money" Ha Ha Ha Ha!lilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011676751221508167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-59797033587842326842009-01-20T10:04:00.000+00:002009-01-20T10:04:00.000+00:00We shall be in very serious trouble indeed when th...We shall be in very serious trouble indeed when the state has complete control of every penny we own. It would be some small consolation to think that political control of the banks meant greatly reduced fees (how pleasing it would be to see charges wiped off following an outraged e-mail to one's MP and a letter to the local paper) but few can doubt that rapidly escalating charges will be the norm.William Gruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434757003701117714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-23997598958766415232009-01-20T07:12:00.000+00:002009-01-20T07:12:00.000+00:00Spot on, as usual.I think a nice oak gibbet would ...Spot on, as usual.<BR/><BR/>I think a nice oak gibbet would enhance the ..er.. amenities in that beautiful garden. Pour encourager les autres, you understand..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-62103340248713737282009-01-19T20:56:00.000+00:002009-01-19T20:56:00.000+00:00doesn't your government throw money to your banks ...doesn't your government throw money to your banks when they are in trouble...sorry i know sarky comment...i'm a little bitter about the affairs over here...Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15190578784452773984noreply@blogger.com