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HI WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT PETROL LATELY BUT MY LOCAL MURCOS GARAGE HAS INCREASED PRICES AT THE PUMPS IT WAS 113.9P ON MONDAY AND TODAY ITS 119.9P IS PETROL GOING UP AND WHY

Love your show...watch it most days here in Norway while ironing. Have had to start a blog JUST so my parents will start using their computer a bit more...desperate measures. But now, turns out both the Scottish and Norwegian Govs are reading it, both of whom are v interested in technology. Do have a read when you have a mo:

Today's item on how easy it is to use the internet was the most misleading piece of rubbish I've heard in ages. To most ordinary Herberts over the age of 50 the internet is anything but simple. I use it every day, not out of choice but out of necessity, otherwise I'll be left behind in a rapidly changing world. To say you can't break it is technically correct, but that's not to say things don't go wrong. There was no mention of how to fix a problem when the screen hangs for no reason, or when a blue screen suddenly appears with a serious malfunction message that only a computer geek can understand, or what to do when somebody hijacks your account and sends out messages to dozens of people you've never heard of. When you ring a Helpline you talk to somebody whose first language is clearly not English which leads to more communication problems. And am I the only person who feels more than a little uncomfortable giving out my credit card details when buying something over the internet to somebody I've never met or spoken to before? If Terry Wogan and Declan think it's so easy to use send them round to my house, after a few hours with me they'll soon be pulling their hair out in frustration as I've done many times before and will no doubt continue to do so.

Hey Declan...

Looks like the Chancellor decided to sabotage both ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 2's "Get Connected" campaign and Working Lunch's "Get Online" week with the Broadband Tax

I was hoping you would have mentioned this in today's programme

Is this tax on landline phone companies going to disadvantagee them against mobile phone providers?

Is the Govt making phone companies tax collectors?

Will the 50p be 50p + VAT?

TomC

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Travel insurance - annual all inclusive from my bank - or so I thought - I earlier this year I had a trip to the US snowed off, but only after checking with the insurers that it was worth travelling in the 1st place, as I knew that it might be that I couldn't even take off at Glasgow and reports were that 20+ inches of snow were forecast for New York and Washington.
And sure enough when I reached Newark the onward flight was cancelled and the link from IAD back was cancelled. No problems - I had insurance ..... but when I 'phoned to start a claim I was told that the onward flight links were not covered, only the transatlantic section.
So what real value is there in higher bank charges that include annual travel insurance, which doesn't cover basic cover for even weather cancelled travel .... and what else isn't covered.
The bank TSB the insurance company AXA

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I don't know if this blog is still "live" but I want to register the fact that I really miss Working Lunch. I am a pensioner, still hale and hearty but about to get a whole lot poorer! We need Working Lunch even more now, we have no where to turn for the varied financial information which was dispensed on a daily basis. Please ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ bring back Working Lunch

.For God's sake, close this blog-site - it's an embarassment

9. At 11:36pm on 21 Sep 2010, you wrote:
For God's sake, close this blog-site - it's an embarassment

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Declan's problem with his blog-site is simply one of lack of use. I waste a little time most days clocking-in & hoping he has new things to say.

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Wow, This is what we call these persons a internet Savvy. Nice reading his article.

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Using Internet is indeed not a choice, but a necessity, as somebody pointed above. But what is good about the Internet is that there are a lot of forums in which people come and discuss everybody's problems, coming with solutions. You just need some time and patience, and somebody to guide you.
It could be hard indeed to choose to buy something on the Internet with a card, but you could for example start a topic to ask about it and you'll find tons of answers to your problems, like here:

I know that Internet might arise some problems, but it might provide (even more) answers, too...

Hi Declan.
In your exposé of how the price of petrol gets distributed you might have pointed out that the garage owner's tiny share is ALSO subject to tax (company tax, employees' PAYE and NI contributions, and that portion of employees' pay which covers the VAT they have to pay when they spend it - plus the tax components of the costs of that place of business where they spend it - and so on, ad infinitum. The same naturally applies to the portion of the fuel price that goes to the oil company, including of course the tax that they have to pay on the fuel they use delivering the fuel in the first place. What will the State do for funds when people stop driving SUVs?
Donald Clarkson

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