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…. and now look at you eh?
But you can Reason …. you can !!!
BTW: I don’t want to be thought unnecessarily pedantic …. but you can’t “hear” things on here, you can only read them.
Having posted this news yesterday morning – I picked it up from a private anti-fraud network I belong to – look what “The Government” has released today…..
@Government Press Release wrote:
Fraudsters are trying to trick the public into handing over personal financial details in the run-up to the annual tax self-assessment deadline, the government warned on Thursday.
Bogus emails, purporting to be from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), attempt to trick people into giving out their bank details or other private information on the pretext that they will receive a fictitious tax refund.
The authorities also warned that some people had been telephoned by fraudsters posing as tax officials trying to elicit details by claiming to arrange rebate payments.
“This is the most sophisticated and prolific phishing scam that we have encountered,” said Lesley Strathie, HMRC Chief Executive.
“We only ever contact customers who are due a refund in writing by post. We never use emails, telephone calls or external companies in these circumstances.”
She urged anyone who received such an email to send it to HMRC for further investigation.
Officials warned there could be further attempts to con taxpayers after the January 31 deadline has passed when many people were waiting to hear about genuine refunds.
It warned that customers who gave their details to the fraudsters could see their bank accounts emptied and huge bills run up on their credit cards.
Just remember – you heard it first on here folks !!!
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@woohoo wrote:
I could have done that kind of research for less money, and in half the time! What did they do? Send questionnaires out to schools?
No this was all original research carried out by teams of researchers from Liverpool John Moores University – an institution well known locally for the vigour of its academic studies.
Apparently their next study will be into why girls tend to have an affinity with the colour Pink, whereas boys tend towards Blue.
The results of this detailed research will have far reaching effects, especially on the manufacturers and retailers of childrenswear.
Doubtless parents all over the country will be awaiting the report with bated breath, before going out to buy those all important children’s clothes.
To be fair to the 4 year old, he was provoked into doing it. The babysitter not only trod on his foot but to make matters worse, she failed to apologise afterwards.
Getting a shotgun out of a cupboard, loading it, and letting her have both barrels seems a wholly proportionate response to me.
God knows what the little chap would have done if she’d trodden on a more sensitive part of his anatomy.
This is reminiscent of the Wayne Bobbitt matter – he was emasculated by his then wife, who having done the deed ….. threw it away.
Nasty woman. She could at least have put it into a freezer or something. In any event it was subsequently recovered and re-attached.
Ironically, Wayne’s ”hit rate” has increased enormously as curious females want to see if “it” still works as it should. Either way, the name “Bobbitt” has passed into American folklore.
Maybe there is a lesson here for all men who want to improve their sex lives?????
When I read the thread title, I thought that GM was referring to an item of her underwear.
It now seems that I might have been mistaken.
BTW – I do apologise to you most sincerely for not mentioning that the power failure work around will also work in Microsoft Excel.
The principle is the same except that you type the text into cell B2 and then re-size it to accomodate and centre the text.
If using MS Word is too complicated then maybe the MS Excel solution will fit the bill.
I suspect that one or two members might be suggesting that ‘bon bon’ could possibly have some sort of connection with ‘RATS’.
She should be gRATeful that they care.
