Can't wait to get my next letter from the mortgage company. Do I get money back now? Are they going to give me 0.01% interest on my mortgage as if it were a savings account? Very funny.
I should really use that saving and pay some capital off and not blow it on a 50 inch TV. So tempting though...
Getting up this morning I was a bit shocked by the news snippet on Twitter that there had been a brawl between a couple of gangs outside my favourite Chinese restaurant in Bournemouth, Oriental City.
Bournemouth Echo ran a small piece on the brawl. Hopefully these are not wanabee idiot mofoes out to spoil things around here.
By night the police cordon and small tent by the entrance had gone and the car park was once full again and customers were inside.
You know, the one where long-term customers get stiffed over and new customers get all the best deals.
Our company has been with BT for years with its Internet connection and I now get to see half-price or double-bandwidth offers all over the place. A quick phone call to our Account Managers just elicits nothing, nada, zilch. Now we have Dabs (owned by BT) trying to prise a sale from BT.
I don't care who does it, just give me a better deal on what I currently have. Now.
Bournemouth Council better get its parking policies in good shape if they are not going to annoy the hell out of local workers and visitors. The newspapers seem to say that this is going to be a busy summer as people have decided to holiday in the UK due to the credit crunch.
The other week there was no parking at my office, so I normally head up Clarendon Road and usually there is a space even right at the very end before West Cliff Road. It was so busy that I had to park on West Cliff Road. I saw a sign saying even the parking on that main road was going to get restricted due to considerations for local amenities. WTF!
Just wait till the airshow. Parking will be a nightmare.
Credit Crunch is hitting the restaurant scene in Bournemouth. It was lights out this week when the Red Panda Chinese Restaurant quietly disappeared and shuts down.
The whole group/chain must be affected as their website says it is "undergoing maintenance".
That dreaded iMax building has not had a good life since the beginning. I guess everybody wants to know when it will finally go.
Gordon and Angela Fong - living in Southbourne, working hard, enjoying life, travelling the world, eating great food and drinking some nice tipple along the way.
Give us a wave.
