Remember to cancel your credit cards before you die…

This sounds like as good advice as “don’t rent a casket when you die.” 

Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die. This is priceless, and so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today.

A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and then added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00, now is somewhere around $60.00. A family member placed a call to Citibank:

Family Member: “I am calling to tell you that she died in January.”
Citibank: “The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply.”
Family Member: “Maybe you should turn it over to collections.”
Citibank: “Since it is two months past due, it already has been.”
Family Member: “So what will they do when they find out she is dead?”
Citibank: “Either report her account to the frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!”
Family Member: “Do you think God will be mad at her?”
Citibank: “Excuse me?”
Family Member: “Did you just get what I was telling you – the part about her being dead?”
Citibank: “Sir, you’ll have to speak to my supervisor.”

Supervisor gets on the phone:

Yippeeee! My new N95 is here!

After the delay from the supposed launch date of March ’07 to actually come out in April, and waiting soo patiently for it, I am allowed to be a little over excited? 😉

So anyway, my N95 got delivered this morning and woooow!

There are many reviews of the phone and also great ‘unboxing’ videos and pics out there, so I am not going to do the same… To be honest, there wasnt much of a wow-factor with the box and packaging. I’ve seen better. (Apple iPod packaging takes over in that regards.) – The insides of the box however, have plenty to be wow-ed with! From Tv-Out cable to headphones that contain a media controller, there is much to be thankful for.

With the phone itself, I really do think that Nokia have really excelled themselves. There is this industry accepted idea that manufacturers dont really create the ‘perfect’ fone as then how would they replace it with the subsequent N96, N97 and N98’s and so on… But I think they really have tried to do so this time with the N95!

After my brief time questioning the Nokia brand with my experience with the 6280, I think I may have been won round again to my belief in the quality of Nokia. Its the little, unmentioned features that impress me.

As soon as I switched the fone on, I was greeted by a Welcome-Slideshow-type Application that went on to set up the phone, prompting me for information such as the Time Zone, Country etc. So what did it do next?

It asks me if I have an older Nokia fone and if I would like to synchronise the details…
It read my mind! 🙂 I was really thinking how I am going to move my tons of Calendar entries and contact details from this fone to the other. It could not have been done in a more painless way! Asked to switch on bluetooth, both the phones get paired up, and before you know it, everything has been copied over! Problem solved!

This is just one example however. It has always been great Nokia software that distinguishes it from the rest. Within seconds of everything loading up, the fone has detected my wireless network. Tap in the WEP Key and I am connected to the web. Simple.

Fun while shopping at Tesco’s

Proof of what can happen if a wife or girlfriend drags her husband or boyfriend along shopping. This letter was recently sent by Tesco’s Head Office to a customer in Oxford:

Dear Mrs. Murray,
While we thank you for your valued custom and use of the Tesco Loyalty Card, the Manager of our store in Banbury is considering banning you and your family from shopping with us, unless your husband stops his antics. Below is a list of offences over the past few months all verified by our surveillance cameras:

1. June 15:
Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people’s trolleys when they weren’t looking.

2. July 2:
Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7:
Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to feminine products aisle.

4. July 19:
Walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone, “Code 3” in housewares… and watched what happened.

5. August 14:
Moved a ‘CAUTION – WET FLOOR’ sign to a carpeted area.

6. September 15:
Set up a tent in the outdoor clothing department and told shoppers he’d invite them in if they would bring sausages and a Calor gas stove.

7. September 23:
When the Deputy Manager asked if she could help him, he began to cry and asked, “Why can’t you people just leave me alone?”

8. October 4:
Looked right into the security camera; used it as a mirror, picked his nose, and ate it.

9. November 10:
While appearing to be choosing kitchen knives in the Housewares aisle asked an assistant if he knew where the antidepressants were.

10. December 3:
Darted around the store suspiciously, loudly humming the “Mission Impossible” theme.

11. December 6:
In the kitchenware aisle, practised the “Madonna look” using different size funnels.

12. December 18:
Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed,yelled “PICK ME! PICK ME!”

13. December 21:
When an announcement came over the loud speaker, assumed the foetal position and screamed “NO! NO! It’s those voices again.”

And last, but not least:

14. December 23:
Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited a while; then yelled, very loudly, “There is no toilet paper in here.”

The real reason why the Democrats won so many seats…

 Thought this video deserved a post of its own instead of a link on the blogroll… 😀

Porsche Cayenne as an Ambulance?

So whats the first thing that springs to mind when you think of an Ambulance? Loud sirens and flashing blue lights? Big and cumbersome vehicle?

This is an example of an ambulance:   

and here is a Porsche Cayenne:      

Not usually something considered together in any thought you may have… but not so for the Health Ministry of Bulgaria!

The cash-strapped ministry is taking out a loan from the World Bank to buy a fleet of 32 Cayenne’s to serve as ambulances/patient transports.

Can’t help but wonder how some officials at the Ministry are probably just hoping to use all of this as an excuse to get thier hands on a high performance car for the weekends. For a while anyway… to ‘test drive’ it… 🙂

There are many alternatives that could have been chosen. Especially the Volkswagon Touareg as it is so similar. (I wasn’t surprised to discover the Cayenne and Touareg were developed together as I remember thinking how much it looked like a Cayenne when I first seen one.)

The Touareg would be a lot cheaper than the Cayyene for sure. The Ministry does however state that it was from Porsche that it received the lowest bid. Maybe Porsche will be making the real money on this from the maintanence after the sale.

I guess if you can have a Lamborghini Gallardo as a police car in Italy.. then why not a Cayenne for an Ambulance?

Well more on this story here. As well as more comments and suggestions of alternatives…

Funny guy on Treadmill

Ok its probably very harsh to be laughing at this guy… but you have to admit. Funny is funny.

So I am going to roll with it. Dont care about the racist element to it (which is evident in the youtube comments for this vid.)

P.S. Just to note, I would laugh at this vid whatever race, colour or creed this guy was… If he’s shrieking like a banshee… Why not?

Are we just getting immune to its excessive use in society?

OK you have all seen the great film of Pulp Fiction right?

(If you havent, dont say anything to embarrass yourself here and quickly run along to see it at the earliest opportunity. Then come back.)

So back to those that have, how about a quick summary of the whole film containing all the important parts of the film?

Warning: There may be an occasional use of bad language in this clip. Press play with caution!

Now back to my point. How many of you really noticed how excessively it was used, while watching the film properly?

Has it lost its impact? Or is it still as vulgar as it was when we were all kids and was scolded harshly by our parents at the first utterance of the word, after having picked it up somewhere and not knew what it meant…

Well let me know your comments anyway…

Everything changes…

Its a frightening world we live in… and its going to get scarier.
The age of Globalisation. The Information Age.

Great video that lays out all the stark facts and figures to you with some nice music too… 😛

Woohoo! Aston Martin is back in British hands!

…Or so the headlines screamed the last few days…So what does this even mean?

Well for those of you who are unaware of Aston Martin… it is the manufacturer of luxury performance cars, founded in 1913, by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford, with headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England.

So still. What does that mean?

Time for a picture I think….

This is a car by Aston Martin! (You can hover over each word to see too! 🙂 )

Hopefully we’re all on the same page now.

Right then, back to my point. Up until a few days ago, the famous English marque was actually in the ownership of the great Ford Motor Company of America.

Well after a brief liason with American Ford, it seems the beloved Aston is back home.

Cause for celebration then?

Must be why all the news media have been screaming in delight at its return. And ‘screaming’ they have:

• Brits To Take Back Aston Martin
• Aston Martin British Once More
• Aston Martin returns to British soil
• Ford sell Aston Martin back to Britain

So is the fanfare justified?

Not really, no.

Yes, Dave Richards, a brit, did lead the consortium that bought Aston from Ford, but did he do it alone? Its an all-British endeavour?

Ever the procrastinator!

Well then… Since I created this blog for when I am in procrastination mode, my first post should reflect this I think.

So for when you are also procrastinating, avoiding study, being in denial about deadlines, and such such… spend away your time with this.
 

 

Now let me tell you this. The link will open to show a white screen taking up whole window.
All you have to do is move your mouse over it and away you go!
Just have a good tune on in the background and you’ll soon find out how it helps.
No need to think much at all, click the mouse, press any keys on your keyboard, etc.
What more can a procrastinator ask for right?
However, when you do feel like doing some clicking, there is some veeery faint buttons along the bottom. Leave you to figure what they do…

Well heres the link! >>LineTo experimental by ~Volcanic-Penguin

Remember to add a comment on what you thought! Lets all procrastinate together. Make the world a safer place… 😉