bitful

1. The average life sentence under Labour is 11 years (The Independent, 27 January 2007)
2. Captchas (distorted scattered characters on patterned background that users have to type to prove they are not a machine) have become more complex. This week I was asked to identify symbols and write the matching numbers from a correspondence chart provided underneath.
3. Biscuits and cakes are considered a necessity by UK law and are zero rated. Chocolate covered biscuits however are a luxury and subject to VAT at 17.5% (BBC H2G2). Jaffa cakes sparked a court case, and MrVities won by demonstrating that Jaffa cakes when stale go hard like a cake, not soft like a biscuit.
4. A low number of credit searches damages your credit rating. Lenders see it as an indication of not being credit active and will not be interested to give credit to you. My credit report only shows one such search in the last twelve months. Should I set up a recurring reminder to apply for credit every three months just to improve my credit rating?
5. Fruit juices and sodas (even sugar free) are acidic and damage your teeth. According to my dentist, their effect can be minimised by reducing their contact with the teeth (drinking quickly or through a straw), or by combining them with alkaline foods eaten at the same time (for example, a few nuts).
6. People still write their cards' PIN in the front page of their diaries. The woman next to me on the train the other day had four handwritten figures followed by 'Nat#8217;, and underneath another four next to 'HSBC#8217;. I felt like mugging her just to teach her a lesson.
7. People still have paper diaries.

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