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SPAM!

If anyone has ever watched Fonejacker on Channel 4 in the UK, you will understand why I find receiving junk mail so utterly hilarious!

Normally I try not to read junk mail, I filter it to just go to a different folder, where all the poor little unread emails disappear into a big black hole. Sometimes though, one claims in the title to be a reply to something I have sent, and it usually involves a lottery draw, which I have been lucky enough to win, without even entering! These ones prove to be great entertainment, and I'd love to know who writes them.

Today I read one with the subject "Your Ref. NG/ST/GBS", leading me to believe that maybe I ordered something with that reference number. But no...this was telling me that due to illegal activity that I had carried out, I was putting my inheritance money at risk. Hmmm!

Funny that I should be getting inheritance money from someone in Nigera that I never met.

I continued to read on...and then the REALLY funny bit came.

"This card centre will send you an atm
card which you will use to withdraw
your money in any atm machine in any part
of the world,but the maximum is
ten thousand,five hundred United States
dollars per day. So if you like to
receive your funds in this way please let
us know by contacting the Dhl
Courier Company"

DHL?! Aaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha!!!

It then goes on to describe how DHL will deliver my card to me for a fee of $200. Seems like a bargain to me.

So that was the most entertaining moment of my day so far, and now it's 18:50, so I doubt anything more excellent will happen than that.

Also by the way, this story may resonate with you if you have read Danny Wallace's "Yes Man", in which he says yes to everything, including such a spam email as the above. Very funny indeed!

Spending in the Credit Crunch.

Are you doing it? Yes, so am I!

I find myself these days spending more in fact. Because I want to get an education, I am unfortunate enough to be almost £20,000 in debt. Does that stop me spending money? Clearly not.

We are waking up every morning to the radio alarm (or afternoon, whatever floats your boat!), to hear the XYZ & Co have cut 150million jobs, and are relocating to outer space. We hear that profitable businesses are no longer making profit, or at least as much as they used to. It is obvious that everyone and everything is feeling the pinch.

So am I doing the right thing in saying "ah well, I might as well still live a bit"? No, probably not. I like to think I have my head screwed on, and I am quite sensible. Scarily, I will be living off my own money in 6 months time, but I know if I keep throwing away money as I am, I will not be able to afford a cardboard box, let alone a flat. But how on earth am I going to find a job in this climate? Even the great Martin Bell admitted that as a journalism student, it will be very difficult to waltz into a job, even with a good degree.

But it's tempting isn't it, when special offers are filling the shops. After going into Chester on Sunday, I realised that although everyone is a bit scared deep down of losing their jobs, they are determined to keep shopping, and will not be cutting down this Christmas.

As I write this, I heard Mr Channel 4 announcer say that up next is a "Location Location Location Credit Cruch special". See, you can't get away from it! Just as a side note here, I love Phil Spencer.

This is partly the reason we are all so worried in the first place. If the media hadn't created a moral panic, would there be a credit crunch. My personal opinion, is no. Why would we be worried about losing jobs and saving money if the newspapers weren't plastered with headlines such as "We're going to have no money this time tomorrow" (Disclaimer: I don't know if that headline is real!).

I think the outlook is bleak. We are all going to find the next year difficult. My very boring but sensible advice is think before you buy. Do you need it? No, probably not!



Apologies that most of this does not make sense, but it's just a piece about feelings!