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Posted by Clara, around 6th December 2006:
 
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/america...

These fats not only clog the arteries, they cause cancer in the bowel as well.
Posted by WarHead, around 6th December 2006:
 
But will it do any good?
Posted by frankie_DUPE1, around 6th December 2006:
 
people can still go home and eat crap... I mean how often do you eat out?
Posted by Grim..., around 6th December 2006:
 
God forbid that people actually choose what they want to do with their lives.
Posted by Clara, around 6th December 2006:
 
People don't know about trans fats though. They don't know they're eating poison.
Posted by WarHead, around 7th December 2006:
 
They don't know they're eating poison.


That's right. Look what happened to Alexander Litvinenko.
Posted by Clara, around 7th December 2006:
 
Oh Alexandr!
*collapses into fits of sobs*
Posted by Grim..., around 7th December 2006:
 
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Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around 7th December 2006:
 
mirG
Posted by WarHead, around 7th December 2006:
 
He wasn't a spy, you know. They made that bit up. But he was in Rrrrrrusky counterintelligence.
Posted by Emma, around 8th December 2006:
 
hydrogenated fat is evil
Posted by Emma, around 8th December 2006:
 
why are you crying clara?
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around 8th December 2006:
 
because her lorry has a puncture?
Posted by Emma, around 8th December 2006:
 
Another Pigeon Street joke bites the dust....
Posted by Clara, around 8th December 2006:
 
I was just being silly Em. You know how the Russians are melodramatic /the whole spy-drama thing? ;)
Posted by Clara, around 8th December 2006:
 
I love tea
Posted by frankie_DUPE1, around 8th December 2006:
 
i think they should have added a warning that it's not necessarily so good for you if you fill it full of sugar and full fat milk..
Posted by WarHead, around 9th December 2006:
 
True. I can only drink it with skimmed and no sugar at all. In fact I shall go and make one now.

I like the idea of 'flavonoids.' Sounds like some kind of little flavour giving robots.
Posted by WarHead, around 9th December 2006:
 
Ooops, missed this opportunity earlier.

... I mean how often do you eat out?


How very, very dare you?
Posted by Emma, around 10th December 2006:
 
MMM TEA is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like all flavours of tea - black, green, white and even red (but it's not really tea) yummo
Posted by Emma, around 10th December 2006:
 
Sorry I get a bit excited about tea :(
Posted by WarHead, 11th December 2006:
 
That's perfectly understandable. I feel the same way about toast.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, 11th December 2006:
 
i'm not very good with toast -- i can boil it for hours and it never gets crispy.
Posted by Grim..., 12th December 2006:
 
Pfft, you doofus - add salt to the water.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, 12th December 2006:
 
Dough!
Posted by WarHead, around 13th December 2006:
 
Anyone see The Money Programme on the Beeb last night? 'twas excellent. In a nutshell, if you've incurred any bank penalty charges in the UK since 1999 they were illegal and you can claim them all back for the whole six years. Details here.
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around 13th December 2006:
 
Three guys in my team at work have all done this successfully with different banks. Each got around £1300 back.

It's not that the penalty charges were illegal as such though, it's that the amount isn't justifiable.

I, however, really don't want to go through six years of bank transactions. I would cry at my ill-spending. Surely if it has been deemed that what they charged their customers was illegal they should be forced to refund those customers.

I'd imagine the bank lawyers will justify the amount somehow though. They must be going fucking mental.
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around 13th December 2006:
 
It hasnt actually gone through court, they all settle before it gets that far, so if you want your money back sul, you have to actually do the work.

I'd apply but I'm pretty sure I've never been charged with a bank penalty.
Posted by WarHead, 13th December 2006:
 
The banks have tried to wriggle out of it by saying they're service charges, not penalty charges, but the banking ombudsman has said that's nonsense and will support claims against banks that use that excuse not to pay.

Some people who were refused refunds or were offered only a small percentage of all the charges they paid had filed claims at the Small Claims Courts, at which point the banks usually repay the whole amount.

The banks don't want to go to court as they know they'll lose and will have to pay all the legal costs as well as refunding the charges and loss of earnings to people who've had to attend court. It's cheaper for them to just pay up.

And yes, they MUST be going mental, and quite right too.
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, 13th December 2006:
 
"I've never been charged with a bank penalty."

You're so square, maaaaaaaan!
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, 13th December 2006:
 
Well as long as Bills < Income there isn't really a problem.
Posted by frankie_DUPE1, 13th December 2006:
 
does "Bills" include booze money, because in that case I'm screwed...
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, 13th December 2006:
 
fraid so
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 14th December 2006:
 
i'm screwed
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around 14th December 2006:
 
Perhaps you could be screwed for money, then hopefully Bills < (Income - Pimp's Share)
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around 14th December 2006:
 
Although more likely would be (Bills + Crack Habit) > (Income - Pimp)
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 14th December 2006:
 
mmmmmm... imagine a WHOLE NUN'S DRESS made out of crack

mmmmmm...
Posted by frankie_DUPE1, around 14th December 2006:
 
I'm confused, I need to drink some more of my overdraft.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 14th December 2006:
 
ALL good pubs have real overdraft on tap