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Energy bills which are set to go up here\u2026good old Ed Milliband announced if he gets in he will freeze them\u2026.so guess what .. up they go.I wish someone would give us a breakdown on where the money goes\u2026everyone seem to blame everyone else\u2026.and they have announced that only about 10% of people shop around to find cheaper tariffs\u2026.but it\u2019s so complicated I\u2019m not surprised.\n\nOn a similar subject\u2026I took out insurance last year to cover the underground pipes from the road to my house\u2026as they are not covered under the house insurance\u2026it was \xa339 which I thought was worthwhile\u2026especially if they have to dig my path up\u2026.I\u2019ve just had a renewal reminder\u2026\xa373\u2026..SO I rang them up and asked them why it had gone up\u2026they came up with some nonsense so I told them I didn\u2019t want to renew\u2026..\u201dOH\u2026what if we knock off \xa37 ?\u201d\u2026\u201dNo Thanks\u201d\u2026\u201dHow about \xa315 ?\u201d\u2026.\u201dNo thanks\u2026keep going\u201d\u2026.\u201dThe best we can do is \xa322 which will make the renewal \xa351 ?\u201d\u2026I agreed to this\u2026what can I say\u2026is it me or is the world going nuts?\n\nWe talked about the wonderful work on the old tapes they have found from Dr Who\u2026.wonderful modern technology\u2026\u2026BUT is it really newsworthy when hundreds of Africans are losing their lives trying to get across to Europe in boats.\nSome guy on the news has made a life size statue of Eleanor Rigby out of\u2026wait for it\u2026.the remains of a million pound in notes. He approached the Royal Mint and asked if they could give him any shredded paper money\u2026.and they happily gave him a million pounds to make his paper mache statue\u2026.you gotta admit it\u2019s original..And finally\u2026the lottery tickets have gone up to 2 quid\u2026..there are a few more prizes but the chances of winning are the same\u202633 million to one\u2026\u2026.now I played golf with a taxi driver mate of mine who was always going on about winning the lottery\u2026to which I told him he had no chance which is why I don\u2019t do it\u2026and I have saved all those pounds by NOT doing it\u2026..he only goes and wins 2 and a half million !!!It was interesting being that close to someone who had done it\u2026.it was bringing in 4000 a week in interest\u2026.don\u2019t see much of him these days\u2026can\u2019t imagine why.