I was looking at the exchange rates today between the Pound and the Euro and as of the day I looked £1 was 1.17 in Euros. 

Not looking good, especially if you holiday over in any EU country.

I have had a few calls over the past few months where the person phoning clearly needs to go bankrupt, and they know it as well.

Most of those calls are people really just looking to me for confirmation or validation that their decision is the correct one.

I read something I found sort of funny the other day that has been going on in America, and probably here as well.  It was to do with people no longer able to afford their cars; this is either to the rising costs of petrol, upkeep, or the payments.

So what do they do: they burn, bury, drown or leave the car somewhere unsafe and report it as stolen.

I read a story the other day that a ‘think tank’ group warned about the increase of people needing to borrow money from loan sharks; this is due to the credit crunch and many banks and doorstep lenders not making new loans or rejecting more than usual.

The group felt that as people who need to borrow money cannot obtain the funds through legitimate sources, they will turn to other outlets, such as loan sharks.

Makes sense and necessity being the mother of invention, people will find what it is they are looking for, one way or another.

I read some funny stuff and some wacky stuff, and this seemed to fit both bills; it also had a moment of truth in it as well.

A local police force has asked the public’s help in reporting people who seem to be showing excessive ‘bling’ during these troubled economic times.

Now we all know what bling is; or do we not?