just chatting

london
i saw a white headphone rather like the kind of headphones that comes with one of the apple products, and cost quite a bit. it was dropped by someone and someone else put it on top of the pedestrian button at the crossing.

I was thinking someone can make  good money by picking these things up and selling them at ebay or something. people are very careless with headphones. i have seen many of them on the street. this area, round victoria , is full of young tourists dropping their possessions like they cost nothing.

Well, their souls want to experience loss of these things.

I am surprised to see a banner at the entrance to my fitness first gym offering membership of £24.95 monthly. (after adding the extra costs for setting up the direct debit, i should think it will be £1 more)this is the tariff i got about 3yrs ago, and it is still available now.
Added 5.1.12.Not all the branches have this offer. the other branch in victoria dont have it.
Added 11.1.12 the other branch in victoria now has a banner offering this £24.95 a month membership.

my own membership have gone up a bit due to the slight increase in VAT to £26.50 a month. still good value that is why i carry on with it.

but anyone wanting to join a gym now will do well to join at this price. it is a good bargain.

It must be the sign of the hardtimes, because usually around this time people join gyms after the christmas and new year binge and guilt and the gyms take advantage of it by charging the full amount. to reduce the price at this time suggests no one is joining.

i was thinking u can get bargains if u join at the right time, or take advantage of doing things out of synch with everyone else.

take for eg, living in the suburbs and commuting.

many must have thought it a great idea, buying somewhere out of town cheap, and travel in to work because in the old days train fares were cheap.

now of course, with so many doing the same thing, (they found out now that they have been following the herd) so many people commute, so the train companies can increase the fares as much as they want and people are trapped into paying it. it is too late now to change direction having trapped themselves in this position.

no one stop and think the train companies  will not increase the fare if fewer people travel when they raise the fare. so my suggestion to those who commute is to come and live nearer where u work, or change jobs so it is near where u live. and dont say it is impossible. it is possible to do so.

 it might disrupt the children's schooling uprooting them back to london, it might upset the wife , it might be so many inconvenient things, but hey, they can all make the sacrifice so that life is easier for you. after all you are the bread winner and you should be the one to be happy not them. but also u save so much money and time, you will be healthier and so they should be happy for you. it is time you think of yourself for a change. (but this will never happen will it>?)

that is why i say dont get caught in following the crowd. go against the flow and your life will be very much easier and cheaper.

that is why whenever i see people complain about costs rising, all i can say is serves you right. you have followed the crowd, either accidentally or deliberately,  so naturally u pay for it.

if u follow the crowd you would have bought your christmas tree at cut throat prices to see so many being thrown away now.

or bought your turkey at christmas time instead of after christmas.

I have been eating that turkey i bought after christmas, and it is very much like chicken and is quite delicious. i have freezed 4 packs of it and am taking it out one by one whenever i fancy turkey meat and cooking various recipes with it and ringing the changes . There are many ways of creating separate meals and recipes with turkey so many that u wont get fed up of it.