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May Edition
The Inside Story
Rebecca Raves on..
Soaps 
and 
not so 
real life!

She isn’t letting it lie! She is in a right lather!

Roger Rants on..
When 
Free
Doesn't 
Add up!

Our Roger isn;t giving them any credit this month!

Also Inside
Brit's Abroad
Flat packed hell!
Brewers Fair?
Checked Out!
 
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Brits Abroad Flat packed! Brewers Fair?
Checked Out
Telling it like it is!
Calling Time On The 
Big Breweries

How comes I can go to Spain and buy a beer in the supermarket for less that 30p! Even a four pack for less than £1.20? 

This is equivalent to the £3.99 on average I spend here!

Why?

Don’t tell me it’s tax. It’s greed by the breweries who think we are dumb enough to blame the greedy chancellor for everything. 

Tax beyond the wildest imagination at 100% would mean it would equal £2.40, so don’t blame it all on number 11, look behind the greedy breweries lies!

Last month I wrote to one of the biggest of the breweries about this and low and behold they ignored the basis of my letter and wrote back saying it was mainly due to the tax that my pint cost more, plus also the UK market is smaller than the European!  What a load of rubbish that is! Spain, Italy, France are all similar size markets to our own.

The funniest point raised in their letter I have saved to last!  They actually claim that they believe the price differential here encourages healthy and sensible drinking, as id to suggest they have our health and well being at heart.

Have you ever heard such a load of old rubbish!

I reckon we should start brewing at home, that would shaft their profit margins!

Mr Neil Painter - Doncaster

TOP RANT! RATED

Roger Says.....

‘Neil my son, I couldn’t agree more about the blatant rip off by these big out of control breweries, but don’t let the chancellor off so lightly!  Our odd pint here and there is funding his fellow governments waste and throwing good money at useless causes, how much public money will be thrown at the London Olympics, ask yourself that!  As for home brew, Do me a favour, i’d rather drink nats pee, actually there probably isn’t much difference’

What do you think? Community
Random Rant - You Let Rip!

So now we can join an alternative call supplier to BT and get free calls.
Free calls? I think this is some what of a joke, you can get them as long
as the person you want to call is on the same package as you, with so many
packages and companies out there the chance of this happening is surely
becoming less and less.  They should be made to make free calls free across
all of the fixed lines, with mobiles the only exceptions!

Random Rant - You Let Rip!

Recycle
I went to my local recycle centre with a car full of stuff. All good
intentioned I emptied the car. What did I find, the newspaper and magazine
recycle skips full to bursting no room, like they hadn't been emptied for a
month, the glass one split into 6 different types I just stared confused
and the one with clothes had an air of stench around it I dared not even
venture near it. From now on the bin gets the lot. My local council should
be shot!
 
 

Random Rant - You Let Rip!

Wrinkle Cream
I went into my local department store to get advice on some anti aging
cream. There are so many on the market now I was not really sure which one
would suit my type of skin the best. I went to see the girl on the
cosmetic counter and she recommended me a type, thirty pounds a bottle. On
my way out i was asked by another cosmetics counter if I needed help.  So I
thought, why not ask for a second opinion. Low and behold i was
recommended a completely different brand for a completely different skin
type.  This week I have visited 3 department stores and have now been
recommended 11 different creams! It's become obvious to me that not one of
these girls has a clue!
 

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