A bit of this and a bit of that

Image via Wikipedia So, it’s been a week since I wrote to RyanAir and FlyBe about our cancelled flights and subsequent re-routing costs, and haven’t really heard anything yet. Well, it was only a few days, so I suppose I wasn’t really expecting anything just yet; but we’re currently almost £1000 out of pocket, so [...]

Ever thought about how important insurance can be? Well, most of the time you pay into it and don’t need to claim, and it may feel like a waste of money. But recently, my wife bought a new phone, dropped it in the bathroom and that was the end of the phone. It was going [...]

It’s interesting how your perspective on health insurance changes when you have kids. I’ll be quite honest, I never sued to really think about it before. I did have a life policy, but it was just a result of a mortgage I took out, and only covered me over the life of the mortgage. Things [...]

Well, with twins on the way, we’ve decided we need a new car. We currently have an old BMW and a Jaguar, but really need a 7-seater MPV now. Space for the 3 kids and their bicycles, or visiting relatives or anything else that may be needed. We like both cars, but really need the [...]

Hmmm I just noticed that my car (the Jaguar not the BMW) isn’t taxed at the moment as the tax expired at the end of September. The problem is that I need to show my car insurance to get my new tax disc. And my insurance doesn’t get renewed till next week. Bit silly really, [...]

So, I’m back from our little holiday in the UK and Italy and back on the diet. I was expecting to have gained more weight, but I only put on 1kg and I seem to have lost that over the last few days. Getting back on the diet has proved to be more challenging though, [...]

I managed to get my letter out to the insurance finally yesterday. I’ve had this ongoing saga with a bag that British Airways lost for me in January 2006. When I finally got all the paperwork in order for the Direct Line they came back to me wanting the original receipts of everything that I [...]