Category: Thoughts

I’ve created my first PledgeBank pledge!

Bournemouth from above Originally uploaded by cyberelk11 We went up in the Bournemouth Eye on Saturday. It’s a tethered helium-filled balloon that reaches 500 ft above the Central Gardens in Bournemouth. I’ve been wanting to go on it since we moved here!

Newer houses and apartments all seem to have ceiling spotlights in just about every room, even the lounge.  What is it all for?  They are too bright for mood lighting, and I don’t see why they are so fashionable.  Please explain.

When the electicity bill comes, I usually phone up to give a meter reading. They use an estimated reading, but I like to keep it accurate in order to avoid any surprise charges at the end of the year. Last July I decided to jot down those readings myself in a spreadsheet, and take my…

There’s an excellent article over at Motley Fool entitled Why You Shouldn’t Buy Green Financial Products. There have been a few of these recently: credit cards that give some proportion of their profit to green causes; mortgage companies that plant a few trees if you stick with them for several years; etc. The Fool goes…