Hi all,

I have just put a vehicle up for sale, please see details below:

S reg, 1999 (White)
Excellent runner.
MOT & tax
Full tank of diesel
Clean and tidy
Central Locking
65,000 miles,
£2,200.00 or near offer

If you are interested or would like further information, please email me or send me PM.

Is anyone else a "Bodies" fan? This is one of my favourite medical dramas. Definitely not for anyone squeamish!

My friend sent me three links regarding predatory lending and Wells Fargo.

My friend did that because of my current situation where Wells Fargo suddenly tacked on an additional $16,000 to my morgage payoff to them, before they will let me own my home.

(this is after over a month of trying to get a payoff figure.)

My principle owed is about $87,000.
I owe about $14,000 in interest and fees.
The total, about 6 weeks ago was under $101,000.

And now, suddenly, when I have the money from the sale of a different property and want to pay it off, there's this new $16,000 owing, bringing the grand total to over $116,000.

Here are the links. (I'm not done reading the first link... but boy, does this information ever bowl you over if you want a trustworthy financial institution.)

The information also says that Wells Fargo is expanding in the world market...
hence, I'm posting this here. :mrg: :choice:

http://www.innercitypress.org/wells.html (Known as the Well Fargo Watch)

http://www.bigclassaction.com/class_acti...fargo.html

http://www.complaints.com/november2001/c...er21.1.htm

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Columbus's ship Santa Maria met her fate at the hands of pirates.

By what name do we commonly refer to the islands officially known as Archipelago de Colon - or the Columbus Archipelago?

ChildrenÂ’s Corner

I have been looking at some of the books available today for children and even preteens and there are so many good new authors. With Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events, Harry Potter, Philip Pullman and of course Jacqueline Wilson’s series, there’s so much available. I think the greats from the 70’s and 80’s are sometimes forgotten. These are the books I grew up with – books like Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and Judy Blume who tackles every aspect of growing up, that all children including ourselves faced. So this time I am going to give a few recommendations which I have personally reread myself!


Starting with author Judy Blume who wrote her first books in 1970 with the Fudge series for the younger readers, to her first bestseller “Are you there God? It’s me Margaret”. This books deals the growing pains and changes of young girls, from buying their first bra to dealing with friendships and jealousy and having your first kiss. Never before had an author related so well to young girls and their problems. I remember Judy Blume as having a good understanding, that the characters seemed to be so much like me and went through the same things as I did. She shows what friendships are like at that age, and the awkwardness, the friendships and changes which are happening.

For boys there is the book “Then Again, Maybe I Won't” a real coming-of-age story, the trials and tribulations of adolescence; this books does include things like wet dreams, looking at girls in a new light, to dealing with a friend who shoplifts. This difficult subject she tackles with ease and the understanding of a 12/13 year old boy. I listened on the radio to an interview with the author and it was amazing to hear all the phone in calls from both male and female callers; all around the 30-40 age mark who all praised the author and thanked her for her great books and the understanding she had of what they went through – the questions, the highs and lows! Here is a list of all the books she has written – you can always have a look on the Amazon website and see the subject that each book deals with.

For the older reader of around 15/16 there is “Forever” which deals with ones first love and also a first sexual encounter! The pressures and feelings which a teenage girl would relate to – which are all so realistic. I cannot find a bad write-up on Judy Blume on any website!

Preteen and early teens (the ages recommended differ from book to book)
- Iggie's House (the first Black family moves into the street)
- Blubber (preteen teasing)
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (changing and becoming a woman)
- Then Again, Maybe I Won't (being friends and changing friendships)
- It's Not the End of the World (explores divorce)
- Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself (moving home to a new area and friendships)
- Deenie (having scoliosis, being different)
- Just As Long As We're Together (entering into high school, and all the usual teen problems)
- Here's to You, Rachel Robinson (continuation of the book above from one of the different characters in the book above)

The older teenager
- Tiger Eyes (death of a parent, facing loss and going through the emotions)
- Forever (first real love)


Fiction

"The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger

Henry and Claire's story, they have known one another since Claire was 6 and Henry was 36, they were then married when Claire was 20 and Henry was 28. This is all made possible because Henry is the only person to be diagnosed with chrono-displacement-disorder which allows him to travel in time ! This is quite an original ideal and it is not the normal time travel book, but rather one which threads through it's pages a real love story. It is very difficult to get into the first third of the book, but then things start to make sense and it is becomes ‘oh so worth it’. An excellent read ! Highly recommended.

"Going Postal (Discworld S.)" byTerry Pratchett

Synopsis (from Amazon!)
Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's alling postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. But he's got to see that the mail gets though, come rain, hall, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too. Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way. Or perhaps there's a shot at redemption in the mad world of the mail, waiting for a man who's prepared to push the envelope...

This was read by my other half on my behalf and seeing as he is a Terry Pratchett fanand we own nearly all the books, I thought I would get his take on this book. He says this is not Terry Pratchett at his best, but nevertheless the book is entertaining. Pratchett seems to be stalling on ideas, ingenuity and originality - if you compare this book to Guards! Guards!, Lords and Ladies and Interesting Times they are so much better.

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'n Vriend vertel van dié se vriend se pa wat glad niks van die Evangelie wil weet nie. Hy word ernstig siek en op sy sterfbed (nog steeds met dieselfde gesindheid), probeer die vriend toe nog vir oulaas om die belangrike saak aan te roer.
Hy sê toe dat Pa binnekort by 'n plek gaan aankom waar daar baie, baie lig is en mense ..... En hy moet tog asseblief nie met hulle stry of terugpraat nie en net doen wat hulle vir hom sê.

Nouja, of dit toe nou gewerk het, sal ons wel eendag moet sien wanneer ons by die Lig aankom. Miskien het meer van ons hierdie benadering nodig.

:engel:

Met ons werk in skole in België het die vraag ontstaan of God 'n iets of 'n iemand is.

Wel, sê 'n Biologie-onderwyser, 'n iets het 'n hartklop, leef, het bloedtoevoer, senuwees, spierbeweging, ens. 'n Iemand kan dink, redeneer en besluite maak. Dus ons is nie ietse nie, maar wel iemande. 'n Iets kan nie 'n iemand maak nie. Dit kos 'n iemand om 'n iemand te maak. Dus, dit kos 'n baie groter iemand om ons klomp iemande te maak.