Scams

It’s very sad, though not surprising, that people are trying to take extra advantage of the virus lockdown with scams etc.

I am usually careful. The scam e-mail does not get opened. There was an attempt to fraudulently use my credit card details, but my bank blocked that.

I ordered a hard disk drive at nearly £200 through Amazon, not from them but from a marketplace seller. He (or maybe she) sent me a huge box with a piece of tat in. Seeing the reviews, in the past few days, plenty of others have been victims of the same scam.

Amazon are usually very good in dealing with these problems, and it is not their fault at all, but it is annoying. Don’t believe the good reviews – they could easily be fake.

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Noisettes

The problem with the virus situation is that it gives an opportunity for the conspiracy mongers to come out and spout their rubbish. Journalists generally do not challenge the views being given, do not ask for evidence, because they know that the truth gets bad ratings. And it is even worse when the presenters themselves spout the nonsense.

Like these two: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52358920

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Worst Beatles I

A week or so ago I asked you to think of the track you would say was The Beatles’ worst.

Now, I know there are many Beatles hyperfans for whom everything they do is wonderful, and that’s fine, and we are not saying anything is bad, just not the greatest.

And we restricted ourselves to original UK releases, no live versions or bootlegs, just studio singles, EPs and LPs only.

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