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So i finally sold my car
I have had my Renault Clio for eight years and it has served me well. It was a 2003 model 1.2 engine and it ran. The handling was really good and i like the speed it could go.
I waved bye bye to her last weekend. Well hopefully that will keep my costs down two cars for a single guy living on my own. Probably sensible to let her go in the end.
Selling my car
I have recently put my Renault Clio up for sale and i feel it’s in pretty good condition. I am not sure why everyone is so picky these days with a little dent on the back or a scratch you can hardly see. My first car i had for driving was a banger! It was only worth £100. I am selling my 10 year old Clio for £1500 which is below the value of the car and i think its a reasonable price to ask for. But people have to negotiate and offering me only £900. That’s below the low end as webuyanycar.com offer low end prices and they r offering more than that!
Another silly thing people do is phone me up from a blocked number leave a message saying they are interested in the car and only giving their name! How am suppose to phone these silly people back if they don’t give a number! All in all with the way things are going i might just end up selling too webuyanycar!
Isn’t Detroit’s case, don’t put all your eggs into one basket?
This weekends Financial Times gave an analysis on the plight and bankruptcy of Detroit in an article titled Descent into despair. I would of gave a link pointing to the website page version, but the hassle of signing up to the website bothered me!
But in responce to what was written, which when you break it down to the basics wasn’t that much. Poor city planning was one of the reasons they gave. Corruption and the way of life it is today. But they didn’t pick up on, what my title says… too many eggs in one basket.
You can’t have a whole city dependant on one industry alone, it’s failier to diversify lead it to the path to which it became. Even in the 80s some scifi writers predicted things were going in the wrong direction. Why else was RoboCop set in Detriot?
Detriot needs to look for new contracts and industries that can help re-establish itself. For instance they want to bulldoze 139 square miles and start again, I am sure they can save money if they can recycle some of those buildings. Or even the recycling industry could move into the Detroit area. Low land value can make that one alternative, but do you really want to turn a dieing city into a US dumping ground?
They really want to stay away from large scale projects and start with all the basic comdeties and business types and build up from there. A diverse city is a successful city.
Galaxy Empire on Google Play.
I downloaded the game to give it a try, played a bit and realised I have played a game almost exactly like this on the PC. None other than Empire Universe II.I am wondering how many elements seem to be copied, but Galaxy Empire is more of a dumbed down version with slicker graphics. Still I feel there might be some sort of copyright violation!
I was asking myself how the gameplay goes, but after the tutorial, building the few buildings, building a few ships, exploring a little bit of the galaxy then realising how dull this game really is.
You can’t conquer other planets, they purge guests and user accounts after a very short period. There is a chat room with rules that say you can’t discuss politics, religion and a couple of other things, which also makes that dull.
To be frank, no matter how slick you can make a game look, unless you get the gameplay right, which to me is wrong on a multiple number of levels you haven’t got a good game. To date, Galaxy Empire has to be the most boring game I have ever played.
1 out 5 stars.
10 pence for a shopping bag in my local WH Smiths
I only brought one magazine but the woman in the store had a fair cheek to try and charge me 10 pence for a shopping bag. I found it disgusting and suprised to find the group is actually making a profit.
If they are making a profit as a group, maybe my local store is making a loss! Who knows, only their books would tell me that. But I sent an email to the customer services hoping for a responce.
sportskeeda.com – Cristiano Ronaldo refuses to swap shirt with Israel players
I am normally a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo for his footballing skills, but I didn’t know how he felt about Israel until I saw this on facebook.
http://www.sportskeeda.com/2013/03/25/cristiano-ronaldo-refuses-to-swap-shirt-with-israel-players/
YouTube app comes to PS3
Previously PS3 users had to use Youtube through the playstation internet browser. Now for those people that love to watch movies on Youtube they get a better app, with pairing abilities.
The refresh rate, and the rate at which you can download and watch top quality movies is impressive. However the major draw-back has to be the loss of the index system. Via your computer or laptop it’s harder to browser through collections, you might be after something, but you might not be sure of what you want.
For just simple browsing the youtube digital library seems to have taken two steps backwards. But at least they are going forward by intruducing the app to the PS3.
I for one feel there is much, much room for improvement, lets just hope they can fix the issues which I have stated.
As the snow drifts down…
I am left wondering when will winter stop! I thought I saw a glimps of spring last week with the dafs and the tulips rising up through the ground. Yet my hopes of the winter gone, have been dashed.
My heating is yet still on, I need to keep warm and the price of the bill has gone up!
Yet I always beleive that a harder winter leaves from a stronger summer, although later, I am sure December 2013 is going to be a warm one. I bet people will be wearing t-shirts and shorts.
As for me, I guess it’s time to curl up with my book or play out some time on the playstation, because when it’s snowing, I really don’t wish to go anywhere.
PS4 Lunch
Have been watching the PS4 launch and it feels more about the games rather than the machine. Although the graphics engine does sound impressive and you can take games on the move with different devices such as the PS Vita. There does seem to be a lack of the console.
A few games stand out and one stood out to me which I liked the look of which was Watch Dogs. The game interface looked a lot like that used on Assassin’s Creed and the game setting seemed a lot like the show Person of Interest.
Many of the other games looked impressive, but there didn’t seem much of a fresh feel. Everything felt more about connectivity and making money. Overall I was unimpressed.
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