Every little helps.

[Stan Carter]

louis, i re read the thread you sent in, at least you had the good fortune to get a cheque for 50p. most scams on the go these days inform you that a prize is yours if you send in a set amount to cover admin charges. now that would really piss a person off when nothing comes of it except a depleted bank account.

regards, stan

[Keith at Tregenna]

Hi Shipmates, I was a daily Mail reader for many years untill my wife won the "lucky casino bingo" £37.000 prize , with 37,000 others did get payed out, with a check for 50p and a letter with a cartoon on cardboard, Never bought the paper again... My luck is still the same today ? win but no payout, like my merchant navy pension payed in but no payout....Bah Humbug....

What a rip off, £37,000 prize, 37,000 got 50p, who got the other eighteen and a half grand ? K.

[j.sabourn]

I used to be able to do their quick crossword in about 4 times the stipulated time. John Sabourn

[happy daze john in oz]

Living in UK many years ago it was my paper of choice. Now read it on the net to get all the news about the crap on top of crap served with crap and more crap in UK. Most widely read Net paper.

[Jim Brady]

Many well read people laugh at you if they know that you read the Mail.It is said the only thing that you can believe is the day and the date.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Ivan Cloherty]

Many well read people laugh at you if they know that you read the Mail.It is said the only thing that you can believe is the day and the date.
Regards.
Jim.B.

Jim see #6 it served me well, also served a lot of other seamen well as I received numerous phone calls from all over the UK thanking me for the letters published and even one British Legion who said they would now ensure that the Red Ensign was flown at their branch on each September 3rd. So if they want to laugh at me they can, thousands died to give them that right. No other paper published my letters.

[Captain Kong]

It does expose some of the `follys` of the pollys.
Brian

[Jim Brady]

Just had a quick look at it.Story about fights in Tesco over cut price veg "Shocking" said local MP she did'nt witness the fights she was told by one of her constituents.
Tesco have had to hire extra security,staff have been attacked,customers robbing from each others baskets.As always it never gives anybody's name.tomorrow there may be a story that Tesco deny this happening.This time of the year they normallly carry stories that Town councils have cancelled christmas and it is always "a spokesperson said" never a name,the next day a person from the council comes on gives a name and the story is disproved.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Ivan Cloherty]

Jim see #6 No other paper published my letters.

Should have said 'No other National Paper' as the local Press have been very very supportive

[Jim Brady]

Ivan,the Mail and the Mail On Sunday were always my prefered paper,I could never do those cryptic clue crosswords I prefer quiz words so I find the Mirror good for this and for the horse racing and sport.We have a phone in here on Radio Merseyside if somebody comes on with some far fetched story they are always asked "Did you read that in the Mail" funny enough the answer is usually yes.My daughter in law reads the Mail on line I find her politics very,very much far right sometimes unbelievable,so i never get into a discussion with her regarding politics.
Regards.
Jim.N.