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This piece from an Unlimited Potential Real Estate agent's newsletter made one reader gag: "Housing recession caused by two weekends of bad weather? Clearly nothing to do with the global credit crunch, high interest rates, market data and the Reserve Bank warning that house prices are overvalued then! Still, at least it's a buyers' market."
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During a friendly game of basketball Maggie badly dislocated a finger and went to an A and E clinic in West Auckland. "After being asked by the nurse what meds I was on [they were numerous, as I have an ongoing medical condition] I was seen by doctor and received treatment. I paid the $80 bill, went to cafe next door and noticed the receipt was made out to someone of Middle Eastern extraction. I returned and staff laughed and said they'd made a mistake. I returned Monday to get a check-up and the doctor wrote me a letter of referral to physio - again with a different person's name and address! Given I'm on lots of controlled medications, it makes me wonder what would have happened if any of the injections or subsequent medications reacted? And if worse came to worst, what name would my headstone have?"
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On the weekend Drum and Bass fan Hannah Corbett from Mt Eden went into Fu Bar in the city. "We planned our night around getting to the bar before midnight as the gig was advertised on the internet as being $5 before midnight," she explains. "But to our dismay, when we arrived at 11.30 the tickets were $10. A lot of other people were also complaining. It is not the first time this bar has done this as well, as I have been there many times when they change the price (one night from $10 advertised up to $20). I asked to speak to the manager, and he said they were allowed to change an advertised price! Is this right?"
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A French teenager who wrote a letter to her late mother in heaven had it returned with a fine. The 13-year-old girl addressed the letter to Paradise Street, Heaven. Two days later it was returned to her home with an "unknown at this address" notice and a demand for ¬1.35 as she hadn't put a stamp on the envelope. The French Post Office has since apologised. A spokesman said there was a village called Ciel, which means heaven in French, but it had no Paradise Street. (Source: Ananova.com)
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