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Take The Money And iPod

Author: Faf
Date: Friday, September 26, 2003
Date/Time: 00:22 GMT
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So i got back from work on Thursday and i had a letter from the IRS. Cut to the chase... I've been sent back nearly £500 pounds in overpaid taxes. Dude! Sweet! So what do i do with it?

Firstly i send £200 to Ghana for my dad and siblings. Then i waste the rest on an iPod[1]. I got me a 15GB 3rd generation version. If you dont know what it means... dont worry about it cos i aont gonna spend my time explaning it to you.

I spent all of last night and tongiht researching about MP3 players with built in hard-drives and settled on the iPod. I went to Amazon to read the reviews staring from the worst rated to the best rated. One thing i kept coming accross with all the others was the fact that they seemed to last a year and then go dead somehow.

Also the heaver ones seems to take a real beating when dropped even from a short height. Infact the reviews were so confusing that i finally decided to throw caution with the wind and go with aesthetics. hence the iPod.

Even if it goes dead in a year, al least i know the tax man didnt steal my money.

Now about my Uni induction week... I finally got my timetable and i have Wednesdays free, which means i'll be working a full day then. I've got another half-day off i can use to work then i can rest weekends and take my driving lessons as week.

Also i got my first installment of the student loan. Let's just say -- in the words of Robbie Williams -- "I'm Rich!! [for a student]". Now about how to manage it for the next 4months....


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1) http://www.ipod.com/ipod/