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Musings of a Madman

Why the title?  It all started with a chance meeting, and the opportunity to help a stranger and a response that left me feeling the need to write about it.

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• The flaw in Pascal's wager
  Sat, 28-Sep-2024, 23:10
• The Tories are a spent force
  Fri, 05-Jul-2024, 14:49
• Could I have done better?
  Wed, 26-Jul-2023, 20:03
• Leaflet alone
  Fri, 02-Jun-2023, 17:13
• Rijhwani's Conjecture
  Thu, 01-Jun-2023, 11:39
• Our stretched and disappearing NHS
  Wed, 07-Dec-2022, 00:00
• #FacebookIsCorrupt
  Mon, 18-Apr-2022, 14:39
• Soul mates
  Sun, 28-Nov-2021, 14:37
• Vaccination and choice
  Sun, 31-Oct-2021, 23:32
• Castigating Starmer?
  Sat, 25-Sep-2021, 13:12

Watch out, watch out - there's a swindler about...

A lofty swindle

Be on your guard folks - the news report below is from Norfolk and Suffolk at the beginning of 2020, but I have heard reports from reliable friends of their being targeted by this scam right now in September in different parts of the country, presumably with the run up to winter in mind.

• Never let strangers in who have no good reason to be there.
• Don't be afraid to say "no!"
• Never give out bank or credit card details to unsolicited callers (in person or over the telephone).

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/scam-calls-warning-loft-insulation-suffolk-1-6514455