I'll take you anywhere the river of money flows.

• #uk_goffs will never run out of new members. (Presumably to be encouraged by Evil fross.

• How to LART a plagiarist.

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• Your inner child will hide under the pillow and whimper.

redcountess and I are looking to use payment by direct debit to save a small amount of cash. I have serious qualms about both the concept and execution, having heard far too many tales of merry fuckups. But arkady assures us that, for instance, TV Licensing are competent in this regard, and we already use direct debit for rent and Internet (because neither would let us pay any other way).

In particular: do BT, NPower and Waltham Forest council possess any competence whatsoever with direct debit? And we bank with NatWest, though we're considering switching to Citibank. I welcome your tales or pointers to tales. I realise that if there is a fuckup we'll win, but I can do without saving a few quid and paying in torn hair and wasted time to get there.