Fancy Hands

Fancy Hands sounds awesome:

Every day there are things you need to get done, but they’re not necessarily things that you need to do. Just email us and we’ll take care of it.

Wish I’d thought of that.

What Does a McDonald’s Happy Meal Look Like After Six Months?

Sally Davies bought a McDonald’s Happy Meal in April 2010 and left it on a bookshelf to see how it would decompose over time. She wanted to prove a friend wrong who felt that any burger left out would rot over a period of two or three days.

As of October 2010 the meal looks pretty much as it did in April.

Now, just over six months later, the Happy Meal has yet to even grow mold. She told the Daily Mail that “the food is plastic to the touch and has an acrylic sheen to it.”

Sally has been uploading weekly pictures of the meal to Flickr.

We’re Now Officially in a Recession

It’s official: the UK is in the grip of a recession for the first time since the 1990s.

It’s a formality, of course — we all knew it was coming. But now that UK GDP has shrunk for two consecutive quarters it’s officially allowed to be called ‘recession’.

Sterling is at a 24-year low against the dollar — £1 is now worth $1.355. Last time we visited Chicago (last November) £1 got you around $2.

Keywords abound: grim, weak, depression, severe, deteriorating, decline, slumped, losing confidence, shrink…

Despite the government injecting £37bn into the banks they’re still not lending and still not passing on the massive rate cut to borrowers — the cheapest mortgage rate from Nationwide, for example, is 4.00%.

The BoE base rate is currently 1.5%.

However they are passing it onto savers — a regular day-to-day savings account from Nationwide currently offers around 2.00% interest.

VW Polo GTi for Sale

Seeing as we’re relocating to Chicago, we’re reluctantly parting with our pride and joy.

Here are the vitals:

• VW Polo GTi
• 1600 engine
• 125bhp
• Black metallic paint
• 93,000 genuine miles
• Full service history
• Comes with original VW roofrack & all fixings

If you’re interested, please do drop us a line. Alternatively you can make an offer via eBay or view the car on Auto Trader (coming soon).

UPDATE: She’s gone…sniff…be well, car, be well.