Advantages: Wonderfully written, some fantastic stories Disadvantages: Not quite as charming or memorable as its predecessor
make out the characters and moments that went on to inspire his much-loved children's fiction. Where Boy was full of odious, fearsome adults who quite clearly shaped the antagonists of his later books, GoingSolo deals with a different kind of material; especially where he relates his time flying in the RAF in World War Two, these villainous caricatures are absent, replaced by a harder reality.
Dahl's stories here are no less entertaining, but he does not attempt to make light or draw comedy from the wartime he experienced. Rather, the author lays open his younger self's naive mindset and thought processes in a lightly self-deprecating manner which gives the narrative a faintly romantic, uplifting edge that sits well alongside the death and destruction the stories explore.
Dahl certainly has an impressive story to tell. As a pilot ...
Advantages: Can't get into debt, lots of shops take it, from 11 with some banks, Disadvantages: Woolies don't take it!
once found myself desperate for money in the middle of nowhere and had no choice to pay the steep £1 fee at a local newsagent. I bought something as well so I wasn’t using the shop as a cashpoint!
Solo is offered by NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Halifax, Lloyds TSB, Abbey National and probably a few more. Though most of the other larger banks will issue with Visa Electron. Most banks ask for you to be 16 to have a Solo which I find stupid as you cannot get into debt with it, though NatWest allow you to have one from the age of 11 – which is why I am with them.
The Solo card can also be used as Maestro and Cirrus. Maestro is the equivalent of Solo abroad, so can be used to buy things. Cirrus lets you use foreign cashpoints, obviously the currency will be the local one. Though the banks do charge you a commission for this ...
Disillusioned 18.06.2001
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Advantages: More independance for younger generations, V. Useful Disadvantages: Not accepted everywhere, but still widely accepted
, but also have some authority over it.
With NatWest, should someone’s SOLO account go overdrawn, they will write a letter to their parents informing them of this, and also stop any other transaction to make the account overdrawn, so to save the poor soul from getting into debt. I think this is for all who are under 16 though, but this is also a reason for the parents to let their children open a bank account.
SOLO can be used just like the Switch card or like a credit card, except that you have to type in the issue number and sometimes a valid from date. I said “type” because I have used the SOLO card for a lot of online purchases. I shall describe some experiences later. The SOLO is now widely accepted, and the website (www.solocard.co.uk) says there are now 5.02 million SOLO users. I don’t think it is as ...
robertliu84 22.03.2001
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