Figures compiled by the Fawcett Society also found Britain's employees work the longest hours of all those in developed nations, with men working longer days than women on average.

Well that sucks. I'd much rather work less hours if I had the choice!

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I filled up with petrol this morning - 119.9p per litre. Ouch! Luckily I had a 5p off every litre voucher my Dad had got (yay Sainsburys!).

Mind you, the cheapest I've seen recently is about 118.9p per litre! So not exactly much choice.
So I decided to calculate what that price is to be equivalent to US prices...

What I paid today would equal £4. ( Read more... )

Back to Southampton tomorrow. Spent the day pcking (well, on and off - been doing other stuff too). That's the part that sucks about uni -> home -> uni, etc... packing up your room multiple times a year!

And I now have no more money-work to do for a while now! Yayness!

So what have I learnt from my jobs this summer?

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