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@ma4jpb 0.5% better off for not having take the exciting new option? about 2 hours ago via web in reply to ma4jpb

Nice intranet profile of @ceejay :) about 2 hours ago via web

@monkchips :-) about 3 hours ago via web in reply to monkchips

Note: That last tweet should have the hashtag #pensions (before anyone starts wondering what I was talking about) about 3 hours ago via web

@gendal Thanks to @jacksri I too am now incandescent - or at least slightly cross and muttering "that should be illegal!" about 3 hours ago via web in reply to gendal

@opensourcerer @emmabandey @BBCStephanie @czajkowski @LIngsCARS Thanks :) about 3 hours ago via web in reply to opensourcerer

@gendal Probably because I don't know what I should be incandescent about. Mostly just bewildered and annoyed at the moment. :( about 3 hours ago via web in reply to gendal

@lopta @dorkomatic nn :) about 4 hours ago via web in reply to lopta

I don't want some super-charged luxury-cruise retirement. Just don't want to live in poverty. That's all I ask. about 4 hours ago via web

@marxjohnson Indeed! :) about 4 hours ago via web in reply to marxjohnson

@Jellyman72 Depends what you're being asked to choose. It's not a choice when you actually don't understand. about 4 hours ago via web in reply to Jellyman72

"exciting new investment options" <- really not exciting! #getalife about 4 hours ago via web

If I get new pensions options, my instinct is suspicion that it's *not* in my best interest, regardless of presentation. But I don't know! about 4 hours ago via web

@lopta Ah. But cool re Linux computer :) about 4 hours ago via web in reply to lopta

Why do people think that choice is always a good thing? Pensions, for instance, I don't know what the best option is! about 4 hours ago via web

@lopta What's she been doing?! about 4 hours ago via web in reply to lopta

Name Laura Cowen Location Hampshire, UK Web http://www.laurac... Bio Half-UX@IBMHursley and half-PhD@UniofSurrey on Psychology of energy use. Also Ubuntu-UK Podcast presenter, OggCamp, MQTT, green/fair trade. My views are my own.

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