I’m In Love With My Car
Giles Coren Has No Idea
The Times
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Giles and Esther scour the papers to find inspiration for his Times’ column. James Blunt’s tuna fixation, cam shafts and
pre-historic social networking peak some interest. Giles proposes an innovative solution to loo-roll-gate.
But the mood in the kitchen is dampened by news of a loss in the family.
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| 0:00.0 | Salz decorated her whole house in camouflage. |
| 0:02.5 | Lovely. |
| 0:03.0 | Even her dog Billy has a camo coat. |
| 0:04.9 | After her renovation, she transferred her other balances onto a new Barclay Card Platinum Credit |
| 0:09.3 | card, so she'd pay no interest on balance transfers for up to 29 months. |
| 0:13.2 | Now she's found a way to pay down her debt. |
| 0:15.2 | Sadly, she can't find anything else. |
| 0:17.6 | Billy? |
| 0:18.6 | Billy? What you buy is your business. |
| 0:19.8 | How can you pay less interest is ours? |
| 0:21.7 | Check if you're eligible at Barclaycard. |
| 0:23.9 | Parkly card make money work for you. |
| 0:26.7 | Representative example 24.9% APR representative variable 24.9% purchase rate |
| 0:31.3 | per annum variable based on a 1,200 |
| 0:33.7 | credit limit. A balance transfer fee applies subject to |
| 0:35.8 | application, financial circumstances and borrowing history. New |
| 0:38.1 | customers only teas and exclusions apply. |
| 0:40.0 | Well here I am back from the school run in true Giles Corrin has no idea fashion |
| 0:46.2 | nowhere I Jars Corrin the Times Columns and my wife Esther Walker morning |
| 0:49.8 | what have you done no I'll start again. |
| 0:53.0 | So here I am in Chu, Giles Coron, |
| 0:54.8 | this could be the whole podcast, |
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