OneGuyFromBarlick

Christmas shopping! What is wrong with me? I'm in the middle of moving house

It was only a quick online shop off the back of an email offer, that's two offspring sorted.

Bah! Humbug!

Tiz, Is that true? Even your own money? If so, it doesn't surprise me! Large amounts of cash (over £8800) paid into your bank would raise questions and you would be required to provide evidence of how you got it. Regular, smaller amounts, especially if they were 'round figures' would raise suspicio...

Bargain. My favourite home made bread (even though I'm not supposed to be eating it) is cheese and onion loaf.

Add a tablespoon of finely chopped onion and a handful of half inch cubes of cheese, I use Red Leicester, at the second proving and pop it into a 1lb loaf tin.

I watched the programme as a 'story', it was about the people. I didn't consider it to be a documentary.

I know but I'll keep quiet for a bit.

PanBiker wrote: ↑

19 Nov 2019, 18:17

The deadline to register to vote for the general election is 26 November.

All should be good then, I'll register at the new address on Friday. Thanks Ian.

We have our polling cards at our current address but will have moved house before the election. Do I need to re register with the new address?

All contracts have now been exchanged, which is a relief. Great, now chill out! :smile: Still packing stuff in boxes, taking stuff to charity shops and a trip to the tip is planned for Thursday. I've got to go into the office tomorrow for a few hours, I didn't quite have enough leave to get 3 full ...

I notice in my daily trawl through Rightmove that there are currently two fish and chip shops on the market in the town - both currently trading. Rainhall Road and Park Road. Is this just coincidence, or a sign of changing leisure eating habits in the town? Park Road chippy has been on the market f...

If that's the impression you've got then I suspect they're not doing the job properly. There's an enormous amount of paperwork and checking these days and it requires knowledge of all the latest laws and regulations. What we've seen with our conveyancer we couldn't have done ourselves. I know some ...

A local firm of solicitors. To be honest I could have probably done the job myself...

PanBiker wrote: ↑

19 Nov 2019, 08:42

Thank god for the welfare state!

And private medical insurance

chinatyke wrote: ↑

19 Nov 2019, 08:16

My bill now stands at just under 3000GBP which isn't bad for the treatment and care that I have received and I am on my 22nd night as an inpatient.

That's very reasonable, the bill for the cartilage repair I had, earlier this year, was nearly that.

Slate roofing. The tool at the back is for pulling nails when replacing slates.

Conveyancing solicitors, they seem to forget that they're being paid to do a job. They're not doing you a favour. Rant over :-) Spot on. I hope it goes through smoothly for you. I once did a house exchange in <3 weeks by doing the running around myself instead of leaving it to the solicitor. It sho...

Conveyancing solicitors, they seem to forget that they're being paid to do a job. They're not doing you a favour.

Rant over

I tried getting into His Dark Materials but it's not for me. I have watched the first 5 episodes of World on Fire and have enjoyed it. I hope to watch the last two episodes before the TV gets 'boxed up' for house moving.

Stanley wrote: ↑

18 Nov 2019, 03:16

Sorry to report I do nothing, I just rely on Linux to shield me.

Basically the same as Windows 10 and Defender, 'built in' security.

Windows Defender does it for me, I've binned Avast.

There's lots going on in the town today leading up to the big 'switch on' this evening. I will be indoors packing stuff into boxes

A blanket approach using a PPI mis-selling service has paid off. Got a cheque today for just over £2k for PPI on a Barclaycard from 1997. There's still another 'in the pipeline' so we'll see how that one goes

Stanley wrote: ↑

08 Nov 2019, 03:01

Well, at least I have the satisfaction of knowing that nobody is holding any of mine!

My account is currently in credit but that'll soon change when the bill is paid

That's a bit of a shocker, China. I trust they'll sort you out.

I had a 1961 Ford Popular for a while, it had an air 'expansion tank' under the bonnet to even out the wiper speed.

Stanley wrote: ↑

11 Nov 2019, 04:40

Sounds like major surgery to me Kev. It would scare me to death!

It's not too bad a job, I've replaced laptop screens before but suspect my hands are too big for an ipad