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The Compers Inn - Part 11

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  • cathyj
    cathyj Posts: 16,473 Forumite
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    hope everybody feels better soon!
    2009 WINS £4404.06 2010 Wins £8812.56 2011 £11444.75
    Year challenge 2011 - 485/365
  • bella165
    bella165 Posts: 13,127 Forumite
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    hi everyone hugs to all that needs them in this cold winters eve,
    had a lazy day on spotted loads of haggis,sad or what
    Replies to posts are always welcome, if they are done in the correct manner. If I have made a mistake in the post, I am human, tell me nicely and it will be corrected. If your reply cannot be nice, has an underlying issue, or you believe that you are God, please post in another forum. Thank you
  • melvis
    melvis Posts: 6,006 Forumite
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    Hi everyone :D

    Have passed all parcels received today :p

    2 days off work now :j but still 3 more days work before Xmas :mad:
    Small business owner 🧵 Ex MSE comper 🏆 Student loan repayer 💴 Romanian dog rescuer 🐕 Hopefully a cost of living survivor 🤞🏻
  • Snidely
    Snidely Posts: 2,762 Forumite
    I've had loads of parcels. Thank you everyone.

    Much as I love Dr Sally she has cost me money.

    When she discovered my diabetes she prescribed me tablets for it. I asked her whether I would now get free prescriptions and she said no because I wasn't taking insulin. So I applied for a season ticket for about £10 a month.

    Then I did some research and found that folk with diabetes "not treated by diet alone" DID qualify for free scripts. I printed out the evidence for her and she was so apologetic. :rotfl: So I filled the application form in for her to sign and send off.

    This of course made me late leaving the surgery and left me standing in the cold for an hour. :rotfl:

    I think there's a moral in there somewhere. Maybe not to take anything on trust from experts.
    [FONT=&quot]:beer:[/FONT]Any war that lasts for longer than five years should be declared a draw.[FONT=&quot]:beer:[/FONT]
  • Miss_Cinnabon
    Miss_Cinnabon Posts: 19,481 Forumite
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    yep snidely, dont always trust the experts:D

    back from shopping and didnt have a great time, wont go into on here, just the usual:rolleyes: dh will go shopping for me next week

    thats kids off 2 weeks now, got so much planned for them;)
  • Snidely
    Snidely Posts: 2,762 Forumite
    I HATE shopping. But then I am a bloke :rotfl:

    14 things a man can do at Tesco while his partner is taking her time:
    1.[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Get 24 boxes of condoms & randomly put them in people's trolleys when they aren't looking.
    2. Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5 minute intervals.
    3. Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the ladies toilet.
    4. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone: 'Code 3 in Housewares... and see what happens.
    5. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on credit.
    6. Move a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
    7. Set-up a tent in the Camping Department? and tell other shoppers you are sleeping over and invite them in if they bring pillows from the Bedding Department.
    8. When an assistant asks if they can help you, begin to cry and ask: "Why can't you people just leave me alone?"
    9. Look right into the security camera, use it as a mirror and pick your nose.
    10. While handling large knives in the Kitchen Dept, ask the clerk if he knows where the antidepressants are located.
    11. Dart around the store suspiciously, while loudly humming the theme from Mission Impossible.
    12. Hide in a clothing rack .. . . and when people browse through, say: "PICK ME!!! PICK ME!!!"
    13. When an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, hit the floor and assume the foetal position and scream "NO!...It's those voices again!!!"
    And last but not least:
    14. Go into a fitting room, shut the door and wait a while... then yell loudly: "There's no toilet paper in here!"

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    I always build a tower with the tins at the checkout. That really annoys the missus

    Den
    [FONT=&quot]:beer:[/FONT]Any war that lasts for longer than five years should be declared a draw.[FONT=&quot]:beer:[/FONT]
  • Nicky63
    Nicky63 Posts: 3,210 Forumite
    Evening all, Get Well Soon all you poorly peeps! DS and DH have both had the flu/cold badly too but touch wood DD and I have escaped so far, particularly worrying with DS as he has severe asthma and I still worry about him as much at 23 as I did when he was 6 (at least I can drive now and don't have to run a mile to the doctors surgery carrying him like I did once when he needed a nebuliser :rotfl:)

    I have had a good day today - postie was bending under the weight of my parcels when he callled :D and I can now reveal something I was thrilled about but too sceptical to say, when the Absolute/Live Guy Mini 9 netbook arrived at the beginning of the week it came with a years FREE mobile broadband :eek: I just found it a bit hard to believe as it's on the top 5gb package and is worth over the year another £420. So I have been talking to the lovely lady at Absolute over the last few days who confirmed today that it is definitely free :j DD is over the moon (she'd already taken it to her local bar that has free wifi and mailed me from there lol).

    Went to Tesco this afternoon too to get the xmas things I like to choose myself as apposed to letting a brain dead picker to choose :rolleyes: and it was sooooo quiet! you'd think it was a wet Wednesday in February rather than 5 days before xmas! Brilliant we got what we needed and were out and not at all stressed :D

    My house smells fantastically christmassy, the christmas pud is 6 hours into it's 8 hours of steaming.... yummy.

    Off to do parcels and some comps..............
    That ain't working! That's the way to do it, money for nothing and TV's for free ;)
  • toniq wrote: »
    My mystery letter was my Debenhams gift card!!! i only won it yesterday!!! they said on note we wanted to make ure u had it to do xmas shopping with!!!
    how lovely xxx
    hope allok, gwen u should have called me, i would have been quicker xx

    :rotfl:;) and you aint joking still feel cold ,weather up here is absolutely terrible
    Just back into comping past few months to help me get over rubbish in life.... won Hotpoint fridge freezer, soda stream
  • toniq
    toniq Posts: 29,340 Forumite
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    Snidely wrote: »
    I HATE shopping. But then I am a bloke :rotfl:

    14 things a man can do at Tesco while his partner is taking her time:
    1.Get 24 boxes of condoms & randomly put them in people's trolleys when they aren't looking.
    2. Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5 minute intervals.
    3. Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the ladies toilet.
    4. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone: 'Code 3 in Housewares... and see what happens.
    5. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on credit.
    6. Move a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
    7. Set-up a tent in the Camping Department? and tell other shoppers you are sleeping over and invite them in if they bring pillows from the Bedding Department.
    8. When an assistant asks if they can help you, begin to cry and ask: "Why can't you people just leave me alone?"
    9. Look right into the security camera, use it as a mirror and pick your nose.
    10. While handling large knives in the Kitchen Dept, ask the clerk if he knows where the antidepressants are located.
    11. Dart around the store suspiciously, while loudly humming the theme from Mission Impossible.
    12. Hide in a clothing rack .. . . and when people browse through, say: "PICK ME!!! PICK ME!!!"
    13. When an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, hit the floor and assume the foetal position and scream "NO!...It's those voices again!!!"
    And last but not least:
    14. Go into a fitting room, shut the door and wait a while... then yell loudly: "There's no toilet paper in here!"

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    I always build a tower with the tins at the checkout. That really annoys the missus


    Den


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    and ur tin tower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    #JusticeForGrenfell
  • catz747
    catz747 Posts: 20,381 Forumite
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