**HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIGZEM - Daily Chat - Tiring Tuesday 14th July 2009

InkyCats20

Ames wrote: »

Ooh that reminds me, does anyone know where you can buy oats from? My sister wants to make oatmeal cookies, and I've always fancied making my own muesli, but neither of us can find cheap suitable oats!

Ames I get mine from the co-op - 74p for a 500g bag, usually use them for making blackberry breakfast bars - seem to come out ok

whatatwit

Ames, Holland & Barrett can sometimes have cheap stuff in.

SRM, did OH get the gearbox sorted out on his car? Hope BF starts to feel better.

Bookie, tell DD to unplug the phone.

Ames

Thanks all, we'll look next time we go shopping.

ghostmadlittlemiss

Morning all,

Just a quick post for now, just to let you know I've done a Facebook blitz and added as many of you as I could find from the 'MSE nerds' group. I hope you don't mind. God, it was really weird seeing your real names and what you look like! Anyone I've missed, send me a PM and I'll add you too.
Kayleigh

redsquirrel80

ghostmadlittlemiss wrote: »

Morning all,

Just a quick post for now, just to let you know I've done a Facebook blitz and added as many of you as I could find from the 'MSE nerds' group. I hope you don't mind. God, it was really weird seeing your real names and what you look like! Anyone I've missed, send me a PM and I'll add you too.
Kayleigh

Found you on Maz's page I think Kayleigh.. or I have just added a complete stranger :rotfl:

Lenza_Quidditch

Bookie - I'll try and send a private message with the link I used about phone harrassment - it won't let me post links in my messages cos I'm new.

SRM - hope your friend's coping with it all - sorry if I missed this but what has she got?

Morning all - nice day here. My Mum's coming up from the other end of the country today so it's Tidy up time. Just going to drag 2 teenage sons from their beds to do it

x

Snaggles

bookseller1980 wrote: »

They actually talk to me and them ring off when I confirm who I am.
0800 number.

It could be a recorded greeting - quite often with call centres the employee records their greeting once at the start of their shift, so that a) they don't have to say it over and over, but more importantly b) they probably haven't rung you, you will have been called by an automatic dialler, and only connected to an operator if you answer, so it gives them a vital few seconds to work out who they are going to be talking to and why.

There are industry guidelines on how many dropped calls (where you answer and there is no operator available to take your call) they can make - basically if they are dropping too many, they should be turning the dialler down so it doesn't ring as many people in quick succession - so if you are getting a lot, keep a record, and if they get complaints and don't do anything about it, they can be fined.

Snaggles

Morning, btw :hello:

Numpty_Monkey

Link to Harrasment letter
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=11571485&postcount=5

schoolrunmum

No Twitty-he couldn't bring himself to spend 7.5k for the dealers to fix so he's DIY-ing it...taking a while to find all the parts etc so he's using his old Landy in the meantime.....
Lenza-BF has terminal secondary Breast cancer..so far the ginger ale has stayed down-yay!!!
DD sports day rained off-I always nag her to wear a crop top under her t shirts but she doesn't listen...she's just walked off the rec looking like a miss wet t shirt entrant:eek::eek: