Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

vivatifosi

michaels wrote: »

I had seen that, I only hold one Amex at the moment and that one was not reissued after the card expired, I phoned up to ask why and was told they had decided not to issue me with a new card for commercial reasons ( ) but they have also weirdly not closed my account so I don't know where I stand on that one. However I am now over 6 months since I closed my last Amex having maxed out the 5% in the first 3 months cashback so may be it is time to have another one although the £25 fee is making it less attractive.

Amex doesn't like me either michaels. I got a lifetime balance transfer that was so good I had no incentive to pay down, just let it run. They don't like this very much, so everytime I cross a threshhold, they reduce my balance accordingly. I don't think they liked it very much when I changed jobs and started paying myself differently, meaning my actual salary is much lower. It wouldn't surprise me if you had a similar profile: ie it costs them and our "worth" appears to have reduced (even if in reality it hasn't).

LydiaJ

michaels wrote: »

Answer seems to be either of:
1) take a standard bulb and a pair of pliers/clippers/hacksaw and cut off one of the pins
2) use the pliers to bend the fitting so you can fit a 2 pin in as per the comment in your linked post

Even if you have to buy a pair of pliers this seems to be both cheaper and much more widely available.

Or change the fitting to one that takes a standard 2-pin bayonet, as viva and people on the linked thread have already suggested.

Spirit_2

This thread is growing at a rate where it is very hard to keep up.

Pouring down here. May go and see the three Queens in the Solent although this is probably weather dependant.

Cooked, or rather overcooked, brunch. It was like shrapnel.

LydiaJ

The plethora of possible lightbulbs is annoying. 30 years ago, all you needed was a range of brightnesses in a standard bayonet fitting, and that would cover all your needs for a spare lightbulb box. Now, my house needs bayonet (bedrooms, dining room, utility room), big screw (playroom), little screw (living room), little screw with specially shaped bulb (cooker hood), little screw with another specially shaped bulb (fan oven), HL10 (conservatory), GU10 (kitchen ceiling), and small strip (kitchen counters). It would cost a fortune to keep spares of all those in the house just in case.

I also have spares of G9 that I no longer use (old kitchen light fitting that broke and had to be replaced) and I used to have mini bayonet (living room in previous house).

PS Raining steadily here, and has been all day.

vivatifosi

I have an old lamp that I've chucked the shade away on because it was hideous. That's my 'spare bulb', just plug it in and use it until I get a new one. I do keep a few others, but only because I found them cheap in a sale.

zagubov

:jWow! The Red Arrows just flew over our house in formation! Didn't expect that!

chewmylegoff

starting to get sick of this jubilee nonsense now. i bet the queen's had enough of it as well, probably just wants to put her feet up and watch the tennis.

misskool

chewmylegoff wrote: »

starting to get sick of this jubilee nonsense now. i bet the queen's had enough of it as well, probably just wants to put her feet up and watch the tennis.

think she's had enough of being out in the cold and rain and putting up with nonsense pop acts.

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

This thread is growing at a rate where it is very hard to keep up.

Pouring down here. May go and see the three Queens in the Solent although this is probably weather dependant.

Cooked, or rather overcooked, brunch. It was like shrapnel.

Its fastermoving when there is a holiday or the weather is bad.



Today these were my answers:
1.no, no we don't.
2. Sadly not
3. No, he is definitely not mine, he's a friends, I borrow him sometimes
4. No, he belongs to a friend, but he's very sweet and i like having him to play
5. Pretty sure he is not mine.
6. No, no i know you thought i had one but i don't. Yes i am sure.

7. Dh i think we must have one that we have forgotton about, did you check behind the sofa.


The last few were when one person was insisting i had a child, and seemed most put out that i did not, even seeming to suggest i was wrong or mistaken and i did have a kid and was denying it.

People are weird.

vivatifosi

misskool wrote: »

think she's had enough of being out in the cold and rain and putting up with nonsense pop acts.

I bet she's hoping she doesn't have a platinum jubilee in another 10 years. Imagine sitting through all of that and being 96.