Preparedness for when

mrs-moneypenny

That happened to my Dh last weekend, someone at his firm put the wrong date on the payment so the whole firm had to wait 4 days for it to get sorted. Hope you get the money in ASAP

elaine241

Hello All

Havent posted for a bit but have kept up!

My dad was struck by lightning whilst using the land line phone! Apparently it is very dangerous to use one in a storm unless its cordless obviously! I never knew this until my poor dads incident. He was alright but it was a close one! He was sitting in an chair with his arm resting on the radiator, next thing we knew he was on the floor and unable to speak. We phoned the doctor who advised us to check his ear for burning, nothing just bright red, but one side of his face was white the other red. He couldnt speak to us to tell us what was wrong. We checked his feet for burning where the current would have left but nothing at all. We then saw the burn mark on his elbow as it had gone down his arm and into the radiator that being the line of the current. We used the phone to call the doctor as it was the only was 30 years ago, v few mobiles!!
He was a bit of a jocker so we thought he was messing about at first!! When he went into work the staff made up some head gear with sparky written on it!!
I was staying in a caravan in a really bad storm, there must of been a very close lightning strike as all my hair stood on end and the air smellt of burning!

As for Brexit I think the brave vote was the leave whilst the remain thought they could change the future whilst not upsetting the status quo. It was a difficult choice for me as there were pros and cons on both sides; I too got sick of the remain fearmongering for the future! As we are farmers we rely on the eu subsidies but also really hate the ridiculous rules and regulations they often enforce in the UK whilst other countries just ignore the laws. Leaving will mean a personal reduction in income but hopefully the positives for the majority of people will be worth it. I listened to my eleven year old who has taken quite an interest in the debate, he hopefully will have the opportunity to be a farmer in the future. He said "yes mum it will be difficult for probably 10 years but in the end it will be worth it", out of the mouth of babes!!!!

Hope there are not too many sore heads tomorrow!!! Enjoy your celebrations or drowning your sorrows, I'm off to work :-(

GreyQueen

boultdj wrote: »

So glad my prepping includes leaveing the equivelent of my wages in the bank , pay day today and no wages go in anyones bank.:mad:

That's not good, thank goodness you'd prepared. Is it just delayed?

:j Well, I woke this morning to pure blue sky and strong sunshine and approached my PC with a feeling of trepidation which quickly turned to joy.

My region has voted to Leave by eye-watering majorities. The city less so, but we have a lot of students and they slew election results here in ways which are not reflective of the majority's views on things.

Unfortunately, electoral rules which allow students to choose to vote in either their home areas or their student areas mean that politics in cities with universities are heavily influenced by the opinions of barely-adults who are barely-here for a few years. And have invariably finished their educations and moved off again, leaving the locals constantly facing the consequences of their choices.

I have won my small wager (10p) with my pal about the direction of the vote, the margin between sides (1-5%) and the % turnout. I shall collect that, and a cuppa, from him later today.

pineapple

Wow Elaine. That must have been scary for your Dad. I've had a healthy respect for lightning ever since a plugged in power tool lit up during a storm. Fortunately no one was holding it at the time :eek:

I'm chuffed about Brexit and especially proud of my old home town of Sunderland. The size of the pro leave vote there was the first indicator that Remain might not have it in the bag after all. Good speech from Cameron imo. Whatever- it's going to be rocky ahead including the divisions between Scotland, London and the rest of the UK.
Time to fasten our seat belts..

Witless

(as I posted on the 'Fence' thread, but reposting here in case anyone here misses it)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36615028

Cameron gone!

Every cloud etc.

Hopefully Osborne will join him!

The day just gets better and better!:beer:

moneyistooshorttomention

Cameron just left.

He won't be Prime Minister any longer by October.

EU already making moves to "marginalise" Britain before the Divorce is finalised - which is logical/to be expected <shrugs>

ivyleaf

When I switched on the TV I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! I had expected that Remain would win by a very narrow margin, perhaps even to the point of needing a recount!

My borough was one of only two London ones to vote heavily in favour of Leave.

I do worry for the people of Gibraltar though, who voted 96% for Remain (not surprisingly) Expect lots of sabre-rattling by Spain!

thriftwizard

Well, I have a very heavy heart this morning, and a bunch of despondent offspring, who have all grown up as Europeans. The practical question is - where the heck are we going to put my step-mother-in-law? Not entirely joking; she's been surviving on a wing & a prayer out there for quite some time, and never mind the bureaucracy, the pound dropping will put her into starvation level.

So I'm not overly happy to hear people crowing. Have a heart for those who will face the practical problems caused by this decision.

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Oh my goodness, this nation IS sane after all!!!!! It's a brave new world today!

GreyQueen

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Cameron just left.

He won't be Prime Minister any longer by October.

EU already making moves to "marginalise" Britain before the Divorce is finalised - which is logical/to be expected <shrugs>

Several other EU countries have restive popultions and political parties who want to leave the EU; we must be punished for our decision so they don't follow suit.

Either the EU is in the best interest of the member states or it isn't. Being spiteful to a country which wants to leave isn't going to win the good opinion of other countries.

It's like an abusive spouse saying don't leave me, I love you so much, I can't live without you, and I'll kill you if you go.

Turning on the UK atm is going the be the EU equivalent of a murder-suicide.