The Compers Inn Part 40

lomaxsylvia

Evening everybody. Its been a funny day today somehow. Went to get the parcel and it was indeed the straighteners that Fred won on Monday, what a speedy delivery. Came back and the mouse on my under 12 months laptop is not working. The left click is doing strange things so I have had to unearth my plug in mouse. Can't make up my mind whether its waiting a possible 28 days to get it repaired or not. The only thing is its much easier on my hands than an external mouse for some reason.

Its been very busy in the Inn today.

Indie - its been a bit like that here sunshine/rain.
Emmap - retail therapy sounds like fun to me.
S.Maggie - thanks for the heads up on the Times comp.
Wingo - hope dentist went Ok.
Katie - so sorry to hear about your Tassimo machine going wrong again. It must be very frustrating for you. Hope you have a lovely time at your friends who is cooking for you.
Euro - glad you tickets arrived in time for you.
firefly - well done on the perfume win.
Walwin - I had the same email as you did.

Looking forward to Emmerdale tonight!

Must try and catch up. Fred has just come from the kitchen with a nice cool



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sheils6

Enjoy your beer Sylvia. We have opened a nice bottle of wine.

lomaxsylvia

Forgot I was in the middle of writing when Fred came in with my tea so lots of you have posted since.

Euro - a bit well done on getting the job, thats fantastic, all the best.

Wingo - its very expensive going to the dentist, just glad we don't have to pay as Fred is getting two new teeth next week lol.

Have a nice evening everyone.

wingobins

Its been hailstone here Sylvia! :eek: I got caught in it earlier, big lumps hitting me in the face! I was like pebbles falling out the sky!
Really freaky weather, was nice one min then cold next!

lomaxsylvia

Wingo - just spoke to Sister and she has had hailstones in Hartlepool as well.

On a light note (now don't laugh) Fred made me a hot water bottle to put on my back as it was aching. Sat merrily comping along then decided to get up to make a coffee. The bottle must have been slowly leaking, thankfully now only cool. Apart from the chair being soaked, my trousers and underwear, socks as I stood up, even my tshirt was soaked.

Have a nice evening everyone - stay dry!

nanto3girls

walwin wrote: »

:j:j:j Just received this email and I'm sure it was in here that I read about it but I can't remember who had asked us to sign the petition

We won. We did it - #NicsFight has become #NicsWin! Last night we heard the fantastic news that Friends Life would be paying Nic's family what they're owed.
When my great friend Nic died of cancer in late October, leaving a wife and two young children, he didn't know whether his insurance company Friends Life would ever pay out on the critical illness policy he had arranged with them.
In late December, we handed our petition of more than 60,000 names -- including yours -- to the offices of Friends Life, asking them to meet with the Hughes family and sit down to resolve this case. But they refused, demanding instead that a submission be made to the Financial Ombudsman.
This was a huge task - assembling paperwork, retrieving documents, getting files from doctors - all while Nic's widow should have been free to grieve and spend time with their children. But in their resolute and dignified way, and bolstered by the huge waves of support from signers of our petition on Change.org, the family put their case forward.
It is with enormous joy and relief that they heard yesterday that the Financial Ombudsman had found entirely in their favour, writing:

"I explained to the firm that in my view it should not have cancelled the policy and declined the claim for the reasons it did. [Friends Life] accepts that any non-disclosure was not deliberate or relevant to the claim he later made – so the firm accepts it was not entitled to rely on that and it should have paid the critical illness claim when it was submitted."

This is a fantastic victory! It is also a huge vindication of the campaign and of the family's fight against a massive corporation who felt they could simply be cast aside. The Ombudsman have found entirely in the family's favour, and Friends Life will now be paying out on the policy in full.
The family want to express their enormous thanks to everyone who signed the petition and acted to publicise the campaign. This is a victory for all of us - for the common people who stood up and refused to be trampled on by big corporations. You made sure that Friends Life could not quietly get away with this terrible injustice.
We took on Goliath and won.
Please share this image with your friends on Twitter using #NicsWin. Thank you so much for your incredible support, this couldn't have happened without you.
Kester
PS. You can read more about the victory in The Guardian and Daily Mail.


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Brilliant result

nanto3girls

euronorris wrote: »

Katie - sorry about your machine

I'm bursting with excitement here.....I GOT THE JOB! Start on Tuesday 7th May YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

xx

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euro






Eastenders was tense tonight!










Tulip don't fret over your Tassimo,

becca_wecca

I've just checked my emails for about the 50th time today, like most days! I need help!!!!!

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