Living on next to nought - is that the key?

Igamogam

Computer calls: I have only ever had one from Nigel who was calling from the Windows maintenance dept - I thought he was selling double glazing at first Coversation went something ike this:
Nigel: IF you have a computer please switch it on as we have detected a virus on it.
Me: IF I have a computer?
Nigel: Yes
Me: I dont have a computer
Nigel: We detected a virus on it. Put it on
Me: I dont have a computer - unless you count the mircrowave.
Nigel: Your computer has a virus. Put it on now.
Me: I would rather take it to the doctor to check out this virus ( OH had to leave room at this point)
Nigel: A virus is very dangerous. You must put computer on now.
Me: I dont have a computer
Nigel: *click*
Me:

Pippilongstocking

Well done all you anti-scammers.

Vigilance folks, vigilance.

Happy Weekend.



Don't forget that lovely Lidl voucher......

supersaver1000

Just caught up - wow this is a fast thread. Missed dinner at INODs as I was out Yum though - definitely the winner. Thanks for the mash advice Satchmo. I was umming and ahing about what to buy - couldn't find any freezer containers but I didn't make it to poudland so suspect they may be there. I bought three containers from Mr M's for £1 each and they are pie shape. But I almost bought the freezer bags which would have been ideal for mash tops. What a good idea, I'm going to give that a go - I love mash but after work its one step too far, it would be great to get it out of the freezer along with a sausage or lentil burger. I love GPs tomato middle/cheese burgers. My little ones quite big now but I'm going to try them over the half-term - tee hee - she's still a little un at heart.

Right I'm off to update my thread before heading out to be the mum-taxi.

little_sweetie

Igamogam wrote: »

Computer calls: I have only ever had one from Nigel who was calling from the Windows maintenance dept - I thought he was selling double glazing at first Coversation went something ike this:
Nigel: IF you have a computer please switch it on as we have detected a virus on it.
Me: IF I have a computer?
Nigel: Yes
Me: I dont have a computer
Nigel: We detected a virus on it. Put it on
Me: I dont have a computer - unless you count the mircrowave.
Nigel: Your computer has a virus. Put it on now.
Me: I would rather take it to the doctor to check out this virus ( OH had to leave room at this point)
Nigel: A virus is very dangerous. You must put computer on now.
Me: I dont have a computer
Nigel: *click*
Me:

PRICELESS! I love it! :T :rotfl: :rotfl: :T

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

Igamogam - it's awful isn't it - they ring you up and start bossing you about on your own phone in your own home! How on earth it can't be controlled/prosecuted as malicious phone calls, I have no idea.

supersaver - I'm sure if I made 'blood-spurting zombie burgers' for my *little-un* he'd eat them :rotfl:

Well, we had a sort of productive day yesterday. We went off in search of vittles. Unfortunately, we were shopping at the discount barn, for which there are no vouchers, but we got a reasonable haul anyway. We bought 25kg sacks of wilja potatoes for £3.99. I also picked up some 4kg bags of onions for £1.49 I was pleased with these, as they were reasonable size (ie not shallots masquerading as onions!) and actually were UK produce, hailing from Cambridgeshire :j So for 37.5p per kilo, I'm a happy bunny. We bought some potatoes for the parentals too, so we went off delivering those. Cup of tea and a kit-kat for our trouble

Dinner last night was - of course - a curry (Saturday Night is Strictly Curry Murray) I was inspired by the menu at Mother India on Argyle St in Glasgow. I saw that they offer a dish using black-eyed beans, tomatoes, onions and indian spices and that they also offer wholemeal chappatis. Hence the basis of our dinner was born I found a recipe for Lobia Masala, or black-eyed bean curry and whipped up a batch (although I didn't cook it in the PC). The recipe is HERE. It's very simple and inexpensive - a keeper in my book. I made some wholemeal chappatis, only half mix, but it yielded 6 chappatis, and rather than rice, I thought that I would be 'clever' and make some cauliflower 'rice' - which is just cauli put in a food processor and blitzed. Whilst the idea was ok, my choice of spices for the dish let it down - so I'm not going to enlighten you, as I wouldn't repeat it myself, let alone expect anyone else to cook it! My mistake was to add fenugreek without toasting it - bleurk! too bitter I chose - in honour of Judy's dance partner Anton - to pair the meal with a Hungarian Pinot Noir (his father was Hungarian). It was OK, but I think that the cauli dish skewed the taste buds too much, so it didn't particularly work I don't however think I'll be buying that wine again - particularly as it was £6.49 a bottle :eek:

Picture here;



Well, we've been up with the larks - the motorcycling was from Japan today, so of course it was mid afternoon with them...... Our fave mr Rossi came in 3rd, so a good race Poor mr Crutchlow fell orf

Thank you so much for popping in, reading and commenting. I greatly appreciate it.

See y'all later.

Greying

mrsinvisible

Morning, another dipper in and outer, here, haven't posted in over a week, but have read regularly.
My heating is on too, so I am up and busying soon, to make the most of it.
Off to a christening later this morning, so l must be punctual, which could be tricky as there are roadworks and traffic lights on every route l could take grr.
Have had a busy week, but don't seem to have achieved as much as l had planned, but no matter, the progress monitor is not coming.
You all seem to be well up on the 'frugal but fabulous food' case, and the piccies this week have been inspiring, l may make butterbean soup too this week, it is a lovely, under used vegetable.
Off now to polish shoes and find a handbag that doesn't double as a 'weeks worth of shopping' bag, so l may be some time. xxx

Poppy_Golightly

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

In other news, Dear Jennifer, from the *Computer Maintenance Department* rang again last night. Must have sent their feistiest agent, as there was no messing with the gal. She announced forthrightly that she was from CMD; that they had If you haven't already twigged, this is a well documented scam. Please don't let these people have anything to do with your computer, they (apparently) kid you into thinking that there is stuff wrong, by taking you to a 'report' page, where lots of (genuine) 'errors' are listed, and then proceed to install malware to 'get rid of it'. I know that my parentals have had these sort of calls in the past, which has been unnerving and confusing for them

I normally tell annoying phone call people that whatever they are talking about refers to my home on Earth and if they could be patient I will call them back once I return from my mission on the planet Zog sometime in 2134. There's usually a moment of silence before the line goes dead

supersaver1000

'Yo' GP and friends.

Just dipping in to say have a super Sunday.

I had a really annoying sales call once and they said 'can I ask you some questions?'.
Me: 'yes, ask away'.
Them: 'What's your age group ...?'
Me: silence
Them: 'Hello',
Me: 'Hello'.
Them: "What's your age group ....?'
Me:silence.
This repeats a few times until I put them out of their misery and tell them that they can ask as many questions as they like but I didn't say I would answer them. Phone goes down. :rotfl:
(Its a good stress reliever :rotfl:). Unfortunately I don't tend to get real people to annoy now, just those automated ones, shame.

Poppy_Golightly

supersaver1000 Brilliant! Maybe we should put annoying phonecalls on the free entertainment board - very MSE!

liltdiddylilt

Haaaaaaa you naughty bunch of rotters.... :rotfl: have had me giggling away at sales calls today. Read one on the lovely Killerpeaty's Uninspiring Diary where the gentleman - James, rather pervertedly came onto her after telling her she sounded like a school girl. She eventually got him to go away by getting rather grouchy and then he phoned back to say sorry, followed by another call from his 'manager - Epic James' who was actually him again (James) telling her that James was private school educated, tall and handsome etc. Some people should not be allowed to pick up a telephone...