Breaking Through, Travelling On

Karmacat

Poor you! I feel for you, I really do! Yep, had my own phone issues, totally - and when Virgin shoved me out the door recently, my first DD with TalkTalk was more, just like yours. I held my breath, as you do, and lo and behold, the second one is much lower, as they advertised, and there's been no interruption in service (early days - yet! but I'm hopeful).

As for those menus when you phone people ... yep, it's "lose the will to live" time, you're right When I was doing mystery shopping, I did loads of them (they were great as mystery shops, because you take notes **at the time**, and no travel time or expense) but as a consumer, I really, really hate them.

Good for you for staying with it - I'll be cheering you on for next month's DD :j

Working at 1 now, so off to get ready - have a good afternoon

Karmacat

Morning campers

Okay, elance, the 2nd of the 3 applications has been awarded elsewhere - these are really about honing the application I make, to be honest with you, for instance in the third one, I've talked about the milestones and why I put them there, rather than just dumping them in. And the same goes for this second one as for the first one - if it was me, I wouldn't have picked me either, compared to the one who got it :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What I might do (not next week, which is full of actual paid work ) is find examples of work that I've edited, and post them up there in my portfolio.

Today, however:
- banking
- Iceland - feta cheese, broccoli, maybe onions, nom ...
- contact business partner, we have a misunderstanding about our next meeting, aka we don't have the same thing in the diary
- reciprocate birthday card to cousin who caused the family ruckus last year - I might end up living within a mile of her for a while, I want things socially acceptable, no matter how problematic the history.
- send off sunkettle that went on the blink and email them.
- prune ivy and leylandii - then wash hair *immediately*, such a lot of yuck in those branches!
- ingredients are out on the table for twink's hobnobs :j:j:j

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Sounds a nicely varied To Do list, Karmacat:T

Feta cheese, my guilty pleasure. Could eat it by the whole block as soon as I get it home:o

Good idea to build bridges with your problematic relative. These things can fester and then explode into something even worse when you least expect it. Voice of bitter experience talking here;)

I've calmed down after my BT fiasco yesterday:j. Sorry to have let rip on here:o

Won't have much time to read your diary until Tuesday as have relatives over from Canada. Haven't seen them for nearly 15 years:eek:. They are moving all around UK during the 3 weeks they are here, seeing as many of our scattered family as they can. They stay in nice hotels and visit rather than actually stay with friends and family. As there are 4 of them it's a good thing bed-wise:rotfl:. It's our area's turn this weekend.

Wishing you a lovely Bank Holiday with the energy and weather to enjoy it to the full:beer:

Karmacat

Hi CBC! Well, you know what I think about peeps borrowing my thread - I love it :j:D

You have a good weekend lined up! Its great when distant family do that - we have a couple who visit like that, one only in Gloucestershire but the others are in Australia - both sets are well off, so yes, its comfortable for everyone. And the peeps they'd stay with on Merseyside are really very elderly now (and my problematic cousin isn't stepping up to the plate!) so hotels are definitely best.

My bank holibob will be a good one too - off to my sister's tomorrow, my mum is resting there for a day before they head off to the holiday cottage in France (I couldn't bear to stay there, thats why I've only been twice ). The rest is local fun and games, maybe down to the south coast too.

Karmacat

Its been sitting about for a fortnight ... I finally opened it this morning.

It was supposed to have a tracking number (this is the one that was put in the recycling bin while I was out, by the way ) and there's no number.

It was also supposed to contain a prepaid franked label. It doesn't. And you know what, they've put so many obstacles in my way - pretending they didn't get the pix of the broken part they asked for, stopping answering me, pretending to send a replacement but not doing so, and now not sending the label - I feel like, if they don't follow up and ask where the return is, I'm not even going to contact them yet again to tell them they didn't send a franked label. I'm entitled to look after my interests, I don't see why I should look after theirs.

The return cost isn't my responsibility because there was a fault, I didn't just change my mind.

Any feedback or side notes on this? I can't send it today in any case, cos no label, and no *way* I'm sending it at my own expense. I don't believe the lid will last anyway, I think it's a design problem.

Hey ho.

edinburgher

Another fan of feta here (or L1dl's 'Greek salad cheese' if they have the big tubs on offer, as it's about 30% cheaper!) Sainsbobs used to do an amazing barrel aged one that was just divine in a a spanakopita

KC, is leylandii the one that can grow to be giant and divides neighbours in courtrooms across the land? :eek:

I can totally appreciate CBC's BT rant, I am still scarred from spending 10.5 *hours* on the phone with BT in 2007, just to change my address details for a broadband package that we moved! :rotfl:

beanielou

Chase up returns labels.
!!!!!s.

You are a better woman than me full stop.

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edinburgher wrote: »

Another fan of feta here (or L1dl's 'Greek salad cheese' if they have the big tubs on offer, as it's about 30% cheaper!) Sainsbobs used to do an amazing barrel aged one that was just divine in a a spanakopita

KC, is leylandii the one that can grow to be giant and divides neighbours in courtrooms across the land? :eek:

I can totally appreciate CBC's BT rant, I am still scarred from spending 10.5 *hours* on the phone with BT in 2007, just to change my address details for a broadband package that we moved! :rotfl:

Are you serious about the 10.5 hours or was it said with tongue in cheek? I never know with you:rotfl:. My BT ordeal was nothing by comparison but it certainly felt like I'd been at it for 10.5 hours by the time I'd finished:eek:

You and I have similar tastes in food, Ed. Feta and samphire being two of them. Maybe its the saltiness. Will definitely look out for what Lidl have to offer next time I'm there:T.

I hope Mrs E and baby Juliet are doing well and that you are managing to snatch a bit of sleep:beer:.

edinburgher

Re. 10.5 hours, deadly serious! :eek:

Karmacat

edinburgher wrote: »

Another fan of feta here (or L1dl's 'Greek salad cheese' if they have the big tubs on offer, as it's about 30% cheaper!) Sainsbobs used to do an amazing barrel aged one that was just divine in a a spanakopita

Ooh, spanakopita ... that word takes me straight to Corfu Town - getting there on the ferry, renting rooms from the women waiting for the ferry on the quayside (does that still happen?) and going to the same streetseller every day as we rushed out on our adventures :j

KC, is leylandii the one that can grow to be giant and divides neighbours in courtrooms across the land? :eek:

I'm afraid so ... luckily for me, the neighbours whose land they're on like it cropped as well, they've just forgotten to do it this year because they have a new baby in the house (hint, hint ).

I can totally appreciate CBC's BT rant, I am still scarred from spending 10.5 *hours* on the phone with BT in 2007, just to change my address details for a broadband package that we moved! :rotfl:

_pale_ _pale_ _pale_ That's horrendous!

beanielou wrote: »

Chase up returns labels.
!!!!!s.

You are a better woman than me full stop.

:rotfl: Well, I'm not I thought I was going a bit OTT when I started writing the email - glad I didn't send it now

carbootcrazy wrote: »

You and I have similar tastes in food, Ed. Feta and samphire being two of them. Maybe its the saltiness. Will definitely look out for what Lidl have to offer next time I'm there:T.

And me :j I lurve salty food - in fact, I've gone back on the lo-salt stuff for exactly that reason

I hope Mrs E and baby Juliet are doing well and that you are managing to snatch a bit of sleep:beer:.

From me too, to all of you