The Big Adventure

Mint1955

Wd40 will do the trick

Goldiegirl

Mint1955 wrote: »

Wd40 will do the trick

Hi Mint:)

Mr Goldie approached the window, can of WD40 in his hand - but it seems to be the locking mechanism that is broken, unfortunately. The bit at the top of the unit is moving, but the bit at the bottom of the unit is jammed and doesn't move at all.

Pesky thing!

Karmacat

Definite peskiness there I don't suppose its still under guarantee? I've had quite a few new windows since I moved in 4 years ago, and the guarantee is 10 years ...

Goldiegirl

We had the windows fitted in 2000, so way out of guarantee unfortunately.

After a bit of faffing around this morning, I eventually got hold of their up to date phone number, and after an extensive 20 minute phone call ( started to lose the will to live at one point), I managed to get an appointment for the man to come round this afternoon. So, a good result, especially if it gets mended today.

I had to pay a £35 call out fee up front, and will have to pay the balance to the engineer.

Hope it's not too much.

I had three more eBay sales last night, which brings the weekends total to 11. That's 10 for my friend, one for me. Some of the buyers are being a bit tardy in paying, but when all of them have paid, I'll transfer my share to the LXF.

I've been out to take a few bulky items to the charity shops. I've been waiting for ages for a charity bag to come through the letter box, but with no joy. So I thought I'd take them to the shops myself. I've got another hefty thing to get rid of, so I'll do a similar exercise next week.

I'm going to finish the housework, then this afternoon I'm going to tidy my Hx online banking.

I've got an account with a balance of £48.28, which hasn't paid any interest since 2006! I've been holding on to it for sentimental reasons, as it was the first account I opened when I started work there in 1981. I'll get the balance transferred to the LXF.

I've been using a couple of old accounts for my Little Xtra Fund and my Virtual Sealed Pot, but they pay paltry amount of interest, so I'm going to open two new accounts for those.

Then I'm going to look at our 'bills' account. It is a second current account, with no frills or perks. We pay an amount in each month to cover all the regular bills. Over time, a balance has built up. I'm going to open another interest bearing savings account, and transfer a reserve amount to it, so we can earn a little interest.

Actually, this account is a good candidate for a switch, as it does have Direct debits. Will think about that.

Then tomorrow, I should be able to start opening an interest bearing current account.

Goldiegirl

Well, that's turned out ok


I did my Hx tidy up, and noticed there was an option to upgrade existing accounts to the current type of savings account.


So I did that for the VSP, the LXF and my 1981 account. ( I couldn't help keeping it for sentimental reasons:o)


Then I opened a new account which I called 'Bills Reserve'


I've also received £10 from Opinion Outpost which I've put in the LXF


The window man arrived, and sorted out the window - it was the gear wheel? It means nothing to me:rotfl: Had to pay another £50, so that was £85 in all


I was chatting to him, and it turns out that his wife has always worked in banking, and was made redundant last year. She's thinking about part time work...... so I gave him my managers details. She sounds ideal for my job!


I didn't mention that it could be very stressful. That's not a good selling point:rotfl:

Karmacat

Not bad, Goldie, not bad!

Erm, have you kept the same amount of money in that 1981 account, the one with the terrible interest rate?

**wags finger sternly**

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Goldiegirl

Karmacat wrote: »

Not bad, Goldie, not bad!

Erm, have you kept the same amount of money in that 1981 account, the one with the terrible interest rate?

**wags finger sternly**

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl: I did transfer most of the money out years ago !


But there's still £48.28 in there, which is probably far too much for an account that was paying no interest at all ! :rotfl::rotfl:

muddywhitechicken

Goldiegirl wrote: »

I was chatting to him, and it turns out that his wife has always worked in banking, and was made redundant last year. She's thinking about part time work...... so I gave him my managers details. She sounds ideal for my job!

Do you get a finder's fee?!

Goldiegirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Do you get a finder's fee?!

I'll suggest that and see what they say!
:rotfl:


Quite a pleasant day here. I've managed to get some of the never ending washing on to the line - at this time of year you need to take what opportunities you can


Mt Goldie has been doing some tidying in the garden. We still have flowers in bloom, and looking nice, which is lovely.


My final eBay buyer has paid, so I'm going to post the parcel as part of my walk this afternoon. My 'daily' walks are a bit patchy, must do better on this!


My friends eBay things sold this weekend totalled £82.95, which is good. I've transferred £30 of my share to the LXF.


The rest I keep back to cover fees and a contribution towards packaging. I tend to charge 20p over the postage cost for packing, but it doesn't really cover the full cost, what with labels, cost of printer ink, bubble wrap, tissue paper etc. I recycle as much packaging as I can, but the costs of the rest of it can mount up.


We've been doing more of the financial tidying and shuffling this afternoon. We've both transferred some of the money in our low interest paying Santander account to our ISAs The rest will be transferred to various high interest current accounts when possible.


We've both applied for a Nationwide current account, and been accepted, so the paperwork is on it's way.


We'll open the next account next week.


I've been looking more at the Santander 123 account. It is a very good fit for our 'bills' account, especially as the cash bank is good on some of the Utilities. It charges £2 per month so I'll have to make sure it's cost effective, but with some cashback and interest earned, I think it will be.


Off for my walk now

Goldiegirl

That's another two days of work out of the way.

There's not much positive to say about it, so I'll just leave it there!

I've had to book my car in for an adjustment. Last year there was a recall for the airbag, now they want to do something further. I've booked it in for Wednesday. It's free,,but a bit inconvenient.

Two NSD's, nothing else to report really.

I'll post again tomorrow, when I'm feeling a bit more lively.