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Preparing for Winter V

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  • Laura_Elsewhere
    Laura_Elsewhere Posts: 2,909 Forumite
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    @Van_Girl - hmm, well they tried threatening Dad (late 80s) with prosecution for Criminal Fraud because he uses his middle name, so his email address is middlename.surname, and they insist on using his first name, so claimed he was using an agent and should drop all claims or be prosecuted… and then six months after that one failed, they had another go at threatening him again, on the grounds that he hadn't counted a boxroom as a bedroom and therefore was deliberately underinsuring the house and should drop all claims or be prosecuted for Criminal Fraud…
    He's exhausted, they both are.
    The rest of the family, living at a helpless distance, is livid…

    Anyway… back to preparing for winter…! :)

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