Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

silvercar

Wheezy wrote: »

We have a landline.
Mainly to call abroad on those cheapo 0.5 or 1p/min. 0844/0845 access numbers for which you need a landline. I'd guess 80% or more of our calls are abroad.

We have a landline, mainly to keep the poor sods who work in call centres in India employed.

Wheezy_2

lemonjelly wrote: »

Had it. Hence the waiting game.
Am not feeling overly optimistic though...

Don't worry... go bowling or something.
Any idea when you're going to get a response?

phoebe1989seb

Pleased to hear it's sorted PN.....definitely a very similar scenario to my late f's. The home we had chosen was part of a large group, although there were no other facilities owned by them in the area as most seemed to be oop North, whereas ours was on the South Coast. However, we did particularly choose it because it was one that specifically stated my parents would not be made to leave when their conditions worsened, so for staff to then decide he was too far gone to take back seemed a bit off, although like your situation they later backtracked.....:o

You should be insisting on an assessment for NHS CC though....although my f passed away within a few weeks of it being awarded, it's the principle of the matter imho x

Can delete this if you'd prefer x

PasturesNew

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

NHS CC

If there are extra costs we'll look into it, but it seems as if that's more about medical need - of which there is none. It's all care stuff.
I also know there's some NHS other fund of £109/week that I could look into if money raises its head.
We're self funding (brought up to believe "one day all this will be yours", to have to sell the house, now a few years on, to see the pot's going to be empty)

michaels

Wheezy wrote: »

We have a landline.
Mainly to call abroad on those cheapo 0.5 or 1p/min. 0844/0845 access numbers for which you need a landline. I'd guess 80% or more of our calls are abroad.

You do know that due to ofcoms wisdom that is all going to disappear in a feew weeks as BT are going to charge about 10ppm on top off what the 08 number providor charges whereas previously they had to connect such calls at no charge (per minute) for themselves (except for a 15p connection fee)

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

You do know that due to ofcoms wisdom ...

Whoosh.

From my corner of no clue what's going on in the world, or how phones etc work ..... phones are far too complex.

I liked the olden days when you paid BT for a phone, the Gas Company for gas, the Electric Company for electric .... and there was none of this eternal faffing around.

lostinrates

Prepaid Skype to call abroad Wheezy? How is that now for cost? (We are FaceTime now, it saves us a bloody fortune in running costs, though of course, the capital expenditure.....;))

lostinrates

Today is ouchy. I've come back to bed.

Dog dog is spread along me keeping me warm.

Fir's electric Daisies died. He'll be so upset.

Wheezy_2

michaels wrote: »

You do know that due to ofcoms wisdom that is all going to disappear in a feew weeks as BT are going to charge about 10ppm on top off what the 08 number providor charges whereas previously they had to connect such calls at no charge (per minute) for themselves (except for a 15p connection fee)

Ouch! :eek:
No I didn't know that.
Do you have a link?

Wheezy_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Prepaid Skype to call abroad Wheezy? How is that now for cost?

No idea...their rates website is screwed up.
I put Belgium in destination and get f-all results.
https://www.skype.com/en/rates/?nu=subs-calling