Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

zagubov

That is marvellous news Sue! :T:T:T :beer:

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

I wasn't born in the "sue them" generation, so am pretty laid back about it so far.

The idea of party wall surveyors is to avoid disputes. They are independent, and they ensure that your property is not damaged. So far, you've reported serious damage to the boundary fence and demolition work that has shaken your house. They should have taken much more care about demolishing the chimney stack, for example, but as there's nobody watching them on your behalf they are simply taking the p155. I'm really cross that you are being taken advantage of when the law exists to protect you.

zagubov

There's a few useful websites linked on other threads, such as this one:
http://www.boundary-problems.co.uk/boundary-problems/walls.html

ivyleaf

Brilliant news, Sue :T :beer: :j

Pyxis I don't bother with a receipt at our local sainsbury's and Co=op if paying with cash, because I know they have CCTV which would show me paying for my goods before leaving the store

PN I think GDB is right, and I'm sure it would be them rather than you who would have to pay for the survey so you wouldn't have to worry about that side of things. (Am I right, GDB?)

Pyxis

ivyleaf wrote: »

Pyxis I don't bother with a receipt at our local sainsbury's and Co=op if paying with cash, because I know they have CCTV which would show me paying for my goods before leaving the store

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Well, I did think of that, but then I thought it would be just my luck for the CCTV not to be working at that moment, or they might say I've paid for item x but not item Y.

I know the till details probably would exonerate me, but it would take ages for them to do that, and in the meantime I would be be standing accused! If I can just pull out the receipt, it is instant exoneration!



There was another day when I bought some bits in Superdrug, but they didn't have everything I wanted, so I went into Boots. Now, Boots also sold the things I had bought in Superdrug, so I was glad I'd asked for the Superdrug receipt, to prove I'd bought those things there!

ivyleaf

Pyxis wrote: »

Well, I did think of that, but then I thought it would be just my luck for the CCTV not to be working at that moment, or they might say I've paid for item x but not item Y.

I know the till details probably would exonerate me, but it would take ages for them to do that, and in the meantime I would be be standing accused! If I can just pull out the receipt, it is instant exoneration!



There was another day when I bought some bits in Superdrug, but they didn't have everything I wanted, so I went into Boots. Now, Boots also sold the things I had bought in Superdrug, so I was glad I'd asked for the Superdrug receipt, to prove I'd bought those things there!

Oh yes, quite agree there!

chris_m

ivyleaf wrote: »

Pyxis I don't bother with a receipt at our local sainsbury's and Co=op if paying with cash, because I know they have CCTV which would show me paying for my goods before leaving the store

I want, and expect, a receipt, if paying by card so that I have something to take out of my wallet at some point and log in my finance records so that I know what I've spent.

I wouldn't bother if paying by cash because I only bother to record cash in my records when I take it out of my bank account, not when I spend it.

michaels

SingleSue wrote: »

Please forgive my proud parent/boasting moment.....

Got youngest's autumn report this morning and it is so so good, best one I have ever received.

For class effort he scores 1*
For out of class effort he scores 1*
For personal organisation he scores 1*

1* is the highest you can get (it goes 1* down to 3, 3 meaning inadequate) and means outstanding with behaviour strongly beneficial to progress.

For grades, his ALPS minimum taget grade was Distinction, Merit, Merit. His actual current predicted grade is Distinction*, Distinction*, Distinction* (equivalent to 3 x A* at A2).

So far he has received distinctions in all the units he has completed over the last 14 or so months and is sitting right at the top of the class. Not bad for a student who was written off by his previous school as not able.

I'm a bit of a chuffed mum today.

That is wonderful Sue. He (and you of course) should be very proud.

I am not sure what to do with DD1, she got her report yesterday and it was very good...but not excellent. I am sure all parents feel the same but I am fairly sure she is capable of better. She has settled very comfortably into set 2 for everything and is then able to coast, knocking off most of her homework to a 'food enough' standard at the end of lessons and break times but definitely not putting in the effort to produce any excellent pieces of work, and thus not making the teachers think she could move up to the top sets where she would no doubt find it much tougher but I suspect would cope and might blossom. But I don't know whether I am right or just suffering from parental blinkers and is aiming for top academic success at the expense of her easygoing 'cute and cool' lifestyle really what is best for her - as a geek nerd obviously my opinion of what life's priorities should be is not unbiased.

SingleSue

With youngest, it was when HE decided he was going to show what he could do, didn't matter how much I knew he could do, the shutters were well and truly down. I do remember it being extremely frustrating, we all knew how bright he was at home but because of all the stuff going on at school, he wasn't comfortable enough to let the shutters open and even when he did, they shut him down again as he was going off topic, or they hadn't reached that bit yet or a myriad of other excuses.

I think for him it was when he finally realised what he wanted to do in life and then consequently, how hard he was going to have to work to pull himself up to that level. It also helped with the change of school, going to a college where he was allowed to find his own level instead of it being assumed due to his disabilities and statement and streamed into the lower ones, from the moment he arrived there, he got his determined head on.

He has worked incredibly hard to get that report, he has no social life, everything is about getting his grades up and keeping them up so he studies and researches for several hours a day after college. He even had a girl interested in him (not that he actually cottoned on, he thought she was just being nice) but he dropped her like a lead weight when she said study could wait, that it wasn't important but going out to the cinema was.

He is very very focused on where he wants to be, his ultimate aim and getting to university is just one of the first steps.

ivyleaf

That's good news PN :T