Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

michaels

GDB2222 wrote: »

Yes, I'm coming round to that POV. I'll happily move to Npower, but some unknown company with bad reviews could be too much pain.

Didn't one of the NP have a multi-year struggle with the twilight zone that is the NPower billing department?

michaels

silvercar wrote: »

Just signed DS2 up for the MSE sky broadband offer. When do kids start doing things for themselves? In mitigation he is away for the weekend and asked me to look into broadband deals for him, but still.

Now I'd have signed them up to the BT deal with the mastercard and quidco and worked on the basis that the the quidco should come my way as an agency fee....

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

Now I'd have signed them up to the BT deal with the mastercard and quidco and worked on the basis that the the quidco should come my way as an agency fee....

Always one better!

Don't know what deal you have found, though bear in mind that DS2 does not have a credit card.

This deal is £9.50 a month for 12 months for unlimited broadband and phone rental with a £50 bill credit.

SingleSue

Pyxis wrote: »

Do, please, have a look at this poster's heartfelt poem......


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5619307

That's how I feel a lot, too many people judge why I have to use a wheelchair and because I can't be as active anymore, one of the first thoughts is because I am overweight. What they don't see is that just prior to my body breaking completely, I was competing in fun runs, dancing, running, walking everywhere, playing badminton etc. The wheelchair and crutch came first, not the fat.

As for invisible....well the amount of times I am either spoken to as if I am mentally deficient or questions directed at whoever is pushing my chair is amazing.

I found it quite amazing last summer when Josh was home with the amount of times people were going to challenge us for being in a disabled spot, only to veer away from the car when they saw him open the boot for the wheelchair and I know it is horrible to stereotype but they were all over a certain age. I get angry looks too when I am on my own until they see that I am struggling to walk more than them.

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

Do, please, have a look at this poster's heartfelt poem......
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5619307

Whilst the content and sentiment is excellent I do have to ask - is that what passes for poetry nowadays?

I always thought that poetry involved a fair bit of rhyming and generally a pattern of equal length lines? That looks more like an essay which has then been broken up by a random selection of line breaks.

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

Didn't one of the NP have a multi-year struggle with the twilight zone that is the NPower billing department?

They are the only big name that's cheaper than Scottish Power.

michaels

silvercar wrote: »

Always one better!

Don't know what deal you have found, though bear in mind that DS2 does not have a credit card.

This deal is £9.50 a month for 12 months for unlimited broadband and phone rental with a £50 bill credit.

There is a BT deal that starts of at about 27 quid a month for unlimited 50gb fibre but you get a £200 prepaid mastercard and 100 plus quidco making it pretty cheap per month overall....

It is in this weeks mse email but with a different 'cashback' route paying only £50 but possibly more certain than tcb/quidco.

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Whilst the content and sentiment is excellent I do have to ask - is that what passes for poetry nowadays?

I always thought that poetry involved a fair bit of rhyming and generally a pattern of equal length lines? That looks more like an essay which has then been broken up by a random selection of line breaks.

Poetry doesn't have to rhyme. Blank verse.

It's good for people to have a go, though, don't you think? Not everyone's a Betjeman, but that doesn't mean to say they shouldn't give it a go, especially if they have something to say.

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

Poetry doesn't have to rhyme. Blank verse.

It's good for people to have a go, though, don't you think? Not everyone's a Betjeman, but that doesn't mean to say they shouldn't give it a go, especially if they have something to say.

OK, so what makes something poetry rather than just a passage of text?
Serious question

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

There is a BT deal that starts of at about 27 quid a month for unlimited 50gb fibre but you get a £200 prepaid mastercard and 100 plus quidco making it pretty cheap per month overall....

It is in this weeks mse email but with a different 'cashback' route paying only £50 but possibly more certain than tcb/quidco.

I do think they would prefer a lower outlay rather than a gift card. But I see your point - Oh well, they've got the second best deal around.