Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

gocat

mhoc wrote: »

please can I ask if there is an expert on the Dartford tunnel on the Elite?

Errant son got a charge letter this morning which seemed to be for £70 :mad: so I scanned the letter for him and messaged him.
His car was on camera from last Friday night when he decided to come home on a whim

I did the minimal of research which seemed to say if you paid within 14 days it went down to £35.

a bit later errant son sent me a screen shot of his invoice sheet which only showed a payment of £2.50 which worried me as I though he had just paid the normal charge and not the fine.
but he voice messaged me to say he rung them up and this time he only has to pay the £2.50, next time it will be £35.
He says he will never go this way again anyway and in December he will do the other route he originally used

does this sound correct - that they would drop the fine this time so he only had to pay the normal charge and could he have rung this morning?

he said that he only used the lower level last Friday night whatever that means but I assume there are warning signs about the charge on the approach roads?
up here in the north we don't have anything like this to content with, only the Birmingham toll road as you go south along the M6 but it's very clearly sign posted that you are being taken off the normal M6 and onto the toll bit

I did warn errant son about the unexpected expenses that come up with no warning, the sort of stuff you can never plan for but could potentially wreck your budget he just dismissed this as nonsense - mum was right again.

at least £2.50 is not too bad and another life lesson learnt

FWIW there is no toll charge from 10pm to 6am. Maybe if he fancies a trip home, to get to the bridge/tunnel after 10pm

Serendipitious

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

You may have encouraged me to try these!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:

Same thing also happened to me yesterday - total intake was 1 x Up and Go; half a quiche and a tomato late afternoon, but didn't eat quiche pastry, and a round of toast before bed.

Sunshinemummy

Serendipitious wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

Same thing also happened to me yesterday - total intake was 1 x Up and Go; half a quiche and a tomato late afternoon, but didn't eat quiche pastry, and a round of toast before bed.

I am considering going shopping... after all OH is watching the Liverpool game!

HILLBERN

zippydooda wrote: »

hipp
has anyone done a pdf of loads to a page please. i may need it when the books run out.

i saved to my desktop after using the snipping tool....i have put 4 to a page but haven't used any yet

Sunshinemummy

HILLBERN wrote: »

i saved to my desktop after using the snipping tool....i have put 4 to a page but haven't used any yet

I used some today without any problem x

mhoc

gocat wrote: »

FWIW there is no toll charge from 10pm to 6am. Maybe if he fancies a trip home, to get to the bridge/tunnel after 10pm

Yes I noticed this - he went through at about 8.30 on Friday night, just a bit too early. I suggested to him not to come up or at least not to drive up until early Saturday morning but there was no stopping him.
I am trying to encourage him to stay put as much as possible - he wont ever settle down there if he keeps coming back at weekends.
I expect though when eldest son and GF move flats errant son will also invite himself to theirs as its just the other side of Birmingham. Errant son is also just about 90 mins from eldest child and her BF and when he realises this I expect he will invite himself there as well

In theory whatever route you use its 3 hours from here to where he is down south but each time now, both directions its taken him 4 - not due to traffic or anything obvious but I think 4 hours is the more realistic time

emerald21

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

I have a pdf... if you want it!

Yes please Ssm

emerald21

bargainqueen8 wrote: »

many years ago i used to manage a needlework shop,i carnt knit or sew so started cross stitch so i had a vague idea about something in the shop.:rotfl:not picked it up for years,mountains of stuff is packed away in the loft.:o
oh dear tweets.:rotfl:

They need to be on show not hidden away after all the effort that goes into them.

HILLBERN

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

I used some today without any problem x

that's good...might try and use some when i venture out tomorrow

emerald21

mhoc wrote: »

yes you did, generally we do Sada on Sundays for free parking

OH found a Sada receipt on the Home Bargain car park today sadly no APG and again the wrong version of Robinson's
And now I really do need some Robinsons - visitors for dinner tomorrow unless they get a better offer and possibly next weekend as well - so I need to hide my expensive cordials as they drink squash by the bucket load

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: that's the way.