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Missed the deadline for Claims on deceased's Estate

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  • Recordable DVDs became available in 1995!
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    The first DVD spec was finished 1996 the first drives/discs 1997

    recordable started 1997 with the commercial pioneer DVR S-101 and became affordable(<$1000) with the pioneer DVR-103 in 2001 fitted to PC and Mac.
  • Kynthia
    Kynthia Posts: 5,692 Forumite
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    mrscmd wrote: »
    I received a wonderful number of photographs this morning! I am so happy and thrilled - and amongst them is a wonderful photo of my grandpa, in his uniform as a young fireman! Many pics of my parents, too, as well as the aunts and my grandparents.


    Feeling overwhelmed.


    Thank you, people, who advised to write - I really was not going to as I was worried he might think I was trying something untoward - but what he has sent is utterly priceless. XXXX

    That's so lovely to hear. What a lovely outcome.
    Don't listen to me, I'm no expert!
  • mrscmd
    mrscmd Posts: 26 Forumite
    Just to end the story - I plucked up the courage to telephone the chap and found out he had known them for over 30 years, doing maintenance for them. He knew nothing about them, other than they 'were a little strange and kept themselves to themselves', although he knew they had had a brother.
    He said he was still sorting the stuff and was going to take the photos to the tip as he did not know what to do with them.. thank heaven I wrote!


    I am still overwhelmed... these pics mean the world and more to me!


    Happy ending!
  • Applecart
    Applecart Posts: 226 Forumite
    That's impressive recordable DVD only came to the market 15 years ago(2001) :)

    How rude! and pointless.
  • theoretica
    theoretica Posts: 12,691 Forumite
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    What a nice ending - thank you for telling us.
    But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,
    Had the whole of their cash in his care.
    Lewis Carroll
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