The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Pyxis

Cakeguts wrote: »

I still hate football and I still hate that advert especially since most of the people who do the try again bit don't get the words out right. The whole thing is disjointed and annoying. I actually think that it makes the children look stupid because they can't say the thing correctly. Probably one of those adverts we should complain about because it makes the performers look silly and that isn't fair to the children in it.

Actually now I know that it is supposed to be the whole poem and it is intended to help English and Maths in school the least they could have done in the advert is to get the poem narration straight. Just awful. I didn't realise it was supposed to be a poem recital with pictures. It is really really bad. Who do I complain to about it? I complained to Lloyds bank about their awful one.

I'm not sure whom you could complain to. Perhaps Premier League? It is their ad.
It might be interesting to see what they say.

Pyxis

GDB2222 wrote: »

Thanks to Lincroft1710 for this:

"Victims in North Hertfordshire have reportedly been approached by an offender claiming to be an illegal immigrant who has won the lottery.

The offender states that they are unable to claim the lottery win due to their immigration status and asks the victim to claim it on their behalf, in return for a cut of the prize money. The offender often has an accomplice who poses as a member of the public, keen to take up the offer.

The offender then asks for a deposit from the victim, in the form of cash or high-value jewellery, to secure the deal.

Five reports have been received so far by Hertfordshire Constabulary with some victims losing up to £5,000".

Hopefully, none of the NP.

Oh dear.
It's easy to say "how could people fall for that", but these people (con men) can be so persuasive and seem so genuine, that who's to say?

When people can con solicitors out of the purchase price of someone's house, unbeknownst to the seller or purchaser, then what chance do mere 'mortals' have?

Cakeguts

Pyxis wrote: »

Oh dear.
It's easy to say "how could people fall for that", but these people (con men) can be so persuasive and seem so genuine, that who's to say?

When people can con solicitors out of the purchase price of someone's house, unbeknownst to the seller or purchaser, then what chance do mere 'mortals' have?

Con men who con are good at it. If they weren't they would have to stop.

michaels

End of an era(?)

So on 4 October 2012 I got my most recent mobile, a somy xperia s. Over 5 years and however many million minutes, gb of data, drops, immersions, official software updates, dodgy software upgrades, etc etc it has always just worked.

Finally this evening I dropped it yet again onto comcrete and there is a timy crack in one corner of the screen. It still works fine but I reckon I can now claim on my nationwide insurance and get a new phone.

Oh after quidco and cashabck I paid about 50 quid for it including 2 years minutes and data.....

PasturesNew

Poking about in the tree ... I stumbled across something you don't think about.

Not on my tree... but a woman was married and her husband was the first in their village to die in WW1 in 1914.

"Never mind", eh! Get another ... so she remarried in 1915.

Oops... husband 2 died in 1916.

I grew up surrounded by the "nods/whispers" of old ladies "... lost him in the War ... she never married/remarried" - those old spinster aunts that every family had.

You never think about people losing TWO husbands in one war though do you!

Wife of:
Private 8363 Arthur HULL, 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regt. Died Aug 1914
Corporal 22158 John Victor MULLEY, 9th Battalion Suffolk Regt. Died Sep 1916

I'm now off to see if she believed in "3rd time lucky"
First look: Looks like she didn't remarry.

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Poking about in the tree ... I stumbled across something you don't think about.

Not on my tree... but a woman was married and her husband was the first in their village to die in WW1 in 1914.

"Never mind", eh! Get another ... so she remarried in 1915.

Oops... husband 2 died in 1916.

I grew up surrounded by the "nods/whispers" of old ladies "... lost him in the War ... she never married/remarried" - those old spinster aunts that every family had.

You never think about people losing TWO husbands in one war though do you!

Wife of:
Private 8363 Arthur HULL, 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regt. Died Aug 2014
Corporal 22158 John Victor MULLEY, 9th Battalion Suffolk Regt. Died Sep 2016

I'm now off to see if she believed in "3rd time lucky"
First look: Looks like she didn't remarry.

I bet you don't get 2 war widow pensions....

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

I bet you don't get 2 war widow pensions....

Google is a fabulous resource.

War widow(er)s whose spouse died before 31 March 1973 could keep their War Widow(er)’s Pension if they remarried, formed a civil partnership or started cohabiting with another person after 6 April 2005. However, those who had remarried or began cohabiting before this date did not have their pension reinstated.
A War widow(er) whose spouse died after 31 March 1973 whose War Widow(er)’s Pension had been withdrawn because of remarriage or cohabitation could get the pension reinstated if their new partner died or the relationship ended.
Since 31 October 2000 AFABS pensions have been paid for life, regardless of remarriage, the formation of a civil partnership or cohabitation. This didn’t apply to people who remarried or started cohabiting before this date (although their pension could be reinstated if their new partner died or the relationship ended).
All recipients of survivors’ pensions (whether under the War Pensions Scheme or AFABS) who remarried, formed a civil partnership or started cohabiting after 1 April 2015 have been able to keep their pension.

http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN00568

PasturesNew

I looked it up.

Single widow of a private, 13/9. So that's 84p a week.

First child 5/0 (25p), going down with each child until the 4th when you get 2/6 (12½p).

You get 5/0 (25p) if you've a b4st4rd child that's affiliated (already taken the father to court and said "it's his" and the court agreed it was his ... all before he died, of course). Floozies probably get nothing.

She probably did a bit better with the 2nd one as he was a Corporal.

You couldn't benefit from the pension if you quickly married a wounded soldier who then died of his war wounds. You had to be married before he got hurt.

PasturesNew

The release of the 1921 Census will be interesting as that's the first chance to see how/where people were situated 3 years after the war finished.

LydiaJ

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Also - Hello All, hope everyone's well.:wave:

Nice to hear from you again, Hamish. Hope you and Mrs McTavish are both doing well.

Pyxis wrote: »

...the epitome of each is Joan Hickson and David Suchet.

Absolutely. Hickson and Suchet every time for me.

Pyxis wrote: »

...most of the other productions have messed about with the stories so very, very much.

Infuriating. I once tried to watch an adaptation of "Three act tragedy" that had been transplanted, IIRC, from its original setting in a village on the south coast of England to Acapulco, of all places. I think I stuck it for about 10 minutes before I gave up in disgust.

In other news, the Aged P has had a fall down some steps outside church this morning, and banged his head. The paramedics were called, and they called me. The paramedics are taking Aged P into hospital to be checked over, but they expect he'll be released this evening. It is a huge relief to me to know that he'll be released not to an empty, cold, split-level and unsuitable house, but to a nice warm flat in a block where there's a care team I've already been able to talk to, and who say they will keep an eye on him if I will let them know when he gets out of hospital.