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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Karmacat wrote: »
    Good grief! Taking photos of meter readings never occured to me ... accidents, yes (though I might have forgotten in the stress of the moment) ... blimey.
    beanielou wrote: »
    Nor me. At all.
    My mind does not work like that.

    It's BG and npower - there is an expectation that things will not run smoothly...

    https://switch.which.co.uk/energy-suppliers/energy-companies-rated.html

    And the way things are going for me at the moment, I will not be emerging from paranoid mode for a while...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    Have a good weekend you all~~Z, Butti & Karmcat :)

    And you too. No doing something I wouldn't... ;)
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,017 Ambassador
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    ZTD wrote: »
    And you too. No doing something I wouldn't... ;)

    If only :rotfl:
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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Hiya :hello:

    Yeah, my weekend's appallingly quiet, I confess ... but I'll try to make it a good one :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Karmacat wrote: »
    Hiya :hello:

    Yeah, my weekend's appallingly quiet, I confess ... but I'll try to make it a good one :)

    Quiet weekends are good. I deliberately made this one quiet, as I've run out of steam...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    And from the annals of "extremely serious" and "extremely silly" all at the same time...



    Always put something in the doorway of self-locking doors if you're working in there...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    So...trying to leave my "final meter reading" with npower...

    This will be the "final meter reading" I've already left of course, but this is npower...

    Estimated time on the phone of...forty freaking minutes!
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Received final bill from BT and it is...drum roll please...a 31p refund.

    That's the billionaire playboy lifestyle paid for a while...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,017 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    ZTD wrote: »
    Received final bill from BT and it is...drum roll please...a 31p refund.

    That's the billionaire playboy lifestyle paid for a while...

    Oh where are we going?:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Ha! I had an 89p credit from O2, and they had the cheek to tell me it was for information only, no refund ... then asked why I was leaving? I told them :):):)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
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