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WinterWarrior

Happy Wednesday. Could you find a similar island from somewhere else? 

Sun_Addict

WinterWarrior said:

Happy Wednesday. Could you find a similar island from somewhere else? 

No it’s a particular one I want. Other places are more expensive and not what I’m looking for. 

Sun_Addict

This is the one I’m after. It has a cupboard at the front so is ideal.

Humdinger1

Lovely @Sun_Addict! The world is conspiring to keep your money unspent; sounds like it could be in at the end of the summer?  Always read your diary and I should comment more often as am in awe of everything you do.  Love Humdinger xx 

milann

Houses plans are exciting. Love the island 😁

Sun_Addict

Just received the council tax bill up by £6 a month. As I said the other day the £150 will be credited to the bank. 

Fed up of trying to speak to the chemists, constantly engaged, they're as bad as the doctors! Charity shop are coming to pick up the donations on Monday. Hopefully should be able to add a few more things by then. Good news is they also take clothes unsuitable for re-selling to weigh in for recycling and I have a plastic sack full of such items.

Making a smoky chickpea and red pepper soup for today's and tomorrow's lunch.  Trying a new recipe from the BBC Good Food magazine.  Tonight's dinner is salmon with Mexican rice and plenty of veg. WW live DanceFit class at 6pm. Already taken the dog for one walk this morning and will take her for another after lunch.

Looking round at the dining room where I'm currently working from, I really need to give it a good clean/tidy this weekend. I don't half make a mess when I WFH 🤣

badmemory

I got fed up with trying to deal with them & took back control.  Don't know if you can do that, it depends how they work.  I have a 27 day reminder to order prescriptions.  My doctors have a special phone line for ordering.  It used to work 24/7 but now only 8am Mon to 5 pm Fri, who on earth knows why that is.  I mean we all know they aren't going to be actually producing prescriptions over the weekend anyway.  They send the prescription direct to your pharmacy of choice & they text when prescription is ready.  The 27 days gives us a little leeway.

Yes it is one more thing for you to remember, but you are having to do that anyway because they are letting you down.

Sun_Addict

badmemory said:

I got fed up with trying to deal with them & took back control.  Don't know if you can do that, it depends how they work.  I have a 27 day reminder to order prescriptions.  My doctors have a special phone line for ordering.  It used to work 24/7 but now only 8am Mon to 5 pm Fri, who on earth knows why that is.  I mean we all know they aren't going to be actually producing prescriptions over the weekend anyway.  They send the prescription direct to your pharmacy of choice & they text when prescription is ready.  The 27 days gives us a little leeway.

Yes it is one more thing for you to remember, but you are having to do that anyway because they are letting you down.

I had changed to online Lloyds Pharmacy because of the poor service but the chemist phoned me asking to change back as he needed the business. He said he would offer us the same delivery service. It was great for the first few months but seems to be failing now and I'm having to chase them up every months. I prefer to have it delivered as they only allow 2 people at a time in the shop despite restrictions being lifted, there is always a queue outside and they are painfully slow. The doctors only have one phone line and that's either engaged or you are number 2 in the queue for ages. They've both used Covid as an excuse for very poor customer service.

beanielou

Our chemist is the same.
Still only two in the shop & so slow.

badmemory

I stopped using the pharmacy nearest the doctors because basically I couldn't trust them to get things right & now use Tescos instore one.  Longer opening hours, still expect you to space, but most of the time no queue.

Another reason for not trusting the local pharmacy - I had a one off prescription & came out of the doctors & thought why do a 6 mile round trip when I'm already here..  They only stole me back from Tescos.  So if the docs give me a prescription now I have no choice other than the drive.