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PeterD

ST16 Represent.
I have achieved two near miracles already today.

I have hacked into my HMRC account and managed to pay the tax that becomes due at the end of this month, due to me not having a posh -boy Cayman Islands account to hide it in. This really is the most convoluted and obstructive arrangement - if anybody wants to break into my tax account and do it for me, they are quite welcome to.

Maybe they'll stop texting me every few minutes now?

It looks like it'll be a decent afternoon here, but, if it gets wet, I'll have a go at getting into the CIA system later on, it should be a bit easier.


Far more importantly, many years ago, I bought two pairs of almost-but-not-quite-identical socks. They have proved to be very hard-wearing and comfortable, so they have had very regular use.

But, the pairs got mixed up almost immediately and, for a couple of decades, I have been intending to rematch them into the 'real' pairs, if I ever washed both pairs at the same time.

This has finally happened!
5 years ago my wife bought me a 12 pack of guaranteed not to wear out the heal socks. I started using 3 pairs and when they did eventually wear out, replace them with a pair from the other 9. No they really are guaranteed.
 

BobClay

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But, the pairs got mixed up almost immediately and, for a couple of decades, I have been intending to rematch them into the 'real' pairs, if I ever washed both pairs at the same time.

This has finally happened!

Albert Einstein is reputed to have said: "Co-incidence is God's way of showing that he exists."

Of course it's a bit of a pisser if the co-incidence happens to be a large asteroid and the Earth wanting to occupy the same space at the same time. :P
 

basil

don't mention the blinds
Albert also said '
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself '
Crazy guy
Crazy hair ....
 

Trumpet

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5 years ago my wife bought me a 12 pack of guaranteed not to wear out the heal socks. I started using 3 pairs and when they did eventually wear out, replace them with a pair from the other 9. No they really are guaranteed.
I still have some thick work socks from my pit days over 30 years ago. Still in use every winter.
 

Carole

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In our efforts to “support the High St” my husband spent £40 in Waterstones before Christmas buying me some books that were on my list.

One of these I’ve been devouring this week, absolutely loving it, it cost £20 hardback.
Anyway, it’s a book within a book, hard to explain but I got 400 pages in to the part where the detective says “Yes, I know who the murderer is and all shall be revealed very soon, I just have one last piece of the puzzle to solve, I need to find out exactly what she was doing in church”

I go to read the next page to find out that it’s a page that’s been repeated. Then I discover that the next 30 pages have been duplicated. Worse, the duplicated 30 pages actually replace the 30 pages that should be there...the bit that tells me whodunnit.

So I can’t finish the book.
I e mail Waterstones with photos of the duplicated/missing pages but they couldn’t be less helpful if they tried.
They said that books bought in store can only be exchanged in store, to which I replied “but they are closed”
Even though they are selling online it’s apparently “impossible” for them to do an exchange for me.

So they tell me I’ve got to wait until they reopen by which time I’ll have forgotten who the characters are.

So, I’ll probably just order another from Amazon (cheaper than Waterstones anyway) then get a refund from Waterstones when they reopen.

And before anyone pipes up that we’re in the middle of a global pandemic and there are worse things happening in the world....I know I shouldn’t be moaning but it wasn’t half annoying. Wished the missing pages had been at the start of the book, not the end.
 
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Gramaisc

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@Noah's mention elsewhere of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom reminded me of buying that in Harvey's, that was in Market Street, and thinking it was a bit repetitive, then eventually realising that sixty pages were repeated, though without there being any others missing in that case.

I also bought a complete single volume edition of the three Reggie Perrin books - and only spotted that they were bound in the order 1 - 3 - 2 when I started the third/second book...
 
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That-Crazy-Rat-Lady

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I have a cat!! (yet to be named)

Cat has been with us for 5 days now and so far he has been thoroughly unimpressed with my displays of affection...

He refused to use the loo for the first 3 days - then on the third night at 2am he finally gave in and dropped the most horrific turd in the corner (on my curtains)

After I cleaned up he felt much relieved of his (gigantic) burden and so danced around the room until 8am meowing and destroying everything in sight.

So far his favourite activities include hiding under the bed and attacking anything you foolishly leave hanging out (toes / arms / eyes etc etc)

I love him :love:
 

That-Crazy-Rat-Lady

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@Glam

Picture taken by RSPCA - so far he's been very camera shy!
 

littleme

250,000th poster!
I have a cat!! (yet to be named)

Cat has been with us for 5 days now and so far he has been thoroughly unimpressed with my displays of affection...

He refused to use the loo for the first 3 days - then on the third night at 2am he finally gave in and dropped the most horrific turd in the corner (on my curtains)

After I cleaned up he felt much relieved of his (gigantic) burden and so danced around the room until 8am meowing and destroying everything in sight.

So far his favourite activities include hiding under the bed and attacking anything you foolishly leave hanging out (toes / arms / eyes etc etc)

I love him :love:
Fantastic! What's his name, what does he look like, what he destroyed?

Ours are still destroying my wallpaper, and Charlie today lost ANOTHER magnetic collar, thank heavens for Prime.
 

That-Crazy-Rat-Lady

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Fantastic! What's his name, what does he look like, what he destroyed?

Ours are still destroying my wallpaper, and Charlie today lost ANOTHER magnetic collar, thank heavens for Prime.

Well the RSPCA named him 'Ned' which I think is truly terrible!

I want to get to know him before settling on something!

His most unruly feat yet is climbing in the sooty fireplace and troddling ash everywhere!

In his defence they are VERY cute pawprints!
 
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