Trumpet
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Ah, I know the one now. Tried it once, I reckon @staffordjas had a lucky escape.
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Glam
Mad Cat Woman
My younger sister is currently living the very expensive life in Galway, she text me earlier, says the winds they've had there today, have been awful, apparently sumat to do with some tropical storm.
On the other hand, she reckons the locals are some of the loveliest folk she's ever met. Her new knobheadwankstainwasteofspaceshitforbrains is enjoying the Guinness and she herself is loving the locally produced cider.
Gramaisc
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It has been blustery - 63% wind electricity over the last 24 hours, though.
Mudgie
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I realised that cheques are scanned now as the money' is transferred almost instantly instead of clearing taking a few days but i didn't know of "lots are being rejected because they are too feint, signature goes over the line etc."Apparently , so I was told, the cheques are now scanned over to the clearance place (or whatever it's called) and lots are being rejected because they are too feint, signature goes over the line etc.
I'd taken a photo of the cheque before I handed it over to the bank teller , incase of any problems (Because me being me, nothing ever goes straight forwards, through other peoples incompetence). Showed her the photo of it today and she couldn't see anything wrong with it, as well as building society not being able to see anything wrong with the copy they received back.
Just glad I didn't tear my passbook up in my midnight paperwork decluttering frenzy !
staffordjas
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I felt confident that a building society cheque would clear with no probs , as needed it to pay straight out once cleared.. bit of a shocker this morning ( especially after a scam call yesterday which I luckily refused to divulge any passwords& account details. ).
Mudgie
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I was given a signed photograph of Concorde by Brian Trubshaw.
c0tt0nt0p
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Really had to bite my tongue today.
Following a massive clearout of our garage we had a number of IKEA komplement write mesh drawers (with the plastic runners for them to sit on) similar to these
I was going to put them on Facebook market place but thought I'd donate them to Katharine house big shop up by the recycling centre.
Got there to be met by an elderly make member of staff.
"What are these ? " Pointing to the runners...
"They go with the mesh drawers as they go in ikea furniture (pax wardrobes)" I replied...
"Oh we're not interested in those but well happily take the mesh baskets"
I was staggered.... What's the point of running a charity shop if you're not willing to listen to the people who are dropping stuff off in order to maximize your returns???
Rant over!!!
Following a massive clearout of our garage we had a number of IKEA komplement write mesh drawers (with the plastic runners for them to sit on) similar to these
I was going to put them on Facebook market place but thought I'd donate them to Katharine house big shop up by the recycling centre.
Got there to be met by an elderly make member of staff.
"What are these ? " Pointing to the runners...
"They go with the mesh drawers as they go in ikea furniture (pax wardrobes)" I replied...
"Oh we're not interested in those but well happily take the mesh baskets"
I was staggered.... What's the point of running a charity shop if you're not willing to listen to the people who are dropping stuff off in order to maximize your returns???
Rant over!!!
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Damn, I'd have had them!
Edit: I don't even take them stuff now after a few downright rude encounters,
staffordjas
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I don't take them stuff after they turned their noses up at good furniture and items when I was clearing my parents house out. "We've got enough of those in already" .
The Heart charity was also very picky as they went around the house and refused the table & chairs as "Too big" . Then next week another team from the same charity came around to look at other stuff and asked if I was getting rid of the same table & chairs as they would be pleased to have them!
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Cue
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Sounds very “can’t be bothered to carry them”
c0tt0nt0p
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Its very much a case that you "have to speculate to accumulate". Not so much nowadays but in the case of films and console games they sold, a quick check on the CEX website would tell you what something is worth and would tell you that they didn't have a clue what they had on their hands....
BobClay
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Noticed this morning hair loss has started to kick in from the chemo. 
This has come as a bit of a shock, didn't think it would come that quickly. So I'm going to get my Yul Brynner moment it would appear. I've cheered myself up a bit by going online and ordering a hat, in order to turn it into a Raylan Givens moment.
Even so after 50 years as a 'long haired yobbo' it's going to be a bit of a wrench. I'm bloody dreading next weeks chemo session.
SHIT !!!
This has come as a bit of a shock, didn't think it would come that quickly. So I'm going to get my Yul Brynner moment it would appear. I've cheered myself up a bit by going online and ordering a hat, in order to turn it into a Raylan Givens moment.Even so after 50 years as a 'long haired yobbo' it's going to be a bit of a wrench. I'm bloody dreading next weeks chemo session.
SHIT !!!
Gramaisc
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You could always just pinch a woolly hat off some poor chap quietly enjoying a pint and go for the full Norwegian sailor look..?Noticed this morning hair loss has started to kick in from the chemo.
Even so after 50 years as a 'long haired yobbo' it's going to be a bit of a wrench. I'm bloody dreading next weeks chemo session.
SHIT !!!
Gramaisc
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When I lived just down the road from the scene of the famous Norwegian sailor incident, I was listening to the police radio one night and heard a suspect being described as "wearing a bobble hat, without a bobble" - it's still funny now.I actually got a free woolly bobble hat in the chemo charity box but ..... it just isn't as cool as a Raylan Givens hat.
