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    Morning all
    After yesterday's weather, this morning started with a very pleasant walk. Overcast skies and a cool temperature meant we could have had a long walk if I hadn't stayed in bed as late as I did.
    Instead it was only 8.2km

    TFIF, etc.
    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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      Morning all

      Barely awake here - kept waking up dreaming last night. Eldest child wouldn't get ready for school. Grey, overcast. TFIF or something.

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        Morning.

        Friday.

        Dark.

        Dank.

        Dreary.

        Wet.

        Sunless.

        Grey.

        Chilly in here at 14 deg, 13 deg in the kitchen, 13.5 deg in the leanto.

        1005.3 mBar, 29.686 in Hg, 754 Torr, 14.58 psi, (up from 1004.7 last night), 77% RH (GDR hair), 74% RH (Lidl electric).

        Meanwhile on the 24th of September 2019 LM had returned from Scotlandshire, I'd been up the loft gluing bits of slate over the hole in the roof left by the scaffolders some years earlier, and NF was unsure that his windows would be unstuck, whereas NF had forgotten the Roman numerals from Monday links.

        Lunch: scrambled egg etc.

        Entertainment: Veronica Mars S2 E2 "Driver Ed". Investigating the bus crash.

        Tea: soup.

        Entertainment: The Mentalist S1 E19 WTF? "A dozen red roses".

        Coast & Country on ITVW. Castles, bridges, Snowdon, etc.

        The Eagles Live from the LA Forum: well it's on. Waiting for Hotel California.

        Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts: the middle ages. I wonder if this one will keep me awake. .

        Ancient Murders Unearthed.

        Cursed Treasure. Some guff about 20,000 year old discovery from Ice Age Spain.

        Have you got it yet: the story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd on Sky Arts. Stone me, midnight to 01:50. I'm turning into NF.
        Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 4 May 2024, 08:39.
        When the fun stops, STOP.

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          Morning all

          Wet. Raining. Currently 9 degrees with a high of 14 expected. Rain expected off and on all day. Barometer up to 1010 mBar.

          My offer on that flat I saw was accepted! The other people failed referencing, namely the affordability checks. So today will be about sorting my referencing out to ensure I don't suffer the same fate.

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            Well today we should be completing on twin A’s house but our solicitor has failed to sort the mortgage money out.

            trouble is last email he sent said the delay was with the vendor’s solicitor - cue me being very annoyed
            merely at clientco for the entertainment

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              Always thought that given a family friend the work was a bad idea and now he’s successfully confirmed to me that he was the untrustworthy slimy “Christian” I thought he was
              merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                Originally posted by eek View Post
                Well today we should be completing on twin A’s house but our solicitor has failed to sort the mortgage money out.

                trouble is last email he sent said the delay was with the vendor’s solicitor - cue me being very annoyed
                That's a pretty tulipty situation eek - no wonder you're annoyed. I remember my overriding worry when I was buying this place being that I couldn't see the various moving parts of the process as well as I'd like and assure myself that it was all going OK. Any idea when you might be able to get it sorted?

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                  Originally posted by covbob View Post

                  That's a pretty tulipty situation eek - no wonder you're annoyed. I remember my overriding worry when I was buying this place being that I couldn't see the various moving parts of the process as well as I'd like and assure myself that it was all going OK. Any idea when you might be able to get it sorted?
                  Nope and that's the problem - things are usually handled via an online portal "Lender Exchange" but this solicitor doesn't use it.

                  Story I've been told is that 2 page faxes have been sent but not all of it's arrived - I'm sorry but that's the 1990 way of doing things...

                  Going to be fun when this is finished as I have enough stuff from other emails to get the FCA making painful inquires as to their processes (I've 2 emails with other customer payments listed in it including amounts and reference details which is often house details).
                  merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                    Will add - my annoyance comes from the fact that based on what I was told the only issue was elsewhere cue putting pressure on that elsewhere.

                    Only to be told by the person I asked to apply pressure that the real issue was on our side.
                    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                      Originally posted by eek View Post
                      Always thought that given a family friend the work was a bad idea and now he’s successfully confirmed to me that he was the untrustworthy slimy “Christian” I thought he was
                      so why give him the work if you thought that?

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