Been giving lot of my money to my sons recently to avoid the **** Labour tax raid on Oct 31st.
Unconnected, I'm surprised most of Russia is on Google Street.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
Congratulations feels like the wrong thing to say, considering the events that had to take place for this to be a possibility. However, being mortgage free is definitely cause for celebration.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostLunch: a bowl of my sister's turkey soup (last Christmas's leftovers), as she was kind enough to give me some to bring home yesterday, with a bit of brown bread. Lovely soup that
I was halfway through it when the money arrived! So I immediately got on the phone to the bank to set up CHAPS payments. This turned out to take about forty minutes due to the repeated checks that details were correct, explanations of various scams followed by probing questions to make sure I hadn't fallen for one, and all that. But given the sums involved, I was just glad they were being so thorough
Not sure it'll come through in time for me to clear my mortgage today, so I'll clear it tomorrow instead
And then back to the microwave to reheat what remained of the soup
Congratulations feels like the wrong thing to say, considering the events that had to take place for this to be a possibility. However, being mortgage free is definitely cause for celebration.
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Lunch: a bowl of my sister's turkey soup (last Christmas's leftovers), as she was kind enough to give me some to bring home yesterday, with a bit of brown bread. Lovely soup that
I was halfway through it when the money arrived! So I immediately got on the phone to the bank to set up CHAPS payments. This turned out to take about forty minutes due to the repeated checks that details were correct, explanations of various scams followed by probing questions to make sure I hadn't fallen for one, and all that. But given the sums involved, I was just glad they were being so thorough
Not sure it'll come through in time for me to clear my mortgage today, so I'll clear it tomorrow instead
And then back to the microwave to reheat what remained of the soup
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
Morning all
Damp, dull, and overcast. Currently 12 degrees with a high of 16 expected. Rained earlier this morning and more rain due late afternoon and into the evening. Barometer down to 1002 mBar.
Trying to reinstate my account at Heathrow. The person who needs to raise a ticket is on holiday until Monday.
Job hunting continues. Am considering a move to the dark side if a contract gig doesn't present itself.
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House sale has completed!
Just waiting for the money to arrive now
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Morning all
Damp, dull, and overcast. Currently 12 degrees with a high of 16 expected. Rained earlier this morning and more rain due late afternoon and into the evening. Barometer down to 1002 mBar.
Trying to reinstate my account at Heathrow. The person who needs to raise a ticket is on holiday until Monday.
Job hunting continues. Am considering a move to the dark side if a contract gig doesn't present itself.
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Apple Watch has arrived!
It can wait until later to be set up, as it's too early to be messing around with things
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Morning denizens
It's a grey day out, though with a kind of stripy effect where hints of the blue sky behind can be seen hither and yon. It's getting to autumnal temperatures too, being only 10°C now with a brief spell at 15° this afternoon - though the start of said spell coincides with a 45-55% chance of rain, continuing into the evening. The barometers are down a touch more at 988/996mB
Today seems to be a day of things coming to one who waits, as not only am I waiting for the solicitor to confirm completion, I've also been notified that my Apple Watch Series 10 has shipped and will be arriving later
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Morning.
Wednesday.
Awake at 06:03.
Deja vu all over again.
Grey.
Dark.
Dank.
Sunless.
Spotting with rain.
Chilly in here at 16.9 deg, 17.5 deg in the kitchen, 15 in the leanto.
995.5 mBar, 29.397 in Hg, 746.7 Torr, 14.438 psi, (down from 1001 last night), 75% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 16th of November 2019 NF wasn't watching Bab5 since it was a friday & friday is Film Night apparently, LM was dusting things, and I wasn't dusting things since things on top of things would need to be moved before the dusting could take place, thusly it never happened, whereas xogg was putting forward the concept of PAYG tv rather than a licence fee. Be careful what you wish for. .Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 07:57.
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Originally posted by eek View PostWell I know it's not the sanest thing to do in the current market but I've told the people where I was did 4 weeks work that I'm not going back.
It's a fixed price project where the (Indian) consultancy hasn't grasped the scale of the work they need to do so it's safer to keep as far away from it as possible.
Tonight's major motion picture premiere was Deja Vu (2006) in which ATF agent Denzel Washington investigates a bombing in New Orleans and gets drawn into a secret government temporal research project. It's pretty good; maybe not Friday night material, but solid entertainment for midweek
And then a couple more episodes of S5 of The Wire
Better get to sleep now in case the solicitor calls in the morning seeking instructions on some last-minute crisis
Goodnight all
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Phew. Finally got the accounts and CT filed. Complexity out of all proportion to size of company.
Nice loony lady 1 phoned me, she wasn't at old fart art this morning and couldn't get her on landline or mobile, was worried she'd done a loony lady 2 and had a heart attack or summit. Turned out she went to see a friend and forgot to take her mobile.
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+1 like for eek’s post.
I’m off to a property half an our south of here tomorrow.
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Well I know it's not the sanest thing to do in the current market but I've told the people where I was did 4 weeks work that I'm not going back.
It's a fixed price project where the (Indian) consultancy hasn't grasped the scale of the work they need to do so it's safer to keep as far away from it as possible.
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I didn't have any lunch today as I was going to have it when I got back, but it was already teatime by then
So a nice big tea was called for: chicken jalfrezi with rice and naan
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