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  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 Participant
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    edited September 2019 #29042

    Some of us had to accept the pressure from the banks at the time, they ruled supreme on business loans etc! It fell apart with the banking crisis, the magnitude of banking bad practices was revealed, I won't go into further detail as it was a true scandal on an epic scale.

  • ABM
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    edited September 2019 #29043

    ** I wonder if we've seen the end of it undecided "

    I don't think so, Brue !

    Listening to the radio this very morning  1 / 9 / 2019 **  and I heard a couple of adverts with only slight modifications from those of the last two years !!

     

    ** 1 / 9 /2019 - First day of September -- First day of Meteorological Autumn  -- ah well , nights drawing in, it'll soon be  Chri......aaaarrrghh !!

  • Wherenext
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    edited September 2019 #29044

    Decided a slightly lengthier walk this morning in the brisk wind but nice sunshine. Quite pleased with the way it went as there is a good incline built in and things seemed okay to me. Got home and 5 minutes later the heavens opened enough to cause the bird bath to overflow.

    Ttda, I've also had 3 things arrive. One was a letter about my appointment at the hospital, another was letter from the Pensions people telling me that my state pension wasn't going to be as much as I thought and the third thing was from those very people sending out Bowel Screening letters! I would have preferred your post.

  • Oneputt
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    edited September 2019 #29045

    Now set up by the river Saone in France.  Had a wander into the local village car boot/table top sale, local folk seem to be enjoying themselves but to be honest the stuff looked to be a little bit of tat

    What a shock diesel prices were on the French motorways, the average was £1.48/ltr compared with Germany’s £1.38/ltr.  Fortunately we didn’t need to fill up.   

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited September 2019 #29046

    Ouch WN, reverse side of our luck. I hope you are getting better by the way?

    I’m still like a big kid when it comes to play equipment and doing dangerous stuff. I was eyeing up that huge zip wire thingy when we were in Wales....... despite not liking heights. 

    As for Venetian blinds, years of watching Mum clean hers at home convinced me never ever to buy one! Don’t have any of those vertical blinds either. Roman blind in kitchen gets the odd cursory dust, and the curtains get a shake every now and then. As I explained to my OH just before we married, I don’t do serious housework! He comes from a family of domestic goddesses, all his sister’s spend hours per day dusting this, polishing that, ironing their smalls. However, he must love me, we are still happily together, and he’s become very good at ironing!😂😂😂

    I can however, cook, bake, knit, sew, decorate, garden, chop wood, fix the odd thing wrong on car, mend a plug and sort out plumbing! 👍😁

  • milliehull
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    edited September 2019 #29047

    I agree brue. Scandalous. However we have drawn a line under it now 😁.

  • milliehull
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    edited September 2019 #29048

    A bowel screening test. Deep joy WN!! 😂

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  • Wherenext
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    edited September 2019 #29050

    What made you erect an awning this year David? You must have managed quite well without one.

  • Wherenext
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    edited September 2019 #29051

    Sometimes the toast lands butter side up, Millie, and other times...

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  • Cornersteady
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    edited September 2019 #29053

    camp followers have left me all alone, something about work tomorrow?  So as Basil may say, now I can start to caravan properly.

    A few bottles of Wainwright's beer will help it along.

  • milliehull
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    edited September 2019 #29054

    Tda, I think your skills are far better and more practical than dusting  polishing  and ironing.

  • heddlo
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    edited September 2019 #29055

    I had to laugh about the housework bit, my OH comes from a similar family of housework addicts.  I remember my late MIL told me off once for having dusty lampshades, (she did hers weekly), I was a young Mum with 2 small boys, and also   when had I last  emptied my cupboards and cleaned the shelves!! 😧.  Hers were done every other Tuesday.  Funny I can still remember that conversation, I politely kept my mouth shut.😡

  • KjellNN
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    edited September 2019 #29057

    Business loans I can understand may have come with conditions, but personal banking and not checking or querying what you were paying for, I cannot understand. 

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited September 2019 #29058

    The only time I ever tried to be a "good housewife" was when I gave up my full time job. However, I became addicted to gardening, and quite happily could spend at least 40-50 hours per week in garden weather permitting. We also had three dogs to walk and a horse to exercise and look after, so it only lasted a few weeks.

    i am a tidy person, put things away, keep work surfaces clear of clutter, put clothes away etc, but have few set routines. If it needs it, it gets it, but not if something I deem  more urgent crops up (frequentlylaughing). We have a quite old house, big as well for just us two, so its takes some looking after. Life is too short to worry about keeping everything pristine and super shiny, it gets what it needs. 

    Having said that, I always have a good tidy and clean before we go away...........mainly because one of in laws looks after house for us. We didnt recognise it once on our return........polished, dusted, oven cleaned, felt like burglars had been!wink

  • KjellNN
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    edited September 2019 #29059

    Ohhh......wish we had someone like that looking after our house when we go away!

  • milliehull
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    edited September 2019 #29060

    I knew what I was paying for but we were told it was mandatory in order to get a credit card, store card and in some cases to open a bank account. That was what banking was like. They could make the rules up as they went along. I have always been careful with our finances. It just took.me a while to realise that it was PPI.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited September 2019 #29061

    I’m sure at some time in our lives we've all believed what an apparently knowledgeable person in a professional position has told us, Millie. Well done on achieving recompense.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • milliehull
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    edited September 2019 #29062

    Thanks Tinwheeler. At least we got our own back in the end. I must admit we were very pleased with our recompense. 😊

  • milliehull
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    edited September 2019 #29063

    Tda, OH had a very formidable aunt (who frightened me to death when we were first married) who said she defrosted her fridge every Wednrsday  (whether it needed it or not!) and slso cleared and cleaned her larder every week. I think I was a sad disappointment

     

  • HelenandTrevor
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    edited September 2019 #29064

    Exciting Day today as after almost 2 years of restoration we had our first ride out in  "Daffy" the MG smile  Went for a tour round our local villages. 

    My Samsung tablet gave up the ghost this afternoon cry will now have to start looking for a new one. So many to choose from. undecided

    Very relieved to see our Hedgehog turn up  tonight as usual, was a bit worried as we had passed one along the road this morning not far from the house that hadn't made it across the road. cry

     

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited September 2019 #29065

    My MIL was the sweetest person I ever met, such a lovely lady. She was quite poorly when I first knew her, but standards had to be maintained, and Brasso was plied liberally, even if others were drafted in to do the actual deed. I can't use Brasso without thinking of her every time, and she gave us a rather wonderful Grandfather clock on condition I kept the hinges gleaming! We had some lovely conversations, and she did tell us to make sure we enjoyed ourselves above anything else. She was fairly house bound, unless someone took her out, so the house was her love and she enjoyed seeing it looking how she wanted it to look. She had a lot of friends who came round, so it was her pride and joy, along with her family. 

    Edit: congrats on Daffy, OH has been working on ours now other Jeep has gone and more room in garage. Taken out for a run, but thinks back brakes sticking a bit........ Holidays keep getting in way of resto time!

  • KjellNN
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    edited September 2019 #29066

    That is very poor customer service indeed, we must have been very lucky with our banks.  Initially Clydesdale Bank from the early 60s, as students, until 2003, and latterly Halifax, who we are still with.

  • HelenandTrevor
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    edited September 2019 #29067

    Edit: congrats on Daffy, OH has been working on ours now other Jeep has gone and more room in garage. Taken out for a run, but thinks back brakes sticking a bit........ Holidays keep getting in way of resto time!

    Thanks ttda,  it has taken Trevor longer than anticipated laughing jobs to do just keep coming, after trip out he now has to fix the overdrive! 

  • Tammygirl
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    edited September 2019 #29068

    Back from our 1 night away in the caravan smile 

    Next doors party was a bit of a wash out they said,  due to heavy rain and then very windy once the rain the stopped. Their double gazebo is now no more, not tight enough then filled with rain and the wind caught it and buckled the frame work. Both of them a bit fed up today as its been a nice sunny day, no wind either. 

    WN, new car worked out well, towed good and the bikes fitted great inside, no movement from them at all. Will take photos tomorrow then try to post them.  Lots of space for all the bits and bobs even with one of the double seats still left in. 

    Managed to find another couple of jobs for OH to do in the van, now sorted on our return. smile

    Cleaning, I don't know where I get it from but I love cleaning embarassed Mum is a 'do it because it needs it' type, so is my sister. I just love things to be clean and tidy, no longer a fanatic though. When we were in military housing I was a nightmare laughinglaughing much more relaxed about it these days.

    If its a nice day then I'm out in the garden, there will always be a wet day at least once a week here, so that's when things get done these days laughing One of my DIL's says she will never be a domestic goddess, life is too short for that kind of thing. Does my head in when we go to there house, would love to give it a good blitz, think a couple of skips would be required. They are both guilty as they are hoarders. The other DIL doesn't like housework but agrees that it has to be done, she is not a hoarder, in fact if you leave anything lying for to long she will have thrown it away laughing

    PPI claims,  we've had a few of these, nothing huge but decent enough to make you smile. We also got a good refund on our council tax, thanks to the nice man on TV telling folk how we were all diddled. Not just a refund, they dropped us down a band as well smile

    Although we've got PB we've never won anything on them. 

    Think I've caught up with most things after just 24 hours away laughing

    Glad you had a good birthday Trellis sounds wonderful OH green with envy. 

     H&T nice to hear you got to drive your  "Daffy" laughing

    If I've forgotten anyone sorry, its been a long busy day.wink

  • ABM
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    edited September 2019 #29069

    Thoroughly understand your points, Heddlo  !!

    My aged Sister is of a similar mould to some folks mentioned on here surprised.  At 89 in a couple of months time, she has decided that she can no longer do what she used to do automatically. I found her the phone number of a cleaning company, very local to her, who "did" for my friends until very recently.  After a three month trial they seem happy with each other so it's become a fixed deal !

    Visiting my sister on my return from Dorset this week I discovered her,  you've guessed it, dusting away happily.  Well, she said, I can't just sit there can I ? My answer was sufficient that I never got even the offer of a coffee, never mind actually getting one !frown

    Hope you lot  and / or your OH's are a tad more inclined to chew on ones tongue, never mind just bite on it  sealed

    Thirsty Boy,   CREWE  !!

  • milliehull
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    edited September 2019 #29070

    How exciting to get Daffy on the road Helen. Were you allowed behind the wheel? 😁

  • Oneputt
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    edited September 2019 #29071

    Strangely I work harder on the van than the house. The vacuum gets put around about 3 times a week and dusting once a month🧹🧺

    Won last 6 months on the PB so will look forward whether we win again this month 💷

     

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