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  • ABM
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    edited October 2017 #722

    Well  I  went for  my  Anti-Flu  jab  this  morning  &  took  my  aged  sister  so  she  got  hers  as  well.

    Straight  in,  smile,  full  name,  have  you  had  this  before ?,  good  JAB!!  thank  you  bieee,  next ...........

    Then  on  my  way  out  I  bought  my  £1s worth  of  charity  draw  tickets  AND  WON  !!  My  sister  is  now  the  proud  owner  of  yet  another  handbag  embarassedyell.

    Seems  pretty  pointless  on  all  accounts  !frown

  • JayEss
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    edited October 2017 #723

    It's survey time as well. Follow the instructions and there's 25 points on your account. Potential for 300 points a year without spending anything. That's £3 in your pocket wink

    clubcard is the only one I use nowadays. I ditched my nectar card when they hooked up with the daily mail. 

    Quiet day here. I'm trying to avoid doing much 

  • brue
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    edited October 2017 #724

    I am confused can you get a trip to the IOW if you get enough points for a flu jab...all from Tesco?! laughing

  • brue
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    edited October 2017 #725

    I agree with your sentiments Kj. Would  anyone like to hear about all our various card points? I prefer this thread to stay pointless, thank you! smile 

  • RJLJ
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    edited October 2017 #726

    If you're all going to talk about tesco points i'll talk about my john lewis points.  They really are pointless as we give the vouchers to our daughter.

  • EasyT
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    edited October 2017 #727

    Trawling through ISA accounts ready for one maturing later this month. I was looking for one that paid out monthly on a £25,000 holding. Maybe as much as £40 a month. Then I realised that was pointless as my Old Age Pension starts November and so might as well have interest at end of term.

  • brue
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    edited October 2017 #728

    How nice to have savings EasyT. In 2018 the banks will cease to have funding for lending, I suspect that things will improve when they suddenly need savers money...but not so good for borrowers or anyone with card debts. 

  • KjellNN
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    edited October 2017 #729

    Yes, borrowers have had it good for 10 years now, time for the savers to get a better return.

    Without the savers there would not be enough money for the borrowers.

  • HelenandTrevor
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    edited October 2017 #730

    OH is searching the Internet for a new part for one of our windows which has broken, turning out to be pointless,  can't find any! yell

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited October 2017 #731

    Pointlessly cleaned all downstairs today, sorted, dusted, vacuumed. Pointless 'cos the hairy pair have just woken up, had a stretch and a shake......oh well, it was nice while it lasted!smile

  • tigerfish
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    edited October 2017 #732

    Nicely pointless TDA. What an interesting thread.  Bit like that daft TV program .

    TF

  • ABM
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    edited October 2017 #733

    Wonder  what  colour / number  of  Stars  I  would  have  earned  by  now  ??

    And  what  distance  up  the  ladder  would  I  be  ??

  • triky auto
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    edited October 2017 #734

    surprised Not as far as M.M  !! undecided.

  • robsail
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    edited October 2017 #735

    kind of miss the stars now that you mention it! it was not as pointless as we thought, it generated friendships and banter!

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2017 #736

    Is that for your caravan window or house window? Try this address if for the former :-

    Advanced Glass Products
    Site 7 Kidderminster Road
    Cutnall Green, Droitwich
    Worcestershire
    WR9 0NS
    Tel: 00 44 (0)1299 851525
    Fax: 00 44(0)1299 851544

  • scoutman
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    edited October 2017 #737

    Crystal Palace are pointless, ouch!

  • milliehull
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    edited October 2017 #738

    laughing

  • SteveL
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    edited October 2017 #739

    If your lucky ET. Recieved the paperwork saying how much they were paying today. The day after it was paid into the bank. So slightly pointless. The paperwork I mean, not the payment. 

    Now waiting for the semi pointless paperwork from the tax man, saying they can't tax my pension, but will tax something else instead.☹️

    Just a case of not so  easy come, easy gone, I suppose.😂

  • EasyT
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    edited October 2017 #740

    Well mortgage lending rates have been ridiculously low for a while. When money is cheap to borrow in normally allows house prices to rise. 

    Certainly been slim for those relying on income for capital though. I realise that I am fortunate Brue in having ample savings and sufficient income even without a state pension. 

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited October 2017 #741

    Yes it does seem a bit strange without the stars!

  • Metheven
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    edited October 2017 #742

    Plenty in the sky, pointless elsewhere wink

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited October 2017 #743

    Not when it's overcast with thick cloud as it is over here!

  • Metheven
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    edited October 2017 #744

    Doh! that's pointless because you can't see them, they are still there tongue-out

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited October 2017 #745

    It may seem pointless having to move sites every 21 days but it still has to be done because those are the rules! So now we're in the process of packing away the awning in readiness for tomorrows departure.

  • HelenandTrevor
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    edited October 2017 #746

    Thanks for the info Nellie, broken part is from one of the windows at home. Been glued as a temporary repair.laughing

  • Wherenext
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    edited October 2017 #747

    Just home from our autumn stint away in East Anglia.

    MIL (who lives with us) gave us a fright. She told us that whilst we were away she had been down to the Undertakers and arranged and paid for her funeral. She's chosen her music and eulogy and even which crematorium she wants to be turned to ashes in!

    Naturally we were taken aback until we twigged that the "Crem" is one that hasn't been built yet and is still in the planning stage, so obviously she isn't planning on going any time soon.smile

    Pointless thinking about our inheritance then!

  • brue
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    edited October 2017 #748

    Hope you enjoyed East Anglia, Wherenext. Hope you have got over the fright, someone sounds very organised so at least you will know what to do. smile

  • ABM
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    edited October 2017 #749

    Spent  a  few  wasted  minutes  watching  some  lads  playing  football  on  telly.  They  Claimed  to  be  representing  England  but  they  were  that  appallingly  bad  that  I'm  thinking  of  doing  'em  under  the  Trades  Description  Act  or  some  such.  It  was  utterly  ghastly  and  I  was  so  taken  aback  that  I  put  the  I T V +1  prog  on  to  give  'em  a  chance  to  improve. 

    Now  that  was    UTTERLY  POINTLESS  !yell

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2017 #750

    Well it was pointless me post it then!wink 

    As they are called Advance Glass Products perhaps they will have a solution for your problem.

  • KjellNN
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    edited October 2017 #751

    OH has been trying to do my tax return today, she has spent about 4 hours on it so far.   I have to supply the correct information when requested.  To help with this I have been keeping a spreadsheet recording our bank interest each month.  However my figures did not agree with what the bank said, so seems my efforts were rather pointless!  embarassed

    I had apparently missed out a couple of months in two cases, and recorded things twice in another case.......must try to do better in future!

    OH is looking decidedly fed up! 

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