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Curmudgeons' Corner 3. I blame it on the scapegoat🐐

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited July 2019
    You’ll have to pop across to that nice Waitrose delivery man’s place for tea and toast šŸ˜‰Ā 
    Great minds.....Ā 
    Home made courgette cake ready and waiting.
    Devon.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    La La Land @Hostafan1?

    The weeds that grow in abundance in the local compost are a form of persicaria with deep, purple brown splotches on the leaves and the skinniest flower stalks you've ever seen.Ā  To think I've paid for similar!!Ā  Ā Now I have to keep pulling it up.

    Namur is sunshine and blue skies but will only get to a magnificent 20C this pm.Ā  Ā It's that warm at dawn at home!
    VendƩe - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That’s as near as I get to the real world,šŸ˜€
    I’ve just looked on the letter, it’s the 16th, next Tuesday, how stupid am I. šŸ˜±šŸ˜€
    still looking forward to a day with Hostafan,😘
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Ā 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I see they've changed the scammer with the scary Brian Blessed voice to a friendly , concerned female. I think I'll give her my bank details and password. She seems so nice😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    FOUR phonecalls yesterday to say my internet was being cut off. I am sorely tempted to press button 2 just to see what happens next. Has anyone ever? AND 1 at 8.30 this morning!
    On the bright side it is wet so the garden will get a good drink.
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Somebody in the legitimate companies must be selling data. I didn't get any calls until after I had a genuine problem with my telephone line which was hanging down onto the street. I started to get calls from people who wanted to help me with my non existent computer problem and later began to get the threatening ones. I've never listened right through either.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    @£-+%@# parakeets😔 that's all I have to say on the matter
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I have had several phone calls telling me the insurance on my Sky equipment has expired, but they have a marvellousĀ  special offer plan to cover it for two years. (I have Virgin).Ā  I started by telling them I was moving house next week. The second one I told I had cancelled my subscription as they were absolute rubbish. Today I just put the phone down on him. The next one gets some abuse.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I have discovered that when they phone if you don’t say anything, not even hello, it doesn’t kick, it’s obviously voice activated.
    I did that just once and never had the calls again. Ā 
    You can tell just by listening that it’s not a genuine call.Ā 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Ā 

  • Rhubarb7Rhubarb7 Posts: 14
    I do that routinely now when answering the phone to a number I don't recognise - ie not say anything immediately when I pick up. It puzzles the occasional genuine caller (eg the hospital appointments line) who probably think I am mad!
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