I was reading about clay soil on the RHS website. They say if you step on wet clay, your flower bed will be thrice damned and it will take an inordinate amount of effort to rectify the problem. What a load of gentleman cow's droppings. I just jiggle the soil where the footprints are and it's absolutely fine.
My first Westie used to howl at the second track on Mike Oldfields Tubular Bells. No other track set him off. If he heard the first bars he would run into the sitting room from wherever he was, even if it was the bottom of a very large garden.
My husband was mugged at a cash machine today. Someone called the police who arrived in less than three minutes. As he thought they'd got his car key as well, the police waited by his car until he returned with the spare key. Fortunately, they hadn't got the key after all. A lot of effort for £30 and a cancelled debit card and a great job by the police. I assume they were PCSOs. Somebody got the muggers' number plate but it had been cloned. No harm done but a bit of inconvenience. He feels almost lucky😐
He's fine. The police just called to give us a number in case the bank wanted it. The caller told me that someone else locally had the same experience but they got £2,000 out of their bank account. I wonder how they managed that.
Wow, I didn't think you could take that much out in one go (or in one day). Maybe things have changed since last time I even thought about it. I can't remember the last time I took cash out of a cashpoint.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
My mum always goes inside the bank to withdraw money. They always tell her she could use the machine outside. There is always a beggar sat within 15 ft of the ATM.
They've helped themselves to thousands out of current account. In hold with Barclays waiting to speak to fraud people. I don't understand how they've got hold of the money. Cards cancelled very soon after theft! Builders merchants mostly.
Similar thing happened to my son last year. All his current account emptied and spent on cigs and tobacco. It’s the swiping without the PIN.
It doesn’t take long to spend thousands like that and the automated alert systems seem not to work.
I too never use a cash machine in the street or outside a supermarket. But it’s rarely the beggars who are the muggers. In fact there was at least one instance when a beggar proved to be a reliable witness and a mugger was jailed on the evidence.
Hope it doesn’t take too long to get sorted. 🤗
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Fortunately, they hadn't got the key after all. A lot of effort for £30 and a cancelled debit card and a great job by the police. I assume they were PCSOs.
Somebody got the muggers' number plate but it had been cloned.
No harm done but a bit of inconvenience. He feels almost lucky😐
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Builders merchants mostly.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.