My nose isn't big enough to twist @KT53 but I can do a fine twitch.
@Ergates I do OH's beard and 'tache when he gets too fuzzy but he gets his hair cut every 2 months - had to remind him of that when, about 6 years ago, I was having over 30cms shorn. It only got to waist level cos my hairdresser who used to cut mine and Possum's hair at home in Belgium moved and I couldn't find another. After 3 years without being shorn I decided I deserved a good cut in a smart salon and it cost 125€ and OH had the cheek to complain.
Vendée - 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)."
The kids had their last day of school today. My oldest boy came home very happy as he won the class quiz and got a £15 voucher, then won in the raffle as well and got a knitted monkey. My youngest boy threw up just after getting to school and was sent home. We're just waiting to find out if it's anything serious or contagious now Winning money is sadly never contagious.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Our local lido will be open on Christmas Day. For the first time ever those wishing to swim will have to sign a disclaimer that they understand the risks of swimming in cold water!
@pansyface the point I was trying to make is that there has never been any requirement to sign a disclaimer in the past. Presumably because we are heading the way of the USA where everything that happens has to have a guilty party to sue.
Why do companies make it so difficult to return items purchased online. Rhetorical question in some ways as it's in their interests not to have to refund, restock etc. My wife ordered an item which was clearly unsuitable when it arrived just before Christmas. She looked on the website which helpfully has a page "How to return my item". Less helpful was the statement that the returns form "is available at the bottom of this page", as it isn't and there is no link either. A search of their site doesn't do anything other than point you back to the page mentioned above.
I tried contacting them via Messenger on her behalf as she was doing Christmas stuff, simply asking for a link to the returns form. The reply was that they only deal with the person who placed the order. Why? I'm not asking for any information about an order, simply for a link!!
I'm highly curmudgeonly today. I tried to log in to our Surgery website last night as I wanted to check on something only to find it's off-air and has been superseded without any warning by the newish NHS website. Spent a good hour and a half late last night trying to set up a new account to access my medical records, what a palaaver! Needed NHS number, uploaded driving licence card and then had to submit a scan of my face. Had innumerable emails with authorisation codes for each step. Thought I'd actually succeeded about midnight when I had a final confirmation email so went to bed.
Today, I found yet another email saying my ID hadn't been corroborated and would I check with my surgery to see if they have the correct name, address and DOB. Well yes, I do know they have, we've only been with them around 16 years. I now have to wait 24 hours before I can try again.
Yet OH, who already had an NHS account (lucky him) got in straight away.
God help us, if this is going on for millions of people. I can just about cope with the technology but thousands won't be able to. OH doesn't even have a smartphone.
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@Ergates I do OH's beard and 'tache when he gets too fuzzy but he gets his hair cut every 2 months - had to remind him of that when, about 6 years ago, I was having over 30cms shorn. It only got to waist level cos my hairdresser who used to cut mine and Possum's hair at home in Belgium moved and I couldn't find another. After 3 years without being shorn I decided I deserved a good cut in a smart salon and it cost 125€ and OH had the cheek to complain.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
But that has always been the case hasn't it? To me it's just an extension of Starbucks and others putting 'Content may be hot' on a cup of coffee.
Today, I found yet another email saying my ID hadn't been corroborated and would I check with my surgery to see if they have the correct name, address and DOB. Well yes, I do know they have, we've only been with them around 16 years. I now have to wait 24 hours before I can try again.
Yet OH, who already had an NHS account (lucky him) got in straight away.
God help us, if this is going on for millions of people. I can just about cope with the technology but thousands won't be able to. OH doesn't even have a smartphone.