Hope your client visit goes well.

 

I've been having trouble connecting to the internet on my Ipad, I kept getting the "safari cannot open the page as the server cannot be found" message.

Weirdly, I was able to receive and send emails and use apps which required internet connection. Virgin Service Announcement said there was no broadband problem.

Eventually, I tried using my laptop and I could get internet on it.

Finally, I tried my youngest son's advice in these circumstances, "switch it off and on again" and that seemed to sort the problem.

I'm back from the client and think I have everything I need to do their tax returns which will be more complicated this time compared to previous years.

 

Squiggle, I hope Wales does sail back as otherwise people going across the severn Bridge will find themselves falling off into the water.

 

Yogi, I hope that the server problems don't come back. You might want to have a look at this article and print it off for future reference.

http://www.technovoltage.com/2...annot-open-page.html

 

Thanks El, I've got a copy of that page now.

It's been rather busy for me today. On the forum I've had to get rid of well over 20 threads posted by 4 spammers. That's why I suggested to Lori something to reduce some (though not all) the spam which appears on the forum and she's agreed. Hence the thread which appears at the top.

 

Then there was the complicated meeting with the client this morning.

 

Then I've been sorting out my bank savings as on the account I had been using the rate has been reduced as from today making it not worth keeping it in that account.

 

Then yesterday afternoon when I was working on another client I found something which made me leave a message on his phone telling him to ring me as there's a problem. He rang back first thing this morning so I told him what I had found. He's coming here in a short while. I handing his accounts books back to him for him to sort out and then return them to me. I've been going through them today so that I will only need his cashbook back rather than bank statements and invoices. I've know him for years and it's a case that he's made something silly which can be rectified without the need to notify HMRC rather than him doing anything naughty.

El, I noticed all the spam threads. Have read the thread and it's a good idea.

 

I hope you have found a new savings account with a better interest rate.

 

Good job you noticed the client's error at an early stage.

 

 

I'm hoping my idea works to reduce the spam which appears. It can't get rid of all of them. For instance some times they won't use the N*ke word but just post references to Air Max. It would be silly to create a rule to stop references to air.

 

I've put some of the savings into a 2 year bond which pays a bit over 3 times what I would be getting if I left things. I put the balance in a savings accounts where the interest is a bit less than what I would be getting. That account is instant access so that account will go up and down throughut the year. With the old savings account if the balance goes below £10k, the interest rate plummets to next to nothing, but that's not the case with the new instant access savings account.

 

I've seen that client now nd he's going to sort it out. There's a lot to sort out and it will take him some time.

 

evening

Glad you got back online yogi, how's your connection tonight?

El, good plan, that's a lot of spam in one day!

I had a hectic day, relaxing nicely at home now

Evening Summer.

 

The connection seems fine tonight and I've copied the link El posted, so hopefully I should be able to sort it out if it happens again.

 

Autumnwatch has started tonight. I still miss Bill and Kate but I like Chris - and Michaela is annoying me less than she used to.

Evening all

Just popping in to let you all know I am still alive and kicking and hope to be back soon  I hope you are all keeping well

Yay, good to see you, Moonie.

Come back soon, we miss you.

Fankoooo muchly Yogi 

I didn't realise autumnwatch was on!

Hi Moonie we miss you!

You'll be able to get it on catch up.

Sorry Summer, I'm about to nod off, so I'll say goodnight and sweet dreams.

Aw sweet dreams yogis hope you have a good nights sleep

Leaving goodnight hugs for everyone

we were there hi squiggle

night yogi

night summer and velvet

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy here, dry at present but likely to have some rain.

 

My little spammer rule has worked and stopped 19 threads appearing on the forum since I was here last. A couple got through as they were for other types of trainers but that's still a 90% success rate.

 

Good morning everyone.

Weather is dry and chilly today - my preferred autumn weather.

 

90% success rate is good, El.

 

Ros, I'm glad you and the rest of Wales are still here.

 

Velvet, I hope all is well with you.

 

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning
Sunny and bright here, a slight frost earlier. I'm just laying in a little before I have to go run some errands

P.S. El, 90% is excellent, well done!!

I doubt if the spammers would agree with you It won't stop them posting though as the spam is generated by non-thinking spam computers rather than real people. That's demonstrated as many of the threads they post are not in English and can be posted in any of the sub forums here such as Blue Bloods which is hardly ever used by us.

 

I'm going out to see a client and will be back later. This is the one with the mother who I have mentioned before and I doubt if it will be a short meeting as a result.

 

Middle son called this morning to tell me that, overnight, some mindless idiot has scored his car with a key. All down one side and over the bonnet.

He and DiL live in a flat in a quiet residential area and they have one designated car parking space close to the flats. Anyone with a second car, has to park in the designated visitor's car parking area which is a few yards further away. Son's car was parked in the space nearest to the road (and can't be seen clearly from any of the flats) which is why he thinks it was the one to get scored.

When it happened to eldest son and his neighbours, the ratbags came back more than once, so middle son's dilemma is, does he get it fixed straight away, or wait to see if the idiots come back again?

Good morning everyone, I hope your meeting goes well EL.  Well done on stopping most of the spamming.

 

Hi ros , still no sign of Wales from here but I am glad you found it OK.

 

Enjoy your day off Summer, I hope your errands go well.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Yogi, what a mean thing for that idiot to do. It does put your son in a dilemma as to what to do though it he intends to claim on insurance he can't delay that,

 

Squiggle, the cloud has come down so low here that I can't see any of the local hills, I could never see Wales from where I live but if I went to the top of Cleeve Common near Cheltenham it is possible to see beyond the Black Mountains in South Wales and also the hills in Shropshire. It is the highest point in the Cotswolds.

 

I doubt he will go through his insurance, El. He has only had his car for less than a year and a claim would impact too much on next year's premium and his No Claims discount. I reckon he will have to put his hand in his pocket and pay for the respray himself.

Son has called me again. He contacted the police and reported the damage. He didn't really expect them to do anything but they are going to send someone round to see the damage and they have given him a crime number. It also means if someone else's car gets damaged, the police will know it's not an isolated incident.

Son has decided not to go through his insurance. He knows a good body shop/spray painter guy through work contacts and he can do the work for less than the excess on his insurance, so son won't lose his No Claims or have an inflated premium next year. He is going to speak to one of his elderly neighbours who has a designated parking space (which can be seen from son's flat) but no longer has a car, and is going to ask if he would mind son using his space.

 

 

Yogi, I hope your son does come to an agreement with that neighbour.

I assume there are no CCTV cameras overlooking where he had the car as that would be of interest to the police.

 

Yogi how horrible for your son.  It's just so upsetting, quite apart from the cost he will be put to, it's just so spiteful.  I hope it doesn't happen again, I can't get my head around people who would do that.

I love this

 

He know the neighbour quite well and I'm hopeful they can come to an agreement.

Unfortunately, I don't think there are any cameras which cover the visitor's car park area.

Thanks Squiggle.

Like you, I don't understand how their minds work. It's pure spite!

lol It is so relaxed, it's almost asleep. 

This big softy is frightened of the vets, aww

 

Poor softy

I've only just noticed that although she didn't post anything, Joyron did log on to the forum on 20 September. I thought you would want to know that,

for her and her family

 

Velvet, although it's not as cold here as where you are, the day time temperature has been 12 c so noticeably cooler than recently.

Hi Velvet.  I'm fine, hope you are well too.

 

I know what I'd like to do to the vandals, if I could get my hands on them!

 

I did stick with The Code and thought it was very good. Thanks for giving me the heads up. I wonder if there will be a second series?

 

Aww Squiggle, that poor dog! Keira can empathise with him as she hates going to the vets and gets herself into a state. Last time, when we were called into the consulting room she did her best to drag me out of the front door.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks El. 

Joyron, if you are reading the forum, I hope all is well with you and that one day you will be able to join us again.