Summer, I never went to Sky as I don't like it when they grab television shows on Freeview channels which have been popular so that they can then force you to pay to be able to continue watching them.

Re questionable customer support, your post reminded me of the problems I had with Orange which I posted back in 2010. It culminated in this:
https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/topi...8#175798384764247848

Summer, I got an email circular this morning from Peninsula with an item Guidance on dogs at work.

I can't post a link to the article as it would only work on my email browser. Peninsula specialise in employment law, human resources and health and safety issues in the workplace. Although they are well known, they are not cheap.

The article does have a picture though which I've saved to put it here.

Lady Gaga in Judy Garland's role in another remake of A Star is Born
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37104877

Thank you El  

i think companies as big as orange & sky should have better customer service than what we have experienced. I will give my feedback when they email me  

on a lighter note, I've got plenty of jobs done this morning, including painting the back gates and the ironing. No sign of the workmen yet though 

Well done Summer I hope your workmen have materialised

I'm off to see a client, a wonderful client of course

I'm taking my ruby slippers with me in case the car breaks down

I didn't need those ruby slippers so I've returned them to Dorothy before she noticed they were missing

Evening all.

I wasn't seduced by the fish and chips, I had a ham sandwich.

We had a nice trip to the seaside though.

El, the idea of you in Dorothy's ruby slippers made me chuckle.

velvet donkey posted:

Evening all  

 

Hope all are well.

 

Yogi - I hope you had a lovely day and a coupla chips. Lovely weather for it     

It was a good day, thanks Velvet. I did manage to resist the chips though.

Good on you, Summer, for telling Sky to get lost. Some of these big companies don't know what good customer service is!

velvet donkey posted:

Yogi19 posted:

velvet donkey posted:

Evening all  

 

Hope all are well.

 

Yogi - I hope you had a lovely day and a coupla chips. Lovely weather for it     

It was a good day, thanks Velvet. I did manage to resist the chips though.

Nice self restraint. I need to take a leaf out your book    

I don't know how long I can keep it up, so I have to be good while I can.

velvet donkey posted:

You'll be like Twiggy by Christmas at this rate    

Christmas 2020, if I'm lucky!

Apologies for disappearing, I decided to have a quick bath before CBB starts.

Evening all I hope you've had a good day each

ive got a lovely story for you; this evening I was finishing off some painting outside my back gates, when I met a lovely elderly couple who live nearby. They've only been together for 20 years, as both were previously widowed. The old man used to live in my house! And the lady wanted to marry me off to her son (even though he already has a wife) lol

~Sweet Summer~ posted:

Evening all I hope you've had a good day each

 

ive got a lovely story for you; this evening I was finishing off some painting outside my back gates, when I met a lovely elderly couple who live nearby. They've only been together for 20 years, as both were previously widowed. The old man used to live in my house! And the lady wanted to marry me off to her son (even though he already has a wife) lol

 Maybe they aren't keen on the DiL.

CBB was rubbish again!

Goodnight and sweet dreams Summer, Velvet and Ros.

Get well soon hug for Moonie.

I got that impression  

sweet at dreams yogi I hope you have a restful night 

Leaving goodnight hugs for velvet & Ros and a special one for moonie we miss you 

night yogi summer velvet and moonsie

Moin! It looks like being another pleasant day! When we weren't cycling yesterday we were in the garden straining to remove unwanted foliage.

My body only hurts in two places - the upper half and the lower half. We'll take it easy today.

Good morning everyone

A cloudier day here than the last few days. Dry today, tomorrow all change for rain and Saturday very windy for this time of year. When I was driving to the client yesterday there were times where the trafiic slowed down for a few minutes before getting faster. I was told by the client that was because of the farmers trying to do the harvesting done by today so there were tractors going on the road at times to get from one field to another.

Yogi, I.m glad you and Mr Yogi had a good time at the seaside

Summer, that was a nice story

GI, I hope you recover quickly, at least your middle half is OK

No sign of harvesting yet. The wheat looks ready though and it may rain tomorrow.

Good morning everyone

It's cloudy and cool this morning. Forecast is rain and wind from Saturday till Monday.

lol Joe. I hope your aches and pains ease off, as the day goes on.

Thanks El, it was a nice day.

Grocery shopping, then meeting DiL at PB's nursery (she started on Tuesday), so that I know the drill for drop off and pick ups on PB days.

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone, it's been very mizzly here but I think it's starting to clear now.  I am glad you had a good day Yogi and wasn't that a lovely meeting Summer.  My year end statement for my dual fuel bill - I get a refund of £212!!  I could do with it too

Enjoy your day everyone

That's a nice surprise for you Squiggle

Good morning a humid but cloudy start here today. 

Squiggle that's good news I love those kind of surprises 

I have a number of clients where I no longer do tax returns for them as they were no longer needed but I hadn't removed myself as agent as far as HMRC in case I was asked by the client to contact HMRC. Typically their tax would now be done just through the PAYE system, From time to time HMRC might do a tax calculation for a tax year on their PAYE system to send to the client and send me a copy. Generally that meant just filing the calculation unless I saw something very odd in which case I would contact the client.

HMRC have now decided to do this differently. Besides the calculation it now instructs me as follows. "Please check this calculation. You (ie me) must tell us if you think the information we hold is wrong or about any changes to your client's taxable income".

I got one this morning. I've had no contact with the client for some time and have zero information as to if the income shown in the calcuation is correct or not.

Total waste of my time.

I wasn't able to contact the client so I've rung HMRC who have removed me as his agent and I'm writing to let him know. Also taken the opportunity to remove myself as agent on other clients where I've had no contact with them for ages.

I rang another accountant I know well to tell him and he's doing the same thing. Also mentioned that client who has the investment scheme who told me he'd had a similar one for some years and hadn't told me so I told him to find another acountant. It won't be the accountant I was speaking with as he lives the other side of the country but he would have done exactly the same as me.

A video released today by the Gloucester police as a warning, The driver hit 125mph with two young children in the back. 19 year old Kieran Hayward said he sped off because he didn't have insurance. Now instead of a £400 fine and points on his licence, he's ended up with a six month sentence in a youth detention section of a prison.

There's no sound on the video. The first 2 minutes 40 seconds are in the built up area where the speed limit in 30mph (though does increase to 40mph) - then the last 1 minute 20 seconds in on the A40 northen bypass where the speed limit is 70 mph which is the stretch where the driver gets uo to the 125 mph.

There are some real idiots behind the wheel of cars, El.

Goodnight and sweet dreams Ros

Night owl hug for Summer.

night yogi and summer if you pop in

*night owls* sweet dreams yogi & Ros, and goodnight & get well soon moonie  

I've been to a funeral today, it was a beautiful service but an incredibly sad day.

fortunately, I feel that all of us in here do appreciate our life & loved ones as we rightly should   

Moin! It's dull and cloudy here. However we need to get as much done as we can before one of the clock. Rain is forecast from then on. Enjoy Friday everyone!

Good morning everyone

It's dull, cloudy and raining here and could remain damp for quite some time. Tomorrow is still forecast to be rather windy with lots of showers.

GU, I hope you are now recovered from your aches and pains

Yogi, as you say there are some real idiotic drivers. I'm glad I didn't encounter that driver when I was on the road.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone

Cloudy start to the day.

Joe, I hope you get everything done before the rain appears.

Off to get my hair cut this afternoon.

Have a good day everyone.

Call the Midwife news. Miranda Hart isn't returning to the series after all as she hasn't been able to fit it in with her work schedule.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37119993

The good news is that Dame Harriet Walter is joining as Sister Ursula. She's been in lots of things over the years but I know her best from the boss in the UK version of Law & Order and from back in 1987 from the "Dorothy L Sayers Mystery" series which was a BBC adaptation of some of the Lord Peter Wimsey books (Edward Petherbridge) - she was Harriet Vane (those get repeated on the Drama channel).

Yogi, I hope you avoid the rain when you go out

Good morning everyone, there's been quite a bit of rain but it's looking brighter now, I'm off to get my hair cut this morning Yogi!  I remember Harriet Walters, she always seems to play someone slightly stern if I remember correctly.  The thing that crossed my mind when I watched that car chase was that as the police car chased him and he speeded up if a child had stepped out there could have been a fatal accident.  I know they have to stop people who have broken the law but high speed car chases through populated areas are surely not the answer.

Enjoy your day everyone

Squiggle, I would think that the Harriet Walters' character would be aimed at replacing the no-nonsence Sister Evangelina.

My local news site gives more information about the background to that car chase. There's some mention about the car having being seen earlier with the driver deing stopped for having a wrongly configured number plate. I don't know what was wrong with the plate. It seems that the driver also having no insurance decided to make a break for it. Whether or not the police were right to give chase I don't know. Maybe they thought that it would be difficult to locate him at a later time because of the dodgy number plate?
http://www.gloucestershirelive...37-detail/story.html

Working on a client's accounts and have been listing the bankings with the customers' names. I was a bit surprised when I saw two customers with almost the same surname but not quite, one has an e at the end. So although they might distantly related they it wouldn't be recent and I've taken the names from the credit card slips so it's not a client mistyping a name. It's not a common name. I checked on the 192 site. There are 155 people in the UK with the one spelling and 197 with the other spelling. It's not the name of a village so it wouldn't be a geographical connection. Don't ask me what the odds are on that but given that there are about 250 invoices in the year, I would think the odds are rather low.