^^^^^^ Poor boy, we shouldn't laugh.

I have changed my password for here, just incase he fancies a snoop !
How are you feeling tonight Yogi ?

I feel much better, thanks - I've even managed to have something to eat and keep it down. Sorry, that was probably too much information.

Thats good Yogi x
Going to sign off now, goodnight all, sweet dreams

Goodnight Skylark, sleep well.

Signing out for tonight, goodnight everyone.

at this - my son is exactly the same

night yogi ,squiggle and skylark

yogi - didn't realise you haven't been well - sorry to hear that - glad you are feeling better

Good morning everyone

 

Yogi, I'm glad you have been feeling better

Good morning everyone, looks like its going to rain soon   Hope you slept well Yogi and are feeling OK this morning

Good morning everyone.

Thank you Ros, El and Squiggle. I did sleep well, in fact, better than I have for ages.

Not sure what the weather is going to do today - it looks like showers could be on the way.

 

Good morning everyone.    Nice and sunny here at the moment but don't know how long that will last.

 

Glad to hear you had a good night Yogi and that you are feeling a little better.

 

El Loro, I keep getting a message come up on my computer telling me to install a new Java system.  Should I do this or will it mess my computer up?  Don't know about any of these things and No.1 son is not around to ask at the moment. 

Joyron, I had the same Java message the other day. I checked it out before I installed it and it was a genuine update up to version 6.0.26.

Thanks for that El Loro.  I will go ahead and install it now. 

morning lovelies Y'day was v busy; pre holiday errands, lowlighting my own over highlighted hair and heading down to Manchester & back for Glee live! I'm still hyper this morning Will read back in due course, but hope everyone is feeling good despite the rain (which I actually love)

Hi all x
Sun is shining here
I had that too Joyron, all is fine. good to check first tho, which i didnt
Glad you are feeling well today Yogi
Not long now Summer! Enjoy yourself at Glee
Hi squiggle El and Ros x

Hi Summer, did you have a good time at Glee?

Not long till your holiday now - I'm getting excited on your behalf.

Hi Joyron and Skylark.

I always check with my youngest son or El, before updating anything on my laptop.

It's better to be safe than sorry.

Weather has brightened up and the sun has made an appearance. Long may it continue.

oh got that wrong Summer, thought you were going tonight for Glee !  I really do need new specs
Hi Yogi x

Hi Skylark, I'm due a check up at the opticians but I keep putting it off.

The last time I went, Mr Yogi nearly fainted at the cost. I think he needs time to recover from paying for the kitchen, before I hit him with another bill.

Yes , good idea !  i keep putting it off too.......

Nor me but it is Java so I suppose it is trustworthy.  I did stop future updates though and for Adobe Reader, all these updates I am sure they are not necessary, hi to you too Skylark by the way

Ok I'm all caught up, looks like I missed a good chuckle yesterday Yogi, wishing you a speedy recovery Glee was fantastic thank you, the cast are all very very good singing live, and I would definitely go again if they come back next year I rarely dance but just couldn't help myself last night Tomorrow is my last day at work, we leave Saturday lunchtime! I'll call in on Saturday morning before I turn off my phone

I tend to keep things like Reader, Java etc up to date, as sometimes the updates are to correct security weaknesses which have been found in the program. Hackers are capable of exploiting weaknesses in programs and it's a constant battle between them and the good guys.

 

If I get a message about an update, I try to check the technical background notes to the update before I accept the update, just to make sure that it's a genuine update.

Glad you enjoyed Glee, and I can understand why you had to dance.

I'm sure you are going to have a fabulous time in Tuscany and look forward to hearing all about it when you get back. Only two more sleeps to go!

If El or my son say it's okay to update, then I do it.

Its interesting what you say about updates not being genuine, I had never thought of that before   Adobe Reader was driving me potty with updates, one every few days or so, I thought enough is enough.  I am wary of updates generally, and its something that my computer guy agrees with me about.  He stopped Microsoft updates on both my computers after one night it decided to update itself, crashed the PC and even he could not get it working.  Needless to say we had to reinstall everything

With updates, I try to have a look at the Adobe or equivalent website to have a look at their update pages to see what version they show and the technical notes behind that version should show when the update was released. If it is recent, and if my version shows an earlier version number, then I can be fairly certain that the update message I have received is genuine. Quite often with update messages, there is a link to the program website with this info shown.

 

Another way is to ignore the update message, and to download an update direct from the appropriate website.

 

All of which takes time, and it's fine if you are fairly computer savvy, but not so great if you're not.

Just popping in to say goodnight , so goodnight 
Sleep well all xx

I'm following you Skylark, I'm off for a bath and then to my bed. Goodnight everyone.

Leaving hugs for the night owls, Ros and Summer.

Good morning everyone

 

It's a pleasant sunny day at present, though late afternoon and overnight it looks as if it's going to be thoroughly wet. And tomorrow to Monday will be warmer than of late, bu then temperatures return to average, so a fairly short heatwave.

Good morning everyone, good morning El. Hope you are all well.

The sun is shining this morning. I have checked the forecast and it's showers from tomorrow onwards, so I'll make the best of today.

Good morning everyone we are in for some rain this afternoon or so they say, but after that it cheers up for a bit and Sunday is supposed to be hot.  Have a good day whatever you're up to

Over the past few weeks, every few days I get a phone call from Tucan Claims which is based in Bridegend. They are one of these claim management companies, and once they have your phone number they will keeping on ringing you and I can see from searches on Google that they are notoriously persistent. (Bad mark 1 - harrassment)

 

Generally I put the phone down on them after a few seconds, but yesterday I decided to see what they had to say for themselves. And before you say Telephone Preference Service, they claim to get around this by saying that this is not a sales call.(Bad mark 2 - of course this is a sales call).

 

They first talked about payment protection insurance on my mortgage. They told me that although my mortgage was paid off 2-3 years ago, I would be able to make a claim for mis-sold insurance. When I told them I hadn't paid off my mortgage and still had it, they still insisted that I had paid of my mortgage. (Bad mark 3 - their database is wrong) (Bad mark 4 - the customer is always wrong) Anyway I told them that I had cancelled my protection insurance 19 years ago, so that the statute of limitations would prevent me from being able to make a claim.(When I became self-employed I cancelled the policy as under its terms I would only be able to make a claim once the Revenue had formally written to confirm that I had ceased trading so I realised that it was unlikely I would ever be able to make a claim). I also told them that I had no other payment protection insurances.

 

They then moved on to raised credit card limits. They claim that if the credit card company had ever increased your limit, the company had to get your written agreement to this. The likelyhood of any credit card company doing this is remote. So I would be able to claim £2500 compensation for this. That's what they said. I am aware that if people have incurred penalties as a result of taking out more than they can afford on credit cards with unauthorised increased limits, they may have a case for compensation. Also they may be able to get the debt cancelled. But in my case I have always paid off my credit cards in full automatically every month and have therefore never paid any interest, credit card fees or any penalties.

 

My knowledge of the law in this country is that you get damages to compensate you for any loss incurred, and as I have never incurred any loss I cannot see anyway in which I could get compensation of £2,500. I am not prepared to pay out an upfront fee of £249-99 to be told in due course that no compensation is due to me.

 

Tucan Claims has a legal licence to act as a claims management company, but they do seem to be right on the edge of legaily.

 

 

 

El, it really annoys me that some people will be suckered into paying £250 fee to these companies, when they are probably not due any compensation anyway.

I keep getting text messages from an accident claims company, telling me that I am due more than £3,500 for the accident I had. I haven't had an accident and I have no idea how they got my mobile number.

It seems to me that the government needs to tighten up on accident and claims management companies, as well as those cowboy companies purporting to be debt collection agencies. Oh, and don't get me started on those legalised Loan Sharks (IMO) who advertise on TV, with APR rates in the thousands!

Just got a call, i have caller display and i thought what a strange number ....91822...An Asian sounding woman wished me good day, then said she was calling from Microsoft, and they could detect errors on my computer. I said i had heard of this, and it was a scam, she hung up.
Thank goodness for this site, exposing this before, or i may had been taken in, as i have been having problems with my computer. 
So beware of this number x

Good afternoon all, by the way

Yogi, I agree with you. It seems fairly easy to get a licence to be a claims management company, and they do have to follow rules. But there doesn't seem to be any regulatory board which inspects these companies.

Whereas Tucan is legal (ish) , those people claiming to be from Microsoft are out and out criminals. I've had that phone call, and I know that it is a gang based on India near Kolkata.

El, I know there is a Claims Management Services Regulator in England and Wales, but I'm not sure whether it is a "toothless dog" organisation.

I know the Debt Collection industry is also regulated but they seem to get away with atrocious behaviour, even when they have been reported to the Office of Fair Trading and Trading Standards. There needs to be stricter regulations and much more severe sanctions against the companies who fail to comply.

 

Skylark, I'm glad you didn't get caught out by that scam, especially as your pooter has been playing up recently.

Summer, where are you?!  Only one more sleep till your holiday.