I have heard of these sort of calls having a really terrible effect.  When people have been phoned to say they are calling about the accident people have thought one of their loved ones has been involved in one and have gone into panic mode.  These people should be stopped. 

 

I signed up this week to stop the silent calls http://www.ukdatait.co.uk/cgi-bin/sgAddNumber.cgi which hopefully will stop the ones made by machine (in this country anyway), caller display is great for weeding out those calls made from abroad, but it can backfire. I didn't pick up the phone for ages when my ex-neighbour (and friend) tried to call me from her new home in Jamaica following the death of my hubby, I picked it up in a hurry in the end and didn't check caller display first .

I'm here yogi how are you all?!! I've just had to pick up a new lock for my suitcase and my euros- I've not abroad for 4 years! The previous posts are very interesting- it never occurred to me that updates might not be genuine! I'll be checking in future And does anyone know how I can stop those annoying voice message calls? I had 3 in one day on my day off last week, and I was out all morning so I hate the think how many cone through when we're not home!

Yogi, although the Ministry of Justice is repsonsible for regulating claims management companies, looking at their website on this, it seems to be more of a reactive investigation rather than proactive. It's not like financial services companies which are regulated by the FSA.

Summer are you getting excited?  Where are you off to?

 

Are you registered with the telephone preference service?

 

Blimey its like 20 questions

Squiggle I'm very very very excited! But I'm also in a little disbelief, it's been planned for a year, and now it's tomorrow We're going to Tuscany, and SIL is getting married there on Wednesday I am with the TPS yes, I don't know why we keep getting these annoying calls. I've just stopped answering the landline

Have my grandaughter later so incase i dont get back on, have a really lovely time Summer, and look forward to all the news when you return

I'm sure you will have a fabulous time, Summer - and you deserve it.

I hope the wedding is special and wonderful, as all weddings should be.

I find the situation with all these companies very annoying and frustrating. I hope something is done soon to pull them all into line.

Thanks for the info, El.

Squiggle, I have bookmarked that website and will definitely sign up later, thank you for the link.

You're welcome, it was very straightforward, took about 30 seconds.  There was another option where they stopped all nuisance calls wherever they came from but they wanted to charge you for that so I didn't bother.  By the way you have to sign every 12 months, let's hope it works because I hate those silent calls, they feel sinister.

Summer, I hope you have a great time in Tuscany

 

When I was a teenager I collected stamps. The most interesting stamp was this:

which is a green 4 Crazie stamp from 1851 from Tuscany. I think it is in used condition (value £140) rather than unused  (value £4,000). I've still got it.

Evening everyone.    Sorry I've not been about today.  Have a great holiday Summer.  Look forward to hearing all about it when you get back.

 

Have a great weekend whatever you are doing.  Catch up with you all when I can. 

 

 

Hi Joyron   Summer if I don't get a chance to talk to you before you whiz off, have a great time, hope the sun shines and the wedding is perfect, you must give us all the details on your return, including what you are wearing and the bride too

 

Night night now everyone.

Enjoy your weekend Joyron.

Goodnight Squiggle.

thank you everyone! I'm all packed and just costing up in bed, I'd forgotten how much effort packing takes My glee vest top from the concert was a high priority of course El that stamp is fantastic! I cant believe how old it is Hope you all have a happy, healthy week. Look forward to catching up with you in a week's time

*leaves heart Italian breakfast for everyone*

Grazie per la prima colazione. Si era gustosissima

 

Good morning everyone

After a wet night, it's very cloudy and there may still be a bit more rain to come, but things will improve, and tomorrow and Monday will be hot.

Morning all x
Have grandaughter, she wouldnt go off to sleep till about 11 pm and had the cheek to get up this morning at 6 am ! 
Not sure what to do with her today , weather isnt so good. There is lots of things going on in town, for Armed Forces day, so may head up there, but not keen on crowds, and i imagine it will be very busy.  The Red Arrows did a display 7pm yesterday, forgot about it, till i heard, and saw red jets flying over my house. A bit of a shock, madam never blinked an eye !
Have a good day whatever you are doing xxx

Hi everyone, really windy rainy and quite cold so far today.  What season are we in?  

 

Bon Voyage Summer, and thanks for the breakfast

 

Good luck with the little one Skylark, hope you find something to keep that active little mind busy and have fun together.

Good morning everyone.

Summer, enjoy every minute of your holiday.

I look forward to hearing all about the wedding when you get back.

Squiggle, it's the same miserable weather up here - wet and cold. What has happened to our summer?

Skyark, have a good with with the wee one, hope she doesn't tire you out too much.

El, I'm very impressed with your Italian.

I can also do Galician, Haitian Creole, and Yiddish amongst other languages.

(with help from Google language tools )

The weather's been a bit odd today. In Gloucester this morning it was really cloudy. I went over to Cheltenham, less than 10 miles away, and it was warm and sunny, but quite windy. When I got back to Gloucester, it was still really cloudy - quite a few vehicles had their lights on at mid morning

 

At long last it has become sunny here

Hi all x
Saw Mildred Pierce was on Sky Antlantic, i though great, i loved that film, but its a remake, now i dont know......
Kate Winslet has the lead. I dont think i have enjoyed any remake, really , come to think of it.... 

Decided not to watch!
Off to settle down, little one has me tired, again!
Goodnight all, sleep well xx 

Night night Skylark, sleep well, the little ones are lovely but very tiring aren't they?  Signing off myself now, I have decided to give Mildred Pierce a go, see how I get on

Goodnight squiggle, i will expect a full report in the morning! 

night in here - yogi skylark squiggle EL

Good morning everyone

 

I won't get a chance to see Mildred Pierce as I'm not a Sky subscriber. It seems to be quite a departure from the usual American TV programs.

 

The film of the day on television has to be Born Yesterday (1950) on BBC2 starting at 11.30 this morning. It stars Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford and William Holden. A romantic comedy involving political scandal. To show how good this film is, Judy Holliday got the Oscar for lead actress beating Bette Davis in All About Eve.

Morning everyone, a lovely morning here.  I loved Born Yesterday EL and I thought Judy Holliday was brilliant in her role.  You're out of luck Skylark I've Sky +'d it   I will try to report back when I watch it

 

Have a good day.

Good morning everyone. Weather isn't looking very promising today.

Ros, sorry I missed you again. I shall try to log in later tonight and catch up with you.

Thanks for the heads up about "Born Yesterday", El. I've set the V+ to record it.

Skylark, I hope you can have an easy day to recharge your batteries.

Squiggle and Joyron

The film which was shown on BBC2 after Born Yesterday was When Time Ran Out which also had William Holden in. I did see it once, and never again. It was a disaster of a disaster film, It also starred Paul Newman and Ernest Borgnine. These actors and others were under contract to the producer Irwin Allen and according to IMDB, the reason why they appeared in the film was to void their contracts with Irwin Allen. It is generally accepted that this was the film which killed off the disaster genre of the 1970s.

 

I love Paul Newman but I didn't bother to tape it, El. I remembered it was rubbish.

Good, you wouldn't have wanted to waste your time watching it. Of the island disaster films, the best I've seen was The Hurricane made in 1937 by John Ford. It starred Dorothy Lamour before she made the Road films. The hurricane sequence is very convincing, and was made years before CGI effects too over.

 

I won't post a clip of that hurricane sequence here as it is terrifying and would bring back memories of real disasters such as the recent Japanese tsunami.

I don't think I've seen that film but I'll watch out for it in future, El.

It's one of those films which only seems to be shown from time to time and doesn't appear to be available on DVD. Although someone tried to post the complete film on Youtube it was removed for copyright reasons. So you will need to be patient. There is a 1999 film called The Hurricane but that's about a boxer. Dorothy Lamour did make a later film called Typhoon but that is a much poorer film.

 

 

Thanks El.

In the last week I've had a couple of people ringing me to ask if I had any vacancies for job placements. I have to disappoint them as working from home I don't take on any staff. I get these calls from time to time and I always explain why I can't take them on and wish them good luck. But both of these people rang me on a Sunday afternoon. The thought goes through my mind as to why would they enquire on a Sunday afternoon when the likelyhood of them contacting an office which was open then is remote (apart from in January when accountants are deluged as a result of the tax return deadline.

 

Although I would be allowed to take staff on, chartered accountants are not permitted to train students unless they have been licenced by my Institute, not that Joe Public would know that.

Hi everyone x  Very humid weather today, its very tiring.
I have been cleaning non stop, house has been a bit neglected with one thing and another 
It is a bit odd people phoning you on a Sunday El. 
Hope everyone is well xx