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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2015/12/4.gif To you both.

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That's good to hear Osem, wishing you all a Merry Christmas.

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Further to my post in the moans thread yesterday, after being able to prove in the end that I deposited £70 into my account it corrected itself this morning. They were full of apologies about what had happened. I've asked that they look at this so it doesn't happen again which they agreed to.

Had it affected Direct Debits due out before Christmas then I would have pushed for a goodwill gesture of compensation but as it stands I am not out of pocket anything and DD's got paid so I will just accept their apology and hope they can find what happened so it doesn't happen again.

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Not long to go now and I can't wait for Simply Red :)

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The people in London who travel on the London Underground.

I'll explain.

Yesterday I needed to get my mum to the UCLH in central London.

The only way was by tube, and as she can't walk to far (she was bed bound for 4 months, 3 were Nil By Mouth) so we had to use a wheelchair.

The guard at Epping asked if we needed help at our destination station, I said thanks but it would not be required.

We got to Tottenham Court Road Tube and a I was help off the tube. we got to the 1st of 3 sets of stairs which my mum walked up with me behind with the folded wheelchair a guy offered help, but I said I was OK, as I was walking up he was walking near me I then felt someone just lift the end of the chair.

Even on the escalators the guard asked we needed help.

The only thing I had issues with was the gap & height differences between train and platform.

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Its lovely when people are so kind and helpful.:tu:

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That is nice.

I was supposed to be going to London today with Natalie and her mum - but I must admit I didn't think I could cope with it all in the chair.

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I feel that if you can walk up some stairs or stand, while someone handled your chair you should be OK.

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Enjoy the pub ;)

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Good news about the money Osem, Congratulations to you both Dill,

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l won £33 on the horses today so bingo is paid for tomorrow now.

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Excellent den :)

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Good for you Den, Hope you get a win at the bingo too,

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And the lottery den, if you still do it.

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Nice one

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Simply Red was amazing, if you stuck on a CD I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference, he was THAT good. My mum and I said if he were performing again tonight we would have gone again :)

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l am extremely jealous of you MG.

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I've got an audio recording of the whole concert too :)

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If he wins all that Weenie , we will all be looking for a Tap,

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The OH and I are now down with my mother in darkest Cornwall (Sennen) for the festive season. Going to spoil her rotten.

Joy of joys, Vodafone have finally rolled out 3G here, signal's poor but it's much faster than the old 2G. :hyper::hyper::hyper:

New lappy is performing well too.

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Managed to get into my Cable forum at last on my PC. They wanted me to sign in as I have been using my I pad. I forgot my password and had to look through an old book to get it. It was most annoying, happy Now

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l hope you all have a wonderful time old boy.:)

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I am happy just to get back on the board as I was logged out and forgot my password.
It was like getting back into Fort Knocks

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Just finished playing Santa to 30 little ones between the ages of 18 months and 9 years old
At my offices kids Christmas party


Despite being absoloutely drenched in sweat from the outfit and currently spitting bits of beard out like there's no tomorrow it was worth every second to see their smiles

Oh and real reindeer too !!!

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Well Done for doing Santa, Their faces would be priceless

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Well it was Dads Birthday party last night and we had a lovely time at the Seagull in Portchester last night as 8 of us were there.

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That's lovely and the little ones would have loved that. Well done to you for playing Santa.

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Brilliant den, it's nice when family gets together. :)

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It's good to be with family at this time.

Cheers Den. Looks like one of my sisters will be with us Xmas eve and day. She'll be bringing her black Labrador (Buster) with her. Big old softie. He loves the coastal walks.

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Russell Brand getting thrown in a fountain (I know it's from a couple of years ago, but it cheered me up).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TApf88egdxs

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As one of the comments said, shame he didn't have a bar of soap to hand. Always looks like he needs a damn good scrub in a bath.

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Well Done DEN, that would have been nice, Nice of you to have your sister hero, Have a good time

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:rofl:

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1/2 day left then my first proper time off this year.

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l hope you and your family have a lovely time Hom3r.

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Everyone at the hospital loves the chair :)

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Did I mention - I've not got ANY casts on........ Yup my feet are FREE :)

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Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeee.:tu:

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Haven't seen it yet mate. ;)

Great news. Now you just have to hope your feet don't escape... :)

All the best to you and Natalie. :tu:

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Glad to hear that your 'Free the Potton Two' campaign has been sooooo successful. :D

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Off to see Simply Red again next year with mum :)

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Had a lovely day with my friend that I have been known for 55 years, Really enjoyed it

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That's wonderful MG.

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l am glad you enjoyed yourself with your dear friend nash.

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Excellent news dilli. So your feet got their Xmas present early. Remember, no energetic dancing. :D

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Thanks Den

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It's nearly Christmas. Months of planning and stressing over and done with in a matter of minutes (presents certainly). Now for new year to hurry up and come round so we can forget all about the madness until next August.

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And before people call me a Scrooge, I loved Christmas. But now it is so commercialised and starts so early that by Christmas Eve I have had enough of it for the year. Why can't we go back to how it was decades ago when it was more about spending time with family and loved ones, not about how much money we spend on presents and whether poor little so and so has the same game, phone or trainers as their friend who gets all the latest designer gear for Christmas every year.

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Christmas Morning, Merry Christmas to you all,

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Yup Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!!!

:)

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Merry Christmas everyone, hope Santa bought you all you wanted. I'm just cooking lunch now, hopefully salmonella free for everyone.

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Lunch seems to have been OK, nobody complained. At least not to my face anyway.

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Well it seems lady luck shined on me again at the bingo last night as l won £89.:)

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Tell me where the bingo is den, I might need to go down there in New Year so I can try winning.

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Nice, you always seem to win

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Excellent den.

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and Santa was good to all :)

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It would have been ever better if the number 29 came up last night.

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Well Done Den, Hope you all had a lovely Christmas Day,

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Yes our big family had a wonderful Christmas Day nash.:)

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Well done Den. You certainly seem to have lady luck smiling down on you. :tu:

My happy thought is that at last after so many grey wet days down here in Cornwall it's sunny at the moment and quite warm in the conservatory as I type. :)

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Well we had heavy rain this morning in Hampshire old boat but hurrah hurrah the sun has come out now.:)

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Can't believe it's 29th December! I'm in the Sitting Room, French Windows wide open with the sun streaming in.

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Well if you read certain papers jo they will be telling us there will be 6 foot of snow on its way in the days ahead.:)

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I'll worry about that when, or if, it happens Den. For now the sun is shinning and I refuse to worry about things that I have no control over. No doubt I will be back to being a worrywart soon enough.

I just wish the recent heavy rains hadn't caused so much havoc and hope those effected can recover some semblance of normality before any predicted bad weather hits us.

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Yes the flooding is terrible for all those involved as it will be some considerable time before things are anything like back to normality again.

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Quite Mild here in Glasgow and some sunshine

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Working toilet again, although I do need to buy some screws tomorrow as even though it is safe to sit on, the toilet itself isn't screwed into the floor as the old ones were rusted in. So I need to buy some 2 inch screws with a fairly big head on to screw in.

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Good news Mark

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Oh definitely. Although I'm a bit scared to sit on the toilet until I buy screws...

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Always important to get some fairly big head.

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After the Spanish plume, Sahara dust and El Nino, beware the Polar Vortex. :erm:

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Got screws, sadly as the toilet moved slightly the holes are no longer lined up with the ones in the floor. Got them a bit, now to wait for my neighbour to come back over the weekend. He'll be able to force the screws in the floor.

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You will be glad to have this sorted out at last.

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Oh definitely. But feel a bit safer now, although still not sat on it myself. Too scared to, I', not exactly a lightweight.

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It's not funny , but you made me laugh ;)

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Got to laugh or you'll cry. That's what everyone says to me anyway... :)

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Sitting hear with no heading at the end of December.

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Hope you get your heating on soon,

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It wasn't on because it wasn't that cold.

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Ok Thought it was broken. Best Wishes for New Year

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New series of the Undateables tonight. Can't wait :)

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Peace perfect peace all back to work and school today.

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Know that feeling Weenie! :)

Osem Jnr got another '1st' in his first university assignment of his second year.

Osem Jnr#2 went back to school looking very handsome and sporting a terrific new haircut. I'm becoming quite talented with the old hair trimmers if I do say so myself... :D

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Well its our last day in Hampshire today so we will have a nice farewell family meal later before we head back to deepest Devon tomorrow morning.

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Not been in hospital for two whole weeks - it's been great :)

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I bet!! :tu:

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That's excellent news dilli.

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We're heading back to Sussex early tomorrow so we'll probably pass each other at some point.

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l will send the guard round to you old boy.;)

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Home sweet home.:)

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Nice to get back Den, but I bet you enjoyed your wee change of scenery. Glad your are ok Dill,

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+1

Passing like ships in the night.:D

It's nice to stay with mum and have the rels visit but even better to get back to our own bed, decent broadband and a big telly.

Connection at Westbury late as usual, several dozens of people having to run up the platform to the Brighton train. At least they held it so we could get on.

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TVL for sending yet another tranche of inane repeat ramblings to fuel my compost heap. Keep it coming you morons, my spuds will do very nicely in the spring.:D

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It's very nice having your name, my name in this case clearing of BS. Getting there should I say. I'm out :D

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Still trying to understand that statement and i read it 4 times! lol

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Hijackers. Trying to 'eat'.

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Made my stepdad happy today, he asked me to see if I could trace his family back. I was happy to report to him today that I had gone back to his great great great great grandparents, who were married in 1786. Now to fill out the rest of the tree as best I can.

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Hospital was good for a change, they finally found out what was wrong with my leg last year. I had a muscle tear and bleed apparently :) so in theory that's all that's left from stopping me getting my transplant - yay :)

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That sounds like good news dilli. Hope 2016 does it for you.

I recognise that sig pic :LOL: I snapshotted the full version too.:D

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Excellent news dilli.:tu:

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Brilliant dilli.

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Hope everything works out got you now. Dill

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I checked my bank today and No Veneer In Here has indeed been as good as there word as full refund is in the bank.

My new furniture came from Oak Furniture King and I am over the moon with it. In the end we got tv unit, lamp table and nest of tables. The furniture seems to be the same as no veneer in here.

Dog was not included in the sale LOL.

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Glad you are sorted weenie. The new furniture looks lovely. :)

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A very complicated part of my life has now finally been closed. Hopefully they get the help they need before they are allowed contact with other human beings.

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Looks beautiful Weenie, Glad it is all sorted out