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Mental health. Haven't been able to shake off this feeling of paranoia that I've been having for the last fortnight. It feels like everybody is out to get me, and I can't trust anyone either. It's a scary feeling.

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I am sorry you are suffering. It is alright for us to try and help ,but we are not in your shoes, Try and think happy thoughts and be positive, Take care,

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My local hospital car park.

First they've dropped the free parking for blue badge holders.

Secondly the pay machines are placed in a crap place.

Thirdly you need a degree to use them as they are 0% user friendly, I struggle to understand it.

Forthly god knows how my mum will work it tomorrow.

But the main grip was I took my mum for a follow up appointment from Fridays 5 hours in A&E.

We got there at 9am, she had a blood test after a hour wait, then we had to wait 2 hours to see a Dr, then nearly 5 hours for a rheumatoid Dr.

So we left a 6:15 pm, over 8 hours wait.

The only good thing is that they came around with a tea trolley, and food was available for patient.

I went to the in house M&S shop, this was a joke as there was only sugar & fat free food & drink. No good if don't drink the cancer/laxative sugar free carbage, the sell.

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Grrrr! Dear VM..Can't get through to check status by phone and their website isn't co-operating and the TV is presently unwatchable due to pixallating .

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It looks like they are updating the service status page as I get a message.

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And yet I can watch on my PC or my tablet without pixalation..I just want to know if it'a my TV or the V6 that's screwed but I can't get through on phone or website..

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Any neighbours with TV that you know?

You should also post your power levels in the appropriate thread, my guess is your levels are out of wack.

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Looks like it isn't just you.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...omers-21560812

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Pity they can't be straight on the website. I'm now getting a message to phone them..No thanks I already did that and it was inconclusive because it's the old press button system.This reminds me of the Cable and Wireless days.

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Usually when there is an area problem like yours, you will get a recorded message before you even press a button telling you that they are aware.

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I had pixelation the other day on BBC 1 HD, we switched to SD and it was ok.

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The number of idiots drive without light as the sun is just setting.

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23 Feb - Was a problem on the TV service, live TV unwatchable. Cleared up before the IVR estimate of 1930.

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Went to pick a pair of curtains to match my wallpaper, , looked lovely in the shop and when I put them up they were so dull looking, Will have to take them back .

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Just take it one day at a time Mark :hugs:

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Hope you start to feel better soon Mark, try and think happy thoughts might help , ;)

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Puppy just destroyed my good specs really need to be more careful as he is into everything at the moment this is despite having 31 toys, one chewroot, 2 split antlers just really need to watch him as obviously he is teething atm.

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I bet you did not know how to laugh or cry

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Children at protests.

It should be made illegal for parents to have or allow there kids to be at protests.

They have no idea why they are there only there parent Baised views.

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Starting with that Greta kid.

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Why as one cannot ignore climate change unless you are one of these deniers who does not think it is happening..

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i'm one of those people who think it's not clever to miss school or entice others to do so.
we have many reputable climate scientists in the word and she aint one of them.
She's just a little girl that has been weaponised by bad parents and scruffy drum banging terrorists,who's sole aim is to disrupt everyone's life and cause mayhem.

i can see climate change is happening it's pretty hard to deny that it is.

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Yes the climate is change.

But what these emergency idits can't grasp or chose to ignore is the fact the planet is 5 billionish years old and that we still know nothing about it.

Plus we've had several ice ages come and go, infact we are still on the tail end of one which means as such the temperature will continue to rise then drop back again.

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The rate of change is very different to any natural cause. That's what climate change deniers don't understand/ choose to ignore.

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The problem has never been climate change throughout the planets history but the rapid pace and consequences of current climate change which is having significant effects on the planet now.

Also climate change now is very much due to human activity.

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The kids sound more intelligent than a lot of adults to me, and they can spell....

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Rude customers. I can just about take the no please or thank yous, but please PLEASE don't burp in my face without covering your mouth. I'm not ashamed to say that I laughed when he hurt his hand because he pulled instead of pushed the door.

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How do you know they can spell?

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Auto correct and spell checkers. Give them pen and paper, you'll soon see the difference.

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I think its a dig at me.

I used there instead of their.

Next time i'll use THEIYR'RE that might keep the gramma Nazi's happy.

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And stick some of this ,.';,;.,,..in with it to keep em off your back;)

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So Genesis are reforming to tour. Phil Collins must have made a miraculous recovery from being unable to hear properly or hold a pair of drumsticks. Methinks someone is running out of beer tokens.

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Quite shocked to hear that as l like you thought Phil Collins had quit due to the problems that he was having.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51734115

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Well, considering that Phil Collins has been touring every year since 2017, probably not...

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No need to do any of those things these days. Just breathing will do, technology will do the rest.

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Did anyone turn up ? ;)

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https://www.nme.com/news/music/phil-...econds-1697234

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I know and wonder how many people did actually fork out for the vast number of tickets which were hoovered up through APIs. Just take the cash on offer and sod the fans eh.

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Me: "Why can't I make rent payments by Direct Debit instead of the archaic Standing Order system?"

The Council "We have no idea".

Me: "Can you look into it?"

The Council "We don't know who to ask".

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We are under a housing trust association Taf and are allowed to make rent payments by Direct Debit.

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Genuine question-why does it matter it still comes out of your bank account?

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Standing order is you pushing money to the recipient, if amounts change you need to amend the SO. You have control, you can just stop the flow. Also good for you to set up payments without needing the OK from the recipient.

Direct debit is recipient pulling money from you, they can change amounts and take what they "need" - useful if amounts change each time. The recipient sets it up.

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Just been to aldi to buy some biscuits ,i think i might need counseling/therapy for the next ten years, i got my biscuits the ones no one else eats,but people are just loading everything they can lay there hands on,one chap got a telling off for trying to buy 16 bottles of cider when the limit is 4.

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Some people are just going mad,

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Got to the Chemist 30 mins early..Did me no good because they were deep cleaning and we had to wait another 30 mins after opening time so the floor could dry. At least my prescription was ready.

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Luckily I picked my up yesterday, now I'm self isolating for 14 days :(

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Having to put the clocks forward and going to work at 5.30am so I will be even more knackered.

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Client that I'm writing some development C code for has closed down their factory and furloughed the staff. Means I won't have any experimental hardware for some time to test the code. I can run segments on a target board I have but it's not the same ARM processor but is the same family.

Their PCB layout guy is a subcontractor like me so he'll do the layouts at home but I guess the PCB manufacturers are probably shut down as well. Even if not the board would need to be assembled and it's all surface mount components. Not something you can make in a shed.

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Got up 5.45am to go to Tesco to miss the crowds, only to find they don't open now till 8am! :dozey:

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The majority are doing that now to avoid the massive queues. My store has changed their opening hours a lot, we now do 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday (was 06:00 to 00:00) and Sunday has been made 10:00 to 16:00 (was 12:00 to 18:00). By and large, we aren't getting long queues, but we still get the odd person who doesn't listen to the social distancing advice in the store. Can't wait for this to be over.

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Also remember there is no Nightshift to restock the shelves.

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But you did miss the crowds ;)

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Just tried to pay my water bill online [Anglian Water] what do i find? website not secure, this boils my blood we are told to stay indoors but now i have to leave the house to go to the post office to post a cheque:mad:

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Why not use direct debit like most people?

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Because i'm not most sheeple;)


Anyhoo just been to the post office,what a balls up that place is. taped off areas all over the floor, boxes of sweets scattered all over the floor and no one had a clue where to stand,and they are only accepting post that they deem is necessary [not sure if that is actually legal].

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Present your bill at the post office then pay with credit/debit card once you have managed to get to the head of the queue!
10min wait to reach the counter.

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That's what i used to do until Anglian water stopped that method of payment.

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We pay most of our bills through Direct Debit apart from gas and electricity which we top up online in about 30 seconds..

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I pay most of mine online but their website is not secure.

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In 2020 you would have thought far more attention was payed by them making sure their website was secure.

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You would also think most people would use direct debit, I believe it's far less hassle and cheaper to pay that way too?

I can see people who struggle to make ends meet won't though so charging them extra isn't really fair.

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In what way is it not secure?

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Good question, it says it's secure in the browser i am using(the padlock is locked on the log in screen).

It seems to be listed as secure on the log in screen in Vivaldi, Firefox, Chrome and Edge maybe after log in that is where the issue is but as i am not a member i can't check.

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I'll send you my AW account number and you can pay it for me if you like.;)


Anyhoo it's paid now by cheque.

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And if you click on the padlock on a Chrome browser, you get this

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...7&d=1585999467

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Anyhow how is it not secure online, is it via a tablet or the browser you're using, or maybe it IS secure now?

Hugh you should try using Vivaldi or Edge it is a far better experience than Google Chrome. :)

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I don't get the locked padlock on the login but i do get a warning that the website is not secure,that's enough for me to bin it off and find an alternate way to pay.

Hope that answers Hugh's question as well.

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Remember that the padlock only means the communication to the site is secure. The site itself may not be.

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:tu:

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Going down to the post office isn't secure either if you get mugged. Very possible in Cleethorpes ;)

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To be fair, Cleethorpes is coming up in the world . . they have electrickery street lights now you know ;)

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I'm quite a big lad so not that put off by going out;)

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Big for a smurf... :)

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Our dear friend passed away today, another victim of this dreadful virus.:(

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Sorry for your loss :(

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So sorry Tinky. <hugs>

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Somewhat prosaically, I broke my arm yesterday. A Colles fracture. :shocked:

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Not good and really bad timing with needing to avoid hospitals!

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Thankfully the Minor Injuries Unit is handy, whilst the Trauma Unit I will need to visit, is another separate part of the main hospital.

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Sorry to hear your sad news, Terrible time we are living in .

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That's lucky, get well soon :tu:

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I watch Supergirl, the Series started with a 5 part cross over "Crisis on Infite Earths"


Part 1 - Supergirl

Part 2 - Batwoman

Part 3 - The Flash

Part 4 - Arrow

Part 5 -DC Legends of tomorrow


Now heres the problem, I watch Supergirl and Legends of tomorrow, Sky 1 has aligned the episodes so that you could watch every epiode one after the other.

But Batwoman started 3 weeks ago ad part 2 of Crisis is Episode 9, so I have to hold fire on Supergirl for another 6 weeks then binge watch the Supergirl and Legends episodes.


I can't miss the episode and watch following episodes as it will have spoilers.

I'm trying to see if I can get Batwoman episode 9 before but without any luck.

It is available for free in the US but its region locked.

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Just install CinemaHd app on an android device then you can access anything easily, I have it installed on my Firestick.

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i downloaded to my tablet, but it doesn't have any videos to play.

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I'll PM you the details, if it is installed properly it will have everything available to stream.

edit

Currently streaming that episode via that app, perfect quality.

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I don't know why but sometimes when I go to use that app, it won't load any links. It's the same in different houses I've took my Fire stick too.

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Never loaded a link?

I have no issues on both my firesticks always get lots of streams on a VM connection, maybe it is the connection, have you tried it using a mobile connection? Maybe there are some setting on My virginmedia that need changing i can't remember, Virus Safe is turned off on my VM maybe that is the problem.

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Like it won't give me any links even though I know there is some. It doesn't always do it though which I don't get.

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I tried opera with a VPN but the dam sites only gives links to the app.


I've complained to channel four, hopefully they can drop all episodes on line.


Whats annoying is the rest of the planet saw this 6 months ago.

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Did you see my PM? You must be doing something wrong or not following the webpage exactly as I have been side loading via the OTHER app which you need to install first without issue for years on 2 tablets and 2 firesticks.

PM me if I can help.

You need to install the apps not stream from a webpage.

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Back to work at 5.30am after a week off!

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So you just want a copy of Batwoman.S01E09 ?

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I did thanks, but this is my last resort.

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#1stWorldProblems

As some are aware, I'm a paralegal specialising in personal injury as well as clinical negligence cases.

There is a difference between clinical negligence, and clinical complaints.

My employer specialises in and can help with the former. The NHS' own Patient Advisory Liaison Service deals with the latter.

Long waiting lists, NHS departments losing your notes, perceived nasty/arrogant/argumentative/ignorant NHS staff are all unfortunate and understandably annoying occurrences, but are not clinical negligence. No compensation is available or will be awarded for confirmed examples of these.

Also, to pursue a clinical negligence case the Law states it needs to be brought about within 3 years of the date you were made aware of something having gone wrong. This is not "company policy", neither is it "more proof that solicitors are in league with the NHS". It is the Law.

Finally, a Law firm can only take instructions from the Client, ie the person whose name will be on the compensation cheque. It doesn't matter if your partner "always deals with things for me". The only exceptions are when the Client is under 18, lacks mental capacity to deal with such issues and a Power of Attorney is in place or if the Client is deceased (in which case we deal ONLY with the next of kin or Executor).

The number of people who fail to grasp all this, despite having had it explained to them several times......

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Somebody has brought in a company to pressure wash their driveway four doors down from our house.

So right when I'm trying to concentrate (as are many other others who are working from home) we have the monotonous hum of a petrol generator running for three and a bit hours. Then add to this they start putting flyers through peoples doors!!

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Great to be alive to moan about it though ;)

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My sister is also a Paralegal, but she specialises in family law, she has also been give the companies Despure Resolution which means she chases people who haven't paid their bill.


It does come in hand if I need any advise in other matters.

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My brother has just been furloughed until further notice but at least he will have his job to to back to whenever that is.

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I've been furloughed until July 1st, but this date is flexible, it could be earlier or later.

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i feel lucky that i am still able to fully work, it must be so stressful for millions of people.

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What type of job have you got SnoopZ as my brother works for a cosmetic company and to start with it was one week on and one week off fully paid..