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Thank goodness for that. I have felt your frustration over the last few weeks. When the idiot who ran into the back of our car at traffic lights finally admitted what he had done to his insurers we felt such relief that things could move forward.

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Thanks den & joglynne will keep things updated but yes joglynne it has been really frustrating as well as stressful but never mind feeling slightly better as I am now on Mirtazapine that the my Doctor has prescribed to help me cope with matters they seem to be helping although they took a few weeks to start working hopefully will not be on them long.

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Well that's the loss adjuster been and went, he took pictures and asked a lot of questions now it's back to waiting for us let's hope it's not too long for some answers. I am so glad that Duncan took the day off work and was here.

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<hugs> Fingers crossed yet again.

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Sitting in a caravan on my holiday with my sister's kids, who have just got back from swimming.

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Thanks once again and who know's jo hopefully I will be posting some good news soon :) who would have thought that by my neighbour claiming our land to VM at the end of last year would lead to where we are today all because of the boundary report and the concerns raised in it, the loss adjuster did ask why our neighbour refuses to remove the tree in our garden and I just gave a :shrug: as I have no answer to that question.

That's nice enjoy your holiday Hom3r, hope there is plenty of :Sun: for you and your family.

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Went over to Lewes (East Sussex) this afternoon to see my old boss from 15 odd years ago who's R&D director at a local company to drum up some new business for the Autumn. ( Sorted :) ) Decided to take the train as the car is in dry dock for an MOT. Made a pleasant change, Southern region trains are pretty decent these days and the return ticket was only £9.10. Never actually walked through that bit of old Lewes. Also saw a brewers dray with two splendid heavy horses making a local beer delivery. Bit foot sore but a good day.

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After some confusion, Osem Jnr's just had his final 'A' level results confirmed: 1AA, 2 B's and a C.
The boy done good... :)

Osem Jnr. #2 seriously embarrassed his mum as they waited at the checkout by discharging a massively loud belch, all the time looking as though butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. He's such a pain in the... :D

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What a great achievement for Osem Jnr 1 and what a typically totally cringe worthy, yet totally normal boy behavior, by Osem Jnr 2.

You are justifiably proud of both boy's achievements Osem. :D

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Well done Osem Jnr :)
Osem Jnr #2 well that's what boy's do, don't they ;)
You have two lovely boys Osem and quite rightly you and Mrs O are proud off them.

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I'd say they were both great achievements and as you say osem should be proud of both.

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Congratulations to Osem Jnr. :tu:

That's what kids are for. :D

My happy thought: The new telly's installed and the stand assembled. Little bit of fiddling about on the DVD recorder to get the progressive component output up and running (That's separate RGB and audio cables). What a set, the borders are less than 10mm top and sides. HD picture is just breathtaking. Upscaling on the DVD is pretty good too.

It'll need the sound augmented as the philips CRT had a big sub-woofer in the cabinet. Sound is a bit reedy by comparison but you can't get big speakers into such a slim set.

Now I need to try and blag an HD box out of Virgin without having to pay for it and preferably without a new contract. :D

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Thanks guys - yes they are great and highly frustrating in equal measure at times but we still love 'em...

:)

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:)

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My sister has got a full time job working for the council.:)

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Good news, council jobs are a bit more secure than private sector.

Subwoofer for the TV has arrived, just plumbed it in and had a quick fiddle with the settings. It'll need a more extensive trial with different sound sources but bass is back! :)

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Osem Jnr passed his driving theory and hazard perception tests with 86% and 84% respectively. :)

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That's excellent news and you must all be proud of him.

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Yep - hoping he's soon going to start driving me around for a change. :)

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Congratulations to Osem Jnr on passing his driving theory and hazard perception tests. Hopefully it won't be too long before OJ is driving you around. ;)

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Fantastic news den :)

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Good news for her :tu:

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Well done him

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Due to some incredible generosity I have a brand new lightweight wheelchair coming tomorrow.

Nice :)

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That's wonderful dilli and what generosity .:tu:

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That's Brilliant dilli :)

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That is great news dilli.

It will make it a lot easier to get it into car boots. We swapped Dad's weighty wheelchair for a lightweight one and the difference it made was fantastic.

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My new chariot has arrived :)

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:tu: :)

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It is a bit plain so I've got to bling it up :)

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I'm sure once the lasers and flux capacitors are installed it will be great. :tu:

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Why not go for the General Lee look (complete with air horns)

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My mind first conjured up visions of a Darlek makeover for your new chair but I guess that would be a tad bulky and over the top so maybe get yourself some fingerless leather gloves, a pink satin jump suit and some gold lamé seat and back covers then, once seen, you will never be forgotten. :D

If you fancy a paint job then this would certainly add the bling to you new wheels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATRw...w&noredirect=1

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That's excellent news dilli.

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That paint!!!!!!

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It can be had but it's a tad expensive.

http://www.stardustcolors.co.uk/cham...eon-paint.html

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Making bread today: Wholemeal multiseeded :)

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Homemade bread is delicious that's for sure.:drool:

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Certainly is and you also know what went into it. The only addative is what they call flour improver: Ascorbic acid which is vitamin C

Taken a while to get a predictable rise but pretty good these days.

Just popped it in the oven now to bake.

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Off to the big smoke early this morning as we are going to take in a few attractions and just generally have a nice day out.:)

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Have a nice time, London is beautiful in places. I recommend Pontoon Docks on the DLR, lovely park right on the Thames. And near the barrier as well, if engineering is your thing.

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We did go on the DLR yesterday Mark as one of the places we took in was Canary Wharf and its certainly a impressive place along with other places we visited yesterday.

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Drew's new Fighting Films (red label judo suit) has finally arrived he will be well chuffed as he has been asking since last Wednesday when his new suit is going to be delivered. Already washed and on the line drying as I have the feeling he will want to wear it tonight when he goes to Judo. I think I prefer this one as it's blue in colour so should be easier to keep clean with a bit of luck ;)

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Had an unusual evening.

Whilst eating dinner on the balcony of our rented holiday villa in Souda Bay, Crete, a US hunter-killer sub (looks like Virginia class) sailed across the bay on the way out to the Med, and six US F-16s spent the evening doing 'touch and go' landings/take offs from Chania Airport.

Wonder if they are practicing for something around the Bosporus Straits?

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Taking my Dad shopping tomorrow, as a wee treat my Dad always buys me a bottle of wine :)

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The Phone line is working again after the Virgin guy checked the cabinet and found that the wires were put in the wrong place by another employee.:)

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Thought that might have been the case, glad it is sorted den.

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My mum had been losing too much weight, she swallowed a camera and the Pancreas needs further investigation.

Before we went on holiday she had a camera the other end, they found something but the biopsy they took nothing happened so on Saturday they did the camera again and today she was told its not bowel cancer. :D

So i have bought some steaks for tea (The pull the horns off, wipes is butt size steak:) )

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Eldest son is coming back from Gran Canaria, I have really missed him it has been a long two weeks.

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Met up with a lot of old friends/work colleagues over the last few days. Good to see them all.

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Just put down a deposit on Osem Jnr's first set of wheels - a 14 plate Kia Rio. It's a hell of a lot nicer than my first car and my second and my third...

Got one very happy lad on our hands right now! :)

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Nice to have them home safe and sound. Hope he hasn't acquired too many 'battle scars'... ;)

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Yes it's nice to have him home Osem.

Osem Jnr is one lucky boy, what a first car he must be well chuffed. My first car was a Escort Mrk 2 and I loved it although it was a rust bucket really.

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:)

My first was the most awful Renault 20tl with a dodgy gearbox - the only good things about it were the velour seats which were like armchairs.

He's a top lad and I always promised him that, one day, we'd try to make up for some of the things he's missed out on.

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Sounds like he has a top mum and dad as well Osem.

You have brought back a, kind of, happy memory for me.

We helped our son buy his first car and I taught him to drive. All went well until the evening before his test. 7:30pm on an October night he decided to reverse on to our drive, goodness knows why as it was pitch black and not the easiest maneuver in daylight. He caught his wheel arch on the gate hinge and to his credit stopped the car before he tore off the whole panel. We had to round up some neighbours to physically lift his car away from the gate and then spent the next few hours trying to bend his bodywork back into shape. The car was second hand and with a bit of black spray paint we managed to botch up a halfway decent repair.

Next morning we went to the test centre with fingers crossed that the tester wouldn't prejudge his driving skills by the state of his car but all was well and Peter passed his test with no faults.

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Tks Jo :).

I'm hoping Osem Jnr won't do that but the wife did something very similar after getting her shiny 1 year old Focus some years ago. Despite my advice (which she now follows) just a few days after getting it home she turned into our drive going a little too fast and at too acute an angle which led to her scraping the rear off side of the car against our wall. I felt the impact and immediately gasped in horror telling her she'd just done a whole load of damage to her new car. I was amazed when I got out, went to have a look and couldn't see anything, however. It took a minute or two before I spotted what had happened. Luckily for her, only the rear passenger door handle had scraped the wall. The impact had made a shallow dent in the door skin surrounding it but that sprung out leaving just the scraped colour coded door handle which hardly notices. Phew!!! That was a close shave. Wasn't long afterwards that she finally decided to start reversing into the drive. I'm hoping Jnr. will be more careful.

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Good news for a change. I just had an inspection from the council tax people and qualify for. Reduction as a is have a room set aside for my disabilities :)

Ok so it means I am more of a leech off society as a whole but it saves a little cash a month which is nice.

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That's wonderful news dilli and rest assured you are not leeching off anybody and if anybody thinks you are then it just shows what prats they are.

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Nice to hear that some areas of the government adopt a sensible view of what is appropriate. Spare bedrooms may be a luxury in some cases but not in yours!

... oh and you a leech? behave yourself. Anyone who dared to call you that in public would have me, and a lot of others , to answer to!!!!!!!!

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dilli, people like you are who the benefits system is meant to help out. Unfortunately, it is the minority of people who take the system for a mug that make people judge everybody on benefits unfairly.

On a side note, been short-listed for interview for a warehouse job. It will be packing computer components and computers up for sending out as well as basic software jobs on the PC's before leaving. A job that I can do with my eyes closed, so hopefully I won't cock it up in the interview like I always seem to do. All very well people saying sell yourself, but when faced with lack of confidence it is hard to sell yourself well.

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Thank you all :)

@mark I hope you get the job :tu:

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Cheers all :)

@mark I hope you get it :tu: - it's not with iiyama is it?

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@ Mark.

Just be you. Some people are comfortable to 'sell themselves' but if it makes you uncomfortable in any way then that is not the way for you.

Write down a list of all the reasons you are the right person for this job, from your technical skills right down to making a good brew or caring about your fellow workmates. Read that list over and over again in the lead up to your interview.

During the interview always take a deep breath before you answer any question, this will give you time to remember your list and reinforce the impression that you are giving a considered answer.

I interviewed many people, and those I recommended for employment were not always those that could sell themselves to me. I would rather have had someone who thought before they answered, and who quietly knew what their strengths were any day over some one who gave slick answers and had an inflated idea of what they were capable of.

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Thanks dilli, and I will certainly do that jo. I know where my strengths are and just need to convey them to the interviewer in the right manner.

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@ dilli that's excellent news and and you are not leeching off anybody, you have a disability that entitles a room set aside, a room very much needed for use by yourself.

@ MarkC1984 Good Luck.

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I don't imagine anyone who knows you believes that. :tu:

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Good luck. It's not easy but have you ever bought anything from someone who didn't seem very confident about it? That's effectively what you'd be asking an employer if you can't be confident in your ability to do the job and the other things you feel you have to offer. All you have to remember is that they liked you enough to grant you an interview so nothing in your CV was significantly offputting. The rest is down to you but it'll help if you show you know something about the company and its business. If there has been mention of promotion potential in due course then it'd be good for you to have some thoughts as to where you'd ideally see yourself going and what you could add to the company. However if this really is just a job with nowhere else to go, you'd probably be wise not to stress your eagerness to move onwards and upwards just yet.

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Nice to be back on this page for a while I could not get into the site at all. just back from Nashville & had a wonderful time. Excellent Country Music, weather 85, 90each day, Hope everyone is keeping Ok

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Our friend has just come out of hospital after having another stent put in.

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I'm glad they are out :) :tu:

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Thanks dilli because as many of us know only too well its never nice being in hospital.

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Too smegging right..... I'm half expecting to go in one week and have a 'Dilli's Ward' named after me!

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Glad your friend is out of hospital, hope they are feeling better soon den and the stent does the trick.

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Well he will be taking it easy in these next few weeks and sadly he and his wife have had to cancel their holiday to New England but as l told him his health is more important then a holiday.

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I am enjoying everyones good news. Happy news always makes me smile.

Plus .... welcome back Nash.

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Take care everyone, Nice to read all the comments

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The wee one has just told me some very important news. His words were Important News Flash Mum it's 100 day's till Christmas ... :)

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Blimey he's late, we used to remind mum and dad about Christmas shortly after Easter... :D

We used to love drawing up our Christmas lists. Even though we knew we'd not get most of the stuff on them it was still exciting wonder what Santa would bring. Happy days... :)

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Off back home tomorrow after 11 days away. :)

Then flying to Boston on Thursday for a Metronomy concert followed by Plymouth Rock, Mayflower II, Cape Cod and loads of Pilgrim related stuff.

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Safe journey home Cobby.

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What really beautiful weather we are having at the moment. I wish August had been like this.

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Thanks Jo & Weenie

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Walking the dog (border collie)this morning when my wife and I noticed a flock of sheep getting out of their field through a hole in the fence (probably due to teenagers again).
We rounded them up and put them back into their field + repaired the fence.
Warm fuzzy feeling :angel:

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Well your post has made me smile, well done to you and your wife. :)

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Apparently according to my parents it was not nice yesterday morning in Fareham and Gosport.

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What a wonderful day today is :)

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We're all off to the local pub tonight for some food and drinks as a belated birthday treat for the boys. It's great being able to take our youngest and watch him sitting there with a large apple juice looking as if he's got a real pint in front of him.

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Now that Salmond shaped black cloud has disappeared you mean?... ;)

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Oh Yes, or should I say No :)

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Better together. ;)

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Beef curry that I made yesterday wasn't that nice, so left it overnight to let it 'mature' and tasted it this afternoon and it was a million times better than yesterday. So had a big portion of it for tea tonight.

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The annual Swansea Bay 10k today, not my first 10 but I've always somehow managed to miss this event each year since I started running so I'm looking forward to this. I've done longer distances but only specifically trained for a 10k once before which gave me a finishing time of 54 minutes something so today I'm aiming for a sub-50 finish but if I can get around 52 minutes I'll be happy.

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Good luck Russ.

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Wishing you the best of Luck Russ. Hope you get the time you wish for.

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Well pleased over Wi-Fi on a 120Mb connection

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Cheers - didn't get a sub-50 but wiped 4 minutes off my 10k PB which I'm amazed about. Came in at position 919 out of 4000 with a chip time of 50 minutes 53 but my watch said 50.45 which I'll take instead :)

Now the small matter of the Cardiff Half Marathon in 2 weeks...

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Well done Russ. You seem to be getting the hang of this running lark. :D

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Lol cheers, I've only been at it 2 and a half years so it's about time :D

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Well done Russ :cleader:

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Cheers :)

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Not long to go for the Galaxy Note 4 release, which is good timing 'cause my S4 is behaving a bit strangely.

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If it goes through I should get a nice refund from BT.

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That's excellent to hear dilli.

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:)

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Finally managed to get a stable enough connection to get the mail and logon to CF. It's a connection desert here at Land's End. Only 2G! and the local pub haven't fixed their WiFi after a lightning strike took everything out earlier this year.

However to make up for it the weather is glorious: Warm and sunny. Already had the BBQ cranked up twice. Sitting in the very hot conservatory at the moment as there's a better signal there.

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Nice to see you are enjoying yourself heero in Sennen but go steady on that drink as its not even midday yet old boy.:waving: