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Re: debt collecting
It was something I done several times. In the early days of SMS on-line I found it rather useful as the recipient’s screen would show the caller as written text, not a number.
So their phone would ping, and the screen would show “collections” Message would read something like “Ref Invoice 012345 Repairs to Washerdryer dated 01/01/2001. Your debt has been passed to escalation. Please call on 01234567890 with payment details in order to avoid legal action.”
Worked every time, and always within minutes.
Perhaps rather unethical, but not such a crime as bilking.
Alex
Re: Retirement
eastlmark wrote:
Alex wrote:
Apart from that more golf, walking visiting places and having a ball!
Alex
A nice Whetherspoons in Bridgewater then Alex?
Ha Ha! Apparently there is, but I’m not at that point (Yet)
Mark. Thank goodness you are here to put this back on topic!
I’m supposed to go to the Barbers and Sainsburys on a Saturday morning now. I gather it is mandatory to get up at 5 am every day, and queue outside the papershop (in my slippers), can’t have it delivered as would arrive nearly in the middle of the day.
I believe it is no longer a legal requirement to queue outside the Post Office door once a week waiting to collect the pension. (Again in my slippers)
I am waiting the government issue of a brown dust-coat to wear when I’m doing DIY or banging together bits of wood in my shed. Then I’ll need to replace all my dark clothes with beige.
I won’t get my government old age pension until next year, then I suppose I will need to get a mechanic to fit a stiff spring to the accelerator mechanism of my car to prevent my foot pushing it too far down, as well as removal of the rear view mirrors and disabling the indicators. I assume I’ll receive a letter advising me to book it in. Best order myself a faster car whilst I remember, Jag or BMW 7 series will do.
I hope my Washing Machine or whatever doesn’t breakdown, it will be a nightmare booking it in. First of all is identifying a day; Golf, Bowls, Hospital Visits, Shopping, Always out to lunch Thursdays, College courses on Computers, Zumba/Line dance classes. Then I have to take the dog to the grooming parlour (note to self, need to get a dog) The list is endless, how did I ever get the time to go to work?
Engineer won’t be able to call between 1 & 2-pm, lunchtime and then not until after 3-pm, end of snooze time. Then the visit must take place whilst I’m there as since I retired my wife is no longer capable of running anything within the household, despite doing so successfully for 40 + years.
Then I must stand behind the repairer telling him in a nasal manner, “I’m a retired engineer you know” and annoyingly rattle the change in my trouser pocket at the same time (can’t give a tip as on a fixed income), and despite being in charge of the running of the home “It is my Wife’s Washing Machine”
Oh I forgot to factor in, Homes under The Hammer, Bargain Hunt, Flog it, Escape to the Country, Rip-off Britain etc etc.
Must go, just seen a weed in my lawn that needs eradicating……..
Re: Retirement
Completely divorced from it. If my own 14 year old machine packs up will probably buy another. Don’t even want to take the lid off.
Perhaps different for me as I traded in my tool box for spread sheets and accountancy packages and moved to dealing with parts, schedules, business initiatives plus fielding calls from engineers and customers alike.
The only time I look back is to pop in here every now and then just to look in on my friends. UKW has been such a vibrant community that I like to keep up with the comings and goings.
I have no desire at all to look at an appliance. I spend one day a week as a volunteer at Dunster Working Water-Mill and actually look forward to Monday morning.
Apart from that more golf, walking visiting places and having a ball!
I have taken for years a small blood-pressure tablet daily, and if it wasn’t for the day written on the packet I would not know one day from another.
EVERY DAY IS A SATURDAY!
Alex
Re: Caravans!
Ought to be a tax on the bloody things. Plus the driver should take a reversing test, as well as an awareness test with use of mirrors.
In this area (SW) most A class roads are narrow with little opportunity to overtake, and at the head of a queue will be a bloody Caravan. The owners say they love to see the open road, and enjoy the freedom. Of course the road is open, the bloody traffic is snarled up behind them.
I was coming home from work one Saturday, and there was a tractor with a long queue, which pulled into a huge lay-by to let the following traffic proceed relatively unhindered. Sat in this lay-by a car/caravan, and yes you guessed it, as the tractor pulled in the caravan pulled out at the head of the queue. He must have thought Christmas had come early with a ready made queue. This was the beginning of the route Bridgwater to Minehead A39 with only one passing place in the whole 26 mile winding road.
On the subject of names for them….
Why are they synonymous with speed, such as Hurricane, Swift, Zephyr or Typhoon? Should be sloth, snail, annoying draught or similar.
Re: Fargo Channel 4
I can’t bring myself to watch it.
I love the original Cohen Brothers film as is one of my favourites. Would prefer to keep that version in my mind.
Re: Has DASA gone?
Oldtog wrote:Probably cant pay their internet bill, if so, one has to wonder!
Perhaps we may have an official reply…….. 🙂Cheeky Get!!
No doubt you didn’t actually try the site for yourself, just thought you would have a bit of sport, try to be smart and attempt even further damage.
Whereas the only damage is to your already thin reputation.
I don’t know why you bother?
Alex
Re: Hoover Candy Group
Reading both posts by Jackal is identical to the experience I (along with many others) “enjoyed” in the last few months of being Dedicated Candy Agent, this being after the repairs operation was taken over by the Hoover servicing arm.
Bottom of the pile when it came to issuing jobs. 13 Pre-booked calls on a Monday morning for the same day as their engineer phoned in sick. Called to look at “new jobs” to find there were parts already on order. Duplication of parts, engineers calling, customers cancelling, postponing or rearranging access etc and we were never told. The list goes on & on!
Therefore shafted by them in 1999. Long time ago, skip full of Fridge/Freezer doors as well as other parts and I’m still bitter.
Even the Rossieres scenario was the same. One of the last jobs we done for them was to order a replacement oven door, called the customer to arrange fitting and was told “They sent Someone Last Week & the job’s been done” Tried my hardest to get a credit on the door. Perhaps we should have booked it out on the job, but I wanted to keep my nose clean.
Alex
Re: Daytime running lights
The last five cars I’ve owned have had auto lights. Sadly don’t come on in the fog though. OK for me as I’m aware and ensure if reduced visibility with fog/rain I put them on manually.
I guess however there are many who have auto lights who haven’t a clue how to actually turn them on.
Why is it that those who don’t use headlights in fog happen to be driving a car the same colour as the road?
Re: Daytime running lights
A lot of new cars utilise the dipped headlights as DRL’s, which is really a bit of a con.
There is a snag in one respect as leaves the dash lights on, and if foggy you tend to forget to switch to normal dipped lights, therefore leaving the rear lights off.
Mine has auto lights, and they don’t come on in fog. If I rotate the control to manual control, then only the sidelights with the rear comes on, which then negates the whole purpose of front DRL’s.
I see there are lots of people now with older cars who now try & look smart by putting on their front fog-lights pretending they are DRL’s. A bit like those as mentioned earlier that use aftermarket on their 10 year old Vectras.
Re: The Forthcoming Apocalypse
eastlmark wrote:
Alex wrote:
One hidden advantage of retirement, my wine bill is almost non-existent.
Alex
huh, don’t get it, explain?
No stress!! OK may have seen it as a crutch, but I don’t need anything now to “chill out”.
The only thing I do now that is in any way related to work is come on here, and that is to maintain the relationship or friendship with like minded people. Plus you lot make some interesting reading at times.
Alex
Re: The Forthcoming Apocalypse
Martin wrote:Don’t knock what is the best and busiest time of the whole year. Desperate pleas for help from customers you otherwise would not have chance to serve. Work a plenty AND come home to enjoy an extended weeks rest and relaxation. What a lovely prospect…. 😀
Problem I had Martin was I (my company) was answerable to others, being manufacturers, insurers etc. For example, if Christmas day falls over a weekend, one manufacturer expected us to provide a full service on the bank holiday day that would have normally been considered as a day in lieu of the associated weekend day. Meaning, not a four day break as per normal mortals. We were expected to provide office service on the fourth day of the bank holiday. This would entail all office staff having a shorter time with families than most, and the wages bill accordingly.
Yes I get what you are saying regards income, it was our “high season” The stress and demands & abuse however were so apparent they in turn extinguished any good-will feelings to the extreme.
One hidden advantage of retirement, my wine bill is almost non-existent.
Alex
Re: The Forthcoming Apocalypse
eastlmark wrote:and no doubt afterwards we will get the tales of woe when their fan oven packed up on xmas day, turkey ruined etc……and then you calmly point out the convection setting on their oven that would have done the job perfectly….after the smoke burn off of course.
Plus they will remove the oven, drag it into the garden, douse it with water themselves & call the fire brigade.
Finally they will leave a message on your ans/mach that their cooker caught fire & it was your fault as you were closed.
I used to love the three ceramic plates on the hob reported a week before Xmas. Ask the question “did they all fail at once” which of course they didn’t. Then you phone D&G for authority & they write it off, then of course as per D&G request to you whilst on the phone to the claims (ber) dept to leave it for them to write to the customer.
Dishwasher Christmas eve, open the door and it is chocker full of plates etc and a pool of stinking water a week old in the base.
The ones who cannot understand why you have to order a part two days before Xmas, and cannot guarantee a return visit; yet they ordered all the pressies from Amazon 2 weeks ago to ensure delivery.
Oh how I miss it all!
Alex
Re: The Forthcoming Apocalypse
I’m with you KW on this. I used to bloody hate it!
No trimmings up in this house yet, will get done possibly next week. Kids left home years ago, and what’s the point? It’s a women thing! And I suppose ok for the kids.
Flashing white/blue lights all around where I live, and there are no kids in any of the houses in the close except one with teenagers, and they haven’t done theirs yet, so why? One lot is so bad we keep thinking there’s a cop car outside, and on all bloody night.
Went to a garden centre 11th September, they were selling all the Christmas tat, a whole area dedicated to this litter.
This is the first time in over 40 years we have not had to endure those who saved it up for 6 months, we have all had them. The screamers! “How are we gonna manage without a dishwasher, flap for my fridge chiller, extra shelf for my cooker, we have 12 people for Christmas day”
What is the point in dragging in a tree then covering it with rubbish? Why do the shops start telling us it is Christmas in September? What is the point in having a turkey the size of one of the Sizewell reactors, then make up meals for the next 3-4 days out of the remains, then bin 40{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the thing. I’d just have well have a salad.
This one and half day pagan festival which has naff all to do with J.C. (He was born in March) has been blown out of all proportion.
Saying all that though, I will enjoy it a bit more as the pressure has been taken off, no working until late Christmas eve, not doing bookwork Boxing day. Now we can visit distant family if we wish, stay a bit longer, not have to come back to all the messages on the answering machine demanding, “This is not good enough, you are an emergency service and should be open”
Any way. Have a good one if you so choose.
Alex
Re: The new gold rush
This perhaps needs to be in another thread but is related; who is this John Cohen as per NHS come Jamie Parrie Ade Whelke?
I’ve never heard of him in Electrolux circles, and he isn’t to be found on Linkedin.
Re: The new gold rush
Trouble is they get all the money, we get all the grief.
I see Andy Craw, formerly NESN, JTM, NESN has now joined an outfit based in India doing exactly the same.
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Jeeves Services
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