truffy

Ryanair surprisingly easy at the start but....... 

Before they canx the flight they were encouraging people to take vouchers or book later dates.  When they actually cancelled the flight there was a seemingly quite easy online form to get your money back.

Since then I've had approx weekly emails saying very sorry etc etc short of staff to do the processing etc etc you're not forgotten. 

Given that the return leg was appox 04April I'm not overly stressed.

Similar situation with Brittany Ferries, only an offer of a travel voucher which is potentially worthless if Brittany Ferries fail. We responded with a formal rejection of their offer and a reminder that failure to provide a full refund within 14 days will result in the inevitable action in a small claims court for the initial outlay for the holiday plus any incurred legal expenses. A long delay is expected.

Cheers

"We have to lose that sax solo!"

Boom-bang-a-bang!!!!  Nil points

It is an ill wind that blows no good.

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Even the darkest clouds have a silver lining.

You'll find that the reason the cloud is dark is that the silver lining has a coating of silver sulphide!

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And piccolos en masse are never right.

True, but not as bad as this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saY10AWXLIY

Almost, but.... 

No, not that long ago. It was yesterday, or possibly today.

Couldn't find anything from then, have you checked behind your monitor?

RMweb is leaking into the bit bucket again.....

I quite like it, it makes me feel like people care about my well-being.

No more than "have a nice day", or "how are you?"

But I care Corbs, even if I don’t express it so much 

haha thanks.

To be honest 'have a nice day/how are you' I have been hearing my whole life and just equate to 'hello/goodbye' rather than an actual enquiry or wish.

See? That’s something else that medieval citizens didn’t have to endure: Les Dennis and Dustin Gee!

@Captain Kernow, unfortunately the items in question built up to a wardrobe for my eldest daughter. Not particularly layout friendly. 

Over the years with decorating and house moves I've become rather adept at building/dropping/rebuilding Ikea wardrobes, without even looking at the instructions.  Took one to bits last year, moved it to a new home and had it back up in no time.

All good apart from forgetting about the hidden feet that are hammered in and then covered - if you move the wardrobe without releasing them first then they get ripped out and never want to return.  I forget about these nearly every time till I find them on the floor.

I just suddenly occurred to me that a hamster in a wheel would work well with the circular profile pic format. My mum had Russian hamsters for years when I was a teenager because the first pair she got weren’t the same sex like they were supposed to be!

Indeed.  A friend of mine has been a fan since the beginning.  He had accumulated a cache of over 40 unbuilt kits...

As they are now going for mad prices on ebay, he's the unintended owner of several grands worth of plastic.

I have 16 in my stash, all unbuilt. But they'll get done eventually.

I just wanted a W.29 without having to buy another Felixstowe.

It asks you 'what's on your mind?' Perhaps a single word can describe that, at that particular moment in time.

Yes, it's telepathy via RMWeb!

The message only means something to you if you are on exactly the same specialised wavelength as the poster.

If you respond it signals that you are in the same reality stream as the poster - which, judging by previous responses, is a sparsely populated place.

Impertinent.

The other advantage is that the punctuality is quite high at the moment!

Which backs up the old adage about the trains running to time if only for the bloody customers that kept insisting on getting on!

Mrs WF was the only passenger on the bus to work (Supermarket) yesterday and the only one on it coming home. 

Yup - hardly feel safe these days. Nearly hit from behind by three cyclists on the pavement in the dark last night (in the space of 40m), and nearly hit head on by four others coming at me with no lights on tonight. Don't tend to walk through Reading station subway these days either as I don't feel safe there too.

They had to close that special part of hull due to staffing problems and budget cuts.

Actually, a medieval author (Dante, Chaucer?) reckoned that the cosy space under the Devils Tail was inhabited by Churchmen* who would come scurrying out whenever his tail was lifted, before returning to their noxious abode.   It really is a suitable place to stow your miscreants!

* I think the particular species mentioned were Mendicant Friars. It always makes me think of earwigs under a decaying log.

Hi truffy, it was great to see you and the wife at the swinger's club last night. I'll pay you for the ecstacy soon. PS: I hope your rash is better.

But what do you do when you're not messaging the Prime Minister?

Your refund will be in the denomination of unicorn droppings.

Easier than getting a refund from Norwegian or Ryan air.

I got a metal lapel badge when they first issued them, and rather than "buy" another each year, I've always dropped my usual donation into a collecting box in my local supermarket. This year, both the local Tesco and Morrisons had collecting tables so given the circumstances, I doubled up my contribution.

Wear your poppy with pride!

Donated on-line this year.

I turned 50 recently and can assure you all that I still have no more sense than when I was 20!

Its not the being a parent of a baby at 50 that's an issue, its being the parent of a stroppy teenager at 65 that would concern me.

If you look like that you don't need any sense?

Yes, there have been some quite amusing clips released of the Queen making Zoom calls, and clearly enjoying it.

Sad that of its self, it would have been a very good chance for an in family joke. 

It appears that, despite her move to IT and Zoom, Betty will still nip down to the post office should you wish:

https://www.gov.uk/get-birthday-anniversary-message-from-queen

The noise from the things can be irritating enough.

However, at this time of year, a constant barrage of Arctic blasts can be most unwelcome.

Not this week...

Have you seen the forecast?

Yeah, well he wrote that donkeys' years' ago, before global warming.

This is my favourite Christmas movie, and it's not even out yet

Die hard, best ever Christmas film.

Die Hard is a great film set at Christmas.