Jonboy

You only get used to the risks if you use the (lack of!) technology, My partner and I got together at 20 years old. At that point HST’s were around 30 years old. I was shocked to see that she had no idea how to open the doors on them, simply because she hadn’t had any exposure to them, as her parents owned a taxi company (and had a disability in the mix) and simply didn’t use trains. My parents didn’t drive so all holidays etc. were by train out of Didcot and I didn’t think twice about it.

so as mentioned a few months back our electric meter isn’t sending readings and my energy providers customer services made promises to get someone to call back about arranging a time to replace it, that didn’t happen. Had reason to do a subject access request for other billing issues (won’t go into them here) and in there it reveals they have blocked replacement for a year, as they currently get fined by ofgem for removing smart meters under their rollout rules, even if they don’t work and are replaced with another one…it’s bizarre.

Sadly the old clik-clack card imprinters went out of use in around 2012…Still had to return it with the electronic terminal in 2019 when we closed that particular merchant account to tick a box on the banks systems!!!

Our GP’s have an E-consult you complete if you want an appointment that’s asks lots of questions, the surgery triage it and sometimes prescribe, recommend a pharmacist or arrange an appointment with a nurse or Doctor. (If you call to make an appointment for a new condition the receptionist just completes the same form on their screen and it goes into the same triage queue). This was great when I was trying to get treatment for psoriasis related issues as you can upload photos, no hanging on hold for hours etc etc. When I caught a flu-type condition recently, that felt rather like the bronchitis I had a number of years back, it was absolutely torturous.

Was a very good selection of layouts and very busy which was nice to see. Not a particular fan of the venues suitability, don’t think we found everything, but it’s local so cannot complain.

If you don’t get the letter you normally call the parcelforce customer service centre with the tracking number and sort it that way.

but shirley surely the point of the post was that the original poster was trying to make it “me and someone” rather than “someone and me”. We were taught at school to always put the other person first in any such prose…

I have had this on a commercial site for electricity and they took the next 8 weeks worth of use as an average to bill us for. They wanted to use the 8 weeks before, but I refused as that was winter and the blank period was spring. As Hayfield says if it’s over 12 months AND you have taken reasonable actions to get them to correct it(such as Reporting it regularly by phone or email) then backbilling rules kick in and they cannot charge you for the use over 12 months ago. The (hardwired) batteries in the gas smart meters typically have a 10 year lifespan (subject to the installation permission and how much power they use to transmit the readings). Some models reportedly create false readings as the battery gets very low so if their billing on the final readings it did report seems high do dispute it.

Would it be cynical to note that the timing of Horner-gate took a lot of media attention off the Hamilton Ferrari move and got the Red Bull name back into the media in a big way, and all neatly concluded before the new season starts…

The policy I mentioned above of a single space for one/two bedrooms or two spaces for three or more bedrooms IS the maximum allowed under Oxfordshire county’s planning policy. If the developers try and allow more on new estates, they are in breach of planning policy.

Round here county planning policy is developers are only allowed to offer a single parking space to dwellings with one or two bedrooms, and two to properties with three or more bedrooms…great in Oxford city, less practical in the towns that have a fast bus service to Oxford, but only intermittent service to each other and/or the various business parks, or the villages that may or may not have a service at all (particularly after the county council withdrew all bus subsidies).

Who? 😉

The problem we have as a wholesale sender is that the various EU customs offices are incredibly inconsistent in their approach. When the trade agreement was finally agreed we went through and ensured our invoices met every requirement but still suffered one in three consignments coming back due to spurious, often incorrect reasons such as missing EORI or VAT numbers when they are on the invoice, packing list and the couriers electronic booking info. We often find nothing wrong with the returned parcels paperwork and simply duplicate the carrier booking, attach a new label (that only differs in date and tracking number) and send to see it sail seamlessly through customs without issue. We have found two of the international parcel networks are far better than the others and I suspect they have better trained staff to deal with issues at the border, but the EU customers don’t want to pay the extra costs.

Thanks to the Royal Mails issues we rarely enjoy that in the uk anymore…

Been trying to resist that line of speculation all night as don’t want Andy and Phil getting the hammers out….