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General Discussion Area / north sea gas

« on: 02 August 2022, 20:52:14 »

what happened to the promise that GB would be self sufficient for gas supply once north sea gas was discovered

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General Discussion Area / Re: Fuel bill

« on: 21 July 2022, 20:45:56 »

My deal ends at the end of August , because I'm in credit my direct debit has reduced from £115 per month to £67 per month, I'm simply going to cancel my direct debit & pay the bill when it's due. If I lock into another deal with Scottish Power & then decide to opt out for a cheaper deal elsewhere there is a £150 exit fee , robbing bastards can poke their deals up their arse

Mine ends next May with Octopus, the one good thing about them is there are never any exit fees. I'm £489 in credit right now, paying £160 a month, and the balance will get higher during the summer months. When the £400 is added after October, that will give me a small cushion when my fix ends.

me too have octopus as a supplier & they put mine up from £85 to £156 50p & i too are £470 in credit.

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General Discussion Area / xmas advert

« on: 02 July 2022, 16:35:19 »

i cannot believe that i have just seen an advert on the tv advertising xmas trees.

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General Discussion Area / car insurance comparison sites

« on: 01 July 2022, 12:47:35 »

my car insurance is due on the 25th July & already Iv,e had the meercats quoting me. the lowest quote seemed high to me so i thought I,d check out confused & they beat the meercats by almost £100. within a few minutes of browsing i got an email from Aviva my current insurer beating all other quotes. only by a tenner plus its gone down this coming year, which i don,t recall that happening for a long while. it did kinda make me wonder if Aviva was aware that I had browsed comparison sites.
 

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General Discussion Area / My best friends demise,

« on: 30 June 2022, 16:03:34 »

my good pal in York that I drank with almost every Saturday night for years was taking his son some where & whilst in the car started to feel ill, so much so that his son took him to the A&E. sadly he never came out. he was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of leukemia. he was given 3 blood transfusions but nothing worked.  when his wife went to see him on the Monday she was told that he wouldnt last the  week. he died on the Wednesday. when he was first admitted his prognosis was he had covid. i believe there was a delay in getting the blood test results because of staffing problems due to the Queens jubilee, though poor sod would not have survived anyway. life is sh*t sometimes

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General Discussion Area / Re: Didn't take long....

« on: 16 May 2022, 22:40:47 »

she was a crafty sod. gave council house dwellers a chance to buy their houses then curbed the rights of workers to strike so the fear of losing their homes played a big part in the mining community, i do remember one Sunday i went to watch a rugby league game & hundreds of police turned up & took up a whole terrace. they were supposed to be policing miners that were picketing the Selby mines but no miners were there. no police had numbers on their uniforms so whenever any complaints they could not be identified.

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General Discussion Area / footballers wives

« on: 10 May 2022, 15:22:26 »

i wonder how many of the glamorous ladies that have married the top footballers would have if the guys had different jobs that didnt pay a fraction of what the top footballers earn

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General Discussion Area / Turkey again

« on: 08 May 2022, 20:20:29 »

mention in an earlier thread that i visited Istanbul as a young merchant seaman, whilst there i witnessed a crowd of locals having a go at a guy that was being protected by two turkish orthodox priests. however the crowd did get hold of him & apart from him getting severely beaten they gouged both of his eyes out.. the police were looking on but didnt interfere . i did find out later that he had raped a young girl & the priests were trying to escort him to the police.

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General Discussion Area / turkish vacation

« on: 07 May 2022, 13:06:37 »

having just booked a 2wk stay in Icmeler I was surprised to find out that a visitor does no longer need to put a £10 note in thier passport to obtain a entry visa. plus no change given if one happened to only had £20,s which caught many a couple out if they thought a 20 would pay for both visa,s. also according to other sources obtain turkish lira by changing sterling over there for a better rate. anyway first job change money then a visit to a turkish barbers  followed by a turkish bath.  footnote it will be almost 60 yrs to a day since i visited Istanbul as a 16 yr old deckboy, my first trip to sea

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General Discussion Area / Gogroopie

« on: 11 April 2022, 22:06:30 »

gogroopie are a company that have a catalogue of goods to sell & last december 24th  I ordered an article that was advertised as a bogof deal. when my purchase arrived a single unit only came & it was damaged. it took nearly 2 mths for me to recieve it has it was a china merchant.  i am now at the stage where to get my money back it seems i will have to go to a small claims court. gogroopie will not refund me they have sent me the address in china & told me to send the goods back, but i have stated nobody told me that i was dealing with a chinese merchant & as far as i am concerned it was Gogroopie that i paid. Do i register my claim initially with a county court . i have never been in this situ before & the sum is under £50.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sunaks

« on: 10 April 2022, 17:47:10 »

You've gotta love the Mirror. 

The PM goes on a walkabout in Kyiv with President Zelensky and the Mirror's lead story is a removal van moving a few sticks of furniture out of the flat at No10!   

probably going to make room for a number of Ukranian refugees & he will qualify for the monthly allowance.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Cyclists

« on: 05 April 2022, 21:04:04 »

i worked in Germany & the cycle lanes seemed to be designed not to interfere with cars & such, paths were wide enough for them in the towns & cities & also when crossing roads the traffic lights displayed a green bicycle for them to cross. schools started a lot earlier than they do in the UK so in a city like Munich would have loads of bikes including 50cc mopeds in cycle lanes ,on footpaths & i don,t recall anyone abusing the system.








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General Car Chat / Re: mot

« on: 17 March 2022, 23:22:41 »

If I read that right, they're suggesting new tyres for the next Mot. That's a year away and they could well be down to 3-4mm by then.

Not a bad shout from a plan ahead perspective with a set of decent tyres costing £500...

  when i read the list again for tyres they have quoted ( i think) £85 a unit for michelin supremacy.s . cannot be right

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General Discussion Area / Re: Fuel Charges

« on: 16 March 2022, 17:53:34 »

i am with octopus energy & they claim to use renewable energy but come april i am having to pay £ 71 a month more than i presently pay. it will be more than a weeks pension i receive.

i have no choice stuck with electric only with a rubbish heat source

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General Discussion Area / Re: Fuel Charges

« on: 16 March 2022, 00:41:04 »

i am with octopus energy & they claim to use renewable energy but come april i am having to pay £ 71 a month more than i presently pay. it will be more than a weeks pension i receive.