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[Varche]

I am in the Uk sorting out stuff following a bereavement. It is just like being in Spain . Everything takes so long and doesnt work.

Rang solicitor for a copy of will. Got there and they had double booked me and not got the copy from the Leicester office. To their credit they said it would  be there in an hour.

So went off to rubbish recycling tip. Dreaded it expecting the usual inquisition “ what sort of rubbish, trade? Plus added complication of foerign car reg so you arent a council tax payer” neednt have worried as they are shut to public Mondays and Tuesdays.......so still loaded to the gunwhales with junk.at least I didnt get a puncture.

Back to solicitor and it was there , back to base . Ruddy afternoon gone.

[STEMO]

Condolences with regards to the bereavement, Varche. I have had a similar afternoon dealing with a payroll provider. It used to be simple when the payroll provider was part of the same local authority that ran the school but, of course, it's all been farmed out to private companies now, all in the name of economy efficiency.
Like pulling teeth, except the tooth is still there even after all the pain.

[Viral_Jim]

So went off to rubbish recycling tip. Dreaded it expecting the usual inquisition “ what sort of rubbish, trade? Plus added complication of foerign car reg so you arent a council tax payer” neednt have worried as they are shut to public Mondays and Tuesdays.......so still loaded to the gunwhales with junk.at least I didnt get a puncture.

'Kin ell Varche,  I'm knackered already this week, no need for you to make me go thinking its only Tuesday!! 

But to answer your point, yes, its painful and has become noticeably more so in the past couple of years.

[Varche]

Heck you are right , it is Tuesdays and Wednesdays it is closed.

Days are a blur.

Probate is Oxford for Leicester . Cant wait if we have to put in a personal appearance. I remember how easy and cheap parking was 25 years ago 

[Andy B]

..... I have had a similar afternoon dealing with a payroll provider. It used to be simple when the payroll provider was part of the same local authority that ran the school but, of course, it's all been farmed out to private companies now, all in the name of economy efficiency.
Like pulling teeth, except the tooth is still there even after all the pain.

Our payroll & some of Anti-personnel has been farmed out to India ..... so everything from days-in-lieu to wages has to be emailed to someone that has only a basic grasp of English 

[aaronjb]

..... I have had a similar afternoon dealing with a payroll provider. It used to be simple when the payroll provider was part of the same local authority that ran the school but, of course, it's all been farmed out to private companies now, all in the name of economy efficiency.
Like pulling teeth, except the tooth is still there even after all the pain.

Our payroll & some of Anti-personnel has been farmed out to India ..... so everything from days-in-lieu to wages has to be emailed to someone that has only a basic grasp of English 

Do they do the needful and revert immediately, though?*


*Will make sense to anyone who has ever dealt with IT in India..

[TheBoy]

..... I have had a similar afternoon dealing with a payroll provider. It used to be simple when the payroll provider was part of the same local authority that ran the school but, of course, it's all been farmed out to private companies now, all in the name of economy efficiency.
Like pulling teeth, except the tooth is still there even after all the pain.

Our payroll & some of Anti-personnel has been farmed out to India ..... so everything from days-in-lieu to wages has to be emailed to someone that has only a basic grasp of English 

Do they do the needful and revert immediately, though?*


*Will make sense to anyone who has ever dealt with IT in India..

Until I read your last sentence, I was about to start on a rant...

[Omegatoy]

Heck you are right , it is Tuesdays and Wednesdays it is closed.

Days are a blur.

Probate is Oxford for Leicester . Cant wait if we have to put in a personal appearance. I remember how easy and cheap parking was 25 years ago 

Cant believe im saying this, but use the park and ride, Oxford is the worst city in the world for strangers driving a car!guessing you will be a45 then a34, so first turn to oxford is peartree an park an ride is right there

[Andy B]

..... I have had a similar afternoon dealing with a payroll provider. It used to be simple when the payroll provider was part of the same local authority that ran the school but, of course, it's all been farmed out to private companies now, all in the name of economy efficiency.
Like pulling teeth, except the tooth is still there even after all the pain.

Our payroll & some of Anti-personnel has been farmed out to India ..... so everything from days-in-lieu to wages has to be emailed to someone that has only a basic grasp of English 

Do they do the needful and revert immediately, though?*


*Will make sense to anyone who has ever dealt with IT in India..

You've lost me then ..... 

[Varche]

Heck you are right , it is Tuesdays and Wednesdays it is closed.

Days are a blur.

Probate is Oxford for Leicester . Cant wait if we have to put in a personal appearance. I remember how easy and cheap parking was 25 years ago 

Cant believe im saying this, but use the park and ride, Oxford is the worst city in the world for strangers driving a car!guessing you will be a45 then a34, so first turn to oxford is peartree an park an ride is right there

Thankfully done it by mail plus phone. 

[Doctor Gollum]

..... I have had a similar afternoon dealing with a payroll provider. It used to be simple when the payroll provider was part of the same local authority that ran the school but, of course, it's all been farmed out to private companies now, all in the name of economy efficiency.
Like pulling teeth, except the tooth is still there even after all the pain.

Our payroll & some of Anti-personnel has been farmed out to India ..... so everything from days-in-lieu to wages has to be emailed to someone that has only a basic grasp of English 

Do they do the needful and revert immediately, though?*


*Will make sense to anyone who has ever dealt with IT in India..

You've lost me then ..... 

Lloyd's moved their collections department out there... Some of the most belligerent, unhelpful, stupidest, idiotish Onanists I have ever had the misfortune to deal with.

So atrocious are they to deal with, that the only contact Lloyd's banking group have with me is either by post or via an intermediary.

And the only Indians I have had the misfortune to work with here have done nothing to improve my opinion.

[TheBoy]

Heck you are right , it is Tuesdays and Wednesdays it is closed.

Days are a blur.

Probate is Oxford for Leicester . Cant wait if we have to put in a personal appearance. I remember how easy and cheap parking was 25 years ago 

Cant believe im saying this, but use the park and ride, Oxford is the worst city in the world for strangers driving a car!guessing you will be a45 then a34, so first turn to oxford is peartree an park an ride is right there

The Oxfordians - a very strange and unique breed - ensure that taking a car into Oxford is so antisocial that they make it nigh on impossible to do so.  If you do manage to drive in past all their attempts to stop you, they will butt raped you on parking.  Its probably some of the most expensive town centre parking in the country.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Did someone mention Oxford?

They, that is Morris Oxford cars, were great cars for their time.  Very comfortable and reliable if my dad's example was anything to go by; registration number AOU 772C if it is still out there!

[Lizzie Zoom]

Heck you are right , it is Tuesdays and Wednesdays it is closed.

Days are a blur.

Probate is Oxford for Leicester . Cant wait if we have to put in a personal appearance. I remember how easy and cheap parking was 25 years ago 

Cant believe im saying this, but use the park and ride, Oxford is the worst city in the world for strangers driving a car!guessing you will be a45 then a34, so first turn to oxford is peartree an park an ride is right there

........and back to the City..............YES, I agree with that!  Been there twice, and vowed never again!

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Ive never been and haven't the slightest inclination to go. It has been a breeding ground for posh wealthy, Britain hating Marxists since the 50,s. 
If I want that sort of thing, Cambridge is a lot closer.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Ive never been and haven't the slightest inclination to go. It has been a breeding ground for posh wealthy, Britain hating Marxists since the 50,s. 
If I want that sort of thing, Cambridge is a lot closer.

The Austin Cambridge was a good car as well

[Omegatoy]

Heck you are right , it is Tuesdays and Wednesdays it is closed.

Days are a blur.

Probate is Oxford for Leicester . Cant wait if we have to put in a personal appearance. I remember how easy and cheap parking was 25 years ago 

Cant believe im saying this, but use the park and ride, Oxford is the worst city in the world for strangers driving a car!guessing you will be a45 then a34, so first turn to oxford is peartree an park an ride is right there

........and back to the City..............YES, I agree with that!  Been there twice, and vowed never again!

and thats probably the same amount of times i have been there in the last year, its so bad if i need to go to a large shop,or similar large organisation, I prefer to drive to Milton Keynes, the journey there and back timewise is cancelled out by the ease of access to parking and the wonderful rid system where you need never get caught in traffic!

[TheBoy]

Did someone mention Oxford?

They, that is Morris Oxford cars, were great cars for their time.  Very comfortable and reliable if my dad's example was anything to go by; registration number AOU 772C if it is still out there!

No, Morris cars were shite. Awful. I know a few of the last remaining Morris employees, and they will tell you how bad they were .  If you had to bolt something in on the line, and it was too many bolts, try to get at least one in tightish, even if it goes cross threaded...

[TheBoy]

Ive never been and haven't the slightest inclination to go. It has been a breeding ground for posh wealthy, Britain hating Marxists since the 50,s. 
If I want that sort of thing, Cambridge is a lot closer.

That shows a lack of understanding.  For the most part, rich people don't live in Oxford (its a shithole). Poor people rent there.

[TheBoy]

Hence its Labour breeding ground.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I was speaking of the University, which produced all those Soviet spies and most of the leading lights in leftie Liberalism since the 50,s. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

Did someone mention Oxford?

They, that is Morris Oxford cars, were great cars for their time.  Very comfortable and reliable if my dad's example was anything to go by; registration number AOU 772C if it is still out there!

No, Morris cars were shite. Awful. I know a few of the last remaining Morris employees, and they will tell you how bad they were .  If you had to bolt something in on the line, and it was too many bolts, try to get at least one in tightish, even if it goes cross threaded...

I was talking about early to mid-1960's Morris and Austin cars (that you probably do not remember as you are so young! ), not the abominations that followed in the 1970's TB

[TheBoy]

Did someone mention Oxford?

They, that is Morris Oxford cars, were great cars for their time.  Very comfortable and reliable if my dad's example was anything to go by; registration number AOU 772C if it is still out there!

No, Morris cars were shite. Awful. I know a few of the last remaining Morris employees, and they will tell you how bad they were .  If you had to bolt something in on the line, and it was too many bolts, try to get at least one in tightish, even if it goes cross threaded...

I was talking about early to mid-1960's Morris and Austin cars (that you probably do not remember as you are so young! ), not the abominations that followed in the 1970's TB

So was I.  Im not sure if anything came out of the old Morris plant - now one of those office trading estates for the past 30yrs - in the BL days, I think it became just an extension to the Austin plant.  I'd have to ask.  I vaguely remember the bridge over the ringroad.

[Lizzie Zoom]

I was speaking of the University, which produced all those Soviet spies and most of the leading lights in leftie Liberalism since the 50,s. 

Oh yes, the infamous Cambridge Spy Ring of at least four members, with a possible fifth in the shape of John Cairncross.

I understand it that the Soviet's considered them all as very unreliable and over rated according to files exposed in later years.  But that may well be MI6 spin!!

[TheBoy]

I was speaking of the University, which produced all those Soviet spies and most of the leading lights in leftie Liberalism since the 50,s. 

That uni lost all face when Oxford Poly became Brookes University

[Doctor Gollum]

I was speaking of the University, which produced all those Soviet spies and most of the leading lights in leftie Liberalism since the 50,s. 

That uni lost all face when Oxford Poly became Brookes University

Nowt wrong with Oxford Brookes...

[Lizzie Zoom]

Did someone mention Oxford?

They, that is Morris Oxford cars, were great cars for their time.  Very comfortable and reliable if my dad's example was anything to go by; registration number AOU 772C if it is still out there!

No, Morris cars were shite. Awful. I know a few of the last remaining Morris employees, and they will tell you how bad they were .  If you had to bolt something in on the line, and it was too many bolts, try to get at least one in tightish, even if it goes cross threaded...

I was talking about early to mid-1960's Morris and Austin cars (that you probably do not remember as you are so young! ), not the abominations that followed in the 1970's TB

So was I.  Im not sure if anything came out of the old Morris plant - now one of those office trading estates for the past 30yrs - in the BL days, I think it became just an extension to the Austin plant.  I'd have to ask.  I vaguely remember the bridge over the ringroad.

They certainly both produced the 'A' series engine, which I personally found to be a delight to work on (after "training" from a Uncle who was a then recently retiring head mechanic of the GPO Austin/Morris  fleet around London!)

[TheBoy]

I was speaking of the University, which produced all those Soviet spies and most of the leading lights in leftie Liberalism since the 50,s. 

That uni lost all face when Oxford Poly became Brookes University

Nowt wrong with Oxford Brookes...

You mean Oxford Poly. Which had such a bad reputation, the Universities wouldn't, then, allow any of the Poly's campus in Oxford

[Doctor Gollum]

I speak as a former student there, although at the time I had far bigger issues than a degree in Urban Planning and German... 

[TheBoy]

head mechanic of the GPO Austin/Morris  fleet around London!)

Oh dear.  I remember those days.

[TheBoy]

I speak as a former student there, although at the time I had far bigger issues than a degree in Urban Planning and German... 

Where you allowed into Oxford, or still kept on the outskirts of Wheatley

[Lizzie Zoom]

head mechanic of the GPO Austin/Morris  fleet around London!)

Oh dear.  I remember those days.

With affection, I hope, for those lovely green vans  (or red if for the Mail services)

[TheBoy]

head mechanic of the GPO Austin/Morris  fleet around London!)

Oh dear.  I remember those days.

With affection, I hope, for those lovely green vans

No. They were shit to start with, long before the GPO "trained" mongrels oppsed them further.

Did I ever mention the time my front wheel overtook me under braking for a bend, because they had overtightened the wheelbolts?  Or the time the engine fell out because they overtightened the engine mounts?  Just 2 of loads of loads of potentially life threatening incidents, all caused by those mongrels.

[Doctor Gollum]

I was at the Headington Campus... Ah yes, I see what you did there ...

Home during the week was 14 Maltfield Rd, Marston and at the weekend it was Heathrow... Neither being particularly salubrious places

[Lizzie Zoom]

head mechanic of the GPO Austin/Morris  fleet around London!)

Oh dear.  I remember those days.

With affection, I hope, for those lovely green vans

No. They were shit to start with, long before the GPO "trained" mongrels oppsed them further.

Did I ever mention the time my front wheel overtook me under braking for a bend, because they had overtightened the wheelbolts?  Or the time the engine fell out because they overtightened the engine mounts?  Just 2 of loads of loads of potentially life threatening incidents, all caused by those mongrels.

 

[TheBoy]

So was I.  Im not sure if anything came out of the old Morris plant - now one of those office trading estates for the past 30yrs - in the BL days, I think it became just an extension to the Austin plant.  I'd have to ask.  I vaguely remember the bridge over the ringroad.

They certainly both produced the 'A' series engine

I thought the A series was built in Coventry?  I'd have to double check with one of the old duffers to confirm...

[STEMO]

I was at the Headington Campus... Ah yes, I see what you did there ...

Home during the week was 14 Maltfield Rd, Marston and at the weekend it was Heathrow... Neither being particularly salubrious places

Headington gets a mention here: 
Oxford grooming gang members handed life sentences http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-46945043

[Lizzie Zoom]

So was I.  Im not sure if anything came out of the old Morris plant - now one of those office trading estates for the past 30yrs - in the BL days, I think it became just an extension to the Austin plant.  I'd have to ask.  I vaguely remember the bridge over the ringroad.

They certainly both produced the 'A' series engine

I thought the A series was built in Coventry?  I'd have to double check with one of the old duffers to confirm...

A series engines have been made all over the place as I understand it, with even the Japanese being involved at least at one time.  They are still being produced in Birmingham for old mini's apparently.

Coventry would have been producing them at one stage.

[TheBoy]

So was I.  Im not sure if anything came out of the old Morris plant - now one of those office trading estates for the past 30yrs - in the BL days, I think it became just an extension to the Austin plant.  I'd have to ask.  I vaguely remember the bridge over the ringroad.

They certainly both produced the 'A' series engine

I thought the A series was built in Coventry?  I'd have to double check with one of the old duffers to confirm...

A series engines have been made all over the place as I understand it, with even the Japanese being involved at least at one time.  They are still being produced in Birmingham for old mini's apparently.

Coventry would have been producing them at one stage.

Datsun licenced it for a while.

I'll try to remember to ask the old duffers next time I'm in a pub with any of the 1960s Morris workers.

[Kevin Wood]

So was I.  Im not sure if anything came out of the old Morris plant - now one of those office trading estates for the past 30yrs - in the BL days, I think it became just an extension to the Austin plant.  I'd have to ask.  I vaguely remember the bridge over the ringroad.

They certainly both produced the 'A' series engine

I thought the A series was built in Coventry?  I'd have to double check with one of the old duffers to confirm...

A series engines have been made all over the place as I understand it, with even the Japanese being involved at least at one time.  They are still being produced in Birmingham for old mini's apparently.

Coventry would have been producing them at one stage.

Datsun licenced it for a while.

I'll try to remember to ask the old duffers next time I'm in a pub with any of the 1960s Morris workers.

For its rust prevention properties, presumably?