Mundane News

[coffeejo]

Trust me, I don't

Mind you, you should be ok if you're wearing a hazmat suit.

 

[potsy]

I have no interest in food at all. Having said that, Potsy's soup looks nice.

I've lost a stone in a week, having no appetite for 4 days is the best diet I've been on in the last few years

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I'm in a room in Bolton with a window that is overlooking the bus station.

Mundane schmundane

 

[welsh dragon]

My reading glasses have just broken in half. Luckily I have another pair.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I'm in a room in Bolton with a window that is overlooking the bus station.

Mundane schmundane

Got your Bus Spotter's Monthly with you?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I checked my bank account last night and had a few hundred more in there what I was expecting. I had received a payment of just over £300 from a source I didn't recognise and wasn't expecting.

I'm always a little wary of these sort of transactions and couldn't get enough detail from the online banking data to know whether it was kosher or not. I was in a meeting in Southend all morning, so thought I'd give the bank a ring when I got home at lunchtime to see if they could tell me where the money had come from.

I came through the front door to find not only Jack waiting to greet me with great delight... but a letter from the bank.

As part of their PPI review, Nat West are reviewing all loans that had PPI on them - whether a refund had been asked for or not. It turns out that they had looked at a loan I had in 2005, which I had repaid but they'd take an additional payment by mistake.

So they've refunded me the overpayment - plus 10 years interest at 8% p.a.

Even after the taxperson has had their cut, the repayment is almost double the overpayment.

8%? How did they come to that conclusion?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I'm presuming they probably have some rule in the Banking Code that lays out a rate. The statutory interest rate for debt is BoE base rate + 8% per annum so they're not far off that.

That would make sense

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

SSHHHHH!! You'll have the whinging norverners moaning again.

I'm guessing I am not far enough north because despite the rather blustery weather, it is warm and occasionally sunny and I have had a really good ride today!
It did try raining on me but yelling at it worked wonders as did ignoring the 2nd attempt and the 3rd attempt was so half hearted that it wasn't even worth trying... then the sunshine came out again and it is looking like it might be a nice evening for a walk, if a touch windy....

I have been forced to eat chips

me too, great wasn't it?

 

[surfdude]

i have just eaten 2 pasties for tea as the kids didn't fancy any .

 

[coffeejo]

I got a key cut yesterday. Realised today it's the wrong one. So that'll be another fiver.

 

[potsy]

I got a key cut yesterday. Realised today it's the wrong one. So that'll be another fiver.

Take the correct one in with the newly cut one and tell them they must have done it wrong as it doesn't work

 

[welsh dragon]

Ive just increased the memory of my phone from 8gb to 16gb with a micro sd card. I could increase the memory up to 128gb if I wanted to.

 

[IDMark2]

But that would be dishonest

potsy is sick of being honest..

Sorry, my mistake, he's just sick...

 

[IDMark2]

I've got four 'Pointless' episodes on my Sky plus planner. Is there any point in getting up to date with them?

 

[potsy]

But that would be dishonest

Ah yes, I knew there was a flaw in my cunning plan, I blame the medication