Eleven days have passed since Abbey stopped our bank accounts because of suspicious activity. Has Abbey set up new accounts for us? Has Abbey supplied us with new cards?
Read moreDenied access to our money
The Other Half and I drove up to Huntly this morning to buy a few groceries and fill the Land Rover with diesel. I paid for the groceries in cash, which is my preference as it makes it easier to manage the money day to day, and then we went to the service station. I [...]
Read moreAnd if I don’t have a mobile?
The boys’ school has sent a form home asking us to supply a mobile phone number so they can text us with regular messages. However, they don’t seem to have considered that there are still dinosaurs out there who don’t have mobile phones. I’m one of them.
Read moreTime to change pedals
The Kangaroo Bike’s pedals have worn quite badly in the past 14 months and 2,500 miles, with the rubber tread blocks becoming smooth, the high points of the metal frames wearing smooth and the bearings starting to fail in the right-hand pedal. I did consider refurbishing the pedals but the bearings are sealed-for-life units, the [...]
Read moreDisplay woes
I’ve been using the same Apple 17in CRT display with my computer for many years now so I wasn’t surprised when it started blinking a few weeks back. As the problem worsened, I mentioned it to Mummy’s Little Angel, who happened to have an old CRT display sitting in a cupboard and offered to bring [...]
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25 August, 2009


