Be Excellent To Each Other

I love Christmas. I get to ride through town on my carriage and throw pennies to grateful orphans, spreading cheer whereever I go.

This morning there was someone hanging outside our office door. As people were going in, he said 'Merry Christmas'. I had my headphones on and was in my usual Monday morning automaton mode so I didn't hear this festive greeting. What I did hear, as the door shut was:

"I SAID MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS!"

Joy to the world.

H&K MP5.

You *KNOW* it makes sense.

What time do you finish today? I might go to town alter if you fancy a beer.

i am very ill, again. 10 minutes after getting out of bed, i coughed so hard that i couldn't breathe for about 10 seconds. that was fucking scary. so, off to the doctors at 11 to get prodded.

also, boots own brand lemsip is a disturbing flourescent yellow and tastes like sweat from a baboon's balls. I imagine.

I prefer Colts, myself. As gentlemanly as throwing small round metallic objects at children from carriages.



Can't make Cardiff, alas. Bit far for a school night.

You only imagined tasting it? You might be hallucinating.

Ugggh it's the sisters Birthday!

*Pops popper things and shit like that*

Hoo-fricking-ray! I now have to try and wrap the bastard presents up without her beaky nose getting in amongst it all
What a bloody week we've all had :/

I also need to try and book the chinese place for later on tonight so I am furiously trying to ring around and sort that out-ack! >.<
Got to see my Uncle and my cousin yesterday and clean my nan and grandads joint grave and make it all Christmassy it was a nice-yet sad-day out

Today is a great day, because today its the season finale of Dexter. I am extremely excited.

There is also a Gerald referance in the ChristmasScum aswell, so added joy for you

Oh.

My electricity direct debit hadn't come out of my account like I thought it had, so my £100 I had for buying food/presents/petrol before Christmas is actually £20.

That's a... problem.

There's enough food in the house for dinners/breakfasts until Christmas. But I may have to skip lunch for now. No bad thing coming up to Christmas, I suppose. Petrol I might be able to make last until Christmas Eve, which should, maybe, hopefully be pay day. How I'm going to get presents for three or four people and make normal day-to-day required purchases for the next ten days, though, I don't know. I guess if I get paid on Christmas Eve I could pop in to TK Maxx after work...

ICELAND! 25.00 TO SORT THE WHOLE DAY OUT!

Is in no way getting paid to say this...

I hate it when this happens, I used to get that all the time. In the end I opened another bank account (with the same bank) and moved all my direct debits to that, and now I just dump £HOW_MUCH_DEBT?! into it everytime I get paid then forget about it.

Hope Mr Chris Junior gets well soon. He's in the best place and hopefully he'll be chipper for Crimbo.

Sorry to hear about your situation Zio, hopefully things will improve soon.

get well soon Lil' Mr Chris.

Yeah, I had to up the amount I'm paying a month and that seems to have moved the direct debit a week from where it was.

The stupid thing is, I thought I'd seen it next to my Council Tax when I checked my account online last week and must have just assumed it was there instead of actually seeing it.

Harumph.

I made a point of shouting loudly at everyone I pay money to until they all agreed to take the money on payday.

I make mine three days after payday, just in case my employers ever fuck up the BACS transfer.

Buy the child an Amstrad and watch him get better.

If Sugar had used that as a slogan we'd be playing on our GX10Ks right now.

I used to have this problem with DDs so I opened a seperate bank account just for bills, mortgage etc.

at payday I transfered the whole ammount in there. Then I know bills are covered.

'Swot me and MrsA have done.

I've got a pain around my heart again, it feels as if someone is squeezing it a bit.

It's probably heartburn, but could possibly be angina (unlikely to be a heart attack at your age ). See a doctor.

Just uploaded my Terra Nova retro review onto the reviews section.

Come 2023, I look forward to reading it.

I recently switched to Virgin Media, giving me broadband, TV and phone all in one.

So far, so good.

But I just got a bill from BT charging me a penalty of 78 quid for switching!!!

Now, I've been with BT at this address for well over a year, and monthly line rental is only about 11 quid... where the hell has this charge come from?

Anyone got any ideas before I call them up and rant?

Sounds like, for whatever reason, they thought you were still in contract with them. Standard BT contracts used to be a year but I think some of the "hey, get free weekend and evening calls!" promotions from a while back had an 18 month tie-in.

They rang me with a similar offer, by a 12 month contract..... I hate long term contracts

Just bought a new cooker. Christ, it's hard finding a bargain.

Oh ffs, you didn't have to! I would have coped you stupid man

Myp insert: [Just like text each other or somethiiiiing]

Hush up!

Finally did the decent thing and gave Shin the heave-ho then?

I hate you so much

You are getting it fitted properly arn't you?

No, but my brother used to be a qualified electrician so that's good enough

There is that way... as long as your mortage or renting folks are happy for you to do that.

"Mali-economics"

Fucking Abbey Fucking Online Business Fucking Banking.

Recently upgraded their systems. Lost the standing order payment I had set up. So I phone up, get it changed (new VAT, see). Has it been changed? No.

Has it miraculously appeared in the SO list this morning, allowing me to change it the day it has gone out? Yes.

For fucks sake. Thats me faffing with the accountant for a grand total of

Also, my account appears three times, because of the three cards I have had on the account since opening it. Since they have expired, and I have new ones, WTF are they doing?

Good enough as long as it isn't a gas cooker.

Also, I thought you said hooker.

They don't give a shit as long as the building's insured. Also, electric cooker so inherently less likely* to set the place on fire than a gas cooker.

* Probably.


Finding bargains on those is piss-easy around here.

So, Shrewsbury BeEx meet?

Your bro will know all this but as long as there was a cooker there before on it's own feed from the fusebox it will be fine. You shouldn't just plug them in though (like how ours was when we got the house), the wires are dangerously skinny for all the current they draw.

They don't give a shit as long as the building's insured. Also, electric cooker so inherently less likely* to set the place on fire than a gas cooker.

* Probably. [/qoute]

I think the rules have changed now, where you have to get professionals to fit stuff and do structural work. Or it can void you house insurance and the terms of your rent and mortgage.

It is the reason electritions have to provide certification for the work now

It's okay, I'll feex it

Some draw more than others, I think. The shower in our last rented place failed and the warranty service engineer refused to commission it; the cabling behind it was only rated for 9kW, not 11.5kW. Said it's a common problem, amateurs buy them as uprated models in B&Q and fit them without thinking they should uprate the mains feed at the same time.

What's the power rating on an electric cooker, anyway? I've never had to deal with one (gas hobs FTW).

*looks across at JohnCoffey holding voodoo doll in his Hyundai Coupe*

Yeah, you shouldn't add sockets and things like that yourself anymore. Not sure what the position is for simply replacing a cooker though.

I can check with my mate who is a sparky..


But I would think you would not be allowed as it is not as simple as plugging in a socket or changing a light, also cookers need a hefty cooker

Fitting an appliance requires an NEIC certified installer, and a cooker must be separately fused. Anything else will void your insurance (and is actually a criminal offence for the installer, if he's not certified).

It's just replacing the existing cooker, so (in theory) all of the wiring and fittings should be present already.

As long as Gaz's brother's certified, there's no problem - right?

If it's like for like, I think it's allowed. But if its 'new' I dunno. What I did was t get a 4way extension lead, and suspend it over the rafters in the garage to run the bike battery charger/inspection lamp/ circular saw from.

Correct - as long as the wiring is the new standard, otherwise he should (technically) refuse to fit it.