This was going to go onto the General things that annoy you thread until a phone call I received late this afternoon........
Yesterday I was woken by a loud noise. At first I thought it had come from the kitchen & sounded like something falling onto the floor. Then I remembered that it was bin day & so assumed it came from outside & was just the binmen dropping my bin.
5 minutes later there was a loud knocking on my door & through the glass I could see what looked like a delivery driver standing outside. "bloody neighbours out again" I thought & was preparing to take in whatever they had ordered as I often have to do this (them working up town & me often working from home).
Indeed it was a delivery driver, but not with a parcel but with a phone to his ear & jabbering away in some Eastern European language. From what I could make out (in between the jabbering on his phone) he wanted to know if the blue car sitting outside my house was mine. "Yes" I replied, only to find that he had damaged it with his HERMES van and was letting me know.
Not only had he completely obliterated the wing mirror (drivers side) he had dented the wheel arch, the passenger door handle & scraped paint of the door also. To cut along story short, he gave me his details (he had to write them down as I couldn't understand anything he was saying) & after I told him I would be claiming against their insurance I bid him farewell. I did tell him that I appreciated that he had stopped & took the time to find out whose car it was rather than just driving off. I would have been royally f**ked off if I had gone out later to find the carnage he had wreaked upon my car.
Now for the good thing............
Body repair firm came round this afternoon to collect the car (I was told by the insurance company that it was "un roadworthy" as the drivers wing mirror was missing & so I couldn't drive it anymore until it was all fixed). Before towing it away the towtruck driver highlighted the 4 or 5 areas on the car that were damaged & noticed an area on the front bumper, near the headlights. " He did that as well ?" he asked. " I dunno - I wasn't around to see" I replied. " Looked like he's made a right mess of the drivers side of your car" he said "It seems he's clipped the wheel arch, scraped the door handles & after smashing your wing mirror he's finished the job by damaging your headlight". I just nodded as he highlighted all the damage he could see...........not telling him that I had done the headlight damage myself some months ago as I tried squeezing into a tight parking spot. 1-0 to me (I hope).
finally, onto the phone call. No more than 5 minutes after my car had been towed away my mobile rang. It was a "theft tracker" service asking if I knew where my car was as they had been alerted that my car was on the move without the engine being on and thought it might have been stolen. I told them all was ok & they reset their system. I haven't bought a tracker for my car & can only assume this is a factory fit bit of kit or something the car manufacture does. How good is that !!
But first a little background information: I recently moved from Luxembourg to the South-West of France and, as I am diabetic, registered with a new doctor at the hospital in La Rochelle. So I go along to the hospital for my 'introductory' visit. Dr looks at the file provided by my previous Dr and ask me if I have ever had a complete medical in relation to my illness, to which I replied no. So he goes ahead and books me in for a medical a couple of weeks later telling me the it is an all-day affair. Here comes the good bit.
I turn up at the hospital for my appointment at 08.00 with an empty stomach as requested. 08.30 all my blood samples, etc. have been taken and the nurse invites me the breakfast buffet! Very good it was too. After several more tests I am invited for a 4-course lunch including my choice of red, white or rosé wine! Love it!
But first a little background information: I recently moved from Luxembourg to the South-West of France and, as I am diabetic, registered with a new doctor at the hospital in La Rochelle. So I go along to the hospital for my 'introductory' visit. Dr looks at the file provided by my previous Dr and ask me if I have ever had a complete medical in relation to my illness, to which I replied no. So he goes ahead and books me in for a medical a couple of weeks later telling me the it is an all-day affair. Here comes the good bit.
I turn up at the hospital for my appointment at 08.00 with an empty stomach as requested. 08.30 all my blood samples, etc. have been taken and the nurse invites me the breakfast buffet! Very good it was too. After several more tests I am invited for a 4-course lunch including my choice of red, white or rosé wine! Love it!
But the medication they might give you won't be taken orally will it. Swings and roundabouts.
Watching this young lad with reading issues bond with Bailey, he didn't want to join in at first but eventually asked too. He's very reserved and lacks in self confidence and is now starting conversations with me about Bailey, Bailey is also picking up on his confidence and allowing him to really cuddle up something Bailey as an individual doesn't normally do. Its why I do, what I do.
The bloke in the blue Joma CAFC bench coat, lower north F block, sits behind the stairwell at the back, his random shouts are getting funnier by the week.
This was going to go onto the General things that annoy you thread until a phone call I received late this afternoon........
Yesterday I was woken by a loud noise. At first I thought it had come from the kitchen & sounded like something falling onto the floor. Then I remembered that it was bin day & so assumed it came from outside & was just the binmen dropping my bin.
5 minutes later there was a loud knocking on my door & through the glass I could see what looked like a delivery driver standing outside. "bloody neighbours out again" I thought & was preparing to take in whatever they had ordered as I often have to do this (them working up town & me often working from home).
Indeed it was a delivery driver, but not with a parcel but with a phone to his ear & jabbering away in some Eastern European language. From what I could make out (in between the jabbering on his phone) he wanted to know if the blue car sitting outside my house was mine. "Yes" I replied, only to find that he had damaged it with his HERMES van and was letting me know.
Not only had he completely obliterated the wing mirror (drivers side) he had dented the wheel arch, the passenger door handle & scraped paint of the door also. To cut along story short, he gave me his details (he had to write them down as I couldn't understand anything he was saying) & after I told him I would be claiming against their insurance I bid him farewell. I did tell him that I appreciated that he had stopped & took the time to find out whose car it was rather than just driving off. I would have been royally f**ked off if I had gone out later to find the carnage he had wreaked upon my car.
Now for the good thing............
Body repair firm came round this afternoon to collect the car (I was told by the insurance company that it was "un roadworthy" as the drivers wing mirror was missing & so I couldn't drive it anymore until it was all fixed). Before towing it away the towtruck driver highlighted the 4 or 5 areas on the car that were damaged & noticed an area on the front bumper, near the headlights. " He did that as well ?" he asked. " I dunno - I wasn't around to see" I replied. " Looked like he's made a right mess of the drivers side of your car" he said "It seems he's clipped the wheel arch, scraped the door handles & after smashing your wing mirror he's finished the job by damaging your headlight". I just nodded as he highlighted all the damage he could see...........not telling him that I had done the headlight damage myself some months ago as I tried squeezing into a tight parking spot. 1-0 to me (I hope).
finally, onto the phone call. No more than 5 minutes after my car had been towed away my mobile rang. It was a "theft tracker" service asking if I knew where my car was as they had been alerted that my car was on the move without the engine being on and thought it might have been stolen. I told them all was ok & they reset their system. I haven't bought a tracker for my car & can only assume this is a factory fit bit of kit or something the car manufacture does. How good is that !!
the bad news is the driver and the person who will be dealing with you claim both post on here and have now read that.
But first a little background information: I recently moved from Luxembourg to the South-West of France and, as I am diabetic, registered with a new doctor at the hospital in La Rochelle. So I go along to the hospital for my 'introductory' visit. Dr looks at the file provided by my previous Dr and ask me if I have ever had a complete medical in relation to my illness, to which I replied no. So he goes ahead and books me in for a medical a couple of weeks later telling me the it is an all-day affair. Here comes the good bit.
I turn up at the hospital for my appointment at 08.00 with an empty stomach as requested. 08.30 all my blood samples, etc. have been taken and the nurse invites me the breakfast buffet! Very good it was too. After several more tests I am invited for a 4-course lunch including my choice of red, white or rosé wine! Love it!
But the medication they might give you won't be taken orally will it. Swings and roundabouts.
But first a little background information: I recently moved from Luxembourg to the South-West of France and, as I am diabetic, registered with a new doctor at the hospital in La Rochelle. So I go along to the hospital for my 'introductory' visit. Dr looks at the file provided by my previous Dr and ask me if I have ever had a complete medical in relation to my illness, to which I replied no. So he goes ahead and books me in for a medical a couple of weeks later telling me the it is an all-day affair. Here comes the good bit.
I turn up at the hospital for my appointment at 08.00 with an empty stomach as requested. 08.30 all my blood samples, etc. have been taken and the nurse invites me the breakfast buffet! Very good it was too. After several more tests I am invited for a 4-course lunch including my choice of red, white or rosé wine! Love it!
I have this once a year, I couldn't believe what I was hearing the first time the nurse asked me if I preferred Blanquette de veau or Poussins a l'ai. I thought she was making small talk.....
But first a little background information: I recently moved from Luxembourg to the South-West of France and, as I am diabetic, registered with a new doctor at the hospital in La Rochelle. So I go along to the hospital for my 'introductory' visit. Dr looks at the file provided by my previous Dr and ask me if I have ever had a complete medical in relation to my illness, to which I replied no. So he goes ahead and books me in for a medical a couple of weeks later telling me the it is an all-day affair. Here comes the good bit.
I turn up at the hospital for my appointment at 08.00 with an empty stomach as requested. 08.30 all my blood samples, etc. have been taken and the nurse invites me the breakfast buffet! Very good it was too. After several more tests I am invited for a 4-course lunch including my choice of red, white or rosé wine! Love it!
But the medication they might give you won't be taken orally will it. Swings and roundabouts.
Do I need to go to a French hospital if I'm experiencing deja vu?
The guy from sky finally came to fit our dish properly this time and did an excellent job and made sure everything was spot on, also agreed that the previous fella needed a kick up the arse for his piss poor work.
Got up feeling a bit delicate after going straight out with friends after Welling yesterday. Went downstairs and my wife announced she was doing a full English and would I like one.
The fact that HMRC answered their phone straight away on a Sunday morning, and dealt with my enquiry promptly and efficiently. We'll not spoil the mood by talking about their website and childcare voucher/30 hours system and how and actual child could have devised a better one
So I've had a moan a few times on the 'General things that annoy You're thread about cyclists skipping red lights. Well today I got one back.
Was walking to the station and the green man comes on and everyone starts crossing. I clock a cyclist who is not stopping for anyone and going for a small gap in the people crossing. At the last min I slow my pace a little so there is no gap. He still has a couple metres in which to stop but he panics and bumps the curb. He falls over sideways in almost cartoon like slow motion onto the pavement. Was hilarious.
Got up feeling a bit delicate after going straight out with friends after Welling yesterday. Went downstairs and my wife announced she was doing a full English and would I like one.
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Just been out to Tesco and got some black pudding, some sausages, and beans as a reward. Fantastic.
Yesterday I was woken by a loud noise. At first I thought it had come from the kitchen & sounded like something falling onto the floor. Then I remembered that it was bin day & so assumed it came from outside & was just the binmen dropping my bin.
5 minutes later there was a loud knocking on my door & through the glass I could see what looked like a delivery driver standing outside. "bloody neighbours out again" I thought & was preparing to take in whatever they had ordered as I often have to do this (them working up town & me often working from home).
Indeed it was a delivery driver, but not with a parcel but with a phone to his ear & jabbering away in some Eastern European language. From what I could make out (in between the jabbering on his phone) he wanted to know if the blue car sitting outside my house was mine. "Yes" I replied, only to find that he had damaged it with his HERMES van and was letting me know.
Not only had he completely obliterated the wing mirror (drivers side) he had dented the wheel arch, the passenger door handle & scraped paint of the door also. To cut along story short, he gave me his details (he had to write them down as I couldn't understand anything he was saying) & after I told him I would be claiming against their insurance I bid him farewell. I did tell him that I appreciated that he had stopped & took the time to find out whose car it was rather than just driving off. I would have been royally f**ked off if I had gone out later to find the carnage he had wreaked upon my car.
Now for the good thing............
Body repair firm came round this afternoon to collect the car (I was told by the insurance company that it was "un roadworthy" as the drivers wing mirror was missing & so I couldn't drive it anymore until it was all fixed). Before towing it away the towtruck driver highlighted the 4 or 5 areas on the car that were damaged & noticed an area on the front bumper, near the headlights. " He did that as well ?" he asked. " I dunno - I wasn't around to see" I replied. " Looked like he's made a right mess of the drivers side of your car" he said "It seems he's clipped the wheel arch, scraped the door handles & after smashing your wing mirror he's finished the job by damaging your headlight". I just nodded as he highlighted all the damage he could see...........not telling him that I had done the headlight damage myself some months ago as I tried squeezing into a tight parking spot. 1-0 to me (I hope).
finally, onto the phone call. No more than 5 minutes after my car had been towed away my mobile rang. It was a "theft tracker" service asking if I knew where my car was as they had been alerted that my car was on the move without the engine being on and thought it might have been stolen. I told them all was ok & they reset their system. I haven't bought a tracker for my car & can only assume this is a factory fit bit of kit or something the car manufacture does. How good is that !!
But first a little background information:
I recently moved from Luxembourg to the South-West of France and, as I am diabetic, registered with a new doctor at the hospital in La Rochelle. So I go along to the hospital for my 'introductory' visit. Dr looks at the file provided by my previous Dr and ask me if I have ever had a complete medical in relation to my illness, to which I replied no. So he goes ahead and books me in for a medical a couple of weeks later telling me the it is an all-day affair. Here comes the good bit.
I turn up at the hospital for my appointment at 08.00 with an empty stomach as requested. 08.30 all my blood samples, etc. have been taken and the nurse invites me the breakfast buffet! Very good it was too.
After several more tests I am invited for a 4-course lunch including my choice of red, white or rosé wine! Love it!
Swings and roundabouts.
A new film about a tribe who have to play a football match to get their Valley back.
Swings and roundabouts.
If Sissoko is worth 30m I’m with 20m
Was walking to the station and the green man comes on and everyone starts crossing. I clock a cyclist who is not stopping for anyone and going for a small gap in the people crossing. At the last min I slow my pace a little so there is no gap. He still has a couple metres in which to stop but he panics and bumps the curb. He falls over sideways in almost cartoon like slow motion onto the pavement. Was hilarious.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42872907
Hope he is released without charge.