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6.3 this day of the garden.
A bright day being ruined by a northerly breeze, which nips at your extremities.
But it has been good to get rid of the scaffolding and the debris and the foliage, good thing I have two rubbish bins, cos the amount over the last two weeks just wouldn't fit.
More good news post came early, and delivered a team of forms to fill in from council, for the grant process for the wet room. Will have to take time on filling it, a long time!!!!
The post office is not the same postal service it was before privatisation, it is another cash cow, for the shareholders as recent developments due to the shocking post office scandal, show!
Had another phone conversation with our GP, who has been onto the early onset team again (they are late! However, the early onset team have told my GP that Mrs L depression was a point of concern and until that was better, then it would not be beneficial. The letter from them to the GP didn't arrive. But now our GP has assured them that because of the meds change, she has been a lot calmer and even though her misrememberitis is not, she does seem a lot better in herself. We await the outcome.
I did thank our GP, our GP has kick started all the changes in her hba1c levels and her better all round health.

Must go, forms to peruse and insert our details!

My best wishes to you all as always.
 
Lamont D said:
6.3 this day of the garden.
A bright day being ruined by a northerly breeze, which nips at your extremities.
But it has been good to get rid of the scaffolding and the debris and the foliage, good thing I have two rubbish bins, cos the amount over the last two weeks just wouldn't fit.
More good news post came early, and delivered a team of forms to fill in from council, for the grant process for the wet room. Will have to take time on filling it, a long time!!!!
The post office is not the same postal service it was before privatisation, it is another cash cow, for the shareholders as recent developments due to the shocking post office scandal, show!
Had another phone conversation with our GP, who has been onto the early onset team again (they are late! However, the early onset team have told my GP that Mrs L depression was a point of concern and until that was better, then it would not be beneficial. The letter from them to the GP didn't arrive. But now our GP has assured them that because of the meds change, she has been a lot calmer and even though her misrememberitis is not, she does seem a lot better in herself. We await the outcome.
I did thank our GP, our GP has kick started all the changes in her hba1c levels and her better all round health.

Must go, forms to peruse and insert our details!

My best wishes to you all as always.
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Sounds as though time in the garden and the potential of a wet room made today one of the better ones for you. So pleased for you both if that is the case and well done on having a helpful GP. Best wishes for the form filling.
 
Lamont D said:
6.3 this day of the garden.
A bright day being ruined by a northerly breeze, which nips at your extremities.
But it has been good to get rid of the scaffolding and the debris and the foliage, good thing I have two rubbish bins, cos the amount over the last two weeks just wouldn't fit.
More good news post came early, and delivered a team of forms to fill in from council, for the grant process for the wet room. Will have to take time on filling it, a long time!!!!
The post office is not the same postal service it was before privatisation, it is another cash cow, for the shareholders as recent developments due to the shocking post office scandal, show!
Had another phone conversation with our GP, who has been onto the early onset team again (they are late! However, the early onset team have told my GP that Mrs L depression was a point of concern and until that was better, then it would not be beneficial. The letter from them to the GP didn't arrive. But now our GP has assured them that because of the meds change, she has been a lot calmer and even though her misrememberitis is not, she does seem a lot better in herself. We await the outcome.
I did thank our GP, our GP has kick started all the changes in her hba1c levels and her better all round health.

Must go, forms to peruse and insert our details!

My best wishes to you all as always.
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I was assured by my Dad, many years ago, that the Post Office was never the same after he left it. That would have been in 1956. It just went downhill from that moment. ;)
 
gennepher said:
Thank you very much @ianpspurs
I very much do not think they can resolve a screw up of that magnitude. How many others are affected, hundreds? thousands? more?
As for their communication issues with me being a deaf person they haven't got it right in the last decade....
I cannot remember what I wrote yesterday, but I refined it a bit and added a bit more sort of working out what to say in my emails today/tomorrow.

Let me add a bit more from what I wrote in the night...because you may not be aware of these details as well...

"I was shocked. All my personal details were spoken by this computer voice. Full birth date, other numbers, full national insurance number and more. Other full dates were on here, and qualifying dates for my Pension, and more details. It spoke of my bank details and gave partial figures, and gave the full unique identifying number with it for my bank. It spoke of my text number, partial details again. It had my full name and full address.

The automated voice goes on to say, "Making this decision (about my pension money and it gave financial details) is based solely on automated processing..." and then goes on to say if I object to the decision made by the automated processing, then I can ring this telephone number for free (I cannot because I am deaf) or I have to have someone in charge of my affairs who can act on my behalf. I have one month to appeal against this automated decision. The date on the CD is 6th November. I received this on the 20th November. And it said 1st class post on the envelope."

There is a long time between 6 November and 20 November for a first class letter.

If the wrong person got hold of all that or it got posted through the wrong letter box...the government have given away a whole pile of my details...

My issue now is not just about communication issues between them and me...
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Having worked for the DWP many years ago, I find that unless you enquire about something or challenge something and then remind oneself that the DWP is of lets say, of a different mentality, its far better to acquire a knowledgeable person to delve into the pits of the department or get the help from an MP/CAB. I do hope you get the the bottom of the pit with this. I am fiercely critical of the DWP and really begrudge their attitude to persons that need help, the disabled etc. I could say so more, but I think I would get banned :shifty:
 
Lainie71 said:
Having worked for the DWP many years ago, I find that unless you enquire about something or challenge something and then remind oneself that the DWP is of lets say, of a different mentality, its far better to acquire a knowledgeable person to delve into the pits of the department or get the help from an MP/CAB. I do hope you get the the bottom of the pit with this. I am fiercely critical of the DWP and really begrudge their attitude to persons that need help, the disabled etc. I could say so more, but I think I would get banned :shifty:
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Hi @Lainie71

I know the DWP's attitude to disabled people. A friend's son worked for the DWP, and he could not morally carry on working with them, with what he was expected to do...
 
gennepher said:
Now, a can of worms...what do I do with this next bit of information. Still on about my CD letter from the DWP

I am trying to find a way of putting the next bit of info in a private message, but where you can all access it....
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I can't do it...
I am wary of writing too much on here...

I said I mentioned that the council lady said that my CD letter addressed to me was information on free postage for the blind and articles for blind people. There was nothing in the envelope or on the CD about anything to do with blind people, the CD letter was all about my personal private confidential information and highly sensitive details about my pension, bank account and much more.

Now, google Articles for the Blind which was on the printed label on the envelope

Free postal service - Articles for the Blind scheme

If you're affected by sight loss, we're here for you
www.rnib.org.uk www.rnib.org.uk

2 bits:

"Royal Mail operate a scheme called Articles for the Blind (AFB) which allows blind and partially sighted people to send certain items of post free of charge."

"Royal Mail recommends that you do not send personal, sensitive or confidential correspondence such as health or financial information using the scheme."

So the DWP are using a free post service most inappropriately....

And this was why it went First Class at the expense of the Royal Mail. And was disguised as a CD so that no one would know the DWP were using this free service inappropriately....

My jaw has just dropped through the floor...
 
Annb said:
Neil tells me that the engineer said that each pole has a "spare" connection, which he used the first time he did the repair but it seems that, at some stage, someone did service it and used the "spare" but he didn't know that and connected to the original thinking it was the spare. That's why there was a third repair that had to be made. Don't know if that makes sense to you @lindisfel.

Apparently we were lucky to be getting 30 ish Kbps but now we are getting something in the Mbps range. And, so far, it hasn't dropped out.

Still no phone, unfortunately.
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Sounds like flannel, these system are not complex. Where is it joined to fast fibre system, it matters how far it is?
 
gennepher said:
I can't do it...
I am wary of writing too much on here...

I said I mentioned that the council lady said that my CD letter addressed to me was information on free postage for the blind and articles for blind people. There was nothing in the envelope or on the CD about anything to do with blind people, the CD letter was all about my personal private confidential information and highly sensitive details about my pension, bank account and much more.

Now, google Articles for the Blind which was on the printed label on the envelope

Free postal service - Articles for the Blind scheme

If you're affected by sight loss, we're here for you
www.rnib.org.uk www.rnib.org.uk

2 bits:

"Royal Mail operate a scheme called Articles for the Blind (AFB) which allows blind and partially sighted people to send certain items of post free of charge."

"Royal Mail recommends that you do not send personal, sensitive or confidential correspondence such as health or financial information using the scheme."

So the DWP are using a free post service most inappropriately....

And this was why it went First Class at the expense of the Royal Mail. And was disguised as a CD so that no one would know the DWP were using this free service inappropriately....

My jaw has just dropped through the floor...
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There's no emoji that expresses what I think of all this! It would be a person tearing their hair out with one hand and a shot-gun in the other - or something like that. Not that I would ever dream of shooting anyone. But really! Unbelievable.
 
lindisfel said:
Sounds like flannel, these system are not complex. Where is it joined to fast fibre system, it matters how far it is?
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The exchange is about half a mile away but whether fast fibre has reached it, I couldn't say. They were working on underground cables to the exchange about 3 years ago.
 
lindisfel said:
Sounds like flannel, these system are not complex. Where is it joined to fast fibre system, it matters how far it is?
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Annb said:
The exchange is about half a mile away but whether fast fibre has reached it, I couldn't say. They were working on underground cables to the exchange about 3 years ago.
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If they have, you should get over 30mb/sec!
 
gennepher said:
Hi @Lainie71

I know the DWP's attitude to disabled people. A friend's son worked for the DWP, and he could not morally carry on working with them, with what he was expected to do...
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Exactly the same for me, I used to cry when I was at work and when I got home. It was destroying me as a person so I quit. Much happier hairdressing now!
 
Had to and get my monthly blood test done this afternoon luckily Judith was not working today so was able to go with me and push me around to the blood clinic using my rollator as a wheel chair bit troublesome as it hard to steer still got the job done.

Have had to cancel two hospital appointments that were for tomorrow as car is booked in for MOT and is being collected first thing in the morning and then returned late afternoon.

Thing is the appointments were at two different hospitals both 17 miles apart so was never going to be able to attend both not being to able to be in two places at once another case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing.
 
0330 - 10.9. Now 10.3.

We still don't have a phone. I'll have to contact BT today and try to get that sorted out.

Pretty windy here at the moment and quite cool. Too early for the heating to come on. I could over-ride the timer, but it will be on in about half an hour anyway, so I'll just leave it. Won't be having my shower for an hour yet, and that's when I need the heat. For now a thick dressing gown will do fine. And a cup of tea.
 
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