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Omg what a day @gennepher


Absolutely wretched experience.

I'd complain bitterly too , to Lidl.


As for the TV LICENCE PAY UP OR ELSE demand .

They are *expletives " "expletives ".

We had similar.

I had the option to go paperless, so did.
& Pay the licence monthly
(Yeah, I know, but I couldn't be bothered to change it)
So I KNOW it's paid & in order.

We got a snotty letter like yours , I emailed back politely, for them to check their records & amend asap.

Said they would.

A month or so later, another letter.

This time I called.
This time I let rip.

Poor guy on phone.

I Said letter was unnecessarily threatening.

"It's a generic computer letter sir ...ignore it"

"I will when you stopped sending them "

"But it's a generic computer letter sir, we can't "
Ad infinitum......

Was the gist of the response .

We still get them.

TV licensing people can 'do one' as I believe they say in scouseland.

How much does sending out this mindless misery costs, god knows .

I worry they may have to cut Tory Laura's wages if this keeps on ....

Tl;Dr.

Ignore it
They are absolutely inept & lying 'B's' to boot and just trying it on.

(I did some digging at the time expecting a confrontation at some point.

Seems the vans & the technology don't even exist according to many...mmhh

And there's a growing revolt against paying the licence at all.
So my guess is that IS having an effect & they are haemorrhaging money, hence the threatening letter ad hoc to every address .

Lying, inept 'B's'.

The voice of a nation, hey.

( Link is for reputable site
But from someone who doesn't need a licence, but it does contain the basis for how they operate and some useful info )

Bottom line


I know it's hard to relax & ignore it

So good luck.
 
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dogslife said:
The autumn leaves and trees are beautiful at this time of year. I attempted to post a few pictures taken with my husband's phone.but they were apparently too large. Thanks again for your interest.Best wishes.
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That sounds so healthy & delightful .

The pic thing is an issue
Pity as I think pics really add to any post.

There are apps to resize pics etc.

But I found that simply taking a screenshot of the original picture on the phone and posting THAT screenshot instead works best.

I use that method exclusively now .

On my phone it's a swipe down with 3 fingers to get a screenshot.

On Lauren's phone it's a "take a screenshot" voice command.

Then navigate to your chosen gallery, and add the pic to post.

Once done all my photos are in Google photo app.

Most phones will have a picture app of some sorts


There is a way to get details of each pic.

A ).Either drag UP on the pic or
B ). Tap pic & Search for the 'hamburger' icon for 'details'....
size should be there somewhere

(Forum needs sub 1MB I believe or it won't post pics)



Can be surprising how two pics can be almost indistinguishable from each other, yet one will be considerable smaller storage wise to the actual picture.
And a perfect size for posting to forums etc

Below example original is 2.5 mega pixels (MP)
& Screenshot is only 284kb



Do let me know if I can assist if you need any help getting a screenshot done .



Look forward to seeing the pics .

Drag pic UP offers this ..


Hamburger icon far right in BLUE offers this .


Your phone may have a variation on the above, of course.
 
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Krystyna23040 said:
Oh that's really good news @SlimLizzy . So I definitely won't be tempted to try them again. I think they have done the same to Wagon Wheels.
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Wagon wheels were covered in a chocolate flavoured coating. I suspect they are still the same, but the wagon is now a child's toy. The enormous biscuit I remember is now not much larger than an original digestive, yes, those have shrunk too.
 
7.5 this morning.
The saying 'it never rains but it pours' is so true.
I quite badly sprained my ankle yesterday when walking with my sister after we had done the afternoon admin.

Mr K is going out to get an ankle support as soon as our local pharmacy opens.
 
Hi @jjraak
Thank you very much for the above.
I am sending the letter I mentioned that I have written as a response to this letter from the TV licensing. I am just going down to the post office in a minute. I'm getting proof of posting and then I will file and 'forget' it, whatever they send after this.

But before I moved here, I was stalked for many years by my neighbour. It was a horrendous experience. And ended very badly and dramatically. I still keep the newspaper articles prove if I need to. He was arrested and locked up. But like what always happens, in this day and age, he was let out when he should not have been let out.

Something like this incorrect threatening TV licensing letter, catapults me into that very bad place. I am constantly on the alert and that will never go.

I am a combination of scared but also not scared and brave is the only way I can describe my feelings now.

I cannot forgive the TV licensing and their cohorts for unnecessarily scaring me and causing distress for myself, as well as for thousands and thousands of other people.

I am going to treat myself to a breakfast before I come back home.

You have a good day and take care @jjraak
 
@gennepher Well done you for your practical response to the harassment from tv licencing.
Shocking experience with those workmen too. On receipt of your letter I suspect they will be getting a reprimand at least . Some retraining on Personal Boundaries and Respecting Human Dignity should also be required. This course should take place outside of work hours, be mandatory attendance at an inconvenient distance from home and be unpaid. Four hour sessions with no breaks, twice a week until they are able to write a heartfelt, grovelling letter of apology to the lady they so offended with their appalling lack of consideration.

Sorry @gennepher not really a joking matter, I am horrified that you had to endure such an indignity.

Sleep yoga? Sounds interesting...
 
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Morning all - can't say good since I've read of sprained ankles, conflict over how to balance carbs with the need for extra protein, a horrendous experience in Lidl and distress from TV licensing. Hugs to @gennepher @Krystyna23040 and @JohnEGreen. @dogslife the walking sounds as though it has helped you in so many ways and @jjraak's useful guide could be the gateway to you adding images. No grandchildren here today just a trip for a CT scan then a month wait for the feedback - unless ..... Meanwhile it is time for more tea, peanut butter (the downsized spoon isn't Rachel's doing) and Jarlsberg to mask the after taste of steroids. Y'all enjoy Fursday - it is garbage day./week. General Waste-Bin looks resplendent medals, epaulettes n'all.
 
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gennepher said:
Something like this incorrect threatening TV licensing letter, catapults me into that very bad place. I am constantly on the alert and that will never go.
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Horrendous experience & something that would clearly scar anyone.

Horrible how life's little bumps in the road, the kind of things that others might tut but move past swiftly like your TV letter , can cause a much more intense reaction because others have a more deep rooted hyper vigilance going on for whatever reason.

I like your 'post & forget' attitude.

And hope you manage to allay any fears & your yoga helps get you back to a more gentle state of mind.

Best wishes for the day.
 
SlimLizzy said:
I am horrified that you had to endure such an indignity
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Agree @SlimLizzy .

But also liked your retraining programme.

I was going to ask why on earth they didn't knock first, but then realised they may have done so.

Only in gennifers case she might not have heard them?

Which then takes me to ....

If loo lock NOT working AND workmen are assigned to fix it, why was there NO sign saying "Loo out of order"...?
 
Thank you @SlimLizzy
I very much like your suggestion...
I will be incorporating some of that into my letter to Lidl when I get back home...thanks!
Breakfast has arrived so....
Will tell you the sleep yoga when I get home, it is a breathing yoga....
 
31.10
8.35am FBG 5.7.
So grateful that son2 chose to arrive a few days early, instead of his due date, which was today. I could not have coped with a lifetime of Halloween birthdays. Having sent years of my life trying to ignore it.
In the busyness of the last few days I have forgotten to post.
Update on house sale.
After advice from a French friend, at the second viewing I resolutely ignored the roof repair, which they apparently did not notice, also a small damp patch In a window reveal. The important thing is to tell them about the things they cannot see for themselves. So mentioned the dripping tap, and demonstrated how to almost stop it. (now MrSlim will not need to fix or replace it) Told them which window won't open and that another is difficult to clean. Mentioned the occasional woodworm in the bedroom. Which they peered at. They had already been told about the underfloor heating, and accepted that only half of it works in the kitchen.
I told them we are not taking the huge heavy armoire in the salon, it's too heavy to move, or the four poster bed in the master bedroom. We had to cut the frame in half to get it up the stairs and then weld it back together. Also showed them which plants we intend to remove from the garden, apparently very important to agree on that.
Then electronic signing of the preliminary agreement. Which due to my technical and computer incompetence took a lot longer than it should have done.
Now we wait.
They have ten days to withdraw.
I am packing. Started with sumner clothes, seemed a logical first step. Moved on to the armoire in our bedroom. Which has already been tidied, except for the bottom shelf, a mess of shoes, their boxes, bags and other things thrown in to be out of sight.
Sorted shoes, placed sandals into their boxes, decided not to keep a pair of fancy patterned boots, pretty, but not comfortable, so rarely worn.
During the sorting process there was stuff everywhere, it didn't help that Kiki was rearranging some of it and later brought inside a huge spider to play with!
Mess resolves into one packed suitcase with all our summer clothes, pile of rubbish, big bag for charity shop and remaining tidily stacked shoes and bags back in the armoire. However those pretty boots in their box are nowhere to be found. I must have spent an hour looking for them. Still missing this morning.
Do other people have things perform this vanishing act. Happens to me fairly frequently. Now having to go through everything again.

@dogslife if a photo is too large, screenshot it and try again with the screenshot. Thanks to whoever it was who gave me this tip, has saved a lot of time.
 
"Common "sense did not prevail. Surely on opening the door to repair handle and finding toilet occupied, even if they did knock, the correct and only proper response is an apology and immediate withdrawal?
How is it that these workmen were so very insensitive. I simply cannot understand their attitude.
 
jjraak said:
Best wishes there is no 'early call back'
And all goes as best as humanly possible.
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Thanks @jjraak - the process itself is usually quite relaxing unless the person putting in the cannula is on secondment from Dewhurts - other butchers are available. Callback? we all head to Jerusalem our own way, knowingly or not, but we have no choice. Jesus had a choice and thank God - literally - he made the right one. As for #garbagegate, my avatar and signature plant my flag firmly atop Kamala's hill - probably unwise to display that here. @JohnEGreen wonderful images, thank you. @SlimLizzy we'll all be counting down those ten days.
 
@ianpspurs. Thanks for that. It is not necessary to have a chosen religion in order to practice stoicism. In the case of Monday’s Serenity Prayer - I take it as a sort of mantra or meditative verse and ignore the word ‘prayer’. I suppose you could say contemplate although some would argue that contemplation is praying. But, it’s just a word.
The mind the gap audio I took to be a mental exercise in choice. In physical terms, I got on the wrong tram in Bordeaux a couple of visits ago, realized my mistake, got off two stops down and waited quietly for the one I wanted to turn up. I didn’t get angry or upset by it. People board the wrong train all the time; the person who goes out on the lash, intending to stay with the group and then decides to wander off - and gets mugged or worse. The person coaxed into a bit of light shop lifting and ending up in court. Pinocchio boarding the wrong train, so to speak and going to Pleasure Island. For myself I think about the chimp inside my head (the primitive bit, all excited about jumping in) - and the mind the gap bit as (shoving it back in it’s box and having a think about it). I suppose that the mind the gap explanation could have made more emphasis on the choices that we make in different situations when the chimp inside our heads jumps up and down - ‘the car in front is not going fast enough and I can’t overtake on this winding road - grrrh!’ - or, ‘well it’s a nice day, enjoy the view’.
Not sure that’s of any help.
 
our nephew had those protein shakes because he had Cystic Fitbrosis and could not eat enough food to sustain life - they were fed to him through a PEG in his stomach. Actually drinking them would be quite unpleasant I suspect.
 
Quite spectacular John

Nice post .
 
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