OneGuyFromBarlick

Well done for raising this - I thought it was just me.......

I heard on the radio recently that the LIBOR is fixed daily,and that 16 banks send in their figures. The highest, and lowest four are eliminated, and an average is taken of the middle eight. I don't see how the figures of one organisation eg Barclays, can have much effect. There may be much more to ...

"a splendid world trip class yacht"

Is this connected with the fact that Doc's house came off the market recently? Is the great adventure now about to happen? Perhaps best to start the pirate ransome fund now.

"you would be in breech of the Law"

Only if you trousered it. That's a bit subtle for me, but I couldn't resist.

"What's the difference between an entitlement to rule and an entitlement to support " Perceptive comment - reminded me of a song from the Geordie folk singer Jez Lowe The Bulldog Breed. Sounds better with a geordie accent though...... Son of mine, tell me why are you sighing What worries a...

The "line to take" by Natwest spinners on bonuses seems to be "that's the last thing I want to think / talk about at the moment - I want to concentrate on the wonderful work our wonderful staff are doing to fix the problem. The think we have short memories - trouble is they're probabl...

They should have got Pluggy to do the job.

I don't think she said that she wouldn't get a bonus though. Be interesting to see how they spin next year's bonus.

My son said "Dad - you know your idea of having two quite seperate current accounts, and credit cards doesn't look so silly now".

"picking up muck from the ponies field and ironing " Couldn't help think of Catgate when I read that :smile: He'd have pounced on it a while ago. Sorry to hear about you veg. I sent the "before" pictures to my son who is a first year allotment student, with the caption "This...

"Like the great Dickens quote, you can only spend what you have"

Where have you been for the last twenty years? "For everything else there's Barclaycard"

After a great deal of thought - it might have been - "Two bites of the kitchen table, and a jump at the cupboard door."

Yes - I've heard it, but never used it - not very elegant is it? A bit too confrontational for me.

I've heard the other one too, but it had two parts - the second part was "and a jump at the cupboard door". My day will be ruined now trying to remember the first part.

It'll be the same for me tonight - you know you're getting to your sell by date when your kids bring you a tray of lamb chops for a Father's Day present.

In total contrast - My Tesco order was late last week, so I rang the help line to see why. Got through immediately to a very nice woman in Dundee ( I think she was Janet in Dr Findlays casebook), to confirm that the order had been received. She apologised, confirmed the order, and said - " I'll...

Even more remarkable that Pluggy found himself able to buy something from Microsoft.

" 'Management by walking round' "
You mention Lord Sieff above - I saw him once in the late eighties when he had been retired a few years, but still inspecting the Marble Arch branch of M&S and examining the stock closely. They say "retail is detail". He certainly thought so.

"Are there no internet providers with UK call centres?"

Try Plusnet - "Good honest broadband from Yorkshire". Calll centre is in Sheffield - last time I called a lady apologised fror not having a Yorkshire accent.

I don't usually read this thread, but just for the record - I threw the towel in yesterday ( June 3rd) and switched the central heating on for the day. Even the JML Snuggie wasn't working. Global warming?

Thanks for the good wishes gents, much appreciated. I winced just reading about your dad Ian !

I didn't - it was at 5.43 am, and I was dozing when I heard the name St Mary le Ghyll Barnoldswick. I've recently had a hip replacement operation and must still sleep on my back. Consequently there's not much sleeping being done at the moment. I'm not a much of a fan of bells, but this peal was merc...

I heard some of this highly defferential interview. He said he, or his colleagues, were doing experiments, in which live hamsters were frozen, and then revived by applying very hot spoons to their chests. So hot that they burnt the fur. His solution to this problem was to "invent" the micr...

Cecil Woods powders! here we go again things you forgot you had forgotten. Always featured in the bathroom cabinet.

"Any advice as to what else I can do?" Just delete it. Plenty of other places to share photos etc. I am on Photobucket, Evernote, Filedropper, and I have had family photos on Webshots without any problem for ten years or so. Audioboo is Ok as well. Yes - I need to get out more - I'm workin...

I think you were conned Nolic. It was a cough mixture, not a tonic, and the bad taste was garlic. My grandad used to take it. Horrible stuff. I'm surprised to see that it is still available today.

Remember the black fox, which was photographed the died in a road accident a few weeks ago? Well DNA tests have revealed that though anatomically it was a fox, though with very thick fur, it had genes of a Russian raccoon dog, and is believed to have been either an exotic pet or an escapee from a fu...