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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347   
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Thanks for the link 
I'm going to leave it until next week because I'm not sure what they are up to at the moment. Got one letter saying my direct debit has been increased to £550 a month, today got one saying it has been decreased to £195 a month, Log into my account and the debt is still showing as £7k! Only thing I can think of instead of sending money to a Utility company I have inadvertently been funding a far right Scottish Independence group  Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197
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8th Jul 2016 12:14pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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I feel your pain. They are without doubt the biggest shower of the brown stuff it has ever been our displeasure to buy electricity from. Their accounting and customer service are dire, simply dire. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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8th Jul 2016 3:30pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20497
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Eon aren't any good either.
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8th Jul 2016 5:04pm |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5859  
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Was bimbling round the Alps over the weekend, Spotify play list churning out my as complete list as possible of favorite hits. It occurred to me that the songs we (Mrs Grenadier and l) most enjoyed singing along to had a healthy dose of brass sections, perhaps a little string soft sax and more than likely some soft sax.
Check these bad boys out in KC's brass section. A little red-flared fillip for a Monday morning: Which means you'll be able to have much fun as this lot are, dancing with reckless abandon. Does anyone do this anymore? When did that all stop? Current 'pop' music seems to be all the same, no fun, and often either soporific rubbish (naff, X Factor factory-produced R&B pap) or angry rap. Do teens dance like Kevin Bacon anymore? 70s and 80s pop was f*@#%$ing brilliant, peps up a grey morning and I miss it.  Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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11th Jul 2016 7:31am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769  
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Estate agents again
"Oh we didn't know if we were allowed to give you the full amount of advance payment your new tenant agreed to so we just kept the whole amount and gave you no rent"  Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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19th Jul 2016 7:40pm |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1025 
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@shaggydog there some email addresses of senior suits at Scottish Power on the article, you may want to send them all a strongly worded email to all
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/persona...laint.html Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200 Puma 90 XS - Sold D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold) Freelander 2 HSE - Sold Freelander 1 - Sold Disco 2 - Sold |
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22nd Jul 2016 7:00am |
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| defender9 Member Since: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 1629 
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BT (and some BT contract engineers).
Phoned to have my phone line re-located due to imminent roof work on the dormer. Engineer turned up and I explained why we needed it re-locating. Engineer said he was not allowed to go on my roof to locate to a chimney stack in case the stack is unstable - quoted H&S rules. Me - so can you put it on the other dormer Engineer - No we don't carry roof ladders Me - I have a roof ladder which you can use Engineer - not allowed to mate, quoted H&S rules Me - so where can we put it Engineer - dunno mate we could fix it to your wall I explained (just in case he hadn't noticed) that it is a bungalow with single story walls an the line would then drop down from the pole so low that it would be in the was of passing high vehicles such as busses. In the end he spoke to his boss who gave him the go ahead to borrow my roof ladder to fix the line to the other dormer. Why he couldn't have done this in the first place was beyond me as they must come across this sort of thing all the time |
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22nd Jul 2016 9:58am |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897 
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We recently had a new roof on our house. The builders recommended some strengthening was needed to the existing timbers.
To do this a fair amount of stuff stored in the attic needed moving. After the job was complete and the builders gone I dropped the hatch and steps to the attic. Climbing up, I found the hatchway completely walled in, to the rafters, with attic contents. The wife and I now have to remove everything to gain access (which is needed for some electrical mods). It all has to be taken down the loft ladder, sorted and replaced. We're both in our 70s.   |
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22nd Jul 2016 11:10am |
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| Swac3 Member Since: 21 Feb 2015 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 363 |
Rural Broadband, Struggling to post my feelings in a manner fit for a community forum.
New mobile phone arrived today and the tinternets so bad here i'm going to have to go to costa starbucks or the library to use their wifi to update the thing and refresh my apps. I get better internet in the Congo, seriously not a lie, faster in the apartment and faster on the mobile phone. Grr frustrated beyond words, maybe ill have calmed down by 2020 when they get around to us "the last 5%" 3 Landrovers |
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22nd Jul 2016 9:21pm |
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| agentmulder Member Since: 16 Apr 2016 Location: Outer Space Posts: 1324 
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Ring mechanics a week beforehand to book a WOF (local version of your MOT):
"You don't need to book, it's a drive in service" I ring up the morning as I want it to make sure it's free with no queue: "Have you booked? We're not free until 3 days from now" 
... I try another, which I book for 10AM the next day. I turn up 10mins before booking: "You're leaving it here right?" "Ummm, well yeah whatever it takes to get the warrant (?), how long will it take?" "Our hoist isn't free until this afternoon" 
What is it with people? They were just so matter of fact about it... And here I am trying to support a local! Straight off to the drive-in chain, done in 15mins and they were actually working on it before I sat down... Solved the bowel problem, working on the consonants... |
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23rd Jul 2016 4:01am |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1977
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Journey back from Dover yesterday was painful. The volume of traffic was one thing, but the delay was caused by the number of ex military vehicles breaking down or crashing. There must have been a gathering of people who like to dress up in army fatigues and drive things, each to their own, but I wish they'd spend more time making sure their vehicles ran rather then bolting another f****** shovel to the side. A 3.5 hour run lasted 5.5.
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25th Jul 2016 3:42pm |
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| RED-DOT Member Since: 29 Jun 2009 Location: stirling Posts: 2363 
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....that white water that exudes from bacon when it hits heat causing the rashers to boil. 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..
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27th Jul 2016 10:38am |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897
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Buy bacon that doesn't have 10% added water on the label. |
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27th Jul 2016 10:47am |
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| stanley Member Since: 18 Sep 2009 Location: Dorset /hampshire Posts: 1032 
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The children sorting out the parking at this years New Forest and Hampshire Country show , arguedwith her about the space needed for the Range Rover classic parked in front of me to allow his tailgate to open , the reply was a shrug of her shoulders , then she parked the row behind me less than the length of a 110 , again explained to her the turning circle of an110 .Her supervisor turned up , could tell he was a supervisor as he had a greater degree of acne and nonchalance about him , explained I needed a bit more space to be able to reverse and turn , his reply , don't see the problem bud ! F@&King BUD ! BUD , livid and with that he walked off pulling up his baggy skinny trousers as he went !
Now am not that old but really someone old enough to be his grandad called bud , what's wrong with a bit or respect and maybe the od sir once in a while! And maybe some who is old enough to know that not all cars have the turning circle of a saxo or what every hot hatch the youngsters drive these days |
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27th Jul 2016 1:16pm |
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