Tell us something really trivial about your life (vol 25)
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GOG440 said:
Iva I have been ridiculously busy at work and with my MIL's ill health I have been spending a lot more time lurking than posting for the last couple of months.
Well that and listening to the sound of my piss boiling as I try and get some sense out of the DWP. The idea that someone with a <1yr life expectancy should wait 6months for the attendance allowance doesnt sit well with me and there have been a number of phone calls trying to make them see this is unreasonable.The upshot of this is that we were given the wrong form to complete in the first place and we now have to get a different form filled in by her GP.
GOG, try Age Concern. My Great Aunt was diagnosed with dementia, and she required assistance with her evening meals. They filled out the form with her and a family member present, which made sure the information was correct, and the family wouldn't fill in the form incorrectly.Well that and listening to the sound of my piss boiling as I try and get some sense out of the DWP. The idea that someone with a <1yr life expectancy should wait 6months for the attendance allowance doesnt sit well with me and there have been a number of phone calls trying to make them see this is unreasonable.The upshot of this is that we were given the wrong form to complete in the first place and we now have to get a different form filled in by her GP.
They then sent it off, I think they had a connection with our social services which meant everything was done quickly. I think she had her first payment about 4 weeks later, which was also back dated to the day the form was completed.
Foxeh said:
GOG440 said:
Iva I have been ridiculously busy at work and with my MIL's ill health I have been spending a lot more time lurking than posting for the last couple of months.
Well that and listening to the sound of my piss boiling as I try and get some sense out of the DWP. The idea that someone with a <1yr life expectancy should wait 6months for the attendance allowance doesnt sit well with me and there have been a number of phone calls trying to make them see this is unreasonable.The upshot of this is that we were given the wrong form to complete in the first place and we now have to get a different form filled in by her GP.
GOG, try Age Concern. My Great Aunt was diagnosed with dementia, and she required assistance with her evening meals. They filled out the form with her and a family member present, which made sure the information was correct, and the family wouldn't fill in the form incorrectly.Well that and listening to the sound of my piss boiling as I try and get some sense out of the DWP. The idea that someone with a <1yr life expectancy should wait 6months for the attendance allowance doesnt sit well with me and there have been a number of phone calls trying to make them see this is unreasonable.The upshot of this is that we were given the wrong form to complete in the first place and we now have to get a different form filled in by her GP.
They then sent it off, I think they had a connection with our social services which meant everything was done quickly. I think she had her first payment about 4 weeks later, which was also back dated to the day the form was completed.
Impasse said:
I spotted a pretty young mum this afternoon, driving a silver 06 Focus with the obligatory toddler completely sparko in his Britax. Nothing out of the ordinary there. But the car itself had been half washed.
By half washed I mean there was a definitive line from front numberplate to rear numberplate of half a clean & shiny car and half a grubby grimy car including the rear window, lights and numberplate. It was the O/S that had been cleaned.
I can only presume this was part of ongoing japery with her husband, but I'm not sure who was winning.
Was the interior half-cleaned in a similar way? Preferably one footwell knee-deep in crisp packets and petrol receipts and the other vacuumed bare and the rubber mat gleaming with tyre dressing.By half washed I mean there was a definitive line from front numberplate to rear numberplate of half a clean & shiny car and half a grubby grimy car including the rear window, lights and numberplate. It was the O/S that had been cleaned.
I can only presume this was part of ongoing japery with her husband, but I'm not sure who was winning.
That was close.
A smallish but not mini three-way roundabout on the way to work, where I turn right, is approached from my right by two lanes where the left is left only and the right is right only. I glanced right to see an early MR2 going like the clappers in the left lane and imagined the pilot enjoying the left hand bend out of the roundabout and so I committed to the roundabout. He was actually going right from the left lane to apex at the island at speed. I managed to stop.
F
k me, that was close.
A smallish but not mini three-way roundabout on the way to work, where I turn right, is approached from my right by two lanes where the left is left only and the right is right only. I glanced right to see an early MR2 going like the clappers in the left lane and imagined the pilot enjoying the left hand bend out of the roundabout and so I committed to the roundabout. He was actually going right from the left lane to apex at the island at speed. I managed to stop.
F
k me, that was close.
Morning all.
Middle of my week off, I'm in bed with Mrs T-H. During the night, Sprogs 1 & 2 and the Flabrador have all found their way from their respective beds into mine, which is quite an achievement for Sprog 2, given that she's only twelve weeks old. Everyone is asleep. I'm perched right on the edge, wide awake.
Middle of my week off, I'm in bed with Mrs T-H. During the night, Sprogs 1 & 2 and the Flabrador have all found their way from their respective beds into mine, which is quite an achievement for Sprog 2, given that she's only twelve weeks old. Everyone is asleep. I'm perched right on the edge, wide awake.
Picked up the Range Rover yesterday from Kent, a 12 hour round trip in the end! What an absolutely fantastic thing it is to drive 
Off now to take the Discovery to be repaired (again) so I can get it sold.
Then maybe I might have the money and space to start planning the restoration work on the Series 3....
Off now to take the Discovery to be repaired (again) so I can get it sold.
Then maybe I might have the money and space to start planning the restoration work on the Series 3....
Watching tv waiting for a repair man to turn up.
Classic edition of BBC motorway cops on Dave.
11 Romanians in a hatchback.
Also an Astra VXR they stopped,3 goofs inside,none claim to be driving.
When cops find keys to seize it,one of them asks for his house keys
before they tow it.
How thick do you have to be ?
Classic edition of BBC motorway cops on Dave.
11 Romanians in a hatchback.
Also an Astra VXR they stopped,3 goofs inside,none claim to be driving.
When cops find keys to seize it,one of them asks for his house keys
before they tow it.
How thick do you have to be ?
Edited by iva cosworth on Thursday 2nd April 09:07
ChemicalChaos said:
Picked up the Range Rover yesterday from Kent, a 12 hour round trip in the end! What an absolutely fantastic thing it is to drive
Off now to take the Discovery to be repaired (again) so I can get it sold.
Then maybe I might have the money and space to start planning the restoration work on the Series 3....
Come on chaos,pic of your rangie...Off now to take the Discovery to be repaired (again) so I can get it sold.
Then maybe I might have the money and space to start planning the restoration work on the Series 3....
It'll make DC jealous.
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