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Random Irritations

Blue in Munich said:
Parcel tracking emails; so far I have 9 for a parcel arriving today, not one of them tells me a time slot.
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Now up to 10 emails & still no time.

However the postman, God bless him, has managed to put a red card through the door to tell me that something needs to be collected from the sorting office because it's too big for the letter box.

That'll be the letter box I was sat not 6 feet from when you posted the card & didn't ring the doorbell, you lazy sod!
 
Blue in Munich said:
Now up to 10 emails & still no time.

However the postman, God bless him, has managed to put a red card through the door to tell me that something needs to be collected from the sorting office because it's too big for the letter box.

That'll be the letter box I was sat not 6 feet from when you posted the card & didn't ring the doorbell, you lazy sod!
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Calm down Rich you ll give yourself a hernia.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Now up to 10 emails & still no time.

However the postman, God bless him, has managed to put a red card through the door to tell me that something needs to be collected from the sorting office because it's too big for the letter box.

That'll be the letter box I was sat not 6 feet from when you posted the card & didn't ring the doorbell, you lazy sod!
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If it helps to calm you down, unlikely I know, the postie probably did not have the parcel with them. They would look at the size and make a judgement that if you are not in then they will have to carry it around with them for the rest of the round. If there are a number of parcels that are 'too big' then the bag gets taken over. Far easier to leave it at the depot and get you to collect. Not ideal but at least the likeliehood is they didn't have it and not bother knocking.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
If it helps to calm you down, unlikely I know, the postie probably did not have the parcel with them. They would look at the size and make a judgement that if you are not in then they will have to carry it around with them for the rest of the round. If there are a number of parcels that are 'too big' then the bag gets taken over. Far easier to leave it at the depot and get you to collect. Not ideal but at least the likeliehood is they didn't have it and not bother knocking.
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if that is the case, why does the card say I can't collect it until tomorrow; if it's not with him then why can't I collect it today when I'm off? When I complained to the Post Office it appears that the tracking number on it has been written down wrong so they can't find it. He's had a mare.
 
Blue in Munich said:
if that is the case, why does the card say I can't collect it until tomorrow; if it's not with him then why can't I collect it today when I'm off? When I complained to the Post Office it appears that the tracking number on it has been written down wrong so they can't find it. He's had a mare.
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It's the post office, they are still stuck in the dark ages :D. Yup, I have nothing to defend them with at that point, they have had a mare.
 
Mrs Slime going to hospital for a routine scan and being told that she's not going home!
They'll perform an emergency operation tomorrow!!

Not so much an irritation as a bloody frightening shock, but there's no Bloody Frightening Shock of the Day thread.
I'm so pleased the NHS are on the ball, but crapping myself in the mean time.
 
Slime said:
Mrs Slime going to hospital for a routine scan and being told that she's not going home!
They'll perform an emergency operation tomorrow!!

Not so much an irritation as a bloody frightening shock, but there's no Bloody Frightening Shock of the Day thread.
I'm so pleased the NHS are on the ball, but crapping myself in the mean time.
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They take some flak, rightly so in some instances, but when it comes to needing something done right there right now there’s not many better. I wouldn’t be typing this without them.

Hope it all works out well Slime. 👍
 
Slime said:
Mrs Slime going to hospital for a routine scan and being told that she's not going home!
They'll perform an emergency operation tomorrow!!

Not so much an irritation as a bloody frightening shock, but there's no Bloody Frightening Shock of the Day thread.
I'm so pleased the NHS are on the ball, but crapping myself in the mean time.
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As I found out once again over the last couple of days our NHS is the best medical services in the world so your wife is in great hands and hope all is ok
 
Companies who bombard you with spam e-mails after you quite deliberately made sure all the "do not contact me" boxes were ticked.
 
The vet bill has arrived for the poor dog

£2070 on top of the £450 already paid that's the yearly 2k limit gone

Medication he on now £225 per month
Special diet £35 pm
Prescription costs to get the meds online to save ..£50

Call it £300 pm

Just great

12 months tops but what kind of life has he actually got
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Poor thing
 
Such a hard decision, but your penultimate sentence is your measure.

Quality of life is paramount, if he is pain free and happy,
But if he is just existing, then that is no life at all, it then means that you are keeping him alive for your own benefit rather than his.

It’s a case of judging when that fine line is getting crossed.

Either way, it’s not going to be a fun time and my thoughts are with you.
 
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