Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Tal]

Tikay, your picture is of a coalpost:

http://www.brookmans.com/history/projects/locations.shtml

[Tal]

http://www.brookmans.com/history/projects/index.shtml

^^

And this is what they are

[tikay]

Brilliant, Spurs Bloke, thank you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-tax_post

Hard to imagine, they were taxed to bring coal into London?


This page lists "Elmbridge Site" (I saw it in Elmbridge) but the Elmbridge Link is dead.


http://www.rhaworth.myby.co.uk/coalwine/cowindex.htm

[tikay]

Found it!

They are all listed here....


http://rhaworth.net/cowi/postlist.php


Think it was this one......

97 1 TQ 116 689 Walton on Thames  On S bank of Thames 800 yards E of Sunbury Lock, access from Waterside Drive

What an amazing resource the Internet is for this sort of stuff.


 

[Tal]

Some fine detective work, sir. It's not all poker, this interweb

[ripple11]

Sorry to hear about the fraud....but impressed with how your bank dealt with it.

Family shopping trip to Kingston tomorrow morning.......just say if you want a fiver bought round  

[tikay]

Sorry to hear about the fraud....but impressed with how your bank dealt with it.

Family shopping trip to Kingston tomorrow morning.......just say if you want a fiver bought round  

Saturday in Bentalls, how very posh.

The Bank were perfect, I cannot praise them enough. You hear all this anti-Bank stuff in the media, but I have always been well-served by them.

Enjoy Kingston, it is rather nice I think, especially the Market.

[bobby1]

great walking tekkers Tony.I recommend a good pair of walking boots when you get yourself out of the financial hole you are in ';o), top tip, always make sure you lace them up properly using all the lace holes/lace grips. Will help with the wear and tear.

[doubleup]

The O2 one was likely the tester. If your card has been cloned, they tend to try it out in case you've reported it stolen and cancelled it already or to see if not whether you would notice a small amount being taken out.

Similar thing happened to me a couple of years ago. Only difference is I don't have much, so I would know if somebody walked past my account from the slight breeze they'd leave behind, let alone actually withdrawing money from it.

Yes, that makes sense. That was the sole "non-Wonga" transaction.

I'm now wondering if Wonga have loaned me money in my name, via the fraudster, & I'm supposed to be paying it off. Guess I'll get a letter shortly.

Wonga have a collosal loophole where they allow people to borrow money, get it sent to an account and then change the loan details to another account.  They know about it, have caused a great deal of grief to innocent parties and have done F all about it.  They are quite simply a cancer on the financial services industry and should be shut down.  If you can be bothered, write to your MP detailng this incident.

[Rod Paradise]

Excuse the quality, but this is a rare bird indeed, the yellow-breasted, white stumpy-necked singy bird.


Took this myself.

Click to see full-size image.

Wish there'd been 2 of them in the pic Tony, would have been a great opportunity to say "Great Tits" to you.....

[bobAlike]

Glad you're sorted with the bank Tikay but I have one question - when you first informed the bank why did they not cancel your debit card until after the second call? Or did I get the wrong end of the stick?

[Karabiner]

Excuse the quality, but this is a rare bird indeed, the yellow-breasted, white stumpy-necked singy bird.


Took this myself.

Click to see full-size image.

Wish there'd been 2 of them in the pic Tony, would have been a great opportunity to say "Great Tits" to you.....

Great Tit will just have to do for now....

[Tal]

The Desert Rain frog:



Yep. That is a frog.

Very few frogs ribbit. There's a story that the only reason frogs ribbit in the movies is because the types that do live near the Hollywood hills, so that was what was recorded when Walt Disney was looking for sounds.

Anyway...

Reasons why I love the internet #485:





Some millidonks people have far too much time on their hands.

[vegaslover]

Tikay
If you have several cards, especially if not using all of them, probs a good idea to get rid of some.
They could be targeted for fraudulent activity and may not know for quite a while if you just have them locked away somewhere.

Obs wont effect you as you tv types are minted like, but too many cards may effect your credit rating too

[tikay]

great walking tekkers Tony.I recommend a good pair of walking boots when you get yourself out of the financial hole you are in ';o), top tip, always make sure you lace them up properly using all the lace holes/lace grips. Will help with the wear and tear.

Thanks Phil.

I have some proper walking boots, & I needed them, the path is a bit bumpety-umpety in places, & I clambered up a few banks to get better views of stuff.

They have those big lace-up things which wrap round, but they came loose, & I had blisters by the time I got home.

I intended to have another walk yesterday, but everything ached too much.

It was really interesting, so many people out walking, some jogging, some jogging, some on bikes, & lots of folks walking their dogs.

There is a whole social etiquette thing too, everyone you pass makes eye-contact, nods, "lovely morning" sorta thing, which I thought was wonderful.

Took scores of photos, too, though I'll spare readers most of them.

Most of all it was good to get out & off the internet, which can be very stressful some days what with this & that.

I never took anything with me, no 'phone, no fags, nothing, it felt so good.

Can't wait for the longer days, I fancy doing early morning walks at 5 or 6am.