Mundane News

[Reynard]

A warm and occasionally sunny day here chez Casa Reynard.

I did not sleep well as my shoulders were aching from yesterday's adventures with the telescopic loppers, and every so often one of my arms would get pins and needles. Ah well, hey ho. Have had a quiet morning that included doing stuff like editing photos for my research article, filling up the fruit bowls and potting on some of my tomato plants again.

No wonder I call them triffids. It's not quite a joke, as they've grown a fair bit in the handful of days I've had them. I figured I'd best get them into the big planters now before they become too awkward to move. My drive is a sun trap and the plants I had last year did really well there. This batch seem to be going down the same road.

Shall be carrying on with some gardening this afternoon, although that will largely involve chainsaw work. I need to cut up the large section of fallen plum tree that I de-nettled yesterday as it's too big to move in one piece. And while I've got the chainsaw out, I may as well finish cutting back the branch on the mulberry that I took the loppers to the other day.

Anyways, it is time for luncheon, and I has a hungry.

 

[rockyroller]

Currently trying to open an online banking account as my bank is pushing it. I have no expectation of this actually working on past experience and so far I haven't been surprised.

I was slow to adopt to online banking, but I'm getting used to it. so far, it's been advantageous. especially dealing w/ auto loans in my name which my adult kids pay. meaning easy enough to go in & change which accounts get used (w/ security)

 

[rockyroller]

Guess what? It hasn't worked.
Tried to login "This login and password is unregistered"
Tried to register again: "This login and password are already registered"

omg ignore my previous, positive, optimistic, upbeat comments

 

[Andy in Germany]

Guess what? It hasn't worked.

Tried to login "This login and password is unregistered"

Tried to register again: "This login and password are already registered"

Colour me surprised.



I have an account, they want me to switch it to an online account, but if they want that they have to make it possible for mere mortals to access...

Just got a call from the bank. I asked them to start the process again as this seemed to happen every time. They asked my DOB and address. I gave it them.

"That's not the address on my records, have you changed the address?"

"It's the address on the letter you sent me."


"Unfortunately I can't do anything on the phone because your address is incorrect, so you'll have to go to your local branch (fortunately there's one in the village, for now) and get it corrected there"

And they wonder why I don't want to take up their online banking?

 

[biggs682]

When will people learn to read the e mails they get sent

 

[PeteXXX]

When will people learn to read the e mails they get sent

When I was office bound I got so many emails that it was extremely time consuming sorting the wheat from the chaff!

 

[biggs682]

When I was office bound I got so many emails that it was extremely time consuming sorting the wheat from the chaff!

it certainly is but at least i read them first .

Time to place black bin kerbside

 

[tom73]

English Lit paper this morning on Shakespeare. Why are we still using him as a gold standard and bench mark of what literature is.
Which we all should follow or we are somewhat infer. I really don't know may as well be on harry potter for what good it is.
Keeping nearly 400 students happy for 2 hours of this stuff is not easy and that before you get onto managing toilet visits.

Nice afternoon walk dog walk in the sun then quick trip to town. Off in the garden in a bit to plant up the back garden border I prepped yesterday.

 

[PeteXXX]

Busy afternoon (after a busy morning, too!)
I changed my car tyres front to rear and cleaned the car inside & out. Tomorrow morning, I'll check the tyre pressures as they'll be wrong now, and retorque all round.

 

[oldwheels]

Light rain has been going for a few hours and wind is rising. Calmac putting out disruption warning for a midday sailing tomorrow due to wind forecast. Not looked but this is probably MV Coruisk as the MV Frisa seemed to sail last winter in conditions when nobody really expected her to.
What does seem to bug the Frisa is blocked toilets as today there was a delay while they cleared to latest blockage.
The professional complainers are of course complaining about the new e ticket system. Mine look ok and are for the dates and times requested. It will be a couple of weeks till I find out if they work when I go for my annual heart scan to check the progress of aortic stenosis.
Traffic levels on my way to and from Craignure for my vaccination was well below comfort level for our roads. Far too many cars, constant gear changing and the usual idiot motorhome who never looked in mirrors but eventually when persuaded pulled over to the wrong side to let me pass.
The hospital staff all seemed surprised that I had actually gone there by driving my own car and did not get a lift or have an escort.
Public transport is useless as northbound every bus is full of touroid so impossible to get home. Naturally the health board built a new hospital with difficult public transport and at the time no mobile phone coverage.
A few touring cyclists heading south with lots of gear and a few going the opposite way with no luggage.

 

[DCLane]

When will people learn to read the e mails they get sent

I'm currently marking postgraduate re-sit reports.

When will students read the assignment brief? And note that it has TWO tasks, not one, as stated in bold several times? And on the submission page?

Or maybe, if they can't do that, they don't deserve to pass anyway?

 

[rockyroller]

Just got a call from the bank. I asked them to start the process again as this seemed to happen every time. They asked my DOB and address. I gave it them.
"That's not the address on my records, have you changed the address?"
"It's the address on the letter you sent me."

so classic

"Unfortunately I can't do anything on the phone because your address is incorrect, so you'll have to go to your local branch (fortunately there's one in the village, for now) and get it corrected there"

wondering if the person on the phone is even in your country

I have 2 branches of my bank in my town. they both have drive-thru ATMs

• if I forget my card in 1 machine I can go in the next day & they will have it, right there, in the office
• if I forget my card in the other machine, it's not inside, in the office, right there, it's gone for good & I have to order another one

who is making these company decisions?

 

[Andy in Germany]

English Lit paper this morning on Shakespeare. Why are we still using him as a gold standard and bench mark of what literature is.
Which we all should follow or we are somewhat infer. I really don't know may as well be on harry potter for what good it is.

When I did my theatre studies course we had to read a "classic" play a week; we looked forward to Shakespeare because it at least had a good story behind it. The other classic plays came in three categories: Bilge, Incomprehensible Bilge; and Depressing Bilge.

This may be why Shakespeare is held up to be so essential; it's the only stuff that doesn't cause people to consider sticking pencils in their eyeballs. It's no wonder theatre isn't mainstream.

I really pi**ed of the tutors by writing comedies.

 

[rockyroller]

rule #3, follow rule #1

 

[Andy in Germany]

wondering if the person on the phone is even in your country

They're usually in the local area, because banks here are more local;; so they'll have names like "Esslingen Savings Bank" or "South Black Forest Cooperative bank". The "Savings Bank" in each county is owned by the local government; it's a way of keeping money and investment local.

I just wish their online banking wasn't such pants.

Of course it's also a lot easier to find English speakers around the world for call in centres than German speakers.