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Whereas a hospital near central London sent information about ordering transport for an appointment ten days before said appointment and that information arrived on the morning of the appointment, thus rendering the whole arrangement void. (They used a private delivery firm for the first part of the journey.)
...but think of the money they saved by not having to arrange the transport!
I am an ardent advocate of the well worded, polite but firm Official Complaint, with copies, in this case, to local MP, chairman of the Area Health Board [or whatever it is called these days], etc. If no reply within a reasonable time then letter to the local or national press with copies of previous correspondence.
Make them accountable!
p.s. although the temptation may be great don't sign the letters as Mrs Trellis of North Wales!
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I think I'd pass on the moules, - they're something that I almost wish I liked, but I just don't. Mind you, I've never tried them frites - I've only ever seen them served in their shells, in a lovely garlicky-tomatoey broth.
No, the "frites" are simply French fries "on the side", not cooked in together with the mussels.
I like moules, but unfortunately they are the one food item that doesn't like me (so much for that romantic weekend in Cambridge ...).
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The wheels are now in motion. I'm moving home. Have paid a holding deposit on the new place and given formal notice on the current property.
Been 4 years since I last did this.
Any advice on things I need to check for, do or people I need to inform?
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Absolutely no idea. We've been here 35 years.
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You are moving from rental to rental, I take it. Cultivate an awareness of everything you do or touch in the next several days, to help you make a list:
Do you pay your own utilities now? Water, electric. If your landlord pays them now, will your new one also? Make sure, so that you aren't caught waterless or without power.
Internet/cell phone/cable TV. Will it all transfer over neatly to your new digs? Do you need to tell them about it?
Stuff you will want to have there and operational, the first day in the new place. Refrigerator, stove, other appliances; if you aren't bringing the old ones and there aren't ones already in the new place, organize.
Will all your furniture/stuff fit into the new place? If not, start downsizing ASAP. At the minimum work out what you are taking with you.
Are you taking your car? Is there parking in the new place? Any other vehicles/large things, bicycles, trailers, caravans, motorboats?
Pets. You will have considered whether the current pet is allowed in the new place. Is it the sort of animal who will move calmly? If you need tranquilizers, talk to your vet now.
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Mail redirect
You will need to change your address with the bank and all the other important people - but you'll forget a few and mail redirect will mean you get any post you've not remembered to inform.
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Oh, good thought. Start saving envelopes in a box or something -- alumni associations, charities, vendors, everyone you'd like to know about the move. All the people who flood you with junk you don't want, of course you ignore.
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If you drive, you'll have to let the DVLA know for your licence and vehicle registration docs.
If you move far, you'll need to register with a new doctor etc.
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I think the ladies have covered most of the things I was trying to call to mind (having moved recently myself), except possibly finding out when the rubbish-collection day is. When you move, there's always a ton of rubbish to be disposed of, and you don't want to have it lying around for any longer than necessary.
Other than that - good luck, and health to enjoy your new house!
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Make sure you do a proper inspection with the new landlord, and take lots of photos, so you don't get caught out by the 'it was like that before I moved in' ' oh no it wasn't' cycle, which leads to horrible issues with getting your deposit back.
(Master S and the Lovely Girlfriend-now-wife fell into that particular elephant trap ![[Frown]](frown.gif) )
Mrs. S, always on the lookout for elephants
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Check whether you need to take your rat with you or whether they already have one.
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Check whether you need to take your rat with you or whether they already have one.
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Be sure to take two (male and female) to be sure they'll breed.
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Nice little animals, rats. Friendly and intelligent, and I love the way they use their tail almost as an extra limb!
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I'm sure that in the right situation (a laboratory perhaps? ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif) ) rats are quite delightful, but having battled with mice for most of the time we lived in our last house any creatures of that nature are most unwelcome chez Piglet.
Our former neighbours had three large and rather evil cats, and the local mouse population saw our house, thought "cat-free zone" and in they came. We noticed last night that our neighbours here appear to have a large (and probably evil) cat, so I hope history isn't planning on repeating itself.
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Borrow the cat!
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And if the cat won't move, it may be time to confuse it! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Borrow a cat, or confuse it, by all means....
....but send the rats to a laboratory?
Is Extreme Outrage!
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Sorry BF - I wouldn't do that.
We have suggested to the people whose cat we looked after that if the need arises, we might ask to borrow her. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
It's a lovely day here (21°) so after a very late brunch at Uncle Pete's Diner (I had what might be the best eggs Benedict I've ever tasted) we drove out of town a bit to see the river dam a few miles from our house.
They've been letting it run very fast over the last few days - there's a football pitch on the riverside not far from the Cathedral which has been flooded to halfway up the goal-posts - and it was certainly coming down at a fair rate.
It's definitely feeling Spring-like - socks have been discarded and toenails painted.
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I suppose that's the trouble with all that sn*w - when it eventually melts, it has to go somewhere.
In other news, I was walking back from The Bus Stop today along one of the woodland-ish footpaths I can use, when I espied a very young fox cub approaching in the opposite direction. We stood and looked at each other for a few moments, before the foxling turned and trotted off into the undergrowth. I wonder where his Mum and siblings were? Probably not far off, but not often seen in early afternoon - perhaps the Small One is of an adventurous turn of mind.
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How lovely - I know foxes can cause havoc, but they are rather beautiful, aren't they?
We're beginning to welcome the squirrels back to the grounds of the Cathedral - not that they were ever completely away, but they were much less in evidence over the winter. By mid-summer we might see a dozen or more just in the ten minutes or so while we're waiting for the early service to finish before we go in (not to mention the sudden application of brakes if we see them crossing the road).
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I obviously need to put a warning up on Southern Cross thread. Foxes and rabbits here are pest, foxes catch native wildlife, rabbits destroy pasture land. They also breed, well.like rabbits.
Both brought here so the landed gentry could Hun in spare time.
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
...Both brought here so the landed gentry could Hun in spare time.
Superb typo there, Lothlorien!
...but using a noun as a verb...! Declension, please.
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On Saturday I went back to see the [Retina] consultant at the eye hospital and she told Himself, in Malayalam so I couldn't understand but he told me later, that she thinks I'm a lovely man - I think this is living proof of the Lincoln Theory that you can fool all of the people some of the time, or some of the people all of the time, or something.
Whilst we were there I got her to explain to Himself the dangers of Diabetic Retinopathy as his blood sugar is sometimes more than a little unregulated - I thought he might actually listen to her, which he doesn't to me. How much effect it has all had on his eating pattern has not yet become evident but if he actually wants to see the twins grow up he'd better listen!
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We knew already that you're a lovely man, WW, but it's nice for you to have it confirmed! Sounds good, too, in Malayalam, I guess.
Re foxes, yes, lovely creatures in their own way, but they can be a pest. In the UK, the urban fox has flourished exponentially in the past generation or so, as anyone who has a nice neat lawn can testify...
I live in a semi-rural, semi-urban, riverside setting, so the foxes have plenty of space of their own to play in. Rabbits we don't have in the near vicinity, but they, too, flourish in fields a bit further away from the town.
Mmmm.....casseroled, in a white wine sauce, with plenty of leeks, celery, carrots, and onions. Mmmm.
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I'll pass on the rabbit casserole; the last time I ate rabbit (in France nearly 40 years ago) I was more than somewhat unwell afterwards. I don't know that the two events were related, but they were related in my mind, which was enough to put me off it for life.
It's not a Bank Holiday here today, but you'd almost think it was - it's tipping with rain ... ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
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I'll pass on the rabbit casserole; the last time I ate rabbit (in France nearly 40 years ago) I was more than somewhat unwell afterwards. I don't know that the two events were related, but they were related in my mind, which was enough to put me off it for life.
The same with me and strawberries. I was seven when they made me ill and I still can't stand the taste. They look so tasty I try one every year - but, no.
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I am still trying to persuade myself to eat beetroot for similar reasons. It is forty years and though I remember liking the flavour prior to the event the idea of putting it in my mouth makes me semi-gag.
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It's eggs with me. I'm not allergic or owt, but my parents tried to force me to eat a boiled egg on my 6th birthday (rather more than 40 years ago), and I haven't been able to eat one since. I can't even manage them fried, poached, or scrambled. but the little bits you get in egg fried rice are OK.
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I'll pass on the rabbit casserole; the last time I ate rabbit (in France nearly 40 years ago) I was more than somewhat unwell afterwards. I don't know that the two events were related, but they were related in my mind, which was enough to put me off it for life.
With me it was a rabbit stifado in Corfu Town ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif) It wouldn't have mattered so much but we were on a sailing holiday where Mr S did the brute force, ignorance and navigation, and I did the sailing
So you can keep your rabbit - and your foxes, for that matter!
Mrs. S, no vulpiophile (is that a real word?)
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Not quite - it's vulpophile - but 8 out of 10 for a good try.
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I'm surprised Vulpior hasn't shown up on this thread.
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With me it was frog legs. I thought they tasted delicious, but I was sick for two days afterward. Now I can't face one.
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There was a piece in New Scientist a while back about the effect of feeling ill after a particular meal. The writer had been unable to eat watermelon for a long time after his brain associated it with the sickness that he got the same day which he knew was due to sunstroke.
He associated this effect with the observed behaviour of rats, which try new foodstuffs in bitesized helpings, and if subsequently ill, do not eat it again.
I had the same effect the first time I tried a Big Mac after they arrived over here, when I was about to have a migraine, with associated sickness. I couldn't even hear the Ronald advert ditty without feeling squeamish for ages.
I have, however, some rabbit lurking in my freezer for when I am the only person about to eat it. Some people won't eat it without ever having tried it. The only decision is whether I use my Nana's recipe, or the one I got from a company which briefly sold rabbit, camargue rice and elderflower stew.
When I was little, I had eaten it on the farm a lot, without being told what it was. And we went to a restaurant, and Mum asked me if I would like rabbit pie, and I, thinking of Peter, and Benjamin, and Little Grey Rabbit announced "We don't eat rabbit!"
But I do. I can tell that the flavour does have elements which could be unattractive - though it usually needs help from onion and bacon to have any flavour at all.
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We practically lived on rabbits during the war and through the early 50's. Our itinerant greengrocer (who brought masses of delicious Victoria plums in the autumn) used to shoot them on his small holding/orchard and probably elsewhere. We had them roast, casseroled, pie-ed (potato topping) but you had to be careful to spit out the little pieces of shot! My little sister and I had a competition to see who got most shot!
Now, that's put you all off your dinner, hasn't it??? ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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A most pleasant long weekend was had by the sea at Fécamp. I didn’t know it, but it is a very nice spot, much less touristy than the Normandy seaside towns we usually go to. We even had sun for quite a lot of it. Let it be known that the finest eatery in the thereabouts is run by an English chef peddling a very delicious fish and chips to the French.
Yesterday it rained in the morning but it stopped in the afternoon and then the wind came up making great big splashy waves. The boat trip on the sea was fully booked so we couldn’t go but it would have been a bit choppy out there in any case…
It gives us a reason to go back, anyway. It’s an excellent weekend destination from Paris. Easy to get to, very enjoyable, and the perfectly acceptable B&B where we stayed only charges €65 a night including breakfast.
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You might like to look up the history of the town's connection with Rye in England, and the church bells from that town.
Rye Parish Church
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And while we all go for a nice weekend in Fecamp, you en rouges could come over and have a nice weekend in Rye (they may even do chish and fips there)!
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When I was little, I had eaten it on the farm a lot, without being told what it was. And we went to a restaurant, and Mum asked me if I would like rabbit pie, and I, thinking of Peter, and Benjamin, and Little Grey Rabbit announced "We don't eat rabbit!"
But I do. I can tell that the flavour does have elements which could be unattractive - though it usually needs help from onion and bacon to have any flavour at all.
We ate quite a lot of rabbit when I was little, although I was clueless, as Mother called it Australian chicken. My older brothers, who probably helped trap them, were, on pain of death, forbidden to blab. Some days at the end of the month, it was the only meat we had.
Once, in adulthood, I noticed a restaurant had rabbit pie, and I told the server I would have bunny. She looked horrified.
The cost of rabbit these days appalls me.
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When the animated Watership Down movie came out there was a photo making the rounds, of a window in a butcher shop. The sign said, "You've seen the movie! Now eat the cast!"
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Indeed - "you've read the book, you've seen the film, now eat the pie".
I can identify with the writer of the article Penny alluded to; I remember having the same unwell feeling after eating delicious coquilles St. Jacques that my mum had cooked for a dinner party, and being put off scallops.
Although I discovered later that the unwellness was actually caused by something completely unrelated to anything I'd eaten, I was still a bit wary of scallops until I had them in the auberge where we stayed in St. Pierre, and they were heavenly; I've since had them in other dishes (notably a seriously yummy pasta dish with scallops, prawns, peppers and a creamy tomato sauce) with no ill effects whatsoever.
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A few families here in our village breed rabbits as pets and then food. I don't ever recall eating it as a child though possibly we did. I am fairly sure I never ate it as an adult, unless it was as a young adult and in the school dinners!
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I went for a walk this afternoon, on my own! It occurred to me that taking a walking stick might help my balance problem a bit - in fact what it helped more than anything was my confidence which thus helped my balance. What it also showed me is how horribly unfit I am, I only managed a couple of kilometres and my legs were knackered when I got home! I think my body is trying to tell me that I need more exercise.
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WW, a couple of kilometres unaided is pretty good going, and I only wish I could manage that far! About half a kilometre in one go is my limit, after which I have to stop, and regroup my forces. Praise be to God, His Blessed Mother, and all His Saints, that's about the distance from Home to Bus Stop.
Keep up the good work - I'm told that pushing oneself just that little bit more each time is the way to get on...maybe I should start to aim for the next Bus Stop along.
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Having a delightful grumble-free day since the BBC announced that they won't be giving any General Election coverage today, because of the local elections!
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There is a family story of my Nana, in the Depression, looking across the kitchen at the cat, lurking under a chair, and declaiming that she had no idea what they were to eat that day. And the cat went out and brought a rabbit back. (My mother, through her life, believed that Puss in Boots originated in real observation of cat behaviour.)
We had a do at school about wartime, with elderly people come in to talk about it, and appropriate food to go with it, and I did a rabbit pie. I took most of it home.
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Bishops Finger
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Praise God for small mercies!
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.....in answer to Polly Plummer's post...
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Sipech
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Just popping back to say thanks for the moving advice. Definitely planning to leave the rats in the old place.
Interesting one about the DVLA, as I only got my provisional license a few weeks ago. Hadn't twigged that it had my address on it.
Mail redirect is a must, and for a whole year. On a previous move, I tried to move my broadband (the provider shall remain unnanmed) only they set up a new account and billed me on it without providing a service while continuing to bill me on the old address. Because I had the mail redirect set up for 3 months, I never got the bills they sent to the old address. It was only 2 years later, after they'd passed the unpaid bills to a debt collection company that the latter tracked my new address and threatened to send the bailiffs round. ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
As for the doctor, I haven't been since 1996.
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Brenda Clough
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My cat brings voles and chipmunks home for me. She lays them on the front step, deliberately choosing the spot where the foot descends. She carefully takes her fair share, the right drumette, and doesn't understand why I don't gratefully eat the rest.
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L'organist
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We used to have a cat that caught frogs, ate the legs and then left the poor creatures limbless but alive
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