RIP Wayne Dobson

Normally a mattress in someone's front garden,just make sure someone hasn't had a poo💩 on it😂

My sons are really pestering me to take them to the Luton game “so we can go in the back gardens” logistically it’s going to be a nightmare with both of them that time of night in Luton - the nearest premier inn was already sold out when I tried to book it 🙄

Tumbleweed space

That photo reminds me of the Kotel. Not a religious cult, huh?

Meadow-thanks

🎼 “We can see you in the bath!!” 🎼

Friday night and on sky,down the pub is a good option 😀

Only a max of 1,500 away tix at Luton - so might be a bunfight to get one!

CW, still awaiting info from Luton. I emailed this morning.

Any news on Luton tickets?

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Spit and CW, the hangover from Covid and the civil service working from home has been a game changer too. My daughter works in the civil service and has saved a shed-load of cash because of remote working. She's of the view of if she needs to go in she will, no complaint whatsoever, but others have incorporated the WFH practise as a norm and as such fight tooth and nail to "protect their right" for this work practice. A big truth that does get little notice is that if everyone turns up to the office on a given day there aren't enough desks...

Meanwhile, one government department** insisted on Friday they needed to speak to me at 11am. They didn't call, and haven't even bothered to acknowledge that they didn't phone me to rearrange a time. But of course, it's fine for them not to bother turning up when they say they will...

Spit, that was the No.10 Cabinet...

Trouble with civil servants working from home, they are doing the house hold chores and looking after kids at the same time,so a few of my customers have admitted. Last year when I finally got through to a department at TFL, it sounded like a kids party was going on in the background 😂

A few weeks ago, I had a wait of 3hrs and 5 minutes to the DWP, which I really had to make. Made a cake and a curry whilst I waited for that one. Thank goodness for speaker-phone button and being prepared for the reputation the DWP has for their "queues"

CW, the IRA didn't use suicide bombers which was my reference point, nonetheless, your point is justified and indeed those were dark days too. I remember the news used to say they received news of suspected bomb with a coded message, which often proceeded an IRA attack. The newspaper I worked on here on the IW, received one, which turned out to be a false alarm, but still scary all the same.

I got cut off after 32mins - for some reason my mobile always cut off about this time

One day, the call you make to a call centre really will be important to them

RK-think that may be a hangover from the pandemic

D'oh a good few...

RK, a good Frannies do, apparently their find a ticket hotline never has a problem of over-booking

Has anybody called a Call Centre and not been told "we're experiencing exceptionally high call volumes at the moment"?

When you say it really changed things I remember going on the tube in the 70s and people were scared witless by the IRA and suspect bags etc so it’s always been with us