Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,377
    TheBigBean said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Getting a £100 Premium Bond prize for a change.

    That's my PB.

    Me too. Made a change from the £25ers. I guess they'll be changing the returns soon in light of the change in interest rates, so maybe will get the odd better one in future.
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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,648
    briantrumpet said:

    TheBigBean said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Getting a £100 Premium Bond prize for a change.

    That's my PB.

    Me too. Made a change from the £25ers. I guess they'll be changing the returns soon in light of the change in interest rates, so maybe will get the odd better one in future.
    Changed recently I think:

    https://www.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/monthly-prize-allocation

    Read somewhere the effective rate changed from 1.4% to 2.2%
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,377
    pangolin said:

    briantrumpet said:

    TheBigBean said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Getting a £100 Premium Bond prize for a change.

    That's my PB.

    Me too. Made a change from the £25ers. I guess they'll be changing the returns soon in light of the change in interest rates, so maybe will get the odd better one in future.
    Changed recently I think:

    https://www.nsandi.com/get-to-know-us/monthly-prize-allocation

    Read somewhere the effective rate changed from 1.4% to 2.2%

    Thanks. Interesting to see the bands and number of prizes listed like that. No wonder that the £100 prize is the PB for most.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,919
    Not sure I have won anything other than multiples of £25 i.e. multiple wins as opposed to a higher value single one.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    The meal I just had - roast pork dinner served on a giant Yorkshire pudding
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,377
    edited October 2022
    One episode down, and 272 to go. And yes, it did, while I practised my scales.


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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,377
    TheBigBean said:

    Not sure I have won anything other than multiples of £25 i.e. multiple wins as opposed to a higher value single one.


    I think I might have had one £50 previously, but otherwise all in 25's. With the general turbulence at the moment, it doesn't seem a bad place to have a stash.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,329
    From my energy supplier Bulb:

    Just so you know, we'll take your monthly payment of £48.78 from your bank account in three days. This will cover your next month's usage.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    pinno said:

    From my energy supplier Bulb:

    Just so you know, we'll take your monthly payment of £48.78 from your bank account in three days. This will cover your next month's usage.

    I can beat that but thought it rude to do so.
    Cheered me up though. 😉
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    pinno said:

    From my energy supplier Bulb:

    Just so you know, we'll take your monthly payment of £48.78 from your bank account in three days. This will cover your next month's usage.

    Aka the government. Same thing now
    _
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,329
    rick_chasey said:

    pinno said:

    From my energy supplier Bulb:

    Just so you know, we'll take your monthly payment of £48.78 from your bank account in three days. This will cover your next month's usage.

    Aka the government. Same thing now
    I was cheered up ('cos that's the thread title) by how little the DD was but never mind.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Getting my wife’s 50th birthday trip spot on. She’s actually been smiling all morning so far!
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,377
    Getting a complimentary ticket to a morning 'coffee and cake' concert in an old pile I've wanted to visit for ages, the weather being lovely right on cue, and the music being jolly good.






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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    Remembering at T-2.5h before penalty card is shown that I need to pay the Gummint £2.50 as I sat in an annoying long slow queue to go through this hole in the ground under the Lahndahn sewer known as the Dartford crossing.

    Upside: 'only' pay std 2.50.

    Downside: wtf in the so-called modern world does one have to remember to do so...

    This is a sh£t country, isn't it.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,329
    orraloon said:

    Remembering at T-2.5h before penalty card is shown that I need to pay the Gummint £2.50 as I sat in an annoying long slow queue to go through this hole in the ground under the Lahndahn sewer known as the Dartford crossing.

    Upside: 'only' pay std 2.50.

    Downside: wtf in the so-called modern world does one have to remember to do so...

    This is a sh£t country, isn't it.

    Is it reg number auto generated?

    Surely once you cross the border...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    Should have fitted the clone plates. Like loads of those wayneker just watch me weave / go pain in the arrises. Anyone with a reg starting with E can F right off.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    orraloon said:

    Remembering at T-2.5h before penalty card is shown that I need to pay the Gummint £2.50 as I sat in an annoying long slow queue to go through this hole in the ground under the Lahndahn sewer known as the Dartford crossing.

    Upside: 'only' pay std 2.50.

    Downside: wtf in the so-called modern world does one have to remember to do so...

    This is a sh£t country, isn't it.

    Had to go into the ULEZ when dropping my daughter to Uni and if I hadn’t checked beforehand may well have missed that I’d entered it. Even knowing I needed to pay they made the process overly complicated. I couldn’t just pay, I had to register first and it took ages for confirmation of my registration to come through. I previously got caught out in Birmingham, I went to pay before going and for some reason the transaction didn’t get finalised so despite reminding a few people I met they needed to pay the first I realised I hadn’t paid was when the fine came. It’s almost like they want people not to pay so they can fine them.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Pross said:

    orraloon said:

    Remembering at T-2.5h before penalty card is shown that I need to pay the Gummint £2.50 as I sat in an annoying long slow queue to go through this hole in the ground under the Lahndahn sewer known as the Dartford crossing.

    Upside: 'only' pay std 2.50.

    Downside: wtf in the so-called modern world does one have to remember to do so...

    This is a sh£t country, isn't it.

    Had to go into the ULEZ when dropping my daughter to Uni and if I hadn’t checked beforehand may well have missed that I’d entered it. Even knowing I needed to pay they made the process overly complicated. I couldn’t just pay, I had to register first and it took ages for confirmation of my registration to come through. I previously got caught out in Birmingham, I went to pay before going and for some reason the transaction didn’t get finalised so despite reminding a few people I met they needed to pay the first I realised I hadn’t paid was when the fine came. It’s almost like they want people not to pay so they can fine them.
    Dartford toll they are very amenable to letting you off
  • Munsford0
    Munsford0 Posts: 678
    Dartford crossing you're let off the first offence if you pony up the crossing fee. Not tried repeat offending.
  • mully79
    mully79 Posts: 904
    orraloon said:

    Remembering at T-2.5h before penalty card is shown that I need to pay the Gummint £2.50 as I sat in an annoying long slow queue to go through this hole in the ground under the Lahndahn sewer known as the Dartford crossing.

    Upside: 'only' pay std 2.50.

    Downside: wtf in the so-called modern world does one have to remember to do so...

    This is a sh£t country, isn't it.

    Remembered I crossed the Mersey toll bridge at the start of a 5 hour drive and consequently forgot to pay by midnight.
    Can’t even pay the fine early and have to wait for the penalty notice..
  • lesfirth
    lesfirth Posts: 1,382
    orraloon said:

    Remembering at T-2.5h before penalty card is shown that I need to pay the Gummint £2.50 as I sat in an annoying long slow queue to go through this hole in the ground under the Lahndahn sewer known as the Dartford crossing.

    Upside: 'only' pay std 2.50.

    Downside: wtf in the so-called modern world does one have to remember to do so...

    This is a sh£t country, isn't it.

    When you find a better one please let us know about it.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,427
    lesfirth said:

    orraloon said:

    Remembering at T-2.5h before penalty card is shown that I need to pay the Gummint £2.50 as I sat in an annoying long slow queue to go through this hole in the ground under the Lahndahn sewer known as the Dartford crossing.

    Upside: 'only' pay std 2.50.

    Downside: wtf in the so-called modern world does one have to remember to do so...

    This is a sh£t country, isn't it.

    When you find a better one please let us know about it.
    He could always go the other way round the M25 to save himself £2.50...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    lesfirth said:

    orraloon said:

    Remembering at T-2.5h before penalty card is shown that I need to pay the Gummint £2.50 as I sat in an annoying long slow queue to go through this hole in the ground under the Lahndahn sewer known as the Dartford crossing.

    Upside: 'only' pay std 2.50.

    Downside: wtf in the so-called modern world does one have to remember to do so...

    This is a sh£t country, isn't it.

    When you find a better one please let us know about it.
    You genuinely don't think there are any countries better than the UK is at present?
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    lesfirth said:

    orraloon said:

    Remembering at T-2.5h before penalty card is shown that I need to pay the Gummint £2.50 as I sat in an annoying long slow queue to go through this hole in the ground under the Lahndahn sewer known as the Dartford crossing.

    Upside: 'only' pay std 2.50.

    Downside: wtf in the so-called modern world does one have to remember to do so...

    This is a sh£t country, isn't it.

    When you find a better one please let us know about it.
    Here, I've got a spare flag if you want a sh4g.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,427
    orraloon said:

    lesfirth said:

    orraloon said:

    Remembering at T-2.5h before penalty card is shown that I need to pay the Gummint £2.50 as I sat in an annoying long slow queue to go through this hole in the ground under the Lahndahn sewer known as the Dartford crossing.

    Upside: 'only' pay std 2.50.

    Downside: wtf in the so-called modern world does one have to remember to do so...

    This is a sh£t country, isn't it.

    When you find a better one please let us know about it.
    Here, I've got a spare flag if you want a sh4g.
    A Scottish one? ;)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,427
    Anyhow, winning £50 on the Football Pools cheered me up - or look at it another way, that's 20 Dartford Crossings :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Applied for my driving licence renewal on Saturday. The online process was really simple and the DVLA claimed they expected it to be issued within 14 days. Knowing the issues the DVLA have doing their job I took that with a pinch of salt and was a bit worried as I'd left it later than I should have to apply but then I received the new licence in the post today. Is this a record for a Government agency? Even better is I as able to use the photo from my current passport which also expires this month so I look 10 years younger!
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,377
    Pross said:

    Applied for my driving licence renewal on Saturday. The online process was really simple and the DVLA claimed they expected it to be issued within 14 days. Knowing the issues the DVLA have doing their job I took that with a pinch of salt and was a bit worried as I'd left it later than I should have to apply but then I received the new licence in the post today. Is this a record for a Government agency? Even better is I as able to use the photo from my current passport which also expires this month so I look 10 years younger!

    Gosh, you must be young. My last licence was issued in 1992 when I moved house, and I'll next need to renew it in 2034.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    briantrumpet said:

    Pross said:

    Applied for my driving licence renewal on Saturday. The online process was really simple and the DVLA claimed they expected it to be issued within 14 days. Knowing the issues the DVLA have doing their job I took that with a pinch of salt and was a bit worried as I'd left it later than I should have to apply but then I received the new licence in the post today. Is this a record for a Government agency? Even better is I as able to use the photo from my current passport which also expires this month so I look 10 years younger!

    Gosh, you must be young. My last licence was issued in 1992 when I moved house, and I'll next need to renew it in 2034.
    Photo driving licenses have to be renewed every 10 years. 🤔
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Yeah, every 10 years since they brought in the photocard licence. I did have the old paper one until either I got my first house or moved to my current place and had to renew. The photocard comes in really useful as a ready source of ID if needed though. Part of my recent panic is that I'm flying to Edinburgh in a few weeks and whilst no passport is needed some approved photo ID is and both my driving licence and passport expire before I travel. It was unlikely I'd get a new passport in time at whilst it looks like you can use one up to 5 years after it expires from the Easyjet website for this purpose I didn't want to risk it.

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