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I posted in the Irritated thread a few weeks back, about the frustration encountered in trying to get hold of benefits for Dad.
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He's going to get £79.15 a week. Over £4k extra a year. It was well worth it. Mum is made up, gave me a big kiss and thanked me. Dad told Mum that the money was in the bank when he checked their account this morning, but he didn't know what it was so he didn't say anything. He thanked me when specifically prompted. I'm not offended, it just shows more clearly than anything how he deals with unexpected occurrences by simply accepting them as part of life. So I'm very very happy I made the effort.
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Well done, Sundae. You are a good daughter.
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We have to go back, Kate!
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Yey, way to go Sundae
![]() Glad Sundae-Papa and Sundae-Mama are getting the extra. They deserve it. They've paid their whole lives for it, and the state is getting a bargain deal with it. @ clodfobble: I think I may have been partially responsible for that Community addiction ... I did evangelize the show on here whilst at the height of my own addiction:p It is teh awsum. I have a little happy to share: Audible recently (the past year I think) started allowing returns/refunds on books if members decide they don't like them or chose the wrong book or whatever. After so enjoying Peter F Hamilton's epic space opera (Pandora's Star -Judas Unchained- The Void Trilogy) I was looking for something with a similar hit, and happened across one that sounded quite good, and with the same narrator as Hamilton's. yey! Got the first one....tried to get into it, but just couldn't. Didn't click. Characters seemed two dimensional and 4 hours into the 30 hour book I decided enough was enough. When I tried to return it it came up as 'eligible' in my orders but instead of taking me to the refund screen I got a popup telling me to 'Let us help you find a new book: call our customer support team on xxxx' I thought: shit...I've done this returns thing too much and they've withdrawn the service... So, I called the number and spoke to an advisor, told him what had come up on screen. He said not to worry he'd sort out the return and credit my account with a book credit, then asked why I'd decided to return it. So I told him all about the previous book I'd really enjoyed and how this had the same narrator, and that I'd given it almost 4 hours and just wasn't enjoying it at all. In fact, I'd realised at one point that I was practically treating it as a chore, going and listening to half an hour in the hope it wold eventually start to draw me in. He commiserated with me on my experience and apologised (not that this was audible's fault lol) and then said he wold credit my account with two book credits! Awesome. very glad I phoned ![]()
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Sundae, that's fantastic. Good job.
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Houston TX
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Just got an update from Amazon that my Google Chromecast has shipped after a 3 1/2 week delay and will arrive on Wednesday as long as the UPS plane doesn't crash.
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Someone has offered to do the genealogy for my dad's family for basically nothing.
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We have to go back, Kate!
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![]() Toby Longworth is an excellent narrator. I've had some of his stuff before. In fact he did one of the Void trilogy.
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Glatt is a seer.
You will get the help that you need, when you need it.
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I received an offer today for work next year (when I finish my program), allowing me operational oversight of the practice and profit-sharing ... basically giving me backing to set up practice and GO. Just a few details to tweak but nothing major.
Now I just need good news from the gyne-oncologist, either tomorrow (i.e. nothing to worry about at all) or after some surgery (assuming the pathology is benign). Good news ... does it come in threes like bad news? I hope so. ![]()
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We have to go back, Kate!
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Oh that's smashing news ortho! You deserve good things now.
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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Excellent!
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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WTG!!
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