Was due to have a viewing around a lovely flat tommorow, for me and my girlfriend to move into short-term while we look for a house to buy. I had a call from the estate agents today to cancel my appointment as they've just accepted an application from another couple, so we miss out on a flat that would have been perfect for us! Boo!

Had a phone call from Nationwide yesterday. Apparently someone had tried (and failed) to use my bank details on-line in i-tunes, so they have had to cancel my card and issue me another one, which could take 5-7 working days, which buggers up trying to set up direct debits for my bills for my new flat! 

I suppose its good, cos it proves that my building society is checking up on things like this to protect my money, but it's still a bit of a pain in the you-know-what! 

The thing is, they only tried to spend £1.48!!!!! 

aww sorry to hear that MiB.

@Doc, as you said at least they are checking, better to have a little inconvience rather than a whole load of money stolen.

My rant seems pretty small but it is annoying, Since last night I keep getting this random shooting sharp pain in my right ankle? The is no constant pain and I can put pressure on the ankle and walk and run on it ok, but at random times I get the sharp shooting pain that not only hurts but is also very annoying.

its probablly the same cold bug, cause this one lasts 6 weeks off and on

My parents insist on leaving the heating on in this house but its a warm day so its really really stuffy here, and my cockatiels have now laid 5 eggs, so we will no doubt have a few baby cockatiels soon,itll be lovely to have them but i think we wont be able to cope as none of us are bird experts! Might have to take them to a bird sanctuary or a place that would be better for them..though i dont want to lose them :(.

I just a card through my door from the Royal Mail saying they couldn't deliver my parcel (presumably DVDs from the US) because there is a £13.35 custom charge to pay!!

This is the second time in 10 years I have been stung by the Customs but £13!!!

Still havent got my dvds.I usually get my dvds by airmail in 6-7 days from sensasia.Its now 14 days and counting.Either someone at the postal office is messing with my stuff or its delayed a little but its been sent for sure..Where the hell are they? :(...

Arggh!! They've done a last minute switch on the Iron Man screening and Press conference /Junket to tomorrow instead of Monday and as it's such short notice I can't go. Absolutely gutted, even more than missing out on Jessica.

Well, they put estimated delivery times to cover their backs and to allow for any problems, public holidays, etc. The fact they've usually been more efficient is just a bonus but sometimes you just have to expectto wait the full length of time.

And my spacebar keeps sticking.

It's like my best friend who is engaged is hitting on this girl that I'm really digging on and like she's saying one thing and he's thelling me another thing and it's totally confusing and it's fucked up.

Other than the general bird shit life is ok... :S

Turns out the problem must have been due to a Phishing website through IE. As I don't use that browser I found a setting to block phising sites. Since then no slow downs on Firefox.

DM - make sure that when you reboot that IE doesn't rest the phishing filter option like it just did for me.

support the truckers who are starting the fuel duty cut campaign - petrol is tooooo expensive im now paying £1.10,9 some thing MUST be done. or i will have to cycle to work or risk my sanity on the bus.

Just read on the news that the Government have released the figures on UK petrol prices. The actual amount of the price that is made up of tax is 58%! I knew it would be a lot but I didn't realise it was that much.

Without that tax and VAT we'd have the lowest prices in Europe for Diesel and the third lowest for unleaded. 58% is just disgraceful and completely unjustifiable.

They keep saying that they cost of oil has gone up by so many dollars but since we buy in pounds, the exchange rate currently being about $2 to £1, that should mean we get a good price. Instead it seems that Brown and the UK oil companies are paying the US price in pounds, taxing the public to get the difference back and keeping it for themselves.

Greedy Government!!

-- Edited by Man In Black at 21:36, 2008-05-29

Ill be back in england in 2 week....do i not like that :(..

So I've uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox and still it runs slow. The problem? Well it seems to be related to Windows. When explorer locks up and has to forces shut down, Firefox runs fine. But I have to wait for explorer to lock up...

then you need to contact the consumers council or trading standards for advice on re-dress

By "backlogged" do you mean that they are out of stock or they haven't got round to sending it out yet? Sometimes release dates get moved around which screws suppliers and retailers around.

I once pre-ordered a DVD from BlahDVD.com (UK site) that was due for release before Xmas 2005 and it didn't get released until June 2006!

Well then if they haven't a delivery yet then really, there is little you or they can do about it except either wait or cancel the order.

A week removed from Download and I wish I was back there :(

:O Mollison you dog you! I'm going to Bloodstock, we should totally have an impromtue CPC meet up

Have you e-mailed them to find out if their stock delivery has still been delayed? if so, there is your answer.

Bit miffed at the moment. Saw an ad in the News Shopper for a mob called Skills Train doing Web Design courses and it looked good and I thought it would shut them up at the Job Centre.

However they had little info on the web site - including the costs. So I requested more info through the site but instead of getting an e-mail or something through the post, I got a phone call and stupidly agreed to the local rep to come tomorrow for a chat.

I've just had a look around the web about them and this mob have a seriously bad reputation with overwhelming negative feedback for their poor and outdated course materials, lack of communication with and for seemingly being pricey to boot.

Unfortunately when I tried to ring them to cancel the appointment there was no answer, so I'll have to try again tomorrow and have a plausible excuse ready.

Arse Burgers!

Yes I'm going to try again tomorrow to cancel it by phone. If he still shows up or they'll ring again I'll just ignore them.