My party
Niles
The open invite for uk.glbers to attend my birthday next month still
stands, and there is now a little more information available here:
http://www.niles.org.uk/partyinvitesnet.pdf
Just let me know if you are able to make it.
Cheers,
Alex
Robert Marshall
What do you mean 'next month'!? - I think it is still June - and I hope it
remains so for a few days - software release needed this month!
Robert
--
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Niles
<sp...@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>What do you mean 'next month'!? - I think it is still June - and I hope it
>remains so for a few days - software release needed this month!
In my mind it is already July, because I'm going away in July and have
shedloads to do before then!
n
Neil Matthews
Unfortunately, we have a prior engagement in Devon. :-(
Have a good one!
--
Neil Matthews in Cambridge
paul
>On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:13 Robert Marshall
><sp...@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>What do you mean 'next month'!? - I think it is still June - and I hope it
>>remains so for a few days - software release needed this month!
>
>In my mind it is already July,
That's four full days lost! Time will fly enough when you turn 40 (or
39 if that's what you decide).
> because I'm going away in July and have
>shedloads to do before then!
'Twould be really good to meet up but am still not sure yet.
--
paul (C) © 2008 is mine
beholder, eye of ... perspective, point of ...
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Gregoire Kretz
> Dear all,
Dear you,
> The open invite for uk.glbers to attend my birthday next month still
> stands,
Very sorry to have missed this one. How did it go?
And do you think you'll survive being 40?
Greg
--
There's no indication of what we were meant to be
Sucking up to strangers, throwing wishes to the sea
[No ficus = no spam]
Niles
Kretz) wrote:
>Niles <alex....@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>Dear you,
>> The open invite for uk.glbers to attend my birthday next month still
>> stands,
>Very sorry to have missed this one. How did it go?
No-one died.
>And do you think you'll survive being 40?
Unlikely, tbh.
n
Steve Fitzgerald
<alex....@zetnet.co.uk> writes
>>And do you think you'll survive being 40?
>
>Unlikely, tbh.
Think you've got problems... I'm 50 in 2 years :(
Where did the time go?
--
Steve Fitzgerald
Niles
wrote:
>Where did the time go?
The longer you live, the quicker time seems. 21 is apparently the
halfway point from a perception point of view. Just think how long
the school summer holidays used to be, compared to how quickly August
flies past these days.
n
Lyn David Thomas
Indeed.... life is elastic, think of when you were 6 and how long a day
lasted...
--
\/ Lyn David Thomas
Stephen M Baines
August? It only seems two seconds since June arrived.
--
Stephen M Baines
http://www.kitschcamppalace.org.uk
http://www.alledal.nu
Peter Corlett
[...]
> August? It only seems two seconds since June arrived.
I've only just about got the hang of the idea that it's 2008 now.
Steve Fitzgerald
<ab...@cabal.org.uk> writes
>> August? It only seems two seconds since June arrived.
>
>I've only just about got the hang of the idea that it's 2008 now.
It is? Where did 2000 go then?
--
Steve Fitzgerald
Lyn David Thomas
In the days when we wrote cheques it usually took to July for me to get
the hang of the year, still find myself saying 1998 etc...
Owain
> In the days when we wrote cheques
Do we not do that any more, then?
I always used to enjoy getting my 'special' cheques from Natwest, with
the British Birds on.
Owain
Lyn David Thomas
> Lyn David Thomas wrote:
>> In the days when we wrote cheques
>
> Do we not do that any more, then?
Once in a blue moon
>
> I always used to enjoy getting my 'special' cheques from Natwest, with
> the British Birds on.
Mmmm I remember them - also ones with nuclear reactors on etc...
Stephen M Baines
I put the wrong year on my visa application yesterday.
Stephen M Baines
> Lyn David Thomas wrote:
>> In the days when we wrote cheques
>
> Do we not do that any more, then?
Long gone in Sweden, everything is electronic. Even paying in a cheque
costs a fortune and it takes "up to 6 months" to clear!
> I always used to enjoy getting my 'special' cheques from Natwest, with
> the British Birds on.
I liked my Smile cheques. Very tasteful.
Peter Corlett
> costs a fortune and it takes "up to 6 months" to clear!
Those of us in the UK can only dream of them clearing so quickly :)
Lyn David Thomas
Back in the 18th Century Scottish banks could clear cheques from
anywhere in the country in two weeks.... we have come a long way (not).
Stephen M Baines
*chuckle* I actually post my cheques back to the UK for clearing, and
then PayPal the money to Sweden. Convoluted? Yes, but actually quicker
and cheaper than UK bank rates for international payments.
Neil Matthews
> Peter Corlett wrote:
>> Stephen M Baines <use...@kitschcamppalace.org.uk> wrote:
>> [...]
>>> Long gone in Sweden, everything is electronic. Even paying in a cheque
>>> costs a fortune and it takes "up to 6 months" to clear!
>>
>> Those of us in the UK can only dream of them clearing so quickly :)
>
> *chuckle* I actually post my cheques back to the UK for clearing, and
> then PayPal the money to Sweden. Convoluted? Yes, but actually quicker
> and cheaper than UK bank rates for international payments.
Open a Nationwide Flexaccount. You can draw money from overseas cash machines at close to
inter-bank exchange rates and NO foreign currency transaction charge which can be up to 3% with
your regular banks. Same with their visa credit card for purchases - no foreign transaction
charge and a very competitive exchange rate. I try to use only Nationwide cards when abroad now.
Long live the building society!
Lyn David Thomas
> Open a Nationwide Flexaccount. You can draw money from overseas cash
> machines at close to inter-bank exchange rates and NO foreign currency
> transaction charge which can be up to 3% with your regular banks. Same
> with their visa credit card for purchases - no foreign transaction
> charge and a very competitive exchange rate. I try to use only
> Nationwide cards when abroad now.
> Long live the building society!
A mutual - no shareholders external to their customers... a great model
for business.
paul
>Neil Matthews wrote:
>> Open a Nationwide Flexaccount. You can draw money from overseas cash
>> machines at close to inter-bank exchange rates and NO foreign currency
>> transaction charge which can be up to 3% with your regular banks. Same
>> with their visa credit card for purchases - no foreign transaction
>> charge and a very competitive exchange rate. I try to use only
>> Nationwide cards when abroad now.
>> Long live the building society!
Absolutely!
>A mutual - no shareholders external to their customers... a great model
>for business.
Yes indeed. Look at both Abbey and Halifax in their earlier days - and
then what happens when expansion and growth are put before experience
and stability...
paul
Back in the 1960s (and 70s and 80s) Town Clearing would get you two
clearings each day, noon and 'close of business' - i.e. 3.30pm - if your
branch was in the scheme and in certain parts of the City of London.
Lyn David Thomas
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:47 Lyn David Thomas <l...@cibwr.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Peter Corlett wrote:
>>> Stephen M Baines <use...@kitschcamppalace.org.uk> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> Long gone in Sweden, everything is electronic. Even paying in a cheque
>>>> costs a fortune and it takes "up to 6 months" to clear!
>>> Those of us in the UK can only dream of them clearing so quickly :)
>> Back in the 18th Century Scottish banks could clear cheques from
>> anywhere in the country in two weeks.... we have come a long way (not).
>
> Back in the 1960s (and 70s and 80s) Town Clearing would get you two
> clearings each day, noon and 'close of business' - i.e. 3.30pm - if your
> branch was in the scheme and in certain parts of the City of London.
That used to happen here as well, clerks going from branch to branch to
exchange equal volumes of cheques to mutually clear...
Progress...
Lyn David Thomas
>
>> A mutual - no shareholders external to their customers... a great model
>> for business.
>
> Yes indeed. Look at both Abbey and Halifax in their earlier days - and
> then what happens when expansion and growth are put before experience
> and stability...
>
But then as people know I am a great fan of mutuality and cooperatives...
Thanks to Neil I also bank at Nationwide...
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)
> Owain wrote:
> > Lyn David Thomas wrote:
> >> In the days when we wrote cheques
> >
> > Do we not do that any more, then?
>
> Once in a blue moon
Twice a year in my case! :)
--
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"The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never
have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle
Stephen M Baines
> On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:54 Lyn David Thomas <l...@cibwr.plus.com> wrote:
>> A mutual - no shareholders external to their customers... a great model
>> for business.
>
> Yes indeed. Look at both Abbey and Halifax in their earlier days - and
> then what happens when expansion and growth are put before experience
> and stability...
I was a Halifax customer for a very very long time. Once they floated,
they went down the toilet. I've been very happy with Smile (Co-op).
Mainly because they actually have customer service, and their internet
banking works well.