Out and About

LEO. .....Rescued from 100 miles out to sea.

Abi with us all week on school holidays and yesterday we went to Jorvik Museum York.

York was jam packed - never seen it so busy - I thought we were supposed to be broke.

Today, was a chillax type of day.

This aft. I had a very quick 15 minute look up the local fields where

a Kestrel, a Little Owl and 36 Small Gulls were seen.

3 further Kestrels were seen later, 1 along Bradshaw Lane, 1 opposite the Raggalds (Queens Head) and 1 near the trailer park as we approached Shelf.

A Buzzard was over Oats Royd this morning.

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As old age 'approaches' and as some old geezer , that I don't recognise, keeps looking back at me from the mirror.... things take a downward turn....

Happy birthday to my bank card, which must be 5 years old, because Virgin Money sent me a nice new one.

Being a careful chap, I took the old card from my wallet and dropped it on the hearth stone.

Then I carefully signed my new card and put in the wallet.

Next, taking scissors in hand , I destroyed the old card as instructed.

Time Passed.....

At Tesco, shelf, Filling Station  I went to put £70 of liquid gold into Sue's flying saucer.

I stuffed my new card into the machine, popped in my PIN and whirl, whirl - nothing.

Stupid Machine!

So I chose the 'pay in store' option and whacked up £69.00 in no time.

In store I stuffed my new card into the machine, popped in my PIN and whirl, whirl - nothing.

Stupid Machine!

Cue, Sue who had to take her older plastic out and pay up.

Time Passed.....

At home I phoned Virgin Money, after negotiation the 20 question menu, I waited a long 17 minutes (my telling bone counts the time of the call). I was then told "You have chosen the wrong option from the earlier options, I'll transfer you".

Time Passsed......

20 minutes later and with no one talking to me I hung up.

Stupid Machine!

Time Passsed......

After tea I logged on to my inter-web banking and within 10 seconds a nice lady started a 'live chat' with me and told me that my PIN needed to be reset and that I could do that at my local bank ATM.

Time Passsed......

At Virgin Money Halifax I inserted my card into the ATM and when I got to the reset option it disappeared up its own bottom again!

Stupid Machine!

A lovely lady called "Ruth" asked if I needed help and I said Yes.

Time Passed .... as I sat at a nearby desk as I related my long tale of woe and Ruth didn't fall asleep or even suppress a yawn.

Ruth looked at her computer and said:-

"Yes, I can see that you have been sent a new "Cottage Account" card - your main current account card is still relatively new.

OH! I  remember now, I have TWO cards don't I?

😫Stupid **************

Ruth continued in a nice relaxed manner.... 

It would appear that:-

1. You have cut up your perfectly good current account debit card. I will order you a new card.

2. The new Cottage Account card that we sent you has had that many goes with the wrong PIN that you are completely locked out from it and I will have to apply for a new PIN for you. It will arrive in the post.

3, I suggest that you turn that baseball cap you are wearing the other way around and wear it like that for the next week.

(No. 3 is not really true).

Signed.

Anon.

I really don't know where the time goes as I get older.

Now to upgrade this laptop to Window 11 - should be a breeze. I've half an hour free.