Slam Daniels

Ta very much, mate.

If anyone gets a spare invite, please PM it my way. Cheers

Single decker bus, left hand side, I was about five rows back! The bloke in Barclays was very condescending, said that there was nothing wrong with the account and he couldn't see what the call center were on about. Sorted out what she wanted there and then and asked if that was ok. Before she could say yes, I said no. I told him that I wanted to log a regulated complaint and wanted to know why we'd wasted our Saturday afternoon running round after them. You could tell that was the wrong answer. So now I'm waiting for a callback from Barclays and I'm expecting an apology, an explanation and some compo for ruining my Saturday afternoon. On the up side, I got to spend an hour in the Rat & Parrot supping Kronenburg Cold. Woohoo.

i know this, she went on first and confirmed security without a problem. on the bus now.

My girlfriend's just phoned Barclays to get a balance only to be told that her account had been 'deactivated'. I went on the phone to ask for an explanation and they said that they couldn't give me one due to the Data Protection Act. I asked them to hold, brought up a copy of the DPA and asked them to guide me to the section that precludes them from giving me an explanation. This made them panic a bit because I didn't blindly accept what they had said. They passed me on to a 'manager'. He told me that the account had indeed been deactivated and that my girlfriend would need to go down to the branch with ID. He also said that he wouldn't be able to put me through to someone with any idea of what was going on. So there we are... my girlfriend is stuck with no bank account over the weekend unless we go into town with her ID. Absolutely shocking customer service with them lying about not knowing why they've stopped the account. I've phoned the Chief Exec's office and asked for someone there to call me back on Monday. When she takes the ID into the Barclays branch today, we'll be walking straight into another bank and opening a new account there so she can move away asap. Anyone else think that their bank is full of dickheads? </rant>

Can we get someone who doesn't just enjoy Easy Listening on this thread?

Listening to Shine On You Crazy Diamond at the mo. Thoughts on Pink Floyd, anyone?

Win.

Following on from my shit breaking news post, what's the shittest news you've come across on the interweb? Provide linkage if possible. Couple Get Unwanted Sex Swap (from Oxford Mail)

In the space of ten minutes, I've just spotted seven police cars, 4 pairs of coppers patrolling the streets and the scientific support/forensic car down Walton Vale. Just waiting for the Echo website to fill me in on whatever's kicked off.

I think Torres could run even faster if he did that T1000 pointy-hands run.

At what point do you suddenly start signing your E-Mails with just your first initial? That really does my head in. e.g. See you tomorrow W

Pickled onion flavour? * puts coat back on, goes out to look for 24-hour petrol station *

YouTube - Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

I bent the rules a bit on this one... got my taxi home and then went along Walton Vale looking for kee-bab. Still bloody lovely though.

Kebab meat (also known as Experimental Protein 2993) is one of the key building blocks of life. It was discovered in 1967 by a scientist searching for penacillin. Seasonings vary, but commonly include tahini sauce, chili sauce and beans with mini sausages. Kebab meat purchased on a Saturday night whilst under the influence of alcohol still count towards your recommended one a day. (Extracted from Wikipedia)

Ric Flair Finance

OK Judge Joe Brown, I'm glad we've sorted that out. Hang on -- I don't give two shiny shits.

BOMBSHELL! BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

It's gone. I can't be arsed redoing it again. The fact is there's other sites doing the same thing and I haven't got the time to sit down and do a rewrite to make it better again.

Nay bad mate, just enjoying the breaking news service on TLW.

Should be interesting...

Was that stop quoting Rashid or stop quoting me? :smile:

So why didn't you just say that?

Blatant attention seeking.