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Authentication that uses the mobile network as one of its props is useless for many. Mobile reception is just too hit or miss. Most of the time there is no usable or reliable reception so all transactions would be prone to fail. Add in the risk of SIM card changing by crooks and the whole shebang starts to fall apart. I guess if you had an otherwise unknown mobile used only for finance; something could be worked out. However it is unlikely that I would seek to deal with my finances in a location chosen only because it had mobile access; bus shelters anyone?
Having said that I do start to worry about the capabilities of TSB to ever get its mess sorted out, or should I say its misguided Spanish parent to realise what a major screw up they have wrought. While it is not for me to suggest that they are amateurs, they are not. They have done this sort of thing before, but with smaller banks in different fields.
All in all the effect will be to polarise people into those who will continue as they were with internet banking via and those who feel that the risks, complexities and threats are too much for them to handle. We now have stark evidence of those risks being publicised every day by TSB’s victim customers.
Personally this is a shame, I had wondered about transferring from the branch of NitWit bank that I have used since the 1960s to TSB and the idea was front of mind only a few days before Sabadell started their train wreak. I had a previous relationship with the Lloyd’s now TSB in the village/town* and had found it convenient. The staff were friendly and helpful.
*It is really only a village but has a town charter.
After problems with my wife’s car and its battery going flat I set up a rota to take the car out every Sunday morning to give a bit of air time and battery time, Sunday was no exception and was out for about an hour. Nice quiet roads early on a Sunday so I did about 40 miles and gave it an hour’s run all good and kosher. I did a bit of shopping and then contemplated the grass, not having a sheep or goat it has been getting on with growing. We had thunder the night before but the amount of rain was barely enough to worry a tissue paper hat so the outside was hot and humid with bright light. Ideal grass growing weather. I was urged to at least cut the rear larger lawn before the promised rain arrived. That was an unpleasant experience and the threatened rain did not arrive even over night. The night was not great my wife was disturbed, I was disturbed and the threat of rain had kept the windows minimally open meaning that the room was not comfortable until independence was declared about 03:30 this morning and widows were opened. On nights like these we really miss air-conditioning.
On a brighter note, we stopped having any alcoholic drinks just before the chemo was to start, my consumption went to zero and the evening snack habit went away, the impact on my weight has been very beneficial though that may not be sustainable at 5.5lbs per week.
Bob, with all this activity I guess your weight has not had much chance to recover from the hospital stay and operation induced loss – though that is too brutal a route to loss for my tastes.
Tippon, a very clear account at which I was only hinting. He comes across as the sort of human driftwood that makes problems for others to clear up while serving no useful purpose. I am sure he could find a home in any bunch of thugs you would care to call to mind. If his ‘supporters’, (to support something would you not need enough though thought processes to make a choice?) have too much money, perhaps it is best that they give it to the legal system rather than the brewers. Of course better charities do exist.
To grace him with a political position is really pointless, he and his clan do not deserve that label. Anarchists could be a fitting epithet though trouble maker and rabble rouser is more apt.
That spay could tempt me to dumb out aged Brown leather couch for a dark cloth (I’m not sure cloth is the right term) couch. I hate leather, but with kids (and now dogs), a soft material couch doesn’t last. Our current settee is 13, which isn’t a bad inning considering 5 kids got brought up, and the dogs like it. But with something like this, the dream of a non leather couch may well be ignited again.
We went the other way, a 40 year old suite and another 30 plus year old suit, both fabric covered, were recently dumped in favour of one leather set up. I do not expect to buy another one any time soon and almost certainly not in this lifetime. Cars likewise, one 17 year old, one 18 year old have both gone, the little runabout has cloth seats and they are a bit worn but nearly 100,000 miles have passed by, so some excuse there. Both new cars are claimed to be leather, but honestly, I feel seat design and state of wear are as important as the fabric.
As Ed said the chip wrapper press has reported quite widely and they appear freely available. While the chip wrapper boys and girls do not have a perfect record for accuracy, it is clear that there is no restriction on access to the news. The Independent, (other papers/outlets also write him and his up) state that he is no longer welcome on Twitter. Research the matter, read and decide for yourself on his positions and ’causes’, then hope you will not end up on affected Jury. Some of us believe we are too old and are thus safer.
This is a challenging one to discuss, shall we say he has form in a number of different fields. He appears to have become rather interested in sex abuse trials and his activities have attracted previous attention including ‘earning’ a suspended sentence for contempt of court.
His history of activities are (still for the moment) available via a Google search and either make bad reading, or chart his support for a limited range of causes. His ‘live report’ on one case was not entirely connected with reality, he claimed verdicts were due on Friday though court sources said the case was still in progress. It concerned 9 defendants who are supposed to obtain a fair and legally valid hearing.
A bit of investigating suggests he and his people are building platforms and seeking both nails and planks, but cases should be judged on their merits. Given the nature of the activities I am not surprised that you encountered linked cases. They are a great way to foster the idea of a conspiracy and victimhood.
I wonder if you can hear the drive being parked and restarted while it is not the primary drive? My machine has several drives that are not really active and for the most part have only old and possibly orphaned data from previous uses. They quite often spin down and park before starting up again with a whine.
Sorry about the ANPR gate troubles, I cannot claim to be a great fan of those set ups, they always feel as though they are on the edge of failure as you found. The local hospital just gave us a paper, that I then copied and laminated. We just stick that on the dashboard and get on with sorting other things out.
As for the chemo, that appears to have started as one might wish, my wife is taking the different back up tablets, needs the sickness one in the morning and has changed the various other plans as scheduled. She started the injections last night and so far that appears to have gone well.
The plumbing night mare was another story. So Wednesday was chemo day, Thursday was exploding tap day and Friday was try to get a replacement and fit it day. The first stage was not too impossible, we knew we needed a tap ASAP and messing about seeking the ideal item was off the agenda, availability was everything. The original was fitted 20 or so years ago when I was younger and without the wear and tear I have collected. The first issue was getting into the cupboard, the second was sorting out the isolator valve that would not turn. So plan A was to replace the darned thing, one shopping trip later my plan was ready. I stopped the water to the whole house and tried to remove the valve. It was one of the older style two piece valves and, while the top half compression nut easily undid, the second did not, the body came undone instead. So at least I could now work the shut off valve and free it up. Then using a modicum(?) of potable water plumbers mate I rebuilt the valve refitted the thing and checked for leaks. I normally dislike working in cupboards, but the number of pipes and devices made access ‘super challenging’ but Friday’s 5 hour battle was finally won. Saturday was a day of rest and then one day I should be able to move my left arm once more, I now have a saucer sized bruise on the upper left arm as a memento of the work.
OH, and just for a dash of extra flavour, yesterday disabled daughter had a supper scale melt down, really not what anyone wanted or needed.
This is a feature they activated by accedent.
That would be my reading, many, (most) mobiles can do such things as a result of wrong touches, so why not words as well. I guess the story and the headline did not totally align?
Thank you Stevie P, we will just have to keep on trucking.
Yesterday’s ‘bit of fun’ was not connected to the treatment in anyway, but a kitchen mixer tap was very stiff. I sprayed it with silicon spray and all was well once more. Then yesterday, little bits of tap came out so another unwanted job to fix via a new tap. I have shut off one isolator but the other will not, for the moment move. I can isolate the thing but will try again later so that the old can be removed and a new one can be fitted. It was all so much easier about 20 years ago when I fitted the tap.
I am not sure that the Alexa story has me as worried as perhaps it should, I see no personal need or interest in such a device. I am also a bit surprised at the way Alexa ab-reacted. I had not seen similar reports in the past and wondered why this device had ended up with a configuration that caused the issue. I should expect that someone somewhere will be taking more than a passing interest in the how and why this arose.
That said, I am not surprised that a ‘room bug’ was able to perform that way, in essence that is what bugs do. I imagine that an unfortunate combination of ‘Hey’ + ‘Alexa’+ ‘call whoever’ could easily result in similar events.
OK Google either looks up unwanted and unconnected on the internet or tries to call a wrong number, never what I wanted it to do. I abandoned trying to get it to work as I wanted. One example; ‘OK Google, call home’.
Google answer; ‘You want to speak to someone in the Home Office?’
Or it gives some similar nonsense response.
Was there ever any basis for discussion between fat boy slob and the one who some thought better than Hilary?
The art of negotiation no longer appears to be understood in much of the world, generally it does mean that both sides need to be able to slide their positions in pursuit of something better. Fat boy being, (in his eyes) an anointed god is not capable of negotiation. As for captain haircut, he probably realised there was no percentage in it to help his bank balance any more.
Thank you again to all who responded.
JCD, that was a pretty gruelling schedule, perhaps not made worse by having no dependencies but a very long hard day. Glad that the Marsden gave you one reason for a thumbs up. Adverse reactions are not good. We were significantly worried that a repeat of anaphylaxis might ‘liven’ up the proceedings, but happily there was no such problem this time.
I forget who spoke about the steroid effect on talking, but today it is understood a little more clearly, if you catch my drift.
Thank you.
Someone said that we were lucky in Wales – free hospital car parking. True. When you had to pay you could find spaces to park, now that it’s free the ones I have been to are jam packed and probably not all of the ‘visitors’ are patients – far too many ‘car sharing’ and using the hospital free car park as a meeting place. The law of unintended consequences?
Think yourself lucky; here most people have to pay for the hospital car park except that some do not because there are no spaces. The car park nearer to the town is cheaper and usually has spaces available. Hospital parking is very much a distress purchase and has to be prepaid and thus could be over paid for the time needed, while the cheaper town car park is pay only for the time used on completion.
I can see how that is a gruelling run and why the parking becomes an ever increasing issue as time goes on. Steve’s solution of dropping his wife and driving off to somewhere more distant is not always an option, sometimes the
victim, sorry patient needs assistance on arrival, during the procedure and post arrival.I hate and do not trust those park and hope ANPR set ups as the exit camera can sometime miss you going – I had that happen at a Tesco shop (Southend if you are interested) where the car park gained a new exit, but without an exit spotting camera. I am not sure how a brain-dead simple camera set-up can deal with the case of a visitor who arrives, finds no spaces and leaves again. Unless there is a ‘minimum parking time’ calculation to allow drives through, it cannot work reliably. There is supposed to be an instruction board, and it is NOT supposed to be flat on the roof of a 12 story building and only visible to high flying aircraft passengers.
I got my mates of Ebay, they are thicker, and better looking with the offical GTC badge (cough copy right rip off) , and colour match. All 4 for £30 iirc. After 40k, only a bit of wear where my right heal sits. However it’s double layers in that area, like a sacrificial bit. I’d never by oem set. It’s like the boot net, dog guard, the cup holder ashtray etc.. All overpriced crap. The only ‘extra’ that does make me think ‘maybe’ is bootliners. But even then it would have to be a car that a dog can travel in lake some hatches, or an estate. My current set up is the sit on the back seat with doggy seat belts (a lead with a male seat belt buckle on.) If they are dirty a blanket out the boot is chucked across the seats. Luckily my dogs don’t malt. One of the reasons we choose them. I spent my youth hoovering stirs everyday. 3 German sheps, I’m not repeating that.
My floor mat in the old car is about worn through after 97,000 miles, a boot liner was only ever used to take the dying Labrador on his final journey when the cancer got his brain.
Otherwise they were a bit slippery for dogs.Steve, never get a husky, their main purpose in life is to turn food into moulting fur within hours. You can brush a husky four times a day, (if you have the time) even when it is not ‘shed time’ when fur gets dumped not just moulted.
Thanks Bob It says that chemo-Radio patients get a reduction. At this stage we only have an appointment for the Oncologist. In affect the pre run was only a run. When she does see the Oncologist we will park in a car park and pay on exit, she has chemo at another hospital and as your hospital chemo patients don’t pay. This hospital doesn’t do radio therapy, or it would be no problem with parking. Richard She has had the picc since January, the hair came out after the second chemo, she has the wig but prefers the hat and scarf. The hats are a bit much for her while the sun is out. The next Chemo (6th) is her last then she goes onto Radio Therapy. Hence the change of hospital and the parking difference.
That makes it all clear, there is some emotional investment many women feel about items such as hair. Thought she wanted to continue as before with false hair if necessary, but with hair. So she got the wig matched to her hair before anything happens. there is a slight softening of that feeling as she also bought the hats, in case they are more comfortable – I suspect they may be more useful at the end of the day.
I can see your problem with the parking at the new site. I do not know if radiotherapy will come on my wife’s agenda or where it could be, only time will tell.Most services are at the same site, so the oncologist the chemo, blood tests, dispensing, etc. are all there. The current hospital pass is till mid December, so things might change by then. In the past I parked off site across the road(s) in the town centre, it is cheaper. However, now things are changing, especially the available time to get things done. So where possible I use a different hospital for my blood tests, etc. as parking is easier, cheaper and if you choose your times, the service is faster. Time does become a serious issue when you are packing a number of appointments into the week, last week it was 6, this week it looks like ‘only’ being four, but they are all on two days.
The (real) one I enjoyed was in an orthopaedic hospital. One patient had a constipation issue and was given a suppository. After the nurse left her shift and several hours later, he was rather sick.
In the morning he called the nurse over and explained in a very hushed voice,
Patient; ‘Oh nurse, I ought to tell you, you put the suppository the wrong way round.’
Nurse; ‘There is no right or wrong way round.’
Patient: ‘Are your sure about that as I think you are wrong as it had the wrong effect. After it was inserted I was sick as a dog last night.’
Bob, too right though it does not making parking spaces available… Apparently with ‘our lot’ you just stick the card, (well paper) on the dashboard and you can park in any available space. You do not register a car at all as sometimes a different ‘helper’ might be acting as driver.
I have made a copy and laminated both the original and the copy as I suspect there will be a considerable amount of use racked up, – four visits since the pre-assessment. It does offer a big help and should be available to assist anyone with this issue. It is hard enough with all the visits anyway.
Take a strong case or bag for the paperwork… It will grow as the visits go ahead. It is well worth reading through it all as there are all sorts of nuggets of help, interest and guidance – well my wife’s bundle does anyway. She now has the wig, scarves/hats and the PICC waterproof on order.
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