Keef

Big Sam gone, no big surprises there.

Didn't take them to court, wrote a letter loosely based on a "which" template, but far better sounding even if I do say so myself. They then sent my a huge pile of statements, and requested an itemised request. I spent a couple of hours going through the statements, then sent them a long list with date, amount, description. Example 14th May 2005 - Overdraft fee - ?80.00 16th June 2005 - Card misuse fee - ?30.00 and so on... After sending that, they took a fair while to come back to me (a good couple of months), but in the end it was great. I'd claimed a total not much over ?2k, and they sent a ltter saying that whilst they were absolutely sure they'd beat me in a court, they would offer me ?2k... Can't have been that confident of beating my. Simple as that, 5 working days later it was credited to my account. Happy Days. Will look at First Direct then.

I like music on in bars, but not really DJs. EDT is a pub I like, but have avoided many many times because I've known that as soon as I go in there on a weekend evening, my conversation is finished due to stupidly loud music for a venue that size!

I know I know, I should change, it's just one of those things you don't get round to. Martin Lewis is recommending an online current account with Alliance & Leicester. Have just opened a joint one, but waiting for the stuff in the post to make it active. Never fancied First Direct because I thought they were part of HSBC. Am I wrong there?

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Confession time: sometimes, all I want is a good, honest to jaysus proper white loaf. Toasted. With butter. Er, you say that like it's something to be a bit ashamed of... :-S Add strawberry jam for a sweet snack!

For the record, I hate Die Hard, except the one with Samuel L Jackson in it.

I do think there are boys films and girls films i.e. Die Hard - Love Actually. However, to put drama in the girls film bracket doesn't say a lot for us boys, and where would one put a film like This is England, or Blood Diamond?

Night Fever - Bee Gees

Young Ursula Andres in white bikini.

I never actually had any problem with The Forresters, it was a bit rough, but I have got a few fond memories. Also, really don't like the way Dee was just shot down/dismissed... And you wonder why people can feel bitter sometimes. Aaaanyway, changing the subject.

peckhamboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Would you rather have been hit with another charge > (and interest) for going overdrawn? You don't seriously think they didn't charge me as well do you?

You're probably right there. I love Sir Humphrey, absolute genius!

BarryMarshall you are spot on with the bus comments!!! Cassius Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The McCanns - any sympathy I may have once felt for them is now gone - Maddie The Movie - and who is going to star as them - Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz (sorry we've already had that combo!)? To be fair, it would be made documentary style if at all. However, I have to agree that these people are really really annoying, and I have started to believe that Maddie just ran away to avoid having to listen to any mopre of their absolute drivle.

It was nice, paid off the biggest bar tab ever and cleared the credit card... Not particularly exciting I know. Annoyingly, they're still hitting me with charges whenever I put a foot wrong. They are thieving scum! Worst of all, I had some wedding money in a spare account waiting for Mrs Keef and I to get our acts together and open a joint account. I then went a bit over my limit on my current account, and they took it upon themselves to move some of the wedding money in to the current account! I couldn't believe the fecking cheek of it!

Yes you can, Up the junction - Spueeze

I don't even know what a numpty is! Hmm, it would seem that Numpty is a jock work for an idiot, so I can safely say that I am not a numpty.

Funnily enough, I was watching a great episode of Yes Prime Minister last night, and it was about the foreign office being a complete rule unto themselves. Piers' last post just made me think how little has changed.

Do they really believe that Ajax and the Dutch league are still great? Bless them.

Seriously, I'd love a good tattoo parlour. Never heard of this new outfit.

Love of my life - Queen

Get a band!

Yeah definitely hold off. I got ?2k back from HSBC last year, and it was so easy, but they still wouldn't admit that they had actually done any wrong. A friend tried a month or 2 later, and got a letter saying he'd get nothing, as all the banks were getting together on this... Fingers crossed for the test case!

My first registered post was about house prices, but I made a couple of unregistered ones which I can't find. It all sems so long ago now.

Was Gulf war 1 Maggie or Major?

Little by little - Oasis