Domitianus

Well said DE, I agree with much of what you say. I had to get money wired to my account from the US and with Wollwich they could just go into the computer and get me my SWIFT code or whatever it is. It took me several visits to Barclays to be able to obtain the same information and meant that my transfer of funds was highly inconveniently delayed. Barclays is meant to be a leading high street bank but it is just one inconvenience after another. I am still livid that they gave me a new account without the basic functionality of my old one - I am referring to something as simple as a Debit card.

Name your price and dish the dirt!

I can play the pia-pia-piano, piano, piano! Pian-pia-piano, pia-piano! Actually I can't!

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I will be taking Tanya Streeter, world champion > free diver. > > http://www.divernet.com/data/images/1205_iconic_ki > t_05.jpg > > > Her diving capabilities will come in handy. Have you seen the size of her flippers?????

Can DM start posting details of her sex life please so we can contrast the self-professed Chav with Posh Tottie? I bet DM is far more filthy than CWALD when she actually gets down to it.

My first ever visit to a WS was in Croydon, I was fascinated by the studied naff-ness. I still find them wonderful in the same sense as one might visit a really crap seaside B&B just to experience the stereotyped awfulness and be assured that such places do exist.

rifleman harris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > People telling me about a conversation they had > with somebody and they say "So she turned round > and said....so i turned round and said...and then > phil turned round and said". Does that mean they > were all facing away from one another in the first > place? Perhaps they were all staring at their mobile phones, held at arm's length as they shouted at them?

mightyroar Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree with you about the evenings. > > But a lot of this thread is castigating anyone who > takes their kids to the pub (or even on the bus) > at all. > And attempting to make some kind of joke about > it. > > > must be lovely and quiet up there on that child > free moral highground. If there is child-free high ground (moral or otherwise) please point me towards it and I will gone like a shot.

Good to hear you are back in the saddle :))

I went into Barclays today to lodge a cheque (can this be done online? perhaps it can!) and to make matters worse, those boxes full which are meant to be full of free pens were completely empty!!!

Women who put their mobile phone at the bottom of their handbags and then rummage through it in desperation whilst everyone else has to listen to some preposterous ring-tone. Ladies, if you have a mobile phone, consider the possibility that it might actually RING!!???!?!!!

I have become a bit of an oyster freak recently. They are absolutely magic!

Hey, I know, but I do require an XL tube for my nether regions.

Deep Heat smeared over the bod and a swill of lighter-fluid. Cheap and cheerful evening in!

dulwichmum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dear Bob and Cassius, > > Thank you so much for kindly pointing the > offending public houses out to me. Indeed I have > never been in them and will never ever darken > their doors now for sure! Another reason to frequent Wetherspoons. We can avoid sprogs AND DM!

Those who contribute to the school that arguments are won by volume.

Have you been watching Withnail and I?

SteveT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It can also be your enemy char1ie as i've found > out on two seperate ocassions now, hence why I now > only visit a branch! > > Louisa. > > I was considering banking on line though not so > sure now, do you have any inclination to elucidate > Louisa? I would love to elucidate Louisa. Just give me a time and place.

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The response to the squirting or the thread? Both or either >:D<

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Only if i'm coming Guessed that toots. How has the response been?

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 40 something white women of chavvy origin? > > It's very difficult to talk quietly into your > mobile on a packed bus and I've done that before > to try to say what it was I wanted to say without > the whole bus being able to hear. The phenomenon I am referring to is more related to people standing in public places, holding their phone in front of them and shouting at them as if the person him/herself was present. I always wonder how the person in question can hear what the other party might be trying to get in with while they are mouthing off. Old ladies with mobile phones???? You are taking the piss. Or are all those hearing aids really discrete Bluetooth headsets?

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > would be interested to know if there are any > parents on here who take their kids to pubs / bars > in the evening. what do parents think of people > talking about inappropriate subject matter around > their kids? it seems to me that pubs are adult > spaces, where adult conversations take place, but > many people may feel the need to self-censor if > there are children close at hand. > Hear hear! > I'm not saying I have the mouth of a fishwife > (although sometimes I do), but I want to be able > to swear if I feel like it, or make like Sex and > the City and discuss the finer points of my sex > life if I so choose.

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have these views/opinions/grumbles been mentioned > to Barclays/Wooliwich? I mean officially? Would > be interesting to know their response :-) Might as well talk to a tree I suspect. I saw one old lady in the queue close her account. The girl asked her why she wanted to do so (politely, I must say) and the lady stated that she did not like Barclays and did not want to bank with them. This explanation was accepted without batting an eyelid and no further clarification was asked for. I see little point in writing a letter of complaint in order to simply received a smoothly crafted response full of platitudes. Banks/insurance companies/airlines = barstewards!

Ladygooner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I went in to Shaun's DIY near the station on > Saturday (used to be Terry's DIY) - all the staff > in there were very helpful. They had lots of > customers in whilst I was waiting and all left > well satisfied. I bought a torch in SHaun's yesterday and the young chap who served me happily climbed up and down his ladder to show me a good selection. When I bought batteries to go with it they knocked a little off the price. Well done to Shaun's.

I was formerly a customer of Woolwich and frankly the change to Barclays has been nothing short of a nightmare. I agree that the Woolwich branch was friendly, helpful and had short queues. Barclays staff may do their best but the ethos of the bank as a whole is frightful. When all Woolwich customers were shifted across to Barclays the new account I was given had no Electron or Switch facility which was a major inconvenience for me. Also, Barclays now charge for issuing counter cheques whereas Woolwich always had the option to waive such charges if the customer did not operate a current account. Also the quesues i Barclays are atrocious. I would love to close my Barclays account and tell them why but, frankly, the hassle of moving is just too much bother. In short - Barclays stinks!