Morning all. Been awake since 7.50 this morning and on my first day off too
Aw! Is that force of habit with so many early starts lately? I think all the late finishes I've had in recent months is why I'm not sleeping properly.
This hasn't been a good 24 hours for getting decent sleep! It was going up to 5 by the time our doggie finally settled enough for me to go to bed, and the dratted gas meter chap rang the bell at 8am ...dogs barked and woke me up! Then I got woken again at 9 by a delivery sent to our address by our daughter in law as she's as work!!!
So, by the time I got up at 10am, I'd have managed perhaps 4 hours altogether!
That's what I'd do. I think FT class them as electronic parts or components on the CN22 don't they - not got an old FT package to hand at the moment.
Yes, on the CN22 it states Electronic Component and gives the value at $6.10 - weight 0.129.
I know it's the law for UK companies to cover the return postage if items are DOA, not sure about China though. But from what I've read FT are usually pretty good with returns, if a little slow.
Tracked is around £10, cheapest economy is around £3.60
They say they want quotations for cheapest ones both tracked & none tracked to Hong Kong (not Singapore as return address shown on label suggests), so unless the online ones will suffice, it means someone having to go to the post office, bring it back, me send info to FT & wait for their response, me pack it up to go, someone to go to the post office and fill out the CN22 & post it. Then we hold our breath & hope it gets there!
There's dire warnings about declarations being fully correct or things will end up back with the sender for non-compliance. Perhaps our own customs/postal service are stricter or more vigilant than Singapore/Hong Kong.
I've pointed all this out to them, plus the fact that three trips back and forth will add to the cost of returning the item, and asked why they cannot, according to their own knowledge of weight, size etc., produce a printable returns label with customs details already dealt with.
I think that once those iSticks get here (not in todays post despite being in the UK two days) - hopefully working! - I won't buy anything else electronic from them!
It's cos the guys at work are dopey bus drivers that torque everything down too tightly
A few of them put their toppers on that tight, they actually break the tank
Ah! that would take some force!
Hope your doggy's feeling better today Trisha. Nothing worse than a poorly animal. Our last dog had a lot of ear problems and he'd keep us awake some nights because of it.
Yes thanks, she's a lot better - bit quieter than usual, but better and eating again. She hadn't settled until the birds were singing! So I'm tired ...both of them woke me barking at the meter reader needing to be up the side path early this morning, and my first thought at hearing her was 'Good, she's OK' - and I went back to sleep for an hour.
This big black one is one of the biggest standard poodles in the country ...not the stereotypical skinny little thing with a silly haircut ...a proper hunting dog built like a little tank! She's 31KG. the breeder has deliberately bred them to the old standard for the breed, and Sophie's Dad is the biggest one in the country, and a Crufts champion. She's very special to us - and a giant size copy virtually of the medium size one we lost two weeks after my Dad died. To say I absolutely adore her is an understatement.
My Dad was a huge fan of Elvis the Pelvis
I didn't like the look of him at all!
Isticks back in stock at FT.
Just thought Trish might like another half a dozen
Hmm!
hi and thanks for the pm bob I have just got a laptop that I can use in hospital I have been bounced around the hospitals all over the country and I am back in my home town now and I have had the news that I should be able to go home on Monday if there is no complications
Good to hear from you Ron! Glad you're 'mending', and you'll no doubt be very glad to get back home!
It's not nice when our little friends are not well, hope she get's better soon
Thanks - we've had our share of serious illness with a couple of our dogs in the past 10 years, but apart from the seizures when the groomers come, she's a very fit and strong dog. So is the small one.
I liked most of his records, just didn't like the bloke himself
Yes - there's a few I liked, and perhaps if I'd never actually seen him, may have liked more!
That's Terry on fire at 36mg
Ohhh! ...think I'd prefer a Christmas pudding
HELLO RON ,
Glad to hear you are A-okay, we were starting to fear the worst, especially as Tom had said nothing as well, I even rang the hospital nearest to where you live but they just said you weren't there.
thanks bob they bounced me all over the country I cannot wait to get home as with all the moves they have lost my batteries so I am having to use a ego 650 and starting to get bored with it they lost all my 18650 and 18350 batteries so I have my mods and no batteries but I hope to be able to sort something soon Tom cannot help as with the Iraq war he was called away and he had no notice at all and that is why I lost touch with the forum
We have 4 hospitals
James Cook University Hospital
North Tees Hospital
Guisborough Hospital
Nuffield Private Hospital in Norton and this is the one I was in
You'd think with the NHS database costing the taxpayer such a phenomenal sum, they'd be able to track one patient within the system.
Never mind, at least you're OK Ron!
