Back to Normal... More or Less
Now that the situation with Macavity has been (more or less) sorted, we can now finally get back to our normal operating proceedures. Which for the most part involve playing on the computer, writing and dealing with demands for money.
Or the other way round, as the case may be. Remember back in August, when we decided we weren't going to take the bank draining Nick's account like a bloody vampire any more and wrote them a letter telling them they owed us £700? ( here)
Well yesterday we got a reply from them.
"Dear sir, yadda yadda, looked at your letter, sulk sulk, we don't like this new law so we're not going to abide by it, yah boo what are you going to do about it, thank you for writing."
So we're sending them a second letter, telling them in so many words that it doesn't matter if they don't like the law, it's still a law (imagine what would happen if we all gave that excuse to the police if we were caught doing anything illegal? "Sorry officer, but I just don't like having to stick to a speed limit...") and if they don't get back to us within seven days with the money, we're taking them to court. So there.
(Actually, it's going to be more like a month because we'd need to find the money to lodge the claim, and it might be a bit tight this month now, but they don't know that...)
I did try to post it today, but apparently there's been a run on stamps in the area, because all our local shops (ie. within a ten-minute walk) are completely out of them. I'm not quite sure what's going on there - did everyone decide to write to their Aunt Margaret at once or something?
Other than that things have been quiet, which is good. After the last few days we needed a day to unwind.
Or the other way round, as the case may be. Remember back in August, when we decided we weren't going to take the bank draining Nick's account like a bloody vampire any more and wrote them a letter telling them they owed us £700? ( here)
Well yesterday we got a reply from them.
"Dear sir, yadda yadda, looked at your letter, sulk sulk, we don't like this new law so we're not going to abide by it, yah boo what are you going to do about it, thank you for writing."
So we're sending them a second letter, telling them in so many words that it doesn't matter if they don't like the law, it's still a law (imagine what would happen if we all gave that excuse to the police if we were caught doing anything illegal? "Sorry officer, but I just don't like having to stick to a speed limit...") and if they don't get back to us within seven days with the money, we're taking them to court. So there.
(Actually, it's going to be more like a month because we'd need to find the money to lodge the claim, and it might be a bit tight this month now, but they don't know that...)
I did try to post it today, but apparently there's been a run on stamps in the area, because all our local shops (ie. within a ten-minute walk) are completely out of them. I'm not quite sure what's going on there - did everyone decide to write to their Aunt Margaret at once or something?
Other than that things have been quiet, which is good. After the last few days we needed a day to unwind.