Insurance rant (OT)

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"737flf" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Surely you mean the "Non-Cooperative Insurance Society" which took
>only 14 years, of wrangling through lawyers, to eventually pay out on
>a claim on my property.
>
>Alistair.

I've just received my brand new car insurance documentation from Norwich
Union and guess what?, they have done the same as CIS by setting up the
first payment on 30th October and not 3rd November.
Why don't these people listen?

However a quick phone call to NU has is sorted, I hope.


Steve.



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"Badger" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> "MVP" <mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 18:41:54 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
> >>news:[email protected]...
> >>
> >>> Deep fried mars bar no doubt - and NO vegetables.
> >>
> >>Ahem. Elgin, about 8 miles away from me, is actually the home of the
> >>deep-fried mars bar. It originated in the little chip shop next door to
> >>the
> >>Bonnie Earl pub. (a real spit-and-sawdust joint if ever there was one!)
> >>The
> >>story goes that 2 drunken RAF types staggered in one night and somehow the
> >>conversation turned towards what can and can't be deep fried, one of the
> >>lads says "I bet you can't deep fry a chocolate bar", to which the owner
> >>said "bet I can!" the rest is, as they say, history.
> >>Thankfully they've stopped it now and won't do it any more, but it was an
> >>interesting novelty while it lasted. Never tasted it myself, don't thin
> >>it'd
> >>have been all that nice to be honest.
> >>As for vegetables hugh, can you deep fry them as well??
> >>Badger.
> >>
> >
> > Potato is a vegetable ;o)
>
> Yebbut it normally comes fried, and I was referring to the funny green and
> red things. ;-)
> Badger
>
>

Pea fritters have been around for years, though you don't see them so
much these days.

Now deep-frying water held together with string (aka celery) would
could finally make worthwhile use of it..

Richard

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"beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In message <[email protected]>
> "Badger" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> "MVP" <mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 18:41:54 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
>> >>news:[email protected]...
>> >>
>> >>> Deep fried mars bar no doubt - and NO vegetables.
>> >>
>> >>Ahem. Elgin, about 8 miles away from me, is actually the home of the
>> >>deep-fried mars bar. It originated in the little chip shop next door to
>> >>the
>> >>Bonnie Earl pub. (a real spit-and-sawdust joint if ever there was one!)
>> >>The
>> >>story goes that 2 drunken RAF types staggered in one night and somehow
>> >>the
>> >>conversation turned towards what can and can't be deep fried, one of
>> >>the
>> >>lads says "I bet you can't deep fry a chocolate bar", to which the
>> >>owner
>> >>said "bet I can!" the rest is, as they say, history.
>> >>Thankfully they've stopped it now and won't do it any more, but it was
>> >>an
>> >>interesting novelty while it lasted. Never tasted it myself, don't thin
>> >>it'd
>> >>have been all that nice to be honest.
>> >>As for vegetables hugh, can you deep fry them as well??
>> >>Badger.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Potato is a vegetable ;o)
>>
>> Yebbut it normally comes fried, and I was referring to the funny green
>> and
>> red things. ;-)
>> Badger
>>
>>
>
> Pea fritters have been around for years, though you don't see them so
> much these days.
>
> Now deep-frying water held together with string (aka celery) would
> could finally make worthwhile use of it..

Never saw the point in eating something that used up more calories in doing
so than it gave you! Now, I s'pose if it were deep-fried and battered then
that would restore the calorie count.... hmmmm....
Badger.

On or around Wed, 5 Oct 2005 17:07:49 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>Never saw the point in eating something that used up more calories in doing
>so than it gave you! Now, I s'pose if it were deep-fried and battered then
>that would restore the calorie count.... hmmmm....


Diet food, innit. Live on celery and lose weight. Hmmm. perhaps I should
try it.
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"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Wed, 5 Oct 2005 17:07:49 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>>Never saw the point in eating something that used up more calories in
>>doing
>>so than it gave you! Now, I s'pose if it were deep-fried and battered then
>>that would restore the calorie count.... hmmmm....
>
>
> Diet food, innit. Live on celery and lose weight. Hmmm. perhaps I
> should
> try it.

haha, you and me both matey!
On second thoughts, pass me the sirloin!
Badger.

On or around Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:09:18 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On or around Wed, 5 Oct 2005 17:07:49 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>
>>>Never saw the point in eating something that used up more calories in
>>>doing
>>>so than it gave you! Now, I s'pose if it were deep-fried and battered then
>>>that would restore the calorie count.... hmmmm....
>>
>>
>> Diet food, innit. Live on celery and lose weight. Hmmm. perhaps I
>> should
>> try it.
>
>haha, you and me both matey!
>On second thoughts, pass me the sirloin!

yeah, life's too short.
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so beamendsltd was, like...
>
> Now deep-frying water held together with string (aka celery) would
> could finally make worthwhile use of it..
>
> Richard

I'm not sure that's a good idea. If tipping water into a hot deep-fat pan
is a bad idea (which it is), how can the addition of a few celery cells
wrapped around the outside of the water make it any safer?



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so Austin Shackles was, like...
>
> Diet food, innit. Live on celery and lose weight. Hmmm. perhaps I
> should try it.

If you live on celery and the like, you don't live longer. It just seems
like it.

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so Badger was, like...
>
> haha, you and me both matey!
> On second thoughts, pass me the sirloin!
> Badger.

And a fag.

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"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> so Badger was, like...
>>
>> haha, you and me both matey!
>> On second thoughts, pass me the sirloin!
>> Badger.
>
> And a fag.

Don't smoke.

Maybe I should start.......

Badger.

In message <[email protected]>
"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote:

> so beamendsltd was, like...
> >
> > Now deep-frying water held together with string (aka celery) would
> > could finally make worthwhile use of it..
> >
> > Richard
>
> I'm not sure that's a good idea. If tipping water into a hot deep-fat pan
> is a bad idea (which it is), how can the addition of a few celery cells
> wrapped around the outside of the water make it any safer?
>
>
>

Fair comment - thus proving celery to be completely pointless!

Richard
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On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:37:37 +0100, Stephen Hull <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Since the Cooperative Insurance or CIS closed down its offices and
>stopped using insurance representatives to call at your home in order
>to collect insurance premiums

etc...

My father was a CIS Agent for 30+ years. It wasn't an easy job but he
worked at it and developed a couple of good 'books'. He retired 20
something years ago, died 11 years ago, and would probably be spinning
in his grave had he not been cremated.

For him you see, the Co-operative 'movement' was important, with
heritage, history and political (with a small 'p') relevance. Going
to collect the 50p a week meant he had contact with the customers, and
he by virtue of this managed to save at least 20 lives over the years.

The CIS however, have had to adapt to survive, losing all of the
previous value, and becoming just 'another' company.

Very sad indeed, both for the customers and for the Co-operative
movement.


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On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 09:35:03 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>The calls that were answered by someone with an indian accent were
>long and painful. I was only about 60% confident that what ever I said
>had been understood and only 30% confident it would actually happen.

If you get someone who you can't understand just hang up and ring
again. You usually get through to someone else. Some companies only
seem to transfer a certain % of calls to each call centre and its luck
which one you get.
This only works if there isnt a big queue/wait first (obviously)
>
>From general comments in here about insurance the NFU will be getting
>asked when renewal time comes along.

"Mother" <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 13:56:40 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>BTW, I informed N.U. in writing that if they didn't employ people who
>>could
>>actually speak english I would not be renewing with them.
>
> A Scot demanding the correct use of English. How quaint.

Yeah, ok fair point Martyn. You get my drift though. At least we can still
spell the words of the english language correctly, look at what the yanks
have done to it! I suppose the scottish dialects are no worse really than
some of the english ones.... cornish, geordie and 'swampy' spring to mind.
;-)
Badger.

In message <[email protected]>
Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:

>Just a note on the bank charges Steve - don't pay them...
>
>I had a similar problem recently when I went overdrawn by (IIRC)
>£208.xx for 24 hours. As I have an overdraft facility of £200 anyway
>I got a bit ****ed at being charged £30 for an unauthorised overdraft
>AND £28 for an unpaid Direct Debit.
>

I do my banking via the internet again with no office or counter to
visit.

When the CIS refused to refund me I phoned my bank (cahoot) to see if
THEY would as it wasn't my fault the amount came out on the wrong date,
The bank said as they were instructed to take the ammount out on the
27th in their eyes all was correct so refused to refund the 25 quid.

What compounded the problem for me anyway is coming off incapacity
benefit in May last year and getting a job because I was sick and
tired of being classed the same as someone on the dole not interested in
working.

However the job is very poorly paid and backed up by Tax credits from an
other English rip-off constitution called the Inland Revenue.
Twelve months later and offering no suitable explanation the IR decided
to reduce my monthly tax credits by 240 quid expecting me to survive on
peanuts. There explanation was you can earn up to ten thousand pounds
before it affects your income, I said how am I going to earn that amount
working full time with no prospect of overtime and my medical condition
still exists, they just kept repeating you can earn up to 10k.

Then my car insurance came due for renewal and it's gone downhill
ever since.

It is so easy to get ripped off these days especially by large
establishments its almost a matter of course.

So far I've been ripped off by BTinternet, Inland Revenue, CIS, Cahoot and
all within six months.


Steve.


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