Two sets of thieves

30 April

Memory … That is what I wrote yesterday as an aid-wots-it for this morning’s blog. But guess what – I can’t remember what I was thinking of at time. Looks like another Neville Longbottom occasion.

SSE are up to their tricks again. We get our power from OVO and have done since 2009 when we came back here from Atherton. This morning there was a letter from SSE saying that we need to have a new metre fitted urgently because out current one is coming to the end of its useful life. Is it really? I’ve done a quick web-search and found that SSE is a rival power company who are trying to work a fiddle by scaring folk into having a new metre without realising that they are taking out a new contract with them. They have even included a threat to get an entry warrant if we don’t comply. Later today two emails will be winging their way to Trading Standards and Which? I’m sure they will both love to know about this one!

The flood of refugees from Turkey to Greece has just about dried up, at least for now. Perhaps ISIS has to train more people to their side seeing as all the others have already made it to Europe. That still leaves the smaller flood from North Africa to Italy though, which we still don’t all that much of these days. There’s been a few documentaries on telly about how ancient sites are being plundered by ISIS to fund their fight, or should that be to line their own pockets. The name of Islam is being abuse by these people to hide their thuggish thieving, thereby bring Muslim already settle here in the UK into disrepute.   

A short blog today because we are heading over to Coventry this morning. Jan is after a decent car-cam and wants to look at some in the larger stores over there. The same stores are here in Dorktown but they are much smaller and don’t carry as much stock as a consequence. At least it gives us chance to go out for a few hours.

Today’s photo …

This striking Georgian building in just off the city centre in Coventry.     

Today’s funny …

What do you get if you cross a ghost with a packet of potato chips?
Snacks that go crunch in the night.