the real thursday

jane asked me to do the update today so here i am.  a nice day at work for me today which ended with work drinks.  i happened to sit next to one of my colleagues who i’ve not spoken to much and it turns out he’s a church goer too, so that’s jolly good. 

And another colleague who has recently arrived from the UK (a kiwi returning after a few years in Slough) asked if i like ale (which i do) as he’s arranging a trip to a local micro-brewery in town sometime soon.  hoorah.

and i don’t think i’ve mentioned about our banking problems have I ? not sure why i put that as a question because a) i can’t hear you unless you speak up very loud, and b) i’m going to tell you anyway.

well, i had a call from my bank the day before we went on holiday to tell me my credit card was nearly at its limit which was nice of them as i forgot that jane paid for a new sitting room chair on it.  so i transferred some funds from our current account to give us a bit of head room during our holiday.

when we got back from holiday i discovered we had new credit cards in the post, and in fact a completely new credit card account as the old one was closed.  the once we’d been moved to was a low interest rate one for people who don’t pay off their cards, but we have a direct debit which pays it off in full each month.  we only use it as we get flybuy points (think coop stamps for the ‘modern’ kiwi age).

anyway, i went in to the bank and they said we’d authorised the change as their computer showed we’d sent back a signed form.  i was pretty sure we hadn’t so asked to see it.  conveniently they couldn’t find it, but the date on the system said it was the day the chap had phoned.

all very dodgy.  no money has gone, and we’ve back to the original account (albeit with a different account number which messes up a few monthly payments i think).  the bank were very apologetic and i’m impressed with how quick they sorted the problem.

as a result we now have ‘chip and pin’ cards which is all very modern (for new zealand).

you can wake up now.  i’ve finished talking about the bank.

and in other news one of kezia’s friends was here for most of the day and then when she went another arrived for a sleepover.  esther has been helping jane preparing sunday school resources and they all went swimming this morning.

jane’s now skyping her chum tanya back in blighty and i’m writing this aren’t i ?  (no need to reply)