Re: Telephone numbers and addresses gone !

January 12, 2009

Hi Gillian,

Good idea. I'm near Ipswich.

Subject: Re: Telephone numbers and addresses

gone !

I am in Bedfordshire. is there anybody else out there from round

these parts?

Gillian

>

> We would need to see how many people would want to, & hopefully

find a central place to meet - perhaps a pub with a lunch deal to

have a cheap lunch

>

> Val

>

> Sounds like a plan to me

> Moley

>

> Perhaos we should have an East Anglia

> get-together. I live on the Herts/Cambs/ Beds border, and I believe

there

> is also someone in Saffron Walden, Harlow etc.

>

> Val

>

> Maybe we can meet up? I visit Colchesterevery few months- my

dentist is

>

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January 13, 2009

Hi folks,

I have in my head, but I’ll write it down now! Any

more? Best to contact me privately.

Subject:

Re: Telephone numbers and addresses gone !

Anyone interested perhaps we should

go on the chat group or private emails before we get our knuckles rapped?

Val

I am in Bedfordshire. is

there anybody else out there from round

these parts?

Gillian

January 13, 2009

Hi Chris

I am very up & down (well without the proper ups). When people asked me this today, I said that I did not know how I am. I know this sounds weird but it is enough to try to cope with getting on with things, and at times it is not too bad, and then I feel rough/exhausted/floods of tears etc. It is weird. Yesterday I was not feeling too bad, and was even thinking about going out alone to get some meds for my dog from the vets 10 miles away, and then the dentist's receptionist phoned up to complain that my husband had not turned up for his appointment - I could not even talk normally enough to tell her, and instead read out the email I had sent her on 28th Dec which they had not read/gone astray whatever. Some organisations have been brilliant - Camra have transferred his membership to me so that I can use his Wetherspoons vouchers, others unbelieveably crap - TV licensing tell me that I have to send them a death cert & no I cannot trf the TV license to me, so I am not covered & no I cannot get any refund for less than a full quarter, so they are expecting us to pay twice for the same period. I am trying to remember a saying my friend said her mother used to say - we are only given troubles that our shoulders are broad enough to bear, or something like that.

Sorry, I have rambled.

Val

So very sorry to hear about your husband. How are you coping, are you ok?Chris

January 14, 2009

Hi Val

I

cannot tell you how much I am thinking about you at this time and know that you

will have to go through so much before you can come to terms with everything

that is happening, the good, the bad and the indifferent. Have you considered

contacting Cruse http://www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk/about_cruse.html

This

is a fantastic organisation that will help you enormously and will be able to

offer lots of advice re the TV licensing authority etc under your

circumstances. I know my neighbour across the road lost her husband suddenly

and she told me she would have been completely lost without them.

I

thought the TV license covered the TV at a particular address - and licensed to

a particular address - not to a particular person. That's a new one on me and

is something I had never even considered.

I

think you are being extremely brave with all of this and it must be so awful

when you have dentists phoning asking why your husband had not kept his

appointment. It will get better eventually Val, though all of this will be

helped by getting somebody from Cruse to visit you to help you out with all

such problems.

Luv -

Sheila

I am very up & down (well without the

proper ups). When people asked me this today, I said that I did not know

how I am. I know this sounds weird but it is enough to try to cope with

getting on with things, and at times it is not too bad, and then I feel

rough/exhausted/floods of tears etc. It is weird. Yesterday I was

not feeling too bad, and was even thinking about going out alone to get some

meds for my dog from the vets 10 miles away, and then the dentist's

receptionist phoned up to complain that my husband had not turned up for his

appointment - I could not even talk normally enough to tell her, and instead

read out the email I had sent her on 28th Dec which they had not read/gone astray

whatever. Some organisations have been brilliant - Camra have transferred

his membership to me so that I can use his Wetherspoons vouchers, others

unbelieveably crap - TV licensing tell me that I have to send them a death cert

& no I cannot trf the TV license to me, so I am not covered & no I

cannot get any refund for less than a full quarter, so they are expecting us to

pay twice for the same period. I am trying to remember a saying my friend

said her mother used to say - we are only given troubles that our shoulders are

broad enough to bear, or something like that.

Sorry, I have rambled.

Val

So very sorry to hear about your husband. How are you coping, are you

ok?

Chris

January 14, 2009

Hi Val

You ramble as much as you need to. I know how my mother in law was

when my father in law died, she was in a sea of paperwork and kept

having to request repeat copies of death certificates for everything

as they had not made a will, absolute nightmare. He had always done

the paperwork, paid the bills etc.

If I am feeling sad or not very well for any reason I tend to cuddle

up with the dogs who seem to know and love and cuddle me back, it

feels good.

Chris

>

> Hi Chris

>

> I am very up & down (well without the proper ups). When people

asked me this today, I said that I did not know how I am. I know

this sounds weird but it is enough to try to cope with getting on

with things, and at times it is not too bad, and then I feel

rough/exhausted/floods of tears etc. It is weird. Yesterday I was

not feeling too bad, and was even thinking about going out alone to

get some meds for my dog from the vets 10 miles away, and then the

dentist's receptionist phoned up to complain that my husband had not

turned up for his appointment - I could not even talk normally enough

to tell her, and instead read out the email I had sent her on 28th

Dec which they had not read/gone astray whatever. Some organisations

have been brilliant - Camra have transferred his membership to me so

that I can use his Wetherspoons vouchers, others unbelieveably crap -

TV licensing tell me that I have to send them a death cert & no I

cannot trf the TV license to me, so I am not covered & no I cannot

get any refund for less than a full quarter, so they are expecting us

to pay twice for the same period. I am trying to remember a saying

my friend said her mother used to say - we are only given troubles

that our shoulders are broad enough to bear, or something like that.

>

> Sorry, I have rambled.

>

> Val

>

> So very sorry to hear about your husband. How are you coping, are

you

> ok?

>

> Chris

>

January 14, 2009

Hi Sheila,

I thought that too, but they said that that only means that no-one else has to have one also for the same address, and now he has died I am not covered at all, even though he had paid for this period, and no refund either. This stinks. I could not remember if I had already given my name & address to them, but my thought was to just buy one in my name when the next quarterly payment is due to go through, and not bother to send them a death cert or copy of one - why should I, I am thinking.

Val

I thought the TV license covered the TV at a particular address - andlicensed to a particular address - not to a particular person. That's a newone on me and is something I had never even considered.

January 14, 2009

Sounds to me as if you might have been speaking to someone who doesn't know what they are talking about. Often happens in large organisations. Try and get to speak to a manager or someone. When they go round listening for TV's on in places without a licence, they do not go by who holds the licence but whether there is a licence for that property. There IS a licence for your property so no one else need hold one for that address. If it is in your husband's name it belongs to his estate and you inherit his estate. If money is not refunded then the licence still stands as current as by accepting the money they have accepted a licence is issued.

I would not bother and just get a new one when that one expires. Let them take you to Court and be laughed at when the case is dismissed. Watchdog on TV might be interested in that and your MP.

Lilian

I thought that too, but they said that that only means that no-one else has to have one also for the same address, and now he has died I am not covered at all, even though he had paid for this period, and no refund either.

January 14, 2009

Hi Val,

Some organisations seem to get joy from beating you when you are down. I

hope you shoulders will widen as needed with our support. I would copy your correspondence

to the TV licencing folk to your MP, they are notorious

for being too tough ie wanting to enter houses where

there is no Tv and therefore

no licence instead of believing a signed statement.

Subject:

Re: Telephone numbers and addresses gone !

Hi Chris

Some organisations have been

brilliant - Camra have transferred his membership to me so that I can use his

Wetherspoons vouchers, others unbelieveably crap - TV licensing tell me that I

have to send them a death cert & no I cannot trf the TV license to me, so I

am not covered & no I cannot get any refund for less than a full quarter,

so they are expecting us to pay twice for the same period. I am trying to

remember a saying my friend said her mother used to say - we are only given

troubles that our shoulders are broad enough to bear, or something like that.

Sorry, I have rambled.

Val

ok?

Chris

January 14, 2009

Hi Lilian,

That was my thoughts too (the Court bit). However I thought that they would not know that he has died, but today I received a letter from them about the cancelled direct debit mandate. Still I will ignore it & buy one 1st of next month, so will only overlap by a few days. I will try to not have to send them a copy of the death cert as a matter of principle.

Val

I would not bother and just get a new one when that one expires. Let them take you to Court and be laughed at when the case is dismissed. Watchdog on TV might be interested in that and your MP.

January 14, 2009

Unfortunately it was all phone calls.

val

Iwould copy your correspondence to the TV licencing folk to your MP

January 14, 2009

At the moment this is not a priority - I have too much paper work to deal with. I will ignore it until it bites me on the bum.

Val

Perhaps you could get the half hour free legal advice fromyour local CAN Val.Luv - Sheila

January 14, 2009

Hi Val,

Sheila is right, it is the address thats covered. As long as you have a

licence to produce if theres a chap at your door your ok. I used to

work in the post office, and we issued TV licences. It should be

changed to your name, but I would wait until it expires.

Jean

> I thought the TV license covered the TV at a particular address - and

> licensed to a particular address - not to a particular person. That's

a new

> one on me and is something I had never even considered.

>

January 16, 2009

I have tried to mail you a couple of times but my mails are being returned - perhaps your mailbox is full?

Moley

Hi folks,

I have in my head, but Iâ€™ll write it down now! Any more? Best to contact me privately.

January 16, 2009

Hi Moley,

Hmmm don’t know what

happened there I was wondering what had happened to you……….. My inbox can’t get

full as it is 2 gig and I’m only using 2% of that.

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Message-----

From:

thyroid treatment [mailto:thyroid treatment ]

On Behalf Of Chris

Sent: 16 January 2009 13:07

To:

thyroid treatment

Subject: Re:

Re: Telephone numbers and addresses gone !

I have tried to mail you a couple of

times but my mails are being returned - perhaps your mailbox is full?

Moley

Hi folks,

I have in my head, but I’ll write it down now! Any more? Best to contact me privately.

January 16, 2009

I

was having difficulty too in getting messages to you, but realised I was

writing to you at hotmail.co.uk instead of hotmail.com.

Luv -

Sheila

Hi Moley,

Hmmm don’t know what happened there I was wondering what had happened to

you……….. My inbox can’t get full as it is 2 gig and I’m only using 2% of that.

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January 17, 2009

OK glad all is sorted!

-----Original

Message-----

From:

thyroid treatment

[mailto:thyroid treatment ] On Behalf Of Sheila

Sent: 16 January 2009 16:54

To:

thyroid treatment

Subject: RE:

Re: Telephone numbers and addresses gone !

I was having difficulty too in getting messages to you, but

realised I was writing to you at hotmail.co.uk instead of hotmail.com.

Luv

- Sheila

Hi Moley,

Hmmm don’t know what happened there I was wondering what had happened to

you……….. My inbox can’t get full as it is 2 gig and I’m only using 2% of that.

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January 25, 2009

I am in East Anglia too.

Kat

I'm sure there must be more of

> us out there! When we know who is interested then we could find

> somewhere as central as possible.

>

> Perhaos we should have an East Anglia get-together.

January 25, 2009

Hi Kat,

I'm collecting names and places so we can choose somewhere as

central as possible- email me privately @ jennystenning@...

Subject: Re: Telephone numbers and addresses

gone !

I am in East Anglia too.

Kat

>

> Perhaos we should have an East Anglia get-together.

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January 25, 2009

Hi All in the East!!

Sorry i missed the original posting but if I'm reading the thread

correctly I too am in East Anglia (well Essex but only 20 or so miles

from the Suffolk border so hope that counts) and I'd be really

interested in a get together. I was sort of contemplating the April

Jamboree in Yorkshire and I have that week off work. Its a long old

drive although I should know the way having gone up to Leeds enough

times as my daughter's at Uni there.Somewhere closer to home would be

good though - the miles are beginning to stack up on the poor old car

(and me!!).

Regards

>

> I am in East Anglia too.

>

> Kat

>

> I'm sure there must be more of

> > us out there! When we know who is interested then we could find

> > somewhere as central as possible.

> >

> > Perhaos we should have an East Anglia get-together.

>

January 26, 2009

Hi ,

I'll add you to the list and then do another posting to see

who else is interested.

Re: Telephone numbers and addresses