Have you won?

Because they have enough responses, or you don't meet the demographic criteria.

It’s really not personal they want a cross section of responders so they obviously had enough from folk in your category that’s all.

I often get rejected as being retired there’s a lot more folk like me who have time to reply.

Is there a reason why you are shouting? Otherwise check out the Forum Guidelines ....

"Turn off the “CAPS LOCK”. Writing in ALL CAPS is the equivalent of SHOUTING and can cause offence. (The association with all capitals being shouting dates back as far as the 1800s, you can find out more by Googling this.) We request that Caps Lock be turned off to follow this etiquette. Though we do understand that some people with visual impairments find it easier to type and read in capitals, for most a text is easier to read in lower case. If you have to type in all capitals, please state why you need to do this in your post, to avoid any misunderstandings."

I'm not sure why you're getting so cross about being rejected from a survey? Whomever is paying for the survey, clearly only want people who meet certain criteria, in this case higher education , otherwise the answers are too generic.

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... & some women now have beards.

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Similar ones with Martin Lewis totally losing his cool with various politicians and other public figures. Almost convincing.

I was asked to agree to giving email, postal address and phone number. I think not.

Has anyone seen the AI-generated ad that purports to be Nigel Farage on Question Time having a blow-up with Andrew ?Bailey? from the Bank of England. Allegedly Farage tells of an AI media Investment platform and demonstrates amazing returns. The title is something like ‘The meeting they didn’t want you to see’ and supposedly Farage’s argument totally overcomes his opponent, who runs out of the studio. Although it is a typical ‘if it looks to good to be true, it probably is’ it does have some chance of persuading people who don’t check their research - saying that it only takes £250 to produce great returns within minutes, for instance, and the fact that such a confrontation would be in the papers or on TV. It also appeared on Monday, saying ‘last night’s ‘Question Time’ ‘ whereas QT is on a Thursday. Don’t get taken in, folks.

LADY JOY, if you can email us with the details of which survey company this was, what the survey was about and the time you took it (a screenshot would be helpful if you took one), I can pass the report onto the company in question.

I cannot answer for certain, but usually they contact the survey provider. I'm sure Marie will be in touch shortly

Thanks CS...do you think PMP will do anything about the latter point that I raised?

UserZoom is a legitimate add on for certain surveys, browsing history a definite no.

Thanks Beth8it and Marie for the reply.

The donations will be a small help to her I expect.Also some puppy cuddles maybe.

She did reply to some comments on here last week.

I have had an email, may be seeing her shortly, but won’t put her message on here - think she should have the choice of posting herself.

Has anyone heard how Em's doing as I may have missed a post?

There was some idiot on TV who said people should be charged for wasting appointments - they have obviously not experienced the stupid system. Also, it was for an eye appointment - did it not occur to them that you might not be able to see! When I first started work the post office ran telecommunications, we had 2 mail deliveries per day and you could post letters to London on the Mail train (the British Rail Red Star and Yellow Star parcel services were also second-to-none). Also, they were proper jobs for people.

Could be a break in the lead or where the lead enters and connects.

I think it’s a Universal Aquatak, and there is absolutely nothing when the power is turned on, no hum or anything. Fuse and socket checked, cooling-down checked (only running for 5 mins before it cut out, and have tried ita week later) , neighbour has checked it (mechanical genius) and tried working trigger to build pressure in the machine, but as there is no power 8n the machine, it won’t raise pressure. No reset on the plug itself.

Advice for Bosch.

Check fuse & socket is live. (✅)

Look for the small Test and Reset buttons directly on the plug itself. (Guess anyone would have found that).

If the motor overheats, unplig & let the motor cool down for at least 20–30 minutes before attempting to turn it back on. (You'd think they would be made water cooled).

Release Trapped Pressure: If the motor hums but won't start, turn the power switch off, disconnect from the mains, and squeeze the trigger on the spray gun to relieve any trapped air or water pressure in the system.

Could you tell us the specific model of your Bosch pressure washer (e.g., EasyAquatak, UniversalAquatak) and what the machine is doing (or not doing)? This will help determine if it's an electrical cut-out, a water blockage, or another common issue.

I’m very unimpressed with Bosch at the moment. I filled in their contact form on 8th May to ask if there was a reset button anywhere on the pressure washer I had bought, as the electrics had suddenly cut out while in use. I had checked fuse (changed it), tried it in mains socket, tried extension lead with another appliance - a simple question that can be answered in 30 seconds. I got an immediate automated reply acknowledging receipt of my query and saying they would reply when they had considered my query. No further contact. Emailed them again yesterday, got another automated reply. This time I just put ‘I sent an enquiry to you on 8th May with no reply yet received. Is this the usual standard of Customer Services supplied by Bosch?’ Luckily my old Tack pressure washer came out of hibernation and is in use again, but the power is much less than- that’s why I replaced it. Got to have one to clean the pond filters.

:-) :-)

Bish bash bosch , tee hee !!!

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I do love your jokes Kenny! 😂

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Warm soapy water (washing up liquid) is best to remove that smell.

I'll never forget the day we left Mollie in my house & went to London sightseeing. She rolled in fox 💩, then went looking for us & settled on our bed , had to change everything & wash her in the garden with the hose.

And she'll be hoping her friend down the road doesn't claim too, or it will just be £200 each.

Either way, she's worth £400 more now, and lives near Warrington Park.

Pearl's a singer after seeing this draw page. Well done :-)

Perl's a great knitter? 😕

No she's a singer ;-) ;-)

Over the wall camp, is a childrens charity, supporting children with life limiting and long term conditions in a residential setting

The Romans also built the smaller Antonine wall through Falkirk, to hold the heathen hordes back while the rest of them got peace to build Hadrians's wall.

Why does everyone want to get into England?

Imagine what trouble China had building the Great Wall.

To the best of my knowledge, Hadrian's Wall isn't in Surrey.

But Hadrian did have it built to keep out the Picts and Scots.

Sorry Beth (or is it Jane? 😶), it's a common southern mistake to think Hadrian's Wall is on the border of England and Scotland. Actually it bisects England. Virtually the whole of Northumberland (my home county hence my gritted teeth) is north of the wall. On the east coast the Scottish border is 63 miles north of Hadrian's Wall.

P.S. Admittedly The Wall is a good place to ramble.

Ooooooooooooooooh you are awful.

Short answer yes & yes, but i still like you....

@csikijanos - Because it was recently the punchline to another joke.

Ba-dom-tssss!

Sounds familiar.

Made me smile.

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:-) :-)

I will second your fear, @nameless Catherine wheel, and add Fakebook and Instagram into the mix.

I haven't been a medium in a long time! 😜

Sorry Alley, I can't remember. It's a long time since I was a medium.

A drunken news reader in the pub.

What is social media?

:-)

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Terrifying thought

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Got a reply from Perx, it's been sorted now.

Thanks for the feedback. Tech will see it and will do something if they are able to.

Hi Marie - thanks! Got your email and see now that you've set in motion my refund. On the feedback form, I've suggested your tech people need to do something about so many emails ending up in your spam folder. I've seen it has happened many times before with other people trying to contact support. Hopefully, tech can do something about this to avoid customer frustration as much as possible.

Sorry about the issues with being able to purchase vouchers on Snip. We're looking into the issue with Propello, the company who help us run the site.

CarolineC, Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I've chased it and you should hear something today.

Yes, I'm also waiting for a reply to a query/complaint from them. When I tried to get a voucher for last week's supermarket shop it was telling me my membership had expired. But when I checked my bank account the £30 HAD gone out as it should have done. Waiting to hear back that they'll refund me as I'd decided not to renew anyway (too many places I used aren't on there so it's of no real value to me). I do want my £30 back though - may have to contact the credit card company if they don't reply to me soon. :-(

Perx have currently disabled the site.

I'll pass this on tomorrow as well.

I found it won’t do Amazon except on their insurance deals.

nothing for me again - 2nd month running. £100 for husband last month and £75 this. It's a good thing that what's his is mine.

Just £25 this month. Better than nowt I suppose. Haven't been as lucky this year but I think the prize fund is going up next month.

💷£75 for me, but nowt for t’missus - she’s quite put out about it (but she laughed like a drain a couple of months ago when she won £125 and I got nowt…😡!)

LLAP 🖖!

£50 me £75 MrJ.

£125 for me after two zero months. £250 for my OH. He doesn’t know yet.

£100

PBS me £175 OH £500.

Hey ho - £25 this month ..... still better than a poke in the eye 😉

Thanks Choc 😘

I've got my fingers, toes & eyes crossed for tomorrow. As Mr Million hasn't knocked on my door, I know I've not got a biggie ........ yet again 😔

@ Jaffa - https://www.nsandi.com/prize-checker/winners

Can't see it on the app though.

How do you see the big winners?I have the app but must be doing something wrong?

Ahhh, maybe I've jumped the gun! will take another look.

Oops, got it wrong! 🙄

As above, can check if, and how much, we've won tomorrow. Today you can see where the big winners live and the premium bond numbers, between £5000 and £1000000.

I thought June’s results weren’t available until after midnight tonight. My App shows results due on 2nd June. 🤔

Just £100 for me and £150 for him

No big prizes for me today.

A mutual friend still delivers leaflets daily (inc Asda), when he moved out of my premises we had to clear 3 wheeliebins full of undelivered leaflets. Nowadays he gets paid after they check the tracker he carries & phone a few people in that area.... Thus the posties were given the job,

I put all leaflets delivered straight in the recycling bin as no use to me, they could make their products cheaper instead..

My postie delivered some post and some advertising literature today. Included was a leaflet from ASDA offering £5 off if I spent £25 in store. I would be happy to take them up on this but unfortunately the offer period was from 18th May 2026 to 31st May 2026. I assume ASDA pays Royal Mail to deliver the leaflets but they are wasting their money if no-one can take advantage of the offer.

It's the delivering on time that's the problem. £1.90 to send a small sheet of paper and it takes a week is not acceptable. Receiving 14 items of much delayed mail once every blue moon is rubbish.

I guessed a similar reply would appear. Anyone would agree you can't have more than 100% although so many these days talk about giving more than that. Nevertheless, if they are supposed to deliver 100% of letters, then maybe they could carry on and deliver other items or do other work. My point wasn't really about that but more about doing what they're paid to do, not told when they arrive in the morning "just do 90% of your work and that will be fine".

@ A Nick Name

To use your example:

"Surely the target should be, for example, 110% then if they only reach 100% maybe it isn't so bad. I personally would still be ashamed if I was 10% below target even if I'd reached 100%."

I'm not sure how Royal Mail could deliver more than 100% of the mail that they receive.

@Poppy 🤣🎶🙉

Lol 63, that takes me back! I went to Euro Disney, as it was then, over 30 years ago and THAT ride was there then, playing THAT song!

Most annoying one I had was on a Kdrama - normally it's some kpop tune so easily ignored but this time it was a version of 'Stand By Your Man'. Totally ruined it for me!

I went to Disneyland Paris a few weeks ago and went on THAT ride with the little dolls and THAT song.

It doesn't go away!

You deserve a medal Mrs P.

Shyboy: That may be marginally better than the noise and repeated messages I had to listen to while waiting for an hour for a human at HMRC earlier!

The one I'm listening to at the moment on the DVLA phone line.

🐶 Wurms, did someone mention Wurms?

I don't want to think about an earworm.because then I'll be stuck with it 😂

Our local ice cream van plays a football theme, but I've always known it as a religious song which I sing in my head every time I hear it.

"Why don't you put your trust in Jesus and ask him to come in,

Why don't you take him as your Saviour who died to save your sins,

For he will strengthen and protect you and take you by the hand,

He'll watch over and He'll guide you till you reach the promised land.

Just had to search for it, to remember it was Match of the Day.

Some of those damned ads are pretty mind-numbing but they are current. ‘Power to the People ‘ the Ever-Ready batteries theme hangs around in my mind, but I don’t mind it. ‘Oldest Swinger in Town’ is often drifting in and out too.

Subtle!

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Yes - very funny both.

Can see what you done there Chris 👏👏

My type of humour, very good.

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That's really funny, Kenny. Thank you for sharing with us and I nhope that one day you'll contribute again.

p.s. :)

Ha ha, with some added sarcasm 🤣

You can look up past winning postcodes (or partial postcodes) here: https://pickmypostcode.com/past-winners/ (this is linked at the bottom of every page as ‘Winners Results’)

You can also check winners in your area here: https://pickmypostcode.com/winners-map/

She's currently hosting " Mum's Net Curtains" a talk show about window decor.

Chris. I don't believe everyone goes to the Mumsnet forum to ask questions. You could try it I suppose although I don't know if she's still on there.

Doubletoast - for roughly thirty years now, most websites have included a FAQ page which provides the answers to, erm, frequently asked questions.

I know that in this era of everyone relying on social media for accurate information about everything, nobody bothers getting advice from official sources (I mean, it's far better to ask Lazymum123 what time the buses are than to go to the bus company's site?) but the FAQ pages do serve a purpose. I suggest you use them.

In the big blue boxes at the top of each of 3 of the pages, Main. Survey and Video, several twice a day on the Stackpot page, and up to 3 on the Bonus Draw page dependent on your qualifying amounts. Also one at the foot of every page from 6pm to 2am.

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/16-what-are-the-different-draws

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/13-what-time-are-the-draws

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...you little tease.

Come and see…😈

A straitjacket ? How are you finding time for bondage games Beth?

Well, that has all given me a big smile for this afternoon. Loved the poem too.

All hard work but I can't stop laughing.

My dog would prefer a bucket of dirty rain water than a nice warm bath. It’s like fighting with Tyson .

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I’m going to have a severe conversation with Indi about this hippo she must have mated with.

Very good poem, but i laughed out loud at the antics"sorry Beth". The phrase"down and dirty" comes to mind ;-)

Never a dull moment, always something for mum to do. Let sleeping dogs lie. LOL & good poem.

So did I CS, loved the poem though.

Oh dear! Quite embarrassing to say one laughed at the images in one's head (but I did!) 🤣🤣🤣

You had to do it, didn’t you… the little ratbags have just galloped in, fighting and rolling around - and Storm’s damned well fallen in the pond again! No longer black, he was thick brown sludge all over, just a bit of black on his head, green ears, duckweed all over him. I got a bucket of water from the outside tap, scrubbing brush and started on him, only to see Shadow just as bad! Two dogs in the shower, Storm loved it but Shadow not impressed, so what with wrestling him back into place, with Storm happily lying down and rolling over, water going everywhere, my nice white shower full of dog hair, sludge, mud shaken everywhere, the doors, walls, side of the chair and sideboard, and a huge brown sludge mark on the carpet that I cleaned a few hours ago. They are going to be upgraded from termites to Tasmanian Devils, I think. I am filthy too, had to get my old flannel to clean the shower as the only thing handy so that’s in the washing basket, my clothes will have to be washed tonight… Shadow is now on my bed (there is a nice cosy throw so he can finish drying off and keep warm). Storm is back on my lap again. Where’s the b* vodka?

(Actually, I thought the poem was very good - timing could have been better!)

Now you stop that RIGHT NOW! If there’s one thing they don’t need it’s any incentives, suggestions or egging on. I will probably end up in a straitjacket as it is, and I might just bequeath them to you in my will, so think on! 😊

Young Shadow has swallowed a whole pair of socks,

While Storm is out back digging holes near the rocks.

They spy a deep puddle and dive in headfirst,

Then shake off the mud till the bubbles have burst.

They steal all the biscuits right out of the plate,

And ambush the postman right at the front gate.

But Shadow and Storm know the tricks of the trade,

They sit and they beg for the mess they have made.

With big gooey eyes and a thump of the tail,

They know that their puppy-dog charms will prevail!

I must admit it made me laugh and surely something stronger than a coffee was needed?

The Devil finds fun for idle pups 🥵

CS, snap.

Oh dear , they don’t half keep you on your toes Beth , like adventurous kids lol 😂 . Love reading your Puppy Tales and seeing all the photos 😘 x

Definitely keeping you fit😊

I giggled ... 🤭🤣

Never mind about Swansea postcodes can we have a few more Cardiff ones please - lol.

The system completes the draws from a database of active account ID numbers using a random number generator and the parameters of the smallest ID number to the largest. It then displays the postcode on the chosen account number as the winner of the draw. All it ‘sees’ is the account numbers of active members, it is not influenced by any other data or outside factors and is as random as a computer can be.

It's what happens when they advertise PMP in an area, people sign up & get consecutive registration numbers. If the computer selects a random block of say 3 to win then chances are they are both in the same area.

They are about 4 1/2 hours walk apart, but we've no idea of the membership numbers.

Wish it was my Swansea postcode!

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/14-how-are-winning-postcode-selected

The resident's unique membership numbers have been drawn in a random lottery. That's how Pick my Postcode works.

Years ago, after my husband retired from being a headteacher he signed up with an education publisher to proofread their new books which were manuals written by teachers. They said he was just the sort of person they wanted for the job. He was appalled at the standards of English and spent more hours than he was supposed to going through them and putting them right. When they were published he rushed to read them and was horrified to find that most of his “corrections” had reverted to the original nonsense. When they asked him to be part of the next lot he said, no chance and told them why. They weren’t bothered.

@Beth - you just described socialism. It's a race to the bottom and to poverty

Cakey If you're on a phone, hold the letter e which brings up a box with various accented letters, don't lift your finger, just slide across to the one you need é.

BR - I've just wasted a mouthful of cider that I've spluttered over teh keyboard reading that!

This time next year, Biggus, wel'll both be £200 better off :)

Quel bunch of plonkers, Cakey! 😂 Bonnet de douche, my old son; bonnet de douche. You know it makes sense😉

The BBC has unfortunately accepted poor English for a long time (so why would their standards be higher for autres langues?)

I've read so many books lately littered with grammatical and spelling errors it makes my blood boil. I stopped reading a series of books I was enjoying the continuing storyline of (I'd battled my way as far as book 6 of an undefined number) as I got fed up having to re-read sentences to make sense of them due to the amount of spelling errors and lack of punctuation. I used to proof-read as part of my job back in the late 70s-early 80s and it irks me no end when errors are so blatant. I have a shopping bag which has the following printed on it:

"Let's eat kids.

Let's eat, kids.

Punctuation saves lives."

Made me chuckle when I saw it. Little wonder my family refer to me as a 'grammar nazi'!

Proof reading doesn’t seem to exist anymore. ..along with fact checking?

The standard of journalistic grammar is very poor considering the number of aids that are available nowadays. Editors would never have stood for it sixty years ago, but then, the editors probably know no better themselves. If I dare to mention such a thing on the OU Forum for English Lit I get the woke third degree about upsetting people who make mistakes, and it’s the content, not the grammar, that’s important. They didn’t like it when I said we were at the University to try to improve ourselves. Well, that’s all right then. As long as we don’t upset anyone, let’s keep standards down.

I would suggest translation direct from the reporters voice.

To get accents in any language hit Google translate.

Naughty but funny.

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:-) :-)

It's wonderful to see how much has been raised so far.

I know every penny helps, but every pound helps more. Great total .

That's really good isn't it?

Done it Beth! So pleased for Em.

I’m sure we’ll make the 2,500 today - what a tribute to Simon!

Maybe not today, then - only 45 mins left to get another £27 but I’m sure it will get there.

You can select to avoid motorways on the sat nav. Trekker, hope you enjoyed your weekend and that your journey home is better.

Programming to avoid certain features is easy enough (maybe not for me, but that’s what I’m told!)

I will go incredibly long routes just to avoid the M25 but the sat nav always does everything it can to put me back on it because it's convinced it's the fastest route - ha ha!

The joys of driving on the M25 haven't changed then? Hope the celebrations make up for it.

....and a better journey home.

Hope you have a good time Trekker...