It probably is nothing to do with PMP . Was it a Google advert? Google adverts appear on just about every site on the Internet and are notoriously full of scams, fakery and nonsense. If you are EVER tempted by a Google ad on any site, you need to do your due diligence. Look up the company and find out about it check recent Trustpilot reviews etc. If you can't verify their trustworthyness avoid like the plague.

That does seem a lot of money for what you want to do.

Yes indeed what Malc_H said.

Print out your previous will from 2023, take that along with the amendments you want to make, it'll be a piece of cake for someone who does it for a living.

They can stick their £365/hr where the sun doesn't shine. What a rip off!

Free wills weeks, linked with various charities, are twice a year (March and October I think). Recently did ours through English Heritage. Strangely enough, the wills are drafted or checked by solicitors.

Your former solicitor isn’t earning £350 an hour either. Why do people not understand this?

Happy to hear that you’re planning a generous donation to charity though 😀

I know this probably sounds stupid, but would it be cheaper to make out another will? Although I do like your thought of getting the charity to amend it.

I will be at work, but will be holding Em, Simon and family in my thoughts.

💕

Thanks CS , will be watching . Saw the videos that Em put on , so emotional and such a beautiful couple dancing beautifully 🥰 x

Thanks AJR, my memory not what it was.

Tetleyt, it's 1.30pm

Thanks CS. 👍

What time is the funeral again?

Thanks for that CS, I have a reminder in my calendat but not the detail

I'm sure you won't mind having him for a bit longer, Beth.

Mr M tries to make all his appointments (not just dentist) for 2.30 as he says it’s easy to remember 🫤

That is the very old Chinese joke.

Hope all goes well Beth.

Hope it doesn't. 😁

Ouch!

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🤣

;-)

@Beth8it! - If Storm panics in a stationary car, the Police are going to return him. That is if they even take him when they come to collect!

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Thank you Marie..

As usual, I'll send any photos out when I can.

While general tool hire companies like Speedy Services or tool-rental specialists like Inlec rent out industrial thermal cameras, these devices are designed for buildings or electrical circuits and lack the precise calibration needed for medical animal scans. Furthermore, analyzing medical thermal data requires professional training

He was fine in the sea but still not great at home - I kept him on the lead for most of his walk this morning, which didn’t go down well! Looks like it’s going to be a visit to the vet next week. I can’t find anyone local who does the thermal camera imaging, so unless I can hire one - not that I would know how to operate it! - the vet is the only option. I think it’s just rest that he needs, but it’s not fair to leave him too long.

How's Shadow's leg now Beth?

@Alley1940 - it's Customs Duty on certain imports.

Yes - but would probably get confiscated by Border Control. If it did get through you would have to pay VAT on it plus an £8 handling fee by the Post Office.

😂

🤣

:-)

Yes 😁

😂

Grumpy, you suit your name, ha ha! Were you in Snow White? 😂

Please remember that this free prize draw giveaway is like a lottery, you're best to hope you'll win, not expect to! :) Each member’s entry has the exact same chance of being selected in a draw. 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.

If one postcode is entered more than once it is more likely to be selected (like names in a hat). If a certain postcode area (eg. BA1) appears to not win often that is because there aren't many entries for that area. If a postcode area seems to win more often it must mean that there are more entries from that postcode area.

don't care

Realistically the odds are against most of us wionning but people win every day so keep checking just in case like the rest of us. Good luck.

Are you checking all (up to 9) draws a day?

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

There's always a chance of success if check the draws multiple times a day! Positive vibes sent! ⭐️

Never isn't over yet Leon.

It's a lottery, Leon. Just like other lotteries, not everyone can win.

You should hope to win rather than expect to.

I remember my dad driving down a country lane while we were on holiday and had to stop because there was a massive black bull in the middle of the road, ring through the nose, steam spraying out of both nostrils, the full works. (The bull that is, not my dad.) Fortunately it decided after a short while (which felt like a massively long time) to bolt back into its field.

I've never met any pigs while driving but I've met several herds of cattle & a few deer & one occasion I saw a man thrown off his horse when it slipped on the tarmac. He kepy a hold on the reins.

Am reminded of the story of a man driving in the country with open windows. He was puzzled when someone shouted "pig!", thinking he'd done nothing to give offence, until he cleared the next bend and saw the stray beast in the road.

😀🤪

:-) :-)

He shouldn't have stood at the bottom of Cooper's Hill.

😂

😂

Had to think about that 😂

So cheesy 🧀 🤣

Took me a while until I pictured the scene.

🤣

FP, I've just watched it. I highlight it on my tablet and a box comes up with open

It works for me as well.

@FP -- It works for me, try it again. You will get Ads before the video, then more Ads when it jumps to the relevant part, just skip them when the sign comes up after a few seconds..

Enver, don’t think there’s a dot in the middle of YouTube but the link doesn’t work anyway.

When you think how he insulted and mocked Biden, the chickens are coming home to roost now. Karma!

He wears nappies & can't read or write, so all he can do is rant, it makes you wonder how does he do any work?

I heard they had a party outside on the white house lawn cos of the smell, but avoided the musical chairs.

So what happened on his birthday? .. ROFL

https://youtu.be/aE25evT3n7Q?t=240

From what I read today, he is so overweight, unfit and declining mentally that he spends hours awake all night ranting on social media then falls asleep during more important things - little matters like Chief-of-Staff meetings, political briefings, Senate discussions … he even fell asleep at the Superbowl! Priorities seem somewhat out of alignment with being a president?

Hopefully considerably less ... 🤞

As of today, 950 days left in office.

https://logwork.com/countdown-h5o4

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

HAPPY BORNDAY 🎉 TO THE ‘CHARACTER’ TRUMP - THE BEST ‘CENTRAL CASTING’ IN THIS 🎥

NOT FORGETTING 249 YEARS CELEBRATING ‘OLD GLORY’ 🇺🇸

With the orange one, it all boils down to money....

Time to retire, Don!

Enver! I am surprised. You must be one of the few people in the UK who likes him- unless of course you are being sarcastic.

what everyone else said!

No comment from me neither.

🎂

No comment ....... otherwise I'd be banned ......

I don't know if Em has mentioned this on here before, but her and Simon actually met at a dance class.

What a lovely couple: you can feel the warmth and love they share radiating from the videos. I, too, shed a bucket of tears watching them. Life is so cruel.

That's truly amazing, Em must be so pleased at the amount raised in Simon's name.

£3092.50 raised to date! What a wonderful tribute. ❤️

https://pickmypostcode.com/blog/tribute-to-simon-white-1988-2026/

I saw those too yesterday. What great dancers…I could have watched them again but didn’t have time but will definitely watch them again before they disappear. She kept that quiet🤗

Amused by both Kenny b & A Nick Name.

Funny

Kb :-) :-)

If you bleach it you will be Goldi-locks. 😀

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😂 😂 😂

I heard Reggae music coming from my printer..

It was jammin'

Lock your door then

Next time maybe it will be you.🤞🏻

Gave me a chuckle Grumpy Gran. My dad often sang bits of songs randomly and that was one of many he'd do. 😂

😀 That works!

Circa 1967?

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I remember him as Jerry Dorsey, then he got the Hump!!

Sadly I get that one !

Was that song even written before he died in 1921?

You have to be of a certain age to get that one. 😊

😂

😂

Very good. Made me chuckle.

:-) :-)

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😂😂

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Funny. Other brands are available.

:-)

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Our cockapoo sometimes limps when tired, carrying her right hind leg. We think she jarred it when misjudging a jump. She still does the same jump frequently, so it hasn't put her off. I gather they often have a little hip trouble. Her father is a toy poodle so she's much smaller than your boys.

You can hire thermal imaging cameras, but I've no idea if these have the level of accuracy you need Beth8it

Hope all goes smoothly Beth. Reading about the dog which still holds it's healed leg up now & then I'm reminded of our dog who got her a back paw stepped in when she was a puppy. She lived to be 15 & if she did something naughty & got told off she would hobble away with that paw held up! Old soldiering my Dad called it. Had to laugh!

Good idea, will look it up. The lady I used before says she has moved to Dorchester, which is too far to go. Apparently, although it’s such a useful tool, it never took off as it wasn’t cost efficient.

For the thermal imaging, I was going to suggest that you get an app that does that for android or iPhone, as I've seen it recommended for checking your radiators but I'm not sure if it would work the same as it's only supposed to imitate a real thermal camera. Might be worth a try though.

Yes I do hope they take Storm and it will be lovely to know two pups are doing such a valuable job.

I hope the leg resolves,friends of ours have a lab that hurt her leg and according to the vet fully recovered but every now and then she just sits with her leg raised maybe just wanting an extra cuddle.

Thanks for the updates Beth, it's always great to hear how the puppies are getting on. I hope that Shadow's leg gets better quickly and that you hear from Surrey police about Storm soon.

1. Haven't heard back yet from Surrey, so not sure if they will still go ahead or not. She never actually got round to telling me what he would be doing there. I was going to ask her when she came to get him on Monday, so still on hold.

2. Yes, Thames Valley still want him - they are waiting for me to let them know about Surrey, but said can they have him on 3 months trial - I said yes, provided they cover him for any vets bills, insurance etc.

3. Shad's leg is still not great - he is limping a lot, but seems to ignore it when he wants to, and hurtles after Storm, wrestles him etc. I am keeping them separated, or at least calmer, as much as possible, and got a request to the vet to ring me on Monday to see what the options are. I also know someone who used to do thermal image camera work - she came and did one of my horses when it went lame, and it was really useful to pinpoint the hot-spot, where the inflammation was. It saved getting unnecessary x-rays, nerve-blocks etc that wouldn't have been as accurate, as I don't think tendon damage shows on x-rays. This immediately told me the pony had a damaged Deep Flexor Tendon in her lower leg and just needed 6 weeks rest. Not sure if the lady is still doing it, but I think I have her number somewhere.

4. I think they will keep in touch to some extent, but obviously not want me to go and visit, or bring a dog back home, as it would unsettle them. I might try and go to Lexi's passing out parade if/when she qualifies, and hopefully Storm too. If he goes to Thames Valley they want him for 'detection work' which covers a whole multitude of things - could be another Victim Recovery Cadaver dog, or drugs/mobile phones/cash etc.

🐕‍🦺👮‍♂️🚔You should get news of what they're doing, but probably not see them again, but I suppose even dogs get a holiday back home once in a while.

https://youtu.be/ojULkWEUsPs

I hope Shadow's leg is better soon. Do you know what Storm will be doing yet?

Hold the front page! It may be on hold now. As I wondered, the lady hadn’t realised what I said about his age, and now has to check whether they can go through with it. Oh my nerves!

On the other hand, I did have Thames Valley contact me just after it had all been agreed and I had to tell him he was too late - maybe I will get back to him, as the lady said they may not pay as much for an older puppy. I think they should pay more - I’ve done a lot of training already for them.

Will help when they need to Storm a house! . (Sorry couldn't resist!)

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Such wonderful news about Storm, he'll have the best home (except yours of course) with the police and he will be doing such a worthwhile job, you will be so proud of him. Hope Shadow recovers over the weekend. It will be a sad time saying goodbye to him on Monday, can you visit him when he joins the police force?

That's great news Beth, though I'm sure it is mixed feelings for you since you have had him for so long now. Good luck to Storm in his new life and I hope Shadow's leg starts to improve.

It's good to hear some positive stories about the NHS. I hope you are both better now.

I was ill the week before Christmas and had to be hospitalised. No complaints about my treatment. Seen, treated and home within 4 days. 😁

Pleased to hear (read) it.

I was ill recently and have no complaints about the NHS response.

Well done CS and NHS

Good, scary 48 hours. Hopefully, you have been able to enjoy Trooping of the Colour today.

Another who's glad to hear about the improvement.

I'm so happy it's sorted,.. at least I won't have to type "boo" in capitals.

Glad you're feeling better now CS.

Feeling better and everything sorted now. Thanks everyone for their concern.

Hope it all goes well.

Me too CS

Ditto.

I do hope it all resolves.

C.S Hope your seen quicker today, and no problems collecting meds.

🤞🏻🤞🏻

Heading back to the hospital for a hearing test shortly. Picking up meds after.

Well done ! 🥳

Congrats, at first I thought you said a flash dance..!!!

Congratulations and well spotted, Pepi..👍!

LLAP 🖖!

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎉🎉

👏👏👏

Yes - well done indeed.

Well done for spotting one, Pepi! 🎉

Hurray! I won one when they first started, but had no luck since then

Congratulations ! 🥂

Congrats!

Nice spot Pepi....

Congratulations on your win! 🎉

Congratulations! 🥳

Congratulations!

Well done! It seems to be quite rare for people here to see a flash draw so well spotted. Fingers crossed for an even bigger win too! :-)

🎉 Congrats 🎉 not many find them.

I'm laughing but imagine the row if it had really happened.

Very funny.

:-)

Somebody missed their calling!

That's terrible, Rosy. I hope at least that the appointment brings some help for you after waiting for it for so long.

Well after 15 month wait, I recieved an appointment this morning for the pain management programme. The appointment is 3rd August. By that time I will have waited 18 months. This programme is for people diagnosed with chronic pain syndrome, how does this help ????

I can understand the frustration with the NHS - I'm one of the low band employees and believe me, it's like we're banging our heads on a collective brick wall.

So sorry to hear you've had such a rotten day day CS. Hope things get better for you.

And they wonder why so many people turn up at A&E.

Hope your health improves soon CS

Sorry to read about all this choc spaniel

When are they going to let us readers on PMP run the NHS? It doesn’t take rocket science, or a massive budget - just a sensible, organised housewife who can run a household, budget, delegate to efficient staff and enforce good standards. There are too many chiefs and not enough indians (not a racist comment!) , too much waste, too many ‘We can’t…’ and not enough ‘Yes we can’ attitudes.

Oh no, CS, that's awful! To be honest, I'm not surprised about the communication breakdown between healthcare agencies. We've had, and know of, several examples like that recently. I'm afraid the NHS is in complete meltdown - at least it seems to be round here.

:-( I hope you're doing OK. That must have been really scary for you.

Just got home. Got steroids, but now added to the list is medication for diabetes!! (Pancreas doesn't work anyway) Oh the trials of age! 🙄🙄🙄

Hope you’re home and sorted now. What a fiasco! It doesn’t give you any faith or trust in the system does it?

I hope it is something which can be treated with antibiotics, Chocolate Spaniel. Best Wishes.

Pinkies crossed for you.

I hope they sort you out soon Miss Spaniel.

Choc Spaniel, sorry to hear about this and I'm glad the symptoms are improving. It may be that you need steroids to try and stop it being irreversible, but they need to be started as soon as possible after first experiencing the problem. I think it's up to 72 hours and they should still be effective, but the sooner they are started, the better.

Oh dear.

I had an MRI scan today at 0800. When I arrived home I was passed the appointment letter. Typed on 4th, it was posted on 10th: even by first class it wasn't likely to get here before I left at 6am. Good thing I knew the details in advance. Not urgent in my case, but if missed...

Now in A&E, waiting ........

At present the main complaint seems to be against HMRC - 45 minutes then getting cut off seems to be normal, even if you get through and then the person puts you on hold. The HMRC are saying they have most phones answered in 10 minutes - anyone managed to trap one of these rare beasts? I know in the past I have waited over 2 hrs on the phone, just to be bloody-minded. The first thing I said, when it was eventually answered, was, 'Please take my number and if we get cut off, ring me back, or I am going to create an almighty stink about this.' I did actually get good service with what I was ringing for, but it really isn't acceptable to have to go through it - why on earth can't we have an email contact for each department, then they won't need to get more call-handlers, just bods to action the emails.

@A Nick Name - It's known in the industry as enshittification.

Think about it, You've got one receptionist, if she's busy, the customers get an engaged tone. But by installing a loop of button presses managed by a machine, the customers get through, and you can give them something to do while they go through the procedure.

THEN you give them the engaged tone.

As a colleague once said to a group of managers, "It doesn't matter how long you make the call queue, at the end of the day you've still got to have some bums on seats to answer the calls."

They didn't like it, but it was true.

I like the way they are supposed to be giving information when you call a company as to what you want and which buttons to press, but it's so fast that there's just a jumble in your head. Or the doctors surgery where they give you all the different options but whatever you press the girl at the reception desk picks up, keeping all the patients waiting, and repeating your symptoms to them all.

Talking of 'posh' accents, I found when I moved up to Yorkshire from the South that locals here used to say I spoke 'posh'! :-D

@ Lol 63, ahhh, that reminds me .... the Campari ad! 😂😂😂

https://youtu.be/BuGUrUqHcSA?is=ix81fWbcjTSj6BXU

All together now, the Cockney exercise from the old Heineken ad...

The wa'er

In Maj-or-ker

Don't taste like

Wot it ought-ah.

Funnily enough Tudiefair, I do have a question about accents on the list to be Question of the Day, so I have added these to it. Thanks for the suggestions.

That would be a good question of the day…have you got a local accent…has it changed over the years…is it local to where you live now? I suppose a lot of people don’t realise that they’ve got an accent though 🤔😀

When I worked in a state school I was quite often labelled 'posh' which I am not. I now work part-time for a private school; whilst I do speak correctly, there seems little risk of being called 'posh'.

One does know how to speak.

Makes you think they just pull a passing stranger off the street sometimes.

After I had started my new job, the Chairman told me he had quizzed the member of staff who had spoken to me to arrange the interview on my speaking voice. She told him I was 'posh', apparently this was a big plus in my favour. I have to say that I don't 'speak posh', I just don't have a northeast accent. Sometime later one of the company's clients asked me to record the out of office/unavailable message on his phone. I did wonder if I could charge him.

Innit!?

When most companies had telephonists/receptionists it was important that they had good diction. Some of the people on TV would fail basic interviews in the real world.

Thought it was just me wondering how on earth people who cannot speak clearly manage to secure broadcasting roles. The BBC obviously don't want to offend inadequate applicants by suggesting they can't speak correctly.

England won 3 - 0 against Costa Rica in Orlando, it was delayed an hour cos of thunderstorms. . An Irish-American commentator with a trash can vocab. LOL

I expect many players, officials & spectators with games tickets will be turned away from even entering the USA.

I blame autocorrect 🤪🤪

@Chris - In our house we always refer to TV dinners as "Spanish Style" because it's On Those Trays.

p.s. Kenny - 🤣

😂

Fond memories of Manuel correcting Basil Fawlty:

Basil: [seeing Manual with three trays] Manuel.

Manuel: ¿Si?

Basil: [speaking slowly] There is too much butter on those trays.

Manuel: ¿Que?

Basil: There is too much butter... on... those... trays.

Manuel: No. No, no, senor. Not... not "on... those... trays"... No, sir.

Manuel: [counting the trays instructively] "Uno, dos, tres".

(at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0578584/characters/nm0755133/ )

*** pedantry alert ***

Spanish for three is tres

Treize is French for thirteen

Both pronounced somewhere between trays and trez.

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Like that one.

:-) :-)

Another good one

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When I had a summer job at Beaulieu the shift supervisor's husband had the same birthday as me (4th November) and the secretary's husband was the following day. My stepson is two days before, my grandaughter is the day before mine and two more close friends' are in the same week. What does that prove? February is a blooming cold month!

I used to work on a shift of around 45 people - three of us shared a birthday.

Akin to this is the question: How many children do you need in a class before there is a 50% chance that two have the same birthday?

The answer is 23. I won't go through the maths on here as it's difficult to show equations and formulae, but there is a fuller explanation at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem - it does help if you did algebra at school!

So clusters do occur frequently, simply because you run out of new data that are not matches for existing ones.

A truly random sequence will throw up clusters 'surprisingly' often.

Any 'patterns' in the the results are completely random. 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.

There is no geographical bias in the selection procedure. The computer doesn't know (or care) where anyone lives!

Can't say I've noticed that but it's irrelevant really as it's unique membership numbers that are in the draws, not actual postcodes. (KA,KT,KW,KY) Explained in the FAQ ...

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

ANN, presumably for counting (but not in order to sleep t' day long)

That sounds like a Yorkshire man's birthday. Same day, different sheep.

I think it means SSDD.

Same "Sheet", Different Day!

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