❤️❤️

Stress, grief, anxiety, relief, guilt, loneliness; all these emotions have an impact on your physical wellbeing. I'm sure your chest pain is related to the turmoil,you are going through at the moment.

As others have said, take things slowly, allow yourself time to remember good times and happy memories. Work and routine will help focus the mind, however hard that is to conceive at the moment, so just take it at whatever pace you want.

As everyone has already said everything there’s nothing I can add, but I do hope you have a good day tomorrow. As also already said we are all thinking of you 🤗🤗

Stress can play all sorts of strange tricks on the human body and you been through loads of it for ages.

Thinking of you for your birthday.

I agree with everything that has been said above. Know that we are here for you, when you are ready.. Xx

All best wishes for your Birthday, Em, from me & Mrs T..❤️

LLAP 🖖

Definitely sounds like a strain, brought on by tension and stress with all you have been through. Just remember, Breathe - wind down and take time. Remember, physical exercise will help your mind destress so you sleep at night - your plans sound good, but just walking is good too. It’s just a hard, painful time to get through that does get easier when your mind is ready to accept it.

Big hugs, Em; just take a day at a time. Happy birthday for tomorrow! 🎉

Grief stress and tension can all cause actual physical pain and you will be experiencing all 3 in copious amounts. As everyone has said, take it one day at a time and try not to think too far ahead. It’s good that you are spending your birthday with people who love and care for you and completely understand what you are going through. You will be able to share memories of Simon and remember some of the happier times you have all had together

Hope you can get someone to check it out, we all react differently, when someone leaves us. but keeeping busy will make it better in time.

Best wishes for your birthday, & hope there's things you can enjoy. Looking forward to the day you feel well enough to return, you know we miss you.

Just take it a day at a time!

You don't need to be thinking of us, but I appreciate it may help by thinking about something else

You are doing so well Em. We look forward to see you again regularly when you are ready ❤️

I can't add anything to what has been said by others but my thoughts are with you.

The pain also sounds like heartbreak to me. I hope it starts to lessen for you.

I hope tomorrow goes as well as it can. I'll be thinking of you, as I always am.

Thanks for the update Em.Tomorrow will be a difficult day for you but you'll find the strength to get through it.Remember to look after yourself.Thinking of you ♥️

Dear Em, All of our thoughts are with you, take your time, one day at a time and remember your happy memories in this time of deep sadness. Very best wishes on your birthday and so good that you are spending it with family surrounded by love and comfort. Take good care of yourself brave lady.

You are a strong woman, Em, and Simon gave you his strength which you will carry with you always. Best wishes to you on your birthday. Best wishes to Simon’s parents too. They must be in so much pain.

It's so good of you to think of us Em. Best wishes for your birthday, that will be one milestone you have passed. We will see you when you're ready.

Thank you or thinking of us at this time, accept all help offered, but also be prepared to say no. Maggies is a great place to aid the process of grieving, and take your time before finally returning to us. Use your birthday to remember the good times. 🥰

Thanks for your update, and you are right to take as much time as you feel regarding any return to work. I know you will be going through many different emotions at this time, and there will also be many occasions when "this is a first time" such and such an event occurs without Simon being close by, even though you know he will be there in spirit.

Just take care of yourself no matter what else is going on around you, and my good wishes are there for the future.

Just take it easy one day at a time and look after yourself. I do know what you are going through from my own experience 50 years ago..Keep hold of those happy memories. Come back to us when you are ready. Best wishes to you.

It sounds more than the pain of a broken heart to me, Em. Is there a walk-in centre you can go to (just as bad as A&E, I know). Hopefully, there will be someone medical at Maggie's who can help. Many Happy Returns. I am sure Simon will be with you in spirit.

Bless you Em for thinking of us lot at such a hard time.Your pain may be partly due to stress and tension as I am sure relaxing does not come easy right now.

I hope your birthday will pass as well as it can and you will be spending it at least with people who love and care about you .

I am sure all of us are pleased to hear that you are planning to return.Take care.🤗🤗

Brilliant - thank you for sharing

Love this sort of stuff.

There was an old sketch show called Absolutely where a regular character called Frrrank Hovis would deliver a speech while sitting on the toilet. (Or as he always pronounced it, the Rrravatrrry. He turned every R or L into an R, horribly rolled at the back of the throat.)

"So I went back to the barman, and I said "Barman, your Gents is out of order," he said "Frank, just use the Ladies."

Well I tried. But they wouldn't keep still."

(At that point, he reached for the toilet paper and realised it was all gone. Just before the sketch cut, he started removing his tie...)

I hope you didn't actually use the floor, Barrie! 😀

One I saw in Amsterdam: “Dear Guest, we would like to remind you that we have neighbours. Everybody that doesn’t behave gets killed.”

I've experienced number 20 while in need.

😂😂 So good, my jaws are aching.

Thanks for the giggle Enver, (sometimes the guffaw)! Particularly sniggered at number 12 - tickled my sense of humour.

Brilliant.

Liked them all Enver. Most made me laugh out loud. Made my day so much better. Thanks.

Brilliant, I was crying with laughter there. One of my favourite internet themes is stupid signs and DIY fails.

Very amusing 😀

:-) :-)

They’re all excellent. 🤣

Love number 12 !!!

🤣🤣🤣

Brilliant 🙂

I had a handyman like that some time ago. I would have been happy to pay triple what he asked for jobs he did for me the result was so acceptable.

That must have been a nice surprise for you, Grumpy grandad (though you were probably less grumpy after this!).

Not until he gets the ropes undone.

If you find a good one, never them let go. Trouble is with a locksmith he'll find a way to escape.

Yes, when you get a good tradesman they are golddust. My carpenter came out last year because I couldn’t lock my front door. It was new in 1979, so I thought a new lock would be needed. No, he said, I’ll just change the cylinder. Went to get it, fitted a new 5-lever kite-marked cylinder and charged me around £40 I think - labour, travelling, no separate call-out, collecting the lock… great guy.

That's excellent 👍

Well done, I could do with someone like that...but then couldn't we all.

That would have made my day, it's good to know there are some genuine people out there and its lovely when you come across them.

Seen that one here before but still made me smile.

😂

If I get to the till after queuing for a while and they say "sorry for the wait", I have been known to say "that's rude, I'm not that much overweight".

Cheeky manager! 🤣🥝

I'd once been waiting over an hour for a meal to arrive and when it finally arrived the waiter said "Sorry about the waiting."

He couldn't understand why we all started laughing.

Nice one 😂😂

🤣🤣

Brilliant, one of your better one's. 👏

I think this is in response to an issue DottyC emailed me about earlier, so in that case you're welcome.

Have you won?

Happens all the time, it's not just you. Don't take it personally.

Sometimes you will be screened out due to the answers that you gave on previous surveys where the external, third party company's system knows what demographic bracket you fit into from past answers and knows that you are not eligible for that survey. However, their system is not supposed to show you surveys which you are not eligible to complete but sadly their level of technology is not always at the level that we here at PMP or you our members would wish it to be. Sorry about that.

I do understand the frustration, but please don’t type in all capitals.

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/88-forum-guidelines

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

@monkee65 - maybe they were looking for people who had keyboards with lower case letters rather than using Telex keyboards from the 1970s?

JUST SAYING.

Steady on there Monkee. Take a breath!

@Jaffa - OP sounds fairly cross to me.

It just means that you don't fit the particular demographic they are looking for. Sometimes you'll be screened out of a survey because you do not meet the demographic requirements. These could be anything such as age range, gender, location, employment status, where you shop etc. Or it could be that the bracket that you fit in to has had enough responses. The external surveys like to have an even amount of answers from each and each bracket type does not get completed at the same rate.

Please don’t type in all capitals.

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/88-forum-guidelines

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.

Very funny all.

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Barrie. Heard it before,but coincidentally I actually read that joke yesterday and was telling it to my wife today. It was about the bags under her eyes, and when the consultant explained the problem she said "I won't mention the beard then".

🤣🤣🥝

... & some women now have beards.

😄🤣

Tips. Install a secure browser (i.e. not Microsoft of Google's offerings.) Run through a VPN. Disable cross-scripting - although a decent browser does this by default. Have a decent anti-virus package such as AVG - even the free version is quite good. And use an Internet Eraser to get rid of your browsing history. I use CCleaner and set the overwrites to the maximum of 35. Don't use a password manager - if anyone gains access to your machine, they can log into any of the sites you use and 'be you.'

You'll never defeat them totally (as Baldwin put it, 'The bomber will always get through') but at least try to deter them and send them elsewhere. Why break through a locked and bolted door when your neighbour has left theirs wide open?

Scams are getting ever more sophisticated so everyone needs to be so vigilant these days.

We all like to think it only happens to "other people" . Hope to God I continue to be smart enough to recognise and respond. But that doesn't stop me feeling sympathy and anger towards the victims and the perpetrators respectively.

It's essential to report the AI impersonation scams to the platform on which you see them.

There was a woman on a show a couple of week ago who had been in touch with a guy online, with the usual scam. She was asked about it and her reply was "I lost £80,000 out of that account." I can only assume maybe there were other accounts as well. I'm sorry but I have to say some people deserve it. I've had them contact me years ago and I know exactly where it's going and I'll play them as far as I can, but eventually they have to give up knowing I'm not a fool so they're wasting their time. Just today I had scammers on the phone trying to reduce our electric bills. The terrible thing is they knew the name, address, electric company and type of tariff we're on. That just shouldn't be the case. I wanted to play but when they have so much info it's harder as they'll put the phone down sooner.

They showed the "Martin Lewis" scam on Good Morning Britain a few days ago, along with a woman who considered herself "fairly savvy" but took out a loan of £15,000 in order to withdraw the £200 she'd first invested in some Bitcoin scheme. Lost the lot.

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.

Now at £2,743.75

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?

You should watch the videos. They've been shown on the BBC. You have one person on the floor, stabbed and telling them he's been stabbed, and they reply "No, you haven't" or something like that. All they had to do was look, but the person who is on the floor complaining of being stabbed and can't get up is generally the victim. He was handcuffed AFTER telling them he'd been stabbed. Arrested is one thing, wrong admittedly, but handcuffing someone dying on the floor is another. He died at the scene, and I believe, in a very short time. It was later said "The killer lied to the police"

What? A killer lies to the police whilst his victim is lying on the floor dying? At least one of the officers should be charged with manslaughter.

I read that the killer told the police he had been attacked so they naturally arrested the accused person before realising he was injured.

If the police had ignored the assault report they would still be in the wrong so they are damned either way.

Police and Post Office were both responsible jobs where they wouldn't just let anyone join. Now the Police will arrest and handcuff dying men rather than be accused of racism by arresting a killer.

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.

Just been back through my purchase orders and it was bought June 2023, with standard 2yr guarantee, and I think I registered it on purchase, which extends it to 3 yrs. just got to find the receipt in my file, which will have on it if I registered it or not.

That's good, Kenny.

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! 😂

😂😄

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.

😂😂😂

:-) :-)

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?

:-)

🤣

Terrifying thought

😂

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.

Please keep them coming Kenny,I always share the jokes on here with my early morning dog-walker group.

Subtle!

😁x 2

😂

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