Tesco - Every Little Helps (them) ...

We always go to Tesco shopping.  Everyone moans about the prices and the 'special offers' they have there, but everyone still goes.  It probably has the best variety of groceries so it's convenient I guess.

I just thought I'd show you their latest offer.  Frozen strawberries.  This is a good deal for a stupid person.  It clearly states £1.00 per pack or any 3 for £5.00.  Hmm.  I'd be wanting 5 packs for £5.00 but as the offer states it is 'any 3 for £5.00' .  Go figure !!! 

Happy Anniversary !!!

Okay, so our Anniversary was actually yesterday.  I did write this on my blog yesterday but the 'post' appears to have gone onto a different blog.  *Looks at empty wine bottles*  I have no idea why or how that happened !!!

Anyway, as some of you may already know, Boy George is kind of my idol (ssshh, don't laugh) and via the wonderful world of Twitter (that I never really use), on my birthday I got him to wish me a Happy Birthday.  So, our anniversary ...   well I had to try.   And, ta-daaaaa, he obliged.  I really don't use Twitter except to try and get Boy George to send me a personal message.  Well, if you don't ask, you don't get !!!  See, he even put a little kiss after his message.  Yes, that IS a little kiss.  It is NOT some form of 'X marks the spot' for him to shoot me because he thinks I'm his stalker.  I'm not.  Honest.  *Beams*

Fish Duty ..... again !!!

Yes, I've been on fish duty again.  Mum went away for just two nights.  When I went round hers to feed the fish, I found this note next to the fish food and blackbird food (all with appropriate 'measuring' scoops). 

Can you imagine how long the note is when she goes away for a week ?

Saturday = day for stupid questions !!!

As I said previously, I'm selling all my PS1 and PS2 games on Ebay.  I've listed some in 'bundles' and I've listed some separately.  To save time (and money on Ebay) I put a picture of about 25 games that I have for sale.  I put a starting bid of £2.00 and then put:  THIS AUCTION IS FOR ONE ITEM ONLY – PLEASE CONTACT ME TO LET ME KNOW WHICH GAME YOU WANT.  Then I get an email asking:  "Do you get all the game in the picture or is a random selection".  And no, I've not spelt anything wrong there - that's exactly how the question was put to me.  It's not just me is it ?  I mean, I put this auction is for one item only.  I am then asked if they get all the games.

I get stupid questions all the time.  I have advertised five Crash Bandicoot games as a bundle.  I then get people asking me how much would postage be for just two of the games.   No.  You can't buy just two.  That's the idea of a 'bundle'.  They are bundled together.  Clear ?  I have another listing that already has a bid on it.  I am then asked by someone else if they can buy the games but can I do them for £4.00 cheaper.  Umm.  No.  These games are already being sold so cheap just to get rid of them and make more space in my cupboard.  What do they want me to do ?  Pay THEM to take them off my hands ?  Perhaps I'll answer the next stupid email (because I know there will be more) with 'you are the weakest link, goodbye' !!!

The End of an Era !!!

I finally decided to try and get rid of all my old Playstation 1 and Playstation 2 games.  Yes, I am a child at heart really.  I love all kinds of video games (as they were called years ago).  I grew up with Pac-Man and Space Invaders.  And when I say 'Space Invaders' I really do mean the proper, original version.  I don't just mean a game with space-crafts that fire bullets at you to try and destroy you.  I mean 'Space Invaders'.  There is only one.  The original.  Anyway, back to my games.  I have put most of my games on Ebay as it was free listing weekend last weekend.  It was either that or these same games will sit in the cupboard for another five years or more and then I will be lucky to get 10p each for any of them.  I thought I might just get a couple of quid each for these games but it appears there is a bit of a call for the Crash Bandicoot games. 

I thought I'd sold them the other night but after I took a PayPal payment for £22.50 for all five PS1 Crash games and a Resident Evil Survivor game, I noticed other people were bidding for the Crash games and were up to £26.00 just for them.  I refunded the man I'd 'sold' them to and apologised profusely and then put them back on Ebay for sale.  I've now had a bid for all five Crash PS1 games and also a bid for all five Crash PS2 games.  This is just the start.  I think the bidding will continue when the items get closer to ending.

I will miss Crash Bandicoot.  He has kept me busy on many a cold and wet night.  Boredom sets in and Crash Bandicoot comes out.  Although saying that, I've not been as much into video games for the last few years due to the fact I bought this silly thing called a computer.  It uses up too much of my time. 

Yahoo Messenger was addictive enough to chat to people, then they go and invent Facebook.  That really sucks the life out of me.  Anyway, I just thought I'd say goodbye to Crash Bandicoot via my blog.  I must go now as I have people to stalk, umm, I mean look up on Facebook.

Raining ! (again)

I would blog but it's rained.  Nothing exciting has happened because of the rain.  Nothing exciting WILL happen because of the rain.  British Summer-time has ended.  Official.  Bloody rain !

Customer Service vacancy ?

So ...  the phone rings today.  I answer it.  Immediately, by the way the guy is talking I know it's either a scam or it is someone trying to sell something.  I think the guy may have been Indian.  No offence to anyone from India reading this, but he did have a very strong accent.  My surname is quite a simple one.  It has an 'e' on the end of it but it's not pronounced.  I knew we were in trouble when the guy on the phone said 'is that Mr' and he pronounced my surname as if there was 'ay' on the end.  I just said hello again.  He then says 'oh, is that Mrs ...'.  I say yes.  The guy then says that he is from the technical department of Windows and that he can tell each time I log in that I am having download problems and that I am probably downloading some malicious files and that he can help eradicate these problems.  Uh-huh.  I've had one of these before, or maybe five before.  I know all about the scam where you log in, they give you a password, then they hack in and steal all your personal details from your computer.  Normally with these calls I play along a little and try to get them to give me their phone number in case I get cut off and I can always phone them back as I really do need their help. 

I couldn't be bothered to play the game today.  I just told him that I knew of his scam and that I wasn't going to log into my computer and let him steal all my personal data.  I think I may have flustered him a little because he began to talk so fast that I really couldn't understand him.  I thought I did hear one word in particular though, so I asked him to repeat what he had just said.  He said 'Mrs, fuck you and fuck your family'.  I said pardon.  Again he said 'fuck you and fuck your family'.  I think he might have put an 'a' on the end of the word fuck each time.  It sounded now like he could be of mixed race - possibly Italian and Indian.  It probably didn't help with me ending the conversation by saying 'and how fucking rude are you'.  After the call I dialled 1471 to see if a number had been left so I could make a polite phone call back to them.  It said 'you were called today by telephone number 000000000'.  Odd.  I phoned my mum afterwards to warn her about this scam, again.  When I say warn her, I don't mean that the phone call would shock her, I was just warning her that perhaps if she gets the same guy on the phone she can tell him to fuck himself and fuck his family before he gets in there first !!!