Do a New Thing for Spring - 2021 Anniversary Edition

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jda
Mar 2021
5:44pm, 26 Mar 2021
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jda
Two coos in a field. Which one is on holiday? The one with a wee calf!
Mar 2021
6:05pm, 26 Mar 2021
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Diogenes
The phrase “examined my first PhD” reminded me of the Fry & Laurie sketch about quantity surveying.

https://youtu.be/aZUU31kHrnw
Mar 2021
6:34pm, 26 Mar 2021
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DrPhleecingD
Ooh that is a big newt Linds!!
Mar 2021
6:45pm, 26 Mar 2021
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Hanneke
Nice one Linds!

I have written a Newt blog about riding in the freezing cold! I have never ridden my bike in such low temperatures before. It was unpleasant, I cut it short!

fetcheveryone.com/blog-share.php?id=421945
Mar 2021
6:50pm, 26 Mar 2021
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GimmeMedals
I have, for the first time, reported a scam email to phishing.gov.uk
It was telling me that my vehicle tax is due and my car will be crushed if I don't pay. Not enough money on my debit card so I should pay on a credit card. It was an email address from Belgium.
Mar 2021
6:57pm, 26 Mar 2021
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Hanneke
I have had multiple scam emails lately from Belgium... HMRC, DVLA etc where they seemingly originated. Thankfully, I used to work as a translator, writer and editor, so the modest errors in grammar and spelling stand out... They are getting ever more devious though! We have been unable to take your payment blah blah... now I only pay £20 vehicle tax, once a year, so it immediately flagged up as false, but with the old van I payd over £100 monthly, so with the current covid pinch I am feeling, I could have thought it was a genuine bounced payment!!!
I think it is disgusting practice and it is the vulnerable and elderly who most likely fall victim.

I did wonder if you could report these somewhere... Phishing.gov.uk, I shall make a mental note...
Mar 2021
6:59pm, 26 Mar 2021
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Hanneke
Do you get all those phone calls too? Amazon, Iphone, all that sort of stuff? Sometimes I get a dozen in a morning. Really annoying. Telephone preference service says they come from abroad...
Mar 2021
7:10pm, 26 Mar 2021
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Tom Tom
They are definitely getting more prolific. I had a phone call from the Bank of England 2 days ago, warning me my National Insurance number had been linked to fraudulent financial dealings and I needed to press a number right away or face prosecution 🙄 I hung up and I'm still here...
Mar 2021
7:15pm, 26 Mar 2021
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GimmeMedals
I haven't had any phone calls. I googled where to send scam emails and got the phishing.gov.uk address. It annoys me so much that people try to get money for nothing from vulnerable people.
Mar 2021
7:22pm, 26 Mar 2021
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halfpint
I needed to go to the next village to pick up a prescription. I decided to cycle there but not directly so I’d get a decent after work ride. It was great.

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Maintained by Sharkie
starblackheartstar The sixth running of Do a New Thing for Spring starblackheartstar

Lent has a special and specific meaning to Christians but has become an secular season of denial and hair shirting that serves no positve purpose. No chocolate, no booze, no -er - other stuff.

Why not treat the build up to Easter - as a chance to celebrate and embrace NEW THINGS - that's what spring is about after all.

The first few pages of the thread give more ideas.

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