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Post by vikingken on Jan 19, 2017 11:36:47 GMT
I have got to go down south for a while, my mum died this morning. Naturally my phone is dead and nobody can get in touch with me. My daughter had to get in touch via Facebook. My brother is on his way down to tell the old man, he dont know yet. Until I hear from my daughter, I still dont know for sure what I'm up to.]
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Post by judymcl on Jan 19, 2017 18:21:49 GMT
Sad news Ken, sorry for your loss. I read about your phone issues, hopefully they'll fix it soon.
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Post by vikingken on Jan 19, 2017 19:49:37 GMT
Thanks Judy.
Bloody Virgin, they take a while to get off their arses and as I have got to go away I cant book. Still not heard from any other family yet, so still dont know what is going on.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 8:46:26 GMT
Very sorry to hear that ken, hope your trip goes ok, all the best mate.
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Post by vikingken on Jan 22, 2017 13:00:52 GMT
I have got totally fed up with Virgin, I went out and got a cheap smart phone off Tescos. I have been in touch with everyone and even booked my room at my favourite hotel in Godalming. ( The Kings Arms and Royal Hotel. ) Posh name but about half the price of the hotels in Guildford. Mums funeral is on the 16th February, at Guildford crem. I have booked in at the hotel from the 14th till the 18th and I'm only a short bus ride from Guildford crem, its not in the city.
I think I will get rid of Virgin, except for the broadband. Then I will go pay monthly with Tescos, this cheap Lenovo A Plus isn't half bad and it was only 39 quid. I paid another 10 quid and got 500 minutes, 5000 texts and a shyte load of data.
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Post by judymcl on Jan 22, 2017 17:20:33 GMT
Sometimes the cheapy things work the best. I've heard good things about the Lenovo brand... I thought it was a branch of of IBM but am not sure about that. Glad things are getting worked out for you. It's hard getting all that stuff sorted.... not to mention all the legal stuff that comes later. No matter how prepared people are, things just creep up through the woodwork... it's the little things that get to you after a while. Just when you think it's all sorted something else comes up. Not fun for sure!
Best wishes to you and your family Ken, Judy
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Post by vikingken on Jan 22, 2017 19:09:31 GMT
I thought IBM as well Judy, but I'm not sure as things have got so mixed up these days. They give you a choice of two systems, but they more or less force Google on you. It certainly works better than the one I had never heard of. I've now loaded all the Google stuff, that they more or less insist on you having and everything works as smooth as silk. Everything is slightly different to what I'm used to, but I easily picked it up.
Thank you for you kind regards.
My baby brother has things pretty much under control, he, his son and one of his daughters drive and have been in close contact for a number of years. He has been running things ever since my mum got dementia, the old mans a waste of space. I think he was born with dementia. He's 95 and gets around better than me, as long as he's on his usual route at his usual time. My daughter is going down the day before, to get him ready for the funeral. They have a limo to take them all to the crem.
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Post by Filly on Jan 23, 2017 10:39:12 GMT
Ken I am so sorry to hear your sad news, words do not convey my thoughts but I am thinking of you and the family and hope all goes well - never Good news when someone passes but we can enjoy the memories of years gone by
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Post by vikingken on Jan 23, 2017 11:09:47 GMT
Thank you for your kind words Ann. I dont think you meant to repeat yourself, so I deleted the extra one.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2017 15:09:15 GMT
Hello Ken, funeral seems a long way date wise, as you get older you feel the time coming as all the people you have known seem to get less around you and that includes family. Both my father and mother have gone now. My thoughts are with you mate, jorg
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Post by vikingken on Jan 23, 2017 15:43:10 GMT
Thanks Jorg, yeah there is a big wait for the funeral. A friend who I lived next door to, from the day she was born until she got married. She's a 60 something widow now and she phoned me, she thought I had made a mistake with the date. She was booking her train and needed to make sure that I hadn't given her the wrong date. Shes got a long journey, but mum was always aunty Kath to her and no way was she going to miss her funeral.
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