A life in Shreads
Well…….
I needed something to keep me busy when the broadband died.
That bag is tightly packed and if this had arrived while I was shredding, it might have ended up in there too!
The remote control is sitting on the address window on purpose. The printed address on the back is for a genuine bank.
The letter/bank statement/whatever is addressed to:
- Mr 3 initials Surname
- C/O My Full Name
- My full address and
- Postcode
George, hold Elly down.
I DID NOT pick up a Toyboy on my way back home from Dublin. The phone line and broadband were really not working, I would never think up an excuse like that! Would I? 
Do you know of anyone with a Barclays Bank account in the UK?
What would you do with the envelope?
Will Knott said,
April 10, 2010 at 11:19 am
Contact the bank, local office at least. This could be the start of someone trying to use your address to get a credit rating … and ruin yours!
Maynard said,
April 10, 2010 at 2:00 pm
I thought you were on a “drink” –being gone for days– saying it had snowed their in the middle of spring—and blaming the broadband problem on the phone company–saying no Toyboys,
We aren’t so dumb, we can figure out the truth.
Now that you are ’sober’, BURN THE DAMN ENVELOPE!!!!!
Magpie11 said,
April 10, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Is that a REAL Remote control?
Call the local Branch and ask them and then take it back next time you go into town or demand that someone fetch it…play the Granny mar card for all it’s worth………….
kenju said,
April 10, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Oh, contact that bank, for certain!!
Magpie11 said,
April 10, 2010 at 2:33 pm
We have a neighbour who makes his own compost…he takes our shredded paper and mixes it with his grass cuttings to make his compost….. he uses recycled beer as an accelerator I believe.
BTW his cuttings are all hand produced with an old fashioned push it yourself mower!
Grannymar said,
April 10, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Will - I think I will call to a bank branch on Monday.
Maynard - Lack of drink more like!
I can’t burn the envelope it is the evidence!
Magpie - The Remote is for my radio/CD player. it is very neat. I have grass cuttings from yesterday and a compost bin ready, all I need is enough……!
Judy - I now intend taking it up with the bank on Monday.
Rummuser said,
April 10, 2010 at 3:06 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npXJFHrUQns
Grannymar said,
April 10, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Ramana - Not the correct answer this time. I need to be sure that my good name is not at risk before I hand over the evidence.
Maynard said,
April 10, 2010 at 3:16 pm
I will send some “enough” over to you for your compost. David that is a great idea. I have to go out and buy more Guinness.
Be right back!!!
Grannymar said,
April 10, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Maynard - You need to water it down. Not the beer - I’m talking about the recycled liquid! It is excellent for breaking down the compost. BUT use it in moderation.
Maynard said,
April 10, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Thanks Rummy–”Return to Sender”– you had me dancing in my computer room.
We care about Grannymar’s good name, but that was rejuvenating. I had the volume as loud as it would go! Thanks!
nick said,
April 10, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Most mysterious. Obviously some identity mix-up in one of their databases. We have a Barclays Bank account but we’ve never had anything meant for another person.
Grannymar said,
April 10, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Maynard - It was great to see you on Skype, dancing round your computer room. Now back to work!!
Nick - I never had an account with the bank in question or know of anyone with the name on the envelope above mine and my address.
elly parker said,
April 10, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Recycled beer…. hmmm, does that mean urine???
Grannymar said,
April 10, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Elly - YES! But dilute it. I’d say 50/50.
Magpie11 said,
April 10, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Elly…male as well…. something to do with hormones and acidity.
I couldn’t watch the Elvis..the lip synch was way out at times!
Maynard…recycled cider is just as good…but don’t eat any Asparagus …
Thinking along the lines of a certain email thread…a bale of straw is good!
Darlene said,
April 10, 2010 at 7:42 pm
What a hoot; recycled beer. And who is going to measure it to dilute it? Not me, said the little red hen.
Grannymar said,
April 10, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Magpie - watching Maynard dance was more fun!
Darlene - If you have a garden it is worth the effort.
Maynard said,
April 10, 2010 at 10:23 pm
David, I just harvested my asparagus. Does your comment mean I can’t eat it?
Marianna said,
April 11, 2010 at 12:20 am
Tsk! Tsk! How many of those remote controls will end up in the landfill?
If Barclay’s Bank has an environmental policy they definitely violated it with this mail-out.
wisewebwoman said,
April 11, 2010 at 3:46 am
Sheesh -, what a vision of toyboys doing their almighty best for the compost of GM
As to that letter, sounds like fraud to me.
Hot tail it to the bank for sure!
XO
WWW
Brighid said,
April 11, 2010 at 5:43 am
Too busy here drinking & composting to offer any advise on the letter…
Grannymar said,
April 11, 2010 at 8:44 am
Marianna - There are only two remote controls in my house, the one mentioned above for a radio/CD player - a gift, and another only slightly larger for a radio/CD/cassette player. I too worry about all the remotes languishing on coffee tables around the globe.
WWW -
I will get in touch with the bank tomorrow.
Brighid - Mind the head!
Kate said,
April 11, 2010 at 10:21 am
I am very concerned about the shredding….. have you thought of taking up knitting or sewing again for those ‘down’ times?
Magpie11 said,
April 11, 2010 at 11:20 am
Maynard….I was thinking about the odour of asparagated urine…. apparently it can be quite high whereas normal urine is okay until it gets a bit stale…..
Magpie11 said,
April 11, 2010 at 11:22 am
You’ve heard about the chap who ate beetroot and then went to the doctor? Thought he was suffering from haematuria!
Rummuser said,
April 11, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Grannymar, do you remember the little story at the end of my post on ‘Hell’? Goes like this - “Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn’t pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with “return to sender” stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.” So be verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry careful.
Rummuser said,
April 11, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Maynard, I wish that I could have seen you do that camel walk that Elvis does for that song!
Grannymar said,
April 11, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Kate - The shredding was badly needed.
Magpie - As a big fan of beetroot…. I know that one, mind you I never went to the Dr about it.
Ramana - I remember that story. No problems like that with this envelope.
That maynard is a great mover!
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