tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post5975323361883086567..comments2023-08-22T12:23:56.338+01:00Comments on And - Who Cares: Northern Rock DebaclePenny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-283783796487082782007-09-22T23:14:00.000+01:002007-09-22T23:14:00.000+01:00AMKT - thanks - it does sound as if the govt will ...AMKT - thanks - it does sound as if the govt will support NR out of it's current difficulty - at least until Gordon Brown gets the other side of the next election.<BR/>I remember other promises of his that only lasted as long as he needed to get safely to the other side of election day.Penny Pincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-4835460199256663122007-09-22T23:10:00.000+01:002007-09-22T23:10:00.000+01:00Mark - yes mine is set up to receive comments by e...Mark - yes mine is set up to receive comments by email so even if someone has deleted it i do get to see what they deleted - invariably typo errors or duplicated comments.<BR/><BR/>Merryw - I've not got a downer on Switzerland - I'm just not sure that I'd be good enough for them -? not law abiding enough for them. It does illustrate though how long one can still feel embarrassment over a public Penny Pincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-71325723393054691392007-09-22T21:29:00.000+01:002007-09-22T21:29:00.000+01:00Good luck with Northern Rock. What a shock it is w...Good luck with Northern Rock. What a shock it is when some well-established institution starts to get into trouble. But it does sound as if the crisis has been nipped in the bud and your money is safe. I hope I'm right, for your sake, and not being overly naive and optimistic.Around My Kitchen Tablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840917368903178857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-23306003279628010772007-09-21T21:25:00.000+01:002007-09-21T21:25:00.000+01:00By the way, just thinking about deleted comments -...By the way, just thinking about deleted comments - I can remove those on my blog, it's a 2 step thing, the trash can sign appears twice. You do it from the dashboard posting screen. Not that I've done it often, only with the odd spam thing.<BR/><BR/>Also, are you black-listing Switzerland for an incident 20 years ago? - Gee, how cross you can be! - Hope I don't ever feel your wrath!! xmerry weatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790847146645006254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-8093046042636406662007-09-21T21:20:00.000+01:002007-09-21T21:20:00.000+01:00Hello Lady Thinker!Gosh, it's hard to get your att...Hello Lady Thinker!<BR/><BR/>Gosh, it's hard to get your attention in here these days, all these buddies jostling for your ear :)<BR/><BR/>Little sis here - sorry to hear you've got all this worry with Northern Rock :(. It must be a worry, nothing is sacred when based on money it seems. Do hope it works out in your favour. xmerry weatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790847146645006254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-57945326939921035522007-09-21T17:41:00.000+01:002007-09-21T17:41:00.000+01:00Now if someone leaves a comment then changes their...<I>Now if someone leaves a comment then changes their mind and deletes it ...</I><BR/><BR/>You can set your template up to forward all comments to you via email, go to 'settings', 'comments' and then 'email notification' at the bottom. Or is this what you meant you've done?Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-25177443214383620592007-09-21T17:21:00.000+01:002007-09-21T17:21:00.000+01:00Toby - This German thing - everyone started to ch...Toby - This German thing - everyone started to chat about it a few days ago ... see comments on <BR/>http://sidmouth-town.blogspot.com/2007/09/panic-attacks-in-north.html<BR/><BR/>Also henry and mark were chatting on this in their blog comments around this too....<BR/><BR/>As to savings - these only started to appear in my latter half of life... but they likely to be diminished soon as we are Penny Pincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-81880987379751261972007-09-21T17:14:00.000+01:002007-09-21T17:14:00.000+01:00Mark - I'm not sure that I've looked for this. Int...Mark - I'm not sure that I've looked for this. Interesting ... but this was my own error ... It was a bare few words that I'd just started to type and my fingers pushed the wrong button far too quickly... I do that when replying to a text too sometimes - often fire off a blank message - my fingers are faster than my brain. <BR/><BR/>I do hate it when there's a 'This Comment Removed by Blog Penny Pincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-16066462356989375232007-09-20T13:26:00.001+01:002007-09-20T13:26:00.001+01:00LT, in Blogspot, do you know how to turn off the f...LT, in Blogspot, do you know how to turn off the function that enables people to go back and delete their own comments, e.g. above 18/9 at 21.01?<BR/><BR/>Word verification: rizzzo (out of 'Grease' presumably)Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-8448905785277447272007-09-20T13:26:00.000+01:002007-09-20T13:26:00.000+01:00Reckon the EU has taken over Blogger. There are we...Reckon the EU has taken over Blogger. There are weird German phrases popping up everywhere; like "Sie konnen HTML-Tags verwenden" beneath comment boxes! Half the profile options are German now too!<BR/>Or is that just me.<BR/>Hope you rescue all your savings. It's not a problem I am familiar with, as I don't have any yet :)tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280033317906487170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-44766722239058688962007-09-19T22:54:00.000+01:002007-09-19T22:54:00.000+01:00I still don't trust what our minister has told us....I still don't trust what our minister has told us. So this evening have been online to remove most of my Silver Saver money. It should be in my current account in a few days.<BR/>Now I only have a few weeks to go before I can gain access to my 1 year bond. I hope Northern Rock will stay in business for a few more months yet. Before the EU tell OUR PM that he can't shore up a failing financial Penny Pincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-65025080600788111432007-09-19T16:24:00.000+01:002007-09-19T16:24:00.000+01:00Tobeeee - lovely to see you again.Well - what do t...Tobeeee - lovely to see you again.<BR/><BR/>Well - what do the voters have as a viable alternative?? I ask you - I despair - what are we coming to?<BR/>I am beginning to dream of moving to Iceland or Switzerland. The former for the space and peace and quiet. The latter because it is (?was)well run. But when I was last there (over 20 yrs ago) was told off for crossing an empty road before the Penny Pincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-31607794701348142102007-09-19T13:08:00.000+01:002007-09-19T13:08:00.000+01:00Not sure this govt will be "hoist by its own petar...Not sure this govt will be "hoist by its own petard" unless the problems spread to the wider economy. North England voters instantly believed the chancellor's money back "guarantee", only a few southerners continued to queue after that. The theft of occupational pensions has had no impact on voter surveys. Neither has the forced emigration of junior doctors or Iraq or...tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280033317906487170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-32919296179310269742007-09-18T21:04:00.000+01:002007-09-18T21:04:00.000+01:00oh dear - tech problems - hello glamourpuss - sorr...oh dear - tech problems -<BR/><BR/> hello glamourpuss - sorry about your troubles with Northern Rock - can only assume they not so good due to recent circumstances? but I stand to be corrected - I only had dealings over the last 9 years as a saver.Penny Pincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-61275007872637070932007-09-18T21:01:00.000+01:002007-09-18T21:01:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Penny Pincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-18439034260303121982007-09-18T19:47:00.000+01:002007-09-18T19:47:00.000+01:00Well, as someone who has been trying to get a mort...Well, as someone who has been trying to get a mortgage review through for the past four months, my opinion of NR is not printable. And now that this has happened, all hell has been let loose.<BR/><BR/>Dreadful.<BR/><BR/>PussGlamourpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450175254756849062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-21226774315435185902007-09-18T14:45:00.000+01:002007-09-18T14:45:00.000+01:00I was talking to a friend earlier who's ion exactl...I was talking to a friend earlier who's ion exactly the same position as you, Penny. Hold on in there!Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-27461198912309661672007-09-18T03:18:00.000+01:002007-09-18T03:18:00.000+01:00I hope you don't lose anything Penny. Even if you...I hope you don't lose anything Penny. Even if you don't have a lot in there, you earned it and it would be a shame to lose it through no fault of your own. This stinks. Keep us posted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-44914398286908076932007-09-17T17:05:00.000+01:002007-09-17T17:05:00.000+01:00You are right (having read other blogs on the topi...You are right (having read other blogs on the topic).<BR/><BR/>Just hang on until fixed period for your postal account expires and then saunter into the branch and ask for your readies. By that time either it'll have sorted itself out or been taken over by somebody else. Banks take over otehr banks all the time (or at least they did it a lot in the 1990s, with the demutualisations and all that), Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com