Doing it all sitting down
Posted by Shirley Anne on February 9, 2012
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Despite my recent illness and problems with a puffed up face (E said I looked like Desperate Dan for those familiar with English comics, I was simply missing the stubble she said!) we went out for a meal on Monday and enjoyed a really good afternoon. The swelling to my face had subsided somewhat as the steroids took effect so I didn’t look all that bad and to be perfectly honest not many folk noticed . Today, Tuesday, as I write this, I have received a notification from the DVLA letting me know that my vehicle will need its tax disc renewing should I wish to continue driving it. This time around it will be £210. I have been able to arrange payment over the Internet having first transferring some cash from a deposit account to a current account in order to make the payment using my debit card details. All done from my armchair. I started using the Internet more often last year for carrying out financial dealings and find it a much more relaxed way of doing things. One of my pet hates is to stand around in a queue of people waiting to carry out some transaction or another as to me it is an immense waste of time and sometimes inconvenient having to make a trip into town just for the purpose of doing so. I have been doing a lot of sitting down lately but only because I haven’t been too well. It is nice to know that I can still keep things ticking along from my armchair by using the Internet. I am getting a little restless though and I am keen to continue with all the household tasks I have set myself for the year but I won’t continue with any of it until I am feeling better. For the moment I am doing it all sitting down.
Shirley Anne
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TinaCortina said
Hi Shirley Anne
As you may or may not know, I was away for a week last week, technically skiing or not as the case may be (there is a blog in that!). Anyway it means I have missed many of your posts and have not yet caught up with your indisposition. I too have had some dealing with the DVLA recently and they aren’t my favourite people. But it comes into the realms of poxy red tape to cover off the worst case scenario for everyone, when averaging things up just mean that the vast bulk are inconvenienced. I’m sure you won’t know what I am talking about, but you will gather I am not best pleased with them. Anyway, I hope you will yourself soon feel better.
Hugs Tina x
Shirley Anne said
Sorry to learn of your dealings with them not being, shall we say, favourable? Personally I have had no problems with them at all. I arranged for my new tax payment the same way last year and it works well. When we consider the numbers of issues they deal with on a daily basis, which is quoted at more than one million, you can understand there being a few mistakes along the way. This isn’t an excuse though, if they can get it right with so many then why not with all of them? We all make mistakes though. As for the red tape, I totally agree but there again it is there for a good reason, although it most probably could be streamlined in certain cases. What problems did you experience with them?
I am feeling much better now Tina, thank you. I have been out to work these past couple of days and would you believe it, most of it was outside work!
I am dying to know what plans you have for writing in the future and what form it will take. I don’t expect you to tell me but I ask what was wrong with your blogging experience to make you think about abandoning the whole idea? If you don’t wish to broadcast an answer you could mail it to me if you wish. Love
Shirley Anne xxx