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Just back from the local bar, I would have stayed longer but had a couple of planks telling me about chemtrails.
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Not used Travelodge for years ( a bit scummy) but Premier have upped their prices massively in the last few years
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Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:10 pm More or less par for hotel in England. I have just bopked one in Watford for £97.
Yup. As much as they advertise cheaper prices, it's usually somewhere you don't want to be on the wrong date.

Often, breakfast and parking are extras. And if you want the cancellation option.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:19 pm Not used Travelodge for years ( a bit scummy) but Premier have upped their prices massively in the last few years
Costing me £140 for a room in Manchester for one night in the middle of October ffs
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MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:49 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:19 pm Not used Travelodge for years ( a bit scummy) but Premier have upped their prices massively in the last few years
Costing me £140 for a room in Manchester for one night in the middle of October ffs
Try the prices in the Chichester one when there's something on at Goodwood. :shock:

Dynamic pricing - on steroids.
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Count Steer wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:58 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:49 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:19 pm Not used Travelodge for years ( a bit scummy) but Premier have upped their prices massively in the last few years
Costing me £140 for a room in Manchester for one night in the middle of October ffs
Try the prices in the Chichester one when there's something on at Goodwood. :shock:

Dynamic pricing - on steroids.
To be fair, this is right next door to the Manc Arena on a concert night.
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Yorick wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:15 pm
Noggin wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:05 pm Trying to book a room in Dorchester. FFS, has Dorchester changed massively in the last few years?? Cheapest room I have found is 100£ :shock: :shock: :shock:

I only want to sleep in it for a night. Not buy it FFS!!!
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30 minute walk from where I need to be that evening, but I'll get a cab back (hopefully!) and all the other places were similar!! LOL
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7AM an email arrives from head office. It invites me and nearly 300 other people to a teams meeting at 10AM

This doesn't sound good.

10AM Meeting

"We have ceased payments, you're not getting paid for last month. We have é days to find a solution or we declare bankruptcy"

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Jody wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:53 am 7AM an email arrives from head office. It invites me and nearly 300 other people to a teams meeting at 10AM

This doesn't sound good.

10AM Meeting

"We have ceased payments, you're not getting paid for last month. We have é days to find a solution or we declare bankruptcy"

Fucksticks
Not good. You going to be okay until the next thing comes up?
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Rockburner wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 11:27 am
Jody wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:53 am 7AM an email arrives from head office. It invites me and nearly 300 other people to a teams meeting at 10AM

This doesn't sound good.

10AM Meeting

"We have ceased payments, you're not getting paid for last month. We have é days to find a solution or we declare bankruptcy"

Fucksticks
Not good. You going to be okay until the next thing comes up?
I actually only have 2 weeks left on this contract. Apparently the French government will pay our wages but it can take a few weeks. I regard myself as fortunate that if those wages never arrive, I'm OK.

One big PITA is that I leave things in the mobile home over winter, I have done for the last few years. Now I need to take everything away as there's no guarantee this mobile home will even be here next year. I no longer own a LWB campervan. Ive got to get 3 bikes, a motorbike, surfboard, TV etc etc transported with a Dacia duster and single bike trailer!!
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Hmm...how mobile is this mobile home? :D

(I assume way too big to tow behind a Duster....).
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Jody wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:50 pm
Rockburner wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 11:27 am
Jody wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:53 am 7AM an email arrives from head office. It invites me and nearly 300 other people to a teams meeting at 10AM

This doesn't sound good.

10AM Meeting

"We have ceased payments, you're not getting paid for last month. We have é days to find a solution or we declare bankruptcy"

Fucksticks
Not good. You going to be okay until the next thing comes up?
I actually only have 2 weeks left on this contract. Apparently the French government will pay our wages but it can take a few weeks. I regard myself as fortunate that if those wages never arrive, I'm OK.

One big PITA is that I leave things in the mobile home over winter, I have done for the last few years. Now I need to take everything away as there's no guarantee this mobile home will even be here next year. I no longer own a LWB campervan. Ive got to get 3 bikes, a motorbike, surfboard, TV etc etc transported with a Dacia duster and single bike trailer!!
Surfboard and 2 motorbike's worth of wheels on the roof of the car, biggest bike on the trailer, other 2 in the boot. TV on passenger seat. :D
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Just spent the last hour and half being fucked about in a pharmacy for something they finally said they haven't got. Tossers.
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I appear to be on a "list" and in the last week have had about 5 emails with parcel tracking info leading to a bogus DHL website and a minor customs charge.
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Discovering that my Home & Contents insurance doesn't cover the theft of the Puch. :(

Yes - I know it's a "motorcycle" but it's not a road-registered vehicle so I never bought "normal" bike insurance for it, assuming it would be covered under "personal belongings". (not even sure where I'd get insurance cover for it anyway tbh.. is there specialist insurance for motorised cycles that never leave the premises??)

buggeration.
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Footman James do a restoration and storage policy, I've got my other auld Trumpet on it.

Horses, stable doors etc.

Soz. :(
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:25 am Footman James do a restoration and storage policy, I've got my other auld Trumpet on it.

Horses, stable doors etc.

Soz. :(
If it comes back I'll look into it. :thumbup:
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Royal Mail track your item service, or lack thereof. Sort your internal server errors out ffs, i want to know where my stuff is! :evil:
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Insomnia. On steroids due to a chest infection but a side effect is insomnia. There is nothing more annoying than laying there hour after bastard hour with no chance of going to sleep and now I'm knackered as I've had about 4-5 hours sleep since monday! :wtf: