Good morning Wednesday

[Osc]

Afternoon all, a lovely day here although the sun has got a bit hazy. Edward went off quite early to play golf/football with Michael and I joined them a while later. We walked home with Michael and had a chat with Miss Osc and SIL. We’ve had lunch and are just about to do our list for the online grocery shop.

[JanB]

The problem with the post is that the bar used to be given it by CTT (our post people) and we'd collect it from there. They've been doing that for 6 years, without payment and when the shop was there, they'd be paid for collecting and doling out the post.

Meanwhile, skullduggery went on and CTT lost the franchise for the post offices throughout our area. So for the past 18 months, we've been getting post very spasmodically or not at all.

Then the virus arrived, the bar shut.

We've tried Castro Verde for our post, as that was the main centre and also our local post office. Got a couple of bank statements and a couple of lecky bills

And then the bar re-opened but they'd had enough of people using it as a post office and not a bar and refused to have any mail, apart from their own. And I really can't blame them. Christmas was like a depot, with the amount of parcels being sent to the foreigners. And they'd come in, take their parcel and not even buy a coffee

After much discussion with the new post office and local government, CTT got the franchise back. People weren't getting their pensions, post would go from here to Mertola, then Lisbon and back, if you were lucky

In rural areas, where the post isn't delivered, we normally have a bank of locked postboxes on a stand. There was one by the bar, unused for years. I'd asked about it when we moved and Amelia in the post office said she'd let me know. Never heard from her

Then the boxes were moved into the bus shelter - so we all rushed off to the post office in Ourique to get a key. All boxes now have names and numbers on them.

That was two weeks ago, so we're all hoping deliveries will resume soon.

We're not the only one's not getting post, no-one is - yet

[cruiser2]

Good afternoon everybody.

Following on from posts by The Ostrich and cromwell, I am with Bt. The contract is due to finish on 2nd July. I have now got a new contract with BT.
It include broadband, landline, mobile phone and TV less than I am now paying and also cheaper han Virgin wanted to charge.
So a good deal. I have not had any problems with BT. Have even had one of the latest master sockets so I do not need splitters in the exyension sockets.
Long phone call to cancel contract with Virgin. Started a 10.56a.m. Finally finishd at 11 23 a.m. Will be sending a letter of complaint.
Much quicker and easier with BT.
We had a new Bosch wshing machine last year. There is now only one cold water pipe and th waste water discharge.
Took some time to get the correct short programme. It is much quieter and quicker than the old one.