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mickstrefford's bio
22 years in the Royal Corps of Signals, 20 years as a computer technician, forced to retire early (redundancy!) Now spends as much time as possible in my shed making small furniture items and toys, bowls, nick nacks - whatever you want! Married to Elaine, wife, mother, grandmother and lifelong best friend, since 1975. Two wonderful grown up kids and two of the most beautiful grandchildren in the world! -
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20th Mar 2013mickstrefford commented on:
Are you plagued by nuisance calls and what is your strategy for dealing with them?On a serious note though.... I am a little more sympathetic towards UK based call centres. After all - jobs these days are hard to come by and for some it is their only source of income. I know they are only doing their job so I am more polite when I inform them that I subscribe to the TPS and would they kindly remove my number from their database. It is best not to try and string them along as they have their targets to meet and are penalised if they do not meet them. As for overseas calls (you can usually distinguish between UK and Overseas) and recorded/no response - just hang up.ViewDate:
20th Mar 2013mickstrefford commented on:
Are you plagued by nuisance calls and what is your strategy for dealing with them?A man from the East phoned my house and informed me that he was the person who could cure all of the problems I was having with my computer. (I had heard of these calls - and was hoping he would call me one day!) I obligingly went along with his suggestions, all the time pretending to know absolutely nothing about the inner workings of the infernal machine! To cut short a long story: at the time when he asked me to allow him remote access to my PC I confessed that I had been keeping him on the phone for as long as I could to prevent him from trying to scam anyone less well informed than I. You see, I worked as a Field Service Engineer fixing computers, networks and printers before I retired. You could see the colour of the air changing to a Cyan Hue as his words of appreciation for my efforts filled the airwaves. I like to think that the forty minutes he spent with me was forty minutes that he could not hurt anyone else:-). Job Done!ViewDate:
20th Sep 2012mickstrefford commented on:
The publication of topless photos of the Duchess of CambridgeI'm probably not alone in thinking that the Prince (or her aide/lady in waiting/advisor) should have had a quiet word in her shell-like something to the effect of "erm..... don't you think that might be a bit of a bad idea chuck? Grandmama will not be too chuffed if the paps get a lucky shot and plaster grainy pics your naked charm all over the world" :-? Then again - hindsight is always 20/20. -
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