@MikeyBikey - ! have run a small retail business and I wish it were as simple as that. Many will not take Amex because they were an expensive pain to deal with. The costs come straight out of your margin and the margins in the trade I was in would not take it.😉I seriously do not understand the mentality of some small business people who would rather lose the sales rather than reduce profits. Where I used to live there were two menswear shops. One took Amex and the other did not. The one who did said he did not understand the mentality of the other one being willing to lose business to him over a small percentage difference charge from the credit card number. Anyway when he retired the other one decided he still would not take Amex. A few years later he.decided to go online only so he didn't have to pay someone to cover one day a week and his summer holiday as if was closed there were 3 x M&S, 2 x Debenhams and a John Lewis with 10 miles. So his thinking was a mix of logical and illogical. His sales fell so he decided to open a pop-up shop three or four times a year . Then Covid struck and his business went down the pan. I suspect he might have survived if he had had more respect for his customers. Too many independent cafes and restaurants failed over the years because of their owners attitudes!
Has anyone tried turning the weather off and on again?Think MicroSoft have the weather contact as it started with patches of blue and sunshine. Now it si all "greyed out". Who is not paying their Sunshine 365 Licence?
Hi Lanny,07:16 BS 5.8. Nice to get back to 5s yesterday & today! 🙂
A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉
Was poorly for about 10 days or so after my last post on here with an ear infection in both ears & had a bit of a chesty cough too so, mainly stayed in bed & slept a lot during the day as well as the night: wasn’t awake for long; but, couldn’t sleep for long either. 🙄
Was on Otomize antibiotic ear spray for 8 days & my ears have been clear & free of the underwater feeling for a couple of days now but, VERY itchy & trying NOT to stick my fingers in for a scratch! BS was erratic & swinging up & down a bit but, settling down nicely now the infection has passed. Still got a teeny bit of an intermittent cough but, dry rather than chesty. Starting to sleep less often & more awake during the day & have a bit more energy. Was scanning a lot & trying not to use too much NR as I was caught out a few times in the high 3s while I was on the Otomize spray! 😱
I saw the ads for The Shingles vaccine & have asked on the online prescription form if I could have it: 50+ for people with compromised immunity; technically NOT me, I suppose but, did point out I have a history of Bells Palsy & can’t take the steroids used to treat that anymore because of hallucinations. Also, prone to a lot of ear infections which may be related to the Herpes virus that causes Shingles & Bells Palsy? I’m hoping that I CAN have the vaccine as I DID ask about it before way back in 2017 after the last time I had the steroids for a bout of Bells Palsy & had to come off them early. Was told then that it was only for 75+ but, the latest ads have now widened the criteria for the vaccine! Maybe even help to cut down the ear infections I get?
Oh yes! If you get the infection in your neck where the opening for the facial nerves are it goes up behind your ears & if you have a narrow head there’s not much room for swelling so, it presses your facial nerves against the skull & that’s what causes Bell’s palsy!Hi Lanny,
I hope you manage to get your Vaccine.I have had Shingles a couple of times and know the residual Herpes virus ( after initial Chickenpox) causes it but did not realise there was a possible link with Bells Palsy.
One of my old work colleagues had an episode of BP and I thought he handled the situation very well as know it can be a traumatic experience so you do have my best wishes.
ATB
I’ve checked and it’s my turn to run the Jewish Space Laser Weather Control System this afternoon between 13:01 and 13:09 so here comes summer!Has anyone tried turning the weather off and on again?
You must have a great equivalent up in Scotland as that is their normal sunshine ration for the year.I’ve checked and it’s my turn to run the Jewish Space Laser Weather Control System this afternoon between 13:01 and 13:09 so here comes summer!