I've been popping in and out; round and about.  But not a lot to report on the domestic front.

I was and still am, ropeable and livid when advised I couldn't change my 40 year old account to include online banking.  

Wait for it - the reason is due to my not having a mobile phone!!!  What ???

"Oh, we send your urgent messages and the password by SMS. You can go and buy a phone."  Like hell I will.  Let me see the Manager. He's busy. Well, close the account. Okay.  And you can close the other accounts that have my signature.  Okay.

And you may ask which Bank.

Walked into another bank nearby, and the young girl helped and guided me there and then with the Customer in-Branch computer. 

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And on a sad note, I have learnt that a very important person in my former life has passed away. 

It's strange how I feel.  He's really left me now.  But his death also reminds me of others so dear to me, who I have lost.  It's like the burden of sorrow keeps getting heavier.

Life's a bugga sometimes.

DEB