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pmsumner at 04:54pm on 29/09/2003
pmsumner at 04:54pm on 29/09/2003You'd be crazy too...
Well, anyone remember my ongoing wranglings with Scottish Power and Powergen? I would dig into the archives to remind you but I can't be arsed. As a quick reminder:
Guess who just came to the door?
A man from Scottish Power!
They were trying to tempt me back. I was going to do this anyhow, but had been so lazy I hadn't yet bothered. So I let him do the work instead, and have now just to wait for SP to send PG the paperwork which should take about 4-5 weeks, and things shall be back to normal. HAH! Normal. Yeah right. Then I move. Hmph.
I've done absolutely nothing of any use today. I've put away all the stuff I bought from my parents', I've made a sausage sandwich. I have spodded and written emails. I have drunk water with ice in, and I have done the electricity thing, though that was 'forced' upon me rather than being done by me. Someday I shall put the hoover back in the cupboard. Someday I shall do something with the books I no longer want. My mum's social work books especially.
Working Tue-Fri 8:30-5, Sat 10-6:30 and 2hrs overtime on Tuesday night, 5:15-7:15. Might book a shedload of o/t for next week and work myself silly, if I can. Well you see I've got 11hrs in already, and only another 7 days or so to fit in the extra 9 or so that I want to make it up to 20hrs (I try to do about 20hrs/mo - it means I have a vaguely consistent amount of money coming in). Then it's only a few more days until the Empress arrives.
I've found one house in Sheffield that I am liking quite a lot already, just from the description and price and photos. I have no concept of what the area is like, upmystreet.com suggests it's OKish but it's hardly critical of anywhere - even my current area :) David - can you say anything about it? It's this area of Tinsley.
I was going to head down to the area at the end of the month, but I might not leave it until then. Depends how many places I get in my big list.
Well, anyone remember my ongoing wranglings with Scottish Power and Powergen? I would dig into the archives to remind you but I can't be arsed. As a quick reminder:
- I asked to transfer from SP to PG in November or so, 2002
- I paid powergen for about 3 or 4 months
- I then received a bill from SP
- I wrote to them both, demanding that they told me who I was actually supposed to be paying
- I got my money back from PG, and told them I never wanted to hear from them again
- Then, a week or two ago I got a letter from PG stating that my electricity supply was being transferred
Guess who just came to the door?
A man from Scottish Power!
They were trying to tempt me back. I was going to do this anyhow, but had been so lazy I hadn't yet bothered. So I let him do the work instead, and have now just to wait for SP to send PG the paperwork which should take about 4-5 weeks, and things shall be back to normal. HAH! Normal. Yeah right. Then I move. Hmph.
I've done absolutely nothing of any use today. I've put away all the stuff I bought from my parents', I've made a sausage sandwich. I have spodded and written emails. I have drunk water with ice in, and I have done the electricity thing, though that was 'forced' upon me rather than being done by me. Someday I shall put the hoover back in the cupboard. Someday I shall do something with the books I no longer want. My mum's social work books especially.
Working Tue-Fri 8:30-5, Sat 10-6:30 and 2hrs overtime on Tuesday night, 5:15-7:15. Might book a shedload of o/t for next week and work myself silly, if I can. Well you see I've got 11hrs in already, and only another 7 days or so to fit in the extra 9 or so that I want to make it up to 20hrs (I try to do about 20hrs/mo - it means I have a vaguely consistent amount of money coming in). Then it's only a few more days until the Empress arrives.
I've found one house in Sheffield that I am liking quite a lot already, just from the description and price and photos. I have no concept of what the area is like, upmystreet.com suggests it's OKish but it's hardly critical of anywhere - even my current area :) David - can you say anything about it? It's this area of Tinsley.
I was going to head down to the area at the end of the month, but I might not leave it until then. Depends how many places I get in my big list.
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Looking at the map you have the Meadowhall shopping centre on your doorstep plus the M1 motorway, plus probably Sheffield Supertram too - all good, but it's not a very beautiful area of Sheffield. Mainly industrial (some of it derelict / flattened) and not a lot of housing proportionally.
The area may suffer from constant M1 / Meadow hall visitor road noise and odours from that big sewage works north of you if the wind is in the wrong direction! You are close to the bottom of the Don valley there which doesn't look very inviting from the train which goes along the other side. Keep it in mind and go look at it perhaps but I'd keep looking if I were you so you have something to compare it with.
Something tells me you can probably do better than Tinsley. As a very general rule the west side of Sheffield is nicer than the east. Give me a ring if you need to.
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Thanks for the links, they should definitely come in handy. Best ones I saw so far!
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Try...
http://search.yell.com/search/DoSearch
That brings up lots of them. I've been trying to find a really good specific web site you could refer to. The best I've found so far is:
http://www.sheffieldletting.net/index2call.html
Let me know how you are getting on.
Just found...
...might help.