I have come to the conclusion.

[happy daze john in oz]

Lewis there is here in Oz an unwritten rule that any fence over 15 years has had it.
But in my case it was the fault of next door and the house at the rear of my property that were to blame.
They built on what had been an empty block for over 20 years,
When building they both had site cuts done, the one next door severely, and not done well.
The one on the side went down as far as 1 meter in parts and only 200 mm from the fence line.
To add insult to injury no retaining wall was put in.
How the council ever gave a certificate of occupancy is a mystery.
As a result of no retaining wall strong winds weakened the fence so part began to fall over.
This was part of the reason the insurance company paid.
But the one next door did not get any, their insurance refused to pay, wonder why?

They have since put in a retaining wall, bit late though.

[happy daze john in oz]

Hoe come you getting $500 next time.
Here on the BIG island we have been told only $250 each at the end of the month.

[happy daze john in oz]

No Victoria our super pensions were not effected.
But I know you had the option of taking 50% below the min draw down based on age, for the next 12 months.
So maybe your financial guy did that for you.
We had the option but did not take it, we are OK for super, are now about 5% above what we began with in 1998 drawing pensions since 2008.
In a good one.

[Ron B Manderson]

In uk they say they are from British telephones ( Bt) and they have been trying to contact me all week ( oh dear how sad never mind ) and your Bt broadband is goin g to be cut off . For a start I'm not with bt.
I pis=== them of by speaking in Hourdo ( good old Brocklebanks) ( small what's it go to the woods and enjoy) as Clive Dunn would say they don't like it up them MR Mannering.
Mind you no use if answering machine .
Ron the bat cave

[Julian Norman]

I usually give them a sentence in Welsh thats usually enough to get rid of them. ( l've learnt one sentence to be able to do it!)

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Julian.
I don't shout in Welsh, but the language I use gets them off the phone.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Have had a few of late all wanting to tell me they are from a major charity.
I just tell them I am not interested in politics and hang up.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Fingers crossed it all works out eventually.

Keith.

[happy daze john in oz]

Sure it will it's our fence so he better keep well away without his wallet on show. Can't abide mean and miserable people life is far too short. Mother Theresa said " kind words are short and easy to say but their echoes are endless". I rest my case .

Maybe he remembers that movie with the song, 'Don't fence me in"

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Victoria.
Pity you can't send him over here to my place, I have been battling a big hedge for months, and still have one out the front to do, he would have a field day. When we lived up the Blue Mountains we had a new fence put in, and then gave a procrastinating neighbor his half of the bill along with a note from the local magistrates court, never heard anything else.
Des