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ReplyDeleteCat--Dorothy Sayers is an old standby of mine, and I may have read "The Documents in the Case." I recall at least one other collaboration of Robert Eustace; I think he must have been a good bit older than Sayers.
ReplyDeleteMoneybookers is an English payment system similar to PayPal. Direct wire transfers via banks are very easy and cheap within Europe, but very difficult and expensive from the U.S. to Europe. Why that should be I don't know; PayPal and Moneybookers do the same thing for a very small fee.
Here is the Moneybookers website:
http://www.moneybookers.com/
Soft rain, gray, warm. I'll take it.
ReplyDeleteUp several times last night. Finally managed to get myself into ketosis on Atkins. Both legs look *much* better this morning. Now all I have to do is keep it up, lol! It's only bad the first 24 hours when you're dropping all the extra water. Once that's gone, it's *easy*!
I hear that walking across a tightrope or riding a roller coaster is also easy once you get started! [grin] Good going, puddle.
ReplyDeleteThinking of light reading, I enjoy E. W. Hornung; his Raffles is one of the most congenial of Edwardian rogues, and his books are long out of copyright.
Hornung's books, not Raffles'...
ReplyDeleteI can tell you why bank transfers are easy and cheap within Europe but not for people within the US: Every bank account in Europe has associated with it a code that tells the sending bank where the money goes. The sending bank just types in the code and the transfer is completed. There's no such thing in the US, which means that both banks have to do a lot of manual processing. With associated user fees on both ends. I once had a UK client ask for my bank payment code and had to tell them there ain't no such thing here.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try the credit card again, since on reflection I think I just typed the phone number in the wrong boxes. Otherwise, I may have to disappoint the seller and cancel the sale. Hope that won't be necessary.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the explanation, Bill. It makes me feel better to know that there is no such number rather than that I simply failed to understand what was wanted. There is something called a bank routing number, what's that?
LOL Alan. Anything's easy once you know how or get started, so I hear.
ReplyDeletePuddle, holding you in the Light, dear friend. Wish there were something more concrete I could do to help. *hug*
Being held in the light is huge, Cat. And felt. I'm very thankful for all who are. xox
ReplyDeleteBTW Bill, MZB wrote the Shadowsgate books in the 90s.
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with Cat, holding you in the Light. I'm hoping some of that Light seeps in under the doctor's door too. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSo, I survived the doctor visit. My blood sugar is down to almost normal (versus pre-diabetic range) and all my cholesterol numbers improved except LDL, which went up. I asked what I'm to do about that and she said "exercise and losing weight." This, after just telling me I'd lost another 5 lbs and she knows I do the elliptical. So, that just leaves genetics, she says. I'm not willing to start cholesterol med yet, so I'm going to see what I can learn and do. Blah. Seems no matter how hard you work you leave the doc's office feeling like you have to do more.
ReplyDeleteBut what I strongly dislike is that since the advent of their new computer system they spend all their time looking at the computer instead of the patient. You can't just ask your questions, you have to follow through the various screens she has and your questions get answered at the end. Maybe. I started to tell her about the rash I'd had on my face last week (and am still on the med for) and she just cut me off saying, "It's resolved now, right?" Yeah, but I thought she might need to make note of it for my record, no? I have got to find a good doctor this year. I have a marvelous GYN and so wish she was a family practitioner.
C'est la vie. Life is actually good, except for the economy, these days. (Knock mahogany!)
And, Cat, I celebrated with a half cup of chocolate chip ice cream! ;-)
ReplyDeleteYou are a true warrior (in the best sense of the word). Your creativity with your challenging (read: dangerous) situation is beautiful to behold. It seems to me, though, that being well shouldn't be this much work, especially when you're not feeling your best. =HUG=
ReplyDeletelistener, that shows admirable if not saintlike restraint. I think I'm doing well if I manage to eat only half a pint.
ReplyDeleteCat ~~ if you look at the bottom of your checks you'll you'll see three strangs of numbers separated by special characters. The 5-digit string on the right is the check number, the string in the center is your account number, and the 9-digit string on the left is the bank routing number. That tells all the machines what bank and branch you have that account at.
ReplyDeleteAlso note that if you're giving Europeans your telephone number you need to start with the country code. That's 1 for the US. (We think of the initial 1 as a long-distance access code, but it's also our country code.)
I guess I must have missed hearing about the Shadowsgate books before now. Don't know how.
ReplyDeleteYes, genetics have a lot to do with cholesterol levels. I guess Penny and I must have both been lucky in the cholesterol lottery (my doctor doesn't even bother measuring my levels any more), although her low-fat cooking has something to do with it as well.
ReplyDeleteGlad you survived! And, yup, finding a good doc is *important* -- wishing you luck on that account.
ReplyDeleteBoth of us. ♥
ReplyDeleteBill...'been cooking organic, low fat, low sugar (now, no sugar), and whole grain for over 30 years. I'm doing everything right. Now I just need my forebears to be on my side. Let's hear it for the blessed company of the saints in Light. I hope some of them are pulling for me. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank-you! It might be time for me to bite the bullet and call Judy Steinberg's office. It's 40 minutes away instead of 20, as now. But could be worth it. (Do I hear you exclaiming that you'd LOVE to have a doc ONLY 40 minutes away, puddle?)
ReplyDeleteGrin. My GP is about 40 minutes. GI, on the other hand is a bit more than an hour and a half. In good weather.
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