Heard today that my very poorly son who has Covid is at last beginning to feel a little better, I am weeping tears of joy.
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Reading throught the threads this morning made me wonder if I should start a chatty thread, one that hopefully everyone could join in if they wished to do so.
As the Good Morningers know, after a lot of hassle with a blocked credit card, ( not me fault!), I bought a Santa lantern from Dobbies in their sale to replace one that I had, which had died.
When Santa arrived, he was leaning drunkenly against the glass, having had too much sherry on his rounds. There was no way I could fix it, as the unit was sealed.
I phoned Dobbies' customer service and got a very helpful young man, who mistakenly thought my name was Lady Marydoll I could visualise him bowing! I was going to wait to tell you all later that I have been given a seat in the House of Lords in the New Year's Honours list 
We had a good laugh, when I tried to spell my email address using the phonetic alphabet, because I was hoarse and he was having difficulty with my Glasgow accent.
Anyway, I got a full refund without any hassle and the added bonus, I get to keep Santa!! 
That simple exchange has really cheered me up. It may have started out with a simple request for a refund I didn't need to even ask in the end, but it became a social interaction with someone other than my DH.
I love him dearly, but oh I do need some other company! I'm now waiting to waylay the postman for a chat!
So pleased for you Billybob! 
Had an Amazon Prime delivery, the usual ring doorbell and run sort. A large box which wasn't for me. Full name, and my postcode which I share with many people here around. So I registered with LinkedIn, to see if he was registered there. Suggestion came up for "someone I might know". Saw the photo and thought "too damned right I do. That's my Son"
And then my doorbell rang again. It was the bloke from nearby, who'd been alerted to the parcel having been delivered. Oh! the relief! And then I asked him if he'd been missing any meat over Xmas (another unwelcome Amazon Prime delivery, but only a code on it, no name, which was languishing in my freezer). And yes! it was his!
So, finally, was able to offload that, too.
And I have his/their tel.no. cos they'll certainly be having more Amazon deliveries in these strange times.
RESULT!
And it makes me SO happy!
My Christmas cactus has flowered. I meant to post this picture a few days ago.
I was so pleased with it as I rescued it from a TLC corner and have lived it, talked to it, fed it etc for several years, and began to think it would never burst into life.
But it did, and I am so chuffed, and there are lots more buds to open.
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