16th May, 2026: the Nickel.
Right … online shopping …
Isn’t it a thing … ?
It is: I now have a couple of bits due from Amazon, and a new games controller from Apple.
One originally designed for a PlayStation 5, in case you’re interested.
At any rate, I ordered those, yesterday afternoon: after I got back home from Brentwood High Street.
I would have done the ordering in the morning.
Except I had an issue: I’ve needed the relevant bank card for that.
You see, I’d transferred money from bank ‘A’ — where my benefits get paid to — to bank ‘B’, which I use for online shopping.
I don’t need bank B’s card for that, just bank A’s.
Then, of course, I thought “I know, I’ll make sure that’s gone through to Bank B.”
Only to find the bank card I needed wasn’t in my wallet!
I think we can say I was stressed: stressed enough to get my arse in gear, grab my various bits, and head for Bank B’s branch in the High Street.
I hate Warley Hill!
I’m reliably informed it’s not as steep as the streets of San Francisco … but when you’re in a rush, it’s not an easy climb.
So, when I got to the bank … ?
I was out of breath.
But grateful they had my card.
I’d left it there on Monday … !
Argh!!
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