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Cleo - hope you find the cat.

Originally Posted by Greenguy

my credit card company reducing my credit limit by 1/3rd out of the blue

One of the credit card companies I use is currently trying to take me to court (they have served papers, I have submitted my defence, and the way British law works is that they are currently about half way through a twenty eight day period while they have to consider my defence and decide if they want to go through with the case). The reason is that they think I should pay them back the money I owe them. Apparently, when you spend money on a credit card you actually have to give them back the money you spent. Who knew?

The reason I stopped paying is that they broke the law. I basically said "Undo what you did that was illegal, and write me a nice letter of apology, or I won't give you your money back." They called my bluff and refused. Then they discovered I was not bluffing! I'm thinking (hoping) that they will not follow through with the case because win or loose, it is likely that the fact that they broke the law will become public knowledge, which will cost them more in bad publicity than they would win, plus they may get fined. Also, I have always said (and am still saying) "If you undo what you did, I'll pay you." so I doubt they will win the case if they do proceed.

Puppy News

The puppy has this game. He will bring over one of his many toys (most often it will be Farty Raccoon, as this appears to be his favourite toy) and tease me with it. He will come up to me with the toy in his mouth and try to get me to attempt to take it from him. If this does not work he will drop it on the floor in front of me as though offering it to me. Then, when I reach down to pick it up, he will snatch it away at the last minute. If I still don't go for it, he will move increasingly further and further away from it giving me a "better chance" at getting to it, but will always run in and grab it back at the last moment. On the rare occasions that I win, he will immediately grab one end of the toy and try to pull it back (he is a strong dog, he is going to win any tug of war with a human).

Today he decided he wanted to take Farty Raccoon walkies with him. He came to the door, ready for his lead and harness, with Farty in his mouth. He refused to drop the raccoon, and when I tried to take it away from him he thought I was playing the game. So it took a long while and a lot of effort before I got the damn thing away from the puppy.

I am not as fit as I used to be, so he is lucky I had enough energy left after that to actually take him walkies!