Wed 181120 Paid Thames Water £6.80/Brixton Halfords (booked FREE bike check up on Thu 2PM)

04:30 AM PAID THAMES WATER £6.80

Normally, I pay Thames Water each month: £35.80; and, I do recall having already made a pre-payment of £29.00; which meant there was £6.80 still remaining due to be paid. 

After signing into my Thames Water online a/c.; and, seeing the balance amount still due...I went and paid £6.80, immediately, using my bank debit card.

The balance remaining due for this month is, now, £0.00; meaning, I don't need to worry about having to make any further payments not until the middle of when next month comes along.

05:07 AM BOOKED A FREE BIKE CHECK UP AT HALFORDS (BRIXTON)

I booked an online FREE bike check up at Halfords (Brixton branch) at...

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Booked timeslot 14:00 on Thursday 19th November, 2020

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Mon 161120 FREE Food bag delivery - Phoned: Anne/Sharon - Joined: demo.timebanking.org

2 - 6 PM FREE FOOD BAG DELIVERY

I remember I was wide awake during the evening...in the kitchen cooking eggs/-etc.

There was a slight sound at the door...; but, I really didn't know if it was knock on the door/or, somebody's car door/boot closing...; anyway, I decided to ignore it...and, just continue cooking.

When I, later on went downstairs...I found that the charity: Paxton Green Time Bank had delivered to me another food bag; but, of course, there was nobody there to thank for the delivery. (I'm going to have to give them a phone call/or, something.)

I JOINED TIMEBANKING.ORG DEMO SITE...?!

Without thinking too hard about it, I went and joined a demo timebanking.org site...

https://demo.timebanking.org/

...looking back, now; I'm not too sure it was a good idea to join them...as the prefix does, indeed, say: 'demo.'; meaning, I don't even know if this site is legitimate or not?!

8 - 9 PM PHONED ANNE/NO REPLY/LEFT ANSWERPHONE MESSAGE

A few days back, Anne gave me a phone call...I was meant to reply back, immediately, straight away; but, instead, let myself get 'distracted'...as is usual.

This evening, -(while in the process of creating for myself a [phonebook.html] web page using JQuery)- I decided to give her a call back; most unfortunately, there was no reply(busy, I guess?); so, I left her an answerphone message stating that I will right her back, either tomorrow/or else, during the weekend.

9:30 PM  PHONED SHARON

At around 9 PM - 10 PM I phoned Sharon; we had a long talk...I got to speak with the children/and, also, very briefly indeed to her husband; apparently, the youngest boy is still playing up(as is usual).

Anyway, I said to them, I might try and visit during the weekend; not possible...due to 'lockdown'/Choronavirus; but, they said it might be possible to go over there to spend Christmas day, instead; to confirm this...I told them I would call much closer to the time.

   

 

Tue 101120 Paid TV Licence in full/Part paid Cashplus

PAID TV LICENCE IN FULL

I believe the TV Licence costs £154.40 yearly, now-a-days. Previously, I had paid them £50.00; and, then, today, this morning I went and paid them a further £105.00 (3 separate payments: £25+£25+£55); so, in all I paid £155.00 so far to date.

PART PAID CASHPLUS 

I currently owe for a Cashplus loan of £228.xx; I paid them £25.00; so, hopefully, that should leave me with a current balance owing of £203.xx; however, if they add on monthly interest charges...which will, usually, be around £20.xx; therefore, my balance really wouldn't have changed much.

Mon 091120 Gambled at William Hill/Roulette/Lost: £50.00- FREE food bag delivered

GAMBLED AT WILLIAM HILL: LOST £50.00

https://sports.williamhill.com

I went to William Hill...thinking I might be able to win some money playing Roulette. 

At first, I bet £9.00...3 x £3.00 (30 numbers: 1-30 @ x 10p); which lost: Number 36 came up.

Then, I started chasing after my losses...; by depositing another £10.00/£11.00 balance. Again, I bet £9.00; and, I think, it won either once or twice...but, then, I lost it all on the next bet...£2.00 balance left. With the £2.00 balance I made 2 x row bets of £1.00; it won...thus, leaving me with £3.00 balance. 

Finally, I decided why not go 'all in'...by emptying my bank a/c. of £30.00. I made 1 x £30.00 bet...(30 numbers: 1-30 @ £1.00 each); the first 2 spins won...and, my balance said £45.00; meaning, I was just £5.00 away from recovering back my previous £20.00 loss. However, on the third spin of the wheel I lost £30.00...£15.00 balance left. I continued spinning the wheel...this time betting £15.00...(30 numbers: 1-30 @ .50p each)...which was all of the balance I had left; and, it lost; thus, leaving me with absolutely nil balance; and, thus, forcing me to quit!

CONCLUSION

How do I feel, right now? Pretty damned stupid, and, also, very deeply ashamed(I wasted my mum's money); too, seriously, sad and sorry for myself. 

Gotta 'stop' gambling. 

If the lesson learned teaches me to stop...for say a week/a month/-etc.; then, all well and good. 

On the other hand, if there is no lesson learned...; and, I just continue gambling like say, tomorrow...; then, that's no good at all, I'm afraid; maybe, I'll have to consider contacting Gamblers Anonymous, instead(whether online/offline). 

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FREE FOOD BAG DELIVERED

They delivered to me a FREE food bag...marked Tesco's. 

Unfortunately, I was fast asleep...so, I wasn't available to open the door to them.

I also received a phone call; most probably, a reminder to say they left some shopping at the door; I might need to phone them back in order to make sure they know I got the delivery ok. This is the 2nd week when I didn't answer the door to them.

0208 766 8638 

 

Sat 071120 Paid: British Gas/Thames Water/TalkTalk/TV license

PAID BRITISH GAS: £12.50 (electric) + 9.43(gas/£70.00 still to pay) 

PAID THAMES WATER: £29.00/(£150.00 still to pay)

PAID TALK TALK: £30.00

PAID TV LICENSE: £25.00/(£104.00 still to pay)

Fri 061120 Gambled WH/Roulette-Won/WTD £21.90, Next Graze box due: 6th Jan 2021

GAMBLED AT WILLIAM HILL ROULETTE, WON

https://www.williamhill.com

My balance from yesterday said: £10.00.

I decided to have a go at playing William Hill Roulette, again; this time I made 3 Roulette bets @ £3 each (30 numbers: 1-30 @ 10p) all 3 bets won a total of: £1.80 returns; then, I decided to withdraw: £5.00; this leaves me with a remaining balance of: £6.80.

I continued playing roulette at William Hill; and, won...-(I did loose, once; then, decided to 'double' my bets: £3.00 to £6.00 in order to recover back my losses of minus £3.00)- eventually, my total said: £10.30.

Next, I went and 'tripled' up making a £9.00 bet...which won; my balance currently says: £12.10p.

Finally, I decided to risk the whole lot by 'quadrupling' my bet to become a £12.00 bet; it won...my balance now says: £16.90.

I decided to withdraw the whole £16.90...before I went and lost it 'all'...; thus, leaving my with nil balance left inside of my William Hill online gambling a/c.

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Quite naturally, I was very sorely 'tempted' to go and gamble some more...by doing a £15.00 bet; but, on my mind, was the thought of what if...it lost? Then, I decided to let my better judgement win...and, just not take the risk; instead, withdraw the whole damn lot. So, today, I made 2 withdrawals...£5.00 + £16.90 = £21.90.

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-(NOTE: I am fully 'aware'...through having had countless bad gambling experiences in the past; that 'winning' can be very highly addictive; so what almost invariably tends to happens is...you win £1.00/£5.00 there/and, then, followed by another £10.00...and, next, find you are getting really quite self-confident about betting for increasingly higher and higher stakes...; and, that's when you put £100.00 on...and, find it looses; the which loss...not only wipes out 'all' of your previous winnings...but, actually means you lost far more than you ever did truly win. So, I've learned not to put too much trust in winning at gambling...which can be a really 'big' mistake...HUGE!)

8 AM - AWOKE TO EXPERIENCE A SERIOUS 'STOMACH UPSET'...EAT TOO MUCH CURRY...NOT PROPERLY DIGESTED

I actually woke up with a 'stomach upset'; yesterday, night...I had heated up 2 curries both brought from Iceland...

1 x Chicken Curry, £1.00 

1 x Beef Curry, £1.00

I don't think I heated them up inside of the Microwave, properly; even, though, I'm pretty sure I heated them up, twice...after taking them directly from out of the small kitchen fridge.

Or, it may also have been that I didn't allow my digestive system to work, properly; meaning I ate, and, then, immediately, went off to bed. You are meant to stand up/walk around/or, at least, sit up in bed in  order to digest food well; instead, I stayed in bed whilst lying down flat; then, actually, fell asleep.

What awoke me was a dreadful 'burning' sensation inside of my gut...that told me I need to get down to the toilet fast...in order to expel the food out of my gut.

Afterwards, I went back to sleep.

6 PM AWOKE MADE MYSELF SOME CUSTARD AND CHERRY TART

When I next awoke I felt a lot better than before...; certainly, didn't need to rush straight back down to the toilet, again; but, not exactly 100%, neither. The bad curry feeling still remaining inside of my stomach.

I decided to test out just how well my stomach could cope...by making myself some custard/and, cherry tart...both brought from CoOp.

Unfortunately, the kitchen tin cutter seems to be missing; and, therefore, I had to use the hole punch from the fridge...which made the tin much harder to cut; but, eventually, after making around 4 holes in the top of the tin...I got the custard to drain out into the pot fairly smoothly.

When the custard was hot...I carefully divide the cherry tart into 2 half's; then, using just 1 half...leaving the other half in the fridge to eat later; I divided the one half to be eaten into 4 separate parts...and, served it all in my usual metal dish bowl. It was quite lovely to eat; and, more to the point, my stomach still held firm...so, I didn't feel any urgent need to access the toilet. 

SUBSCRIBER TO REGULAR GRAZE FOOD BOX DELIVERIES

Made myself a drink...using a Graze teabag. -(Had to go scour the kitchen kettle out...which was full of hard water flakes; but, now, is 'clean', again.)- Recently, Graze had delivered to me a small box of food; sweets/peanuts/cake/-etc.; which I did thoroughly enjoy eating. I placed my next regularly Graze food box on hold for 2 months time.

https://www.graze.com

 

  

 

Thu 051120 Shopped Brixton/West Norwood/Gambled at William Hill: Roulette/Won £3.00

2 PM WENT BRIXTON

I had to get down to Brixton to get some cash; it was important that I arrived there before 3 PM.

3 PM SHOPPED BRIXTON

I was looking for the 'pound store' opposite Gresham Road Police Station; when I discovered it appears there is a new shop there, now...selling homewares.

I went inside and brought around £65.xx worth of shopping.

I brought...

- 1 x toilet brush

- 1 x door alarm bell/with 2 ringers

- 1 x glass plate dish

- 1 x metal plate dish

- 1 x wooden chopping board

- 1 x sink stopper

- 2 x large plastic bags

- 1 x bathroom scales

-etc. (...can't remember the rest?!)

4:45 PM CYCLED THROUGH BROCKWELL PARK

I cycled my bike though Brockwell Park...had to cycle along very carefully...as both of the plastic shopping bags I had were really thin; and, they were constantly bouncing up against the bike wheels...wearing them down even thinner.

I had no back up bags inside of my coat pockets to carry stuff if the plastic bags got torn. So, for me, this was a great worry all the way home.

4 PM BROUGHT SOME GROCERIES IN WEST NORWOOD

I brought some shopping at the grocery shop opposite Self-Storage. 

2 x bowls of apples

1 x bowl of bananna's

1 x set of 3 plantains

...gave the young girl a £10.00 note; she returned back some change(forget exactly how much).

.4:10 PM BROUGHT SOME KITCHEN SCOURERS

I went across the road from West Norwood CoOp; and, brought...

2 x sets of 4 per packet iron kitchen scourers 

4:20 PM BROUGHT SOME JAMAICAN FOOD

I stopped at the Jamaican food store opposite West Norwood post office to buy...

1 x beef Patty

After I came out of the patty shop...and, was cycling off home...I, immediately, realised that the two plastic shopping bags I had were starting to develop 'holes'. I need to replace them both, and, fast...otherwise, the shopping would fall out all over the street. 

4:35 PM WENT COOP TO BUY 2 PLASTIC BAGS

I cycled by bike back down to CoOp...where I used my CoOp 'rewards' card to buy 2 shopping bags.

Went outside the shop...where I placed the 2 torn bags...into the 2 new plastic bags from CoOp; then, continued cycling off home.

During the cycling home...one of the CoOp bag handles got torn...leaving me with just one handle to continue carrying the shopping in. Luckily, however, I did manage to arrive home...with out suffering any further shopping bag incidents.   

7:30 PM GAMBLED AT WILLIAM HILL: ROULETTE/WON: £3.00

https://www.williamhill.com

I decided to go online, and, do some Roulette gambling at William Hill. My balance said: £5.xx; and, I deposited a further £10.00; so, in all my balance said: £15.xx.

I did my standard total bet of £3.00 at a time...betting on numbers: 1-30 to win @ 10p each single bet. I think, I made 4 or 5 bets, altogether...all of which won...thus, in all I won around 3.00.

Next, I made a withdrawal of £8.70...; leaving a balance of £10.00 in my William Hill a/c. to go and play with, after. 

I also made a deposit of £10.00 into my William Hill Poker a/c...leaving me with a balance of £10.08p.

8 PM MADE DINNER

I made myself some dinner...

1 x Egg Fried rice from West Norwood Iceland £1.00 (kept stored in the small fridge/heated up using the Microwave)

I also cooked...

2 x eggs

1 x diced tomatoe

1 x diced 1/4 onion

...heated it all up; then, combined everything together. Tasted ok; nothing quite like mum's/aunt's own cooking; but, still not too bad.