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Good evening my loveliesā¦ well we have had quite the weekā¦.. get comfyā¦ itās a doozy!
So David has a younger brother Paul, who is married to Samantha. David has just his mum left and her sister Joyce.
So on Monday Paul text David to say Aunt Joyce had died (she was 88) and that she wanted a cremation ā¦ no service. Given that Paul and Sam had stollen Ā£32k from Davidās mum, we were more than slightly sceptical.
So I rang the care home and was told Joyce had left instructions she wanted to be buried with her parents in the village she grew up inā¦ hmmmā¦. So I phoned Sam to explainā¦ perhaps they didnāt knowā¦. Sam was furious with me right off the batā¦. Who did I think I was, she had been in the family for 35 yearsā¦. Yada yada yadaā¦. I kept cool and stated that if Joyce wanted to be buriedā¦ thatās what should happen.
Sam hung up on me, I was confusedā¦..! Then Paul rang me same ā¦ not thanks for letting us know of course thatās what we will doā¦ a normal responseā¦. Well I lost it at that point and brought up the Ā£32k they had stollenā¦. He had nothingā¦ just blusterā¦ being a good detective I had alll the facts and recorded both calls š
So on Wednesday I went to the Registery, registered the death, and Friday we went to the funeral home to arrange the burial, then cleared Joyceās room in the care home, in the last place I checked, I found an old bank statementā¦ so we were able to go to the bank to advise them. Surprise surprise Paul and Sam had already been in touch with them to close the accountā¦ š¤¬, but today we have spoken to the bank and they will transfer the balance in Joyceās account to her Sisters account.
Now, to steal money from your mum is low, but to have someone cremated so you can steal their money is pretty horrific behaviour IMO.
To top things off on the way back from the bank I tripped over a kerb and smashed my ex broken leg into the concreteā¦ š« ā¦. So didnāt get to go waddling with the furry ones as knee is swollen. Am hopefully that by tomorrow I can bend it enough to go detecting as I feel I need a little de compression time!
Sorry for the rant, but please please please make sure the people you care about are protected from any unscrupulous family membersā¦.! Xx š¤
Eastern Scissors Grinder CicadaWhatās the name of this bug on my arm? Itās bigger than usual. And itās a yellow/green instead of black
Familyās great arenāt they?Good evening my loveliesā¦ well we have had quite the weekā¦.. get comfyā¦ itās a doozy!
So David has a younger brother Paul, who is married to Samantha. David has just his mum left and her sister Joyce.
So on Monday Paul text David to say Aunt Joyce had died (she was 88) and that she wanted a cremation ā¦ no service. Given that Paul and Sam had stollen Ā£32k from Davidās mum, we were more than slightly sceptical.
So I rang the care home and was told Joyce had left instructions she wanted to be buried with her parents in the village she grew up inā¦ hmmmā¦. So I phoned Sam to explainā¦ perhaps they didnāt knowā¦. Sam was furious with me right off the batā¦. Who did I think I was, she had been in the family for 35 yearsā¦. Yada yada yadaā¦. I kept cool and stated that if Joyce wanted to be buriedā¦ thatās what should happen.
Sam hung up on me, I was confusedā¦..! Then Paul rang me same ā¦ not thanks for letting us know of course thatās what we will doā¦ a normal responseā¦. Well I lost it at that point and brought up the Ā£32k they had stollenā¦. He had nothingā¦ just blusterā¦ being a good detective I had alll the facts and recorded both calls š
So on Wednesday I went to the Registery, registered the death, and Friday we went to the funeral home to arrange the burial, then cleared Joyceās room in the care home, in the last place I checked, I found an old bank statementā¦ so we were able to go to the bank to advise them. Surprise surprise Paul and Sam had already been in touch with them to close the accountā¦ š¤¬, but today we have spoken to the bank and they will transfer the balance in Joyceās account to her Sisters account.
Now, to steal money from your mum is low, but to have someone cremated so you can steal their money is pretty horrific behaviour IMO.
To top things off on the way back from the bank I tripped over a kerb and smashed my ex broken leg into the concreteā¦ š« ā¦. So didnāt get to go waddling with the furry ones as knee is swollen. Am hopefully that by tomorrow I can bend it enough to go detecting as I feel I need a little de compression time!
Sorry for the rant, but please please please make sure the people you care about are protected from any unscrupulous family membersā¦.! Xx š¤
My view Thursday
I think thatās what they call a cicada, also what I was taught as a youngun as a locustWhatās the name of this bug on my arm? Itās bigger than usual. And itās a yellow/green instead of black
Noisy when in numbers. Funny, once we stopped at the Avoca river for a picnic and there was obviously thousands in the gumtrees there. Noisy doesn't begin to describe it. But worse. My misses says "hey, you feel that like drizzle?".Eastern Scissors Grinder Cicada
I remember how loud they were in Arizona & Texas when it was hot.Noisy when in numbers. Funny, once we stopped at the Avoca river for a picnic and there was obviously thousands in the gumtrees there. Noisy doesn't begin to describe it. But worse. My misses says "hey, you feel that like drizzle?".
I hold out my hand and yep I did. We bailed, it was cicadas in the thousands pee. Thankfully we hadn't opened up our lunch.
This from National Geographic on those where we were. The Red Eye Cicada
"In one summer season thousands of aptly named redeyes fill the trees; the next, theyāre gone. On hot days they spend large amounts of time sucking sap from eucalypt branches and spraying clear waste fluid (which can be felt as a light sprinkle ā perplexing on a fine day)."