The advice thread for random problems #5

[Snippysnips]

Do you have a design template for the background? If so, you can edit the Slide Master and insert the image there as a background image for all slides. See here:

Customize a slide master - Microsoft Support

Learn how to add slide masters to your presentation.

support.microsoft.com

This will allow you to work with your design but still add text and stuff via powerpoint.

The idea with a screenshot is also a great one. Or you could download the canva design as a png or even as a pdf. The button for it should be in the top right, you can save it from there.

If you just want to print the slides, why not copy and paste the canva pictures into a word and then print them?

Thanks I'll have a look at all of that, an yes I've been using a design template on canva then copying an pasting the text onto it

I can't print from word because she wants 3 slides to be on one sheet of paper with lines for taking notes so it helps minimise the amount of printing, some are around 150 slides an there's between 6 an 9 in the training groups, even at 3 slides per sheet I can still be printing up to 9 loads of 40+ papers, so it's just been easier to use PP as it resizes then down perfectly so you can still read them

 

[OnlyHereForTheLolz]

I have an issue with a credit card I used for vacation purposes.

I made two transfers from my current account to my credit card account to clear the balance. The transactions were fully processed but the credit card balance still remains the same and didn’t reduce at all.


Additionally, I had set up a monthly direct debit 2 months ago to make minimum payments on the card and the direct debit never took place. I’m assuming it’s because I made prior manual transfers with amounts greater than the minimum payment but still.

Has anyone ever experienced this issue? No transactions were made in the meantime.

Your best bet is to sep up a standing order

 

[Snippysnips]

Instagram is probably your best best. I love galslovehighstreet but there are loads more similar.

Thanks, never thought on trying Instagram, had only been looking at clothing websites, I'll check them out

 

[WeepingCassandra]

you can try google with the search parameter site:https://your-council-website-link and then the name of the person(s) involved. Might help speed up your search. Also sometimes DuckDuckGo works better than Google for these things as they don't algorithmically sort and filter the results.

Our local newspaper used to publish court appearances, might be in there?

 

[StrawberryBanana90]

What is the easiest way to book hotel rooms for a work trip? There's 10x of us so will need 10x individual rooms but booking dot com thinks a 5 bedroom apartment will suffice as it assumes couples...
I'm looking at airbnb as well which is easier but my boss wants some hotels thrown in the mix too - the problem is, we've left it pretty close to the event so the cheaper hotels have been snapped up and the rest are around £9k for everyone we want .

 

[havee]

hi guys, so my 8 year old sibling got invited to classmate birthday, however their not close etc so as shocked. anyway could not find a gift and haven't been invited to kids parties often so didn't know the etiquette. they went to bowling and had pizza after. i feel guilty now as i only gave £10 and a card. they did a lot of fun expensive stuff / had food which is expensive. now i think i should've gave £20. i'm worried that the parent will think i'm stingy and potentially not invite my sibling next year. but i also feel guilty for not giving a enough gift. what can i / should i do now. buy another gift at £10 and give them at school so value of overall present is £20 or give my sibling £10 to give his classmate etc. what is the etiquette for how much gift/cash to give for birthday

 

[cowtastrophe]

Euston to the O2 in Greenwich. I was thinking of shelling out for a hotel if the strikes are that bad. But thought maybe there’d be a very pared down service

The Thames Clipper boat service goes to the O2 and IIRC wouldn’t be affected by a strike so if you can get yourself to one of the piers that might be an option though from previous experience it gets extremely busy so I’d allow extra time.

 

[Snippysnips]

Some artists will refuse to tattoo if you use numbing cream, and in an area like a wrist I wouldn't risk it to be honest. For all the time it will take you'll get through it, just have something to eat and pop an Ibuprofen an hour beforehand you'll be grand.

Thanks, is there a reason they won't do it? Or it's a risk? Just out of curiosity, obvs this will be my first so I have no idea when it comes to tattoos an hoping the place is going be able to talk me through aftercare as well

 

[CharlieTYBT]

Hello, I haven't posted in a while but don't really know where to turn and here tends to give good advice. Recently, my ex fiancé contacted me after a lmost 9 years of no contact. In their message they basically apologised for how things went down between us, then added that they hope I'm in a better place now and wish me all the best, ending it with sending lots of love. Just for context, my ex fiancé was very abusive physically, emotionally and other ways to me and treated me so badly. I know narcissist gets thrown around a lot these days but I truly believe he was/is.

I replied to his message, I don't know why, I think because I'm not the type to hold grudges with people and also knowing him, he would say well I tried to be the good person and reach out and she couldn't even reply back. I replied saying I appreciate his message of apology and asking if him and his parents are well. Then he never replied back. I just feel a bit confused why randomly almost 9 years later he would message out of the blue to then not reply to me and I find it quite weird. I've had exes, family, friends message months or years after talking before and there was always a line of communication happen.

Don't ask me why I care, I can't say why but it's left me feeling a bit confused what the point was to reach out and has opened up old wounds to be honest when I thought I was doing ok. Has anyone else ever had an ex pop up to not reply either lol or am I the odd one out? Sorry for the long message!

 

[Kim Mild]

I'm going to wait until the date and place has been arranged before I say that I can't go. It might so happen that I do end up being able to make it.

I’m the same. I avoid funerals at all costs. However how does Mr Kim feel? Would he like you to go. I’ve gone to a funeral before because Mr Lolz asked me too

I think he wants me to go with him . It wouldn't be a problem if it was local.

 

[JoeBloggs]

Hello all I’m hoping to get some advice for anyone who’s been through similar please? Asking for a friend. They have just moved house (rented). Both houses are managed by a letting agent and the house they have just moved from they only stayed 11months. There was a verbal agreement in place between the agent, the landlord and tenant that they could do this early as long as they stayed till another tenant was found. All parties knew they would have stayed the full year if needed. Now they have moved the next tenant has fallen through and the landlord is being evasive about the return of the deposit. They are in fact insinuating that because the tenancy was ended before the contract, and the next tenant has fallen through,
The landlord is out of pocket, in reply to a message asking when the deposit was returned. They’ve been told off the agent that they cannot use the deposit as the last months rent especially as the agent was involved and aware of the verbal agreement. The deposit is with the deposit protection scheme, does anyone have any experience with this company regarding disputes?

I think without anything in writing they are in a sticky situation, technically on paper they have breached their tenancy. Technically a deposit can be used for rent arrears.

I would say that as the agreement was 'as long as they stayed till another tenant was found' then as there is no tenant their agreement is void.

Always follow up in writing, but again the agreement was reliant on a factor which has not materialised so again it is void.

 

[TheGlossy]

I'm not sure if that would affect it, the direct debit should still come out. I have a regular direct debit coming out to my credit card (over the minimum) but I paid an extra lump off as I got a payment from my pet insurance, and the direct debit has still come out also.
As the above poster has said - are all the payment details correct?

Yes, they’re all correct because it was set up directly through my online banking during the application process. There was no manual input required. The credit card was through the same bank as my current account, not with a different financial institution. This is why I don’t understand the issue if all is managed within the same bank.

Basically, when you apply for the card online, it asks how much of the card balance want to repay through direct debit each month from your current account and it’s just a case of selecting the %.

It’s really odd. It should have come out last week and it hasn’t to this day.

 

[AshMay]

Not really a problem as such... I'm staying in Central York one night this week. The hotel I'm at doesn't have a restaurant. I've had a Google and there's a few possible options but I'm feeling a bit anxious because I'll be on my own.

Is anyone from York or goes there often and would recommend anywhere? I'd quite fancied a proper meal but I'm wondering if I should just sack that off and get a Maccies or similar.

Could you order from a restaurant you like the look of maybe? Sometimes when I don't feel like leaving the room I'll order deliveroo to the hotel and have a cosy night in

 

[TwooTwooTwitTwitTwoo]

Not really a problem as such... I'm staying in Central York one night this week. The hotel I'm at doesn't have a restaurant. I've had a Google and there's a few possible options but I'm feeling a bit anxious because I'll be on my own.

Is anyone from York or goes there often and would recommend anywhere? I'd quite fancied a proper meal but I'm wondering if I should just sack that off and get a Maccies or similar.

 

[cowtastrophe]

Bought a bargain blazer from Vinted which turned out to have marks on it, it’s one of those polyester/shell mix lining jobbies, should I risk it and fling it in the machine?

I dunno, I'm really wary about washing stuff like that. I think I'd bite the bullet and take it to the dry cleaner.

 

[Good Egg]

Need some ideas for hobbies...
I like reading and gardening. I’m early forties. I just need some distraction and distance at the moment and on working on me I’ve realised I don’t have any hobbies? Don’t know what to do? I’m quite creative. Hobby ideas please?

 

[becca7721]

Your dad isn’t going to understand, until he has bailiffs on the door and by then it will be too late. He thinks someone else is going to magically pay. They aren’t. Unless there’s some sort of financial abuse involved other agencies aren’t going to help and even then they probably won’t because it’s something that tends to not be understood even though it is illegal.

Here if you’re evicted for arrears there’s no help from council, if you’re evicted rom a council property for arrears there won’t be the option of reapplying again - admittedly we now only have one provider which makes that easier to enforce now, previously there were several but all used the same system.

 

[JoeBloggs]

Yes, they’re all correct because it was set up directly through my online banking during the application process. There was no manual input required. The credit card was through the same bank as my current account, not with a different financial institution. This is why I don’t understand the issue if all is managed within the same bank.

Basically, when you apply for the card online, it asks how much of the card balance want to repay through direct debit each month from your current account and it’s just a case of selecting the %.

It’s really odd. It should have come out last week and it hasn’t to this day.

Speak to the bank, it may well be a simple admin error their end.

 

[LittleMissMuffet]

Hi random advice gurus! Anyone in the position of their little ones starting reception next year? Does anyone know if there’s a thread for it? We’re in a rubbish position where we are looking to relocate but don’t know much about the area and my mum guilt is going into overdrive.

 

[OnlyHereForTheLolz]

I have a funeral related one
My husband's uncle, married to his dad's sister , has died. I don't think I've ever met him , I've only met her. They live over an hour away so that will be well over an hour each way travelling to the funeral . I don't want to go .I have a few days coming up with several things on , and I bet it falls on those days.
I'm likely to have childcare issues, either getting back for pick up , or no one to look after my youngest. I'm sure if I was employed, I wouldn't be given the day off for it.
I'm not sure how to say I don't want to go.

I’m the same. I avoid funerals at all costs. However how does Mr Kim feel? Would he like you to go. I’ve gone to a funeral before because Mr Lolz asked me too