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Saturday, April 07, 2018

Gosh it's quiet

Gosh the house seems quiet without Cousteau-cub or Ellie. The day has really revolved around getting everything back to normal and catching up on the various little domestic chores that were necessary.

Floors cleaned and washed, ironing done, and the Silver Vixen has been moving stuff back out of her sewing room to the various default locations where they belong.

Meanwhile the Gorse Fox had a conversation with the "Fraud department" of the credit card company. They had intercepted a payment which was out of the ordinary. As it happens it was perfectly valid, but the Gorse Fox was glad they were alert. He phoned the number given in the text message. They asked for the card number and then started to ask some security questions. Now, the Gorse Fox can be a bit paranoid. What if the text message was scam? He was cautious.

We can't access your account without the security checks, she said. OK said the Gorse Fox, but I need to be certain you are the Fraud Department of Card Issuer. Can you confirm to the Gorse Fox what his initials are? Yes sir, she said... but first you must give me you full name. Doh!

The Gorse Fox changed tack, he would give the name, but nothing else until she could answer a question based on what was in the account. This proved successful and his paranoia proven to be misplaced in this case. The issue got resolved and the Gorse Fox returned to the afternoon's activity - filing and categorising photos.

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