Brief informations:

• Our lift works again. Let's wait and see for how long :-)
• Mrs. Smith has called up two different insurance companies, we have car insurance in Hungary, with her enquiry. She got everything sorted in 15 minutes ! They did not transfer her anywhere, did not have to go through difficult voice menu to get the operator. It was nice and easy. Peace of cake
• She tried to call Manchester City Council  in order to get confirmation if they received our payment for the last 4 months, and also ask them to reschedule our remaining payment for the future. Well, she could not manage to get a person on the phone for over an hour, she was put onhold, listening to music, as all of the operators were allegedly busy. So what was the solution? I remembered registrating myself on the council website, so I logged in, and I had the option to check my remaining council tax, and the ammount I payed, so I got confirmation about the payment. I had no option to reschedule and recalculate payment for myself, therefore I decided to make a payment with the ammount I calculated for a month. I do not want to overpay it, as I am not sure how long we are gonna live in this flat, and I do not trust in the city council, that they would reimburse the ammount I overpaid.
• Friday, so we are happy weekend is at our doorstep. Probably we will go to the market on Sunday, but apart from this we do not plan anything particular. Maybe some card game :-) A poker would be good :-)
• There was a picture in the last day's metro about a sock left tied to a railing. This article and the whole story demonstrates the incredible lazyness which describe UK the most.