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Month: July 2024

I’m 56

I turned 56 today. All my efforts to stop the Yankees (United States of America) from hijacking my birthday to celebrate their so-called independence from the Brits have failed. On top of this, our premier, Rishi Sunak is ending his political career by holding UK elections today. You can see what I am up against, trying to get heard in this noisy environment, can’t you? Longevity When birthdays come, which seems to happen every 365 days, you start wondering what you have achieved all those years. In my case, 56 years. I always wanted to live for 100 years and…

Xero and Tide Banking feeds nightmares

Over the last few months, Tide Bank changed bank accounting details. If you had Xero integrated with this, your feeds may have stopped working. When you have re-activated synchronisation at Tide end, it may have created duplicate accounts. This creates a nightmare scenario. To get out of this problem: Remove Xero connectivity at Tide end Remove Tide App at Xero end. Delete any duplicate bank accounts at Xero end. Download any missing transactions from Tide in Xero format and upload to correct bank account at Xero end. This is optional. Leave for 24 hrs. Activate Tide app at Xero end.…