Just received an email from the NatWest, stating
"If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us with no choice but to temporally suspend your account."
Hmmm....
The ever reliable wikipedia gives many options, one of which is
"The temporal power of the Popes is the political and governmental activity of the Popes of the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from their spiritual and pastoral activity, which by Catholics is sometimes also called eternal power, to contrast it with the Church's secular power, that is, power exercised within time rather than in eternity."
So will the Pope suspend my account?
Or the free dictionary gives me
"tem·po·ral 1 (tmpr-l, tmprl) adj.
- Of, relating to, or limited by time: a temporal dimension; temporal and spatial boundaries.
- Of or relating to the material world; worldly: the temporal possessions of the Church.
- Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing: our temporal existence.
- Secular or lay; civil: lords temporal and spiritual.
- Grammar Expressing time: a temporal adverb."
or
"tem·po·ral 2 (tmpr-l, tmprl) adj. Of, relating to, or near the temples of the skull."
So I may wake tomorrow to find my account suspended beside my head, near to my temples. I suppose it is better than finding a horse's head on the pillow.
Oh, and I extracted the original text from the message source as I was disinclined to open it as an email.
Really, if you want my money at least try and spell your threats correctly!
Amazing also how many banks seem under the impression you have an account with them.
As I said, so far off topic to be almost over the horizon.
Cheers
Dave R