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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Snoopy on July 30, 2007, 10:48:07 AM
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Nick is in Canada so I cannot blame him however:
Over the weekend the kitchen ceiling ~ you will recall it was re-plastered last week ~ has dried out and at 0715 hours today a man turned up to paint it and the associated walls. He is, as I type, still at it (now on third coat he tells me).
Meanwhile last week the new (3 months old cooker) ceased to function. The main oven is fine but all rings and top oven have no power to them. Obviously I have rung the supplier who is sending a man .... but not until Thursday ~ three children to be fed in the meantime and it is hardly the weather for BBQ's every day.
This morning the Chimney Sweeps have arrived for their annual clean through (those without open fires may not be aware of the need to obtain a Chimney Sweep's Certificate annually for insurance purposes and to avoid being charged by the Fire Service if you have a chimney fire).
The people contracted to supply and fit the new boiler and oil storage tank, having finally accepted that they do not need to comply with English regulations, have phoned to say they are on their way to "measure up" ~ though how they did their quotation without the measurements I cannot imagine.
So in summary there is a man slapping white paint up in the kitchen, Two chimney sweeps covering the whole place in soot, a surveyor wanting to access the kitchen to measure for the boiler and three hungry children who want to go to McShites for their lunch.
And now the f***ing log man has turned up with a trailer full of Ash logs which I asked for weeks ago and he promised to deliver "as soon as they are dry enough"!
Meanwhile SWMBO has gone out!
Snoopy is not a happy Beagle evil:
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Snoopy is not alone!
I am fighting a Court case for someone I hardly know because his English is useless and I felt the need to help, it is deteriorating by the hour as all the misunderstandings of nine months pour out of the woodwork to compete for my attentions and all I am getting from him is "Allah will repay you indeed!" !!
::)
What is the matter with me? Like I haven't got enough problems of my own, I should have guessed when he couldn't get a solicitor to deal with it...
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Snoopy is not alone!
I am fighting a Court case for someone I hardly know because his English is useless and I felt the need to help, it is deteriorating by the hour as all the misunderstandings of nine months pour out of the woodwork to compete for my attentions and all I am getting from him is "Allah will repay you indeed!" !!
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What is the matter with me? Like I haven't got enough problems of my own, I should have guessed when he couldn't get a solicitor to deal with it...
Back out now and you are in for a Fatwa. whistle:
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Since my last post I have had a bill from the Sweeps (?90 for 30 minutes work!!!)
A phone call from a neighbour to say was I aware that there was a man she had seen coming in and out of my back door (He's the painter).
A lady from the other end of the road has 'phoned to ask if we could use a couple or three pounds of Red Currants as she has too many for her own use and a local councilor has rung the door bell to give me a pound of runner beans from his garden. Whilst thanking him another councilor appeared at the gate to say he has tried growing cucumbers in his greenhouse this year but neither he nor his wife eat cucumber (No I can't work it out either) so would I like to take some off his hands.
SWMBO has returned and has been stopped, at the gate, by a lady whose bees "graze" on our lavender bushes. We have a supply of local honey now on route.
Meanwhile the painter has just made me a cup of tea!!!!
I love Wales ~ It's so.... so ...so.... well you know what I mean. confused:
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Back out now and you are in for a Fatwa.
Alas, I have already considered that option. noooo:
Pass the papers....
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I love Wales ~ It's so.... so ...so.... well you know what I mean. confused:
Yes! I know what you mean Nice and friendly when you are in the mood,
'In your face' when you are not...
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Since my last post I have had a bill from the Sweeps (?90 for 30 minutes work!!!)
A phone call from a neighbour to say was I aware that there was a man she had seen coming in and out of my back door (He's the painter).
A lady from the other end of the road has 'phoned to ask if we could use a couple or three pounds of Red Currants as she has too many for her own use and a local councilor has rung the door bell to give me a pound of runner beans from his garden. Whilst thanking him another councilor appeared at the gate to say he has tried growing cucumbers in his greenhouse this year but neither he nor his wife eat cucumber (No I can't work it out either) so would I like to take some off his hands.
SWMBO has returned and has been stopped, at the gate, by a lady whose bees "graze" on our lavender bushes. We have a supply of local honey now on route.
Meanwhile the painter has just made me a cup of tea!!!!
I love Wales ~ It's so.... so ...so.... well you know what I mean. confused:
Lovely?
Think adoption might still be an option.
I am in trouble as the wind tore down two of Mr Wench's tomato plants. How it is my fault I am still unsure.
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Since my last post I have had a bill from the Sweeps (?90 for 30 minutes work!!!)
A phone call from a neighbour to say was I aware that there was a man she had seen coming in and out of my back door (He's the painter).
A lady from the other end of the road has 'phoned to ask if we could use a couple or three pounds of Red Currants as she has too many for her own use and a local councilor has rung the door bell to give me a pound of runner beans from his garden. Whilst thanking him another councilor appeared at the gate to say he has tried growing cucumbers in his greenhouse this year but neither he nor his wife eat cucumber (No I can't work it out either) so would I like to take some off his hands.
SWMBO has returned and has been stopped, at the gate, by a lady whose bees "graze" on our lavender bushes. We have a supply of local honey now on route.
Meanwhile the painter has just made me a cup of tea!!!!
I love Wales ~ It's so.... so ...so.... well you know what I mean. confused:
Lovely?
Think adoption might still be an option.
I am in trouble as the wind tore down two of Mr Wench's tomato plants. How it is my fault I am still unsure.
Your wind perhaps? Think back ~ what did you have to eat over the weekend?
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cussing:
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Someone has to endure this stuff on my behalf while I am out of the country. I am back a week today, you will find that things will suddenly quieten down then.
OK?
(Mrs Nick and the Boy have gone swimming. We have agreed not to tell her about hte Boy's diarrhoea eeek: that spelling is deffo wrong)
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So what you are just going to let her find out for herself when he leaves a trail? eeek:
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Yes evil:
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"A Man" has fixed the cooker ~
telling me in the process that "It's all down to the way they're made these days" Angry9:
I still await the man to fix the kitchen lighting.
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"A Man" has fixed the cooker ~
telling me in the process that "It's all down to the way they're made these days" Angry9:
In China prolly...
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"A Man" has fixed the cooker ~
telling me in the process that "It's all down to the way they're made these days" Angry9:
In China prolly...
Since they will not say where you could be right. There or Bangladesh
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"A Man" has fixed the cooker ~
telling me in the process that "It's all down to the way they're made these days" Angry9:
In China prolly...
Since they will not say where you could be right. There or Bangladesh
img]http://Corporate Profile
* 2006 turnover ?216 million (UK and Ireland)
* Currently largest refrigeration brand in the UK
* Beko products have been awarded ?Which? best buy on numerous occasions
* One of the fastest growing brands in the UK for Cooking, Laundry and Dishwashers.
* 4 Brands - BEKO, LEISURE, FLAVEL & DIGIFUSION
Beko plc is a subsidiary of a large multinational group, which is one of the top 500 largest companies in the world and also one of the top 10 home appliances manufacturers in Europe with over 40 years experience in the manufacture of home appliances and televisions.
Beko Plc is located in Watford, Hertfordshire, with the responsibility for all sales, marketing distribution and product support activities for the UK and Southern Ireland. Please click this link to contact us.
All Beko products are manufactured in state of the art production facilities that are approved to the ISO 9001 quality systems as well as the latest European and International safety and environmental standards. Each product type is produced in its own dedicated facility using some of the most developed production techniques and equipment in the world.
Research and development is seen as vital and is therefore given high priority. Research and development operates out of a dedicated 10,000sqm facility, which is home to a dedicated team of scientists, and engineers devoted to the development of high quality, reliable, stylish, efficient and environmental friendly products.[/img]
Certainly not in Watford... noooo:
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"A Man" has fixed the cooker ~
telling me in the process that "It's all down to the way they're made these days" Angry9:
In China prolly...
Since they will not say where you could be right. There or Bangladesh
img]http://Corporate Profile
* 2006 turnover ?216 million (UK and Ireland)
* Currently largest refrigeration brand in the UK
* Beko products have been awarded ?Which? best buy on numerous occasions
* One of the fastest growing brands in the UK for Cooking, Laundry and Dishwashers.
* 4 Brands - BEKO, LEISURE, FLAVEL & DIGIFUSION
Beko plc is a subsidiary of a large multinational group, which is one of the top 500 largest companies in the world and also one of the top 10 home appliances manufacturers in Europe with over 40 years experience in the manufacture of home appliances and televisions.
Beko Plc is located in Watford, Hertfordshire, with the responsibility for all sales, marketing distribution and product support activities for the UK and Southern Ireland. Please click this link to contact us.
All Beko products are manufactured in state of the art production facilities that are approved to the ISO 9001 quality systems as well as the latest European and International safety and environmental standards. Each product type is produced in its own dedicated facility using some of the most developed production techniques and equipment in the world.
Research and development is seen as vital and is therefore given high priority. Research and development operates out of a dedicated 10,000sqm facility, which is home to a dedicated team of scientists, and engineers devoted to the development of high quality, reliable, stylish, efficient and environmental friendly products.[/img]
Certainly not in Watford... noooo:
And "The Man" did not appreciate my comment that I could have walked here from Watford in the time it has taken them to respond to my "Under Warranty" call out and he only to drive here from Rhyl (3.5 miles)
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"A Man" has fixed the cooker ~
telling me in the process that "It's all down to the way they're made these days" Angry9:
In China prolly...
Since they will not say where you could be right. There or Bangladesh
img]http://Corporate Profile
* 2006 turnover ?216 million (UK and Ireland)
* Currently largest refrigeration brand in the UK
* Beko products have been awarded ?Which? best buy on numerous occasions
* One of the fastest growing brands in the UK for Cooking, Laundry and Dishwashers.
* 4 Brands - BEKO, LEISURE, FLAVEL & DIGIFUSION
Beko plc is a subsidiary of a large multinational group, which is one of the top 500 largest companies in the world and also one of the top 10 home appliances manufacturers in Europe with over 40 years experience in the manufacture of home appliances and televisions.
Beko Plc is located in Watford, Hertfordshire, with the responsibility for all sales, marketing distribution and product support activities for the UK and Southern Ireland. Please click this link to contact us.
All Beko products are manufactured in state of the art production facilities that are approved to the ISO 9001 quality systems as well as the latest European and International safety and environmental standards. Each product type is produced in its own dedicated facility using some of the most developed production techniques and equipment in the world.
Research and development is seen as vital and is therefore given high priority. Research and development operates out of a dedicated 10,000sqm facility, which is home to a dedicated team of scientists, and engineers devoted to the development of high quality, reliable, stylish, efficient and environmental friendly products.[/img]
Certainly not in Watford... noooo:
And "The Man" did not appreciate my comment that I could have walked here from Watford in the time it has taken them to respond to my "Under Warranty" call out and he only to drive here from Rhyl (3.5 miles)
lol:
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The problem is nothing to do with where it was made.
It has everything to do with the specification it was made to and the profit margin.
The problem is exacerbated by clever accountants working out that there will be 1,77 complaints per 1000 customers and a higher ratio than that will dent the profit margin therefore replacing the happy state of ignorance with the uncomfortable sense of responsibility - a word that has to be explained to far too many businessmen of late. evil:
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YUS ~ Er whatever the puddy-tat said.
They wants a seeing to.
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Since my last post I have had a bill from the Sweeps (?90 for 30 minutes work!!!)
A phone call from a neighbour to say was I aware that there was a man she had seen coming in and out of my back door (He's the painter).
A lady from the other end of the road has 'phoned to ask if we could use a couple or three pounds of Red Currants as she has too many for her own use and a local councilor has rung the door bell to give me a pound of runner beans from his garden. Whilst thanking him another councilor appeared at the gate to say he has tried growing cucumbers in his greenhouse this year but neither he nor his wife eat cucumber (No I can't work it out either) so would I like to take some off his hands.
SWMBO has returned and has been stopped, at the gate, by a lady whose bees "graze" on our lavender bushes. We have a supply of local honey now on route.
Meanwhile the painter has just made me a cup of tea!!!!
I love Wales ~ It's so.... so ...so.... well you know what I mean. confused:
My local councilors put a red, blue or yellow piece of paper thru telling us they're better than the other lot...
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Since my last post I have had a bill from the Sweeps (?90 for 30 minutes work!!!)
A phone call from a neighbour to say was I aware that there was a man she had seen coming in and out of my back door (He's the painter).
A lady from the other end of the road has 'phoned to ask if we could use a couple or three pounds of Red Currants as she has too many for her own use and a local councilor has rung the door bell to give me a pound of runner beans from his garden. Whilst thanking him another councilor appeared at the gate to say he has tried growing cucumbers in his greenhouse this year but neither he nor his wife eat cucumber (No I can't work it out either) so would I like to take some off his hands.
SWMBO has returned and has been stopped, at the gate, by a lady whose bees "graze" on our lavender bushes. We have a supply of local honey now on route.
Meanwhile the painter has just made me a cup of tea!!!!
I love Wales ~ It's so.... so ...so.... well you know what I mean. confused:
Fortunately the local Community Council is non-political (Though I understand that one of the eleven members may belong to the Tory Party) and there's seldom, if ever, enough people willing to stand, to hold an election so it is all fairly easy going. Most council members have been doing the job for the past 25 years plus and took over from their fathers/grandfathers. Their budget is so small as to amount to pocket money and their responsibilities are about the same size. Whilst I wouldn't accept the time from our local MPs, Assembly Members etc without double checking I am happy to eat local grown cucumber and runner beans kindly offered and gratefully accepted.
My local councilors put a red, blue or yellow piece of paper thru telling us they're better than the other lot...