FoxLady

It turns out that when asked who your favorite child is, you're supposed to pick out one of your own. I know that now...

Apparently RSVPing to a wedding invitation with "Maybe next time" isn't the correct response...

I just saw a bloke going up a hill with a wheelbarrow full of horseshoes, four leaf clovers and rabbit's feet. "He’s pushing his luck!", I thought....

Staff can be so unhelpful these days.... For example, I asked a supermarket employee where they kept the cans of carrots. He said, "I'll see," and then just walked off. I asked another and he also said, "I'll see," and again, simply walked away from me.... In the end, I thought "I'll bloody find them myself, then!" And I did! In case you're also stuck looking for tinned veg, you'll find them on aisle C.

I hate it when people act all intellectual and talk about Mozart, when they've never even seen one of his paintings.

A truck loaded with Worcestershire sauce is driving through the Welsh town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey on the way to Rhosllannerchrugog in Wrexham, when it collides with a Nissan Qashqai. The truck then skids down the road and hits a car from Llanfihangel Tre’r Beirdd, injuring the two otorhinolaryngologists inside. One of them, suffering from schistosomiasis, has a myocardial infarction. A bystander witnesses the entire event and quickly calls to report the accident on his Huawei. The emergency operator asks the bystander, "What happened?" He replies, "It's hard to say....."

Been to see the ice hockey two or three times. It's so fast, I can never see the puck. Makes it a bit pointless, frankly!

Viagra. It won't make you James Bond, but it might make you Roger Moore.

My f-i-l was raised on Westbury Street, which I believe was close by?

Met a transvestite from Greater Manchester. He had a Wigan address. "Thank you for holding. All lines are currently very busy. Your call is important to us.... Please stay on the line until your call is no longer important to you..."

I've two hated jobs currently! The "Lenor Dream Team" is the first, particularly when the female shrieks "What is it?!". The other is the "eyebrow-raising" effort courtesy of McDonalds. Both intensely irritating!

Glad you settled on a recommended company. Trust all will go well with their service. For others in a similar position, I can tell you where NOT to take your machine for repair... Killer-Byte, Dronfield. I suspected my HP laptop's fan was either dirty/broken, and knew that the mouse panel wasn't working. Got a phone call a few days after dropping it in, and they advised that it wasn't the fan making the noise, but the hard disk. I agreed to a cloned SSD replacement, but a few days afterwards was told that (some of) the battery cells were concerning/dangerous, so again I agreed for them to fit a new battery. Then silence for a few days. I chased them after another week-or-so, and only then was told that the case hinges were broken. They were perfectly OK before, so the shop's engineer had broken them while the laptop was in their "care". Even though it was their fault, they wanted a further £70 to replace! I refused, and collected the machine a few days afterwards. £225 for the work done, and received my HP back in literally 3 pieces! Not only that, but they retained all the screws/bolts holding the thing together, so even if I'd wanted to try and and have a go at fixing it myself, I'd have to track down all the missing components. Truly a miserable, expensive experience. Suffice to say, I'll not be calling at their shop again, and would suggest you find an alternative too....

Isn't this a tad similar to post #1440?!

Goodbye Mr.Fish'n' High twentyfive past eleven.

Jerry Lee Lewis pays a visit to his GP and tells him his current problems... "So, Jerry.....you say she shakes your nerves? And rattles your brain? Goodness gracious....." "Ah", says Jerry, unbuttoning his trousers. "That reminds me, doc... There's something else you need to see....."

Think you meant "impetus"..... but having watched the match, maybe you were right first time!

Exactly my point, Anna B! Let the problem get worse, until it becomes a "big" job, and then find that the builders are "way too busy" with other big jobs - "Should've 'phoned earlier before it got so bad"! The annoying aspect is that they make the assumption that everybody wants it doing at next-to-nothing rates, which is not necessarily the case. This particular job might indeed be a breeze for someone who knows what's what - and if paying a day's rate is unavoidable, so be it - but to tar every prospective customer with the presumption that they'll pass out at hearing that it's not going to be "fifty quid" is simply ridiculous.

Interesting, the things that all of the above has thrown up. I don't know if ab6262's daily rate is regarded as expensive in today's terms or not, and as it's not my property, I'll leave the owner to decide...but at least he/she's given a ballpark figure to be considered. But what about the others who've been approached over the months? Those who answer the phone, take the details, but then don't show up. Why not just say "Sorry, not for me", rather than string people along? That said, re-read ab's comment - "you probably won't want to pay a builder's rate for the day...", and HeHasRisen's comment about the job being "tiny"...so what?! There was no mention of wanting the job "done cheap"!

Ah. Right. Ta.

Sorry, you've got me here. Presume it's funny, but I've no idea why...

"Bad company", Five Finger Death Punch. Great voice, by whichever vocalist it was at the time.

Sounds like ab6262 is yer man! I'm just waiting for the house owner to come back to me. Apparently they've been chasing someone since January, just to come and quote, let alone do the job!

Thank you for your sensible reply, ab6262. Will advise the owner and see what they decide.

Suggestions, please, for a builder who'll actually turn up to view/quote/do the job.... Sheffield 2 Semi-detached, single storey outhouse. Easy access. Half dozen (?) corner/ridge tiles need replacing and cementing down...

"Just to complete your statement about the disturbance, sir.... Let me get this right... you stood and watched six people attack a Just Stop Oil activist who was trying to block the road. Off the record, sir, may I ask why you didn't help?" "Well...I was thinking that six was enough...."