What made your day a crap one?

[Paper Plane]

The new fridge freezer we had installed a couple of weeks ago died, or rather, never worked properly. An engineer came today and within five minutes said it had lost its gas and needed replacement. Advised us to quote the Sale of Goods Act for a new one.

Next, a chap was due from the bathroom installers was due this pm to fit a panel that had been bodged the first time. Mrs P has had a text saying chap not coming, as the replacement panel was damaged and another one needed ordering.

This now means two more days of waiting in for people to arrive to do things.

Ho hum.

steve

 

[Paper Plane]

Today's crap sandwich was a drive to Tucson, Arizona to a Law School Graduation, 3.5 Hour Drive Each Way, Terrible Drivers on Freeways, only to arrive in the Big "T", as in Trash......Tuscon is nasty, dirty, run downwind, and woke.

Glade I made it home safe n sound.

Hopefully the graduation (yours?) went off ok?

steve

 

[Vacumatic]

This seems a lot of faff for a small problem.

A bedroom looks over the the tiled garage roof and I noticed that the mortar on the two of the ridge tiles was crumbling away. I have a trusted roofer who came for a look and said that two of the ridge tiles were completely loose.

I thought that I would just have a bit of new mortar under the tiles and job done but I made the mistake of emailing Mrs Vac with an alternative dry ridge system which is to modern building regs, no mortar plus fit and forget.

I thought, sledgehammer to crack a nut but madam is very keen on doing things to the n'th degree.

The tiles are clipped together over a waterproof membrane and then screwed down.

As it turned out, it was the right approach, the roofer found a massive amount of concrete under the old ridge tiles, despite them only having two contact points and also two broken tiles that were replaced that you cannot see from ground level.

 

[DesertIguana]

Had to spend on auto repair, think I need a Horse.

 

[Randy]

Had to spend on auto repair, think I need a Horse.

You tell me

 

[Twelvefret]

Depends on how much per hour you charge yourself.

 

[Randy]

Depends on how much per hour you charge yourself.

Probably around 65€

 

[Paper Plane]

Another episode in the fridge freezer saga.

Installer due between 10am and 2pm, 3 jobs ahead of us. Fair enough. Arrived about 2.05. Ok, can live with that.

Broken unit removed. No problem. Chap then spends an hour or so trying to fit the new one. Turns out the first installer made a right bodge and this is what caused the original unit to fail. It seems the wooden base of the ‘cupboard’ wasn’t really deep enough for the unit to sit properly and left a gap that it fell into, essentially. See photo.

This means that I have to source and fit a new, larger, piece so the new unit can be installed correctly.

New unit taken back and I’ve rushed off to B&Q at gone 4pm where, luckily, I was able to find some suitable board and have it cut to size.

Tomorrow’s task will now be to remove the old board and fit the new one.

Mrs P will then contact the supplier to arrange a new date.

What a copulating fiasco.

steve

 

[TobyC]

Had to spend on auto repair, think I need a Horse.

Horses aren't maintenance free either.

 

[p.b]

Horses aren't maintenance free either.

And even more expensive when they go wrong…

 

[Paper Plane]

And even more expensive when they go wrong…

And, I believe, replacement parts are difficult to obtain.

steve

 

[R181]

And even more expensive when they go wrong…

Yes, just ask anyone who has raised horses for a living or hobby.

Bob

 

[purerockfury]

And, I believe, replacement parts are difficult to obtain.

steve

well at least if the horse breaks and can't be repaired you can get glue out of it...

 

[SpeedyPC]

Had to spend on auto repair, think I need a Horse.

Who sweeping or cleaning up the horse on public and state roads.

 

[Twelvefret]

Who sweeping or cleaning up the horse on public and state roads.

You are and making your famous mouth wash!