Wednesday, 30 August 2006

cool, cool water....




A short conversation ensued:

"Was it damaged accidentally?"
"No. It just started to leak"










"How long will that take?"
"Well, it won't be today"







Update -> 00:55am



Same again tomorrow then.

It's good this, innit?



Update -> 10:06am

I think he's cracked it!




  1. Oh, man, I sympathise. I had a water damage incident a couple of years back (in actual fact, the incident was my upstairs neighbour's, however it was my roof that came down) and none of it was pretty.

    I often think I should have learned a "trade" rather than going to university etc. Plumbers are virtually impossible to get hold of, and generally charge obscene amounts for their services. That said, I'm not sure dungarees are ever going to be a good look.

  2. I can accept that things will break, and obviously we have to get someone in to fix them. It should be easy. What really annoys me it the lack of commitment to getting the job done within a certain time, or even arriving when they're meant to.

    How many times have we all had to wait the whole day for someone who gave a very vague time of arrival, and thus having to sometimes take a days 'holiday' to sit on one's arse waiting for the doorball.

    hrrmmfff. rant over

  3. This brings to mind my parents' Xmas sewage fiasco. When I arrived at their house for Xmas, I found that we were having to avoid using too much water as the sewer was backing up. The plumber who came out told us it was most likely a break in the line and he couldn't fix it...and since it was the day before Xmas eve, no one would be able to fix it until after the holiday.

    After the holiday (spent without showers and only flushing the toilet when absolutely necessary), the next plumber came out and was able to fix it quite easily.

    However, it turns out the first plumber was right. Within a month, my parents had to have the whole front yard dug up to get to the break in the line and have it repaired. Not a pretty sight during winter in Minnesota, I'm told.

    I do hope your troubles are more easily resolved.

  4. me too spins, me too.

    It's now 21:53, my kitchen floor has been partially dug up and the dodgy piece of piping replaced. Has the fix worked? Don't know. I'm waiting for the water board to deign to come out and switch me back on again.

    Brilliant, eh?

    Apparently if I say I have kids, they'll come out faster... so my plumber tells me. He says he tells everyone to say that. Which is probably the reason I'm waiting!


  5. Might i point you in the direction of Flanders and Swann's 'The Gas Man Cometh'.

    If you can't find it, let me know and I'll email it to you. It's worth it, even if I have to record it off the vinyl!

  6. What a monumnetal pain in the ass!

    Are the insurance people going to pay to get your kitchen floor relaid? Can you get a complete redecoration out of them?

  7. How frustrating! On another note, good luck at the hypnotherapist's tomorrow. :0)

  8. I was just about to say that. Hope the hypno goes well!