this is December 20th by the calendar !!
the builder had put the supports in for the roof
then the snow fell just after christmas putting a hold on things ...
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
The Saga of the Garage build part 3
this is December 20th by the calendar !!
the builder had put the supports in for the roof
then the snow fell just after christmas putting a hold on things ...
The Saga of the Garage build part 2
despite poor conditions (heavy rain) this had only taken 20 days to achieve
and we were fairly satisfied with the progress :)
By day 14 the brickie had finished his part,then due to interferance (see Old git across the road post) progress was halted for a while
The Saga of the Garage build part 1
this pic was taken on Day 4 and shows our elusive builder actually working
estimated time for completion of the build 14 days 21 at the outside
Dizzy the Miracle Cat !!
He went missing in November 2008 .....
On Sunday 7th February 2010 - he turns up at our back door miaows and comes in as if he's been gone overnight
Miracles DO happen sometimes ......
Thursday, 28 January 2010
heres a thought ....
From BBC NEWS .... Muslims attack silence over anti-Islamic hostility
"There is growing disenchantment at the government's "lacklustre response" to rising anti-Islamic hostility, the Muslim Council of Britain has said."
mmm .....maybe, just maybe ... if the muslim council of britain spent more time denouncing the radical parts of its own people ..ie the planned Wooton Bassett March , then there WOULDN'T BE A RISING TIDE OF ANTI -ISLAMIC HOSTILITY !!!!
Just a thought ....
"There is growing disenchantment at the government's "lacklustre response" to rising anti-Islamic hostility, the Muslim Council of Britain has said."
mmm .....maybe, just maybe ... if the muslim council of britain spent more time denouncing the radical parts of its own people ..ie the planned Wooton Bassett March , then there WOULDN'T BE A RISING TIDE OF ANTI -ISLAMIC HOSTILITY !!!!
Just a thought ....
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
The Saga of our Water leak part 2
to continue the story .....
Miracle of Miracles the Water board guys turned up the FOLLOWING day ...Hurrah!!
UNFORTUNATELY ..the stop tap that had been located turned out to be a GAS stop tap..Doh!!!
SO ..now we have a hole in the pavement outside and water is still pouring in to the wash house .....
then a stroke of luck .. while digging up the gas stoptap the water engineers also decided to unearth next doors water stoptap from its tarmaccy grave while they were at it ..this gave the water inspector access to that tap and she came back to try it ...
WONDER OF WONDERS ..the water to both houses stopped ...WHOOPEE now we can call the plumber back in :)
he arrives later that day ..and fixes original leak ..YES!! ......
UNFORTUNATELY ....as water is turned back on pipe below the fix fractures and a torrent of water sprays out at full pressure ....ARRGGHHH
Off goes the water AGAIN and the plumber calls his mate who specialises in fixing Lead pipework in ....
2 hours later said friend arrives ... "oh shit says he" on seeing the mess .. OK were gonna have to dig the pipe out to fix it ....
Net result ...
Water leak fixed ....HOORAY !!! :)
BUT.... we now have a large hole in the floor of the washhouse ....Doh !!
Ah well at least the room is no longer flooding :)
Miracle of Miracles the Water board guys turned up the FOLLOWING day ...Hurrah!!
UNFORTUNATELY ..the stop tap that had been located turned out to be a GAS stop tap..Doh!!!
SO ..now we have a hole in the pavement outside and water is still pouring in to the wash house .....
then a stroke of luck .. while digging up the gas stoptap the water engineers also decided to unearth next doors water stoptap from its tarmaccy grave while they were at it ..this gave the water inspector access to that tap and she came back to try it ...
WONDER OF WONDERS ..the water to both houses stopped ...WHOOPEE now we can call the plumber back in :)
he arrives later that day ..and fixes original leak ..YES!! ......
UNFORTUNATELY ....as water is turned back on pipe below the fix fractures and a torrent of water sprays out at full pressure ....ARRGGHHH
Off goes the water AGAIN and the plumber calls his mate who specialises in fixing Lead pipework in ....
2 hours later said friend arrives ... "oh shit says he" on seeing the mess .. OK were gonna have to dig the pipe out to fix it ....
Net result ...
Water leak fixed ....HOORAY !!! :)
BUT.... we now have a large hole in the floor of the washhouse ....Doh !!
Ah well at least the room is no longer flooding :)
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
The Saga of our Water leak part 1
Hello Friends, heres some more misfortune for you to share with us along with a timely warning ....
The story
About a week ago the cold feed pipe to our washer developed a leak sending blessed H2O spurting everywhere in the washhouse, no problem you may think turn off the water and call a plumber ....
Ah ... for some unknown reason the washhouse water is not on the same circuit as the main house ..its a completely independant feed ....
No problem you say, the plumber can turn the water off at the main stoptap in the street ....
Ah .. for some unknown reason the council have tarmaced over the stoptaps
No problem you say ..ring the council
Ah ... it is 3pm on a Saturday afternoon ..I ring the council emergency line to be greeted by the usual robot ... "Were sorry but the council offices are now closed, our hours of business...etc etc." THIS IS THE EMERGENCY LINE FOR F**KS SAKE ARRRRGH
meanwhile the water continues to pour into the washhouse.. it is now about 2 inches deep ....
Monday arrives after a frantic weekend of mopping tryin to keep the water level down and off I trot to the council office ...
The inspector will be with you TOMMORROW !!!
Tuesday arrives ... our insurance assessor arrives to view the damage, no sign of the council bloke yet ....
Tuesday 4pm council bloke arrives, says I have located the stoptap but we didn't bury it ....EXCUSE ME, BUT I SAW THE WARRINGTON COUNCIL FLATBED TRANSIT WITH THE TARMAC ON THE BACK ARRIVE, I CHATTED TO THE GUYS AS THEY WERE FILLING IN THE HOLES IN THE PAVEMENT !!!
besides .. you've located the stoptap whoopee we still cant get at it and the water level continues to rise ...
WEDNESDAY .. and the Water inspector arrives, locates the stoptap and attempts to unearth it ...UNFORTUNATELY ..it is embedded in a lot of tarmac so they will have to get their street gang to unearth it ..
How long will that take?
Because of the weather we are dealing with a lot of this .. it could take up to 90 days .....
AAAAAARRRGGGGHHH
to be continued ........
The story
About a week ago the cold feed pipe to our washer developed a leak sending blessed H2O spurting everywhere in the washhouse, no problem you may think turn off the water and call a plumber ....
Ah ... for some unknown reason the washhouse water is not on the same circuit as the main house ..its a completely independant feed ....
No problem you say, the plumber can turn the water off at the main stoptap in the street ....
Ah .. for some unknown reason the council have tarmaced over the stoptaps
No problem you say ..ring the council
Ah ... it is 3pm on a Saturday afternoon ..I ring the council emergency line to be greeted by the usual robot ... "Were sorry but the council offices are now closed, our hours of business...etc etc." THIS IS THE EMERGENCY LINE FOR F**KS SAKE ARRRRGH
meanwhile the water continues to pour into the washhouse.. it is now about 2 inches deep ....
Monday arrives after a frantic weekend of mopping tryin to keep the water level down and off I trot to the council office ...
The inspector will be with you TOMMORROW !!!
Tuesday arrives ... our insurance assessor arrives to view the damage, no sign of the council bloke yet ....
Tuesday 4pm council bloke arrives, says I have located the stoptap but we didn't bury it ....EXCUSE ME, BUT I SAW THE WARRINGTON COUNCIL FLATBED TRANSIT WITH THE TARMAC ON THE BACK ARRIVE, I CHATTED TO THE GUYS AS THEY WERE FILLING IN THE HOLES IN THE PAVEMENT !!!
besides .. you've located the stoptap whoopee we still cant get at it and the water level continues to rise ...
WEDNESDAY .. and the Water inspector arrives, locates the stoptap and attempts to unearth it ...UNFORTUNATELY ..it is embedded in a lot of tarmac so they will have to get their street gang to unearth it ..
How long will that take?
Because of the weather we are dealing with a lot of this .. it could take up to 90 days .....
AAAAAARRRGGGGHHH
to be continued ........
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Ah the blessed DSS (part 1 0f many)
The DSS (Department of Social Security) or as they are most commonly known "Dole Nazis" is a place of contradictions ...
on the one hand we have Government ministers who complain about the millions in unclaimed benefits out there, on the other there is the plain and simple fact that the DSS staff are not allowed under their rules to tell you about these benefits !!!
so.. if ya dont know about em, you cant claim em - screwy eh?
but it gets worse ...
Under new rules claimants can only work 15 hours 59 minutes in a week ...
unless you are an unemployed rocket scientist it is impossible to make up your benefits for the week by doing this many hours so why bother?
great way to encourage people back to work that is ...
oh and if you work over 15 hours 59 mins in a week , then you have to sign OFF benefits ... then when the temporary contract ends you have to resign on .. and be without money for 8 weeks while the glacial slowness of the paperwork is processed
so any extra money you may have earned PLUS a substantial extra is gone before you receive benefit again
so thats another great incentive to take temp work aint it?
and under their new advertising (why advertise a government service that is purely there to pay benefits to people anyway?) .. we the people are "CUSTOMERS" - say what now ? - a customer CHOOSES to enter a premises and then spends money in return for goods or services ... a CLAIMANT ...HAS TO GO TO THE DSS , and RECEIVES money (and very little service)
more bastardising of the English Language, a point I will rant about at some future date ...
part 2 of this rant when I calm down
JD
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Brrrrrrr
from BBC News .....
Temperatures today .....
Moscow -6
South Pole -20
Woodford Aerodrome nr Manchester -18
its a bit nippy in the North West of England then :)
Temperatures today .....
Moscow -6
South Pole -20
Woodford Aerodrome nr Manchester -18
its a bit nippy in the North West of England then :)
Touchscreen PC's
Is it just me .....or do others spend countless hours getting kids fingerprints off flat screen TVs, computer monitors etc, and what about your Mobile .. you make 1 phone call and you have to wipe the screen on your sleeve so you can see your stored videos and pictures ... now we have touchscreen PC's that encourage you to put your greasy fingers all over the screen .....what chance of a clear picture after that ???
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