Reasons To Kind Of Be Cheerful But At A Cost

[tiggerblue10]

1. My mechanic neighbour took my car to have a new windscreen spray pump fitted
2. Builder came round to look at the garden wall which collapse during the Feb storms and gave me a quote. Hes starting my work on fence on Monday
3. Noticed a load of wasps flying in and out under a panel on my annex wall. Called pest control who came round this morning and sprayed under the panel and now they are no more. They were starting to appear inside the annex so had to be dealt with.
4. Little Tigs has been at his dad's since Tuesday but I've been working so haven't had much time to relax. He's back tomorrow so better make the most of my Saturday morning!
5. Had a sore throat on Wednesday which is now a cold. Blocked and runny nose, headache and body ache. Nothing to be cheerful about but thought I'd add it in anyway, lol

[Hopkirk]

5 could be covid

[tiggerblue10]

Little Tigs had a cold last week when he was at school and so did his dad. Did a covid test for both of them and they were negative. Will do one later as I'm exhausted at the minute.

[Bobbisox1]

It’s Friday, it’s 5-0 clock,it’s ……
Ohhh half a our too late ;0)

[Buenchico]

>>> Builder came round to look at the garden wall which collapse during the Feb storms and gave me a quote. Hes starting my work on fence on Monday

If he's a proper builder, he'll start work on Monday but then have to finish off another client's job on Tuesday. He'll return on Wednesday but only for long enough to say that he needs to get hold of the right materials. You then won't see him until the end of next week, when he'll do a bit of work before telling you that he's off to Ibiza for a fortnight. When he returns from holiday, he'll need to "attend to another little job that came up while I was away" first. After he's spent a week or two doing that (and, no doubt, working for lots of other people too), he'll finally return to finish the work on your fence. As soon as he's done so, he'll bill you for three times his original estimate, while making excuses about the ever-rising cost of materials these days. If you don't settle his bill within 24 hours, he'll then immediately send you a very nasty letter that threatens to take you to court over non-payment of his bill.

Aren't our tradesmen wonderful?

[Buenchico]

PS: Get well soon!

[tiggerblue10]

Ah yes Chris, the cowboy builder horror story!

Luckily, the builder was recommended by my brothers FIL who owns a hardware store and uses him for lots of jobs. He did my brothers fence a few months ago.

[Bobbisox1]

Just thought Tiggs, you might be too young for Crackerjack?
Get well soon xx

[tiggerblue10]

Crackerjack! Eh? Lol

I remember Crackerjack with Stewpot Stewart and then Stu Francis. Oooo I could crush a grape!

[Bobbisox1]

My first memory was with Eamon Andrews and ‘ Double or Drop ‘

[tiggerblue10]

I also remember a cabbage as a prize or something like that, lol

[Bobbisox1]

I think if you got a question wrong you’d get a cabbage, got it right and you’d get a small prize which you had to hold in your arms , there’s was either two of three and it was the last one left holding the cabbages and toys would win them

[Arksided]

You got given gifts for each correct answer but a wrong one resulted in being given a large cabbage. Once you dropped something you were out.

Thank you for cheering me up Tiger, thought I was having a bad day. Xx

[jennyjoan]

Chris - you got that right there - they have started my neighbour's extension about two weeks now and as you say - came one day done a bit of digging - went away - another squad came - done a bit.

There's a big ugly skip (I live in quite a tiny cul-de-sac), they have a bus that carries maybe 24 kiddies through the week, daughter has a car, wife has a jeep and visitors come by the buckets.

It is so difficult for me to manoeuvre my car out - they know it too. God knows how long this extension will take - my other neighbour is a builder - he reckons 3 months - I give it 6.

Have to look at a building site for 3-6 whole months.

[Paigntonian]

Good grief. Would you like a list of my groceries, when I plan to polish my shoes and what I may having for supper. Also changed the bedding and I think I might cut my toenails later.

[tiggerblue10]

Ah no, Arky, hope your evening is better x

[jennyjoan]

that'd be good painty

[Redhelen72]

Is that the same or different neighbours that leaves their dog all day

[Redhelen72]

I made the last payment on our special holiday today.
So now cannot wait

[jennyjoan]

different neighbours Red - we have all pretty much have dogs in about 11 of 13 houses

[Redhelen72]

Have to be honest I am really glad we never took a house in a culdesac it doesn’t sound like there is a lot of privacy