How To Get Oil In Kerry.

[gness]

When the chap who sells you a house in Kerry leaves you a dry oil tank you need oil in a hurry....it's bloody cold!
You just mention it to your solicitor when you trot into the village to pay him for his fantastic work.....
Hang on, says he, the delivery tanker's about on Thursday, let me call him for you......he does and leaves him a message.
Failing that, he says, Raymond the plumber may be able to fix the broken immersion the vendor left you with..........he should be around in the village today......you'll have how water at least.....
I see Raymond's van drive past.....I've missed him..... :-(
No, says the solicitor.....he'll just be going up to Kevin the butcher for a chat....run along and he'll help you.
We go to the butcher.....he fetches Raymond from out the back and both try to help us......they make phone calls.....
James, the oil delivery chap, has left the village but the butcher and the plumber tell us to run along to Patrick in the post office....he'll be having a delivery tomorrow from a different company......he'll help you.....
Patrick makes a phone call and his mate Dermot says he'll bring us oil today.....he does and tries to fire up our boiler....not his job but he tries.....can't be done so Dermot calls Raymond the plumber who says......No problem....I'll be there in an hour and get you sorted......and he does.......

We are warm, cosy and I can have a bath......this is a wonderful place to be living..... bliss..... :-)

[jennyjoan]

very funny Gness re the priest but big Dave woulda knocked him into your big land.

I think when you gaze at sheep they have a calming effect on you. Good luck with your new life.

[gness]

It's just fantastic, Rowan.......there's a big celebration in the village tomorrow........parade, bands and lots of craft stalls.....for Dave's birthday he thinks..... :-)

I just need a spinning wheel now, Conne....gather the wool from the barbed wire and spin it....long ago memories....x

[MargoTester]

I've only just seen this Gness didn't realise you'd actually moved. So just to wish you and Dave all the very best in your new home together, good health and happiness xx

[gness]

Thank you so much, Margo....this was when we wanted to be here but the chap selling was so very awkward we didn't think we'd make it.
When we arrived in Ireland he refused to let anyone give us a key for a last look around until our solicitor had transferred our money to him. We refused to do that so it was stalemate for two miserable days.....then I think he saw how the pound was going and changed his mind.....but lost a few thousand by his stupidity....He was so odd for someone with a house he's been trying to sell for a couple of years....
I have made a wax effigy of him though...... :-)

[MargoTester]

What a miserable sob, serves him right. Still you're esconced now and obviously very happy, pins at the ready;-)